I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving , unconditionly.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “ I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
1.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.
A. with his family B. with Evelyn
C. alone D. with his children
2.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.
A. he was determined to be a good husband
B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C. she looked lovely in her new clothes
D. the doctor said his wife was seriously ill
3.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?
A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C. He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.
D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
4.By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.
A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before
假定你是李华，你的外教Mr. Pick回国前向你推荐了American School Life网站，希望你借此提高英语水平。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，告诉他你的收获，要点如下：
1. 表达思念；
2. 上网收获；
3. 表示感激。
注意：1. 词数100词左右；
2. 可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Pick,
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Yours,
Li Hua
短文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词; 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉;
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。
My parents decided try a new Western restaurant last weekend, so I went with them. The evening started well and the menu looks good. I had soup with my starter but the waiter didn't bring a spoon so it was getting a bit cold after I could eat it. Then, for our main course, I had a piece of beef. Besides, I couldn't cut the beef because of my knife wasn't very good. For my dessert I had a apple pie but I didn't have a fork or a spoon so I ate them with my fingers! What a terribly experience!
1-5题为单词拼写（每空一词）
1.Nobody can go out of school on workday without the teachers’ ______(许可).
2.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some ____________ (量起来) over 90 meters.
3.He accepted the job without__________. (犹豫)
4.The hostess had the_____________(请柬) delivered a week before the party.
5.Read the __________(说明书) on the medicine thoroughly.
6-10题为完成句子 (不限词数)。
6. He thought his marketing plan was perfect, but _____________(正相反), it was not and it failed.
7.有了科学的农业生产方法，他们的土地产量更高。
_______________ scientific farming methods, they have been able to use less farmland to produce more.
(用equip短语表达)
8._______________(令我满意的是)， I have passed the examination.
9.The workers in the factory are paid _______________. 这个工厂的工人按小时计酬。
10.The manager was delighted to see so many new products _________ (develop) after great effort.
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。
Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn, in which lots of grain was kept. The watch, 1. was a gift from his father, was very important to him and he was determined to find it.
After searching the barn for a long time, however, he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised to give a great reward to 2. found the watch.
3. (hear) this, the children hurried inside the barn immediately. 4. searched everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up 5. a little boy went up to him and asked to be given 6. second chance.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out 7. the watch in his hand! The farmer, 8. (surprise) but happy, asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “I did nothing but 9. (sit) quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think 10. (well) than an excited one.
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could.
Father of three, Jay short died after a ____with lung cancer Dec, 16th. Three days later, his family was attempting to ____to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-munite ___at the Phoenix airport ____them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our ____chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadn’t _____the flight, we would have missed the ______.” Jay’s daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was ____away from the gate.
“My son was ______his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to ceiling windows.” said Marcia, “I was _____ and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang, ______us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us _____the plane.” Captain Adam Cohen saw the _____on their faces through the gate’s windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have _____gotten into trouble for the _____decision, but Delta ____the move instead. “This is ______we’ll take with us, knowing we made a _______.” confirmed Adam.
This story is an _____that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may ______you how far that you go.
1.A. competition B. symptom C. connection D. battle
2.A ride B run C fly D. drive
3.A. wait B. delay C. interval D. sleep
4.A. spared B. offered C. brought D. left
5.A. last B. slight C. rare D. proper
6.A. followed B. caught C. booked D. confirmed
7.A. doctor B. meeting C. polite D. funeral
8.A. keeping B. bringing C. pulling D. taking
9.A. raising B. waving C folding D. crossing
10.A. struggling B. shouting C. crying D. praying
11.A. advising B. informing C. warning D. instructing
12.A. land B. guide C. change D. board
13.A. appreciation B. satisfaction C. desperation D. caution
14.A. easily B. merely C. optionally D. deliberately
15.A. careless B. unusual C. selfless D. unwise
16.A. resisted B. opposed C. praised D. sponsored
17.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
18.A. difference B. change C. promise D. deal
19.A. activity B. event C. incident D. evidence
20.A. surprise B. panic C. disappoint D. Embarrass
