假定你是李华。你的澳大利亚朋友Mike对中国的传统节日非常感兴趣。在端午节来临之际，他写信询问有关端午节习俗。请你用英语回一封信，向他介绍中国的端午节。要点包括：

1. 介绍中国的端午节（时间，意义，风俗等）；

2. 欢迎他来中国并邀请他来观看龙舟赛。

注意：1．词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,

I’m glad to know you show great interest in Chinese traditional festivals.

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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（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的用斜线（\）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l1处起）不计分。

Volunteering is one way to turn something you have - time- into a means to help others.

Last Friday, we spent a few hours volunteer at the local science center. Our teacher divided us to two groups. One group picks up trash in the exhibition hall. But the other group went outside and pulled up weeds. The employees we helped were very appreciative, and invited us to coming back anytime. Tomorrow, we will go to the homeless shelter in our town where the homeless can have meal and sleep. We will cook meals for who is staying there. Although all of us have had the experience of cooking before, everyone wants to have try.

单词拼写

1.There were several ________________（学说，理论）about the way in which the fire started.

2.Happiness and success often come to those who are good at recognizing their own _______________ (强项，长处).

3.There is a great demand for ___________________(农用的) machinery in this country.

4.I think it’s time we _______________(寻求) legal advice.

5.The reason he gave to ______________（解释）for his absence was unbelievable.

6.I don’t mind a_________________ to others if I make a mistake.

7.As students, we should c_______________ book knowledge with practice.

8.Though he is in his seventies, he is still e_______________ like a young man.

9.Mary s ______________ her friend in the crowd easily.

10.A university is an educational institution which a____________ degrees and carries out research.

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。

As we all know, we are what we eat. That’s because what we eat every day has 1.great effect on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort 2. (change) our bad eating habits. Although baked or fried foods may be 3.(taste), eating too much of them will 4. (probable) result in some illnesses. 5., some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.

Compared with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but 6.(little) meat, which is a good eating habit.  However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic 7.(grow) of our country, we now also eat a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We 8.(run) the risk eating out without considering the balance of our diet.

The food we choose affects our health, so we must keep 9. mind that the food we choose should give 10. (we) the nutrients we need.

    I have lived in Keelung for over twenty years. Before 20, I had not traveled abroad. The _____ places I had visited were scenic spots in my hometown. I was always told to come back home right away after school. My two schools were very _____; it took less than fifteen minutes to arrive at the schools from home.

_____ I was a junior-high-school student, after a final exam, a few classmates _____ me to visit Taipei. Needless to say, I was full of _____ and asked Mother for _____ to join this hike. But to my _____, my mother refused my request because she was worried about my _____. In spite of(尽管) the fact, I tried to ____ her, telling her about our destinations and my classmates’ _____ experiences of visiting Taipei, but she just said, “Unless parents _____ you, you can’t go.” I did my best to _____ her but it was all in vain. I faced a dilemma. On the one hand, I knew that Mother’s firm disagreement was because my brother was injured in an accident when he was traveling. To be a considerate son, should I _____ my desire? On the other hand, I didn’t want to _____ a valuable opportunity to grow up and to be _____. Filled with sadness and anger, I _____ a cold war with Mother. I neither talked with her nor did I go out of my room. Two days later, my mother not only _____ my classmates about the visit but also called their parents to _____ safety problem. Through a number of phone calls, finally she agreed. Before I left, _____, she once again talked about her concern. I listened carefully and patiently and gave her a thankful embrace because I knew that was the way my mother’s _____ went.

1.A. richest B. farthest C. best D. largest

2.A. steep B. near C. dangerous D. boring

3.A. Though B. After C. Since D. When

4.A. invited B. promised C. forced D. attracted

5.A. energy B. hope C. excitement D. surprise

6.A. help B. advice C. money D. permission

7.A. puzzle B. hesitation C. regret D. disappointment

8.A. study B. health C. safety D. age

9.A. convince B. trust C. overcome D. control

10.A. necessary B. enough C. steady D. creative

11.A. accompany B. reject C. participate D. declare

12.A. remove B. encourage C. persuade D. inspire

13.A. give away B. give off C. give out D. give up

14.A. miss B. avoid C. ignore D. abolish

15.A. independent B. smart C. separate D. sensitive

16.A. started B. gathered C. picked D. ended

17.A. motivated B. reminded C. informed D. consulted

18.A. discuss B. study C. research D. require

19.A. otherwise B. therefore C. however D. thus

20.A. fear B. love C. expectation D. appreciation

How can you make a difference in your life?

As the famous poem Youth has written “Youth is not a time of life,  it’s a state of mind.”But how can you make a difference in your life?

1..The skills of learning, the knowledge of learning as well as the process of learning are all wealth and treasures in our life, which make your simple life interesting. You could also gain social experience from taking part in large activities and gain knowledge from books you read. 2.. and take part in any activity which can show your characteristics.

Secondly, as the old saying goes “Although you have failed one hundred times, there’s still another chance for you to catch.” 3..So grasp every opportunity to express your strong point and put your heart into it.

