It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few ___________. On their faces was confidence (自信). This was their last exam — then on to ________ and jobs.

Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they ______ get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take ______ of the world.

The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) ______ task. The professor had said they could bring _______books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not _______ each other, during the test.

____ they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles _______ on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five essay-type questions.

Three hours had passed ______ the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

He looked at the ______ faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?”_______ a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hands.

“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.

“One, then? Certainly somebody finished ______.”But the class remained silent.

The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ______,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, ______ you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the _______you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively ______ in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all ______ this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just ___________.”

The years have ______ the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.

1.A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days

2.A. marriage B. discussion C. education D. graduation

3.A. would B. must C. have to D. used to

4.A. hold B. control C. care D. place

5.A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual

6.A. no B. either C. any D. all

7.A. listen to B. look after C. refer to D. talk to

8.A. Nervously B. Joyfully C. Quickly D. Curiously

9.A. appeared B. changed C. froze D. stopped

10.A. then B. that C. before D. after

11.A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved

12.A. Not B. Once C. No D. Even

13.A. all B. none C. one D. it

14.A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected

15.A. right now B. as though C. now that D. even though

16.A. exam B. subject C. question D. college

17.A. valuable B. difficult C. common D. strange

18.A. pass B. fail C. take D. start

19.A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded

20.A. selected B. remembered C. strengthened D. weakened

    Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 1. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.

You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report.2. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective(选择的) process. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.

3.

●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.

● Write your notes in your own words.

● 4.

● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.5.

A. Use words, not complete sentences.

B. There are three practical note-taking methods.

C. You must write your notes on separate paper.

D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

E. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.

F. The following methods may work best for you.

G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and

In a research carried out in the UK, it was found that only four out of every five employees were happy at work. Surprisingly, it wasn’t the pay or the love for the work that made people happy. Instead, friendly, supportive colleagues and a good manager have been found to be the primary causes of happiness at work. So how do you develop a sense of joy on the job? Here are some suggestions.

Happiness is a state of mind, so staying happy at work is completely based on a positive attitude towards your job. Focus on the bright side of the work rather than keep talking about what makes you unhappy.

Challenge yourself and take charge of your own growth in your career. Boredom is one of the primary factors that cause people to change jobs. Find new challenges and it’s a great feeling to take control over what you do and see a task through.

Having co­workers you like and enjoy working with is a feature of happiness in the workplace. Talk to people, get to know them and try to get along well with them in the workplace. Meeting new people and getting fresh views can help you to keep yourself interested in your work.

Complete your tasks, no matter how disagreeable or tough they might be. This gives you a sense of achievement and encourages you to work towards your goals in future.

Sitting and staring at your screen all day long isn’t going to help you. Instead, take breaks and go outside for some time. For example, go out for a few minutes to feel the breeze (微风). Eat your lunch outside or work for a few minutes during that hour, which helps you stay happy at work.

1.Which of the following is a main cause of happiness at work?

A. One’s love for the work.

B. Having a good manager.

C. Having many supporters.

D. The pay one gets from work.

2.Why does the author advise us to keep challenging ourselves at work?

A. To do our work more creatively.

B. To learn from new experiences.

C. To avoid feeling bored in the work place.

D. To prove that we have the ability to do the task.

3.The passage is written for___________.

A. general workers

B. new graduates from universities

C. those working on computers

D. people working in big companies

    Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese­style spelling bee (拼写大赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.

Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy (书法) to be one of their primary contributions. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet(字母). The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It’s possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.

But there’s still hope for the paint brush. China’s Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.

In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six­year­olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples before carefully trying to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. “If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?” we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. “The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture,” she reasons. “Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.

1.What can we learn about the Character Hero?

A. It draws great public attention across the country.

B. It’s the most­viewed TV programs in the world.

C. It means to spread Chinese culture to the world.

D. It’s open to people of all ages and all walks.

2.Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?

A. Chinese people don’t refer to dictionaries very often.

B. Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.

C. Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters.

D. Chinese people needn’t write by hand as often with the help of technology.

3.According to Shen Bin, being able to write characters by hand is ____________.

A. necessary for adults to survive in China

B. a requirement made by the Education Ministry

C. helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive

D. an ability to be developed only when you are students

University Room Regulations

Approved and Prohibited Items

The following items are approved for use in residential(住宿的)rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.

Access to Residential Rooms

Students are provided with a combination(组合密码）for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is ＄25 to change a room combination.

Cooking Policy

Students living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven（微波炉） to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.

Pet Policy

No pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of ＄100 and a continuing fine of ＄50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.

Quiet Hours

Residential buildings must maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of ＄25.

1.Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?

A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds. B. Wireless routers and radios.

