假定你是李华,准备参加电视台举办的才艺大赛,请你用英语写一封电子邮件向大赛负责人Mr. Black咨询。要点如下:

1.大赛地点及时间;

2.活动内容安排

3.个人才艺。

注意：1.词数100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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I have heard that you are planning to study in abroad. What qualities do students need to be admitted foreign universities? Now I would like to offer some advices. First of all, having the good knowledge of English is of great importance. Good language skills allow you to communicate with native speakers and understanding the courses that they are learning. Second, you should have the ability to adapt to the environment what is totally different from where you come from. What is more, your interest is highly valued although interest is the best teacher. Last but not least, applicants who were willing to take on socially responsibility are especially respected and popular.

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。

Dear Sir,

I’m Li Hua, 1. student from Class2, Grade 3. I’m writing to apply2. the position as a student volunteer.

I really want to catch this precious opportunity because, by 3.(offer) my service, I will be able to improve my organizational ability, communication skills as well as 4.(confident) in speaking English in public.

As an outgoing girl, I get along well with my classmates. 5., I have been elected as assistant to my English teacher because I have 6.a good command of English. 7.(successful), I 8. （lend）a helping hand to her in several English activities of my class, 9. have been appreciated by both teachers and classmates.

I am sure that I can perfectly live up to your expectations. I will be grateful 10. you could give me a kind consideration.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

One year my children came home from school asking where we were going on your summer vacation. It seemed that all the other kids were______ where they were spending the summer. I couldn’t ______to take them anywhere but I didn’t want to tell them that so I just said, “It’s a surprise!” They were_______ That bought me a little more  ________.

I called several amusement ______to see if there was a half-price event during the summer but no such _____ . I tried everything, with no success, so I called some of the other moms to find that most were in the same______that I was. We decided to ______something fun for our kids to do. We had a meeting, all five of us, and_____ what is now called a “playcation”.

One mother was a  _____ , so on Mondays the kids would all go to her house. They would play games using plants and ______. They also planted vegetables and_______them grow over the summer.

Another mother had Bible_______on Tuesdays. She asked some questions about Bible. The kid who answered  ______got a penny, which they all turned in at the end to buy their goodie bags(礼品袋).

At our house on Wednesdays, I made an outdoor ______training with my spare tires. The kids also walked a balance beam and raced through large cardboard boxes taped together.

On  _____they had arts and crafts across the street. Fridays were______by a wonderful single dad with a metal detector(金属探测器)who took everyone out treasure_____ .

The summer was a big ______ . Okay, it wasn’t Disney World,_______the kids didn’t miss anything. My son actually asked me, “Can we do this again next year?”

1.A. rejecting    B. discussing    C. learning    D. reporting

2.A. sacrifice    B. offer    C. select    D. afford

3.A. disappointed    B. satisfied    C. shocked    D. delighted

4.A. time    B. money    C. confidence    D. patience

5.A. schools    B. shops    C. parks    D. libraries

6.A. hope    B. luck    C. attitude    D. hobby

7.A. situation    B. gap    C. direction    D. process

8.A. come up with    B. face up to    C. look forward to    D. step away from

9.A. discovered    B. enjoyed    C. created    D. controlled

10.A. teacher    B. doctor    C. gardener    D. grocer

11.A. books    B. vegetables    C. sweets    D. toys

12.A. guessed    B. watched    C. affected    D. felt

13.A. debates    B. readings    C. explanations    D. contests

14.A. easily    B. patiently    C. correctly    D. hurriedly

15.A. computer    B. obstacle    C. painting    D. speech

16.A. Thursdays    B. Saturdays    C. Sundays    D. Mondays

17.A. hosted    B. forced    C. avoided    D. forbidden

18.A. hiding    B. making    C. hunting    D. donating

19.A. failure    B. challenge    C. business    D. success

20.A. and    B. so    C. or    D. but

1. I say this a lot because it’s important: you need to walk more. There are a few main reasons why I’m so fond of walking, also known as moving frequently at a slow pace.

2.

Walking might not be as effective as other forms of exercise, but frequent walking will help anyone with two functioning legs that allow movement who would otherwise meld into the couch lose some body fat.

It’s good for your brain.

Walking does much more than work the area underneath your neck. The farther an older person can walk in six minutes, the better he or she performs on memory and logic tests. Folks who perform poorly on the walking test tend to have reduced grey matter volume in certain sections of their brains.

