Christmas was two days away. Had the packages with a camera in already been placed under the Christmas tree? That was the only thing that I had longed for. A million times I had kept dropping hints to my parents. Taking photos is my favorite. My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom’s old camera. I’m always trying to snap(抓拍) those wonderful moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene, but my camera has always seemed to fall short.
I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning, so I went on a hunt in my mom’s room. I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor --- a big pink cat. My heart sank.
Mom seemed to notice that, and she tried to cheer me up. “Jenny, I got your present today. I am so excited to surprise you!” “I can’t wait,” I said.
The next day I couldn’t wait any longer. I needed to tell her.
“Mom, may I talk to you for a moment?”
“Sure, dear. What do you need to talk about?” she asked.
And so it came ---how upset I was that I was getting a cat!
“Jenny, that cat is for your sister Julia!” she said with a smile.
“Then what am I getting” I asked.
She just smiled. “You’ll have to wait and see.”
Next morning, I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree. I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find …
My camera! “Thank you!” I said to both Dad and Mom.
Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia, Mom and me. It has become one of my favorite pictures. Just on that Christmas morning, I took lots of photos with my camera --- my little sister making a face, my parents giving me a soft smile --- and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me: love.
1.The underlined phrase “fall short” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.
A. be too expensive B. be not good enough
C. become short after falling D. drop to the ground
2.Why did Jenny’s heart sink at first?
A. Her mother refused to talk to her. B. She mistook her sister’s Christmas gift for hers.
C. Her present was not well wrapped. D. Her mother forgot to buy her any Christmas gift.
3.We can learn form the passage that ________.
A. Jenny was happy to accept the pink cat
B. Jenny’s mother bought her a camera after discovering her disappointment
C. Jenny thought it was OK to have an old camera
D. Jenny’s mother knew what she wanted as a Christmas gift
4.
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Love can not be bought B. Love is more important than gifts
C. A Christmas wish that came true D. My Mother is always in my heart
假定你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1．乐观的人生态度；
2．努力学习；
3．参加体育锻炼。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
3．乐观的：optimistic (adj)
4. 开头已为你写好。
We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.
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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，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
I still remember how nervously I was on my first day in the new school ten years ago, when I found difficult to follow my teacher in the first English class. The teacher spoke English throughout the class, that was totally different from the lessons I had been taken before. In the morning class the next day, the English teacher came to me while I am reading the text like other student. After listen to me for a while, she gave me a big smile and said she liked her voice very much. The smile shone on the whole day and the following days, as the result of which I began to be confident. A week late, I volunteered to take charge of English study in my class and my English has been improved steadily.
On Sept.19, 2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock(股票)Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business 1. (successful). A short Chinese man seems to be the 2. (tall) man in the world right now.
Ma Yun used to be an English teacher. When he was twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake,3. he could communicate with foreign4.(tourist) in English. He did it for nine years. The experience made5. (he) a fantastic English speaker and also opened his views to the wide world. In a trip to the US in 1995, Ma had access to the Internet for the first time. When seeing the opportunity on the Internet, Ma returned to China and decided to set up a website 6. he knew little about computers then. Ma gave up his job and created 7. was called Alibaba in Hangzhou. He was so 8. (devote) to his work that he 9. (name) “Crazy Jack Ma”. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company and 10. (go) even further in future.
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor ______ the question papers, with the text facing down as usual.______ all the students got the papers, he asked them to ______ the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no ______ , just a black dot (点) in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone's face, told them the following:
"I want you to write what you ______ there.”
The students,______, got started on the inexplicable (令人费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ______ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with ______exception (例外), described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ______, the classroom was silent, the professor began to explain:
"I'm not going to grade this. I ______ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ______ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ______. We have a white paper to observe and ______, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ______ given to us with love and care and we always have ______ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ______ our livelihood and the miracles we see every day.
____, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the ______ relationship with coworkers, the _______ with a friend, and etc.
The dark spots are very _______ compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds. "
1.A. pointed at B. turned up C. brought up D. handed out
2.A. Since B. After C. While D. Until
3.A. fold B. open C. turn D. use
4.A. questions B. choices C. exercises D. scores
5.A. remember B. imagine C. see D. study
6.A. serious B. frustrated C. curious D. confused
7.A. finished B. collected C. marked D. selected
8.A. no B. an C. all D. more
9.A. answered B. said C. returned D. read
10.A. also B. even C. just D. finally
11.A. big B. black C. white D. beautiful
12.A. lives B. classrooms C. colleges D. studies
13.A. send B. enjoy C. keep D. show
14.A. lesson B. duty C. pressure D. present
15.A. reasons B. time C. freedom D. festivals
16.A. threatens B. provides C. ruins D. changes
17.A. Besides B. Thus C. However D. Finally
18.A. close B. strong C. special D. troublesome
19.A. disappointment B. connection C. satisfaction D. stay
20.A. dark B. small C. round D. dirty
When we were kids, my little sister Madison and I were the M&Ms—my parents' two daughters. 1. So it was quite a surprise when my mom and dad sat us down to let us know that baby number three was on the way when I was 10 years old. However, as soon as my brother Mac was born, he completely stole my heart and I have learned many things from having a young brother.
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Having a baby in your life means watching your parents endlessly change diapers (尿布), make bottles, and wipe spit-ups every once in a while. I was allowed to do those things and I learned just how important it was to take care of this little life before I even hit middle school.
● You watch a child grow up.
3.I remember how excited my family was when we discovered how fast of a reader he was in kindergarten. I'll never forget telling him bedtime stories before he went to sleep at night. It's cool to think about the entirety of his life and how far he has come.
● You teach your brother life lessons.
From a young age, my brother watched my sister and me overcome personal challenges, go to high school, and, worst of all, get our hearts broken. 4. Watching his sisters go through life's difficulties has taught him how he should act when he gets older.
Now Mac is 11 years old. I have no shame in telling people that one of my best friends is an 11-year-old boy. In fact, our family without him is unimaginable. 5.
A．You stay in the know.
B．You learn about responsibility early on.
C．We received a lot of attention, and we liked it that way.
D．I remember the first time Mac crawled, walked, and said my name.
E．Nothing makes Mac more upset than a mean guy who hurts a girl's feelings.
F．All I can say is that my family wouldn't be happy without Mac.
G．Thanks , Mom and Dad, for turning the M&Ms into the Three Musketeers.
