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Joanna Cole, born on August 11, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, has been credited to be one of the 1.(popular) children’s authors of all time. She 2.(write) over 250 books so far. Cole has owed a large part of her passion to one of her elementary school teachers.

Joanna Cole continued her education and 3.(final) earned a bachelor’s degree. In 1971 she decided to write her first book cockroaches. She did some research and discovered 4. had never been a book written for children about cockroaches. 5., she thought she would be the first. Cole wrote the first Magic School Bus in 1985. The book would go on to be published the 6.(follow) year and quickly became book series and cartoon series due to its 7.(succeed).

Cole writes in a way that will hopefully inspire children 8.(think) like a scientist. She does this by writing ideas instead of just facts. She also tries to ask questions in her books 9. require children to think and discover the answers as they read. This creates 10. engaging experience for children, so it is no wonder why younger readers are interested in her books.

    We hired two cabs and visited Abu. We fixed our luggage on top of the _______ and started out. During the journey back, we stopped for a tea. That’s when I noticed _______ that the rope with which the luggage was _______ in one of the carriers had come loose and one of the _______ was missing. It must have _______ somewhere along the way. Although it didn’t contain any _______ things just clothes and some food, we decided to retrace (折返) our steps, driving back four kilometres, _______ the bag. But Luck wasn’ t our friend: We could not _______ it and returned to Ahmedabad unhappy.

After about a(n) _______, one day, while in my office, I got a call from my assistant that a ________ Mr Shah wanted to see me. I called him into my ________ and asked him: “How can we help you?” To which he said, “No, sir. I have not come for any official help. It is a(n) ________ matter. Did you lose your bag?” I told him about the lost bag from Mount Abu a month ago

Then Shah said his side of the ________:“I was driving back to Ahmedabad when I ________ a bag lying by the side of the road. I picked it up and ________ there for an hour or so. Since no one turned up to claim (索要) it, I went to a nearby gas station and gave my ________ to the manager with a request that if someone asked him for the bag my details may be ________. About a month passed. Since I did not hear from anyone, I ________open the lock and found your visiting card, with your ________ and address, inside. So, here I am. I was surprised and quite ________, too. I could not find the right words to express myself. I somehow managed to speak a few sentences, but nearly not enough to express my feelings on his act of kindness.

1.A.bicycles B.cabs C.trucks D.trains

2.A.suddenly B.slowly C.carefully D.finally

3.A.found B.sold C.tied D.made

4.A.bags B.wallets C.bottles D.boxes

5.A.taken off B.fallen out C.taken on D.fallen off

6.A.necessary B.private C.valuable D.Interesting

7.A.looking for B.running into C.getting over D.handing out

8.A.pass B.locate C.change D.buy

9.A.hour B.week C.month D.year

10.A.strange B.certain C.new D.dear

11.A.home B.school C.company D.office

12.A.basic B.important C.personal D.formal

13.A.background B.task C.trip D.story

14.A.noticed B.left C.met D.followed

15.A.landed B.waited C.slept D.worked

16.A.address B.signs C.thanks D.guidance

17.A.received B.collected C.checked D.shared

18.A.dropped B.broke C.burned D.blew

19.A.face B.idea C.name D.date

20.A.worried B.confused C.helpless D.speechless

    Universities are doing everything they can to become a green campus. But there are also items students can do to make your campus more eco-friendly.

1. Recycle everything, especially paper!

There is a large amount of paper a college student goes through every term.1..We know that these things can’t be avoided, but the way you handle the use of all the paper can really help create a better green campus.

2. Buy green.

2.. Paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. They’re slightly more expensive than the normal products, but it’s worth it to make a green campus.

3. Walk and bike to school.

Most campuses, especially those that are trying to become a more eco-friendly campus, have pretty good public transportation. 3..Walking or biking will help make your campus a green university.

4. 4..

A water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in class or while riding a bike. This will save the environment by decreasing the amount of plastic waste on your campus.

5. Buy used clothing.

It is usually thought of as something to do to save money. 5.. Recycling clothes minimizes the use of resources to make clothing and puts a dent in the problem of worldwide sweatshops.

