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I was very excited on the first day of high school! I had P.E. for the first period. We hurriedly gathered in the locker room (衣帽间) when the headmaster began to speak, “Good morning, boys and girls! Welcome to the first day of the great new school year. We will begin with the pledge (誓言) of loyalty.” I pulled my shirt over my head and my right hand immediately rested over my heart. A few tears came to my eyes as every time I pledged. I thought of my grandpa. He had died almost a year before, but I still missed him every day. Grandpa served in World War II and the flag had a very special meaning for him. The next morning in the locker room, I noticed something strange. Some girls talked through the pledge. After that, even fewer did the pledge, including the teachers. By the second week of school, I was the only girl in the whole locker room that did the pledge. The next morning, I hid in the bathroom to change clothes and pledge. There I couldn’t see the flag and I had a sense of sorrow to be hiding like that. I kept hiding for the next week and felt worse. I spent a weekend gathering up my nerve. On Monday, I changed into my gym clothes right away and was standing by my locker when the headmaster began morning announcements. The pledge started and I put my hand over my heart. A girl nearby locked her locker and asked, “Why are you doing that? ” She looked confused. “My grandpa fought in World War II and he died last year,” I said. “I’m doing it for him.” She felt embarrassed and looked away. “Oh.” She said. Over the next few weeks, more girls questioned me about the pledge. I gave them all that same answer. I never inspired other girls to do the pledge along with me. They made their choice; I made mine. I was doing it for my Grandpa, but more than that, I was doing it for myself. Grandpa raised me to be proud of my country and that pride didn’t stop. 1.How did other students behave during the pledge periods? A. They gradually quit the pledge. B. They continued to show curiosity. C. They did the pledge with sincerity. D. They made fun of those who did the pledge. 2.The author did the pledge every day because ________. A. the flag had a special meaning for her B. the headmaster required her to do so C. all the teachers and students did that D. it was a way to show love for her grandpa 3.The whole passage is mainly developed by ________. A. space B. time C. examples D. comparison 4.What would be the best title for the passage? A. The first day at school B. My grandpa C. The pledge of loyalty D. The secret in the locker room
Running seems easy enough: Just grab a pair of sneakers and put one foot in front of the other, right? Well, anyone who struggled to get through a mile knows it’s not quite that simple. We’ve asked experienced runners to tell us something wrong they did when they started running. The following are some of their answers. I got excited and signed up for a half-marathon with a few more experienced runner friends, but I wasn’t adequately prepared and didn’t train efficiently. I ended up with blisters(水泡) on my feet. I couldn’t wear shoes for two days! —Cali Lavey I have always been athletic and I have never been badly injured, but one day I felt a slight pain in my knee. I ignored it for a month until I realized I was having a hard time putting weight on my right leg. I finally went to a doctor. It took four months of weekly physical therapy(治疗) to heal. I shouldn’t have done that. —Arnold My biggest mistake was treating running like soccer practice: If I wasn’t exhausted by the end of practice, I felt as though I didn’t work hard enough. I run all of my runs at 80 percent effort, or the equivalent of what I now call tempo runs (节奏跑). I wasn’t warming up to the pace or cooling down effectively. —Kate I decided to go out for a run during the hottest part of the day. At the time, I told myself that it would be refreshing to sweat a little, but I didn’t bring adequate water. I returned feeling completely rundown, dehydrated (脱水的), and exhausted. If you must go out on a run during unfavorable weather, wear proper suits and bring enough water to keep you feeling strong. — Sarah 1.Why did Cali suffer from her half-marathon? A. She ran all the way barefoot. B. She didn’t get ready for it. C. She ran with experienced runners. D. She did not have self-confidence. 2.What did Arnold regret doing? A. Thinking he would never get injured. B. Putting heavy weight on his right leg. C. Spending about four month s treating his knee. D. Waiting for so long to get his knee examined. 3.Who didn’t get enough water when running? A. Cali B. Arnold C. Kate D. Sarah 4.The examples of the four runners mainly show that ________. A. we should warm up before running B. we should bring enough water when running C. we shouldn’t think running is very easy D. we shouldn’t ignore any pain when running
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.How many participants(参入者) are in the festival? A. 200. B. 700. C. 1000. 2.What is different about this year’s festival? A. It’s not free. B. There are more prizes. C. Donald Trump will be attending. 3.What is the biggest prize? A. “The Grand Pumpkin”. B. “Celebrity Pumpkin”. C. “The Great Pumpkin”. 4.Who might the speaker be? A. A news reporter. B. A radio announcer. C. A participant in the festival.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Who do the woman’s parents probably cheer for? A. England. B. Portugal(葡萄牙). C. Spain. 2.According to the woman, what is most likely to happen tonight? A. Spain will lose. B. Portugal will lose. C. Ronaldo(罗纳尔多)will score three goals. 3.Why does the man support for Portugal? A. He likes Ronaldo. B. Spain is way too confident. C. Portugal hasn’t lost a single game yet. 4.How much money do the speakers agree to bet? A. $10. B. $20. C. $40.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.When does the woman have to hand in her essay? A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. In a couple days. 2.What is the woman having trouble with? A. Ending her paper. B. Starting her essay. C. Giving more thoughts. 3.How will the man help the woman? A. By correcting her mistakes. B. By showing her some examples. C. By reading what she has written.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the man want to do at the restaurant at first? A. Hold a party. B. Watch the big game. C. Book a table. 2.Why does the woman suggest the man try the bar? A. The restaurant is all booked. B. They have a different menu there. C. There is room for five people.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What relation is the woman to George? A. His mother. B. His teammate. C. His coach. 2.What does the woman think is more important? A. Winning the game. B. Being a team player. C. Impressing the parents.
Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On a farm. B. At a fruit market. C. At customs.
When will the man most likely get home? A. At 7:00. B. At about 7:30. C. After 8:00.
What will the man do next? A. Fill out another form. B. Correct his mistake on the form. C. Tell the woman his medical history.
Where is the woman going next? A. To a snack bar. B. To a movie theater. C. To her friend Simon’s house.
What is the man looking for? A. A book. B. His iPhone. C. A pay phone.
假定你是晨光中学的学生李津，你和几位同学成立了一个英语俱乐部，开展了为期两个月的活动。现在，你将代表俱乐部在课堂上进行经验交流，请写一篇发言稿，内容如下： 1.简要描述俱乐部开展的相关活动（如观看英文电影、阅读英文经典等方面）； 2.谈谈你们开展该活动的收获和感想； 3.表达期望。 注意：1.短文词数不少于100 ; 2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯； 3.不能出现本人真实信息； 4.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear friends, How time flies! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you!
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Music is very powerful. The kind of music you listen to says a lot about who you are. What music you choose to listen to today will help to determine what type of person you are tomorrow. Be careful about what type of music you choose to listen to. Music can either build you up or tear you down. Garbage in, garbage out In almost all categories of music, there are artists that deliver positive messages through their music and then there are artists that deliver destructive, hateful messages in their music. The kind of music you choose to listen to will help determine the level of success you achieve in life. Think negative thoughts and you will attract negative into your life. Think positive thoughts and you will see the positive in your life. Opportunities come to the optimists in life. When you entertain negativity in your life, opportunities are often lost or ignored. Use Positive Music to get what you want out of life Actively choose music with a positive message to listen to. Making this conscious choice will lead to positive experiences in your daily life. Music has a powerful effect on our beliefs and our actions. Being active in choosing the music we listen to will lead to a happier and fulfilling life. If you aren’t happy with the current state of your life, a great place to start changing it for the better is to choose better music to listen to. Not convinced that you should listen to positive music? Consider that all action is preceded(先于) by a thought. It’s impossible to take an action without having some thought about the action before you do it. Where do your thoughts come from? They come from what you are listening to, what you are seeing and who you are hanging out with. These influences over time, are responsible for our beliefs and ultimately our actions. How to make positive changes in your life Choosing music with a positive message is a great way to start making positive changes in your life. Don’t you like where your life is headed? Changing the music you’re listening to is an important first step towards creating a different, more positive life for yourself. 1.Why is music very powerful? (no more than 6 words) 2.What should you do in order to see the positive in your life? (no more than 5 words) 3.What does the underlined word “ultimately” mean? (1 word) 4.What is the advantage of choosing music with a positive message? (no more than 10 words) 5.Please explain how you are inspired by the music you choose ( no more than 20 words)
单词拼写 1.We must keep off _________ (毒品) because they do great harm to our health. 2.Though _________ (尴尬), she still held on to finishing it with a smile. 3.At the party the naughty boy _________ (模仿) his father’s behaviors, which made all the guests laugh. 4._________ (热情的) and lovely, the teacher is respected by her students. 5.He can speak English as _________ (流利) as an Englishman. 6.The fashion from country to country may show the c__________ differences. 7.A successful lecturer can communicate his complex ideas simply to the a_________. 8.You are not allowed to camp here without p__________. 9.In that big fire, all their houses were completely d__________, so they had to build new ones. 10.It took a long time for him to r_________ from a bad cold.
