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。

The school Dance Club aims to enrich students’ school life and involving students in diverse dancing activity. If you’re good at or interesting in dancing, the dance club is exactly that you are looking for. Here are the requirements that you need to pay attention to.

It is no doubt that enthusiasm for dancing is must. You are more likely to be admitted unless you can organize events or had dancing experiences. Additional, we highly appreciate a strong sense of responsibility and good team spirit.

If you want to join in us, please turn in your application before October 30. For more information, please contact us at danceclub123@ gmail. com.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Situated in Beijing’s Shichahai scenic area, CAVE looks no different from any 1. cafe in the city on the outside,2. people stepping in for a cup of coffee will find it interesting inside. Some customers are holding and touching hedgehogs (刺猬) 3. (gentle) in their palms.

In recent years, an increasing number of animal themed cafes 4. (gain) huge popularity among China’s city dwellers. With this 5. (rise) trend, a bunch of eateries making money out of housing unique animals such as hedgehogs has sprung up.

In Beijing alone, there are several cafes or restaurants like CAVE. There is a Japanese pub, 6. has three raccoons (浣熊) and a cafe where customers can take 7. (photo) with about 30 huskies (哈士奇).

CAVE. which is a also the city’s first hedgehog themed cafe, now has seven hedgehogs kept in cages in a room 8. (separate) from the dining area. If customers want to play with the hedgehogs, they need to put 9. thick gloves and the waiters will bring them out and put them onto the customers’ hands.

“I think hedgehogs are a very good idea. It’s original and interesting,” said Serhii Melnyk, a tourist from Poland who 10. (stop) by the café to grab an Americano and was attracted to the animal.

    It’s been a long time since I wrote a creative essay. Recently, with lots of time and lack of inspiration, I accepted a _________ to teach creative nonfiction. _________ I couldn’t get myself to write my own stories. I could require that my students tell theirs.

“You’re going to be _________ a journal in this class.” I said. “And I want you to tell your stories like they matter.”

“Why do they matter?” a boy named Michael asked. “I mean, who _________ about our stories?”

No one said a wont. Perhaps they were just tired from their _________ lives. Many worked full-time while in school full-time. Most might not have the faintest _________ that their stories did matter. They didn’t even know that their stories were stories — as beautiful and hard — as their own lives.

_______, I looked at Michael. “They matter because they do.” I said. “Because you’re here and you can tell them. Stories allow us to make _________ of what we’re _________. When you __________ your experience into a story, it becomes yours and not just something that __________ to you.”

Michael didn’t look __________, but he didn’t challenge me either.

Later, Michael wrote about how he grew up in one of the worst neighborhoods in Boston and how his high school teacher, who saw his __________, helped him fill out a college application.

I __________ Michael to read his essay out loud. After he finished, the class went so __________ that we could hear the sound of each other’s breath. I looked at Michael and saw a softening and __________ in his eyes.

After a moment, I said, “That’s __________ you tell your stories.” That night, I picked up my journal from where it __________, dusty and __________. For the first time in months. I had __________ to write.

1.A.business B.view C.reward D.position

2.A.Although B.As C.Unless D.Before

3.A.publishing B.keeping C.updating D.reading

4.A.worries B.talks C.reads D.cares

5.A.beautiful B.secret C.busy D.simple

6.A.dream B.hobby C.picture D.idea

7.A.Happily B.Angrily C.Firmly D.Sadly

8.A.meaning B.notice C.fun D.use

9.A.set about B.gone through C.looked for D.taken on

10.A.shape B.take C.break D.treat

11.A.came B.fell C.worked D.happened

12.A.moved B.convinced C.confused D.embarrassed

13.A.poverty B.fortune C.potential D.sorrow

14.A.asked B.helped C.forced D.allowed

15.A.still B.concerned C.disappointed D.excited

16.A.truth B.doubt C.faith D.weakness

17.A.how B.when C.because D.why

18.A.started B.lay C.went D.hid

19.A.new B.packed C.untouched D.torn

20.A.time B.inspiration C.strength D.right

    Cold Dew, the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct. 23. At this time, temperatures are much lower in most areas of China, The dew is greater and colder and there will be less rain. Autumn crops will be ripe. 1.

Foggy autumn

Temperatures drop significantly in October. The cold air encounters autumn rain. 2. When the humidity (湿度) is high, there will be foggy regions formed in many areas of China.

