Have you felt annoyed when a cellphone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out in schools. Students can’t even bring cellphones to school. Is it a good thing or not?
Anxious parents say that cell phones are an important tool in holding New York City’s families together.
＂I worry about it,＂ said Elizabeth Lorries Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine. We have running water, and we have cell phones.＂
Many American parents think cell phones connect them to their children on buses, getting out from subways, and walking through unknown places.
＂I have her call me when she gets out of school,＂said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother.＂No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a cell phone.＂
What about the cell phone owners, the students? Most of the students said cell phones were essential and the cell phone was like an extra hand or foot for them.
＂I feel so empty,＂said May Chom, 14. ＂There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.＂
1.Students often use a cell phone _____________.
A. to enjoy listening to music B. to make phone calls to their teachers
C. to walk as an extra foot D. to work as a washing machine
2.According to the passage, _____________.
A. many American parents don’t think cell phones are necessary for the students
B. cell phones only bring troubles to the school life
C. cell phones connect children with their families when they are outside
D. cell phones can help students learn better
3.What does the underlined word ＂essential＂ mean in Chinese?
A. 时髦的 B. 重要的 C. 多余的 D. 昂贵的
4.What’s the parents’ attitude towards the rule — not to use a cell phone in school?
A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Doubtful.
Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.
Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.
In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone. It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.
Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He says he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old man.
Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything”. He said, “The feeling of having overcome something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I’m dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”
The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said, “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”
1.Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?
A. Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone.
B. It is more meaningful to travel in foreign countries.
C. It is comfortable to travel around without a friend.
D. Traveling abroad helps people to find new things.
2.Traveling alone is challenging because ________.
A. you have to make things on your own
B. it is hard for you to prove yourself to others
C. you can only depend on yourself whatever happens
D. it will finally build your character
3.What can we infer about Chris Richardson?
A. He started traveling alone at an early age.
B. He was once shot in the arm.
C. He used to work as a salesman.
D. His website inspires others a lot.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Travel Abroad B. Travel Alone
C. Travel Light D. Travel Wide and Far
假如你是李华，你的网友John想在近期外出旅行，请你根据以下提示，用英语给他写封电子邮件，向他介绍你对旅游的看法并提醒他旅行注意事项。
【写作内容】
1、旅游是一种非常好的活动：当你累了或有空的时候，到外地走走；欣赏美景，呼吸新鲜空气，交朋友，放松身心，有益健康。
2、旅行前的准备：了解天气，带好衣服、相机、常用药品等。
3、旅行时注意事项：饮食和安全。
【写作要求】
1、用恰当的句子表达全部内容；
2、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总句数。
【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear John,
I am glad to hear that you are going to travel.
Do you agree with me? Wish you a good journey.
Yours,
WangMing
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注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误；
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Yang Li, a five-year-old girl living next door to me, very clever. Because she is too old to go to school, she often asks me to teach herself to read, write and draw. She studies hardly and soon she learns a lot of. One evening last month I was doing my English homeworks when she came to my house. She asked me how I learned English. “You would find English a bridge to so much knowledge,” I said. She then wanted to learn English, either. She has learned many English words so far, but her parents are very grateful to me.
Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the 1.important thing in her life but, to tell you the2. (true), she took lessons for years and practised every day, 3. in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got 4. (loud).
Her teacher finally 5. （give）up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit(停止), and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about 6.to say after the performance. She knew it 7.be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings 8. . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage（后台） to greet her former （先前的）pupil.
“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of 9.performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll 10. be better than you were tonight.”
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the ___ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t ___ , they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who _____ , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was ____ about her. She went to bed too _____ . The night before the first exam, Barbara _____ that she have an early night and take a _____pill. She promised to wake ___ up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ____, she went to sleep. In no time（不久）at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ____ , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. ____ around her was writing pages and gages.____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ___ . She kept looking at her ______. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, ____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started ____ . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she ___ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a ____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
1.A. teachers B. students C. classmates D. schools
2.A. prepare B. miss C. join D. pass
3.A. succeeded B. failed C. ended D. called
4.A. but B. so C. and D. because
5.A. excited B. frightened C. worried D. pleased
6.A. early B. late C. heavily D. eagerly
7.A. insisted B. hoped C. ordered D. wished
8.A. sleeping B. resting C. exciting D. breathing
9.A. him B. her C. them D. herself
10.A. hand B. eye C. mind D. body
11.A. her sister B. her parents C. the lessons D. the medicine
12.A. result B. marks C. desk D. paper
13.A. The teacher B. The students C. No one D. Everyone
14.A. If B. Though C. So D. How
15.A. with B. about C. on D. to
16.A. watch B. textbook C. sister D. subject
17.A. gave up B. put off C. look around D. think over
18.A. examining B. leaving C. copying D. crying
19.A. raised B. woke C. stood D. cheered
20.A. nice B. wonderful C. terrible D. special