It reduces stress.

3. Go for a walk, preferably in a natural setting. For me, it’s the beach of the Malibu hills. For others, it might be the woods or even a park.

It prevents falls in the elderly.

Walking on uneven, natural ground like hiking trails，improves balance and reduces falls in the elderly. 4. The earlier you start habitually walking, the better your ability to navigate the land without falling will be.

It gives you a chance to think.

When we walk, we think. And because walking is a low-difficulty effort, we can direct our executive functioning to more internal matters. We work through problems, come up with ideas, replay conversations, scheme, and discover solutions. 5.

A. It modestly reduces body fat.

B. It lowers blood pressure, especially after meals.

C. Don’t wait until you’re already at risk of falling, though.

D. What do I do when I need to get away from a particularly stressful day?

E. Try to keep the walk as close to the meal as possible to aid in weight loss.

F. Even though some of you may be tired of me saying this, it needs saying.

G. Or maybe we just think about that funny dog we saw on the way to work the other day.

I ran into quite a few language problems while vacationing ( 度假) with my family last summer. The most embarrassing was when my Mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her “pants were dirty”. They looked at her in amazement, not knowing how to react. You see, Mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans. But in Britain, “pants” means underpants or knickers( 内裤；衬裤), not trousers as it does back home.

Katie — From America

I went to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer. Her flat was on the first floor of a high-rise building so I got the lift up. Then I wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldn’t find it. Fed up and tired, I finally had to go out to find a phone box. She explained that her flat was on the first floor, which for me meant the ground floor.

David — From Britain

When I asked for the “restroom” in a big department store, people kept directing me to a room with seats where I could sit and “rest”. It took me years to get through to (使...明白)someone that I only wanted the toilet!

Tom — From America

Last summer we went on a two-week family touring holiday, so Dad hired a car over the Internet. This was an old vehicle and there turned out (结果是；证明是)to be lots of things wrong with it. When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear! He had no idea their word for “boot” was “trunk”. In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.

Mary — From Britain

1.David went out to find a phone box to ________.

A. phone the police for help    B. phone his friend for help

C. tell his friends he couldn’t go to visit her    D. apologize for his being late

2.When Tom asked for the “restroom”, the people around him thought ________.

A. he wanted to have a rest.    B. he wanted the toilet

C. he wanted a chair    D. He wanted to go to a department store

3.The underlined word “garage” is probably ________.

A. a parking place    B. a car

C. a gas station    D. a place to repair cars

4.Which of the following words is from British English？

A. Pants.    B. Ground floor.

C. Restroom.    D. Trunk.

    The end of the school year is in sight - Christmas cards， candy canes and of course， end of year reports．

While most parents welcome an assessment of their kids' performance， they do not expect their own input to be evaluated． But a school in the UK is changing that． As well as assessing their students， they are dishing out grades to mums and dads． Parents that are really involved in their kids' education are rewarded with an A， and parents that haven't done their bit get a disappointing D．

The school， Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire， uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade． The school's principal， Donna Chambers， said that the scheme had been well received．

"There were some critics． In spite of it， between 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent，" she explained．

Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement． "The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one． That one hour initial conversation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that child's academic life"， she said．

But while the scheme may be well intentioned， it is likely to be connected with parent shaming． There are lots of reasons why some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments， looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives．

And of course， being involved in your kid's education doesn't begin and end at school． There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered． And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute？ Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!

1.What do schools usually do at the end of the school year？ ______

A. Evaluating kids' performances．

B. Making Christmas cards．

C. Dividing candies．

D. Grading parents．

2.What does the school's principal Chambers say about the scheme？ ______

A. It uses a new way to evaluate kids．

B. It has gained much acceptance．

C. It gives parents further education．

D. It improves kids' motivation for learning．

3.What does the author think of parents being involved in kids' education？ ______

A. It adds to parents' burden．

B. It brings shame to parents．

C. It means far more than being graded．

D. It increases parents' commitment to education．

4.What is the passage mainly about？ ______

A. There is too much stress for parents about their children's academic life．

B. Parents as well as their children are on the list of the year school report．

C. Parents should be involved in children's school life．

D. Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets．

If you’ve ever visited London, it’s likely that you’ve heard the loud chimes（鸣响）of Big Ben, the 157-year-old clock bell of the UK’s Houses of Parliament（议会）.

