Off the Beaten Cart Path
The best-selling travel book which includes over 200 new places of interest, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It includes over 1,000 of the United States most must-see destinations
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Parents
The most popular magazine for parents who want to raise smart and loving children. It has child development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best way to encourage your child’s learning.
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Best Weekend Projects
The projects are chosen from 80 special ideas to create an unusual living space. They are practical, as well as creative. They will improve your home and yard and can be made on weekends. And the most important of all, they are easy to follow.
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Lucky
The shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips. You’ll need them before you go to the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gives you the information you need before anyone else has it.
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1.How much can you save to buy a copy of Best Weekend Projects now?
A. $ 3 B. $ 4.05
C. $ 10.2 D. $ 13.4
2.Which book can give you some advice on shopping?
A. Lucky B. Parents
C. Off the Beaten Cart Path D. Best Weekend Projects
3.Who may like the book Off the Beaten Curt Path most?
A. Ladies loving shopping.
B. Parents with new-born babies.
C. Persons loving traveling in America.
D. Husbands wanting to improve their home.
4.What does the passage most probably belong to?
A. A story. B. A notice.
C. A report. D. An advertisement.
假设你叫李明，你的初中同学王强到贵阳读高中，他来信告诉你，他的英语跟不上那里学生的英语水平，
课堂上听不懂，不知道怎样才能提高英语，希望你给他提些有关英语学习的建议。现在请你根据以下内容提示给他写一封回信。
要点如下：
1.对他在英语学习方面有困难表示关心，并愿意提供帮助。
2.给他提出建议：①每天背单词、短语，丰富词汇量；②多听英语录音或光盘，模仿准确的语音语调，提高听力；③课外多阅读，提高阅读能力；
3.提出希望：希望他在英语方面能取得进步，并赶上其他同学。
注意：1.书信必须包括以上提供的内容要点，可以适当增加细节，使内容连贯；
2.词数：词数100左右；
参考词汇：记住：memorize;丰富：enrich;语调：intonation
Dear Wang Qiang,
I’m glad to hear from you.___________________________________________________________________
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Yours
Li Ming
文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。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字。 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。
Since Chinese dream was raised by President Xi Jinping from 2013, the phrase had become a hot topic among Chinese people. According to a recently survey by CCTV, different people have different dreams. A great many urban residents dream of having easy access with modern transportation so that life will be more convenient and much more easier. That college students are mainly concerned about is employ and their dream is to have well-paid jobs which they can live their lives to the best. As for the farmers，they hope we can enjoy good and affordable medical care and that their children can receive good education. In my view, admitted to a good university is my dream and I hope I can be a person who make contributions to my country.
Mr. Clark works in a middle school. He likes reading and often borrows some books1.the library. He listens to the radio every morning and reads newspapers after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.
Mr. Clark has a nine-year-old son, Mike,2.also likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clark always thinks he’s too young3.(understand) him and chooses the easiest ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with it.
On day Mike read something about lights and was4.(interest) in it. He asked his father a few questions, and without any5.(difficult) his father answered them all. Then his father said6.(proud), “Fathers always know 7.(much) than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said, “I don’t think8..” His father asked, “oh? Why?” Mike didn’t answer, and asked instead, “Who9.(invent) lights in the l9th century?” “Thomas Edison,” answered Mr. Clark. “why didn’t his father invent them, then?”10.(look) at his son, Mr. Clark didn’t know what to say!
One Saturday morning I decided to walk into Liverpool city center and buy myself something. I didn't _______ anything, and I was just going to spend some _______! I stopped into a general________ to buy myself some sweets. While I was making up my mind, the door _______ and in walked a girl, four years old at the most. She was wearing a summer dress and sandals(凉鞋) _______ it was a bitterly cold day. She was not too _________, obviously from a poor family. She walked up to the counter(柜台), ________up and placed a fifty pence coin on the glass. Then, she proudly announced she had _______ this up for her little__________ a teddy bear as a birthday gift and she_______ that one there. The woman behind the _______ told the little girl the teddy bear cost ________ 50 pence. The little girl tried another one, and another one, and another one.
I knew that_______ of the bears on display could be bought for 50 pence. I also knew that I could ________ buy the best bear there _______ the money I was going to waste that day—________ did I want to encourage a little girl to take money from ________?
The little girl changed her mind when I _______to buy a teddy bear for her. “Oh, well,” she ________to the world. “I’ll just give him mine then.”
“I'll just give him mine.” Didn’t sound like she was going to give him ONE of her teddies. She was going to give her little brother HER teddy, probably the ________teddy she had!
1.A. buy B. take C. need D. carry
2.A. time B. money C. strength D. energy
3.A. hospital B. school C. store D. restaurant
4.A. opened B. closed C. shook D. broke
5.A. as if B. unless C. even though D. until
6.A. clean B. warm C. shy D. nervous
7.A. stood B. reached C. got D. gave
8.A. saved B. brought C. picked D. put
9.A. cousin B. sister C. brother D. student
10.A. hated B. created C. decorated D. wanted
11.A. door B. counter C. window D. desk
12.A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. less than
13.A. any B. none C. all D. neither
14.A. easily B. especially C. difficulty D. hardly
15.A. by B. for C. with D. of
16.A. so B. as C. but D. because
17.A. parents B. strangers C. doctors D. relatives
18.A. hesitated B. covered C. calmed D. interviewed
19.A. announced B. pointed C. apologized D. advised
20.A. last B. best C. cheapest D. only
How to Stay Out of Trouble
Sometimes it may seem like you're always getting into trouble with your teachers or your parents. 1. The best thing to do is to stop trouble before it starts. It's always possible to turn over a new leaf.
1. 2. Joining a sports team is a great way to stay out of trouble. Whether you're playing soccer or baseball, team sports are a great way to find something to do rather than get into trouble.
2. Join a club. If sports aren't your thing, you can always join a club. You can join an art club, chess club, French club, cooking club and so on. 3. Therefore, you won't have time to annoy your teachers or parents.
3. Go volunteering. 4. If you're too young to do it on your own, go with a parent to a volunteering event. You can help people learn to read, clean up a local park, or work in a soup kitchen. Find something that is meaningful to you and commit to it at least once a week.
4. Read as much as you can. Reading can help you improve your vocabulary and comprehension skills. 5. Getting truly interested in stories can help you forget the hours passing by. Reading for just 20 minutes before bedtime every night can help you develop an addicting lifelong habit.
A. Join a sports team.
B. Play soccer or baseball.
C. Then you can have a good time with your friends.
D. Volunteering is another great way to stay out of trouble.
E. These clubs can help you focus on something you care about.
F. What's more, if you're reading, then you're not getting into trouble.
G. And no matter what you do, you just can't seem to get things right.