Season for fishing

People always say that fishing in shallow water in autumn does make sense. 3. Fish all swim to shallow water areas where the water temperature is relatively high.

Season for drinking chrysanthemum (菊花) wine

4. To prevent autumn dryness, many regions in China have the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. This is a tradition of the Double Ninth Festival, which often falls around Cold Dew. According to ancient records, drinking the wine made with chrysanthemums grants people long lasting youth.

5.

During Cold Dew, North China takes on a look of late autumn with white clouds, red leaves and early frost. On the day of the Double Ninth Festival people often climb hills with comes, a kind of plant. This custom aims to dispel evils, and originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-220).

A. a great time for hiking

B. Season for eating outside.

C. Chrysanthemum is the typical flower of Cold Dew.

D. Here are four things you should know about Cold Dew.

E. The abundant water vapor (蒸汽) turns into misty rain or fog.

F. Extracts of the Chrysanthemum have long been used in makeup.

G. Temperatures decrease quickly and sunshine cannot reach the deep water thoroughly.

    America is well known for being a melting pot of different ethnic groups and cultures, but nowhere is this diversity more pronounced than in Queens, New York.

Here, second-generation Puerto Ricans live alongside third-generation Greeks and first-generation Koreans, all united by a common feeling of pride in their American identity. However, they are also proud and curious about their ancestral roots. National Geographic’s Genographic Project, also known as the Human Family Tree, set out to trace the origins by examining their genetic makeup using a simple DNA test. What interested them more was something that intrigues us all: the history of our recent ancestry. One recurring theme among immigrants seems to be the hard work and sacrifices that went into building a new life, and how their descendants now feel a duty to honor that effort by working hard too. Here is one Queens resident’s story.

Richard, 38

My great-grandfather Tomas came to America from Poland when he was fifteen. His mother had died, and his father remarried. Tomas didn’t like his stepmother, so he ran away to Belgium, where he boarded a ship to America—without a ticket. Arriving in America with nothing, he got a job on the railroads in California. Then one day he saw an announcement in a newspaper that was read by immigrants. It was from his brother in New York who was also seeking his fortune in America and was looking for him. Tomas got in touch and they had an emotional reunion in New York, where Tomas subsequently settled. This is the story that my grandmother has passed down to us, to my parents, and all my aunts and uncles. She is an amazing woman and I suppose: the one who holds us all together. She’s actually quite forgetful now, but she never forgets family details. What that has meant is that all of us have a strong family bond and a strong sense of belonging to a group that has struggled and fought together to steered here.

1.What is special about Queens?

A.Conflicting ethnic minorities live here.

B.Many foreigners like to travel to this place.

C.The pronunciation varies from person to person.

D.Many different people and cultures are gathering here.

2.What does the “one recurring theme” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A.A sad experience. B.A common subject.

C.An unknown topic. D.An unusual quality.

3.Which of the following can best describe Tomas?

A.Brave and independent. B.Tough and honest.

C.Talented and persistent. D.Kind and hard-working.

4.What can we know about the immigrants from the text?

A.They are ashamed of their roots.

B.They feel attached to their family.

C.They can’t fit in with the new surroundings.

D.They are less interested in recent generations.

    At one time or another in your life you have probably done origami, even if it was just making a paper airplane or something more complicated like a paper crane. The chances are that as you did it, you reflected on how inventive this traditional art is. Animals, boxes, flowers, boats: it all can be created from a single square or rectangular sheet of paper simply by folding it. No cutting, no pasting.

But did you ever stop to think how the same techniques might be applied to engineering? Equipment that could be of real practical use? Origami meets the demand for things that need to be small when transported and large when they arrive, like the everyday umbrella. In fact, origami-inspired creations have already flown in space; in 1995, Japanese engineers launched a satellite with solar panels that folded like a map.

“It’s now mathematically proven that you can pretty much fold anything,” says physicist Robert J. Lang, who quit his engineering job eight years ago to fold things full time. Lang, an origami enthusiast since age six, advised a advised well-known ear manufacturer the best way to fold an airbag into a dashboard. He is currently working on a space telescope lens that, if all goes according to plan, should be able to unfold to the size of a football field.