Thirdly, 4..So it’s of great significance to be an optimist. That is we ought not to hesitate to meet any challenges in our life.

Last but not least, to have a regular life style is a good way to keep healthy and achieve your ambition. It goes without saying that a strong body is the capital of a revolution.

5.. you could be able to adapt to the contemporary life and make a difference in your simple life.

A. If everything is possible

B. When all is said and done

C. Let’s cheer up our success

D. Be confident，behave yourself in public

E. That’s what makes life active and powerful

F. failure or success mostly depends on one’s attitude towards things

G. Firstly those who have a good command of learning can manage things well

    Learning Chinese could be one of the most important decisions you ever make. Chinese is becoming the language to learn in the 21st century. With the world’s largest population and a rapidly growing middle class, China stands to become the engine of the world’s economy in the coming years. This will make learning Chinese very important for people in many industries, or for those of us who wish to visit China or learn from its culture and history.

There is an ongoing effort to modernize the writing system and standardize the language. An increasing number of people learning Chinese are learning the Mandarin, so unless you absolutely need to learn another dialect (such as Cantonese), be sure you are studying Mandarin.

For native English speakers Chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn. The vocabulary is wholly unfamiliar and unlike anything we know. In addition, in the Chinese tone system, words are spoken in rising or falling tones, which help to distinguish between them. Furthermore, there is the Chinese writing system--- a collection of thousands of individual ideograms (表意文字), or symbols, which represent a word or an idea. These ideograms have no phonetic value---that is to say, we can’t tell how the word is pronounced by how it is written. There is a method to present written Chinese in a phonetic script called pinyin. If you are learning Chinese, you’ll be working with this pinyin system, but the beauty of the traditional writing system shouldn’t be passed up. All these factors make learning Chinese difficult for us. Yet, for a determined learner, there’s always a way to overcome it.

1.Learning Chinese is becoming more and more important, because ______.

A. Chinese engines are very welcome

B. China has the world’s largest population

C. there are more and more rich people in China

D. China has become important to the world economy

2.From the text we can learn that ___________.

A. the author thinks Chinese is as difficult as English

B. the author is interested in the Chinese language and its culture

C. foreign languages can play a great role in industrial development

D. as long as the pinyin system is learned well, one can learn Chinese well

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us about ____________.

A. the difficulties of learning Chinese

B. the advantages of learning Chinese

C. the Chinese tone system

D. the Chinese writing system

4.What would be probably written following this text?

A. The sources of Chinese characters.

B. The importance of learning Chinese.

C. The advice on how to learn Chinese.

D. The difficulties of learning other languages.

    William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.

Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.

He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Price in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would who probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet Auden wrote, among others, the following liners:

Earth, receive an honored guest:

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel (船) lie

Emptied of its poetry.

1.Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?

A. It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter.

B. It was shocked by Yeats’s choice.

C. It was a typically wealthy family.

D. It had an artistic atmosphere.

2.What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden’s lines?

A. Envy. B. Admiration.

C. Emptiness. D. Sympathy.

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Yeats’ literary achievements. B. Yeats’ historical influence.

C. Yeats’ artistic ambition. D. Yeats’ national honor.

    Have you ever been to Singapore? It is a dynamic city-state where you will find a harmonious mixture of culture, cuisine, arts, people and architecture. If you have at least 5 hours to spare in transit(运输；中转) before your next flight, join us in one of our free two-hour guided tours, which runs daily at regular times. Registration for the tour must be made at least one hour before the start of the tour.

◆HERITAGE TOUR

Tour Timings:

9:00 am to 11:00 am

11:30 am to 1:30 pm

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The heritage（遗产） tour has a short stopover at the Merlion Park before going to the Colonial District, Central Business District and Chinatown or Little India. The journey to the Merlion Park offers you a entire view of Singapore's landmarks like Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Flyer and Gardens by the Bay. The tour will bring you through a discovery journey where you will have a glimpse of a unique mixture of East and West, tradition and modernity. It will be a splendid way for you to explore the history, culture and lifestyle of multi-racial Singapore while in your transit.

◆CITY LIGHT TOUR

Tour Timings: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

As night falls, Singapore takes another look to offer an entertainment choice. The City Light Tour brings you to various attractions in Singapore. As the journey begins from Changi Airport towards Benjamin Sheares Bridge, you will get a wide view of Singapore's famous symbols- the Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sands and Esplanade. Next, you will see the Helix(螺旋的) Bridge which is inspired by the double helix of our DNA structure.

1.If it is 2: 45pm now and Mike’s plane is going to take off at 8:35pm, which is the best timing for him?

A. 9:00 am to 11:00 am B. 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

C. 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm D. 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

2.People can enjoy a wide view of Singapore’s landmarks on the way to _______.

A. Little India B. Chinatown

C. the Merlion Park D. the Colonial District

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the City Light Tour______.

