-That can't be! They______for forty minutes but no one has scored a goal yet．

-Too bad! It's almost half-time．

A. had played B. played

C. have been playing D. were playing

Large tracks have also been discovered______some people say belong to the Wild Man．

A. where B. which

C. when D. what

- The company has______the production of the latest model to meet new market challenges．

A. stepped up B. made up

C. taken up D. shown up

I wondered if the man was our new headmaster but quickly______the thought， because he was too young．

A. discouraged B. dismissed

C. disturbed D. disliked

- If you see Sally， can you ask her to phone me？

一 Sure． I ___ her this evening， so I'll tell her then．

A. will be seeing B. will have seen

C. would see D. have seen

_______by what he said to her， Rose hung her head and her face turned red．

A. Annoyed B. Comforted

C. Amazed D. Embarrassed

假定你叫李华，上周你班组织志愿活动，清理地铁内小广告和垃圾。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇周记，记述从讨论到活动实施的全过程。

注意：词数100左右；可适当增加细节。

参考词汇：小广告 adlet

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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。

When I was eight, my father bought me the new bike for my birthday. My brother offered to taught me how to ride. At first, he rode and let me watching. Then he explained me the skills of controlling the bike. Still puzzling, I got on the bike, but it didn’t move as expected. I lost my balance and fall off the bike. At once I burst into tear because I saw blood on the ground. While I stood up, my left leg hurt bad. Later, I learned to ride a bike. This experience told me that though some lessons were painful to learn them, yet we could benefit a lot.

根据中文或首字母提示填入适当单词，或用词汇的适当形式填空。

1.To cross the _____(边界), you will need a valid passport.

2.A b_____ of friendship has been formed between them through the activity.

3.He was here for a week, but I was unaware of his e_____ until today.

4.We listened to the news with a _____ (mix) of surprise and horror.

5.Art classes help develop children’s powers of _________ (observe)

6.For forty years Jane has been ______(坦率) about making the rest of the world respect wild animals.

7.The last scene of the play was very _____ (impress).

8.Some villagers reported a huge snake, _____ (measure) over two meters long, was found dead in a nearby cave.

9.People have to learn to balance their work and _____(娱乐).

10.We should adapt ourselves to the new _____ (surround).

He was lying on the grass, his hands _____ under his head.

A. crossing B. crossed

C. to cross D. having crossed

I was still sleeping when the fire _____, and then it spread quickly.

A. broke out B. put out

C. came out D. got out

Just have a little patience. He’ll surely become ______ as anybody else’s.

A. a husband as kind B. as a husband kind

C. kind as a husband D. as kind a husband

You should put a small ______ of salt in a cake.

A. quality B. sum

C. amount D. number

Have you thought of a situation ______ this idiom can be used?

A. when B. where

C. which D. that

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. ______, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived ______ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a ______.With him were his American wife Fanny and his son ______.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long ______ over the hills. They had been ______ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days ______.To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some ______.

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert ______that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ______. “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the ______ treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly ______ something of an adventure story in the boy’s ______.While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the ______ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the ______ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to ______ such a man in a story. ______ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was ______.

So, thanks to a ______ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest ______ stories in the English language.

1.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally

2.A. alone B. next door C. at home D. abroad

3.A. meeting B. story C. holiday D. job

4.A. Lloyd B. Robert C. Henley D. John

5.A. talk B. rest C. walk D. game

6.A. attempting B. missing C. planning D. enjoying

7.A. quiet B. dull C. busy D. cold

8.A. cleaning B. writing C. drawing D. exercising

9.A. doubted B. noticed C. decided D. recognized

10.A. the sea B. the house C. Scotland D. the island

11.A. forgotten B. buried C. discovered D. unexpected

12.A. saw B. drew C. made D. learned

13.A. book B. reply C. picture D. mind

14.A. star B. hero C. writer D. child

15.A. help B. problem C. use D. bottom

16.A. praise B. produce C. include D. accept

17.A. Yet B. Also C. But D. Thus

18.A. read B. born C. hired D. written

19.A. rainy B. sunny C. cool D. windy

20.A. news B. love C. real-life D. adventure

    Movies have documented America for more than one hundred years. Since Thomas Edison introduced the movie camera in 1893, amateur and professional movie-makers have used moving pictures to tell stories and explain the work of business and government. 1. By preserving these movies, we will save a century of history.

