Howard Weistling wanted to be a comic strip （连环漫画） artist． But when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor， he joined the Army．
After flight engineer training， Howard was shipped off to Europe． On his maiden flight， his plane was shot down over Austria． The entire crew of eight men landed safely． But a farmer found Howard hiding in his barn and turned him over to a prison of war camp in Barth， Germany． It was freezing and the men almost starved to death eating the guards' garbage．
Hungry and homesick Howard coped the only way he knew how． He drew a comic strip． The book， made of cigarette wrappers bound together with scrap metal， was sent around the camp． Every couple of days he would add a new panel． One panel at a time would be passed around the whole camp． And they'd have something to look forward to．
After an entire year of this， they woke one morning to find their guards gone． They fled and Howard finally got to go home． Just lucky to get out alive， he left the book behind．
Back home in California， Howard soon had a wife and kids to feed so he had to set aside his dream of becoming an artist． He took a job as a gardener instead．
Morgan shared his father's artistic gifts． At 15 his parents sent him to art school． And Howard got to see his son become a well﹣known painter before he died in 2002． That's how， seven decades after the war， when a stranger in New York googled the name "Weistling，" he found Morgan online．
"I get an email from a gentleman and he says， ‘I think I may have some drawings your father did when he was a POW （prisoner of war） in World War II，'" Morgan recalls． "‘Would you like them？' And I just stared at that email and started crying．"
Luckily Howard had engraved his name on the comic book， which is how the man from New York City had connected with Morgan． A couple of days later when it arrived in California， Morgan couldn't believe it． "It was like getting my father back，" Morgan says． "It was like him being able to tell me the story over again ﹣ only this time it was real in my hands．"
1.The passage details Howard's life as a POW to show that ．
A.war cannot stop his pursuit of success.
B.passion for art helped ease his sufferings.
C.loss of freedom encouraged his creativity.
D.misery drives him to fight against his fate.
2.What can we infer about Howard's comic strip in prison？
A.It satisfied prisoners' curiosity．
B.It aroused the guards' sympathy．
C.It was popular among the prisoners．
D.It raised prisoners' confidence in freedom．
3.What contributes to the stranger's success in finding Morgan？
A.The email from a gentleman．
B.Howard's experience in the war．
C.Morgan's recalling of his father．
D.Morgan's status in the field of art．
4.What can we infer about Morgan from the last paragraph？
A.He didn't believe the stranger's story．
B.He was excited to get the comic strip．
C.He couldn't wait to tell others his good news．
D.He hadn't heard about his father's war stories．
The Worlds' Best Bookshops
There's nothing like being surrounded by books， wherever you are． Here are the finest oases of literature that travellers can bring you．
Daikanyama T﹣site | Tokyo
It is well worth visiting even if just to admire the building's beautiful， crisscrossed architecture． Once you've had your fill of roaming three floors' worth of bookshelves， there's the bar， the coffee shop， or even the video rental space to give you more reason to stay just that little bit longer． Grab a book， order a beer and dive into its pages． I could have stayed hours here．
City Lights | San Francisco
The three﹣storey establishment publishes and sells titles in poetry， fiction， translation， politics， history and the arts． It hosts events and readings， and runs a non﹣profit of the same name that aims to promote diversity of voices and ideas in literature． It's opposite Vesuvio， a bar frequented by Kerouac and other Beat﹣generation writers and artists．
Shakespeare and Company | Paris
I made a special trip to the Left Bank for this one when I was in Paris． It has two floors packed with English﹣language texts， and I was particularly struck by any spare wall space devoted to notes from visitors ﹣ heartfelt messages to a loved one， dedications to the shop itself， or a quote from a favourite author or philosopher．
Hutatma Chowk | Mumbai
A few years ago I visited India， investigating Rudyard Kipling's connections with the country． I spotted a cheap copy of The Jungle Book on one of the tarp﹣covered book stalls at Hutatma Chowk （Martyrs' Square）． The booksellers here are like amateur librarians， able to lay their hands on almost any title you ask for． To me， those well﹣thumbed （翻旧了的） books spoke volumes about the changes of Mumbai's readers in the 150 years since the city gave us Kipling．
1.In which bookshop can you buy a drink while visiting？
A.Daikanyama T﹣site.
B.City Lights.
C.Shakespeare and Company.
D.Hutatma Chowk.
