My folks bought their first house in the early 1940s after Dad got a better job in Marquette, Michigan. We lived just inside the city limits in what was still a rural area.
In the spring of 1948, when I was 6 years old, my parents bought a calf（小牛）to replace our cow, which had been killed the year before. So one day we drove to a local farm and returned with a white and brown calf we named Tubby.
We didn’t own a truck, so Tubby rode home in the backseat of Dad’s car with my 9-year-old brother, Steve, and me. As you can imagine, the trip was a lot of fun for us kids.
Later that summer, Mom thought it would be cute to take a picture of me sitting on Tubby’s back. All went well until the snap of the camera shutter sent Tubby charging off on a run, with me holding on for dear life.
I lasted for about 30 feet before I hit the ground. Mom was quick enough to shoot a follow-up picture, so we had photos of me both on and off Tubby!
When summer had passed, the day arrived for poor Tubby to fill our freezer. I must have been somewhere else with my Mom on the fateful day, because I have no memory of how it happened. All I knew was that the barn was empty, and that we had plenty of meat for dinners.
I hadn’t lived on a farm like my mother, so I didn’t understand that what happened to Tubby was not unusual. Livestock aren’t meant to be pets, and most farm kids know and accept that truth.
Whenever we had beef for dinner, I would tearfully, “Is this Tubby?” This went on for a couple of weeks until Dad had finally had enough and declared, “No more cows!” That made me feel a little better about poor Tubby.
1.The writer’s parents bought Tubby so that ____.
A. the family would have enough meat to eat
B. It would provide their children with milk.
C. they would have more cows in the future
D. they would no longer feel lonely on the farm.
2.Which word can be used to describe the author’s mom?
A. Serious. B. Strong-willed.
C. Careless. D. Quick-minded.
3.We learn from the passage that _____.
A. Steve was not so fond of Tubby as his younger brother.
B. the author’s mom thought it natural to kill a cow for meat.
C. the author had much trouble with Tubby in the summer.
D. the author was pleased to see their freezer filled with beef.
4.We can most probably read the text above in a website on ____.
A. pets B. education
C. diet D. animals
Scientists are studying different foods, and they will see which foods protect us from cancer(癌症), and which cause it. It is known that a healthy diet(饮食) will help keep a healthy body weight, which can also decrease the risk(风险) of many types of cancer.
Fruit and vegetables
Fruit and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. They can decrease the risk of some cancer types like mouth and throat cancer. They are a good source of many important nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and are an excellent source of fiber.
Our advice
Try to get plenty of fruit and vegetables in your diet. Eating fruit and vegetables with a variety of colors will help you get many kinds of vitamins and minerals, as the chemicals that give these foods their colors are good for you.
Meat
Eating lots of red and processed meat can increase(增加) your risk of stomach cancer. Red meat includes all fresh and frozen beef, pork and lamb. Processed meat includes ham, bacon and sausage. White meat, such as chicken, is unlikely to increase your risk of cancer.
Our advice
Eat smaller and fewer parts of red and processed meat. Try using beans or peas instead of meat in your diet. When you cook meat, use low-temperature methods.
Fat
Fat is a necessary part of our diet but high-fat diet can increase our risk of cancer, heart disease and other diseases. Meat is higher in saturated fat(饱和脂肪) and eating too much saturated fat may increase your risk of breast cancer.
Our advice
Try not to eat too much fatty foods. In particular, try to cut down on saturated fat contained in fatty meat, biscuits, and butter. Try to avoid frying foods in lots of oil.
1.According to the passage, fruit and vegetables ___________.
A. are an excellent source of fiber
B. will help you get all kinds of vitamins and minerals
C. are an only necessary part of a healthy diet
D. can increase the risk of some cancer types like mouth and throat cancer
2.What can we know about meat from the passage?
A. Eating processed meat is better than eating beans.
B. Processed meat is a part of a healthy diet.
C. Meat should be cooked at a high temperature.
D. Eating chicken is better than eating sausage.
3.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. Saturated fat leads to breast cancer.
