When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other children, and going to school.
Although Gina couldn’t laugh and talk, we all knew that she just needed love and care. Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida where she could swim with dolphins. Gina was afraid of swimming with them because she had never been around dolphins before. We had also never traveled that far as a family.
When we got to Florida, we saw where the dolphins lived. It was a place where kids with special needs like Gina could come and spend time. I thought it was going to be a vacation, but it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.
The trip was amazing .Gina laughed and clapped(拍手) when she saw the dolphin, and the dolphin splashed (溅起水花) when it saw Gina. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she normally did at home. Mom and dad were proud of Gina. I was, too.
1.We know from the text that Gina ________.
A．experienced five operations in a month
B．got along well with other children
C. stayed in the hospital before three
D. was born with a heart disease
2.How did Gina feel about swimming with dolphins at first?
A．ExcitedB．FrightenedC．AngryD．Proud
3.The text is written to tell us that ________.
A．learning to walk is hard work
B．dolphins can treat many illness
C．families should travel together often
D．help sometimes comes in unusual form
在很多公共场合,我们都可以看到“中式英文”(Chinglish)的标志,我们是否应该彻底清理这些Chinglish呢?请结合下面信息,以“Should We Get Rid of Chinglish?”为题,写一篇英语短文。
赞成 | 1.外国人很难看懂。 |
2.我们应该学习标准英文。 | |
反对 | 1.“中式英文”丰富了英语本身。 |
2.“中式英文”为我们的生活增添了情趣。 | |
你的观点 | ? |
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.可适当发挥,以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 1. (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged2. their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were3. (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early4.the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I5.(eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best6.(climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was7.(miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 8. very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she9.(feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought10.they) food, clothes and shelter.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从51～70各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once when there was a famine (饥荒), a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, “In this basket, there is a loaf (一条面包) for each of you. it, and come back to me every at this hour till better times come.”
The hungry children eagerly around the basket, and quarreled for the bread, each wished to have the largest loaf. At last they went away without even the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not or struggle with the rest, but remained modestly in the distance. When the ill-behaved children had left, she took the loaf, which alone was left in the basket, the gentleman's hand, and went home.
The next day the children were as as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the open, and then many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very much , and said, “Take the money back to the good at once, for it must have got into the loaf . Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”
But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's , he said, “No, no, my child, it was no . I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to you. Always be as contented (满足的), peaceable, and as you now are. Go home now, and the is your own.”
1.A. Take B. BuyC. OrderD. Smell
2.A. monthB. weekC. dayD. year
3.A. stoodB. satC. gathered D. looked
4.A. butB. soC. sinceD. because
5.A. hearing B. thanking C. thinking D. looking
6.A. playB. laughC. quarrel D. speak
7.A. cryingB. standing C. quarrelingD. singing
8.A. bestB. oldest C. largest D. smallest
9.A. kissedB. tookC. seized D. waved
10.A. hungry B. angryC. eagerD. rude
11.A. sizeB. number C. length D. amount
12.A. letterB. breadC. basket D. bag
13.A. surprised B. pleased C. terrified D. excited
14.A. policeman B. teacher C. gentlemanD. child
15.A. by accident B. by heart C. by hand D. by itself
16.A. letter B. noteC. money D. message
17.A. luckB. useC. goodD. mistake
18.A. testB. reward C. thankD. attract
19.A. careful B. grateful C. beautiful D. enthusiastic
20. A. loafB. basketC. worldD. money
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
为多余选项。
Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 1..
Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. 2. . One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question，but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. 3.. Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers .This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively.
4. . If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying goodbye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” 5.. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
A. Real listening at least means some things.
B. You can become a popular person.
C. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question.
D. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.
E. If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret.
F. It’s polite to listen to others with a smile.
G. These people have something in common.
When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read “Goodnight Moon” to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn’t reading — he’d memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling.
Thirteen years later, he’s getting a lot of it. He’s on a five-month road trip across America — not sightseeing, but volunteering.
The University City resident has spent time at an animal reserve in Utah, a women’s shelter in St. Louis, a soup kitchen in New York, a retirement home in Tucson. This week he’s in Los Angeles, at a program that supports disabled youth.
“I just like helping people and feeling that something I do is making a difference,” he said. He resists the idea that his “Do Good Adventure” is all that unusual. It bothers him that the media often describe young people as lazy, self-centered. So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “About 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate for adults” he said, according to a 2002 study. “Not everybody knows that. ”
Of course, some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications. Lyons said he mentioned his trip on his applications. But charity work is a habit with him. Even before the cross country trip, he was volunteering about 200 hours a year at various places. He’s made sandwiches for homeless families in Washington D.C. He’s taught math to fifth-graders in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
He gets some of that drive from his mother, Lesley Lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. She was there when her son “read” to the preschoolers — a memory of hers “that will never go away.”
1.What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?
A. Creative.B. Impressive. C. Persuasive. D. Imaginative.
2. The third paragraph is meant to________.
A. show Russell Lyons is working as a volunteer
B. introduce some tourist attractions across America
C. call on volunteers to offer help to those in need
D. show volunteers are needed in all parts of America
3. According to Paragraph 4，Russell Lyons is against the idea that____.
A. what he has done is common
B. most teens do volunteer work
C. young people don’t work hard
D. adults prefer to be volunteers
4. Russell Lyons has been doing volunteer work because_______.
A. it is necessary for college applications
B. he ought to keep his promise to Mom
C. he likes the feeling of being praised
D. it has become a natural part of his life
5.What does the last paragraph suggest?
A. Lesley Lyons is too busy to look after her son.
B. Russell Lyons is greatly influenced by his mother.
C. Lesley Lyons almost earns no money all her life.
D. Children are always important to their parents.