At the other end of the scale, researchers are also working on tiny folding devices that could lead to breakthroughs in medicine and computing. There’s no doubt that computers of the future may contain tiny, folded motors or capacitors for faster processing and better memory.

Applications for origami engineering go further than many of us might imagine. “Some day,” says MIT’s Erik Demaine, “we’ll build reconfigurable (可重构的) robots that can fold on their own from one thing into another, like Transformers. Too much like science fiction to be true? Maybe—though you certainly wouldn’t want to bet against it.”

1.What do we know about origami?

A.It consumes lots of time. B.It involves interesting ideas.

C.It requires complex techniques. D.It has to do with cutting and pasting.

2.Which of the following is an application of origami?

A.A space telescope lens can be folded to the size of an umbrella.

B.A satellite is equipped with solar panels and a folded map.

C.An airbag can be better folded into a dashboard of a car.

D.A future computer contains many huge folded motors.

3.What is Erik Demaine’s attitude towards origami engineering?

A.Hopeful B.Doubtful.

C.Disapproving. D.Ambiguous.

4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.Entertainment. B.Culture.

C.Education. D.Pop-science.

    Even if you’ve never been to Phoenix, you know this about the place It’s hot. From June to September, the temperature can easily surpass the century mark. But that doesn’t stop hikers from attempting the 1.3-mile hiking to the top of the city’s famed Camelback Mountain. Signs warn that the trail is “extremely difficult”. If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter of water per person. And if you’re still not stopped, another sign farther up declares: “If you’re halfway through your water, turn around!”

Unfortunately, many people to not take the warnings seriously. Fortunate y, Scott Cullymore does. The 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving out cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped hydrate so many hikers that he has earned a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.

Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July heat. That experience inspired him to start helping people caught unaware by the cruelty of Mother Nature. “They underestimate the mountain, and they overestimate what they can do, and they get themselves in trouble.” he warned.

One hiker who was offered water agrees. “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the desert and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were lucky, he said pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Good Samaritan here.” And with that, the Water Angel goes in search of another hiker in need.

1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A.The risks involved in the hiking.

B.The seriousness of the warnings.

C.The distribution of signs that warn hikers.

D.The influence of the temperature on hikers.

2.Why did some hikers on Camelback Mountain get in trouble?

A.They were not well trained in hiking.

B.They forgot to take enough water with them.

C.They were too optimistic about the situation.

D.They were not fit enough to hike the mountain.

3.What can we know about Austin Hill?

A.He agreed to help others. B.He was saved by Cullymore.

C.He hiked alone in the desert. D.He regretted taking a blanket.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.The Camelback Mountain B.Surviving the Heat

C.Hikers in Need D.The Water Angel

    Whether you are a national or an international student, we welcome you to Middletown University. Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational (职业的) subjects. As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses.

What do they cost?

Costs for our coursers vary considerably. Click on each department’s homepage for more information. Scholarships and bursaries an available for certain courses, particularly for those in the sciences and education.

SAMPLE COURSE OVERVIEW

BA in English Language and Literature

The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and manipulate features of the English language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest.

Duration: three-year course

Course: Choose 12 out of 20 modules.

Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures/four hours of seminars

Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation at the end of the third year

Requirements: academic experience and interest in the subject; good school-exam grades

Diploma in teaching

In the first term, you will learn about the theory of teaching and how to be an effective teacher. In the  second term, you will also begin teaching in a school. The third term is completely practical.

Duration: one-year course

Course: Choose six out of ten modules (three are compulsory).

Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures/ two hours of seminars/ six hours of classroom teaching

Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation

Requirement: first degree in specific subject area

1.What is Middletown University famous for?

A.Academic and vocational education. B.Traditional teaching methods.

C.Distance-learning courses. D.Face-to-face communication.

2.What do the two sample courses have in common?

A.They both last for three years.

B.They both require students to hand in essays.

C.They both offer total freedom to choose modules.

D.They both favor students with interest in the subject.

3.What is the main purpose of the text?

A.To advertise certain online courses.

B.To stress the need for distance learning.

C.To introduce distance-learning techniques.

D.To suggest a way of pursuing further education.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they don't want at the start.

Advertising encourages people to buy things they don't want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress the features of their product to the public even though it's regarded undesirable such as cigarettes，drugs，alcohol and so on. For example，Dunhill，a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams，seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship，the company will be less known to the public，resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.