A. It is a great tour to explore the history, culture and lifestyle of Singapore

B. You’ll have a glimpse of a unique mixture of East and West during the tour

C. . On the tour, you can see Helix Bridge, which looks like our DNA structure

D. It begins from Marina Bay Sands and goes towards Benjamin Sheares Bridge

假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍你组织戏剧社成员排演《雷雨》参加学校戏剧节的全过程，并以 “Putting Thunderstorm on the School Stage”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件。词数不少于60。

Putting Thunderstorm on the School Stage

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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim对中国文化很感兴趣。他即将过生日，你给他准备了一件礼物并写信给他，内容包括：

1. 生日祝福；

2. 礼物介绍；

3. 选择该礼物的原因。

注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim

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Yours,

Li Hua

    Nowadays, WeChat is about expressing our opinions and Weibo is about collecting things we like. Both of them develop our self-focus. Self-focus simply means you pay attention to how you feel, think and behave. Self-focus isn’t naturally a bad thing. Particularly in individualistic (个人主义的) cultures, we value our ability to be self-aware. 1.

Unfortunately, when you are regularly focusing on yourself, you’ll notice any dissatisfaction, anxiety, or general discomfort you might not have otherwise. 2. As a result, self-focus contributes to a wide range of mental health problems like anxiety.

But quitting technology is no longer a practical solution. 3. For example, don’t post about things you did, which focuses your attention on yourself. Instead, you could share advice and words of support from your smart phone. As a result, you’ll feel better, and so will the people around you.

Do you like to take selfies (自拍)? It’s easy to take a quick picture of yourself to show what you re doing, or how you re feeling. But paying attention to ourselves often makes us feel worse. 4. Do your best to highlight (突出) the wonderful things that make them special. In this way, you won’t focus so much on your bad hair day, and you will get along better with your friends.

5. But if we can learn to move the focus off ourselves and onto doing good for others, technology can help us grow. Anyway, the point is that it’s up to you to handle the ability of your self-focus.

A. Too much self-focus means few friends.

B. Self-focus is generally helpful in daily life.

C. Therefore, try taking pictures of your friends.

D. In fact, we can use technology in ways that are less self-focused.

E. By bringing your attention to those negative emotions, you strengthen them.

F. We want to know who we are and why we do what we do to uncover possible ways to improve our lives.

G. Technology-when used in certain ways is having negative effects on our mental health and well-being.

    Shark attacks not only disturb beach activities, but can affect associated tourist industries. Shark nets are a common solution to preventing shark attacks on beaches, but they cause dangers to sea ecosystems.

Seeking a cost-effective way to monitor beach safety over large areas, we have developed a system called Shark Spotter. It combines artificial intelligence (AI), computing power, and drone (无人机) technology to identify and warn lifesavers to sharks near swimmers. The project is a cooperation between the University of Technology Sydney and The Ripper Group, which is pioneering the use of drones—called “Westpac Little Ripper Lifesavers”—in the search and rescue movement in Australia.

SharkSpotter can detect sharks and other potential threats using real-time aerial imagery. The system analyses video from a camera attached to a drone to monitor beaches for sharks, send warnings, and conduct rescues. Developed with techniques known as “deep learning”, the Shark Spotter system receives imagery from the drone camera and attempts to identify all objects in the scene. Once certain objects are detected, they are put into one of 16 categories: shark, whale, dolphin, rays, different types of boats, surfers, and swimmers.

If a shark is detected, Shark Spotter provides both a visual sign on the computer screen and an audible warning to the operator. The operator confirms the warning and sends text messages from the Shark Spotter system to the Surf Life Savers for further action. In an emergency, the drone is equipped with a lifesaving flotation pod (漂浮仓) together with an electronic shark repellent (驱逐装置) that can be dropped into the water in cases where swimmers are in severe trouble, trapped in a rip, or if there are sharks close by.

In January 2018, the Westpac Little Ripper Lifesavers was used to rescue two young swimmers caught in a rip at Lennox Head, NSW. The drone flew down the beach some 800 meters from the lifeguard station, and a lifesaving flotation pod was dropped from the drone. The complete rescue operation took 70 seconds.

We believe Shark Spotter is a win-win for both marine life and beachgoers. This unique technology combines dynamic video image processing AI and advanced drone technology to creatively deal with the global challenge of ensuring safe beaches, protecting environments, and promoting tourism.

1.A Shark Spotter is ________.

A. a solution to monitor sharks

B. an equipment to identify lifesavers

C. a technology to prevent shark attacks

D. a project to pioneer the use of drones

2.When a shark is spotted near a swimmer, the system will ________.

A. take timely action B. analyze the visual data

C. classify the identified objects D. turn on “deep learning” mode

3.The example in the 5th paragraph shows us that the system is

A. efficient in saving lives B. effective in detecting sharks

C. smart in driving sharks away D. practical over the whole sea area

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the future of SharkSpotter?

A. Doubtful. B. Optimistic.

C. Negative. D. Objective.

    Most adults firmly believe that as kids reach their teens, they start to take crazy risks that get them in trouble. Do teenagers simply love taking all risks much more than adults? A recent study suggests otherwise.

