Italy is one country where beauty is prized more than any other virtue(美德). That is, except in the small town of Piobbico, the self-declared World Capital of Ugly People. The road sign at the edge of the town even warns visitors that they are entering the ugly zone. People who consider themselves ugly have been gathering in Piobbico since the 1960s. That’s when Ugly Club president Telesforo Lacobelli established a dating agency for women who believed they were too ugly to attract husbands. Lacobelli believes that he is ugly himself because he has a short nose in a country where long or large noses have always been considered beautiful.
People from around the world travel to Piobbico to tell their sad stories of ugliness. During the annual Festival of the Ugly, which occurs on the first Sunday of every September, hundreds of people gather in Piobbico’s town square to elect the president of the Ugly Club. Lacobelli wins the election every year. The Ugly Club has over 20, 000 members. They carry ID cards that grade their ugliness from bearable to extreme. A prize is awarded to Ugly Club members who qualify as extremely ugly.
The Ugly Club president insists that ugliness is a virtue. Since beautiful people get a lot of attention for their beauty alone, they have to work hard to prove their other virtues. Ugly people, on the other hand, are genuine and do not have to prove anything to anybody, according to Lacobelli.
Lacobelli is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere. He believes that the uglier one is, the better life can be. Though the club enjoys making fun of beauty, especially beauty contests, Lacobelli has a serious side as well. He believes that too many people suffer from financial and emotional pressures because they don’t meet society’s standards of beauty. The fact that beautiful people are more successful in the workforce is a problem that Lacobelli has attempted to bring forward to the Italian public and government.
1.Piobbico is rather special in that_________ .
A. it is a very small town
B. it is home to ugly people
C. it receives no visitors
D. it is the capital of Italy
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Ugly people are most respected in Italy.
B. The Festival of the Ugly is held every two years.
C. Ugly people are unfairly treated in society.
D. The uglier one is, the better life he or she lives.
3.Why is Lacobelli elected the president of the Ugly Club every year?
A. Because he is the ugliest person in the whole world.
B. Because his ugliness is always graded as bearable.
C. Because he is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere.
D. Because he was won the member’s trust and admiration.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Ugly Capital of the World
B. The Ugliest Person of the World
C. Festival of the Ugly
D. Beauty Contests Should be Banned.
Teenagers who spend hours in front the television may have a poorer diet as young adults.
A study, which included nearly 1,400 high school students, found those who watched TV for five hours or more per day had less healthy diets than peers(同龄人) five years later. Why does this happen? Should the parents take any measures?
On the one hand, people who spend a lot of time in front of the TV, especially teenagers, may snack more, and that may affect their long-term diet quality.
On the other hand, TV ads for fast food, sweets and snacks tempt teenagers to eat more of those foods. And TV time might also replace exercise time for some kids.
Lead researcher Dr. Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, told Reuters Health a clear correlation between TV time during high school and diet quality in young adulthood. While the heaviest TV viewers were eating the most junk food, those who’d watched less than two hours per day had the highest intake(吸收) of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and high-calcium food. In her opinion, parents should limit and monitor TV viewing.
As far as I am concerned, children should watch no more than two hours of television per day. And parents should set a good example by eating right, being physically active and curbing their own TV time.
1.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. People Should Keep Away from TV to Keep Healthy
B. Teenagers’ TV Time May Affect Their Diets Later
C. Why Do Teenagers Like TV?
D. Parents’ Own Habits May Affect Children Later
2.What suggestion does the author give the parents?
A. They must watch TV with their children.
B. They can’t do what they don’t want their children to do.
C. They should forbid the children to watch TV.
D.They should pay attention to nutrition in diets.
3.The underlined word “ curbing” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_________”.
A. adding B. stopping
C. controlling D. checking
4.According to the passage, heavy TV viewers tend to _________.
A. eat more fruits
B. take in fewer vegetables
C. eat less junk food
D. take in high-calcium food
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1.Where does this text probably come from?
A. A newspaper. B. A magazine. C. A website. D. A book.
2.If the Smiths with their 11-year-old son want to join in the Summer Surf Camp, they’d better go there on .
A. June 10th B. June 23rd C. July 22nd D. July 29th
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A. $600. B. $760. C. $800. D. $950.
4.What can we know from the form?
A. The campers are supervised all day.
B. A couple can sign up and join in the Camp by fax.
C. Parents can take part in Session 3 together with their children.
D. An adult can join in the Summer Surf Camp on any day in June.
Mr. White was born in a small village. His parents worked hard on their farm but they couldn’t get enough food for the family. Of course, he couldn’t be sent to school and his uncle who worked in a school taught him at home. And he learned a lot before he left there. When he was sixteen, he found work in a factory. As an abled worker, the boss liked him and seven years later the boss married his daughter to him and with his help, Mr White had his own factory after another seven years passed.
Mrs. White liked her husband very much. So she was always afraid he loved the other women. She often asked him a lot of questions. He wouldn’t make her angry and was more careful.
One evening Mr. White was very busy and he told his secretary to help him. When they finished the work, it was ten in the evening. He had to see her home. That night his wife felt unwell and told him to take her to a hospital. He helped her to get on the car and started. But soon after that he found there was a shoe in the car. He had a look at his wife. The woman seemed to be asleep. He picked it up gently and threw it out of the window.
Soon they got to the hospital. As he was going to help her to get off, suddenly the woman called out, “Where’s my shoe?”
1.Why could Mr. White not be sent to school?
A. His parents were both farmers
B. He was born in a poor family
C. He could learn all subjects by himself
D. They were often worried about food
2.How old was Mr. White when he had his own factory?
A. sixteen B. twenty-three C. thirty D. forty
3.Mr. White tried to be careful,because he was afraid .
A. he would be sent away
B. his wife wouldn’t help him
C. he would be busy
D. his wife would be unhappy
书面表达
众所周知，地震是一种可怕的自然灾害，近期日本和厄瓜多尔相继发生7级以上大地震，造成了巨大的人员伤亡和财产损失。那么当地震来临我们需要怎样去做呢？
在教室时 | 藏在课桌下面等待老师指示 |
在家时 | 藏在起居室或厨房的桌子下。不要去窗户旁边也不要去阳台（balcony） |
在街上时 | 不要站在建筑物，栅栏（fence）或墙边，也不要站在树下，要赶快到安全的露天的空地去 |
请根据以上信息写一篇文章，题目已给出。
注意：词数100左右。
What to Do During an Earthquake
As we all know, an earthquake is a kind of terrible disaster. So what should we do when an earthquake comes?
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My birthday is coming. Father asked me how I would want as my birthday present. I told him I need no present but a party. Father said OK. When I recited the name of my seven friends I planned to invite, he wondered why his guest list did not include my new neighbor Tom. I told him about that I didn’t like to be with a person whom I didn’t know well. And father insisted that I should seize the chance to make new friends. In my birthday, Tom came including my seven friends. Very quick we became good friends. From this I realized give others a chance means giving myself a chance. It was a really forgettable birthday.