A. Carry a water bottle.

B. Buy recycled goods as much as possible.

C. It is also good for the environment!

D. Paper made of this kind of wood is much stronger.

E. It includes class notes, term papers, student newspapers and so on.

F. On top of that, almost all universities are pedestrian (步行者) friendly.

G. Universities call on all the students to learn to recycle all the waste paper.

    Some people state they never forget a face. But what does that saying mean? Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember?

A new study has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. That number comes from a group of researchers at the University of York in England. There have been many studies recently on facial recognition. But the authors of this study say theirs is the first time that scientists have been able to put a number to the abilities of humans to recognize faces.

During the study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people. The results showed that the participants knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces, which is very shocking to the researchers. Rob Jenkins, coauthor of the study, said one explanation about it may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. He also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.

The ability to tell individual people apart is “clearly important.” In today’s modern world of big cities, televisions and social media, we meet thousands of people. Our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know.

The people in the study included 25 men and women. They are between 18 and 61 years old. “It would be interesting to see whether there is a peak age for the number of faces we know”, Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.

1.How is the study different from the previous ones?

A.It is the first study on facial recognition.

B.It lists the number of faces people can recognize.

C.The study includes participants of all ages.

D.Participants could only recognize faces from personal lives.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.The difference of social environments. B.People’s natural ability to learn.

C.The wide range of the numbers. D.The necessity of facial recognition.

3.What will the researchers probably focus on after this study?

A.Why older people remember more faces.

B.How our ability to remember faces vary at different ages.

C.Whether people’s ability to remember faces is necessary.

D.When people can remember the most faces.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Human Beings Never Forget a Face B.Face Recognition Benefits Humans

C.The Brain Remembers Thousands of Faces D.The Key to Remembering More Faces

    I came to Rio, Brazil to work one year ago. So what have I found here?

You need to learn Portuguese

I started studying Portuguese about two years ago. I didn’t end up improving my Portuguese as much as I’d hoped before I came here. While Spanish and Portuguese are structurally quite similar, there are huge differences between the two. You can’t just magically understand Brazilians if you speak Spanish.

I didn’t need to bring heels.

Going out in cities like Buenos Aires is a big deal. You get dressed up, you do your hair, and you definitely wear heels—at least if you’re going out to dance. I had no idea how wrong I was. Yes, Rio is a city, but it’s a city on the beach. Of course, there are fancy clubs that probably expect everyone to show up in dress shoes(时装鞋), but most of the places I’ve been to are fine with sneakers, even for dancing.

Learning about pop music is a must.

Whenever I go out and a pop song comes on, every single other person there sings along to all the words. I still haven’t understood if there are only 25 songs that get played in public or if people really do just have a fantastic memory for lyrics, but either way, I wish I’d spent a bit more time practicing Brazilian pop music so I wouldn’t look like such a lost foreigner.

Airplanes are a surprisingly sensitive subject

In Brazil, the credit for modern flight goes to Alberto Santos Dumont. Brazilians say the Wright Brothers’ use of a catapult(飞机弹射器) was technically cheating and point to their man as the real pioneer of the plane. Therefore, be careful before bringing up the subject of planes in Brazil unless you’re ready for a lecture.

1.What can we infer about Brazilians?

A.They are fond of dancing. B.They understand Spanish.

C.They have a good memory. D.They are informally dressed.

2.How did the author react when the others were singing?

A.She felt like an outsider. B.She felt ashamed.

C.She sang along. D.She pretended to be lost.

3.What topic should you avoid in Rio?

A.Pop music. B.Dressing styles.

C.The history of planes. D.Spanish.

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A.To tell us something about Brazil.

B.To give foreigners in Rio some suggestions.

C.To share her life in Rio as a foreigner.

D.To encourage us to learn a foreign language.

    Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.

Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.

But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.

He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.

In February 1934, in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run — this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile.

A good example of the power of positive(积极的) thinking and faith in oneself, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable choice.

1.What was the doctor’s opinion about Glenn?

A.There was a little chance that Glenn could survive.

B.Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.

C.Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort

D.Glenn could live a normal life with the upper half of his body.

2.The underlined word “unaided” means ________.

A.for himself B.without help

C.with disability D.without hesitation

3.What do we know about Glenn?

A.Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.

B.Glenn inspired people with his moving story.

C.Glenn won the first place in Marathon.

D.Glenn organized a track team in college.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Stand up after failure B.Strengthen determination

C.Go after dreams D.Face difficulty bravely

    You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration(灵感).

Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin

And now you’ve accomplished something great and important here, and it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. … You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you’ve been blessed(赐予) with and go.

J.K. Rowling, Harvard University

Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich…But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.

Steve Jobs, Stanford University

Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith…Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.

Bill Gates, Harvard University

We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world’s inequities(不公平) like hunger, poverty, and so on.

1.What Michael Dell said is to encourage us to ________.

A.listen to our heart B.run after our dreams

C.follow others’ example D.learn from our mistakes

2.What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?

A.Failure. B.Hunger.

C.Poverty. D.Appearance.

3.What does Bill Gates suggest people do?

A.Master as much advanced technology as possible.

B.Make contributions to the environment.

C.Work together to solve some global problems.

D.Take responsibility for their own behavior.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.When does the speaker help with cooking?

A.In the morning. B.In the afternoon. C.In the evening.

2.What does the speaker like best?

A.Fishing. B.Telling stories. C.Riding a horse.

3.Why are the other kids often laughing at the speaker?

A.She dropped the hot dogs in the fire. B.She couldn’t ride a horse.

C.She got lost in the forest.

4.How does the speaker find the summer camp?

A.Surprising. B.Interesting. C.Disappointing.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers talking about?

A.How to laugh. B.How to tell jokes. C.How to make people surprised.

2.What makes the woman feel embarrassed (尴尬的)?

A.Her jokes are not appreciated. B.Her friends often laugh at her.

C.Her parents don’t understand her.

3.What does the man suggest to the woman?

A.Laughing Loudly while telling jokes. B.Telling jokes to the right person.

C.Not using body language.

4.What can we learn from the conversation?

A.The woman doesn’t understand her friends at all.

B.When the man tells jokes, his friends seldom laugh.

C.The man is better at telling jokes than the woman.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where did the woman move when she was young?

A.To America. B.To Mexico. C.To Japan.

2.What will the woman probably do after graduation?

A.Join a company. B.Become a lawyer. C.Run her own hotel.

3.Who is studying management?

A.Jim. B.Daisy. C.Zoe.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why is today a big day for the man?

A.He will get paid. B.He will attend a party. C.He will have a meeting.

2.Which tie does the man decide to wear?

A.The red one. B.The blue one. C.The white one.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers talking about?

A.Magazines. B.Paintings. C.Scenery.

2.Which one is painted by George Anderson?

A.The Summer Flowers. B.The Swiss Mountains. C.The Lovely Windows.

Why does the man hold a party?

A.To celebrate the birth of a child. B.To celebrate his buying an old house.

C.To celebrate his moving into a new house.

Where does the conversation probably take place?

A.At a station. B.At a restaurant. C.In a library.

Who will arrive today?

A.Mary. B.Susan. C.Bob.

What kind of person is Stan?

A.He is selfish. B.He is cold. C.He is helpful.

What present does the woman send the man?

A.A little cat. B.A toy car. C.A nice cake.

假设你是李华，某国际中学学生。随着科技的发展，iPad已成为中学生的新宠。iPad既可以用来听音乐、下载学习资料、阅读电子书，又可以用来玩电子游戏。请你用英语给校英语报社写一封信，谈谈中学生使用iPad的情况。应包括以下几点：

1. 使用iPad对学习的好处；

2. 对课堂纪律和学习可能产生的负面影响；

3. 提出自己的建议并说明理由。

注意：1. 不要逐字翻译，注意文章的连贯性;

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 词数：120左右。

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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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加: 在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除: 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改: 在错的词下划一横线（），并在其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11处起）不计分；

3. 格式错误本题零分。

Last Saturday I took bike trip to the nature park together with three of my friends in the breeze(微风), there we went for sighting. In the forest, we saw a number of plant and knew a lot about them. And then we go to a patch of grass that was full of wild flowers. We lay in the sun quietly, enjoyed the fresh air. The sight was very beautiful that we didn’t want to leave. We talked about our experiences happy and played several childhood games. Later, we had photos taken together and rode back to home. It was really an unforgettable weekend because they learned a lot about plants. With addition, we relaxed ourselves by enjoying the beauty of nature.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The ancient Olympics Games were held every four years only in Greece. The modern Olympic Games, 1.include the Winter and the Summer Olympics, are held every four years 2.(regular). The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. If the athletes have reached the 3.(agree) standard for their event, they 4.(admit) as competitors. Nowadays women can compete 5.the games and there are more events in the modern Olympics. Despite some differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games, the motto “Swifter, Higher, and Stronger”6.(remain) unchangeable.