C. Hair dryers and candles. D. TVs and electric blankets.

2.What if a student is found to have told his combination to others?

A. The combination should be changed. B. The Office should be charged.

C. He should replace the door lock. D. He should check out of the room.

3.What do we know about the cooking policy?

A. A microwave oven can be used.

B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.

C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.

D. Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.

4.When can students enjoy a party in residences?

A. 7:00 am, Sunday. B. 7:30 am, Thursday.

C. 11:30 pm, Monday. D. 00:30 am, Saturday.

假定你是谢蕾，现在在英国留学，你收到国内高中同学李华的信，他想了解你在国外的留学生活和学习状况，请你就此给他回信。

Dear Li Hua,

I am more than glad to receive your letter.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours Sincerely,

Xie Lei

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:在错的词下画一横线,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。

Dear headmaster,

I’m writing to tell you some problems at the campus. It is common that students are accustomed to have snacks and drinks after having sports.

I’m worried that if students addicted to snacks and drinks, it will do great harm for their health. They need to take in all kind of nutrition. Therefore, snacks and drinks can’t meet his need to grow up normally. On the other hand, it is easy that for students to get into a bad habit of spending money in buying such kind of things, which is the waste of money.

In my opinion, students should have regularly meals. Meanwhile, we can eat fruits or drink milk to make sure that we can develop healthily.

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country 1.（grow）more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over 2. past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

A taste for meat is 3. (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 4. (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water 5. rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased 6. (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 7. (globe)fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government 8. (start) a soil-testing program 9. gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers - and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while 10. (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.

    Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy(礼仪) when dealing with people.

My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original _______ guru(专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was _______to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not  _______manners. So I asked him why. He said,” I behave the way I am supposed to ______ when I’m out, but when I am at home I want to be  _______.”

That’s when I realized that most parents, myself included, do______ their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also _______to believe that at home, anything goes.

My ________to him was “good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with”.

Then he answered, “But I behave _______when I’m with others so that they think better of me.” And that is when I realized that I was doing things all  _______. I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This _______him even more.

So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday  _______with people or at the dining table at home, is an  _______of who you are. Well, at the age of 13, he got it.

So basically, what I am saying is that teaching your children  _______comes with the underlying lesson that it is not about  _______to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not  _______; it comes from within.

Teach your teens or children the _______courtesy of greeting their friends’ parents and _______themselves when they go to someone’s home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door  _____ anyone who matters, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first.

Just  _______that teenage boys who practice good manners’ and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.

1.A. knowledge B. wisdom C. manners D. intelligence

2.A. exposed B. limited C. cared D. concerned

3.A. learn B. practice C. remember D. make

4.A. live B. obey C. react D. behave

5.A. gentle B. polite C. comfortable D. kind

6.A. teach B. offer C. guide D. support

7.A. attended to B. brought up C. cared about D. depended on

8.A. answer B. devotion C. apology D. affection

9.A. strangely B. nervously C. calmly D. properly

10.A. reasonable B. important C. wrong D. necessary

11.A. confused B. encouraged C. moved D. pleased

12.A. competition B. argument C. struggle D. interaction

13.A. impression B. expression C. appearance D. attitude

14.A. lessons B. skills C. manners D. examples

15.A. what B. how C. where D. why

16.A. practical B. natural C. gradual D. mechanical

17.A. minor B. formal C. basic D. casual

18.A. pleasing B. Introducing C. enjoying D. amusing

19.A. with B. on C. for D. at

20.A. consider B. confirm C. predict D. remember

    Most people actually do not know how to do basic first aid on mild burns. It is normally taken for granted since most people think that soaking (浸泡) the burn with water is the way to go.  1.

Once the burn appears, you will surely feel much pain on the actual burned skin. Technically, this is the time to stay calm.  2. Finding a source of running water is recommended. However, if there is none, any source will do. If there is running water, simply place the burned area under it and allow it to soak the water for about 5 to 10 minutes.  3.If you have access to ice or a cold compress（冷敷布）, you can use that as well. You can place the ice or cold compress on the affected area and leave it there about 15 to 30 minutes. The ice will numb the pain and will also stop more injury on the skin.

After soaking in water or cooling the area with ice, remove from the water source and allow the moisture to dry naturally. You may also consider patting it down dry with a towel or napkin, however, this could damage the burnt skin even more. 4.

As soon as the area dries up completely, get a bandage or a strip of cloth. 5.This will protect that area from infection caused by outside dirt and dust getting into the open burn.

