“Sara, don’t forget your promise to me that you will mow (割草) Mrs. Martin’s yard this weekend,” said Dad. “Don’t let me down.”
Sara was the oldest child in the family, and one of her chores was to mow their yard. Mrs. Martin, their ______ neighbor, was unable to take care of her yard in her 70s, so Sara’s dad had ______ Sara for this job. ______ Mrs. Martin’s yard was not big, Sara knew the job would go quickly. However, she still disliked her dad’s ______.
“Why didn’t you ask me first?” Sara had ______.
“Did you ask me first when you volunteered me to be in the school festival last fall?” asked Sara’s father.
“Well, no, I didn’t ask you first, ______ you would have done those things anyway. You’re always ______ to help.”
“I ______ when I can.” Dad answered. “Sara, we have known Mrs. Martin for a very long time. She has often ______ our family. Now we can do something for her. ______, the feeling you get from helping someone makes you ______ who is really helping whom.”
“I don’t know, Dad,” said Sara. “The only feeling I get from mowing our yard is ______.”
“Just you wait and see,” said Dad
After breakfast, Sara made her way to Mrs. Martin’s yard. She was good at her job and soon had Mrs. Martins yard looking ______. Mrs. Martin came outside with a big glass of orange juice and ______ it to her. Sara stopped her work and ______ enjoyed the drink, while Mrs. Martin talked to her about all of the flowers in her yard. Seeing the ______ in Mrs. Martin’s eyes, Sara began to understand how much the yard ______ to Mrs. Martin.
After finishing her drink, Sara returned to work with a new ______. A warm feeling began to ______ through her body. Her dad was ______. It was hard to tell who was helping whom!
1.A. strange B. new C. aged D. faithful
2.A. guided B. volunteered C. ordered D. forced
3.A. Once B. Since C. Unless D. Although
4.A. promise B. argument C. permission D. introduction
5.A. replied B. suggested C. complained D. announced
6.A. but B. so C. or D. for
7.A. proud B. willing C. afraid D. fortunate
8.A. choose B. succeed C. hesitate D. try
9.A. respected B. changed C. protected D. helped
10.A. Besides B. Instead C. Therefore D. Otherwise
11.A. imagine B. explore C. worry D. wonder
12.A. scared B. moved C. tired D. relaxed
13.A. tidy B. alive C. empty D. messy
14.A. threw B. delivered C. offered D. sold
15.A. eagerly B. generously C. carefully D. gratefully
16.A. determination B. peace C. curiosity D. joy
17.A. related B. meant C. belonged D. referred
18.A. attitude B. wisdom C. inspiration D. expectation
19.A. exist B. fly C. spread D. break
20.A. unusual B. right C. serious D. helpful
Peter worked 1. a night watchman in a small factory. One morning his boss came in with a suitcase. He said to Peter, I’m going to New York tomorrow. See you. Peter said, “Oh, you mustn’t go. The factory owner asked him why. Peter answered that he 2. (have) a nightmare the night before. In the dream, he had seen the next day’s plane to New York crash over the Atlantic Ocean. Peter’s boss 3. (immediate) cancelled his ticket and stayed in the office. The plane crashed; the boss thanked Peter and gave him a big present. Then he fired him.
Online shopping 1. (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. For the consumers, it can save some time for the people 2. don’t have much spare time. Just clicking the mouse, they can get what they want 3. staying at home. For the sellers, it can cut some costs for those without enough circulating funds. Compared with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in 4. (rent) a house.
I have been to many places as a news reporter. In India, I visited a city where there were many 1. (home) children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the streets 2. survived by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady 3. (call) Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year, she was looking after two hundred children. She clothed them, fed them and taught them. She gave them hope.
请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150个词左右的英语短文。
Young Chinese parents embracing e-books for children
Chinese children are spending more time reading digital books as young parents are increasingly open to the idea, research shows.
The amount of time children under 9 spend reading e-books every day increased almost 20 percent to 24. 3 minutes between 2016 and 2017, according to a joint study by e-book company Kada Story and teaching consultancy TAL Education Group.
A three-year study of 6, 030 parents found that almost 70 percent said they are willing to let their children use mobile phones and tablets, while 25 percent of those born in the 1990s or later said they let their children spend more than 40 minutes a day on mobile devices.
Parents in first-tier cities are more likely to let their children use mobile devices, with children in Beijing spending almost 70 minutes a day using the gadgets.
“Digital reading is an important skill for children to master in this age of information explosion, ” said Wang Jing, chief editor of Kada Story.
However, not all parents want their children to read digitally.
“I fear e-books will negatively affect my son’s attention span or expose him to inappropriate content, ” said Xie Wenfeng, mother of a 7-year-old boy in Shanghai.
She said she believed books in print are better for the eyes and do not affect sleep. “I also worry about possible addiction to e-books.” she added.
（写作内容）
1.用约30个单词写出上文概要;
2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:
(1)支持或反对家长让孩子读电子书籍；
(2)并用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。
（写作要求）
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文中的句子;
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3. 不必写标题。
（评分标准）
内容完整,语言规范,语篇连贯,词数适当。
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读下面的句子，根据首字母提示，在横线上填上意思和形式都正确的单词。
1.True eccentrics treat social conventions as unimportant, unconscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
True eccentrics d_________ social conventions, unconscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
2.Having received a radio message from the mainland, officially telling him to give up, the ship’s captain decided to pull up anchor and head home.
Having received a radio message from the mainland i_______ him to give up, the ship’s captain decided to pull up anchor and head home.
3.Antique shops have a great appeal for many people, especially bargain hunters.
Antique shops exert a peculiar f_________ on many people, especially bargain hunters.
4.Seeing a thief caught on the premises of a large jewellery store, the shop assistants couldn’t help saying ‘it serves him right’.
Seeing a thief caught on the spot, the shop assistants found it impossible to resist the t________ to say ‘it serves him right’.
5.As is often the case, lots of things happen to go wrong at precisely the same time.
What i______ happens is that a great number of things go wrong at precisely the same time.