A lot of money will be spent in 7.(build) a special village, a main reception building, several 8.(stadium) and a gymnasium for each Olympics. Every country thinks that being chosen 9.(host) the Olympic Games is 10.honor and great responsibility.

    Around twenty years ago I was living in York. _____ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree,I could not find _____ work.

I was _____ a school bus to make ends meet and _____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had  _____  five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not  _____  the job. “Why has my life become so  _____？”I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to  _____  a little girl, she handed me an earring  _____  I should keep it  ______  somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it  ______  me—I had been giving all of my  ______  to what was going wrong with my ______  rather than what was right！I decided then and there to make a  ______  of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to  ______  more things to the list.That night there was a phone call for  ______  from a lady who was a director at a large  ______.She asked me if I would  ______  a one­day lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My  ______  there went very well, and before long I got a well­paid job.To this day I know it was because I changed my way of  ______  that I completely changed my life.

1.A.As B.Though C.If D.When

2.A.successful B.extra C.satisfying D.convenient

3.A.driving B.repairing C.taking D.designing

4.A.working B.travelling C.discussing D.living

5.A.prepared for B.attended C.asked for D.held

6.A.lose B.like C.find D.get

7.A.hard B.busy C.serious D.short

8.A.wave at B.drop off C.call on D.look for

9.A.ordering B.promising C.saying D.showing

10.A.in case B.or else C.as if D.now that

11.A.hurt B.hit C.caught D.moved

12.A.feelings B.attention C.strength D.interests

13.A.opinions B.education C.experiences D.life

14.A.list B.book C.check D.copy

15.A.connect B.turn C.keep D.add

16.A.her B.a passenger C.me D.my friend

17.A.hospital B.factory C.restaurant D.hotel

18.A.listen to B.review C.give D.talk about

19.A.plan B.choice C.day D.tour

20.A.operation B.speaking C.employment D.thinking

Tips to create great readers

Great readers are made; they are not born. After all, children don’t enter the world knowing how to understand a text or make inferences. 1.Here are some tips for making children great readers by habit.

2.The most important moment in reading instruction is when a student gets something wrong. If the student continues practicing the skill incorrectly, he or she will build weaker habits. Intervene (干预) with a targeted question, such as “How does this part of the text help you understand this character?” Doing so can prevent poor habits from taking root and build great ones in their place.

Build great reading and writing skills hand in hand. Just like adults, students use writing to gather their thoughts about a text and communicate their ideas to others. 3.For example, students can have a discussion about what they’re reading by answering a focus question in writing: “What is the author trying to teach us in this story?”4.By doing this, you can get a better understanding of what guidance the students will need during the discussion.

Make sure students are reading. Independent reading time is important for any reading program. It’s a chance for students to put together everything they’ve learned in reading lessons and fly using their own wings. 5.Providing a rich class library and letting students know that they are expected to read for the entire period will ensure their success as lifelong independent readers.

A. Build habits at the moment of error.

B. Make sure students fall in love with reading.

C. Then, you can review their written responses.

D. They grow into great readers by learning great habits.

E. But it only works if they really do spend that time reading.

F. Specific lines or phrases from the text help to reveal that information.

G. Therefore, you can develop their writing and reading skills at the same time.

When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive（使人上瘾的） thing in modern life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people tocurbtheir wishes to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away. It affects us in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.

Dr. Chris Knippers, an expert at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality.

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: the person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, he points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances(熟人) through the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread. In 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use. Today, almost 300 million Americans carry them. The number of cell phones is far more than that of wired phones in the United States.

1.Which of the following could probably best explain the title of the passage?

A.Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.

B.More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes.

C.Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.

D.Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.

2.The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A.rescue B.control C.develop D.ignore

3.Which idea does the example of a woman talking on the phone in the car support?

A.Women use cell phones more often than men.

B.Talking on the phone while driving is dangerous.

C.Cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy.

D.Cell phones do not necessarily bring people together.

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.How to make people get closer.

B.The advantages of wired phones.

C.How to use cell phones properly.

D.Giving an example to prove the bad effects of cell phones.