Unfortunately, movies are not made to last. 2. Already the losses are high. Only 20% of US feature films from the 1910s to 1920s survive. Of the American features produced before 1950, about half exist. For independently produced works, we have no way of knowing how much has been lost.

For many libraries and museums, the hardest step in preserving movie collections is getting started. The Movie Preservation Guide is designed for these organizations. 3. These institutions have collections of moving pictures but lack information about how to take care of them. The Guide contains basic facts for “beginners”—professionals trained in history but unschooled in this technical area.

The Guide grew from user workshops at Duke University. At the sessions, beginners talked with technical experts about what they needed to know to preserve and make available their movie collections. 4.

Following the advice, the Guide describes methods for handling and storing moving pictures that are practical for research institutions with limited resources. 5. The Guide has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

A. “Keep it simple!” was the advice of the discussions.

B. They’ll be damaged within years if not properly stored.

C. These organizations are the first to save American movies.

D. It is organized in chapters and includes case studies and charts.

E. It introduces movie preservation to nonprofit and public institutions.

F. They show how generations of Americans have lived, worked and dreamed.

G. They store the original movies and new ones under cool-and-dry conditions.

    The full moon climbs over the eastern horizon (地平线) and hangs like a huge orange globe in the sky. A few hours later, the moon is overhead but seems to have changed. The huge orange globe has become a small silver disk. What has happened? Why has the orange color disappeared? Why does the moon seem so much smaller and farther away now that it is overhead?

The moon appears orange on the horizon because we view it through the dust of the atmosphere. The overhead moon does not really shrink (缩小) as it moves away from the horizon. Our eyes inform us that the overhead moon is farther away. But in this position the moon is actually closer to our eyes than when it is near the horizon.

The change in size is a trick our eyes and minds play on us. When the moon is low in the sky, we can compare its size with familiar objects. It is easy to see that the moon is much larger than trees or buildings, for example. When the moon is high in the sky, however, it is hard to compare it with objects on earth. Compared to the vastness of the sky, the moon seems small.

There is another reason why the moon seems to shrink. We are used to staring at objects straight ahead of us. When an object is difficult to see, our eyes have to try to focus on it. When we move our heads back to look up, we will try hard again. Looking at something from an unaccustomed position can fool you into believing an object is smaller or farther away than it is. However, scientists do not yet understand completely why the moon seems to shrink as it rises in the sky.

1.What makes us puzzled when the moon is high in the sky?

A. It becomes large.

B. It looks different.

C. Its color disappears.

D. Its shape changes.

2.What really happens when the moon floats farther away from the horizon?

A. It comes nearer.

B. It turns orange.

C. It goes farther.

D. It gets through dust.

3.What does the author intend to suggest by mentioning trees and buildings in Para. 3?

A. They can affect our judgment.

B. They are low on earth.

C. They can attract our attention.

D. They are large objects.

4.What can we infer from the text?

A. The size of the moon often changes.

B. The moon is in fact a huge orange globe.

C. The moon is beginning to shrink much.

D. We do not see the moon as it really is.

    “Who made your T-shirt?” A Harvard University student raised that question. Piertra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path form Texas cotton, to Chinese factory and to charity bin (慈善捐赠箱). The result is an interesting new book, The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy.

Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over global trade. She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner. In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step towards a better care for the people who work there. In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she realizes that, “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color. Rivoli’s book is full of memorable people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy sweet smell of the cotton,” she says. “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like shallow water Texas.”

Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections. She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization. The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check. True economic progress needs them both.

1.What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?

A. She used to work on cotton farm.

B. She wrote a book about world trade.

C. She wants to give up her teaching job.

D. She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.

2.By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania _______.

A. cheaper T-shirts are needed

B. used T-shirts are hard to sell

C. prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently

D. prices of T-shirts are usually reasonable

3.What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Free markets.

B. Price changes.

C. Unexpected connections.

D. Chances opened up by trade.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. What T-shirts Can Do to Help Cotton Farms

B. How T-shirts Are Made in Shanghai

C. How T-shirts Are Sold in Tanzania

D. What T-shirts Can Teach Us

    Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir (回忆录) of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.

Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.

Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.

Tyler became well-known nationally in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robed Hutchins.

Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent spirit in their work.

Although Tyler officially retired (退休) in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives (目标) that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.

1.Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?

A. Top managers.

B. Language learners.

C. Serious educators.

D. Science researchers.

2.The words “hooked on teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ______.

A. attracted to teaching

B. tired of teaching

C. satisfied with teaching

D. unhappy about teaching

3.Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?

A. The University of Chicago.

B. Stanford University.

C. Ohio State University.

D. Nebraska University.

4.Tyler is said to have never actually retired because _________.

A. he developed a new method of testing

B. he called for free spirit in research

C. he was still active in giving advice

D. he still led the Eight-Year Study

Attractions in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Historical Museum

30 N. Carroll Street on Madison’s Capitol Square

Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. Admission is free.

Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm.

(608) 264-6555  www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum

Swiss historical village

612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus

The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of everyday life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.

Tue.—Fri., May 1st —October 31st , 10:00 am—4:00 pm. Admission is $20.

(608) 527-2317  www.swisshistoricalvillage.com

Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café

6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI

One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts (手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sp. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery. While visiting, enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!

Gallery open Tue. —Sun., 10:00 am—5:00 pm.

Café open Wed. —Sat., 11:00 am —3:00 pm.

Sun. brunch with wine, 10:00—3:00 pm.

(608) 845-6600  www.artisangal.com

Christopher Columbus Museum

239 Whitney St., Columbus

World-class exhibit–2000 quality souvenirs (纪念品) marking Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.

Open daily, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm.

(920) 623-1992  www.columbusantiquemall.com

1.Which of the following is on Capitol Square?

A. Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. Swiss Historical Village.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

D. Christopher Columbus Museum.

2.Where can you go for a visit on Monday?

A. Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. Swiss Historical Village.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery café.

D. Christopher Columbus Museum.

3.Where can visitors have lunch?

A. At Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. At Swiss Historical Village.

C. At Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

D. At Christopher Columbus Museum.

假如你是李华,你的美国笔友peter希望来中国教书。你校现需外聘外教,请给他写封信,告知招聘信息,内容主要包括：

1.教授课程英语口语,英语写作,今日美国Britain Today,今日英国American Today

2.教课对象:高中生（至少有三年英语基础）

3.工作量：每周12学时,任选三门课；担任学生英语俱乐部或英语校报顾问（advisor）。

注意：1）词数100字左右；2）可适当增加细节，是行文连贯；3）开头语已经为你写好，不计入总次数。

Dear Peter,

I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，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。

Lily is one of the pupils which are studying in Yangquan Primary School. One day，in her way to school，Lily found the wallet lying on the road. She picked it up and found a lot of  money and a calling card in them. She thought the loser must  be worried. Without the wallet，she went to a public telephone  and called up on the owner. Then she waits at the bus-stop. The owner, an old lady came by taxi in a moment. Lily gave the wallet to her. The owner was very thankful that she took out a 100-yuan notes to reward Lily.  But she refused it and went to school. Seeing this , the owner raised her thumb and praised Lily helping her in time again and again .

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。

Today I went to a conference, 1. two students had a debate about the strengths and weaknesses of the Internet.

The first speaker talked about the positive2.(affect) of the Internet on our lives. The first is its value for people who 3.(look) for information now. For example, with the touch of a button or the click of a mouse, a student will find enough information at his or her command. The second is our ability 4. (relate) to others through the Internet and it is especially important for disabled people 5. can’t leave their homes. The 6. (two) speaker talked about the negative effects of the Internet 7.our lives. For example, some experts think that the outcome of spending too much time on the Internet is difficulty in 8.(form) social bonds. They were also quite explicit(明确的) about how heavy Internet users spend 9.(much) time with their Internet friends than their real-life friends from school and work.

Both sides presented lots of statistics to support their arguments. My own judgment is that though the Internet is beneficial, we should use our 10.( intelligent) and not be a slave to it!

    Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too_______and over-confident. They think they can do everything. So they simply _______their old parents, and believe that their parents’ _____ are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after hearing a story told by my father, I changed my mind  ____ . Now I would like to _____  it with you.

Once, there was a young man who ______ the old. He always thought that the old, including his father, were______ . One day, the father and the son went for a walk in the _____ . As they walked, a beautiful ______ came into their sight. The son _____  to one pretty flower and said, “We young people are like this fragrant (芳香的) flower, so healthy, vigorous, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just like the  _____ leaves from a dying tree.”

Hearing this, the father smiled but said _____ . They continued the walking in silence. When they passed a(n) ______, the father stopped and went in. He bought a walnut (核桃) and showed it to his son, and said, “We old are like this walnut.

We’ve  _____ many hard events in life. So we built up such a ______ shell, and at the same time we built up a  _____ inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”

“But every fruit was born by a  ____ .” argued the son.

“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit…”

From then on, I always keep this______  in mind. It has taught me a lot. We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. we also have to know that our  ____ aren’t falling leaves but experienced walnuts, masterpiece of  _____. They are the ones we should appreciate forever.

1.A. proud B. clever C. rude D. genuine

2.A. blame B. respect C. ignore D. believe

3.A. spirits B. thoughts C. methods D. strengths

4.A. gradually B. suddenly C. slowly D. completely

5.A. provide B. supply C. offer D. share

6.A. look up to B. live up to C. look down on D. get down to

7.A. careless B. useless C. fruitful D. successful

8.A. bushes B. woods C. yard D. court

9.A. garden B. mountain C. school D. factory

10.A. pointed B. referred C. attended D. turned

11.A. growing B. grown C. falling D. fallen

12.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

13.A. grocery B. office C. street D. river

14.A. protected B. experienced C. promoted D. contributed

15.A. tender B. colorful C. big D. hard

16.A. merciful B. mature C. simple D. complex

17.A. branch B. plant C. leaf D. flower

18.A. experience B. walnut C. fruit D. story

19.A. parents B. teachers C. friends D. relatives

20.A. spirit B. material C. nature D. society

Five Ways to Go Green and Save Green

Climate change is in the news. It seems like everyone's “going green.” We're glad you want to take action too. Luckily many of the steps we can take to stop climate change can make our lives better. Let's start now.

Save energy to save money.

Set your thermostat（恒温器）degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs.

1. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heat the water.

Unplug (拔掉……的电源插头) electrical equipment when you're not using it.

Save water to save money.

Take shorter showers to reduce water use. This will lower your water and heating bills too.

Plant drought-tolerant (耐旱的) native plants in your garden. 2.Find out about these plants in your area.

Fix a low-flow showerhead. They don't cost much and the water and energy savings can quickly pay back your money.

3.

Walk or bike to work. This saves on gas and parking costs while improving your health and reducing your risk of being fat.

Eat smart.

If you eat meat, add one meatless meal a week. Meat costs a lot at the store and it's even more expensive when you consider the related environmental and health costs.

4.Purchasing from local farmers keeps money in the local economy.

Avoid bottled water.

5.

Use a water filter (过滤器) to make drinking water instead of buying bottled water. Not only is bottled water expensive but it causes large amounts of container waste.

A. When speaking of something to eat, try local products whenever you can.

B. Our grandchildren and their children will thank us for living green.

C. Bring a reusable water bottle with you when traveling or at work.

D. Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible.

E. Less gas = more money and better health!

F. Move a little nearer to your work.

G. Many plants need little watering.

    What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform(贸易平台) where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes—the list goes on and on.

The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. EBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.

eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is make an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.

1.We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_______.

A. a place to exhibit their own photos B. a website for them to upgrade

C. a way of buying and selling goods D. a chance to buy things at low prices

2.Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university?

A. To make money. B. For fun.

C. For gathering the engineers. D. To finish a task of his company.

3.From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter______.

A. did not feel lonely B. was always hopeful

C. became more and more successful D. did not think about the past

4.How does eBay make money from its website?

A. By bringing callers together. B. By making e-photos.

C. By listing items online D. By charging for each sale

    I’m a real book lover. Every time my friends visit me, my nose is buried in a book. Wherever I go, I always have a book with me. Novels, history books, stories about people, journals and news—I read them all and I’ve learnt a lot, too. For example, many things in life happen for the best even if we don’t like or understand them.

