Frederick Callison has been posting up outside of a Sacramento Smart & Final grocery store for the past two years and his method of looking for help has finally paid off.
Michael Marteen noticed Callison while shopping with his family on Feb. 24. Used to seeing homeless people ask for food and money, Marteen found it refreshing to see someone making an effort to find work in such difficult situations.
When Marteen approached him, he noticed Callison was sitting on a sleeping bag with several resumes(简历)neatly laid out, along with a sign that read“need work and food.”
“When I asked if I could see his resume, he stood right up to hand one to me and then started telling me all about his experience as if it were an interview,”Marteen told TODAY. “I’ve been in situations where I had nothing and had to try extremely hard to get work, and there he was doing that, so I have a lot of respect for him.”
Marteen bought him a bottle of water and some ravioli（馄饨）and then took a picture of his resume to post on Facebook, not knowing if anything would come of it.
Sure enough, someone came across his post and offered Callison a job as a cook at a downtown restaurant called Pizza Rocks.
“He was excited about landing a job and very grateful for the opportunity,” Marteen said. “He was up the night before studying the menu for hours.”
The restaurant gave him clothes to wear and a friend is providing Callison with a place to stay until he can get back on his feet.
“It’s easy to look at someone and not see anything but a homeless man, but after talking to him I realized he’s so much more than that,” Marteen said. “He’s a well spoken, cool and friendly guy who knows what he wants and is going after it.”
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Homeless Callison landed a job.
B. Homeless Callison was helped by Facebook.
C. Homeless Callison dreamed big.
D. Homeless Callison lived a hard life.
2.What makes Callison different from other homeless people?
A. He begged at the same place for two years.
B. He had a sleeping bag with him.
C. He is friendly, cool and well spoken.
D. He was looking for a job while begging.
3.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Pitiful. B. Unforgettable.
C. Strange and interesting. D. Unbelievable.
4.What can we infer about Callison after he was offered a job?
A. He was offered clothes by the restaurant.
B. He took his job seriously.
C. He couldn't walk properly.
D. He would soon become rich.
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假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike来信说，他和几个同学正在学中国古诗，请你推荐一本有助于学习古诗的书籍。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 书名及作者：Read Poetry Learn History by Wang Chunyong;
2. 推荐理由：适宜外国读者；学古诗，了解中国历史、文化及古代生活；
3. 表达祝愿。
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 Mike,
I’m glad to know you are learning classical Chinese poetry, and I’d like to recommend a book to you.
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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。
Susan’s family was terrible poor. One Christmas Eve, Susan’s father saw that Susan had used piece of gold wrapping paper to decorate a shoe-box, where is so precious to their family, and she put it under the Christmas tree. The next morning, Susan takes the box to her dad and said, “This is for you, dad!” But if he opened it, he found it was empty. “Why do you give me an empty boxes? Don’t you know the gold wrapping paper is such expensive to us?” Her dad said angrily. Susan cried, said, “Dad, it isn’t empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all foil.” Hearing of this, the dad felt regretful, he held Susan in his arms but said “Sorry, my dear, I love you!”.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
There are many different taboos (禁忌) around the world. A taboo is a social action that is not 1. (allow). Almost every culture in the world has 2. (it) own taboos. When you meet people from different cultures, it is important 3. (understand) what you can and cannot do. If we are not aware 4. these differences, some unusual 5. (thing) might happen. For instance, in China, it 6. (be) rude to put the chopsticks into a bowl of rice straightly as it is often done for the dead. If you visit Nepal, you will find Nepalese often greet each other with the hands pressed together instead of shaking hands, 7. in North America and the UK, people greet one another by 8. (shake) hands. If you will do business with a South American, it seems 9. (impolitely) to be dressed in the light colors. What about Japanese? They dislike the lotus and 10. not give it as a gift to Japanese because they regard it as the mourning flower (丧花). While these different customs might seem strange to you, remember that what you consider normal probably seems just as unusual to others.
When I was a teenager, we were the only family in our New York town that didn’t own a car. And having no car was _______ because all my friends’ parents did.
We were poor. Suddenly a moment arrived _______ my life forever. For weeks a new Buick Road Master _______ in the window of the biggest store on Main Street. Now, on the special night, I stayed in the shadows at the edge of the crowd waiting for the winning _______to be drawn.
It had never even entered my mind that we would _______. But the loudspeaker called my father's name! _______ I wormed my way up to the platform, the mayor had presented dad with the _______, and he had driven off amid _______. I ran _______. Mother met me and told me that my father had asked Jim, his boss, if he wanted to buy a ticket. Jim said yes and my dad ________ two tickets in his own name with his own money, ________ 348 for Jim and the winning number was 348 instead of ________ one 349.
“Your father is struggling with a/an ________ problem. But I think if you have character, you have the better part of ________and I know your father will do what is right,” mother said ________. At last we ________ dad’s step on the front porch，I held my ________. He went straight to the ________ in the dining room and dialed Jim’s phone rang for a long time...
________ over the years, I know now we were never ________ than we were at the moment when dad made the telephone call.
1.A. relaxing B. shaming C. worrying D. pleasing
2.A. saving B. improving C. risking D. changing
3.A. had stood B. had been on sale C. had performed D. had been under repair
4.A. team B. guy C. ticket D. boss
5.A. jump B. fail C. strike D. win
6.A. As soon as B. Because C. By the time D. Although
7.A. dollars B. keys C. medals D. tickets
8.A. shouts B. prayers C. noises D. cheers
9.A. home B. downtown C. to my friends D. to the platform
10.A. saved B. bought C. booked D. printed
11.A. calling B. writing C. marking D. bringing
12.A. the other B. another C. the lucky D. other
13.A. embarrassing B. mental C. puzzling D. moral
14.A. wealth B. poverty C. health D. belief
15.A. with anger B. excitedly C. calmly D. with anxiety
16.A. saw B. heard C. followed D. found
17.A. arms B. mouth C. eyes D. breath
18.A. phone B. cup C. ticket D. window
19.A. Looking out B. Looking up C. Looking back D. Looking in
20.A. poorer B. richer C. more foolish D. more clever
