Reasons to visit St.Louis
Whether you’re traveling alone, with a friend or with the whole family, there’s a nearly endless selection of activities you’ll want to experience---so many that it’s hard to decide where to go first.
Missouri Botanical Garden
You could easily spend an entire day making your way through the 79 acres(英亩)on display here. The gardens also boast(以拥有……而自豪) seasonal exhibits, such as the summer Lantern Festival—taking place through July—that showcases beautiful works of light each year.
4344 Shaw Blvd, 314-577-5100, missouribotanicalgarden. org.
St. Louis Art Museum Free
There are more than 33,000 works on display here, including the recent addition of 225 donated pieces of feature work by American artists and more than 200 pieces from Asia. The museum is free, and special exhibits are free on Fridays.
I Fine Arts Drive, 314-721-0072, slam. Org
St. Louis Science Center Free
With a wealth of displays to keep kids and adults alike entertained and learning all day, the center boasts an impressive 700 hands-on exhibits, including a fossil dig site, water tables in the discovery room, electrical energy demonstrations, and cyber activities.
5050 Oakland Ave, 314-289-4400, slsc.org
St. Louis Zoo Free (Free for some attractions)
The zoo includes beautiful naturalistic displays and boasts plenty of activities to keep kids excited, from feeding exhibitions and safaris(游猎), to sea lion shows and conservation talks.
One Government Drive, 314-781-0900, stlzoo.org.
1.When can you appreciate works of light?
A. In May. B. In June.
C. In July. D. In August.
2.How is St. Louis Science Center different from the other three places?
A. It is free of charge. B. It opens all year round.
C. It holds plenty of events. D. It combines learning with doing.
3.Where should kids go if they are fond of animals?
A. 4344 Shaw Blvd. B. I Fine Arts Drive.
C. 5050 Oakland Ave. D. One Government Drive.
假如你是某外国语学校高二学生李华。近来，你发现很多同学课间休息时间坐在教室里学习。请你根据以下提示，用英语写信给校长反映这一问题，并呼吁同学们注意学习效率。
1. 反映问题；
2. 你的建议(至少两点)。
3. 总结文章并提出希望
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 文中不得提及人名、校名及地名；
3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
(ten-minute break between classes)课间休息
Dear Sir,
I am Li Hua, a senior 2 student in your school. I’m writing to tell you about a problem.
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英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。 错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号 （^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词。
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。
My next vacation will be wonderfully for me. I will go to Maryland to visit my friends. I have known her for eleven years since I am in high school. Right now, she is studying English at the University of Maryland. When I visit her, she will have to go to her classes, but we will have lots of free time together either. When we went high school together, she didn’t study very much hard. She wasn’t getting very good grades. And now she is a very good student in American. She know that she should study hard to success. We will have a great time together this summer.
第二节：语法填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Motto is a short statement giving a rule on how to behave ,1.can inspire us especially when we are 2. (face) with difficulties. Many of us have our mottoes, such as “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”, and so on. My motto is “God helps those who help3..” Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to make efforts 4.(work) hard, 5.the moment I think of my motto I will get energetic again and devote myself 6.what I am doing. I write my motto 7.I can see it easily. Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much 8.(confident). My motto also makes me become 9.independent person. That is to say, I won’t rely on others easily.
My friends, what is your motto? It is really 10.(benefit) to you. So please choose one as soon as possible.
Many years ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and ________ as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.________ enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and _____ as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could.
He _____ riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was _______or tired, he did not stop _______he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was _________. Then he asked himself, “Why did I _____myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only _____ a very small area to _____myself.”
The above story is _____ to the journey of our _____. We push ourselves very hard every day to make more ________, to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our ________, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding ______and the things we love to do. One day __________ we look back, we will ______that we don’t really need that much, ____________ then we cannot turn back time for what we have __________
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only _________ to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
1.A. use B. get C. work D. cover
2.A. Sure B. Strange C. Good D. Interesting
3.A. rode B. ran C. expanded D. struggled
4.A. gave up B. asked for C. kept on D. succeeded in
5.A. sad B. hungry C. confused D. excited
6.A. because B. so C. but D. if
7.A. dying B. arguing C. sleeping D. smiling
8.A. make B. push C. destroy D. prove
9.A. find B. have C. need D. show
10.A. live B. support C. bury D. sleep
11.A. useful B. certain C. special D. similar
12.A. future B. past C. history D. life
13.A. money B. progress C. discoveries D. friends
14.A. freedom B. career C. honor D. health
15.A. things B. condition C. beauty D. people
16.A. before B. when C. unless D. since
17.A. regret B. realize C. apologize D. explain
18.A. but B. until C. however D. or
19.A. saved B. won C. reduced D. missed
20.A. possible B. probable C. necessary D. suitable
There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. 1.
The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. 2.Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding. 3.Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.
What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding4. Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.
5.It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.
A．Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.
B．Such communication between unequals must be possible.
C．We can get access to the content of those materials easily.
D．The writer must be “superior” to the reader in understanding.
E. The writer should have a better communicating skill.
F. Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading—entertainment.
G. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.