Besides that，advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promoting to create awareness about their product in the market. For instance，in a fast food industry，the introduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children，especially，are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that. Although fast food is bad for health，it has successfully become appealing to the public through advertising.

However, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worthiness of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when they are purchasing an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.

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    Angela Erdmann aged 62, who lives in Berlin, never thought that one day she would received a letter from her grandfather who had been dead for 69 years. So she felt astonished and moved

More than 100 years ago, a young German man named Richard Platz put a message into a brown beer bottle, then threw the bottle into the Baltic Sea during a nature hike, Platz, the 20-year-old son of a baker, had no way of knowing that his message would survive more than a century.

Last month, some fishermen in the Baltic Sea pulled the old beer bottle out of the water, along with their catch. Inside they found a postcard, dated 17 May 1913, from Richard Platz asking for his message to be forwarded （转交） to his address ported in The local website. The fishermen thought it was such a miracle（奇迹） that it should be handed to the addressee（收信人）, They handed it in the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. Researchers were then able to locate his granddaughter, Angela Erdmann. She visited the museum last week and was able to hold the bottle.

"That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my cheeks," she told German news agency. Erdmann also said she never knew her mother's father. who reportedly died in 1946 when he was 54 years old. But she said the discovery of his message had inspired her to find out more about him.

Some authorities believe that— at 101 years of age-it may be the world's oldest message in a bottle.

1.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the message?（    ）

a. Fishermen pulled the old beer bottle out of the water.

b. The bottle was thrown into the Baltic Sea.

c. Angela Erdmann got the message.

d. The message was sent to the International Maritime Museum.

A.b, d, a, c B.c, b, d, a

C.b, a, d, c D.c, a, b, d

2.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A.Richard Platz's father was a baker.

B.Richard Platz died at age of 69.

C.Angela Erdmann was moved to tears by the message.

D.There was a postcard in the bottle.

3.We can infer from the passage that the fishermen and the researchers in the museum were very_______.

A.warm-hearted B.hard-working

C.selfless D.brave

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.The Story of a Fisherman and His Granddaughter

B."World's Oldest Message" in a Bottle Arrived Home

C.How to Make a Message in the Bottle

D.A Message Can Last a Long Time

单词拼写

1.Anyone with any information about the_____________（事件）should contact the police.

2.Suddenly, a man driving a motor car seized the girl's bag and took it away, _____________（消失）into the dark- ness.

3.Tom was_____________（解雇）, because he had been warned to be on time but was late again.

4.The police seem to have found the new _____________ （证据）of this crime.

5.There is no_____________ （可能性）that Bob can win the first prize in the match.

6.This is an_____________ （无法解释的）mystery of the natural world, and even the scientists can't give the reasonable explanation.

7.The scientist could not calculate when the_____________（宇宙飞船）would reach the Jupiter.

8.There was a burst of_____________（笑声）in the next room.

9.The police are looking for_____________（目击者）to the accident.

10.Knowing many people caused serious_____________（受伤） in the terrible accident, ambulances came in a hurry and rushed the injured to the hospital.

    “Dad，look！” I yelled，pointing to the middle of the crossroads. There，with_______running just inches away，sat the summer’s 13th box turtle.

My dad，a biologist，quickly _______ our truck on the side of the road and got out. He held out his hands to _______ traffic. Then he walked into the street and _______ the turtle.

“Another turtle safe and sound. ”I sighed with_______.

I grew up in a section of Florida where tearing－down houses and shopping malls drove thousands of reptiles out of their_______. Many of them_______on the grass and busy highways. People would want to_______them，but not knowing where else to go，they would_______them to my dad. So far that summer，people had brought us 12 box turtles. We called them “BT’s.”

Among all the BT’s，I thought BT 13 was the________one.

“It’s a miracle (奇迹) that it didn’t get run over，” said my dad.

When we got home，I carried Number 13 to a chicken－wire pen(围栏) in the backyard where we________kept animals we found. Box turtles eat almost________，and we fed Number 13 cooked hamburger, vegetables, and even earthworms.

We didn’t want to keep Number 13 as a________. Like all the animals people________to us，Number 13 belonged in the________. When my dad thought the turtle was________，we took it to a place close to where we’d found it—one that was safe from________.

