We took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August，and it was as refreshing and exhausting as family vacations tend to be．Toward the end of our long drive home, even the kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot on．At that point in a road trip，even sixty-five miles per hour feels slow. We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road signs flashing by.
My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County. Only thirty miles from home，I hit the brakes，and we began to roll，slowly，behind a horse-drawn carriage. We began to open our eyes again．We saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons. I rolled down the windows, and we breathed again．Just-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle．
At five miles per hour，you remember what you forget at sixty-five．You are thinking about a place，even when you are moving from place to place．
I am a placemaker. A homemaker, too. I am a mother of a young kid at home，and also a writer and a gardener．But，for me，those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do with the rest of my life：I want to cultivate a place and share it with others．
The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880. It has quite a few nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land，and we love nothing more than to fill them with neighbors and friends. We grow vegetables and flowers，keep a baker’s dozen of egg—laying chickens，and，since we moved in three years ago，we have planted many，many trees．
Living with my life’s purpose does not allow for much travel. I need to be here，feeding the chickens and watering the tomatoes. Any extra in the budget，and we spend it on trees．
But I learned something at the end of our family road trip．Travel can help me in the task of caring for my own place．When I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there，travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places．
1. What does the author try to express in the first paragraph?
A．The tiredness of her past family life．
B．Her disappointment at the family road trip．
C．The family’s eagerness to return home．
D．Kids’excitement at driving fast on the road．
2.Why did the author slow her car some miles from her home?
A．Because she made a way for a horse-drawn carriage．
B．Because she enjoyed the scenery along the road．
C．Because she needed a break after the long drive．
D．Because she wanted to get rid of a fast-paced life．
3.The underlined word“placemaker’’in the 4th paragraph refers to someone who .
A．devotes most of his energy and time to building his house
B．is ready to help anyone in need in the community
C．makes a creative design for others’ houses
D．is good at cultivating a place and sharing it with others
4. What can be the best title of the passage?
A．On the Way Home B．Never Travel again
C．Escape from a Family Life D．Life on the Farm
The London Eye 4D Film Experience started in August and is included in the London Eye ticket price. It is a fantastic 4D film to entertain you before your trip on the London Eye. The 4D effects are great.
No Extra Cost to You
That’s right; you buy your ticket for the London Eye and 4D cinema experience. Merlin Entertainments, the London Eye owners, spent 5 million creating the film and building the 4D cinema and wanted to improve the value for money of the London Eye.
What to Expect
The 4D Cinema entrance is in the ticket hall. So after buying your ticket, go straight to it, where you’ll be given a pair of glasses. About 160 visitors will pass through the 4D cinema every 8 minutes so don’t worry about waiting time. People in the bright pink cinema are all standing on four levels. The top level is designed for wheelchairs.
London Eye 4D Film
Put on your glasses and enjoy yourself. The story is about a little girl visiting London with her father and she wants to be higher to get a better view so she comes to the London Eye. It differs from watching the 3D film for all your senses are involved. When it snows on screen, you feel it snows in the cinema. And when you watch the fireworks, you can really smell them.
For a short film, less than four minutes, before the main attraction you think you’ve come for, you are going to love this free extra. I stood there with my mouth wide open at the end as many others did. It’s fantastic! The effects are the Hollywood standard as no expense is spared. I was lucky enough to try the film three times on the first day and I still want to go back again.
1. What does the author mainly tell us in this passage?
A. He mainly introduces the 4D film of Merlin Entertainments.
B. He mainly introduces the London Eye entertainment centre.
C. He mainly tells us his experiences while creating the 4D film.
D. He mainly introduces to us how to take part in the 4D film.
2.Why did the Merlin Entertainments build the 4D film cinema?
A. Because it wanted to attract more visitors to London.
B. Because it could earn more money from the public in the UK.
C. Because it could provide more entertainments for visitors.
D. Because it wanted to increase the value of the London Eye.
3.Where could people get into the 4D film cinema?