Scientists designed a simple experiment involving 33 teenagers and three other age groups. In the experiment, the researchers tried to distinguish between two very different kinds of risk-taking. The first they called a willingness to take known risks (when the probability of winning is clear) and the second they called a willingness to take unknown risks (when the possibility of success is uncertain).

The study offered participants the opportunity to play two kinds of games. They had the chance to win money, with one game offering a known risk and the other offering an unknown risk. On each round of the game, each participant had to choose between taking a sure $5 and known or unknown risks of winning a lot more. If on one particular round they had picked the $5 for sure choice, then they got $ 5. But if on that round they had chosen to take a risk, the rules of the game will determine whether or not they had won. If they did win, they went home with between $8 and $125. And, of course, if they lost, they went home with nothing.

What the scientists found was really quite surprising. It turned out that the average teenager was very hesitant when risks were known—more careful than college students or parents-aged adults, and about as careful as grandparent-aged adults. This means that when the risks were known, teenagers were not risky in their behavior at all. Only when the risks were unclear did teenagers choose them more often than other groups. Under those kinds of conditions, they were much more willing to take a risk than any other group.

So, what does all of this mean? The research suggests that adults should probably focus more energy on trying to educate teenagers about risks than limiting them. Teenagers who understand the risks associated with a decision are more likely to be careful in their behavior.

1.This experiment was carried out by

A. dividing the teens into three groups

B. comparing the reactions to different risks

C. giving equal amount of awards to the participants

D. observing the emotional changes of the teenager

2.When facing known risks, teenagers tended to be ________.

A. ambits B. cautious

C. anxious D. curious

3.Which group in the study were more likely to take unknown risks?

A. Teenagers. B. College students.

C. Parent-aged adults. D. Grandparent-aged adults.

4.According to the study, parents should focus on ________.

A. guaranteeing children to be careful

B. setting age limits on dangerous activities

C. respecting teens to make their own choices

D. guiding teens to learn more about the effect of risks

    These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint. In order to reduce global warming, we need to make our carbon footprints smaller. But how much CO are we responsible for?

A new book by Mike Berners-Lee (a leading expert in carbon foot-printing) might be able to help. The Carbon Foot print of Everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2 they produce, including the ingredients, the electricity, the equipment, the transport and the packaging. And it’s frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces.

But all of this can help us decide which beer to drink. From Berners-Lee’s calculations, it’s clear that a pint (568 ml) of locally-brewed (酿制的) beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer. This is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging. The local beer only produces 300 g of CO2-but the imported beer produces 900 g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign beer from the supermarket.

Berners-Lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to work. Nothing is more environmentally - friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what you’ve had to eat before. To ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need food. So, if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65 g of CO2. However, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, it’s 200 g. In fact, bananas are good in general because they don’t need packaging. They can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight.

So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not. If you cycle, you don t use your car; and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jams. And cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars travelling at speed. Cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospital. And hospitals have very big carbon footprints!

So, maybe it’s time for us all to start making some changes. Pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please.

1.Which of the followings produces the smallest carbon footprints?

A. A pint of local beer.

B. A bottle of imported beer.

C. A banana before a 1.5 km bike ride.

D. Bacon before a 1.5 km bike ride.

2.According to the article, the author suggests choosing the local food because it is ________.

A. more tasty B. easier to buy

C. better packaged D. more energy-saving

3.The purpose of writing this article is to ________.

A. promote a new book

B. advertise the imported beer

C. instruct how to measure the carbon footprint

D. encourage people to reduce the production of CO2

    I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own friends, and no one wanted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I wanted to scream. I had always been a good student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser!

I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miserable I was. One night when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that.

Ana’s texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want to hurt my feelings but that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, I had to try to make things better.

The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right!

I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didn’t. I was still stuck in “Loserville”, and some people were still mean to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way.

But what did change was me—I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I had friends to say hi to in the halls!

I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isn’t so hard anymore. Even though I couldn’t change my situation, I could change my attitude—and that made all the difference.

1.“Loserville” is a section for ________.

A. failures B. good students

C. class secrets D. newcomers

2.The writer complained all the time in the new environment because ________.

A. Ana didn’t text back to her B. her friends hurt her feelings

C. she was unfairly treated D. she was a good student

3.What made a difference in changing the situation?

A. She went back to Illinois.

B. She ended friendship with Ana.

C. She fought back with her classmates.

D. She began to make friends with others.

4.The best title for the passage can be ________.

A. Lasting Friendship B. An Incidence at School

C. Say Goodbye to “Loserville” D. Unhappiness in “Loserville”

    “Sara, don’t forget your promise to me that you will mow (割草) Mrs. Martin’s yard this weekend,” said Dad. “Don’t let me down.”

Sara was the oldest child in the family, and one of her chores was to mow their yard. Mrs. Martin, their ______ neighbor, was unable to take care of her yard in her 70s, so Sara’s dad had ______ Sara for this job. ______ Mrs. Martin’s yard was not big, Sara knew the job would go quickly. However, she still disliked her dad’s ______.

“Why didn’t you ask me first?” Sara had ______.

