The Master Gardener Foundation
Aim
The Master Gardener Foundation provides free information to the public on environmentally safe gardening practices and water conservation. The information is research-based and encourages limited use of farm chemicals and fertilizers.
Donation Activities
The master gardeners here did much donation work. They donated over 35,000 volunteer hours, serving 40,000 adults and more than 5,200 children. They did this through about 35 plant clinics, 6 demonstration gardens, 4 youth gardens, as well as a classroom program and dozens of workshops. The Master Gardener Foundation provides roughly two-thirds of the financial support for all these valuable activities.
Washington State University currently provides the salary and benefits of the Master Gardener Program. The foundation funds office space and supplies, as well as a part-time program assistant.
The Master Gardener Program
Safe and green gardening and water use practices are vital to preserving our environment. The Master Gardener Program seeks to provide this kind of education and information to the citizens for free. It is a highly successful example of cooperation between a foundation and volunteers.
Waiting for Your Donations
The Master Gardener Foundation is a non-profit organization, and all donations are allowed by law and support the Master Gardener Program and activities.
Please consider a donation to the Master Gardener Foundation and help keep our environment green!
1.What does the underlined word "this" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Science research. B.Adopting children.
C.Donation work. D.Sparing volunteer hours.
2.What do we know about the Master Gardener Program?
A.It's very expensive.
B.It proves to be unsuccessful.
C.It provides education just in producing farm chemicals.
D.It's a bridge between the foundation and volunteers.
3.What is the main purpose of the text?
A.To encourage donations.
B.To describe volunteer work. '
C.To spread the agricultural knowledge.
D.To give some suggestions to gardeners.
假如你是李华，最近你收到英国笔友Jones给你的来信，在信中他询问你对未来生活的看法。请根据以下要点，给Jones写一封回信。内容要点：
1. 人类健康与寿命;
2. 环境保护与新能源;
3. 日常生活的变化；
4. 感慨未来生活的精彩。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
3. 文章开头，结尾已给出，不计入总数。
Dear Jones,
I’m glad to receive your letter. I’d like to tell you my opinion about the life in the future.
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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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have received the sneakers that I buy from your online shop. With the excitement, I unwrapped the package but found something wrong with them.So I’m writing to inform you the problems.
First, the color of the sneakers that I want are red instead of black. Second, size 41 is too large for them. That annoys me most is that there are several little stain on one of the sneakers. They really look awfully. If putting in my situation, how would you feel?
I’d like to change this pair for a new one and give me the money back.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Sincerely yours,
Lin Ming
Around three in five people in the UK will find 1. necessary to care for all elderly or a disabled loved one at some point. This can be made much 2. (easy) by bearing in mind a few simple principles and pieces of advice.
3. (care) for an elderly loved one most likely a parent, is never easy. It can cause great pain emotionally and 4. (physical) and the financial challenges can sometimes seem difficult to deal with, too.
Often one of the hardest things is striking a balance between your parent’s desire 5. (feel) independent and the need to ensure that they are safe and their health needs are being attended to. Sometimes this can create tensions and 6. (argue), only adding to the stress of an already difficult situation. It is important here to make them feel that they are being listened to and 7. you only have their best interests at heart.
The same applies 8. financial issues. In order to cover the costs of their parent’s care — including bills and medicine — many people will investigate options such as selling the family home. The most important thing here is communication — it is vital to make sure that everyone involved, including other brothers and sisters, 9.(be) aware of what’s being proposed and cooperates to find a solution 10.satisfies everybody.
A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on _________ management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class _________ they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question._________, that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs?”
Answers called out _________ from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).
She quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t _________. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my _________. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the _________ of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the _________ I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”
Lost in _________, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.
“Our stresses and ____________ in life are like that glass of water. If we ____________ our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable to ____________.”
____________ you have to do is put all your burdens down, as ____________ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ____________ next morning and are ____________ to move forward.
More often than not, life gets terrible when we ____________ too much. And the moment you ____________ your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.
So rather than being upset and feeling ____________ for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to ____________ yourself to anything that is not making you happy.
1.A.class B.emotion C.time D.stress
2.A.wondered B.expected C.agreed D.argued
3.A.However B.Meanwhile C.Anyhow D.Therefore
4.A.ranged B.replied C.read D.exchanged
5.A.exist B.change C.mater D.increase
6.A.head B.arm C.leg D.stomach
7.A.shape B.position C.weight D.size
8.A.better B.deeper C.longer D.further
9.A.fantasy B.thought C.dreams D.discussion
10.A.doubts B.joys C.surprises D.worries
11.A.cover B.carry C.hide D.show
12.A.pick up B.work out C.carry on D.catch on
13.A.Something B.All C.Nothing D.Anything
14.A.eagerly B.naturally C.quickly D.early
15.A.refreshed B.entertained C.depressed D.amazed
16.A.able B.anxious C.passive D.ambitious
17.A.fear B.think C.rest D.get
18.A.catch up with B.look down on C.1et go of D.put up with
19.A.happy B.sorry C.disappointed D.greedy
20.A.help B.treat C.drive D.abandon
Tips to Increase Your Productivity
Want to get more done in your day? Of course you do. 1.The good news is that everyone can increase the amount of tasks they accomplish in a day. Here are some tips to help you have a more productive day.
Make a plan for your day. Make sure you know how you want your day to go in advance, even before you start. 2. To work best, create the next day’s plan the night before so that every morning you spend time performing, not planning.
Break large tasks down into bits accomplished easily. Do you have a large project that’s just so big that you keep putting it off? Or maybe you’re just unsure of where to begin, so you put it off. 3.Therefore, you will feel a sense of accomplishment as you check the items of your list.
Always set your priorities (优先事项). 4. Figure out what must be done, do that first and rank the rest of your work according to importance. If you don’t get to the items at the end of your list, it won’t be a big problem, and you can do them another time.
5. If you are the most productive in the morning, that’s when you should hit it hard and do as much as you can. If you work better in the afternoon, take care of some things like emails in the morning and then accomplish the important projects in the afternoon. Keep on top of your work habits, and you’ll be more productive.
A. Reward yourself if you are productive.
B. This can provide you a roadmap for the day.
C. Be aware of when you are the most productive.
D. It’s tough to meet depressed people who are productive.
E. It’s important to accomplish the most important tasks first.
F. A good way is to break the project down into more manageable ones.
G. To stay competitive in any industry, you need to improve your productivity.