A. Call a doctor may as well help in most burn cases.

B. The thing is that treating a mild burn goes more than just soaking the affected part in water.

C. It is best to dry it naturally instead.

D. Wrap it around the burn to cover the open area of skin.

E. The truth is that soaking is the last thing to do to deal with mild burn.

F. The first thing you will need to do will be to find a clean water source.

G. This will relieve some of the pain, cool down the skin, and stop additional burning.

    When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I’d rather be doing. “Almost anything”, I sighed dejectedly. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a gift for it. It didn’t come to me naturally. I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. But Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.

The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music.

“Hello,” I heard a voice behind me say softly. I turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. But before I could make any response, Mrs. Windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced, “Jennifer, this is my niece, Pasha. Pasha, this is Jennifer. Pasha will be giving you your lesson today. I’m up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.

Pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.

“What piece do you like best?” she asked.

“What do you mean?” I asked. “They’re all the same to me. I don’t know.

“You mean you don’t have a favorite?”

“No, not really.”

Pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I have to admit I was a rather mechanical pianist.

After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn’t know what she meant.

“Like a story. What story is being playing out within the music?”

“I guess I’ve never thought about it before. I don’t know.”

“Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?”

Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys. “Now the princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s edge.”A carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers. “Oh, but she slips!”The music changed. “And our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. Quickly, the princess’s horse sees her plight (困境),” Pasha continued, “and races to the river’s edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. They make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down.” Pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.

“Aren’t you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.

“I guess. I do tell a lot of stories.”

“Oh, yes! All the kids talk about them. I’ve heard about you. Well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. That’s all there is to it.”

“I’ve never thought it that way.”

“Let’s try another one, shall we?”Pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.

1.The underlined word “dejectedly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______

A. nervously B. desperately

C. impatiently D. unhappily

2.Jennifer got lost in thought when she ________

A. played the piano with Pasha for the first time

B. listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess

C. remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out

D. discovered that Mrs. Windsor’s niece would be giving the piano lesson

3.By describing herself as a mechanical pianist, the author showed ______

A. she could remember the notes in a short time

B. she was playing the piano without thinking

C. Pasha was showing off her skills

D. it had been a long time since she played last time

4.Which of the following can best describe Pasha?

A. Creative B. Naughty

C. Humorous D. Brave

5.This text would be probably found in ______

A. a collection of stories about friendship and learning

B. a book of daily records about famous young musicians

C. a magazine series about the challenges of overcoming fears

D. a series of newspaper articles about musical instruments

    Tens of thousands of ancient pictures carved into the rocks at one of France’s most important tourist sites are being gradually destroyed. Scientists and researchers fear that the 36,000 drawings on rocks in Mont Bego in the French Alps are being damaged so rapidly that they will not survive for future generations.

The mountain, believed to have once been a site for prayer, is scattered (散布) with 4,000-year-old drawings cut into bare rock. They include pictures of cows with horns, cultivated fields and various gods and goddesses. But as the popularity of the site increases, the pictures are being ruined by thoughtless graffiti (涂鸦).

Jean Clottes is the chairman of the International Committee on Rock Art. He says, “People think that because the pictures have been there so long they will always continue to be there. But if the damage continues at this rate there will be nothing left in 50 years.”

He describes seeing tourists stamping on the drawings, wearing away the rock and definition (清晰) of the artwork as they do so. Some visitors, he says, even cut off parts to take home as souvenirs. “When people think they can’t take a good enough photograph, they rub the drawings to get a clearer picture,” he said. “The drawings are polished by the weather, and if the sun is shining and the visitors can’t see them properly they simply rub them to make them look fresher.” Other researchers describe how people arrive carrying long sticks with sharp ends to scratch (刮) their own drawings, or even their names, in the rocks.

But experts are divided over the best way to preserve the drawings. Henry de Lumley, director of the Museum of Natural History in Paris, believes that the only way to save the site is to turn the whole mountain into a “no-go” area, preventing the public from going there except on guided tours. Otherwise, he says, not only will the site be completely destroyed but important research work will be reduced.

Clottes disagrees, “The measure suggested by Henry de Lumley is the most severe, and while it is the most effective, it is also certain to bring about protests from people who live there,” he said. “The site was classified as a historic monument years ago by the Ministry of Culture, and we must do as much as possible to save what is there.”

David Lavergne, the regional architect, also wants to avoid closing the site. “Henry de Lumley’s idea isn’t ideal,” he said. “Our department feels that the best solution is to let people look at the site, but because the area is very big it is difficult to prevent visitors from damaging it. I would prefer that everyone was able to look at it, but the main problem is money. We do not have the funds to employ the necessary number of guards. We may have to consider charging a fee. It doesn’t seem to be possible to get the government support.”

1.Jean Clottes says that people who visit the mountain____.

A. do not believe the drawings are old. B. believe they are allowed to paint there

C. think the drawings should be left alone D. think the drawings will not disappear

2.According to Jean Clottes, some of the visitors to the area have____.