But on Aug 21, the world’s most famous bell fell silent. This is because the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, needs to be repaired. The workers who’ll carry out the repairs don’t want their ears to be damaged by the sounds of the huge bell, reported BBC News. Big Ben won’t ring again regularly until 2021.

There’s been quite an emotional response to the move. Several members of parliament gathered in front of the Houses of Parliament to hear the bell’s last regular chime for four years. A few even shed tears, as if they were attending a friend’s funeral.

But a number of politicians are angry about the lengthy silencing of Big Ben, calling it a symbol of Britain, according to ABC News. And some members of public agree with it. “It’s our heritage,” David Dummigan, from Cumbria in the north of England, told The New York Times. “People come from all over the world to look at it and listen to it. It’s part of British history.” This kind of emotional reaction could be linked to “fears about Britain losing its voice and place in the world, which is part of the threat that comes from Brexit”, according to CNN. “The reality of losing a place at the top table is being made obvious,” it wrote.

Worries aside, fans of Big Ben will still be able to hear its unique chimes during special occasions such as New Year’s Eve. But if we do miss hearing Big Ben on a regular basis, we could always set its sound as our message tone.

1.Why did Big Ben fall silent?

A. To get Big Ben repaired.

B. To create a quiet environment for residents.

C. To protect the workers’ ears.

D. To remove some politicians’ anger about it.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Big Ben needs to be repaired.

B. Big Ben is a symbol of Britain.

C. The UK is losing its voice in the world.

D. Big Ben should ring on special occasions.

3.Why did Britons react emotionally?

A. Fears about Big Ben falling silent forever.

B. Threat coming from the rise of other countries.

C. Worries about not being able to visit Big Ben anymore.

D. Worries about the UK losing its influence on the world.

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

A. Britons React Emotionally to Big Ben’s Silence.

B. Britons are Worried about the Fall of the UK.

C. Britain is Losing its Place at the Top Table.

D. Big Ben Falls Silent for Four Years.

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some form---football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with surprise. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skill and less waste of efforts, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1.Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because______

A. there is not certain rule for climbers to follow

B. it is too dangerous for climbers

C. it can’t bring people joy and leisure

D. it has man-made rules

2.According to the writer, the only enemy of mountaineer should be______

A. temperature    B. nature

C. climate    D. patience

3.The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could be replaced by______

A. enthusiasm    B. taste

C. gift    D. strength

请认真阅读下面文字，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Authorities have called for nationwide enforcement of food standards in schools amid an ongoing investigation into a Shanghai-based food supplier accused of serving low-quality lunches with expired ingredients at a private school in the city.

The Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that students at the SMIC Private School in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park were served expired food, including rotten and moldy produce. Expiration dates on the packaging of some products had been altered. The investigation confirmed what the students’ parents reported during a surprise inspection of the school’s kitchen on Friday.

The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Education urged local education and food authorities on Tuesday to strengthen inspections of campus canteens to ensure their safety. On Saturday, SMIC Private School apologized to students, staff and parents and promised to take full responsibility for failing to supervise the vendor, according to its website. The principal of the school has been dismissed.

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1.用约30个词概述所给信息的主要内容；

2.简要分析校园食品安全的重要性。

3.就如何保障学校食品的安全性提出你的建议（不少于两条建议）。

（写作要求）

1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2.作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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请阅读下面短文，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：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

In workplaces and families across the world, people tend to communicate on the Internet. We send endless emails; we video chat rather than travel across the town to meet. Actually, sitting down and interacting with someone in person can seem like a rare luxury nowadays. But as technology develops, are we losing our ability to connect and empathize (移情) with others?

Empathy is the ability to feel another person’s emotions and understand his/her views. In the past few decades, researchers have emphasized our ability to literally read others. The way we usually try to detect other people’s emotions is through their facial expressions—their eyes in particular. We are told that “the eyes are the windows of the soul, and eye contact is certain critical in empathy.”

However, empathy relies on more than reading facial expressions. New research suggests our voice can greatly help us connect. A new study by Michael Kraus from Yale University has found that our sense of hearing may be even stronger than our sight when it comes to accurately detecting people’s emotions. In other words, you may be able to sense someone’s emotional state even better over the phone than in person. Kraus conducted three experiments to arrive at the conclusion. In all these experiments, the participants gave the best performance when they only heard peoples voices (compared to when they looked at facial expressions alone, or looked at facial expressions and heard voices).

