This is a true story that happened in Japan. In order to repair the house, a Japanese tore open the walls. Japanese houses normally have an empty space between the wooden walls. When pulling down the walls, he found that there was a lizard(蜥蜴) staying there because a nail(钉子) from outside was hammered into one of its feet. He saw this, feeling pity and curious. When he checked the nail, he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.
What happened? The lizard had survived in such a position for 10 years! It has been in a dark wall partition(夹层) for 10 years without moving! Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a single step—since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard: What has it been doing? What and how has it been eating? Later, he didn't know from where another lizard appeared, with food in its mouth. Ah! He was astonished and touched deeply. The free lizard had been feeding it for the past 10 years.
Such love, a beautiful love! Such love happened with this tiny creature… What can love do? It can do wonders! Just think about it: one lizard had been feeding the other for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. If a small creature like a lizard can love like this, just imagine how we can love if we try.
1.How did the Japanese feel when seeing the lizard there?
A. Frightened B. Enjoyable
C. Confused D. Usual
2.Why did the Japanese stop his work?
A. To watch how long the lizard can still live here.
B. To take out the nail and set the lizard free.
C. To have a rest by watching the lizard.
D. To find out why the lizard had survived there for 10 years.
3.What can we learn from the free lizard?
A. It teaches us never to give up our loved ones.
B. It teaches us to give more help to our loved ones.
C. It tells us to take pity on the stuck lizard.
D. It encourages us to live even longer.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
In a small village, the parents of a little boy were very depressed due to his bad temper(脾气). The boy used to get angry very easily and hurt others with his words. While he forgot what he spoke in anger, his friends and neighbours avoided him.
His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop kindness. Unfortunately, all their attempts failed. Finally, the boy’s father came up with an idea.
One day, his father gave him a huge bag of nails, asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper. The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said.
His anger drove him to hammer 30 nails into the fence on the first day! Over the next few days, the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper.
Gradually, the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived when he hammered none!
Now, his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger. Several days passed and the boy was able to pull out most of the nails from the fence.
The father appreciated him and asked him, pointing to one of the holes, “What do you see there?”
The boy replied, “A hole in the fence?”
He told the boy, “The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people. You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence. The fence never looks the same! It has scars all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good. Use them to show your heart!”
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应用文写作
假设一个来自英国的学生代表团在你校举办艺术节（Art Festival）期间来访，并受邀观看英语歌曲大赛。请根据以下要点写一篇欢迎辞。
1. 表示对客人的欢迎。
2. 介绍歌曲大赛（如活动时间、地点、目的、内容等）。
3. 表达对客人的祝愿。
注意：
1. 字数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总字数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear British guests,
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Thank you.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Two men are under arrest for stealing clothes from a warehouse in Bristol. The two men 1. (break) into the warehouse late yesterday evening, attacked the guard, tied 2. up, and then stole a collection of expensive designer outfits 3. was worth over £40,000. 4. passer-by saw lights on the warehouse and rang the police, but the two men managed 5. (escape) through a back door and then drove off with the 6. (steal) clothes. However, one of the men was later caught and arrested at his home, and the police caught the second man just hours later 7. (hide) at a friend’s house. Both men have now been charged 8. robbery and will appear before a judge in court on Monday. 9. they are found guilty, the two men will go to prison for a number of years. The guard who 10. (attack) has now been released from hospital.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
This spring, he has become the new poster boy. Thanks to the _________ popular South Korean TV series _________ Descendants of the Sun, the _________ of its male lead, known as “Song Joong-ki Syndrome (综合症)”, has swept _________ Asia.
Song, 31, _________ the handsome Captain, the leader of a peacekeeping unit because of military _________ . The captain has to make life-or-death decisions, _________ he is falling in love with a doctor.
It is the actor’s first role after his two-year mandatory (义务的)military _________. “It did prepare me for the role _________ an army officer,” Song said. Despite his _________ success in the character, some who know him for long have doubted _________ he is macho (有男子气概的) enough or not. But Song has already proven everything. Insisting on shooting his own stunts (特技), the actor broke his right wrist and got a _________ knee injury that took at least eight weeks to _________ from. Surprisingly, Song went back and started _________ non-fighting scenes soon.
He was shy and didn’t feel at ease in front of cameras. So he created a friendly filming environment by _________ remembering the names of all the staff (员工). Therefore, his _________ was reduced. He was once a short-track speed skater. Unfortunately, a serious injury _________ Song to give up his dream of being a /an_________ athlete.
Like his skater dream ended in failure, many stars can’t escape their_________ popularity. “If now is the peak of my career, I must find something else and climb to the peak again,” he told the website. “I want to be an actor who can quickly_________ his feet after a fall.”
1.A. wildly B. widely C. specially D. simply
2.A. naming B. being named C. named D. having named
3.A. admiration B. support C. Popularity D. respect
4.A. through B. over C. on D. across
5.A. performs B. experiences C. plays D. develop
6.A. conflicts B. work C. action D. movement
7.A. even then B. as if C. even though D. as though
8.A. service B. guidance C. order D. fighting
9.A. like B. as C. for D. with
10.A. current B. constant C. tight D. earlier
11.A. that B. if C. whether D. why
12.A. sour B. mild C. severe D. wild
13.A. recover B. suffer C. tolerate D. protect
14.A. shooting B. playing C. acting D. showing
15.A. surprisingly B. delightedly C. eagerly D. deliberately
16.A. anxiety B. fear C. pessimism D. confusion
17.A. refused B. made C. forced D. let
18.A. amateur B. senior C. educational D. professional
19.A. Falling B. failing C. fading D. flying
20.A. get along with B. get back on C. get close to D. get down to
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。
Are you addicted to computer games? Do you stay up all night playing them? 1. But should we worry about their effects on our health?
Choices are various when it comes to gaming: 2. And there are shooting games where you can let out your anger and frustration in violent situations where you kill people with guns.
3. Popular games like Grand Theft Auto have been blamed for everything from falling results at school to provoking(激起) acts of extreme violence. Internet safety advisor, Alan MacKenzie, thinks “many people understandably will just think that a game is just a game and not realising the obvious content that’s in there”.
4. There is evidence that playing video games could actually be good for us. Studies have also shown that the skills used in playing games can cause growth in certain areas of the brain, the ability to think in 3D and even improve our eyesight.
Video gamers are also no longer just creatures playing alone. For some, gaming is having a positive effect on their social lives with games like Halo often being played in groups. 5. So it seems today, gaming, if used in moderation(有节制地), we can all take part.
A. Can these kinds of games really be fun and can being absorbed in virtual reality be good for us?
B. When your group works together to win the game, your sense of achievement is higher than when winning by yourself.
C. There’s no doubt that the excitement and sophistication of games these days makes them hard to put down.
D. It is widely accepted that playing games does harm to growing teens.
E. You can role play – creating your own fantasy characters and stories, giving you a chance to step out of everyday life into an imaginary world.
F. You might play games so as to get rid of the might academic pressure.
G. Others will argue that gaming is a harmless form of entertainment.