A. helped to clean the drawings B. taken bits of the rock home

C. been unable to take photographs D. misunderstood what the pictures mean

3.Henry de Lumley is eager to ____.

A. set up research projects B. protect public rights

C. keep out individual visitors D. ban traffic in the area

4.This passage has been written about Mont Bego to ____.

A. advertise the closing of the site

B. warn visitors about the dangers of the site

C. encourage scientists to visit the site

D. describe fears for the future of the site

    Most dog owners believe their dogs experience guilt, but animal behaviorists say the “guilty look” of a dog is simply a reaction to you and that dogs lack the ability to feel shame.

Alexandra Horowitz, a psychology professor and principal investigator at the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab at Columbia University once carried out a study on dog “guilt”. She videotaped 14 dogs in a series of trials and observed how they reacted when their owners left the room after instructing them not to eat a treat. When the owner was gone, Horowitz gave some of the dogs the forbidden treat. Then she would tell the owners whether their dogs had eaten the treat or had behaved. However, Horowitz wasn’t always honest with them.

Horowitz found that the dogs’ “guilty looks” had little to do with whether they’d eaten the treat or not. In fact, dogs that hadn’t eaten it but were scolded by misinformed owners tended to exhibit the most elements of the “guilty look”.

Horowitz says this shows that the dogs’ body language is actually a response to their owner’s behavior---not an experience of shame for a misdeed. Why then, do dogs look so ashamed when we scold them?

Maybe that look of guilt is the result of a learned association. When you scold your dog for chewing up a pair of slippers, he quickly learns that if he lowers his head and tucks his tail, the undesirable response---raised voice and angry expression---is more likely to disappear.

1.According to Horowitz, the dogs’ “guilty look” is _____.

A. the dogs’ nature. B. a reaction to people’s behavior.

C. a direct result of copying people’s behavior. D. a response to a shameful behavior.

2.How was Horowitz’ study carried out？

A. By giving examples. B. By telling her experience.

C. By doing an experiment. D. By reasoning.

3.What might be the most suitable title for the passage ？

A. The “Guilty Look” of the Dog B. Dog without the Sense of Guilt

C. Dogs’ Ability to Feel Shame D. The Study on Dogs

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that dogs were ______.

A. born with the look of guilt B. born with the ability to feel guilty

C. so smart to copy people’s behavior D. so smart to adjust its behavior

    Love working with children? Looking for an exciting new opportunity? Want to work on a friendly, fun and supportive team? This is what our team member Anna says about working at My Crèche:

“It’s the nicest place I’ve ever worked. Everyone is so friendly and we have so much fun working together. They give me opportunities to learn new things every day. They care about my personal development. Working at My Crèche has enabled me to build relationships with the children as well as parents within the community which makes me feel so welcomed in the local area.”

Conveniently located in the heart of crouch End, London, N8, My Crèche offers drop-in and pre-booked childcare for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years of age. We also provide after-school and breakfast clubs for children up to 8 years old. Our goal is to enable parents to pursue personal and professional activities when they need to, with total peace of mind knowing their children are being cared for in a safe and fun environment.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed professional with excellent interpersonal skills, who is committed to ensuring the best outcomes and care for children. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to be a part of a fresh and progressive childcare concept and we welcome newly qualified professionals. We are a small and very supportive team with great training opportunities.

The successful candidate will:

·Have a certificate Level 3 in Childcare and Education.

·Have experience working with children.

·Be an excellent communicator with strong people skills.

·Be energetic and able to multi-task.

Salary:£16,500—£19,000 per year depending on experience and qualifications.

Full time(flexible work available) and 28 days annual leave.

1.The author uses Anna’s words mainly to _______ .

A. examine B. inform

C. compare D. advertise

2.What does a successful candidate need?

A. A college degree. B. A language certificate Level 3.

C. Great skills in communicating with people. D. Years of working experience with children.

假设你校《英语学习报》在组织一个关于城市生活问题的讨论。你也想在报上谈谈你的看法。你谈的主要内容如下：

1. 城市中有许多高楼大厦、繁忙的街道、舒适的生活环境，但也有许多的污染，如噪音和烟尘等；

2. 乡村生活平静安宁，但也有如城市中的问题；

3. 你的看法。

注意：1. 词数100个左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：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 holidays draw nearly, people usually greeted each other in a variety of ways. Some people often go on the line and send e-mails or electronic cards to their friends, relatives and teachers that others prefer to make phone calls or send short messages by mobile phone. In a word, people choose differently to exchange their best wish during our holidays.

As to me, I’d like send e-mails or electronic cards. First, it costs little and no money. What’s more, a lot of paper is saving, which is environmentally friendly.