A. In the Hollywood. B. In the ticket hall.
C. Under the London Eye. D. In the ticket centre.
4.While seeing a 4D film, people will feel ________.
A. greatly frightened B. much worried
C. sweet smell D. as if they were on the scene
书面表达
假如你是李华，目前正在一所外国语学校读高一。最近一段时间你比较关注美国文化，尤其对美国的节日感兴趣。请你给你的美国网友Tom写一封电子邮件，询问他关于感恩节的一些情况。内容要点如下：
1） 介绍自己的近况；
2） 询问感恩节的情况（起源；庆祝的时间和方式；）
3）表示感谢；
注意：1）词数100左右；
2) 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3) 开头和结尾已给你写好，但不计入总词数；
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your e-mail last time.
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Yours.
Li Hua
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。每处错误仅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。
It was the break time, and the students was playing on the playground. Jack was playing the basketball with a group of boys while Lily told him that the headmaster wanted to see him. Jack seemed confusing. He thought, “I did something wrong. Why did the headmaster ask me to his office?” Then he walked there nervously. In his surprise, the headmaster praised him, as he learned from some teachers that Jack usually volunteered to helping others. The headmaster told Jack he had set example to other students. Heard that, Jack was very happy. He promised the headmaster that he will continue to be a caring student.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In recent years, self-drive tourism has become people's __1.__( prefer )in travelling during holidays. The reasons why more and more people choose it are as follows. The traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Mid-autumn festival and the Spring Festival, are set as official holidays, __2.____provide people with more chances to travel together __3._ their family and friends. ___4.___, the rapid development of road construction and the _5.__(increase) number of people owning private cars make self-drive tourism boom.__ 6._ (compare) with traditional tourism, travelling by self-driving enables ordinary people to get closer to nature and__7.___( give) them more freedom in the tour. Since people have to drive all __8.__ way during the tour, they should pay __9.____(specially) attention to the safety problem while driving and they should try to avoid _10.____(drive )when tired.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so serious that she nearly died. She _________ but the fever left its mark—she could no longer see and _________ . Because she could not hear, she also found it very _________o speak.
So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to _________ a world- famous author and public speaker?
The fever cut her _________ from the outside world, depriving（剥夺）her of sight and sound. It was _________ she had been thrown into a dark prison room from which there could be no _________ ．
Luckily Helen was not someone who _________ easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other _________. She followed her mother wherever she went, _________ onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She _________ their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the _________ or kneading dough（揉面）.She even learnt to___________people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also _________where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the _________ of the ground under her feet.
By the age of 7 she had invented over 60 different _________ by which she could talk to her family. If she wanted bread for example, she would pretend to_________a loaf and butter into slices. If she wanted ice cream, she _________her arms around herself and pretended to shake.
Helen was unusual in that she was extremely _________and also very sensitive. By her own _________she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.
1.A.escaped B. succeeded C. finished D. survived
2.A.cry B. sleep C. hear D. read
3.A.difficult B. impossible C. able D. usual
4.A.explain B. become C. manage D. choose
5.A.down B. off C. in D. up
6.A.even if B. not only C. so that D. as if
7.A.increase B. release C. punishment D. praise
8.A.gave out B. picked up C. gave up D. turned up
9.A.senses B. plans C. projects D. dreams
10.A.falling B. hanging C. stepping D. rushing
11.A.copied B. stole C. expressed D. figured
12.A. chickens B. children C. cows D. birds
13.A.ask B. find C. lead D. recognize
14.A.remember B. tell C. forget D. improve
15.A. feel B. knowledge C. opinion D. sight
16.A. signals B. signs C. notes D. topics
17.A. order B. cook C. cut D. throw
18.A. reached B. packed C. dropped D. opened
19.A.generous B. kind C. intelligent D. honest
20.A.lives B. relationships C. effects D.efforts
