Summer Surfing USA
15-Day Tour for Beach Lovers
Visit these beautiful Southern California surfing beaches
El Capitan in Santa Barbara, Surf Riders in Malibu, the Wedge at Newport Beach, Doheny at Dana Point. Accommodations (住宿): Single or double rooms in beachfront hotels
Price includes: Daily surfboard use, 3-hour beginner’s class
Nightlife activities: Beach meals, club dancing, moonlight trips
Additional activities: Visit Universal Studios and Disneyland
Tour Beverly Hills and see the movie stars’ homes
Tour cost: Single room at $1,999
Double room at $2,300
Hazel’s Personal Services
Do you ever have questions like these ?
●Where can I get my hair cut for a reasonable price?
●Do you know where I can have someone fix my bike ?
●Where can I get someone to upgrade my computer?
●Do you know where I can have my jacket cleaned?
Do you know where you can have ALL these things done? Call Hazel! (646)555-2121
Hazel offers:
√ Computer support √ Repairs √ Beauty services
√ Washing √ Pet-sitting
If Hazel doesn’t offer the service you need, she’ll find someone who does!
Vote for Roberta Chang
Roberta Chang will clean up Cradville!
Have you noticed these problems in our city?
●The air is becoming dangerously dirty because of gases from cars and trucks.
●There is heavy traffic on the roads because of people’s dependence on cars.
●Our city streets are being destroyed as a result of heavy traffic.
●Many parks have been lost through overbuilding.
●Our fresh water supply is being overused by people who don’t save it.
If you vote Roberta Chang for city council (议会), you vote for solutions!
1.What can one get from Summer Surfing USA?
A. Surf across the USA. B. See movies with pop stars.
C. Have a 15-day free surfing class. D. Enjoy different interesting activities.
2.The questions in Hazel’s Personal Services are raised to _____.
A. attract readers B. show common problems
C. expect answers from readers D. carry out a public opinion survey
3.We can infer from the text that Roberta Chang _____.
A. has come up with new ideas to protect the environment
B. has helped clean people’s houses in Cradville
C. is a member of the government of Cradville
D. is competing for a position
4.The text is likely to appear in _____.
A. a report B. a newspaper
C. a travel guide D. a history textbook
It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson’s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators(评论员) fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that” To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, “because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena(现象).” The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs ,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”, In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.
1.The author mentions Dr. Johnson’s comment to show that________.
A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson
B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D. English conversations usually start with the weather
2.What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?
A. A social trend. B. An emotional state.
C. A historical concept. D. An unknown phenomenon.
3.According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that________.
A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather
B. there is nothing special about the English weather]
C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles
D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty
4.What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?
A. To explain what English weather-speak is about.
B. To analyze misconceptions about the English weather.
C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.
D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.
Do you drink water that's been left sitting out overnight or even for another day? Have you noticed it tastes different?
Tap water that has been left to sit out slowly begins to acquire(获得) off taste. Many people think that this is because of microorganisms. But that's not what makes old water taste not fresh. For that we can thank carbon dioxide. After about 12 hours, tap water starts to go flat as carbon dioxide in the air starts to mix with the water in the glass, lowering its pH and giving it an off taste. But it's most likely safe to drink.
However, back to those microorganisms. If you use a dirty glass day after day, there is more of a chance of bacteria making themselves known; a risk that increases if you share the glass with another mouth as well. But assuming(假设) you use a fresh glass every few days, you probably won't have a problem unless the glass has been touched by dirty fingers, and especially if those dirty fingers went unwashed after using the bathroom.
As for plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car, step away from the bottle, warns Dr. Kellogg Schwab, director of the Johns Hopkins University Water Institute. "A chemical called bisphenol-A, or BPA, along with other things used to make plastic can leach(过滤) into your water if the bottle heats up or sits in the sun," he explains. BPA, as you probably know, has been linked to everything from heart disease to cancer. Schwab also adds that plastic used for commercial bottled water isn't meant to be washed or refilled, so use only one time and recycle. Or don't buy them at all; use refillable water bottles instead.
1.Tap water begin to acquire an off taste because of______ .
A. BPA B. carbon dioxide
C. the glass D. the microorganism
2.According to Paragragh 2 , tap water that's been left sitting out for 12 hours____.
A. is still safe to drink B. tastes better
C. contains few microorganisms D. is most likely undrinkable
3.What should we do with plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car?
A. Throw them away.
B. Clean them and use them again.
C. Use them after they cool down.
D. Refill them with fresh water.
4.Which of the following is true about BPA
A. It is safe for people to use.
B. It is a kind of new material.
C. It can cause great harm to people.
D. It is the main material to make plastic.
Many years ago, when I was in high school and working weekends to pay for the extras that my folks couldn’t really afford, I lost my wallet.
My old car needed putting gas in the back. I prepaid and then put my wallet on the bumper(保险杆), and drove off . I hadn’t even had time to miss it when our phone rang and a man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I checked my wallet and to my surprise, I didn’t find it. He asked me to tell him how much money was in it. He then told me where to pick up my wallet.
As I pulled into his driveway, I noticed his handicapped van(残疾人车)and the ramp(斜坡)going up to the house I was thinking that there was no way this man easily got out of his van and got my wallet off the street. He had to pull over, get in his wheelchair, lower the lift, and then pick it up. I was just surprised. I felt grateful.
I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I thanked him like 10 times for finding my wallet. I was stuck , though. I didn’t want to insult him by offering money, I really felt like offering something. so I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his kindness, and he said “Just pass it on”. I said I would be certain to do that. I was raised to be honest in any circumstance(状况) and I would have done so, without promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to repay his kindness, so I willingly promised I would.
1.What did the man ask the writer to do?
A. He asked the writer to be careful
B. He asked the writer to pass his kindness on
C. He asked the writer to repay his kindness
D. He asked the writer to be honest
2.What can we learn from the man’s action?
A. Where there is a will, there’s a way
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed
C. Good is rewarded with good
D. Help others, but not ask for anything
3.Which of the following can best describe the man who picked up the writer’s wallet?
A. Loyal B. Honest C. Noble D. Promising
假定你是李华。你的英国笔友杰克打算来中国旅行，来信让你推荐几个最值得去的旅游目的地。请你用英语给他写封回信，并说明推荐理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack,
I'm glad that you are coming to visit China. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
On Monday, I was riding my bicycle to school. I was worried I'd be late for school because the heavy traffic. Suddenly, a car came towards me and passes very close to me at high speed. This caused me to lose my balance, that resulted in me fall off the bicycle. As a result, I injured in my ankle quite badly. I didn't know a speed at which the vehicle was traveling but obvious it appeared to me that it passed by me very quickly.
As I was falling onto the grounds, I saw the car crash into a white car. Therefore, the driver didn't stop and check what he had done. He just drove away. I really hope the driver could realize her fault and shoulder his responsibilities.
