You may have seen many pumpkins in posters and TV shows recently since Halloween came on October 31.
Lanterns made of pumpkins, also known as jack-o’-lanterns, are often seen during Halloween. Many people in the U.S. like to make them and put them in front of their houses. People hollow out（挖空）a pumpkin, carve a face on one side and place a candle inside to make the pumpkin glow. The lanterns can look funny or scary.
This is not the only way in which pumpkins are part of American culture.
During the Thanksgiving holiday, pumpkin pie is a common food. It is made from pumpkins and has some delicious spices to give it a nice flavor. People often put some cream on top of it before serving it. It is one of my favorite things to eat during Thanksgiving.
There is also “pumpkin chucking”. It’s a competition where people build machines to throw pumpkins through the air. The person whose pumpkin flies the farthest wins the competition. The world record for pumpkin chucking was set in Utah in 2010. The distance for that world record was about 1.69 kilometers!
Finally, there are also pumpkin growing contests. For these contests, farmers try to grow the biggest pumpkins they can. The person who has the biggest pumpkin will win the first prize.
1.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Pumpkins. B. Candles.
C. Jack-o’-lanterns. D. Many people.
2.Which is the correct order of steps for making a jack-o'-lantern?
a. carve a face
b. place it in front of a house
c. choose a pumpkin and hollow it out
d. place a candle inside the pumpkin
A. a-b-c-d B. c-a-d-b
C. c-d-a-b D. a-d-c-b
3.What is the main purpose of the story?
A. To introduce pumpkin-related culture.
B. To explain why people love Halloween.
C. To teach people to cook pumpkin food.
D. To introduce some activities on Halloween.
How many calories are there in every meal you eat? That seems like a difficult question to answer. But students at Aitkin High School in the United States can easily answer it now. They put what they eat into an online calorie counter（计算器）. It quickly measures the amount of calories in their meals.
In fact, this is part of the school’s health class. It includes heart health, nutrition and fitness. Students can learn basic knowledge about fats, proteins, calories and sugar.
Students learn how to balance calories in and out. They will know what happens when the balance isn’t there. “The online calorie counter has turned out to be a cool tool to help you make healthy choices. Making one healthy eating decision can really make a difference.” Adam Carlson, the teacher in charge, told local newspaper Aitkin Independent Age.
They also discus good ways to burn calories in the gym. According to Carlson, the gym is a great place to burn calories and get stronger. But it doesn’t work for everyone. So they try to find different workout tips. “I’m trying hard to teach the students that working out can be fun, challenging, and doesn’t need to take hours out of the day,” she said.
The class has indeed changed students. “I am now watching what I am eating and pay attention to the food labels,” said seventh-grader Karena Burgstaler. Another student James Erickson began to control his sugar input because it almost went over his daily calorie intake goal.
1.After taking the health class, the students ______.
A. pay more attention to food prices
B. eat more food with labels
C. try to keep a balanced diet
D. stop eating sugary food
2.What do we know about the students from the first two paragraphs?
A. They try to cook healthy food with fewer calories.
B. They learn about health and nutrition from a class.
C. They create a popular online calorie counter.
D. They teach people about food nutrition in class.
3.Which of the following will Adam Carlson agree with?
A. Calories matter more than protein.
B. Fewer calories means better health.
C. The calorie counter doesn’t help.
D. Healthy eating habits are important.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Eating with an online calorie counter
B. Counting calories to stay healthy
C. Opinions on how to balance your diet
D. A health class at Aitkin Independent Age
假定你是李华，你被学校选为代表，将在送别美国交流生的欢送会上进行发言。请根据以下提示写一篇英文发言稿。
1. 回忆你们共同的经历；
2. 谈谈收获；
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. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
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Thank you for listening.
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、删除和修改。
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. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
A perform in our city made people think more about an overuse of plastic bags. It called on people use more cloth bags instead of plastic one. In front of a largely supermarket, five volunteers wear white plastic bags and walked through the crowd. Some of the plastic bags worn by the volunteers was collected from customers in two food markets, and all the others were collected by 700 students from a secondary school. On that day, upon leaving the food markets, customers were asking to hand in the plastic shopping bags that they didn’t need of. Several hundreds plastic bags were collected within just two hours.
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。
It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its 1. (nature) beauty and history and I didn’t have much time to spare. I wanted to see 2. much of the city as possible in the two days before I was to return to Guangzhou.
My first task was to decide where to go and how to get there. I took out my guide book 3. there was a lot of information about the city’s well-known tourist 4. (attraction) and started to read. At that moment, an attractive young lady who noticed my book came up 5. me and introduced herself. She said her name was Bai Li and 6. (kind) offered to show me around the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her suggestion when she 7. (suggest) we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge.
I liked the idea of visiting the West Lake, but wasn’t so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. If it was broken, did she expect me 8. (jump) across? And I couldn’t swim, so if I fell in then I 9. (die). That was definitely not an attractive idea, so I politely declined her 10. (invite), closed my book and walked away.
When I heard the news, tears ran down my face. Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a ________ in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the ________ water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not ________ that an alligator（鳄鱼）was swimming toward the ________. His mother in the house was ________ of the window and saw the alligator ________ it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her sin as ________ as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became ________ and made a return to swim to his mother. It was to _______. Just as he reached her, the alligator ________ him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much ________ than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her ________, raced from his truck, took aim and ________ the alligator.
_____, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy ________. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were ________ scratches where his mother’s fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who ________ the boy, asked if he would show him his ________. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious ________, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go. They are my mother’s ________ for me.”
1.A. skate B. swim C. surprise D. show
2.A. hot B. polluted C. cool D. boiled
3.A. forgetting B. remembering C. realizing D. ignoring
4.A. roadside B. entrance C. exit D. shore
5.A. looking out B. giving out C. picking out D. getting out
6.A. if B. as C. but D. so
7.A. politely B. angrily C. loudly D. gently
8.A. alarmed B. tired C. moved D. interested
9.A. nice B. funny C. kind D. late
10.A. reached B. saved C. helped D. loosed
11.A. younger B. heavier C. stronger D. cleverer
12.A. smile B. reading C. cheers D. screams
13.A. raised B. shot C. missed D. visited
14.A. Luckily B. Generally C. Honestly D. Actually
15.A. died B. survived C. appeared D. disappeared
16.A. nice B. tall C. expensive D. deep
17.A. told B. doubted C. interviewed D. warned
18.A. power B. scars C. ability D. spots
19.A. progress B. failure C. success D. pride
20.A. love B. story C. wish D. experience