“Did you ask me first when you volunteered me to be in the school festival last fall?” asked Sara’s father.

“Well, no, I didn’t ask you first, ______ you would have done those things anyway. You’re always ______ to help.”

“I ______ when I can.” Dad answered. “Sara, we have known Mrs. Martin for a very long time. She has often ______ our family. Now we can do something for her. ______, the feeling you get from helping someone makes you ______ who is really helping whom.”

“I don’t know, Dad,” said Sara. “The only feeling I get from mowing our yard is ______.”

“Just you wait and see,” said Dad

After breakfast, Sara made her way to Mrs. Martin’s yard. She was good at her job and soon had Mrs. Martins yard looking ______. Mrs. Martin came outside with a big glass of orange juice and ______ it to her. Sara stopped her work and ______ enjoyed the drink, while Mrs. Martin talked to her about all of the flowers in her yard. Seeing the ______ in Mrs. Martin’s eyes, Sara began to understand how much the yard ______ to Mrs. Martin.

After finishing her drink, Sara returned to work with a new ______. A warm feeling began to ______ through her body. Her dad was ______. It was hard to tell who was helping whom!

1.A. strange B. new C. aged D. faithful

2.A. guided B. volunteered C. ordered D. forced

3.A. Once B. Since C. Unless D. Although

4.A. promise B. argument C. permission D. introduction

5.A. replied B. suggested C. complained D. announced

6.A. but B. so C. or D. for

7.A. proud B. willing C. afraid D. fortunate

8.A. choose B. succeed C. hesitate D. try

9.A. respected B. changed C. protected D. helped

10.A. Besides B. Instead C. Therefore D. Otherwise

11.A. imagine B. explore C. worry D. wonder

12.A. scared B. moved C. tired D. relaxed

13.A. tidy B. alive C. empty D. messy

14.A. threw B. delivered C. offered D. sold

15.A. eagerly B. generously C. carefully D. gratefully

16.A. determination B. peace C. curiosity D. joy

17.A. related B. meant C. belonged D. referred

18.A. attitude B. wisdom C. inspiration D. expectation

19.A. exist B. fly C. spread D. break

20.A. unusual B. right C. serious D. helpful

    Peter worked 1. a night watchman in a small factory. One morning his boss came in with a suitcase. He said to Peter, I’m going to New York tomorrow. See you. Peter said, “Oh, you mustn’t go. The factory owner asked him why. Peter answered that he 2. (have) a nightmare the night before. In the dream, he had seen the next day’s plane to New York crash over the Atlantic Ocean. Peter’s boss 3. (immediate) cancelled his ticket and stayed in the office. The plane crashed; the boss thanked Peter and gave him a big present. Then he fired him.

    Online shopping 1. (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. For the consumers, it can save some time for the people 2. don’t have much spare time. Just clicking the mouse, they can get what they want 3. staying at home. For the sellers, it can cut some costs for those without enough circulating funds. Compared with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in 4. (rent) a house.

    I have been to many places as a news reporter. In India, I visited a city where there were many 1. (home) children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the streets 2. survived by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady 3. (call) Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year, she was looking after two hundred children. She clothed them, fed them and taught them. She gave them hope.

请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150个词左右的英语短文。

Young Chinese parents embracing e-books for children

Chinese children are spending more time reading digital books as young parents are increasingly open to the idea, research shows.

The amount of time children under 9 spend reading e-books every day increased almost 20 percent to 24. 3 minutes between 2016 and 2017, according to a joint study by e-book company Kada Story and teaching consultancy TAL Education Group.

A three-year study of 6, 030 parents found that almost 70 percent said they are willing to let their children use mobile phones and tablets, while 25 percent of those born in the 1990s or later said they let their children spend more than 40 minutes a day on mobile devices.

Parents in first-tier cities are more likely to let their children use mobile devices, with children in Beijing spending almost 70 minutes a day using the gadgets.

“Digital reading is an important skill for children to master in this age of information explosion, ” said Wang Jing, chief editor of Kada Story.

However, not all parents want their children to read digitally.

“I fear e-books will negatively affect my son’s attention span or expose him to inappropriate content, ” said Xie Wenfeng, mother of a 7-year-old boy in Shanghai.

She said she believed books in print are better for the eyes and do not affect sleep. “I also worry about possible addiction to e-books.” she added.

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1.用约30个单词写出上文概要;

2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:

(1)支持或反对家长让孩子读电子书籍；

(2)并用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

（写作要求）

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文中的句子;

2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;

3. 不必写标题。

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内容完整,语言规范,语篇连贯,词数适当。

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读下面的句子，根据首字母提示，在横线上填上意思和形式都正确的单词。

1.True eccentrics treat social conventions as unimportant, unconscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.

True eccentrics d_________ social conventions, unconscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.

2.Having received a radio message from the mainland, officially telling him to give up, the ship’s captain decided to pull up anchor and head home.

Having received a radio message from the mainland i_______ him to give up, the ship’s captain decided to pull up anchor and head home.

3.Antique shops have a great appeal for many people, especially bargain hunters.