2.What can be learned about the book stalls at Hutatma Chowk？
A.People can meet Rudyard Kipling there．
B.They sell the cheapest books in the world．
C.The book owners are amateur librarians．
D.The sellers are familiar with the books．
3.What do the four bookstores have in common？
A.They are beautifully designed．
B.They are three﹣storey buildings．
C.They offer book lovers good experience．
D.They are frequently visited by great writers．
假如你是李华， 在你校学习汉语的美国交换生 Peter 发邮件说他想参加你校即将举办的中华经典文学朗诵比赛（Chinese Classics Recital Contest），但不知如何准备，请根据以下要点用英语给他回复。
1. 推荐朗诵内容
2. 介绍朗诵技巧
3. 告知注意事项
4. 预祝比赛成功
注意：1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
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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。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。
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。
The first foreign language I never learnt was French, but it didn’t go very well. My mother asked our neighbor teach me when I was seven. French wasn’t his native languages, but he used to live in France, so he could speak a little. However, I learnt very little until I didn’t feel it related to my daily life anyway. When I entered into senior high school, my attitude to language learning changed. I decided to learn Latin, that I’ve always been interested in because I want to study law. Learning Latin wasn’t a struggle for myself for this reason. Soon I begin to read classic books in Latin. Read those books opened a window for me to another world or gave me a new point of view on my own world.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
If you’ve ever ridden public transport, you’ve probably heard snoring(打鼾) and found someone sleeping in the seat across from you. The natural vibration(震动) of buses and subways 1.(make) us feel sleepy, according to a new study in Science Alert.
Why? It’s all about sensory input-information going to your brain. On a bus, your senses give you 2.(continue) and repeating information. For example, the air conditioner and engine create constant white noise. Meanwhile, you are sitting still and your 3.(surrounding) don’t change. The vibrations of the engine are also opening. Your brain has almost no new information to process.
Repeating information will be 4.(ignore) eventually and your brain will enter a low-energy state. The fact that you fall asleep quickly with your eyes 5.(close) on a bus is because your brain gets used to all the repeat.
“When you’re tired, it doesn’t take much time 6.(start) nodding off and we’ve found that the gentle vibrations made by car seats 7. you drive can loose(使放松) your brain and body,” said Stephen Robinson, 8. researcher from the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Robinson’ s team mentioned 15 volunteers’ heart rate variability(心率变异性)—a well-known indicator of sleepiness. This line of research can assist in the development of practical and relevant guidelines for limiting 9.(expose) to vibrations in the car industry. Robinson believed that the research could be helpful 10. improving road safety. “We hope that future car seat designs can build in features to disturb this lulling effect and fight vibration-induced(震动引起的) sleepiness,” he said.
Five years ago, I took a career risk by leaving my job to work on a ship. My medical friends did their best to persuade me, saying that running away to sea would____my career. But after these years working as a junior doctor, I was willing to take the risk. ____for adventure, I boarded a ship in Singapore with 2, 000 passengers and crew. To my____，the hospital was well equipped, with an X-ray machine and a blood analyzer. That first voyage was a learning experience, a ____ schedule full of safety drills. There was so much new information to______ . Even remembering which uniform to wear each day was a_____ . Most confusing, I often forgot to ______my clock when the ship crossed time zones.
As a doctor, I was ______for the 600 crew. and I was on call for the entire ship. Far from ____ seasickness and sunburn, I had to deal with other diseases, for my patients were wide and varied. The ship’s medical center was ____ a floating emergency room, and we didn’t have a team of specialists on hand for a second _____ . With long and unpredictable hours, it required mental _____ .
As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly. Heart attacks don’t ____ geography and emergency evacuations (疏散)were difficult to arrange. I recall one such patient, who was taken off the ship halfway through the Panama Canal .After a _____ ride in an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient ______long enough to arrive at the hospital in Panama City. ____ , there were several unexpected benefits to the job. I regularly ______the passenger facilities (设施)and I even hosted my own table of passengers in the evenings. On rare days off, I_____ as a tour guide on trips ashore. I got to fly over Alaska in a seaplane and watched a ballet in St Petersburg.
Now, I understand being a ship doctor is not a job-it's a way of _____ .One year at sea became two. I lost my career ambitions, _____I redefined happiness in my life.
1.A.block B.build C.ruin D.improve
2.A.Hungry B.Skilful C.Suitable D.Concern
3.A.shock B.disappointment C.excitement D.relief
4.A.daily B.tight C.strict D.flexible
5.A.take in B.figure out C.search for D.pick over
6.A.training B.risk C.challenge D.choice
7.A.watch B.repair C.check D.set
8.A.powerful B.responsible C.hopeful D.helpful
9.A.treating B.suffering C.escaping D.stopping
10.A.exactly B.particularly C.certainly D.actually
11.A.examination B.consideration C.opinion D.discussion
12.A.comfort B.communication C.toughness D.pressure
13.A.care about B.refer to C.trouble with D.rely on
14.A.relaxing B.boring C.promising D.terrifying
15.A.survived B.struggled C.awoke D.stuck
16.A.Steadily B.Thankfully C.Importantly D.Generally
17.A.cleaned B.fixed C.enjoyed D.protected
18.A.returned B.travelled C.performed D.volunteered
19.A.confidence B.life C.experience D.success
20.A.though B.unless C.but D.or
