It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
1.Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A.The man’s job was bike racing. B.It was their only possession.
C.It was a nice Kona 18 speed. D.They used it for work and daily life.
2.We can infer from the text that ____________.
A.the couple worked 60 hours a week. B.people were busy before Christmas
C.the stranger brought over the bike D.life was hard for the young family.
3.How did people get to know the couple’s problem?
A.From radio broadcasts. B.From a newspaper.
C.From TV news. D.From a stranger.
4.What do the couple learn from their experience?
A.Strangers are usually of little help. B.One should take care of their bike.
C.News reports make people famous. D.An act of kindness can mean a lot.
What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no ______ over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a ______ resource, Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression, “Time is money.”
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it, People in the U.S. often attend lectures or read books on time ______ . It seems they all want to ______ their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners—some in electronic form to keep ______ of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to ______ more life out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: “Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing ______ for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the ______. Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be ______ on time.
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks ______. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is ______. Also, people ______ to call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may ______, but most folks think twice about calling after 10:00 p.m.
Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time—like money—______ all too easily through our fingers. And time—like the weather— is very hard to ______. Nevertheless, time is one of life’s most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.
1.A.effect B.sense C.control D.notice
2.A.natural B.valuable C.financial D.forceful
3.A.management B.establishment C.Experiment D.movement
4.A.Spare B.pass C.organize D.kill
5.A.track B.account C.secret D.diary
6.A.drive B.push C.release D.squeeze
7.A.respect B.gratitude C.sympathy D.concern
8.A.excuse B.accident C.delay D.schedule
9.A.extremely B.thoroughly C.automatically D.exactly
10.A.on average B.in advance C.for sure D.on purpose
11.A.convenient B.accessible C.casual D.flexible
12.A.fail B.tend C.hesitate D.hate
13.A.change B.vary C.extend D.range
14.A.spends B.disappears C.shrinks D.slips
15.A.capture B.predict C.announce D.classify
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
People across the world use Airbnb to offer their homes to travelers usually for a nightly fee. The home-sharing service provides some people with a way 1. （make）extra money while they work other jobs.
The company announced recently that one of its 2. （popular） professions among American Airbnb hosts is teaching, The information came from an Airbnb study to find out 3. industries its American hosts work in.
The study found that almost 10 percent of U.S. Airbnb hosts in 2017 identified 4. as teachers or in the field of education. The home-sharing service estimated it has about 45,000 active teacher hosts in America. In addition, the study says there are 5. estimated 75,000 other hosts living in households with a teacher.
The study did not provide data from hosts about 6. they choose to become part of Airbnb. But the company noted that many teachers in America face difficult economic situations. Airbnb says additional earnings from hosting 7. help.
Some states had even higher rates of teacher hosts than Airbnb’s estimated national average. Airbnb spokesman Christopher Nulty told The Atlantic magazine that the home-sharing industry is not a total solution for the current problems 8.（face） many teachers. But he said he thinks Airbnb can be an “important tool” to help teachers make extra money and give them “the respect and dignity” they have earned.
The report on the number of teacher hosts comes as Airbnb 9. （continue） to face opposition by activists and officials in some areas. U.S. Critics of the company say the service is driving up rental market prices in several cities. Elected officials in some areas 10.（propose） or approved rules to limit the influence of the service. Hotel companies have also protested that the business presents unfair competition.
最近，你看到某英文报纸正在征集主题为“如何才能受人欢迎”的短文，对此你很兴趣。请你根据以下提示谈谈自己的想法，给该报社投稿。
要点提示：
1.衣着干净、整齐，保持微笑。
2. 诚实，乐于助人。
3.懂得与人合作。
4. 其他。
注意：①词数：100词左右；
②可根据内容要点适当增加细节。
How to be popular
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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5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(Λ)，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：在错的词下面划一横线，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5处，多者(从第6处起)不计分。
I’m a 18-year old boy from Sydney, Australia. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, more than four thousands kilometers away. The food on the train was great. We eat great meals cooked by experts. For the first a few hundred kilometers of the journey, the scenery was colourful. After that, we saw abandoned farms which built over a century ago.
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。
1. is interesting to look at differences between schools in different countries. The relationship between teachers and students in many European countries is quite formal. This is true of France, Germany, and Spain, 2. respect for the teacher is considered very important. However, this relationship is much 3. (friendly) and more relaxed.
Another important difference is whether schools are state schools or private schools. State schools 4. (pay) for by the government, but in private schools, the parents pay for the 5. (educate) of their children. Most students in Germany and France go to state schools, which are very good.