    On May 26, 1977, George Willig traveled to the top of the 1,350‒foot‒high World Trade Center in New York City. He did not take the lift, however. Instead, like a human fly, George Willig climbed the outside of the huge 110‒story building. His climb, which began at 6:30 am, took three and a half hours to finish.

At the top, Willig was greeted by both the police and reporters. Some of the police officers asked him for his autograph(签名). Then they wanted to put him in prison and charged him with breaking of law for climbing the building without a permit. Furthermore, the city also planned to charge him for a quarter of a million dollars. The amount, the police department reported, would pay the costs of rushing special equipment and eighty police officers in order to save him.

By the next day, city officials had re‒evaluated(重估) the situation. At City Hall, Mayor Abraham Beame hosted a news conference that turned into a ceremony in George Willig’s honor. Beame announced that the city would not punish “The Human Fly’’. Instead, he would be fined a penny for each of the 110 floors he had climbed. Instead of punishing Willig, the city treated him as a hero who attempted the impossible and met the challenge.

1.George Willig reached the top of the World Trade Center in New York at     .

A.six thirty on the morning of May 26, 1977

B.six thirty on the evening of May 26, 1977

C.ten o’clock on the evening of May 26, 1977

D.ten o’clock on the morning of May 26, 1977

2.This passage is a story about     .

A.a man who enjoys risks and challenges

B.a human being who can fly like a fly

C.a man who has escaped from the prison

D.a fly which climbs like a human being

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Willig was fined $ 250,000.

B.Willig was sent to prison for a year.

C.Willig was honored in a party and fined only $ 1.10.

D.Willig climbed the World Trade Center with permission.

    Although its history can be somewhat traced back to ancient Korea, it is a true fact that Taekwondo as an organized art is relatively modern. In fact, the only recorded history begins in the mid 1900’s.

The actual beginnings of Taekwondo are not known to everyone, yet many historians believe it came from a Korean martial art from practiced over 1,300 years ago.

In the early 1900’s the art developed with the instruction of Chinese and Japanese techniques. Some Koreans were anxious because these influences did not prove the amazing kicking power of the art nor its traditional values or philosophy.

The actual name of Taekwondo wasn’t official until 1955. At that time Korean General Hong Hi Choi organized a movement to combine Korea’s various martial arts styles. He recommended the name “Taekwondo” to an organization specially founded to select a name for the new art. On April 11, 1955, Taekwondo was recognized as the name for the newly combined, officially recognized Korean martial art.

As an interesting side note, the word Taekwondo itself is made up of three Chinese/Korean words: Tae, meaning to kick or jump; Kwon, meaning fist or hand; and Do, which means “the way”. It can be thought of as “The Way of the Hand and Foot”.

In the 1960’s Taekwondo began to spread internationally and developed throughout the late 1900’s. It became a fighting sport, although self‒defense, fitness, and the philosophy of the practice are still main elements of Taekwondo.

Today, Taekwondo enjoys great popularity around the world. More than 20 million people practice Taekwondo in more than 120 countries. Taekwondo was also made an official sport in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.

1.After Taekwondo was influenced by Chinese and Japanese techniques, some Koreans thought that     .

A.Taekwondo could be improved a lot

B.the kicking power might be ignored

C.Taekwondo could be filled with violence

D.the spirit of Taekwondo would be respected

2.Hong Hi Choi created the name “Taekwondo” in order to     .

A.recommend it to be an Olympic event

B.introduce it into other countries worldwide

C.combine other Korean martial arts style

D.persuade more Koreans to practice it

3.What’s the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?

A.To introduce the history of Taekwondo.

B.To show how to practice Taekwondo.

C.To explain the name of Taekwondo.

D.To compare Taekwondo with other arts.

Tom is     Lily, both of whom are responsible for their students.

A.so good a teacher as B.as a good teacher as

C.as good a teacher as D.such good a teacher as

I was on the point of speaking     my wife stood up and stopped me.

A.since B.as C.when D.while

-Jenny took the 8：00 bus to Guangzhou this morning.

-Really? He＿＿the 9:00 train. It's much more  comfortable and safer to travel by train.

A.could have taken B.should take

C.must have taken D.can take

The book deserves     more than once.

A.to read B.being read C.be read D.reading

Peter rather than I     going to go camping this winter vocation.

A.am B.is C.are D.will be