In several follow-up studies, Kraus directed his attention to why the voice is such a powerful mode of empathy. He asked the participants to discuss a difficult work situation over a video conferencing platform using either just the microphone or the microphone and the video. Once again, the participants were more accurate at detecting people’s emotions in voice-only calls. When we only listen to the voice, he found, we simply focus more on the nuances(细微差别) as the speakers express themselves.

How can we get better at interpreting emotions in the voices of our coworkers and loved ones? There isn’t much research so far exploring this question specifically. One study on babies, cries suggested that parents with more musical training were better at distinguishing cries of distress from other types of cries. But, really, we might not need much training. Kraus found that, once you remove other inputs (like facial expressions), your attention naturally sharpens when it comes to voice messages. Besides, the human ability to catch nuances in voices may have offered a strong evolutionary advantage to our ancestors, which helped ensure survival.

When Oscar Pistorius was convicted (证明有罪的)murder last month, the judge described the case as a “human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions”. The Paralympic athlete’s fall from grace made this comparison appropriate: overcoming severe disability to reach “Olympian heights”, falling in love with a beautiful model, and, in a coincidence that wouldn’t be out of place in one of the plays, taking her life on Valentine’s Day. Mr. Pistorius’s tragic flaw was that he was an excessive paranoia（偏执狂）, which showed itself in an enthusiasm for guns.

Mr. Pistorius’s case is, indeed, peculiarly Shakespearean. But Justice Eric Leach, who delivered the judgment, is but one of those who have turned to the playwright in times of legal need. In 2012, Britain’s High Court quoted “King Lear” in a trial regarding a “threatening” joke on Twitter — they eventually overturned a conviction on the grounds that social-media users “are free to speak not what they ought to say, but what they feel”. A choice snippet of “Hamlet” (“a little patch of ground that hath no profit in it but the name”) was quoted in a 2008 boundary dispute. “Henry VIII” was called forth by Senator Sam Ervin Jr during the Watergate hearings. The condemnation of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, involved in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was sealed with lines from “Julius Caesar”: “the evil that men do lives after them; the good is often buried with their bones.”

Lawyers’ love of Shakespeare is appropriate given that more of his lines are devoted to discussing law than any other profession. Some think his knowledge of the law was so detailed that the “real” Shakespeare must have been a lawyer. A study by Scott Dodson and Ami Dodson published last year set out to discover “the most literary justice” of those currently sitting(开庭), and which authors were regularly turned to for quotable wisdom. The “most abundant citer and the widest read” was found to be Antonin Scalia, and — no surprise — William Shakespeare topped the list of the often-quoted, along with Lewis Carroll. Both Shakespeare and Carroll accumulated sixteen references from five justices. Other popular authors among the bench were George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Aldous Huxley and Aesop.

The words of Shakespeare are likely to be sounded around courtrooms for decades to come as many universities — particularly in America and Britain — have included him in their law courses. Harvard Law School offers a seminar which focuses entirely on “justice and morality in the plays of Shakespeare”. King’s College London’s “Shakespeare and the Law” model is co-taught by the Literature and Law faculties, and explores “the role of the law in mediating the place of the individual within society”. There are sensible reasons behind this; the University of Southampton, in line with recent studies, states that it offers the opportunity to study law through a literary prism of Shakespeare, Dickens, Kafka and others in order to “help law students to become more ethically sharp”. A study argues that reading literary fiction makes people show empathy, challenge prejudice, and be more flexible in their decision-making. A literary sensibility enables lawyers to present clear, structured opinions and briefs.

But what is it about the work of Shakespeare, in particular, that lends itself to legal quotation and reflection? After all, as Robert Peterson pointed out in “The Bard and the Bench”, all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays have been quoted by American courts, in over 800 judicial opinions. One answer lies in the fact that Shakespeare’s status embodies high culture; quoting him seeks to invest the judgment with credibility and induce a sense of history. Mr. Peterson notes that this can “drive decisions in authentic ways”. Another option is Shakespeare’s universality — everyone has either read, or claims to have read, plays like “Hamlet”. His works have become globally shared; the term “Shakespearean tragedy” induces a rise-and-fall story even if the listener is not familiar with the works themselves. The horrifying details of Mr. Pistorius’s actions on that night, placed in a familiar Shakespearean frame, helps members of the court, and the public, to make sense of the unnecessary bloodshed.

