Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.
My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp comers of a glass coffee table.
I don’t only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.
I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.
1.Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule?
A. Move an object out of the way before it traps someone.
B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.
C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.
D. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.
2.The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ___________.
A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor
B. join in the holiday celebration of the company
C. meet her father who was already an old man
D. finish her work before the deadline approached
3.The underlined word "foregone" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. abandoned B. lacked
C. avoided D. abused
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Emotional Well-being B. The Peace of Mind
C. The Most Useful Rule D. The Two Saddest Words
There are numerous amusement parks all over the world. A famous magazine, Amusement Today, does a survey among park lovers every year both in the US and overseas, based on which, “Top 5 List of the Best Amusement Parks in the World” has come out as follows:
Disneyland, California
Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California, the US. More than 515 million guests have traveled to this American landmark from around the world since the park first opened to guests on July 17, 1955. The park consists of many world-famous sections, such as Main Street, Adventure Land, New Orleans Square, and so on.
Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Florida
Magic Kingdom is a theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando opened on October 1, 1971. It is the most famous theme park in Florida. The park’s design and attractions don’t make much difference from Disneyland Park in Anaheim.
EPCOT, Disney World, Florida
EPCOT is the second theme park built at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. The park opened on October 1, 1982, and was named EPCOT Center from 1982 to 1993. It was the largest Disney theme park in the world until 1998, when Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened.
Disney-MGM Studios, Florida
MGM’s streets are the home for some great movie-themed attractions with a history of less than 30 years. With the addition of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the Rock and Roller Coaster, the park is now home to Disney World’s most thrilling rides.
Universal Studios, Florida
Go behind the scenes, beyond the screen and jump right into the action of your favorite movies at Universal Studios, the number one movie and TV theme park in the world.
1.Which park has the longest history?
A. Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Florida.
B. Disneyland, California.
C. EPCOT, Disney World, Florida.
D. Disney-MGM Studios, Florida.
2.Which of the following theme parks have similar attractions?
A. EPCOT & Disney-MGM.
B. Disneyland, California & Magic Kingdom.
C. Disneyland, California & Universal Studios.
D. Magic Kingdom & Universal Studios.
3.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To attract tourists to these theme parks.
B. To compare attractions in different theme parks.
C. To increase the sales of Amusement Today
D. To introduce world’s best amusement parks.
假设你叫李华，你的美国笔友Sara 给你写信，提到自己偏胖，想节食减肥，征求你的意见。请你给她回一封信，谈谈你对该问题的见解。内容要点如下：
1.健康的重要性
2.学生的任务
3.给sara的合理的健康减肥建议
要求：1.词数100个左右；
2.文章开头已给出，但不计入总词数。
I have received and read your letter, in which you mentioned that you wanted to lose weight by dieting.
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文中共有5处语言错误。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词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。
The World Wide Web was invented in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was at university use an old television! It is the first time that he had come up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while he was working in Switzerland. He made that possible for everyone to use Internet, which has created thousands of millionaires. Years later, it became the biggest source of information in the world and was consists of millions of pages of data.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are disappearing. There are a number 1. reasons for this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere livelier and they often move to the towns and do not return. Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, as there are often very few jobs in the countryside. Sometimes villages remain 2. people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village, 3.they come and stay at weekends. The price of houses 4.(go) up and people from the area cannot afford 5.( buy) a house there. Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from the farms. So they sell their land and find another job.
It’s a Friday morning in Boston, which means Dr. Jim O’Connell is making his rounds. He might be more ______ inside an exam room, but that’s not where his patients are. Dr. Jim O’Connell is one of a handful of physicians making house calls to the ______ in the city.
More than 550,000 Americans are homeless, and many have health problems but no _____ to cure. O’Connell and his team are doing something about it. On a daily routine, they ______ about 700 regular patients. “I feel like I’m a country doctor in the middle of the city.” he said.
O’Connell began to do this 33 years ago, when he was at Harvard Medical School and was ___ to be a one-year position as the founding physician of a new health-care program for Boston’s homeless. That turned into a 33-year ______ at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, one of the country’s largest of its kind. O’Connell ______ about everything, from stitches (缝补)for an arm to surgery for the soul. If patients can’t be treated on the street, he finds them a treatment bed at the respite facility(休息治疗区), a place for patients who are too sick to be on the streets ______ not ill enough for a hospital stay.
“Everything I had been taught to do—go fast, be efficient—was ______ when you take care of homeless people.” When you see somebody outside, you get them a cup of coffee and sit with them. Sometimes it ______ six months or a year of offering a sandwich or a cup of coffee before someone would start to talk to me. But ______ they engage(参与), they’ll come to you any time because of ______ you. When asked about how his life might have ______ , if he had become a highly paid physician, O’Connell said, “I ______ think about it anymore.”
Some things are far more valuable than money. Just ask Dr. Jim O’Connell who gets everything from patients who have nothing ______ to give.
1.A. comfortable B. imaginative C. cooperative D. difficult
2.A. rich B. homeless C. intelligent D. disabled
3.A. time B. system C. life D. money
4.A. invite B. count C. guess D. treat
5.A. appointed B. fascinated C. followed D. accepted
6.A. career B. task C. choice D. hobby
7.A. confuses B. doubts C. concerns D. dreams
8.A. but B. and C. so D. for
9.A. possible B. impossible C. small D. big
10.A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid
11.A. still B. just C. even D. once
12.A. promoting B. refusing C. trusting D. seeing
13.A. carried out B. come out C. turned out D. taken out
14.A. always B. seldom C. often D. never
15.A. mental B. material C. physical D. professional
