I moved from the busy downtown to the countryside around Shanghai when I started elementary school. At first, I thought I was going to hate it, but to my surprise, I found that I preferred the quiet country life over the noisy city life.
The next move was more of a surprise for me. I was having a good time with my friends at school. But all of a sudden, my mom told me that we were going to move to the United States. Can you imagine how I must have felt ?My English wasn’t that good, though I did know the basics.
The day I arrived in the US was a snowy day. For a girl who grew up in Shanghai and hadn’t seen real thick snow on the ground, it was a big thing. Compared with my school in China, there were a lot more creative thinking questions, which I was better at anyway.
Time flew by and it had been almost four years since I moved. Then again, I was told we were going to move to Singapore.
As I’m writing this article, I am still new here and have been going to school for about two and a half months. I found out that the education here is quite special. Different from AP system in the US, the Singapore CIS uses the IB system.
This switch drowned me in constant stress. I was confused about the new curriculum, and I knew it would take me a long time to adapt. But what I’ve gotten out of my experience over three countries is that no matter where you are studying, you are always learning. And a piece of advice to people who are going to move around the globe: It’s always best to just roll with it.
1.What did the writer think of life in the countryside?
A. It wasn’t as interesting as she expected.
B. It was no better than city life.
C. She wished she had moved to the countryside earlier.
D. She loved to live in the countryside.
2.What did the writer worry about most about before moving to the US?
A. It would be difficult to make new friends.
B. Language would be a big problem for her.
C. She wouldn’t get used to the weather there.
D. She wouldn’t like the schools there.
3.What does she say about her school life in Singapore?
A. Creative thinking is more common.
B. Students are asked to do many projects together.
C. Students have more freedom to choose classes than in the US.
D. It is different from the US school system.
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards her worldwide schooling?
A. Positive. B. Negative.
C. Critical. D. Doubtful.
Blowing our nose, burping (打饱嗝）after dinner and pooping (排便）…Unpleasant as they are, these things, according to Live Science, make up “the impolite science of the human body”.
Snot (鼻涕）
Snot's job is to protect our body from harmful viruses. Quite often, dirt, ash, or sand fill the air we breathe. But thankfully, snot stops these unhealthy things, which are taken out of our nose when we blow it.
Apart from protecting our nose, snot can tell us whether we’re healthy or not according to its appearance. When it’s clear and colorless, that’s a sign of good health. If it turns green or yellow, however, it could be a sign that our body is being attacked by a virus.
Gas
From drinking fizzy (起泡的）drinks to eating food, we often breathe in gases like carbon dioxide, which end up in our stomach. Naturally, if we take in too much gas, our stomach will be filled with pressure and we may suffer from pain and cramps(痉挛).To stop this from happening, burping is an effective way to get these gases out of our stomach.
Occasional burping benefits our body. However, burping too much isn’t a good sign. That’s because it may suggest that we’re suffering from a digestive disorder.
Poop
Pooping is an extremely important function of the body. Every time we eat. the food is passed through our digestive system. Once our body has taken everything it needs from the food, it leaves our body as poop.
And though it’s gross, checking our poop after we go to the bathroom could tell us more about our health.
1.What does it suggest if snot is green?
A. There might be dirt in it. B. It is protecting our nose.
C. You are very healthy. D. Your body might be fighting a virus.
2.What do we know about burping from the article?
A. Fizzy drinks make people burp more than food does.
B. People may suffer from pain or cramps when burping.
C. It makes gases like carbon dioxide leave our stomach.
D. Burping a lot can make digestive disorders go away.
3.What does the underlined word "gross’’ in the paragraph probably mean?
A. Unpleasant. B. Unnecessary.
C. Unimportant. D. Unhealthy.
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Michael正在一家孔子学院学习汉语和中国文化，知道中国人很重视家风传承。他在给你的电子邮件中想了解你家的家风以及家风对你的影响。
请你给他回复一封电子邮件。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
注意：1.词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：家风family spirit
Dear Michael，
I'm glad to know that you are learning Chinese language and culture.__________________________________ _
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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作文。文中共有10处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词出加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）花掉。
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11处起）不计分。
Dear Sir,
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host family of the British students.
I’m good at English and my parents are both professors of English, so we won’t have any difficulty communicate with English speakers. My father is a excellent driver and they will be very glad to show foreign students around some nearby places of interest. Last month we received from two American students. We have a wonderful time. Besides, my mother is gift in cooking, but the students will be able to enjoy delicious Chinese food. I would great appreciate it if I could have the chance make friends with them.
Looking forward to your reply.
Li Hua
It's not all that hard to build an advanced and large vocabulary. Like many things in life, it's 1. ongoing (不间断的) process, and the best part of the process is that there's room for improvement -- you'll keep getting better and better. Of course you have to work at it. You wouldn't think that a few 2. (month) of exercise in your teens would be enough for the rest of your life, and that's also true 3. building your vocabulary. If you keep at it daily, pretty soon you 4.( find) that you have an excellent vocabulary.
One of the most 5. (effect) ways to build vocabulary is to read good books. You need to 6. (real) read at least one good book a week, preferably a classic. This isn't as hard as it sounds, and it is far better 7. any other method because you improve your vocabulary while 8. (read) an interesting piece of literature. Another nice thing is that you learn both new words and 9. (they) use unconsciously, meaning that you are likely 10. (use) the words learned this way in conversations almost automatically.
The most important lesson I learned in high school had nothing to do with math or American history. It came at graduation, several minutes before I left Miramonte High School.
I was rather shy at that time, _______to hang around with my few friends and to concentrate on my ________. I was doing so well that by the end of senior year, I had ________ scores and enough credits to go to college.
But my good record soon became a ________ to my well-being. In early June of senior year, the headmaster called me into his office. He asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduation. I looked at him, my heart ________ fast. This was the ________ for my hard work? I said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the office.
I was ________ about the decision, finally agreeing to compromise. I wasn't the only speaker -- I would ________ the honor with five other students. Still, it was doubtful whether the task was ________ me. How would I give a speech to hundreds of people?
Graduation Day soon arrived and, as ________, I was nervous. I'd been practicing my speech for days, and I had it ________. But I had never been so ________ in my life. The first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my ________ came. My name was announced. I managed to reach the platform without falling down. But within minutes, I accomplished my speech, ________ back to my seat.
Now I still have the ________ of that speech．My voice trembled a little, but ________ it was clear and strong. I'm proud of that tape. I achieved something I'd never ________ -- I spoke in front of hundreds of people. I didn't realize it at the time; ________, the successful completion of that speech gave me the ________ to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my ________.
1.A. sad B. surprised C. content D. frighten
2.A. characters B. subjects C. interests D. games
3.A. perfect B. bad C. low D. well
4.A. luck B. benefit C. solution D. fear
5.A. breaking B. beating C. aching D. burning
6.A. punishment B. sympathy C. reward D. arrangement
7.A. hesitant B. optimistic C. generous D. determined
8.A. spare B. bring C. hand D. share
9.A. about B. beyond C. upon D. for
10.A. hoped B. expected C. known D. planned
11.A. memorized B. printed C. allowed D. completed
12.A. interested B. terrified C. excited D. disappointed
13.A. moment B. day C. chance D. decision
14.A. sending B. giving C. taking D. heading
15.A. picture B. word C. paper D. tape
16.A. partially B. briefly C. mostly D. frankly
17.A. made B. dreamed C. decided D. requested
18.A. however B. therefore C. besides D. unless
19.A. respect B. freedom C. confidence D. excuse
20.A. shyness B. pride C. stupidity D. courage