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。

In today’s world many people seem to be 1. (hunger) for money. Money does have its most useful effects on the poor. 2. even if a person has already got plenty of money, 3. (happy) can’t be bought by money.

If money were beginning, all millionaires 4. have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.

Since 5. beginning of time no three words have ever invited more 6. (pleased) than “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m afraid not Love 7. (mean) to give, not to take. To every person, health and a long life are bought with money? The answer is “No”.

Of all the longest 8. (life) people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either in a world, where money is 9. (dream) too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and 10. (strange) to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

    Taking care of yourself is not being selfish. By caring enough to ______ your body well, you will be in ______ shape to take care of those around you. No one can take care of your health ______ yourself.

Believe in yourself and your ______. Havea “can-do” attitude. Make a list of ______ changes that you have made in the past. It is easier to ______ a goal when you are ______. Use humor and laugh off occasional lapses (过失). Have confidence that you can get back on track with your healthy ______.

Seek out a friend or co-worker who will make you feel comfortable. You will find out ______ friends is a happy thing in the world. Regular phone calls, emails or visit over coffee could help you keep a good contact with them. ______ your cheerleader could become your exercise buddy (密友).

____ yourself as you make simple changes that in the end will ______ in achieving your overall goal. Celebration is part of successful change. Create a list of incentives (动机) that will ______ you motivated.

Adopt eating and physical activity habits that can become part of your ______. Have a backup plan ______ those days when your plans to eat well and be active are challenged. If you can’t walk ______ the weather, have an exercise video to use. If you have no time to pack a ______ lunch, choose a small fast food sandwich and side salad.

Go on a ______. Work and family are two most important things in people’s lives. People try to tackle the two things at once, ______ most of them fail. Just as an old saying goes: People who know how to rest ______ how to work. Go out with your family and have a good time.

1.A. see B. take C. use D. treat

2.A. better B. worse C. bigger D. smaller

3.A. besides B. except C. beside D. beyond

4.A. body B. attitude C. ability D. eyes

5.A. successful B. little C. strange D. few

6.A. check B. discover C. achieve D. declare

7.A. optional B. particular C. dynamic D. optimistic

8.A. work B. routine C. face D. sight

9.A. taking B. making C. sharing D. playing

10.A. Surely B. Quickly C. Perhaps D. Slowly

11.A. Reward B. Pick C. Pass D. Instruct

12.A. introduce B. gain C. find D. result

13.A. found B. pass C. build D. keep

14.A. family B. friendship C. object D. lifestyle

15.A. to B. on C. for D. outside

16.A. out of B. due to C. away from D. on to

17.A. healthy B. rich C. interesting D. passive

18.A. trip B. talk C. story D. meeting

19.A. and B. but C. because D. though

20.A. study B. accept C. know D. discuss

    Now let’s discuss something about people’s habits.

1. Some of them are good ones, but some of them may be bad ones. Can you remember any of the bad habits you used to have when you were very young? 2. Of course, you do not do that any more, but you can surely remember your mothers efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training.

We may not suck our thumbs any more, but as we get older we get other bad habits. 3. Anyone who has tried to give up smoking knows this very well! 4. In babyhood, it’s thumbsucking, In childhood, it’s nail-biting. In our teens, it’s smoking, 5. And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all. Isn’t that true?

A. We can’t give them up easily, either.

B Each period brings its own problems.

C. Generally speaking, a boy likes biting nails.

D. Everyone has his or her own habits.

E. We benefit from our friends, kind help.

F. In middle-age, it’s over-eating, and so on.

G. Perhaps, as a baby, you used to suck your thumb (拇指).

    Many youths want to lean how to drive cars. This year one sixth of undergraduates in Beijing have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or imitational trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.

Training costs have dropped to 4, 500 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver s permit has become another factor (因素).

“In the job market, owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position,” says Li Hua, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and law.

Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time. “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of oppurtunity to learn,” says another undergraduate at the university.

Wu Dong, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.

From March 1, 2018, to get a driver’s permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test.

1.Why do the undergraduates learn to drive?

A. They are the students from special subject or course.

B. They like to drive cars very much.

C. They want y become full time drivers after graduation.

D. They need this skill to find a good job in the future.

2.What is Wu Dong’s opinion of students learning to drive?

A. It would make the life more interesting.

B. Youths would have an advantage in learning to drive.

C. It is a waste of money and time to learn to drive.

D. It would be better to learn it at college than at work.

3.To get the permit, the student ________.

A. requires some time to practice before the final road test

B. must pay more money before the final road test

C. must practice more to learn to drive when having a job

D. requires to learn some more other subjects to drive

    Britain and France are two important countries in Europe. They are neighbors, separated only by the 20-mile seaway of the English Channel. And for most of the time that the two countries have existed, the French and the British have been rivals or even enemies. One conflict between the two countries lasted over 100 years, and the British and French were at war through the 18th century.

