I watch from the wooden bench in my backyard as the water from the pipe quietly flows out onto the tomato plants. I watch the plants and rest easy, knowing the pipe is taking care of the plants. The drops soon seem to become rivers on the ground.
I see these red-brown ants, crawling(爬行) along around their home. What will happen when the water reaches the ants? Smelling the danger, these poor tiny creatures all run away from the water and rush back to their home. They spend their whole lives working together to create and make better things, but now they are facing the end of it all. I think this is just a reflection of the world. I keep watching as the water first attacks and then surrounds two ants. They struggle to stay floating as the water closes in on them, getting deeper and deeper. I try to get these two to come on my finger, but they refuse to let me save them. The water soon flows over them, as I remain helpless. Only then do they decide to climb onto my dirt-covered finger. Not until facing the moment of death would they trust one like me.
I check to see if they are alive, and both can move fine. Then I go to save other ants. However, the water washes everything away. How much I wish I could turn off this machine of death, but I cannot. I must complete my job.
It knocks me how much these little lives mean to me. When I was a small child, I would make a sport of killing them. Now, I can't hurt an insect, always thinking about what it would be like to be so small.
1.What is the ants' first reaction as the water approaches them?
A. They attempt to stop it.
B. They seek help at once.
C. They ignore it and continue to work.
D. They try to avoid the danger caused by it.
2.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?
A. Behind bad luck comes good luck.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. God helps those who help themselves.
D. Life is likely to be affected by setbacks.
3.How does the author help save the two ants?
A. He turns off the water pipe. B. He helps them float on the water.
C. He lets them climb onto his finger. D. He changes the direction of the water.
4.What's the author's attitude towards those ants now?
A. Sympathetic. B. Indifferent.
C. Favorable. D. Cruel.
假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Terry将从广州出发到北京进行为期一周的旅游，发邮件请你推荐合适的交通方式及北京的景点。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1.推荐从广州到北京的交通方式；
2.推荐两到三处北京景点；
3.表达祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Terry,
Knowing that you’re going to Beijing for vacation, I’m more than pleased to give you some advice.
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Yours
Li Hua
单句改错：每句一处错误，在原句上修改。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： 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
1.If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden our horizons and gain knowledges we cannot get from books.
2.This is the high school attaching to Northeast Normal University.
3.Would you kind put the book back?
4.The teenagers have no trouble adapt to fully automated homes.
5.Electricity is too much a part of life that people often take it for granted.
单词拼写
1.When the teacher ___________ (走近), the students grew silent.
2.They share the housework ___________ (平等) between them.
3.People often ___________ (联系) the Eiffel Tower with France.
4.The children are so ___________ (要求高的)；they need constant attention.
5.I started to eat too much out of ___________ (无聊).
6.She is looking for p___________ employment so that she won't be worried about her mortgage.
7.CEO r___________ Chief Executive Officer.
8.We all need a v_________ of food in our diet.
9.My early a___________ at learning to drive were unsuccessful.
10.I got into a p___________ when I found the door was locked.
Your house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you gain or lose weight. 1. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of diet plan.
2.Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for when people are in poorly-lit places, they are more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.
3. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. 4. However, cold colors make us feel less hungry. So when it’s time to repaint, go blue.
5. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes, and while you're at it, actually sit down to eat.
A. Mind the colors of your room.
B. You will enjoy your home environment.
C. Don’t forget the clock.
D. Open the curtains and turn up the lights.
E. Listen to some light music.
F. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more delicious.
G. You can make your environment work for you.
A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it is milked from a cow at night.
Researchers have discovered that “night milk” contains more melatonin(褪黑激素), which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime, according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.
Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.
While the effect of cows’ milk harvested at different times has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.
Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.
Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in before bedtime, the greater burden you will put on your body at night.
1.According to the text, the mice fed with daytime milk __________.
A. started sleep more easily.
B. were less active.
C. were more anxious.
D. woke up later.
2.Which of the following is TRUE of melatonin according to the text?
A. It’s used in sleeping drugs.
B. It exists in milk in great amount.
C. It can make people more energetic.
D. It’s been tested on mice for ten years.
3.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Milk Drinking and Health
B. Fat, Sugar and Health
C. An Experiment on Mice
D. Night Milk and Sleep
4.How does the author support the theme of the text?
A. By giving examples.
B. By providing research results.
C. By explaining statistical data.
D. By stating arguments.