B. Foods with fat will cause heart disease.
C. A healthy diet should contain fat.
D. Butter belongs to low-fat foods.
假如你是李华，你校外教Smith已结束一年的任期，于一个月前回到了美国。新年来临之际，请给他写封邮件，内容包括:
1.回顾你们过去一年的生活；
2.你的学习近况；
3.你的新学年打算。
注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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：把多余的词用斜线(＼)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10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
A group of international students visited our school in last week. To help them better understand our tea-drinking culture, I take them to the tea room in our school but introduced the history of tea-making and tea culture to them. All the international students was quite interested in my introduction. Then I showed them what to make tea. I sat at a table, slowly explain every step of the process while making tea. All of them were so amazing that they couldn’t wait have a try themselves. Soon the atmosphere in the tea room became cheerful and lively and we had a lot of funs practising making tea. In an end, we took a group photo to memorize this unforgettable moment.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On Aug 13, four Chinese irrigation sites won global 1.(recognize) and were added to the 2018 list of Heritage Irrigation Structures, among 2. Dujiangyan is the oldest and only surviving damless irrigation system in the world.
Built over 2,000 years ago in 3. is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China，this amazing engineering achievement is still playing a crucial role in irrigating farms and providing water resources for more than 50 cities in the province.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands 4.(threaten) by frequent flooding from the Minjiang River. Li Bing, a local official of Sichuan Province at that time, together with his son, decided to construct an irrigation system on the Minjiang River 5.(prevent) flooding. After many studies, they found the 6. (simple) solution was to build a dam, but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of 7.(channel) built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing 8.(natural). Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, 9.(make) it suitable for farming.
Ever since the great Dujiangyan Irrigation System was completed, the Chengdu Plain has been free 10. flooding and the people there have been living peacefully.
Many years ago at Christmas time I parked my car in the town centre on my way to the post office to post my Christmas cards. It was the last posting day for Christmas cards if they were to be ______ before Christmas. ______ I came out of the car park I saw a boy who was ______ and holding his right hand side. I ______ some bigger boys had perhaps bullied him and he was in ______ . I had to go to his aid and see if I could ________.
He told me that his sister who was a ______ had bought him a Christmas present. It was a mobile phone. He only had it days when he ________ it and cracked the screen! That’s ________ he was holding his right hand side of his body—his mobile phone was in the upper right hand pocket of his coat. The little guy was extremely _______, tears rolling down his face as he told all this to me. My heart _________ for him. It was clear he ______ his present and knew that this was a lot of money for his __________ to spend on him, for nurses didn’t make much money. He’d been to a phone shop and they’d told him it would be ￡80 to get a new _________ .
I had to help, though I was ________ to make ends meet myself. I searched my purse and gave the boy the only ￡20 I could find and made some ________ as to why I could only give him so little. I didn’t want him to know it was all I had until pay day. I could not ______ pay for his phone to be repaired but I hope the ________ he received from a stranger was ________ that stayed with him when he became a man.
The Christmas cards not getting posted somehow didn’t seem ______; greater issues had been addressed with a kindness stamp.
1.A. decorated B. received C. accepted D. bought
2.A. Since B. Until C. As D. Unless
3.A. sobbing B. fighting C. bleeding D. starving
4.A. saw B. heard C. remembered D. thought
5.A. pain B. surprise C. relief D. debt
6.A. park B. pay C. leave D. help
7.A. teacher B. nurse C. doctor D. 1awyer
8.A. lost B. sold C. dropped D. repaired
9.A. when B. where C. how D. why
10.A. sad B. tired C. grateful D. embarrassed
11.A. beat B. jumped C. worried D. ached
12.A. destroyed B. missed C. valued D. disliked
13.A. mother B. sister C. brother D. friend
14.A. screen B. computer C. phone D. present
15.A. preparing B. begging C. struggling D. deciding
16.A. change B. excuse C. apology D. noise
17.A. fully B. usually C. hardly D. warmly
18.A. money B. gift C. wish D. kindness
19.A. somebody B. somewhere C. something D. sometime
20.A. beautiful B. important C. possible D. expensive