There is no fighting now, of course. But there is still a strong sense of rivalry (敌对) between the two nations. That’s why a recent survey in the UK caused a major shock.

It revealed (揭露) that one third of the British people would like to live in France. It also showed that twenty-one percent of British people would actually prefer to have been born in France.

Many reasons were given. France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle, with some of the longest holidays in Europe. It is thought to have better public services in every area from health to transport. People in France work shorter hours and enjoy longer vacations. And think of the food and wine!

Estimates (估计) of the numbers of Britons living in France range from 100,000 to half a million. But it is not one-way traffic. Around 15,000 French people per year come to live in Britain, mainly settling in London. They are attracted by higher pay in Britain, lower taxes, a more dynamic lifestyle. Now it seems that people can go to the place that suits them best.

1.Why do some British people like to live in France?

A. They prefer the longer holidays there.

B. England has the worst food in Europe.

C. France is not far away from England.

D. The two countries have always been friends.

2.Some French people mainly set in London because ________.

A. they like better the more dynamic lifestyle

B. they think there are better public services in it

C. they live in France for a long time

D. they can work shorter hours there

3.Which would be the most ideal way to live for people in both countries?

A. Work and live in France.

B. Work and live in London.

C. Work in London and live in France.

D. Work in France and live in London.

4.What a suggestion does the text give?

A. Both of the people like to move between two countries.

B. Both of the people are becoming more European.

C. The French are becoming more British.

D. The British are becoming more French.

    Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor.

Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian’s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.

Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian’s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Brian. I’m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn’t the early bird get the worm?”

The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.

Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no”, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.

1.Brian was late for his job because ________.

A. he got up late B. he was seriously ill

C. he was caught in a traffic jam D. he was busy applying for a new job

2.What can we infer about humor?

A. It is the early bird.

B. It is important in our lives.

C. Brian often saved his job with humor.

D. It can solve racial discriminations.

3.What does the underlined phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. charge B. tried to set

C. gave up D. tried to hold back

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. Many people lack in a sense of humor.

B. Brian was supposed to arrive at his office at 8: 30.

C. It wasn’t the first time that Brian came late for work.

D. Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.

    The world is too big to take in all at once. To make sense and beauty of it, you have to look at a small part at a time.

In using a camera, you choose a small part through he view finder. You move the camera, “framing” pictures until you see one that pleases you. Then-click! If you make a good choice, your picture will please others, as well as yourself.

“Wherever you are,” says photographer Ernst Haas, “you are surrounded by pictures. The trick is to recognize them.” His photograph of a twist of barbed wire shows what he means.

Mr. Haas tells us of ways to practice seeing. Make a simple frame of black cardboard. Take it out of the doors and look through it at everyday things, large or small, far away or near.

At first you may see nothing to interest you. But soon pictures seem to leap (跳) at you through the frame. Oil floating on water makes a picture in rainbow colors. Three people on the steps of an old house form a picture that seems to tells a story.

Did you notice such things before you used the frame? Perhaps not. But, with practice, you soon do not need its help. You see things as artists do. Everywhere, shapes and colors catch your eye. Your mind takes “snapshots (快照)” of their patterns. Then, if you wish, you can share what you see by taking a photograph or by making a drawing or a painting.

Sometimes it’s fun to “see small”. Did you ever notice the design of the seeds in sliced bananas? Have you looked deep inside a lily? Or seen the starburst in the center of a wet ice cube?

Do you see colors as they really are? When you paint tree trunks, you would make them brown or black. But tree trunks are really gray, purple, yellow-green—almost any color except brown or black!

Do you notice detail? Doing so can be in many ways. Remembering what you see is often useful, too. Practice can help you.

A trick for helping you to remember detail is the double take. Look—don’t look—then look again.

1.What does the underlined word “trick” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. joke B. magic

C. habit D. skill

2.What does the author want to tell us?

A. The better you learn to see, the more alive you are.

B. Walking in the country, you should look closely at the trunks.

C. A branch with a few leaves fills the frame with a beautiful design.

D. Close your eyes and try to remember how it looks.

3.Which of the fallowing is true according to the text?

A. When you paint trees, you would make them gray.

B. Glance at a bill and you remember how it looked.

C. Seeing is one way of living.

D. Give a second look and you remember all the detail.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A. The world is too big to travel around.

