My doorbell rings at 11 a.m. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady. She is small and slight. She holds a paper carrier bag in her hands.
I know this lady. It is by no means her first visit. Her daughter, Nicole, bought the house next door last October. Nicole, who is currently in Shanghai, has apparently told her mother that I am having heart surgery shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided I need to be supplied with meals.
I know what is inside the paper carrier bag-a stainless-steel container with a meal of rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp. This has become an almost-daily occurrence.
Communication between my benefactor（恩人）and me is somewhat handicapped by the fact that she doesn't speak English and all I can say in Mandarin is "hello". Once, she brought an iPad and pointed to the screen, which displayed a message from Nicole telling me that her mother wanted to know if the food was all right.
"Your mother just can't be bringing me meals like this all the time," I protested. “I can hardly reciprocate by cooking something from my native land, like roast beef or Yorkshire pudding for her, ”I said.
"Oh, no," Nicole said. "Don't worry about that. She has to cook for the family anyway, and she wants to do it for you. You can call her Wing, which is her surname."
The tenant in my basement suite is a university student who speaks Mandarin quite well, so with her help, I have found out that Wing is 68-13 years younger than I am-and that she lived through the Cultural Revolution. For my part, I was raised in wartime Britain.
So here we are, two grandmothers a world away from where we were raised, neither of us able to speak the other’s language. But the doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar paper carrier bag, handed smilingly to me by Wing.
Right now I am working on some more Mandarin words-it's the least I can do after such a display of kindness.
"Thank you" is, of course, the first one, which somehow seems inadequate.
1.The author and Wing got to know each other ________.
A. as next door neighbors B. when exchanging meals
C. by sharing similar experiences D. after using an iPad to communicate
2.The underlined word "reciprocate" in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.
A. do as well B. offer generously C. give in return D. accept with pleasure
3.The author's effort to learn Mandarin shows her ________.
A. great satisfaction B. real kindness C. heartfelt thanks D. sincere friendship
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom在邮件中告诉你，他通过观看BBC记录片《中国春节》，初步了解了中国文化和习俗。Tom希望了解更多有关中国人庆祝其他传统节日及接受西方节日的情况。请给Tom回信，内容包括：
1.中国人庆祝其他重大传统节日的情况，如，清明节、端午节或中秋节等；
2.年轻人接受西方节日的情况；
3.你自己的感想。
参考词汇：Tomb-sweeping Day清明节
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear Tom,
Glad to know that you've learned something about Chinese culture and customs.Now I'd like to tell you more that might interest you.
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1l处起）不计分。
Dear Sir, I am a student from the near school. Here I want to report the environmental situation for you. There used to many green trees and all kind of flowers in our school all the year round. The school looks like a beautiful garden and we had a clean studying environment. And everything has changed since your chemical factory was built a year before. Every day it produces lots of waste water and harm gases. The terrible pollution has been done great harm to our health. We all expect you factory can take measures to stop the pollution soon.
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。
Young people1.(bear)in 1995 or later have another name in English—Generation Z.
Now entering adulthood and soon to join the workforce, Generation Z grew up in a special period of time when technology developed fast and the Internet became2.(universe).
It3.(believe)that Generation Z is the generation that is going to shape our future,4.is why policy makers are trying5.(they)best to understand these young people. Most people agree that the biggest difference between Generation Z and other generations is how connected they are. This is a group of people who have been familiar6.social media as soon as they came to the world. It may be true that Generation Z-ers have a shorter attention span(持续时间) 7.a goldfish does, but since they grew up among social changes, they are more active in8.(political).
Generation Z-ers are also culture creators.9.(grow) up with the Internet has freed this generation from traditional cultural expression. These young people never10.(willing)let their creativity be limited by their parents or traditional rules.
Today there is more to read than ever before. The websites try their best to_________with each other by offering reading updates. The social news sites are always filled with the_________news and stories one can read everywhere online. _______, there is no lasting value amid the whole competition. As far as their value is_________, I assume it makes no much_______whether you find one to read or_______it. If you are someone who tends to_________meaning in life, I am sure you’ve felt this way as well.
Whenever this happens, I choose to turn back to the_________, the old enduring meaningful books that have_____________the test of time. Most people believe, with our modern________we have invented new life. But this is not the__________. When they think they are leading a life completely__________what their ancestors had decades ago, they are__________still surrounded by minor details and their life remains__________.
Everything has its particular place. Old books teach you how to live and what it__________to be human, with moral standards. This is__________they still play an important part in our life. I’m glad that I am not__________in this opinion. Many people agree that the wisdom of the greatest human minds__________through centuries is the most valuable__________of mankind.
To make classic books__________to youngsters, schools should make it possible for their students to find the books recommended by their teachers on the book-shelves in the library.
1.A. struggle B. communicate C. cooperate D. compete
2.A. temporary B. final C. latest D. present
3.A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Besides
4.A. regarded B. suggested C. considered D. concerned
5.A. difference B. sense C. comment D. progress
6.A. prevent B. lose C. miss D. avoid
7.A. give up B. search for C. set aside D. joke about
8.A. articles B. fictions C. experts D. classics
9.A. made B. stood C. created D. experimented
10.A. service B. edition C. technology D. construction
11.A. case B. base C. life D. matter
12.A. equal to B. consistent with C. different from D. similar to
13.A. probably B. actually C. usually D. potentially
14.A. unchanged B. stable C. safe D. peaceful
15.A. shows B. proves C. offers D. means
16.A. whether B. why C. when D. where
17.A. alone B. lonely C. discouraged D. optimistic
18.A. given up B. carried away C. passed down D. brought up
19.A. revolution B. performances C. process D. possessions
20.A. attractive B. accessible C. suitable D. beneficial
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。
A new article in The Wall Street Journal has given us a deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel.1.Well, not true. People with higher incomes are happier than those who struggle to get by. To put a smile on your face with your money, you need to spend it strategically. Here are some ways to better spend your bank notes.
Buy experiences, not material things.
2.People think that experiences are only going to provide temporary happiness, but they actually provide both more happiness and more lasting value that help you better manage your life.
3.
Anything you buy, including a product you think is special will become just another object. Buying small things can give us frequent small pleasures that are different each time they occur, as they forestall（抢先）adaptation.
4.
It’s also important to consider how what you’re buying will affect how you spend your time. For example, you may have to spend a very long time on the road if you get a big house in the suburb, which will totally lower overall life satisfaction.
Try giving it away.
Elizabeth Dunn, associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada, found that in countries as diverse as Canada, South Africa and Uganda, giving away money consistently made people happier.5.
A. Buy what you like.
B. Be sure to buy time, too.
C. More money, more smiles?
D. Money can’t buy happiness, right?
E. Buy lots of little things, rather than one big thing.
F. With no much money to spare, people tend to stick to material goods.
G. This was even true for people who were relatively poor themselves.