Antique shops exert a peculiar f_________ on many people, especially bargain hunters.

4.Seeing a thief caught on the premises of a large jewellery store, the shop assistants couldn’t help saying ‘it serves him right’.

Seeing a thief caught on the spot, the shop assistants found it impossible to resist the t________ to say ‘it serves him right’.

5.As is often the case, lots of things happen to go wrong at precisely the same time.

What i______ happens is that a great number of things go wrong at precisely the same time.

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Most people have a list of wishes—things that they think will bring them happiness. Happiness lists are easy to come up with. However, the mechanism behind them is somewhat complicated, since it involves what psychologist Daniel Gilbert calls the greatest achievement of the human brain—the ability to imagine. To imagine what will bring joy to our future selves requires mental time travel, which is a unique human skill resulting from two million years of evolution. We use this skill every day, predicting our future emotions and then making decisions, whether big or small, according to our forecasts of how they'll make our future selves feel.

Yet, our imagination often fails us. When we're lucky enough to get what we wished for, we discover that it doesn’t come with everlasting happiness. And when the things we feared come to pass, we realize that they don't crush us after all. In dozens of studies, Gilbert has shown that we can mispredict emotional consequences of positive events, such as receiving gifts or winning football games, as much as negative events, like breaking up or losing an election. This impact bias(影响偏差) —overestimation of the intensity and duration of our emotional reactions to future events—is significant, because the prediction of the duration of our future emotions is what often shapes our decisions, including those concerning our happiness.

Just as our immune systems work tirelessly to keep our bodies in good health, our psychological immune systems routinely employ an entire set of cognitive(认知) mechanisms in order to deal with life's habitual attack of less-than-pleasant circumstances. Actually, our psychological immune system has an impressive feature of its own: the ability to produce happiness. Thus, when life disappoints us, we “ignore, transform, and rearrange” information through a variety of creative strategies until the rough edges of negative effects have been dutifully dulled. When we fail to recognize this ability of our psychological immune systems to produce happiness, we're likely to make errors in our affective forecasting.

Happiness, Gilbert points out, is a fast moving target. As passionate as we’re about finding it, we routinely misforecast what will make us happy, and how long our joy will last. In reality, he adds that the best way to make an affective forecast is not to use your imagination, but your eyes. Namely, instead of trying to predict how happy you'll be in a particular future, look closely at those who are already in the future that you’re merely contemplating(冥想) and ask how happy they are. If something makes others happy, it'll likely make you happy as well.

    As long as people have been telling stories, crones(丑陋的老太婆) have been scaring the wits out of children. “Nags(怨妇), witches, evil stepmothers, cannibals(食人妇). It’s quite dreadful,” says Maria Tatar, who teaches a course on folklore and mythology at Harvard. "But old women are also powerful—they're often the ones who can work magic.” In the Disney film Snow White, there’s a scene in which the beautiful, charming, wicked queen turns into an old hag and poisons Snow White so she'll sleep forever. The old lady in Hansel and Gretel wants to roast children in her oven and the witch in The Little Mermaid cuts out Ariel’s tongue.

Tatar says old women villains(恶人) are especially scary because, historically, the most powerful person in a child’s life was the mother. “Children do have a way of splitting the mother figure into...the evil mother—who’s always making rules and regulations, policing your behavior, getting angry at you—and then the kind mother—the one who is giving and protects you, makes sure that you survive.”

Veronique Tadjo, a writer who grew up in the Ivory Coast, thinks there’s a fear of female power in general. She says a common figure in African folk tales is the old witch who destroys people’s souls. Still, they're not all bitter and evil hags. Elderly women in folk tales often use their knowledge and experience of the world to guide the troubled protagonist(主人公). Tadjo points to the Kenyan story Marwe In The Underworld about a girl who commits suicide by drowning herself and enters the Land of the Dead where she meets an old woman. “That old woman teaches her quite a lot of things,” Tadjo says. “And also, when Marwe starts longing for the world of the living, she helps her go back to the surface with a lot of riches. And we understand that Marwe has been rewarded for her goodness.” In other words: Do your chores and you’ll be rewarded. The point of these ancient tales, no matter what continent they come from, may have been to scare children into behaving.

Perhaps the scariest old woman character—the ugly Baba Yaga—comes from Russia. She’s bony with a hooked nose and long, iron teeth. Her hut(小屋) stands on chicken legs and she kidnaps children and eats them. Safe to say Baba Yaga has been making Eastern European children sleepless for centuries. In one interpretation, a mean stepmother sends the young girl Vasilisa to Baba Yaga's hut in the woods to get a candle. The girl is sure she’s being sent to her death. Baba Yaga forces her to cook and clean, and Vasilisa does everything she's told. In the end, the old crone gives her what she needs and sends her home. “You see this kind of double face of the hag,”Maria Tatar says. “On the one hand: aggressive, threatening. And on the other hand: sometimes to make sure that there is a happily ever after.”