Why is reading such an enjoyable pastime for me? I probably first learned about it from my parents. My mother read to me at night in my childhood and bought me picture books. The greatest gift she has given me is a love for reading. And it will be a life-long habit.

No one ever asked me why I liked to read. They just saw me and asked, “Oh? Is that for school work?” And I just shook my head, “No. It’s just for fun.” While reading a good book, I can totally forget myself and fly to another world. It’s like exploring through someone’s eyes, which is just as exciting as watching a movie.

Reading is also necessary in order to learn about writing, to improve my use of words and phrases and broaden my knowledge. What a pity to see our imagination disappear, for we don’t exercise it often. Reading can even be good for one’s health, I think. Everyone should read sad stories that make us cry and also books with humor that make us laugh out loud!

1.Among the gifts my parents have given me, which is the most valuable one?

A. A love for reading. B. Picture books.

C. Good health. D. A lovable pastime.

2.In the fourth paragraph, the author thinks reading can ____.

A. make his parents happy B. finish his school work

C. improve writing and broaden knowledge D. help him understand some movies

3.If we don’t use our imagination often, ____.

A. it is bad for our health B. we will soon learn how to write

C. it will help us to have a good rest D. it will soon disappear

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Why do I have few friends? B. What are my life habits?

C. Why do I love reading? D. Why do things happen for the best?

    John Smith, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else. He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善)to help poor children live a better life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.

Up to now John has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. John receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other. but usually the children do not speak English.

When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very happy.” he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”

1.John has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children             .

A. near Washington B. in European countries

C. only in Africa D. throughout the world

2.John learned about the children’s progress by             .

A. visiting them each year B. getting a report every year

C. staying with them D. talking to them in English

3.The underlined words “for a good cause” means “           ” in Chinese.

A. 施舍 B. 行善

C. 优惠 D. 赏赐

4.What’s the main idea of the story?

A. Help others, and you will feel happy.

B. It’s necessary to write letters to poor children.

C. Live a simple life, and you can give others help.

D. It’s the most important to help the children in Africa.

    Blogs(博客) have become an important part of life. Millions of people have blogs. Perhaps you would like to have one; you would like to improve your blog; perhaps you would like to make your blog as a means of earning money or attracting more people. Whatever your aim is, this course shows you how to become better bloggers. You will learn how to find the right tone for your blog, set it up and keep it, write something that are effective and worth reading, and attract people from all over the world to your blog. While it’s simple to start a blog, it takes energy and skill to do it really well, as is true of any kind of writing.

Among the topics covered: introduction to the blog, the benefits of blogging, focusing on your blog concept, how to set up and keep a page, tips for effective blog writing and drawing visitors to your blog.

Course offered

How to blog

In this four-week course, a blogging expert will guide you through the process of designing, setting up, writing, and improving a blog. Each student will talk with the expert on blog, then set up a “live” blog and introduce it to the rest of the class for suggestions. Students will also have chances to ask the expert questions.

Online classes

Tuition(学费): $ 125.      Registration(注册): $ 25.

Each class is strictly limited to 25 students aged 18 and up.

1.In the course, you will learn something Except _________.

A. focusing on your blog concept B. how to set up a blog

C. the benefits of blogging D. how to follow others’ blog

2.What do we know about the course?

A. There are more than 25 students in each class.

B. The course is intended for teenagers under 18.

C. It will cost you $ 150 to learn the course.

D. New lectures are given each day.

3.The passage is mainly about _________.

A. an online course about how to blog B. an online plan on writing

C. an online program about blog history D. an online competition in writing blogs

假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Lily在她的微博上说她为了减肥吃减肥药，而且经常不吃饭，导致身体变得很虚弱，状态不佳。请你就此事给她写一封电子邮件，内容包括：

1. 对她的现状表示担心；

2. 指出吃减肥药以及经常不吃饭的坏处；

3. 提出一些健康的减肥方法，如慢跑、定期到健身房健身等。

注意：1.词数100个左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：减肥药 weight-loss pill; 慢跑 jogging; 健身房 gym

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