After a________look at the beautiful creature in my hands，I set it down. “________，Number 13，” I said.

The turtle stared at me for a while. Then it walked straight into the forest. I was sorry to see it ________. But I felt sure that Number 13’s luck would last.

1.A.chicken B.kids C.cars D.animals

2.A.hid B.drove C.loaded D.parked

3.A.stop B.move C.start D.direct

4.A.looked for B.put down C.threw away D.picked up

5.A.surprise B.relief C.regret D.disappointment

6.A.boxes B.forest C.homes D.vehicles

7.A.gave up B.set up C.cheered up D.ended up

8.A.hunt B.rescue C.watch D.raise

9.A.report B.take C.lend D.return

10.A.biggest B.weakest C.cleanest D.luckiest

11.A.illegally B.impatiently C.secretly D.temporarily

12.A.nothing B.everything C.away D.alone

13.A.pet B.turtle C.life D.friend

14.A.sold B.told C.brought D.showed

15.A.house B.wild C.zoo D.desert

16.A.free B.ready C.safe D.calm

17.A.people B.nature C.traffic D.weather

18.A.last B.first C.confused D.curious

19.A.Hello B.Come C.Help D.Goodbye

20.A.go B.die C.cry D.change

Eco City Farms(生态城市农场) are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community(社区). People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.

Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.“I like coming out here,”he says,“You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.”

Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together,”she continues,“Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration(示范) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.”she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost(肥料)made from food waste.

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal(地热)system.

Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

“I like eating the vegetables ”say five-year-old Owen Moss.

1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B.Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

C.Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

D.Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

2.According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A.shopping centers B.car repair shops

C.fast-food restaurants D.working-class community

3.What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A.Enthusiastic(热心的). B.Disappointed.

C.Surprised. D.Doubtful.

4.In which column(专栏) of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A.People. B.Travel. C.Environment. D.Education.

单句语法填空

1.As the people of the great nation，we shall take our ____________ (responsible) to make it stronger.

2.Rubbish may cause a lot of ____________ (environment) problems if it is not properly treated.

3.The doctor said that the patient had to be operated ____________ at once，which made us all worried.

4.Credit cards enable holders to obtain goods and services ____________ credit.

5.In order to save money，they buy goods____________quantity.

6.There had been much debate ____________ the issue of childcare.

7.It is our belief ____________ improvements in health care will lead to a stronger and more prosperous economy.

8.What used to be considered impossible has now turned ____________ realities.

单词拼写

1.The money raised will be used to dig huge holes to ________ (用水泵抽) water into the lake which is drying up.

2.Of all the ________ (顾问)，only Mr. Wang gave us some advice on how to protect the wild animals.

3.Many parents are ________ (愿意的) to do anything to make sure that their children live a good life.

4.Don’t throw away the old newspaper which can be ________ (回收). For example，we can make it into an envelope.

5.Don’t be so ________ (贪婪的)—leave some of the food for the rest of us.

6.I don’t have any cash；can I pay this by ________ (信用) card?

7.The application of the new technology can greatly reduce ________ (未经加工的) material consumption.

8.She said the program is based on respect for those who have different ________ (信仰).

语法填空

In only fifty years, English 1.（develop）into the language most 2.（wide）spoken and used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak 3.（China）. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them 4.（use）English. English is also the language of 5.（globe）culture, such as popular music and the Internet.

You can listen to English songs 6. the radio 7. use English to communicate 8.people around the world through the Internet. With so many people 9.（communicate）in English every day, it will become more and more important 10.（have）a good knowledge of English.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals and treasure. 1.But he couldn’t go far beneath its surface. 2. However, he isn’t a fish. Because he must breathe air, he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems. A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. 3. He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a hose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea. 4. When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to the surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles. The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水员病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. 5.

A.His body is under great pressure.

B.Scientists are trying to find more about the sea.

C.For thousands of years, he could sail on it

D.They can even kill him．

E.He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above.

F.The water pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty.

G.Man wants to explore deep into the sea.

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.

Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.

Do you know what a territory is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.

If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting(筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.

You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.

1.Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________.

A.an expression of happiness B.a way of warning

C.an expression of anger D.a way of greeting

2.What does the underlined word “territory’’ mean?

A.A place where families of other species are not accepted.

B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.

C.An area for which birds fight against each other.

D.An area which a bird considers to be its own.