There's that power again. In Japanese folklore, the Yama Uba(山姥) is an equally ambiguous old woman. She’s a mountain witch who, like Baba Yaga, lures people into her hut and eats them. But she'll also help a lost traveler. Noriko Reider is a professor at Miami University of Ohio who's done extensive research on Yama Uba stories. “She brings fortune and happiness,” Reider says. “She can also bring death and destruction for those who are not very good.”

According to Cuban-American writer Alma Flor Ada, in Hispanic(拉美地区的) culture old women are multi-talented. Ada is co-author of Tales Our Grandmas Told, which includes a story about Caliph’s son who becomes seriously ill. After “all of the best physicians in the land” fail to cure him, Caliph sends his messengers searching for help. Then one morning, an old woman arrives with this advice: To get well, the prince must wear the overcoat of a man who is truly happy. And of course it works.

1.What does the underlined phrase in Para 1 “scaring the wits out of children” mean？

A. making children frightened B. making children stupid

C. making children interested D. making children confused

2.Among all the characters mentioned, ________ is terribly treated by an old woman.

A. Caliph B. Marwe C. Ariel D. Vasilisa

3.The images of ________ show double faces of a hag by doing both good and evil things.

A. Snow White and The Little Mermaid B. Hansel and Gretel

C. Veronique Tadjo and Noriko Reider D. Baba Yaga and Yama Uba

4.About the cultural images of an old woman, ________ has a different view from others.

A. Maria Tatar B. Veronique Tadjo C. Noriko Reider D. Alma Flor Ada

5.All the following words can be used to describe Baba Yaga EXCEPT ________.

A. aggressive B. sensitive C. dreadful D. merciful

6.According to the passage, why are old women often the face of evil in fairy tales and folklore?

A. Because they are always nags, witches, evil stepmothers and cannibals.

B. Because they are scary by recalling the general fear of female power.

C. Because they are intended to scare children into behaving well.

D. Because they are multi-talented with the ability to work magic.

    The human face is a remarkable piece of work. The astonishing variety of facial features helps people recognize each other and is vital to the formation of complex societies. So is the face’s ability to send emotional signals, whether through an unconscious red face or the artifice of a false smile. People spend much of their waking lives reading faces, for signs of attraction, hatred, trust and fraud. They also spend plenty of time trying to hide true feelings or intentions.

Technology is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. In America facial recognition is used by churches to track worshippers’ attendance; in Britain, by retailers to spot past shoplifters. In China, it confirms the identities of ride-hailing drivers, permits tourists to enter attractions and lets people pay for things with a smile. Apple’s new iPhone is expected to use it to unlock the home screen.

Set against human skills, such applications might seem incremental(增值的). Some breakthroughs, such as flight or the Internet, obviously transform human abilities; facial recognition seems merely to encode(编码) them. Although faces are unique to individuals, they are also public, so technology does not, at first sight, interfere with something that is private. And yet the ability to record, store and analyze images of faces cheaply, quickly and on a vast scale promises one day to bring about fundamental changes to opinions of privacy, fairness and trust.

Start with privacy. One big difference between faces and other biometric data, such as fingerprints, is that they work at a distance. Anyone with a phone can take a picture for facial-recognition programs to use. Facebook's bank of facial images cannot be used by others, but the Silicon Valley giant could obtain pictures of visitors to a car showroom, say, and later use facial recognition to serve them ads for cars. Law-enforcement agencies now have a powerful weapon in their ability to track criminals, but at enormous potential cost to citizens’ privacy.

The face is not just a name-tag. It displays a lot of other information—and machines can read that, too. Again, that promises benefits. Some firms are analyzing faces to provide automated diagnoses of rare genetic conditions, far earlier than would otherwise be possible. Systems that measure emotion may give autistic(孤独症的) people a grasp of social signals they find difficult.

1.Which of the following statement about facial recognition is true according to the passage?

A. It is widely applied by Chinese in many fields.

B. It is applied to track worshippers by American churches.

C. It has been applied by Apple to unlock home screen.

D. It is applied to catch thieves by police.

2.What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A. Flight and the Internet surely transform human abilities.

B. Facial recognition will cause fundamental changes to minds.

C. Facial expressions are not only unique but also public.

D. Facial recognition has just the same effects as other breakthroughs.

3.From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that __________.

A. the face is superior to other biometric data

B. people can keep a balance between face and privacy

C. the face has shown many benefits especially in medicine

D. fingerprints is a powerful weapon in tracking criminals

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Human facial expressions B. Reading faces

C. Scientific breakthroughs D. Nowhere to hide

    Kerala, India, has placed a tax on hamburgers, pizza and other fast food. The 14.5 percent tax will be added to foods at restaurants such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Burger King.

The tax is being called a “fat tax” because it adds cost to foods considered high in fat and calories. It is the first fast food tax enacted in India, where obesity levels are rising in the growing middle class.

Kerala’s Finance Minister Thomas Isaac suggested the tax after learning of similar measures in other countries. He hopes it will get people to choose to eat healthy food, which he said is “going out of fashion.”

Dr. Anoop Misra at New Delhi’s Fortis Hospital strongly supports the “fat tax” as a way to reduce the number of diabetes cases in young people.

