You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Days together.
You know, there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized (对立) by it. Split by: age and experience, opinions, hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing and boys.
The Father-Daughter Duel（冲突） of‘54 shifted into high gear（白热化） when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the‘54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who accompanied me home after you reported the Chevy stolen late one evening was too young to understand father-daughter politics and too old to have much tolerance for a 16-year-old. You were so decent about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship improved greatly when I had babies. I didn’t know what to expect of you and Mom as grandparents but I didn’t have to wait long to find out. Those babies adored you then just as they adore you now.
I suppose I saw our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine. But the oddest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn’t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and frail behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
Fifty years ago this spring, we planted kohlrabi together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa.
This week, we’ll plant kohlrabi together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don’t understand why planting kohlrabi with you is so important to me but it is. I don’t even like kohlrabi... but I like planting it with you.
Honoring a father on Father’ s Day is about more than a dad who brings home a paycheck, shares a dinner table, and attends school graduation and weddings. It’s more about unconditionally loving children who are stubborn, who know everything and won’t listen to anyone. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and wishing that it never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
1. What is the purpose of the third paragraph?
A. To prove that the father is very strict.
B. To describe the father-daughter politics.
C. To show the conflict between the author and her father.
D. To condemn the policeman for lack of understanding.
2.What does the author mean by saying “a slap in the face” in the fifth paragraph?
A. She regretted the fights she had with her father.
B. She suddenly realized that her father was so old and could be gone one day.
C. She was ashamed of herself that she hadn’t taken good care of her father.
D. She suddenly realized that she had caused a lot of trouble for her father.
3.Which of the following words can describe the author’s father?
a. Unreasonable b. Caring c. Tolerant d. Stubborn
A. bc B. bd
C. acd D. bcd
4.The author wrote his father this letter to _________.
A. tell him about their conflicts B. say sorry for her being stubborn
C. express her gratitude to him D. remind him of the early incident
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the studio’s services?
A. Frames come in three different colors and sizes.
B. There is no need to make an appointment to take photos.
C. Photographs will be delivered within three business days.
D. Someone on the staff can help customers look good.
2.How much can non-club members save when they use the Fantastic Package Plan instead of buying the same products individually?
A. $20. B. $30.
C. $40. D. $50.
3.We can learn from the text that ______.
A. club members need to pay a $40 membership fee every year
B. as many as five pictures can be included in a Multi-image sheet
C. customers can receive a 20th anniversary discount until December 31
D. you must have a Fantastic Club membership to receive a free gift
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Johnson即将到你所在学校学习，想通过你了解学校食堂(canteen)的情况。请你根据提示给他写封电子邮件，向他介绍相关情况。
内容包括：
1. 就餐时间
2. 菜品种类
3. 就餐费用。
注意：1. 100词左右，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Johnson,
I am glad to hear that you will come to study in our school.
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Looking forward to your coming.
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l0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l0处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Yesterday I stepped into a restaurant for lunch. As I was waiting my order to come, I noticed the old man in a wheelchair roll himself over to a table. No one and me seemed to notice him. I got up and go over to his table and asked if that I could get him something to drink. He smiled and said, “Thank you.You are generously. I’d like any orange juice, please.”When I was getting ready to leave, I walked by the old man’s table to saying goodbye. He thanked me again and told me I had made his days, coming over and helping him out. I gave him a hug and told him he had made my day, either.
Some students who had graduated visited their university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the professor1.(go) to the kitchen and returned with a pot of coffee and2.variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive—telling them to help3.to the coffee.
4.was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said, “All the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 5. (leave) behind the plain and cheap ones. Actually, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. 6.all of you really want is coffee, not the cup.You consciously went for the best cups, 7.then you began eyeing others’ cups.”
“Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups, 8.are just tools to hold and contain life. The type of cup we have does not change the quality of life . If we concentrate only 9. the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. I 10. (true) hope that you will never let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”
It was the last day of the final examination in a famous university.On the steps of one building,a group of engineering seniors gathered,discussing the exam due to begin in a few____.On their faces was confidence.This was their last exam before____and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they____get.With the certainty of four years of college,they felt ready and able to take____of the world. The coming exam,they knew,would be a(n)____task.The professor had said they could bring____books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they shouldn’t____each other during the test.____they came into the classroom.The professor passed out the papers.And smiles____on the student’s faces as they noted there were only five easy questions.
Three hours had passed____the professor began to get the papers.The students no longer looked confident.On their faces was an expression of uncertainty.Papers in hand,no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the____faces before him,and then asked,“How many completed all the five questions?”____a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?”Still no hands.
“Three? Two?”The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One,then? Certainly somebody finished____.”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers.“That’s exactly what I____,”he said,“I just want to impress upon you that____you have completed four years of engineering,there are still many things about the____you don’t know.These questions you couldn’t answer are very____in everyday practice.” Then,smiling,he added,“You will all____this course,but remember—even though you are now college graduate,your education has just____.”
With years passing by,people are beginning to____the name of this professor,but not the lesson he taught.
1.A. days B. hours C. minutes D. seconds
2.A. education B. discussion C. interview D. graduation
3.A. used to B. had to C. must D. would
4.A. control B. hold C. charge D. place
5.A. unusual B. easy C. interesting D. necessary
6.A. all B. either C. any D. no
7.A. look at B. listen to C. refer to D. talk with
8.A. Nervously B. Quickly C. Curiously D. Joyfully
9.A. appeared B. changed C. froze D. stopped
10.A. when B. as C. before D. after
11.A. surprised B. worried C. moved D. pleased
12.A. Even B. Only C. But D. Not
13.A. one B. none C. it D. all
14.A. hated B. enjoyed C. expected D. wondered
15.A. now that B. even though C. as though D. right now
16.A. project B. examination C. question D. subject
17.A. difficult B. strange C. common D. valuable
18.A. fail B. take C. pass D. start
19.A. completed B. succeeded C. failed D. begun
20.A. remember B. forget C. record D. remind