3.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

A.Because they want to invite more friends.

B.Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.

C.Because they want to find outsiders around.

D.Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.

4.How does the writer explain bird’s singing?

A.By comparing birds with human beings.

B.By reporting experiment results.

C.By describing birds’ daily life.

D.By telling a bird’s story.

单词拼写

1.He bought the house at a 20%___________（折扣）.

2.Sports clothes are not___________（适当的）for a formal wedding.

3.There was a___________（无表情的）look on his face.

4.Teenagers and their parents often___________（有分歧） about the amount of freedom and responsibility that young people are to have.

5.The gold medal was___________（授予）to Mr. Brown for his fine show of vegetables.

6.The___________（陈述）that you made is too general about what you're going to do in the future.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Jenny was the only child in her family. She had a quarrel with her mother that afternoon and she ran out of the house angrily. She couldn't help weeping（哭泣） sorrowfully（悲伤地） when she thought of the scolding（责骂） from her mother. Having wandered（游荡） aimlessly in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat. She stood beside a stand（货摊） for a while, watching the middle-aged seller busy doing his business. However, with no money in hand, she gave a sigh（叹气） and had to leave. The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, “Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles?” “Oh, yes, but I don't have money on me,” she replied.

“That's nothing. I'll treat you today,” said the man “Come in.” The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, the smell so attractive. As she was eating, Jenny cried silently. “What is it?” asked the man kindly. “Nothing. Actually I was just touched by your kindness!” said Jenny as she wiped（擦拭） her tears. “Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so merciless（无情的） compared to a stranger!” Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you number the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your gratitude（感激） to her?” Jenny sat there, speechless and numb（麻木的） with shock; she remembered her mother's familiar face and weathered （变形）hands. “Why didn't I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel indebted（感激的）. Why haven't I thanked my mum for what she has done for me?” On the way home, Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;

3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;

4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Approaching the doorway，.

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Paragraph 2:

A gentle touch on her hair called her mind back.

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    Effective Ways to Be Successful at Events

The holiday season is upon us，and I’m frequently asked for my event success tips. Well，it all begins with taking care of one’s own spirit and keeping a positive attitude. The following are practical things that anyone can do. 1.

·Greet everyone and wish them well. 2. You’re a team，for you’re all present in that location together，for the whole process of the event. So open up and join the team from the beginning.

·Shine your own light. Never mind what or how others are doing. 3. Put away the iPhone，iPad etc. and be present with your own light so that it shines purely.

·4. Express thanks for the weather，the furniture，the other people attending the event，and the opportunity to be there. Express thanks to those who spare time to talk with you. Of course if it’s a big event，you won’t get to everyone，but include those near you.

·Keep a sense of happiness throughout the event. People attending events tend to be attracted by happy souls. Your sense of happiness will positively influence those around. So I always keep my sense of humor while at events. 5.

If you do these small things regularly during events，I’m sure you will enjoy yourself and become a star.

A. Give thanks throughout the event.

B. Make eye contact and start conversations.

C. You should be polite when attending events.

D. It can make people laugh and spread happiness.

E. Follow them and increase your success at events.

F. Be yourself，offer what you can offer，and stay focused.

G. Concentrating on what isn’t there will not improve conditions.

补全句子

1.Some people waste food __________________________________________________________.

有些人浪费粮食，然而有些人却吃不饱。

2.When I was in junior high school，I was ______________________________________I nearly gave up.

上初中时，我学习很差以至于我几乎要放弃了。

3.________________________，this dictionary will be very popular.

一旦出版，这本词典将会很受欢迎。

4.She is a kind－hearted woman and often ________________________ people who are in trouble.

她是个善良的女士，她经常对陷入困境的人表示同情。

5.If you continue to steal，you’ll ______________________.

你要是继续行窃，终归得进监狱。

单词拼写

1.Negative ________ (态度) are bad for your study and sometimes even make you feel depressed.

2.We have offices in over 56 countries ________ (在全世界).

3.________ (复习) is due in the next period. Go over the three units in advance.

4.As for those Internet users，they should be ________ (小心的) when making friends online.

5.John ________ (停顿) then as if expecting Mary to speak.

6.Height provides a sense of ________ (安全) and comfort，which is very attractive to women.

7.Mike is ________ (热切的)to stay away from the busy city life for a while.

