Four interesting books about adventures for children
See You in the Cosmos
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng is about Alex and his crazy life. Alex goes to a rocket festival, finds out he has a stepsister, loses his dog, gets seriously injured, and travels around the country, while recording his adventures on his iPod to send to space. Maiah Weidemann, 11, said, “This is one of the best books I've ever read, and I seriously recommend（推荐）it.”
The Cricket in Times Square
The Cricket in Times Square is a 1960 children's book by George Selden and pictured by Garth Williams. It won the Newbery Honor in 1961. The story is about a cricket（蟋蟀）who got lost and ended up in Times Square, New York. He makes friends there that are kind and loving. The question is: Does he get back home?
A Year Without Autumn
A girl named Jenni and her family go on their yearly trip to Riverside Village. Jenni meets up with her best friend, Autumn, at Riverside Village. But when Jenni goes to visit Autumn's apartment and takes an unfamiliar lift, it transports Jenni one year into the future. She works to return to the present, Liz Kessler tells us a story about what true friendship is all about.
The Mysterious Benedict Society(series)
This exciting series by Trenton Lee Stewart is an adventurous story about a group of four kids who are on a mission（使命）to save the world. Each of them has been through lonely times, but they’re working together to save their lives. Nothing is safe, not even their homes. They have to leave their loved ones behind and go into dangerous places undercover. This is a time to remember, and it will change their lives forever.
1.Who is the main character in See You in the Cosmos?
A.Alex. B.Jack.
C.George. D.Maiah.
2.What is The Cricket in Times Square probably about?
A.War. B.Space.
C.Future. D.Friendship.
3.Which novel is set in dangerous environment?
A.The Mysterious Benedict Society. B.The Cricket in Times Square.
C.A Year Without Autumn. D.See You in the Cosmos.
假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Linda在北京某所中学做交换生。最近她因考试成绩不理想而情绪低落。请你用英语给她写封邮件表示安慰，要点如下：
1. 对她的情况表示理解；
2. 建议她找出原因并吸取教训；
3. 鼓励她树立信心。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
修正：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。
Last weekend I travelled by the air for the first time in my life. I usual travel by train or bus. In comparison, it’s all cheaper and safe. But to fly in the sky was something new to me. In the beginning I feel a little nervous. But very soon I became excited when I found myself high up in the sky among the clouds. I also found that mountain, fields, rivers and so on was interestingly small. I enjoyed the frightened but comfortable journey very much. So now, with my opinion, it is more interesting take a plane than to take a car.
Mike had many bookmarks (书签). He had _________ them over the years. He was _________ and weak and would celebrate his 80th birthday.
Trying to find out what to buy Mike was a(n) _________ task as he always asked for little. He love to _________, and had many books. But, to buy him a book seemed impossible _________ I did not know what books he had. So, when I found a special custom bookmark, I thought it was _________; it might be different from what he had collected.
The custom bookmark had the following _________ written on it: To live is to function (起作用). When Mike opened the _________, he smiled. Then he told me it was _________ by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It was just part of Mr. Holmes’ __________. He then went and got a newspaper clipping (剪报) that had Mr. Holmes’ words written in his nineties.
I felt __________. At 80, he immediately __________ the author of the saying on the bookmark. To my greater __________, he even had the newspaper clipping. Mike then told me he read these __________ words by Mr. Holmes every year on his birthday. He said, “The words __________ me that no matter how old you are, there is a reason why you are here. And, you need to have __________ no matter what your age.”
As I __________ Mike’s house, I thought how true those words are. I __________ some people who were much __________ than Mike but achieved so little. Mike was at 80, still setting his goals, still aiming to __________ himself and to help others! What a great man!
1.A.sold B.collected C.examined D.made
2.A.humorous B.successful C.busy D.old
3.A.difficult B.pleasant C.simple D.important
4.A.swim B.write C.read D.talk
5.A.though B.and C.but D.as
6.A.cheap B.perfect C.useful D.real
7.A.joke B.story C.saying D.note
8.A.present B.pocket C.door D.book
9.A.discovered B.passed C.appreciated D.written
10.A.life B.roles C.words D.advice
11.A.excited B.happy C.worried D.amazed
12.A.liked B.recognized C.guessed D.affected
13.A.surprise B.knowledge C.delight D.mind
14.A.soft B.great C.secret D.foreign
15.A.warm B.promise C.tell D.ask
16.A.goals B.friends C.ideas D.abilities
17.A.found B.entered C.left D.built
18.A.thought of B.depended on C.picked up D.played with
19.A.more active B.younger C.richer D.more outgoing
20.A.express B.help C.follow D.improve
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. 1. There was a woman living there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. 2. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my apartment, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise ! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). 3.
Then I came to understand that I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
4. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点)?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” 5.
A.Her window was clean!
B.She got on quite well with her neighbors.
C.I should respect others’ opinions and beliefs.
D.That was quite an important lesson for me.
E.Everything was unclear through the dirty window.
F.The next building was only a few feet away from mine.
G.I try to clean the window of my own world to see the world about me more clearly.
When talking about colds (感冒), maybe some people say it is very common. During the cold winter days, many people will complain the cold winter makes them catch a cold, and what they feel upset about are not only the headache, cough but also the runny nose. It is so embarrassing when they forget to take tissue (纸币) along with them.
Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
“It seems that positive (积极的) feelings may reduce the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen has interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers that they were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical: that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried about your health, look on the brighter side more often.
1.Which can replace the underlined part in Paragraph 5?
A.got sad B.were clever C.were outgoing D.got thoughtful
2.What did the study find?
A.People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses.
B.People with good feelings became ill more easily.
C.People’s feelings didn’t influence their health.
D.People who felt happy never got ill.
3.According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?
A.Sleeping. B.Eating. C.Crying. D.Laughing.
4.What is the best title for this text?
A.Causes of colds found B.Smiles can fight colds
C.The ways of preventing colds D.How people get sick
