Last April, on a Sunday, we took one of our “nowhere” drives. My husband was quietly driving along a back road. I was occupied in the front passenger seat watching the scenery.
I noticed out of the corner of my eye that my husband was struggling to look out of my window. This frightened me, since his eyes should be on the road in front of him. I asked him what he was looking at out of the windows, and he quietly replied, “Nothing.”
After a few minutes, I looked over at my husband and noticed a tear running down his cheek. I asked him what was wrong. This time he told me, “I was just thinking about Pop and a story he had once told.” It had something to do with Pop, his friend from childhood, and I wanted to know the story, so I asked him to share it with me.
He said, “When I was about 8 years old, Pop and I were out fishing and he told me that the pine trees know when it is Easter.”
I had no idea what he meant by that, so I pressed him for more information.
He continued on... “The pine trees start their new growth in the weeks before Easter because spring is drawing near. If you look at the tops of the pine trees, you will see the yellow shoots(嫩芽). As the days get closer to Easter Sunday, the tallest shoot will branch off and form a cross. By the time Easter Sunday comes around, you will see that most of the pine trees will have small yellow crosses on all of the tallest shoots.”
I turned to look out of the window and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was a week before Easter, and you could see all of the trees with the tall yellow shoots stretching to the sky.
The tallest ones shone in the sunlight like rows of tiny golden crosses. May you find your Easter season filled with beautiful golden crosses!
1.How did the author feel when she found her husband looking outward while driving?
A. Curious. B. Calm.
C. Afraid. D. Excited.
2.Why did the husband cry?
A. He saw something strange out of the window.
B. He was scolded by his wife for driving carelessly.
C. He was too frightened to drive the car on the road.
D. He thought of an old friend and was moved by his story.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. The author knew Pop’s story very well.
B. Pop was traveling together with the couple.
C. The author was amazed at the appearance of pine trees.
D. Pine trees have something to do with the origin of Easter.
4.What does the author intend to tell us?
A. We should be careful while driving.
B. Pine trees are more beautiful before Easter.
C. Easter should be decorated with golden crosses.
D. Easter promises hope with the coming of spring.
If you’re new to San Francisco, paying the city a visit, or simply looking for a new playground for you and your dog, here are four of the finest dog parks in San Francisco.
Corona Heights Dog Park
Often visited by residents from all over the city because of its nearness to the Randall Museum, Corona Heights Dog Park offers pets and owners breathtaking view after a steep hillside climb, and a fenced dog area that allows dogs to let loose without a leash（狗链）. Owners will also enjoy the playground, tennis courts and basketball courts.
Dolores Dog Park
The grounds of Dolores Park once served as camps for those who were left homeless by the 1906 earthquake, but now are often visited by crowds of Mission District people. Four-legged friends can also wander about carefree off-leash while making friends with other members of the doggie community.
Pine Lake Dog Park
Famous for its place as a rest stop for hundreds of species of birds to fly to and from warmer climates, Pine Lake Park is also prized by city dogs and their owners for their nice hiking paths, picturesque lake suited for swimming, and off-leash area on the park’s west end that lets dogs run free.
Buena Vista Dog Park
With a history of 146 years, Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest park. Dogs and owners with plus energy will love burning it on this park’s steep paths and winding staircases. Dog owners should have good control over their dogs, as it’s quite easy for dogs to get separated when going through Buena Vista’s many twists and turns.
1.Why do dog owners take their pets to Dolores Dog Park?
A. To let them socialize. B. To give them rescue lessons.
C. To help them lose weight. D. To increase their physical activities.
2.Which dog park is popular with bird lovers?
A. Dolores Dog Park. B. Pine Lake Dog Park.
C. Buena Vista Dog Park. D. Corona Heights Dog Park.
3.What is special about Buena Vista Dog Park?
A. Dogs can go climbing. B. It is close to a museum.
C. Dogs must be on a leash. D. It is suitable for swimming.
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1. 当地景点及费用；
2. 当地特色及文化；
3. 注意事项。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：特色specialty
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Dear Parents,
I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Student Union of Xinhua Middle School. A report will take the place in our school hall on Sunday, that theme is about how to help teenagers overcome some common problems in study. I was very pleased to invite you to come but hope that you will be able to attend.
