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Nowadays, more than half of the population in the world 1.(speak) English. If you are good at English, it will be 2.(extreme) convenient for you to travel or study abroad. There are two main groups of English — British English and American English. American English 3.(consist) of vocabulary and grammar people brought from Britain, 4.(go) through great changes over the last hundred of years, such as pronunciation, spelling and accents.
Many factors has made 5.(contribute) to the changes. One reason is that people from many different countries have brought their words to America, many of 6.are absent in British English. Another reason is that after the Americans 7.(defeat) the British in 1781 and gained independence, they wanted to make the spelling of English words simpler. For example, they write “color” while the British still use “colour”. Besides, both countries have slowly changed the way they say the same words, yet in different ways.
However they have no difficulty 8.(understand) each other. Also, there is no doubt 9. both languages will keep on 10.(change) in the future.
I love the feeling of exchanging goods with my parents. When we visit them, we often end up _______home more things than we brought with us.After packing up at the end of our most _______ visit, and after the last _______and sounding of the car horn (喇叭), I took a quick look at the back —_______ of our car. At the top of the pile, folded _______,and smartly, were, a 50-year-old baby blanket, several doilies (小型装饰桌巾）_______ from generations of women in my family, and two small _______
These creative quits, looking _______but quite lovingly worn (破旧的), remind me of my great-grandmothers who were always _______hard. I think of the pieces of cloth ____________ over the floors of their living rooms. I think of their ____________hands and the regular pattern of ____________from their sewing machines (缝纫机). I think of their laughter their smiles and the wisdom found in the comers of their eyes.
I wish l could go back in time, and watch them ____________these quilts, and I value the quilts my great-grandmother ____________. I love knowing that the women who ____________the way for my own path through life have left behind touchable expressions of themselves.____________I touch the worn cloth of each creation, I will always remember the women whose hands brought them into ____________. I will be ever ____________for the strong women in my family who have lived ____________me and with me, who have left behind unbelievable examples to ____________lovely quilts to pass on.
1.A.taking B.leaving C.returning D.buying
2.A.official B.regular C.recent D.special
3.A.greetings B.handshakes C.nods D.hugs
4.A.door B.seat C.wheel D.window
5.A.closely B.loosely C.neatly D.quickly
6.A.taken down B.passed down C.given away D.put away
7.A.machines B.parcels C.cloths D.quilts
8.A.loose B.delicate C.practical D.old
9.A.working B.learning C.playing D.feeling
10.A.thrown B.kept C.spread D.covered
11.A.warm B.wrinkled C.gentle D.soft
12.A.threads B.actions C.sounds D.pictures
13.A.make B.invent C.clean D.check
14.A.brought B.sent away C.delivered D.left behind
15.A.paved B.felt C.dragged D.changed
16.A.If B.Though C.Once D.When
17.A.existence B.life C.power D.practice
18.A.regretful B.convinced C.respected D.grateful
19.A.through B.before C.by D.for
20.A.replace B.build C.follow D.set
Many students want to learn English well, but don’t know where to start. Here is some advice.
Before you begin (or go back to) studying English, ask yourself: Why do you want to study English?1. Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do.
If you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to an English-speaking country. Great! Your goal might be to learn “Survival English”.2.
Then, you may also ask yourself how long you need to study to achieve your goals.This answer is different for every student.3.If you work 60 hours per week, don’t plan on spending another 40 hours a week studying English. Start off slow, but study regularly. Use material that is challenging, but not too difficult.
4. Do you study best at night, or on the bus on your way to work? Do you like to study alone in a quiet place, or with friends and background music? After you have studied for a few weeks, adjust your study plan accordingly.
It’s generally accepted that5. If you aren’t having fun learning English, you are not studying the right way!
You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time. Make up your own rewards programme to give yourself encouragement to stay on task.
A.It is wise to make a timetable.
B.The important thing is to be realistic.
C.It’s better to find out what works for you.
D.Learning English is interesting and rewarding.
E.Whatever your goals are, work hard on them.
F.The things we do best in life are the things we enjoy doing.
G.Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to?
Last month my mother moved into a nursing home. This came after years of witnessing the worsening of her cognitive abilities and changes in her personality, all thanks to life-sucking frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
My mom is going to lose her ability to speak, have trouble forming complete thoughts and sentences, and eventually forget how to do things she loved, like cook and read.
But despite all of her inabilities, when I walked in on her having dinner with the rest of the women that make up the dementia floor of the nursing home, I didn’t think she belonged.
It wasn’t until I spent three days there bonding with those women that I realized what scared me the most-she did fit in.
If you were an outsider looking at these women, you’d pity them. You’d think it was cruel that our bodies could turn on us in this way. You’d think it was sad that their families have put the burden of taking care of them on someone else. You’d want to intervene.
You’d want to give the lady eating mashed potatoes with her hands a spoon, you’d want to peel the orange for the lady who’s eating it like an apple, you’d want to scold the lady who forgets to flush the toilet and wash her hands after using the bathroom.
I did all those things to my mother. But when I see her in an environment that lets her be herself, it somehow seems okay.