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It's great first for what it contains：the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business，from fashion to science, and the range of comment and special feature(特写) as well，from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art theatre and music. A newspaper is even greater for the way one reads it：never completely, never straight through，but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece，reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the text. A good modern newspaper offers a variety(多样性) to attract many different readers, but far more than the reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper：what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need and without wasting time，demands skill and self-awareness as you change and apply the techniques of reading. 1.A modern newspaper is great for all the following EXCEPT its________. A. wide variety B. similar style C. speed in reporting news D. popularity 2.According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ________. A. people look through the news they are interested in B. different people prefer different newspapers C. people are rarely interested in the same kind of news D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is 3.It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers________. A. apply reading techniques skillfully B. jump from one newspaper to another C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper D. usually read a newspaper selectively 4.Which can be a suitable title for the passage? A. How to read newspaper? B. Where to find a good newspaper? C. What is a good newspaper? D. Newspaper. 5.The author wrote the passage to_________. A. advertise B. introduce C. argue D. compare
Twenty-five years ago, most young Britons wanted a career in law, to be a doctor, or, if they were creative enough, to take up singing. But today, things stand differently. According to a survey by Tesco Mobile, a UK company, the “dream job” of young people aged between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger(博客), or “vlogger(视频博主)”. The survey, carried out among 1,002 people, found that as much as 40 percent of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of ideal careers. This change is undoubtedly as a result of the Internet and social media. They have made it so much easier to reach audience of the world, without having to enter a career in show business in the traditional way. In the past, the biggest stars were trained by the Hollywood studios; now, anyone with a computer camera can become a star. Vloggers are the big stars of today because they are normal people interacting(互动) with their fans about everyday life.” However, what people see is only the bright side of being a vlogger and they fail to notice the fact that only those who are successful earn fame and fortune. For every success there are hundreds of others who never get off the starting line. There are the dreams that come true and the dreams that remain dreams forever. Although being vloggers is popular, some young people choose to follow careers that don’t necessarily earn them fame, but allow them to make good use of the Internet to share their hobbies. Young Israeli David Leshaw, for example, runs a business called the Finishers Club. It’s an online platform(平台) for runners to keep a record of their races. His job allows him to express his enthusiasm, and is always a learning experience. And that’s enough for him. 1.What is the passage mainly about? A. Most young Britons choose to be vloggers as their job. B. The Internet is influencing young Britions’ career choice. C. The Internet is taking the place of traditional studios. D. Young Britons can not find jobs without the Internet. 2.Why do more and more young Britons choose to be vloggers? A. Vloggers can earn little fame and money on the Internet. B. There is too much competition in the traditional show business. C. The Internet makes it convenient to become vloggers. D. Anyone with a computer will surely become a star. 3.What can we infer from the fifth paragraph? A. Only a few vloggers can be successful. B. A vlogger can not earn fame and fortune. C. People often see the bright side of being a vlogger. D. Dreams will always remain to be dreams. 4.What do young people like David do on the Internet? A. Learn from others. B. Become an online hit. C. Hold running races. D. Mix jobs with hobbies. 5.What is the meaning of the underlined word, “fame” in the fifth paragraph? A. being known or talked about by many people B. being hated C. being wise and healthy D. getting a large sum of money
My father was attached to gardening by birth. One of my earliest memories is following Dad barefoot around in the garden with both hands blackened from digging in the soil. The garden was a wonderland full of possibilities. As Dad grew older, he still loved gardening. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still planted all sorts of plants. Sometimes, I would come over to visit, and we would walk together in the garden. But then, something changed. Like the weeds that took over his garden, the cancer grew rapidly in Dad, and the doctor gave up. I stayed with Dad twenty-four hours a day and I found myself in all kinds of uncomfortable situations with Dad until I promised to care for the garden. Though I had heard the words of the doctor, what really made me believe that Dad was dying was the state of his garden. That year, he only planted tomatoes. Too tired to weed them, he simply tied them with strong strings to the fence and let them be. It made me sad to see them ignored, so I would come over and water them once in a while, and remove the weeds. I still remember the day I picked the last tomato from the vine(藤). That day was one of the saddest I had ever experienced in my life. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden. I decided I would start out with just a few tomatoes. That morning when I moved to the garden, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, standing barefoot in the soil , happily playing in soil. 1.When the author was a child he liked his father’s garden because it was _________. A. a field that produced much food B. a piece of land covered with black soil C. a place where he got educated D. a fantastic place with unexpected surprise 2.What was the author’s father most concerned about in his last days? A. His garden B. His illness C. His son D. His grandson 3.What made the author accept the fact that his father would die soon? A. The words of the doctor. B. The condition of his father. C. His communication with his father. D. That the garden wasn’t taken good care of by his father. 4.What did the author do in the garden on his father’s last day? A. Water the garden B. Remove weeds C. Pick a tomato D. Cut tomato vines. 5.Why did the author smile when he moved to his own garden one day? A. Because he remembered his father. B. Because his son showed interest in the garden. C. Because he thought of the food he would get. D. Because he could take care of his own garden.