1.Why is Oscar Pistorius mentioned in the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic of the passage.

B. To explain why he was announced guilty of murder.

C. To show the appropriateness of Shakespeare’s comparison.

D. To highlight how Shakespeare influenced his conviction.

2.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Studying law makes people more flexible in making right decisions.

B. The quotation from Shakespeare in court will keep up in the following decades.

C. The accusation against Twitter was overturned by Britain’s High Court in 2012.

D. It is a must for law students in America and Britain to take courses in Shakespeare’s play.

3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “embodies” in the last paragraph?

A. Creates.    B. Shapes.

C. Promotes.    D. Represents.

4.The reason why Shakespeare is often quoted in court is that__________.

A. he is universally recognized as a productive playwright

B. the quotation from him adds credibility to the judgment

C. there are many professional legal terms in his works

D. Shakespearean tragedy is globally read by people

5.How is the passage mainly developed?

A. By listing data.    B. By presenting examples.

C. By analyzing phenomena.    D. By making comparisons.

6.Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Why Lawyers Love Shakespeare

B. Famous Quotations from Shakespeare

C. How Shakespeare Created Popular Works

D. The Most Influential Playwright in History

Overcoming extreme cold, cruel ice and people dismissing him as mad, Slovenian Davo Kamicar became the first person to ski non-stop down Mount Everest.

After a dramatic fall over almost sheer cliffs of snow, stones and ice, 38-year-old Kamicar emerged in his base camp after five hours of skiing. “I feel only absolute happiness and absolute tiredness,” he said.

At one stage he had to speed over stretches of ice that collapsed and broke underneath him and could have sent him falling into the deep crevasses (裂缝) that dot the mountain.

The descent (下落) had been seen by many as insanely dangerous. The Darwin Awards website, which documents deaths which are foolhardy, urged people to log on to Internet broadcasts of the attempt. “Keep your eyes peeled for a live Darwin Award,” it said.

However, the only body to make the news was the corpse (尸体) of an unknown mountaineer which Kamicar zipped past as he descended, one of an estimated 120 corpses, thought to litter the slopes.

“This mountain is always full of surprises. Seeing a dead man out there was a really shocking experience,” he said.

Thanks to strategically placed cameras on the mountain and one attached to his safety helmet, hundreds of thousands of people witnessed his descent on the Internet, which was one of the record highs ever. During the run more than 650,000 hits were registered on his expedition website jamming it for a time as others tried to access the site.

Weather conditions were so severe that Kamicar had to abandon plans to rest on the summit before attempting to descend. Instead, suffering from fatigue, as soon as he reached the top he put on his skis and flung himself back down the mountain.

Dealing with the mountain had already cost Kamicar two fingers when a previous failed attempt saw him get frostbite as a fierce storm lashed the peak.

Kamicar comes from a skiing family and took part in his first Himalayan skiing expedition in 1989. Since then, he has been tireless in raising funds and sponsorship for more expeditions, with Everest as the permanent goal.

1.Davo Kamicar made history by ________.

A. skiing down Mount Everest without rest

B. descending Mount Everest within the shortest time ever

C. attracting largest number of audience online for his descent

D. becoming the first to film his descent down Mount Everest

2.The underlined word foolhardy in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.

A. sudden and hard to accept    B. taking unnecessary risks

C. attracting public attention    D. working hard to fool others

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Kamicar saw about 120 dead bodies littering the slope.

B. The broadcast of his descent online was cancelled because of the website jam.

C. Kamicar’s family had a tradition to conquer Mount Everest.

D. This was not Kamicar’s first attempt on Mount Everest.

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Mad man skis down Everest    B. Darwin Award for Davo Kamicar

C. Extreme sports hero slides to a record    D. Body of mountaineer found on Everest

High-sugar diets raise risks for heart disease, obesity and diabetes, but we do love our sweets, so health experts have tried to suggest alternatives, and honey has been foremost among them.

Honey is actually sweeter than sugar is , which means, in theory at least, that you could enhance flavor equally with a smaller quantity of honey. But honey actually has a higher calorie count. It may have more minerals, which looks better on a label but, in reality, these are such trace amounts that they don’t offer any real advantages.

