Art has always been a vital part of my life. When I was o ld enough to appreciate genuine fine art , my parents started bringing me to museums that housed works of the greatest artists in the world.
When my art teacher asked us to do a Cubist（立体派的)drawing, my first thought was that she was just joking. I didn't like Cubism. I thought to do so means making fun ofthe true artists I admired. Unwillingly, I began to find out items for my drawing, I carelessly drew the objects all from different view points. The pictures all looked like a mess of lines and shapes anyway, but I was more concerned with how many more minutes were in the period because I was hungry. Yet, the other part of me was growing quieter. I began to take my task seriously and darken specific lines. I stared at my drawing and determined which ones needed to be emphasized. I was soon shading certain shapes black and they brought out important figures. It must be absolutely perfect.
When I showed her my finished drawing, my teacher looked at me with her huge smile and simply stated, "You are a Cubist. " At that moment the world stopped moving. My cubist drawing was the best piece of art I had ever created, not because I had spent the most time on it but because I had felt it. I thought of how I produced it. Once I felt frustrated, trying to perfect my black lines. Another time I was delighted in breathing life into the drawing by adding color. All of these emotions showed themselves in my work, giving it life that none of my previous works had had. Cubism set me free, showing everything I knew, everything I was, and everything I wished I could be. I had found the missing link, and the world began to move again.
1.How did the author first react to his art teachefs request?
A. He was unwilling to do it.
B. He was pleased to do it.
C. He was worried about it.
D. He was confused about it.
2.What do you think of the writer according to the text?
A. Absent-minded. B. Self-centred.
C. Warm-hearted. D. Strong-willed.
3.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The enthusiasm of painting. B. The relationship with his teacher.
C. The method to do a Cubist drawing. D. The determination to be a Cubist.
4.What lesson can we get from the text?
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Attitude is everything.
C. It is-never too old to learn. D. Action speaks louder than words.
The Coca-Cola Company announced it had added a new alcoholic beverage to its portfolio only in the Japanese market. The low- alcohol drink, or Chu- Hi, is a watereddown mixture of the Shouchu spirit plus flavoring. This isn't the first time Coca-Cola has experienced with flavors and tastes.
Not all flavors are successful, but the unique flavors deserve a round of applause.Here are five other unusual coca cola products that were released.
Beverly
Introduced in 1969, Beverly was an Italian aperitif, designed to be consumed before meals and believed to aid digestion. Competitors like Campari and San Pellegrino led to its discontinuation in 2009.
OK Soda
This product was started to capture the Generation X market in 1993. OK Soda cans had grim-looking illustrations in its ad campaign that responded to the idea that Generation X was cynical and disillusioned. Its slogan was "Things are going to be OK" and it even had its own manifesto(宣言). It was discontinued in 1995.
Coca - Cola Blak
Coffee in soda? Coca-Cola had developed this r ecipe for two years and finally released the carbonated coffee drink in 2006. It hoped it would tap into the premium coffee markets, but just one year later Blak was discontinued.
New Coke
In 1985, the 99- year- old company decided it was scrapping its classic Coca- Cola recipe for a sweeter version to compete with Pepsi. In blind taste tests, people generally preferred the new recipe compared to the old. But three months after making the switch, the company announced the return of the classic Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola Plus
After more than a decade of research and development, Coca-Cola started its first ever soda approved by the FOSHU food standard. The no-calorie and no-sugar drink contains fiber that will help reduce fat absorption and help moderate blood sugar levels.
1.Which of the following can help make fat absorption less?
A. OK Soda. B. Coca-Cola Blak.
C. Coca-Cola Plus. D. New Coke.
2.Which of the following lasted longest?
A. Beverly. B. OK Soda.
C. Coca-Cola Blak. D. New Coke.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. It's the first time Coca-Cola has experienced with flavors.
B. Coca-Cola Plus is a no-calorie and no-sugar drink.
C. All flavors by Coca-Cola Company are not successful.
D. There are many succ. essful'products in Coca-Cola Company.
假定你是李华。你校交换生 Linda热衷于参加慈善活动（ charity），你想邀请她本周日一起去孤儿院(orphanage)做慈善。请你给她写一封邮件，内容包括:
1．写信目的;
2．活动内容;
3．前往方式。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Linda,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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限一词
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I used to be a fat girl, weighs 80 kilos. I was afraid of having PE classes because I was often laughed on the playground. At first, I decided to eat less in order to lose the weight. However, just several days late, I began to feel tired and can’t concentrate in class. My parents took me to see our doctor, that told me what was not a good idea to eat only a little. Instead, he advised me to eat a balanced diet but encouraged me to work out every day. I followed his advices and gradually I became very slimly.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
On May 9, James Givens was sitting in the car when he1. (hear) what sounded like a knock. He turned around only2.(find) a goose pecking (啄) at the car door. This was highly unusual given that the birds normally preferred to observe humans from a 3.(distant).
But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his attention and didn’t stop pecking4. Givens opened the car door and stepped out .Though the bird then began to walk away, 5.kept turning around to make sure he was following. When they finally stopped, Givens realized 6.the mother goose did so--- she needed help to free her baby goose that had got7. (trap) in some balloon string.
Worried that the mother goose would attack him if he got close 8. the baby , Givens called the local SPCA chapter. Unfortunately, they were9. (able) to help right away. Concerned that the baby goose would not survive the delay, Givens decided to take on the task himself.
The mother goose watched 10. (patient) as Givens saved the little bird. As soon as the little goose was free, it ran to its mom. Givens said this was the most unforgettable incident in his life!
As a primary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in _______ at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch, because his parents had _______ him and his elder brother not to ________ food. They said it was bad karma(作孽).
While studying at New York University, Robert remembered this_______ and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food-rescue club on campus that______, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the school ______to nearby homeless shelters.
When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college contest, they _______ a slightly _______ idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group: Their program wouldn’t have a _______minimum, would _______seven days a week, and its staff would _______volunteers.
Their idea_______the competition. With the＄1,000 prize, they_______Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July, 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert’s team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to_______ 20 people in line at a New Yorker City homeless shelter that had _______food.
Robert, who had taken a job as an analyst at J.P.Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New Yorker City restaurants that were_______to donate food, and he enlisted(征募) volunteers to make food deliveries to homeless shelters. After RLC received national press_______, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in many places reached out to Robert for_______. Two years after being founded, RLC had already distributed more than 250,000 pounds of food.
Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to_______RLC. “I compared work at J.P.Morgan with that at RLC, and the difference was great,” he says.
“One shelter told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week,” Robert says. “Things like that make me feel_______that I quit my job.”
1.A. safety B. relief C. honesty D. disbelief
2.A. taught B. allowed C. advised D. forbidden
3.A. prepare B. waste C. purchase D. consider
4.A. intention B. lesson C. rule D. conversation
5.A. cooked B. collected C. delivered D. consumed
6.A. library B. playground C. canteen D. laboratory
7.A. withdrew B. ignored C. avoided D. proposed
8.A. different B. modern C. outdated D. practical
9.A. donation B. wage C. speed D. height
10.A. grow B. produce C. change D. operate
11.A. compete with B. stand for C. consist of D. suffer from
12.A. brought B. won C. held D. contained
13.A. left B. joined C. founded D. defeated
14.A. inspire B. feed C. raise D. cure
15.A. dealt with B. protected C. stored D. run out of
16.A. brave B. nervous C. patient D. willing
17.A. invitation B. award C. attention D. offer
18.A. acceptance B. instructions C. partnership D. materials
19.A. take on B. focus on C. depend on D. turn on
20.A. glad B. regretful C. confident D. unlucky