8.Once you show an interest in an item，you are________ (尽心尽力的) to the process of bargaining.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Once upon a time in my family，the Saturday after Thanksgiving was the start of our annual big tamale (玉米粽子)－making party. We made them to share with friends and neighbors.

Preparation began with Daddy and the cleaning of the corn husks(外壳). First he boiled them and left them in the water overnight. No husk passed inspection without being soft enough for folding. The next day，the rest of us got to work. My brothers and uncles were on hand for cleanup duty. And there was much to clean up as we women prepared the dough (生面团) made of corn. We also prepared the meat for the filling. The dough had to be spread evenly across the husk，and each tamale folded carefully so it would not split open during steaming.

According to the long－standing tradition—at least in my family—no one was allowed to leave the kitchen during the steaming. This could ruin the process. After all，no one wanted a bad tamale!

I thought the family tamale－making party would go on forever，but to continue a family__tradition，you needed to have family. Mine had changed forever. My father，two of my brothers and my uncle died in a short span of time. Mom and I spent months in a state of sad loss. At Christmas friends asked，“Are we going to get tamales this year？” Passing tamales out to friends was one of the great joys of the season，after all. But we couldn’t face it. Eventually，as the years went by，people stopped asking.

One afternoon，just before Thanksgiving，my mother and I pushed an empty shopping cart through the supermarket. I rounded the corner into the next room and found her standing in front of a counter: packages of dough，bags of corn husks，dried spices—all the materials for a perfect tamale. “It’s time，” Mom said. I knew she was right. We set aside a Saturday to spend in the kitchen，just the two of us，alone with our thoughts.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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When we laid everything out I fell into the old routine.

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Paragraph 2：

My mother and I pronounced our tamale－making a success，full of loving memories from the past and hopeful wishes for tomorrow.

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    4 super－simple secrets to living longer，healthier and happier

Journalist Dan Buettner has spent over a decade studying the healthiest，longest－living people around the world，from residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa to the Greek island of Ikaria—so－called “Blue Zones”.

Now，he’s letting the rest of us in on their secrets in his new book，The Blue Zones Solution：Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People. Here are the most important longevity－boosting habits of 100－year－olds around the globe. 1.

1. Find your group

“Who you hang out with beats just about everything else when it comes to your health，” says Buettner. He found that the people who live longest surround themselves with people who support healthy behaviors. 2.

2. Eat smart

The world’s healthiest 100－year－olds stick with diets that are 95 percent plant－based，says Buettner. 3. British researchers tracked 65，000 people for 12 years and found that those who ate seven or more portions of vegetables and fruits every day lowered their risk of dying from cancer and cardiovascular (心脑血管的) disease by 25 percent and 31 percent.

3. Seek a purpose

Very old Blue Zoners share another quality: They have an activity，passion or career that motivates them and gives their lives meaning. Sense of purpose can come from a variety of sources，but volunteering is a common one. 4.

4. Move it

5. What is unexpected: “They don’t exercise，per se(本质上)，” says Buettner. “Instead，their lifestyles encourage physical activity. ” They garden，bake bread and walk to the store or to work.

A. “They eat a little meat，but mostly fish，” he says.

B. They’re still working，riding bikes，and enjoying life.

C. For some people，a sense of purpose comes naturally.

D. It’s no surprise that physical activity also keeps Blue Zoners young.

E. One explanation：“Health habits can spread like an infectious disease. ”

F. Adopt even a few，and you’ll stand a better chance of living a long and healthy life.

G. There’s growing evidence that it not only keeps people healthier but helps people live longer.

单词拼写

1.His death was a great ________ (悲伤) to everyone who knew him.

2.________ (节目制作和播放)is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.

3.If you ________ (支持，拥护) a particular action or plan，you recommend it publicly.

4.Drinks that can make people drunk，such as beer，wine，and whisky，can be referred to as ________ (酒).

5.Some ________ (专家) will be sent to assist you with the research work.

6.Though it is a ________ (临时的) job，I still can earn some money to help my parents.

7.________(电视观众) are people who watch television，or who are watching a particular programme on television.

8.The old man is suffering from ________ (严重的) mental disorder.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous____school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave____treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.

It was mostly my____Since my junior year of high school, I had____at being a nurse. I took all the science courses, and even worked as a____in my town’s local hospital. My____was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.