The report is going to start at 3:00 in the afternoon, lasted about two hours. From it we will learn some methods of guiding your children in their study. I think not only you be interested in it, but also you will benefit a lot from it.
I real hope you can make it. If you want to know more detail, please call our school office on 87885688 or visit our website.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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One of the things I like best about Beijing is the beautiful parks. One that is less well-known by Western visitors is called Taoranting. It 1. (lie) to the west of the Temple of Heaven. 2. (open) in 1956, Taoranting was the 3. (early) modem city park constructed after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Some 60,000 visitors come here every day.
The park gets 4. ( it) name from the Taoran Pavilion, which 5. ( build) in 1695. Scholars often gathered in this pavilion to read and write poetry. In the 20th century several famous revolutionaries (革命家) were 6. (close) associated with the Taoran Pavilion.
In common 7. other Chinese parks，this one also has a “park within a park” —Huaxia Mingyuan. The mini-park contains 36 pavilions in all, 10 of 8. are full-sized copies of famous pavilions in 10 Chinese cities.
One of the things I also love about Chinese parks is the way people come together to sing and dance and practice 9. (tradition)Chinese martial arts such as tai chi.
All in all, Taoranting is a joyful park 10. (experience) at any time of the year, and at only RMB 2 to get in, it has to be one of the best value places to visit in the entire capital.
Lukas Kusters grew up in Wilmington, Deleware, loving the sport of football! He was so good at it that he became ____ to his team as “The Dutch Destroyer”. His ____ was to play in the National Football League (NFL) one day for his favorite ____ —the Philadelphia Eagles.
When Lukas was just 9, he ____ that he had a rare form of cancer. His battle ____ several months and he ____ the disease as hard as ever.
During his fight with cancer, the quarterback of the Eagles, Carson Wentz heard about Lukas? illness. Wentz and his teammates decided to ____ a video to send it to Lukas in the hospital, ____ him well.
While receiving the video from the Eagles was ____, it was Lukas’____ that was even more surprising. In the face of his massive and ____ illness, all that Lukas wanted to do was to show ____ to Carson Wentz by giving him one of his w Dutch Destroyer” wrist bands.
Through the Make a Wish Foundation, Wentz and his Eagle teammates ____ to visit Lukas in the hospital. They spent a ____ day together and Lukas thanked Wentz by giving him a wrist band. Not long after, Wentz took the ____ wearing the bracelet (手环) in an NFL game! People around the world took ____ in Lukas, his story of ____ and gratitude (感激) and his “Dutch Destroyer” bracelets. People started to buy that kind of bracelets. Thousands of dollars from ____ the bracelets went to help other families battling childhood cancer.
____ cancer took Lukas from the world, he left a(n) ____ legacy (遗产) that live on around the world.
1.A. held B. advised C. punished D. known
2.A. origin B. dream C. opinion D. order
3.A. leader B. hero C. team D. trainer
4.A. learned B. regretted C. predicted D. assumed
5.A. won B. prevented C. lasted D. protected
6.A. prepared for B. called on C. fought for D. competed against
7.A. create B. buy C. borrow D. donate
8.A. forcing B. wishing C. fitting D. serving
9.A. amazing B. common C. lucky D. exciting
10.A. spirit B. health C. question D. response
11.A. returning B. rewarding C. growing D. betraying
12.A. relief B. gratefulness C. advantages D. doubt
13.A. arranged B. expressed C. allowed D. continued
14.A. long B. boring C. cold D. great
15.A. audience B. field C. camera D. light
16.A. attention B. prize C. interest D. attraction
17.A. wisdom B. courage C. independence D. reputation
18.A. inventing B. improving C. selling D. wearing
19.A. Unless B. Until C. If D. Although
20.A. spiritual B. disturbing C. embarrassing D. ambiguous