A government finance official in central Gujarat says that the state is considering a similar 14.5 percent tax. “This idea can also be adopted in the state, as we also have high consumption of junk and unhealthy food,” the official said.

Critics of the tax say it probably will not stop people from buying fast food. IT engineer Gaurav Singh wants the government to focus on education and awareness instead of taxing fast food.

“The one food that is eaten widely in Kerala is the ‘paratha’, which is basically high in fat, high in refined(精制的) flour, and it is cheap. It can't be taxed because it is highly unorganized.”

Some doctors and health experts say the tax should also include other snack foods and sugary drinks sold across the country.

One fast food customer In New Dehli, Vijay Deoli believes the government should deal with more important issues. “First you have to clear up the air, the water, etc. This is a small thing.”

Others say the government should do more to bring attention to fast food and obesity rather than changing people's choices.

Many health experts agree that bringing attention to the issue is important. But Dr. Misra thinks education alone does not work.

He compared the tax to a law passed several years ago that got people to wear seat belts to avoid paying a fine. “Laws can change people’s habits.”

1.Why did Thomas Isaac introduce the “fat tax”?

A. To follow the latest trend in other countries.

B. To prevent young people from getting diabetes.

C. To encourage people to change their eating habits.

D. To control the development of fast food restaurants.

2.What’s Vijay Deoli’s attitude towards the “fat tax”?

A. Worried B. Opposed C. Surprised D. Suspicious

3.The example of wearing seat belts in the last paragraph is used to show the effect of ________.

A. education B. regulations C. people’s choices D. people’s awareness

1.Which activity promises rapid progress?

A. SCOTTISH DANCING B. THE RENAISSANCE SINGER

C. DRAWING WITH COLOUR D. WORLD CULTURE DAY

2.If you go to the activity DRAWING WITH COLOUR, ________.

A. individual guidance will be provided B. you will get materials free of charge

C. some relevant skills will be required D. it will help put you in a good mood

根据黑布林文本阅读，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

1.What is the relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Utterson?

A. Distant relatives B. Client and lawyer C. Doctor and patient D. Master and servant

2.Dr Lanyon stopped all contact with Dr Jekyll because___________.

A. he disapproved of Jekyll’s will

B. he was jealous of the success of Jekyll’s experiments

C. he was shocked when he realized that Hyde was a part of Jekyll

D. he had an argument with Jekyll about scientific beliefs

3.Judging from the look and voice, Hyde is considered all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. mysterious B. mischievous C. unfriendly D. unpleasant

4.What kind of story is The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

A. Romance B. Adventure C. War D. Mystery

5.Which of the following is NOT the theme to the story?

A. The reflection of personal behavior B. The importance of reputation

C. The duality of human nature D. The battle of good against evil

    It was March 15, 2012. My two brothers were out in the driveway shooting around when they suddenly screamed,“ The sky! The sky! It's green!” My dad _______ turned on the TV news. There was a tornado heading towards Dexter. I quickly ran up the stairs and seized my most _______ items that I felt I needed. My mom was piling clothing up in the basement to make a fort(堡垒) to _______ us. My dad was still upstairs watching the news. He usually never comes down when there’s a bad _______. As my ears heard a loud “pop”, I looked up to see my dad _______ full speed down into the basement swiftly _______ the door behind him to join us.

I for a brief moment thought that I was going to _______. When the tornado was going by it sounded like a heavy train was tearing through our _______.

Everything started to settle. My dad made his way back up the stairs to see what the damage was. The ceiling(天花板) had fallen down. Everywhere I _______all I could see was pure destruction. In that moment I felt __________, I had no idea what to do, and I didn’ t know what was happening or what the situation was. All I could think about was that my home was __________ going to be the same again.

This was the event that caused my family to have a(n) __________ on how lucky we were to be alive and together. Although the tornado wasn’t one that was that deadly we felt extremely __________ to be alive. This moment was a scary and life-changing situation, something that I never thought I would have to experience. It just made me think how I should be __________ for everything that I am able to have because you never know what __________ can throw at you, especially when you least expect it.

1.A. immediately B. secretly C. recently D. strangely

2.A. harmless B. attractive C. precious D. familiar

3.A. persuade B. protect C. please D. prevent

4.A. fire B. earthquake C. storm D. drought

5.A. coming B. driving C. falling D. flying

6.A. hitting B. closing C. painting D. touching

7.A. begin B. return C. escape D. die

8.A. office B. house C. hospital D. library

9.A. traveled B. remembered C. looked D. hated

10.A. awkward B. defeated C. interested D. amazed

11.A. never B. ever C. still D. just

12.A. realization B. conclusion C. imagination D. suggestion

13.A. lonely B. calm C. brave D. lucky

14.A. grateful B. regretful C. curious D. generous

15.A. dream B. passion C. work D. life

—He is a very hard-working student.

— ________. As far as I know, he often burns the midnight oil.

A. You can say that again B. Absolutely not C. Heaven knows. D. Not exactly