Yet,____graduation and college neared, it all changed.Treating the sick was____, but not what I was meant to do for the____of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking____, but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the____I wanted.

Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could____I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a____It was going to be my career. And it had to be.

On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every____to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to____any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.

Standing by my decision to be a writer had____my firm belief to my mom. Finally we were at____, and she decided to support me, which____the world to me.

Before that time, I had never stood up____my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend____me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

1.A.cooking B.gardening C.nursing D.writing

2.A.medical B.warm C.mental D.silent

3.A.fault B.success C.duty D.turn

4.A.wondered B.aimed C.pointed D.looked

5.A.student B.volunteer C.graduate D.doctor

6.A.goal B.job C.task D.post

7.A.before B.after C.until D.as

8.A.rough B.noble C.mild D.easy

9.A.part B.whole C.rest D.half

10.A.notices B.examinations C.temperatures D.drugs

11.A.future B.effect C.drill D.idea

12.A.see B.wait C.find D.remember

13.A.process B.hobby C.rule D.business

14.A.chance B.time C.right D.ability

15.A.expect B.raise C.offer D.finance

16.A.doubted B.followed C.shaken D.proven

17.A.peace B.war C.ease D.play

18.A.attached B.applied C.devoted D.meant

19.A.for B.against C.over D.by

20.A.forced B.promised C.allowed D.reminded

    New research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say "I told you so". It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old.

On measures of mental sharpness, older people who ate more than two servings（份）of vegetables daily appeared about five years younger at the end of the six-year study than those who ate few or no vegetables.

The research in almost 2, 000 Chicago-area men and women doesn't prove that vegetables reduce mental decline, but it adds to evidence pointing in that direction. The findings also echo previous research in women only.

Green leafy vegetables appeared to be the most beneficial. The researchers said that it may be because they contain amounts of healthy vitamin E, which is believed to help fight chemicals produced by the body that can damage cells. Vegetables generally contain more vitamin E than fruits, which was not linked with slowed mental decline in the study. "Vegetables also are often eaten with healthy fats such as salad oils, which help the body absorb vitamin E, "said the lead author Martha Clare Morris, a researcher at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.

"This is a sound paper and contributes to our understanding of cognitive（认知的）decline, "said Dr Meir Stampfer of Harvard's School of Public Health.

"The findings specific for vegetables and not fruit add further credibility（可信性）that this is not simply a marker of a more healthful lifestyle, "said Stampfer, who was not involved in the research.

The research involved 1,946 people aged 65 and older who filled out questionnaires about their eating habits. A vegetable serving equaled about a half-cup chopped or one cup if the vegetable was a raw leafy green like spinach.

1.By saying "I told you so", the writer probably means __________.

A.mothers often tell their children to eat more vegetables

B.more research should have been done earlier

C.aging can be avoided by eating vegetables

D.we should slow down while eating

2.From this passage we can infer that_________.

A.the latest research has proved vegetables reduce mental decline

B.a research on vegetables and aging had ever been done before

C.green leafy vegetables contain less vitamin E than fruits

D.there were 1,946 people aged 65 who took part in the research

3.Stampfer's attitude towards the findings is __________.

A.negative B.unconcerned

C.supportive D.uncertain

4.The best title of this passage would be ___________.

A.New Ways to Become Healthy

B.Vegetables May Keep Brains Young

C.Vegetables Are Better than Fruits

D.Different Benefits of Vegetables

单词拼写

1.My father is lively and _____________ (精力充沛的), but he is not very patient.

2.I bought a bag printed with interesting_____________ （图案）for my daughter.

3._____________ （失败）is the mother of success.

4.He was unable to attend because of the_____________ （压力）of work.

5.He has a _____________（令人疼痛的）cut on his thumb.

6.With my special care, my mother_____________（康复）quickly.

7.Proper _____________ （饮食）and exercise are both important to health.

8.Many patients are not getting the medical_____________ （治疗）they need.

寒暑假期间，很多高中学生选择短期出国游学，但是也有一部分学生表示反对。请根据以下提示，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，并谈谈你自己的看法。

（写作要求）

1.对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译;

2.作文中不提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等;

3.开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：出国游学 overseas study tours

（评分标准）

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

With the improvement of living standards, overseas study tours are gaining its popularity with some high school students.

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