Learn to love them unconditionally. It’s easier said than done, but if she loved me after giving her hell for making me come home by 10 p. m. on Fridays, I can love her even if she forgets my name.
1.What frightened the author most?
A. Her mother adapted to the nursing home.
B. She had to look after her mother.
C. Her mother suffered from FTD.
D. She lived with those women at the nursing home.
2.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “intervene”？
A. Amaze. B. Interrupt.
C. Permit. D. Explore.
3.What was the final decision of the author?
A. She let her mother alone.
B. She took care of her mother at home.
C. She sent her mother to hospital.
D. She let her mother stay at the nursing home.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards her mother?
A. Mean. B. Selfish.
C. Grateful. D. Honest.
Almost all researches in sleep explain that nightmares are a reaction to negative experiences that happen during waking hours. However, some of them believe that nightmares do have some real benefits. One 2017 study, for example, found that frequent nightmare sufferers considered themselves as more empathetic (共鸣的). They also showed more of a tendency to unconsciously mirror other people through things like yawning. People who have constant nightmares also tend to think further outside the box on psychoanalysis tasks. Some other researches have found support for the idea that nightmares might be linked to creativity.
People seeking cure for nightmares were not necessarily more fearful or anxious, but rather had a general sensitivity (敏感) to all emotional experiences. Sensitivity is the driving force behind Intense (强烈的) dreams. Heightened sensitivity to threats or fear during the day results in bad dreams and nightmares, while heightened passion or excitement may result in more intense positive dream. And both these forms of dreams may feed back into waking life, perhaps increasing suffering after nightmares, or promoting (促进) social bonds and empathy (共鸣) after positive dreams.
The effects go further still. This sensitivity overflows over into perceptions and thoughts: people who have a lot of nightmares experience a dreamlike quality to their waking thoughts. And this kind of thinking seems to give them a creative advantage. For example, studies show that such people tend to have greater creative talent and artistic expression. And people who often have nightmares also tend to have more positive dreams than the average person.
The evidence points towards the idea that, rather than disturbing normal activity, people who are unfortunate in having a lot of nightmares also have a dreaming life that is at least as creative, positive and vivid as it can be distressing and frightening. What’s more, this imaginative richness is unlikely to be limited to sleep, but also is filled with waking thought and daydreams. Even after people wake up and shake off the nightmare, in other words, a mark of it stays behind, occupying them throughout the day.
1.What do most sleep researchers think of nightmares?
A.They have no advantages at all.
B.They make people more empathetic.
C.They can contribute to humans’ creativity.
D.They are a reflection of waking behavior.
2.How can nightmare sufferers probably stop nightmares in theory according to the text?
A.Be more fearful to anxious to nightmares.
B.Try to reduce sensitivity to threats or fear.
C.Avoid excitement as much as possible.
D.Promote social bonds and empathy.
3.What does the underlined word “perception” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Awareness. B.Content.
C.Relief. D.Determination.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.The Solution of Nightmares B.The Empathy of Nightmares
C.The Benefits of Nightmares D.The Tendency of Nightmares
Kiwis are unique in a lot of interesting ways. They have many characteristics that are not found in any other bird.
It ia assumed that the kiwi's ancestor was able to fly and reached New Zealand. Once on the island, it lost its ability to fly and eventually became the kiwi known today. Kiwis have feathers that look like hair and very strong and muscular legs. They rule the ground instead of the air. They can smell very well, Kiwis are quite shy and usually only come out at night. Kiwi can live a long time, between 25 and 50 years.
A female carries a huge egg for its body size. The kiwi is about the same size as a chicken but its egg is actually six times as large as a chicken’s egg. The reason for this is that the kiwi doesn’t have to fly so there aren't any limits on its weight. The female has to eat three times as much as usual to help the egg develop. Right before the egg is laid she can't eat anything because the egg presses against her stomach, leaving no room for food.
All kiwi species are endangered. On average, twenty-seven die each week. They have been affected most by deforestation and invasive mammals. Before humans came to New Zealand, the only mammals on the island were bats and seals.The kiwi never had to worry about predators before, but now since it cannot fly, and lays its eggs on the ground, it is pretty defenseless against invasive mammals such as rats and stoats. Stoats kill a lot of the chicks, while dogs kill a lot of adult birds, usually by accident, because they are quite delicate (易碎的).
1.Which is kiwi’s unique characteristic?
A.They can’t fly with no wings.
B.They can live more than 50 years,
C.They rule the air instead of the ground.
D.They seldom or never come out in the daytime.
2.Why does a female kiwi carry a huge egg?
A.It eats three times as much as usual.
B.I focuses too much on developing its egg.
C.Body weight will grow without limit for a flightless bird.
D.The egg presses against her stomach.
3.Which kind of mammal does no harm to kiwis?
A.Bats. B.Rats.
C.Stoats. D.Dogs.
4.Which is a suitable tile for the passage?
A.Endangered kiwi species B.Kiwis — unique birds
C.Get close to the bird world D.Why can’t kiwis fly?