I had seen my “old” friend working at our local Wal-Mart for several months. She always stopped to say hi, then________off saying she had to get back to work. Through our brief conversations, I discovered she had been down a pretty________road but somehow had remained a positive and cheerful________to life. She was living in an apartment building, which was________ for alcohol and drug problems, but that was all ________ she could afford. A few weeks later there was a fire at the apartment and all residents had to move. As she _______ said, it could be worse but ended with a positive point about her ________. I felt a pull in my heart to do something to help, because I had been in her ________ once or twice but my life had taken a turn for the ________. One day I had a few Christmas ________ in my car from work. I pulled one out and ________ it to her. I placed a gift of cash inside the card— more cash than I had ever given anyone but the ________ in my heart said, “Yes! Do it!” When my friend ________, I said, “Here is a card for you,” and we hugged. She opened it and tears came to her eyes. Seeing her happiness, I ________ figured out how I was ________ to help her. What she did next made me know I had done the right thing. She phoned me ________ to thank me again and said, “It was too much, so I ________ it with two other women at work who were not going to have Christmas gifts ________ their children either. I hope you don’t ________.” My heart was filled with ________ knowing I had done something that was passed on right where it was meant to go. 1.A. turned B. gave C. hurried D. put 2.A. rough B. direct C. broad D. shallow 3.A. opinion B. view C. attitude D. thought 4.A. designed B. known C. punished D. praised 5.A. what B. that C. which D. how 6.A. never B. seldom C. almost D. always 7.A. position B. business C. dream D. situation 8.A. boat B. shoes C. coats D. house 9.A. better B. farther C. richer D. healthier 10.A. presents B. cards C. boxes D. letters 11.A. explained B. transported C. addressed D. lent 12.A. power B. desire C. dream D. pull 13.A. stood out B. showed up C. broke in D. came across 14.A. frequently B. constantly C. finally D. generally 15.A. supposed B. forced C. intended D. permitted 16.A. later B. yet C. ever D. only 17.A. rewarded B. donated C. delivered D. shared 18.A. in B. to C. for D. with 19.A. regret B. mind C. refuse D. forgive 20.A. sorrow B. anger C. honor D. joy
The deadline is tomorrow morning; _________ you must finish the work tonight. A. in a word B. in fact C. in other words D. by the way
— What about the party last night? — It was______ great success. I think it’s _______ great pity that you didn’t attend it. A. /; the B. a;a C. /;a D. a; the
— Do you know _________ made him successful in his career? — Yes. His hard work and strong will, of course. A. what it was that B. what was it that C. it was what that D. was it what that
An advantage of living on the top floor of a high rise building is that you can get a good _________. A. scene B. scenery C. sight D. view
Internet shopping will be ready to _________ when people may think that it is safe. A. take over B. take on C. take off D. take in
I had been out of touch with Allen for many years but the moment he called me up that day, I ________ his voice. A. understand B. recognised C. remembered D. knew
The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it will be some time_________ the situation improves. A. since B. when C. unless D. before
I’d appreciate _________ if you would like to teach me how to use the expression once more and I always appreciate _________ me with my English in the past. A. that; you to help B. this; your helping C. it; you to help D. it; your helping
_________, the student insisted that he should be separated from his roommates, who were noisy. A. To avoid being affected B. To avoid to be affected C. Avoiding being affected D. Avoiding to be affected
_________ more and more forests damaged, some animals and plants are facing the danger of dying out. A. As B. For C. With D. By
People can unlock the shared bikes, _________are equipped with GPS and can be left anywhere in public, by simply _________their smart phones. A. which; use B. which; using C. of which; use D. of which; using
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