Creative alarm clocks
Dumbbell（哑铃） alarm clock
It is not a real dumbbell, but you have to shake it up and down 30 times to stop the alarm clock. And there is no stop button. Of course you will be totally refreshed by then. Don’t be lazy and take some exercise in the morning.
Target alarm clock
The alarm is ringing at the time you set it for！Do you see the target？Then hit it to stop the sound with a laser gun（激光枪）. Of course you have to be fully awake if you don’t want to miss the target.
Flying alarm clock
I’m sure you won’t be able to simply ignore this alarm as you usually do, because it flies！Its propeller（螺旋桨）flying off the alarm is the key. Before the frightening alarm sounds drive you crazy， you’d better quickly put the key back.
Banclock
Have you been keeping a pocketful of change for some time without knowing what to do with it？Maybe you can put those coins in your alarm. This is both an alarm clock and a money box. It only stops ringing if you put a coin in it.
IQ alarm clock
What about a brain workout in the morning？ IQ alarm will go off and ask you a set of IQ questions. Don’t even think about removing the battery, because it is hard to open. The only way to shut it off is to answer all questions correctly.
Mr. Bump-off-the-wall alarm clock
An alarm clock is so annoying when you are too tired and sleepy to get up. You can release your anger on Mr. Bump. It looks like a blue ball covered with “bandages（绷带）”. Just throw this alarm at the wall to silence it.
1.How can we turn off Target alarm clock？
A.By shooting at it. B.By shaking it 30 times.
C.By putting the key back on it. D.By answering questions shown on.
2.What is another function of Banclock？
A.Improving people’s sleep. B.Asking people to do exercise.
C.Testing people’s intelligence. D.Helping people to save money.
3.What can we infer about Mr. Bump-off-the-wall alarm clock?
A.It hangs on the wall. B.It is difficult to break.
C.It was invented by Mr. Bump. D.It rings louder than any other clocks.
假定你是李华，你校中国功夫俱乐部（Chinese Kung Fu Club）将面向国际学生招收新成员。请你用英语写一篇招募新成员的启事，内容包括：
1.本俱乐部历史；
2.参加本俱乐部的益处；
3.本俱乐部的联系方式（邮箱chinesekungfu@126.com）。
注意：1.词数100左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear international students，
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
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。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（＼）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。
I was living a life in my screen but hardly noticed what was around me. I looked through news websites and checked my emails using his mobile phone. When I wake up at midnight, I did the same thing. The problem with me that I felt anxious every night. So when my friends invited me to the weekend camp with the cell service, I thought this was exact what I needed. Keep away from my phone for 48 hours changed my way of the life. I fell asleep listening to the song of frogs and insects. I listened to what my body wanted instead of that my phone was telling me to do.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Earth is most likely experiencing its sixth mass extinction (灭绝). The planet has been through at least five such catastrophes 1., but this is the first one in human history — and the first one with human fingerprints.
A report by the World Wildlife Fund2.(offer) the details about this decline, which has cut the planet's vertebrate (有脊椎的) wildlife populations3. an average of 60 percent in just 40 years. Habitat loss is the main threat to many 4. (danger) land animals. "Science shows us the cruel 5. (real) that our forests, oceans and rivers are suffering at our hands now," says Marco Lambertini, director of WWF International, in a statement. "Inch by inch and species by species, 6.(shrink) wildlife numbers and wild places are an indicator of the huge influence and pressure we are putting on the planet. "
"The statistics are7.(scare), but all hope is not lost, "says Ken Norris, science director for the Zoological Society of London. The report exposes some environmental 8.(problem) around the world, but it also throws light on the ways we can still protect and recover what9.(leave). We have an opportunity to design a new path forward10. allows us to co-exist with the wildlife we depend upon.
Mevan Babakar had a difficult start in life. Her parents ______ lraq during the Gulf War in the 1990s, travelling through Turkey and Russia until the family reached the Netherlands and spent a year in a refugee（难民）camp. Although she was a child, she used to think it could be the ______ of world every day. Life was dark and future, to her, was a ______ that would never come true.
However, she never ______ the refugee camp worker all those years ago. That day, watching other children playing, running and shouting on the ground in the camp, she, ______, stood there in the old coat and woolen cap, and with a dirty face. Their ______ and happiness made her find herself nowhere to go.
He came into ______ , pushing a red, shiny bike on the dirt road. Out of the kindness of his own heart, he came to her, saying to her, "It's ______ you." The five-year-old heart exploded with _______. She could hardly believe her ears. She laughed _____ , covering her mouth with her dirty hands. From then on, she believed that there would be _____ ; there would be chances, maybe very______, but chances would be there.
Mevan, today aged 29, now works for a fact-checking charity（慈善机构）and lives______ in London. She decided to ______ the man and posted an old photo of the two of them in the camp on Twitter. To her______ , within 36 hours the charity worker, Eabert, was found in Germany .
The pair were_______ and Mevan posted another photograph: "This is Egbert. He's been helping refugees since the '90s. He thought the ______ was too small a gesture to be mentioned."
For Mevan, the ______ is that small actions can have big consequences: "The ______ Egbert showed me continues to shape me. It doesn't cost anything and it ______ the world one person at a time."
1.A.reached B.fled C.served D.visited
2.A.recovery B.goal C.end D.birth
3.A.reward B.puzzle C.promise D.dream
4.A.missed B.forgot C.recalled D.assessed
5.A.alone B.instead C.often D.thus
6.A.loneliness B.coldness C.generosity D.laughter
7.A.existence B.effect C.power D.view
8.A.on B.for C.with D.beyond
9.A.joy B.anger C.hesitation D.admiration
10.A.loudly B.shyly C.guiltily D.artificially
11.A.hope B.advice C.assumptions D.achievements
12.A.strong B.proper C.fair D.slim
13.A.carefully B.worthily C.honestly D.fashionably
14.A.pick up B.call on C.look after D.track down
15.A.sadness B.regret C.surprise D.advantage
16.A.matched B.adopted C.reunited D.blamed
17.A.bike B.coat C.photo D.cap
18.A.idiom B.rule C.lesson D.tip
19.A.trust B.independence C.kindness D.optimism
20.A.changes B.faces C.explores D.seeks
A lot of kids struggle with reading. Parents have tried encouraging them in all sorts of ways, but nothing seems to work. Actually many factors(因素)can cause reading problems.1. Here are a few things you can do to help your kid become a better reader.
Read to your kid-and have him/her read to you
Grab one of the books you loved when you were your kid's age and read it to him/her or take turns reading it to each other. 2. Make reading a regular part of the night-time routine.
Don't be pushy
Just because you're a science fan or read on history and other nonfiction doesn't mean your kid will be remotely interested in any of those things. In fact, you've been pushing your tastes on your kid. 3.
Choose books that interest your kid
Most kids love movies. Did your kid like Ready Player One or Ender's Game? They are based on books. 4. If your goal is to get your kid interested in reading and improve his/her skills, what your kid's reading is less important than how much time he/she spends doing it.
5.
Kids who have trouble reading often feel that there's something wrong with them. So work with your kid to come up with manageable goals and make a big deal every time he/she accomplishes one. With time, gradually make the goals more challenging.
A.Achieve your goals
B.Celebrate small steps
C.Reading books can help your kid get a head start in school.
D.If your kid stops or makes a mistake, be patient and don't judge.
E.Overcoming them can sometimes be an annoying process for everyone.
F.Starting with something your kid is already interested in could help draw him into reading.
G.You may have contributed to his/her reading problems rather than helping overcoming them.