B. Look around—and see!

C. Wherever you are, a camera is important.

D. A good way to see is to carry a camera

假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友 James 将于下月来湖北旅游，特来信询问有关旅游景点情况。请根据下列要点写一封回信。要点如下:

1. 旅游资源:黄鹤楼、三峡大坝等；

2. 相关信息:气候适宜、交通方便等；

3. 期待他的到来。
注意:

1. 词数 100 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

黄鹤楼 Yellow Crane Tower 三峡大坝 Three Gorges Dam

水力发电 hydro-power project

Dear James,

I am glad to hear that you are coming to Hubei next month.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

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。每处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(∧)，并在此符号下 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限一词。

2.只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。

During the 2019 Spring Festival, I see a movie named "The Wandering Earth". Basing on a story by Liu Cixin, a movie was released on February 5, 2019. It talks about humans' efforts to moving the Earth out of the solar system.

The movie is a hit among moviegoer and a success in box office sales as well as. It impresses people with an amazed story and eye-catching special effects. So what deeply touches your heart is the understanding of Chinese traditional values about family and love for the earth. The movie has considered the beginning of a new journey of the Chinese sci-fi film industry.

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。

An official of the ancient State of Chu awarded a pot of wine to his men. One man said, “We have only one pot of wine. It's not enough for all of us. Let's determine who'll have the wine by drawing a snake1. the ground. Who finishes first will have 2.” The others agreed. Very soon, one man finished his snake. He was about 3.(drink) the wine when he saw the others were still busy 4.(draw). He said proudly, “How 5.(slow) you are drawing! I still have enough time to add feet to my snake.” But before he finished, another man finished his snake and took hold of the pot from him, saying, “Whoever 6.(see) a snake with feet before? Yours is not a snake, 7. the wine should be mine!” He drank the wine. The man adding feet to the snake had to give in and could only regret his 8. (fool) behavior.

From that story comes the idiom ‘Draw a snake and add feet to it’. Now people use this idiom to illustrate (阐释) the truth 9. we are all familiar with: Going too far 10. (be) as bad as not going far enough.

    When Mom pulled in the driveway, Grandpa Joe was weeding his garden. He stood up and _______ us with wide-open arms. In his muddy gloves and jeans, he looked_______ like the well-dressed grandfather I remembered. The super professional bank president who loved numbers had retired(退休) and let his hair run _______. I wasn’t_______ him to look so different.

After the hugs and kisses, Grandpa couldn’t _______ to show off his garden, pointing out his  almost-ripe tomatoes and ___________ about the rabbits eating his lettuce. The man who had been _______ for ages with interest rates(利率) now cared only about gardening.

Once Mom was gone for business, Grandpa_______ me and said, “Now, Anthony, if I remember _______, you like pasta(意大利面) with pesto sauce.” I eagerly nodded. “That’s perfect!” Grandpa said. “We’ll make some.”

We__________ some vegetables from the garden, and then drove 15 miles to the nearest grocery, where Grandpa bought cheese and nuts. On the drive home Grandpa asked, “What’s the__________ of having a grandpa if he never makes you a big home-cooked meal?”

Then Grandpa showed me how to __________ eggs with flour to make pasta and then how to prepare the sauce. When everything was ready, he proudly ____________ me a large plate of pasta. I ____________ a forkful into my mouth and it was just__________.

“So,” Grandpa said, his eyes__________, “what do you think?”

Before answering, I thought about our ______________. The garden, the shopping, the ____________ “I . . . I . . . love it, Grandpa!” I said.

Then his face broke__________ a smile so warm that I was sure I hadn’t told him a__________.

1.A. charge B. greet C. treat D. reward

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

3.A. clean B. strange C. magical D. wild

4.A. persuading B. reminding C. expecting D. informing

5.A. choose B. wait C. invite D. stop

6.A. complaining B. crying C. lying D. arguing

7.A. satisfied B. occupied C. decorated D. covered

8.A. jumped at B. looked for C. heard from D. turned to

9.A. directly B. wrongly C. clearly D. slowly

10.A. brought up B. watched out C. pulled up D. set off

11.A. result B. point C. honor D. reason

12.A. mix B. charge C. compare D. fill

13.A. created B. bought C. packed D. served

14.A. transported B. stole C. put D. selected

15.A. terrible B. tasty C. spicy D. wonderful

16.A. closed B. dropping C. shining D. opened

17.A. day B. life C. relationship D. family

18.A. prediction B. celebration C. determination D. preparation

19.A. through B. down C. off D. into

20.A. joke B. lie C. story D. fact

    Trophies(奖杯) were once rare things.1.. Trophies and prizes are almost a given. One Maryland summer program gives awards every day and each player gets one. Trophy sales are now a $3 billion-a-year industry in the United States and Canada.

Some research has been done on the effects of praise and awards on kids. Although kids can be highly driven by awards, nonstop recognition does not inspire children to succeed.2.

Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, found that kids respond positively to praise; they enjoy hearing that they’re talented, smart and so on. 3.. Disappointed by their failure, they say they’d rather cheat than risk failing again.

4., even if they are good at something; they’ve got to get used to that to keep going. When children make mistakes, our job should not be to make up those losses into decorated victories. Instead, our job is to help kids overcome failures, to help them see that progress over time is more important than a particular win or loss.5.. We also have to stop letting the Trophy Industry run our children’s lives.

A. Let’s fight for a kid’s right to lose

B. Instead, it can cause them to underachieve

C. To do that, we need to refuse all the meaningless prizes

D. Kids are going to lose more often than they win in life

E. But today they began to be mass-produced, marketed and sold in stores

F. They will know improvement, character and hard work are to be valued

G. But after such praise, they break down at the first experience of difficulty

    As people age, the body changes in all sorts of predictable ways. Brains can slow. Wounds take longer to recover. And sleep patterns(模式) shift, too. This can come as news to many, says Michael V. Vitiello, a psychologist at the University of Washington who is expert in sleep in aging.

The most noticeable---and often most annoying---changes are how sleep and wake-up times change and sleep gets lighter, often beginning in middle age. Gone are weekend sleep to 11 a.m. and the ability to sleep through a noisy garbage truck down the block.

But not every restless night can be ignored. Studies have found that poor sleep can create a particular threat to older adults---Falls, depression and anxiety, problems with memory, and increased suicide(自杀) risk are among the effects of sleep issues in this population group that researchers have found. But scientists are still unsure why those risk connections exist.

What is clear is the connection between good sleep and psychological well-being in older adults. A 2010 study showed us that connection when it came to sleep quality, but sleep quantity didn't show the same effects. And that, experts say, may be the key to understanding sleep as you age. If you're sleeping less, but don't feel negative effects out of bed, the changes you notice may just be normal age-related.

Over time, Vitiello says, sleep patterns simply change. "A lot of older adults recognize that they don't sleep the same as they did when they were 18, but they can still function and they're OK. And all is well with the universe."

1.What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. As a person ages, his sleep quality becomes worse.

B. People in old age often sleep late and wake up early.

C. People in old age often sleep to 11 a.m. at weekends.

D. As a person ages, he adapts to the noisy surroundings.

2.What may result in poor psychological health for the elderly?

A. Sleep of low quality. B. A small quantity of sleep.

C. Sleep of high quality. D. A large quantity of sleep.

3.What attitude should we have towards sleep as we become old?

A. Negative. B. Frustrated. C. Scientific. D. Disappointed.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Sleep pattern and weight. B. Sleep pattern and age.

C. Negative effects of aging. D. Positive effects of sleep.

    Government in Tibet have denied the permanent(永久的) closure of Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve.

The announcement came after a report went viral online claiming the base camp of the world's highest mountain was “permanently closed due to heavy pollution” and caused a universal misunderstanding.

Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve was set up in 1988. Covering an area of more than 33, 800 square km, it is home to one of the world's most weak ecosystems(生态系统).

Kelsang, deputy director of the reserves administration, said ordinary tourists are allowed to visit areas around Rongpo Monastery, almost 5,000 meters above sea level. As for travelers who have a climbing permit, they can go to the base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters. The mountaineering activities have been permitted by the regional forestry department.

To conserve the environment surrounding Mount Qomolangma, China carried out three major clean-ups at an altitude of 5, 200 meters and above last spring, collecting eight tonnes of household wastes, human wastes and mountaineering trash. This year, the clean-up will continue, and the remains of mountaineering victims(受害者) above 8,000 meters will be centrally dealt  with for the first time. Meanwhile, the number of people who stay at the base camp will be kept under 300.

Recently, there are 85 wildlife protectors in the reserve, and 1,000 herders have part-time jobs going around and cleaning up garbage.

These measures aim to strike a balance between various demands such as environmental protection, local poverty relief, mountaineering and education, said Wang Shen, county chief of Dingri at the mountain foot.

1.Which of the following can replace the underlined words “went viral” in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Spread wild. B. Block out. C. Gave away. D. Shoot up.

2.What can we learn according to Kelsang’s words about the National Nature Reserve?

A. Most tourists are allowed to visit the base camp.

B. Permit is a must for visitors going to the base camp.

C. The mountaineering activities are not allowed these days.

D. The areas above 5,200 meters are open to everyone.

3.Why did the government carry out clean-ups at an altitude of 5, 200 meters and above?

A. To provide a much easier path for mountaineers.

B. To keep mountaineering activities going smooth.

C. To remove the remains of mountaineering victims.

D. To protect the environment of Mount Qomolangma.

4.How many people are involved in the cleaning up activities at present?

A. 300 B. 1000 C. 85 D. 1085