Honey’s reputation as a medicine is not wholly unfounded. Some honey does indeed have antibacterial properties. One byproduct of enzymes in honey is hydrogen peroxide, a powerful germ killer. Plus, honey’s texture and consistency are good for keeping wounds clean, and bad for bugs that might want to infect them. Honey is moist and its gooey consistency mean it can easily spread over and stay over wounds while keeping the tissue from becoming dry and fragile. The sticky substance means bacteria can not accumulate and multiply easily. It is particularly well-known for fighting bacteria like staph, salmonella, E. Coliand certain bacteria that can infect the gut and cause ulcers.

However, scientists can only say this for sure about Makuna and Malaysian Tualang honey. We don’t know yet whether local home grown honey has the same potency-or safety. A hot cup of tea with some honey stirred in certainly sounds like it would make you feel better. But it’s difficult to say for sure that it will.

When you have a cold, contact with warm water (from tea) may help to bust up phlegm(痰）that blocks your airways. But some suspect the real secret to the qualities of a cuppa is in the honey. There are studies that suggest that honey does work as well or better than cough suppressant（抑制性的）drugs like Robitussin.

Most of these, however, were considered by the academic world to be widely misinterpreted by the media. One of the findings that seemed to have given the honey trend some additional legs came from a study that said there was “no difference”, statistically speaking, between honey and one particular cough suppressant.

1.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Honey has more minerals than sugar.

B. Honey can be used to treat wounds.

C. The sweetness in honey can fight bacteria.

D. All kinds of honey can act as medicines.

2.What is the author's attitude when it comes to the functions of honey?

A. Objective    B. Critical

C. Supportive    D. Skeptical

3.What might be talked about next?

A. Honey will be widely used in other fields.

B. Honey will not be recommended in medical treatment any more.

C. Other studies showed honey worked better than some cough medicines.

D. Other studies showed neither honey nor some cough medicines functioned well.

Danielle was living in a new city with no local bank of her own. She desperately needed to ______ a bank to cash her paycheck. For more than two weeks, she made ______ one after another but in vain. How could she continue to ______ herself and her two children as a single mother?

Taking a break from her ______, Danielle decided to attend a meeting at the local women's resource center. The women there had been a strong source of encouragement since she fled her home ______ for her safety. Sitting next to Danielle, Amy began to share the details of her ______situation. She was just days away from ______ her home and her car. Her phone and electric services were both scheduled to be ______. Her husband had gambled away their money. She had nothing left. Nothing!

As Amy described the degree of the situation, Danielle ______ God’s soft whisper in her heart: “After the meeting, give Amy twenty dollars.” Danielle immediately thought, “But I can’t. I only have forty dollars.” She heard the ______ again. Danielle knew she needed to follow. When the meeting ______, she reached into her purse and ______ handed twenty dollars to Amy. Knowing Danielle's situation, Amy was ______ to accept it at first. But as a crowd of women ______ to give Amy hugs of support, Danielle told her that God wanted her to have it. Then Danielle left.

Now with just twenty dollars left in her wallet, Danielle decided to ______ cashing her paycheck at just one more bank before heading home. ______ she expected the rejection she had received at so many other banks, she was ______ filled with renewed confidence and optimism. Hopefully, she walked into the bank next to the women's center. Moments later, the bank ______ her paycheck with no questions asked. Wearing a big smile, Danielle returned home.

As for Danielle, it has been three years since that day. Realizing true hope has no ______, she continues to be ______ for the lifetime supply that she received for just twenty dollars.

1.A. select    B. find    C. consult    D. search

2.A. decisions    B. choices    C. appointments    D. attempts

3.A. encourage    B. believe    C. support    D. comfort

4.A. ambitions    B. struggles    C. failures    D. experiences

5.A. in fear    B. in debt    C. in public    D. in doubt

6.A. similar    B. unique    C. desperate    D. social

7.A. ruining    B. leaving    C. missing    D. losing

8.A. cancelled    B. reduced    C. abolished    D. charged

9.A. received    B. found    C. heard    D. felt

10.A. story    B. advice    C. order    D. voice

11.A. followed    B. lasted    C. concluded    D. agreed

12.A. quietly    B. politely    C. happily    D. sadly

13.A. unlikely    B. unwilling    C. eager    D. embarrassed

14.A. intended    B. approached    C. managed    D. continued

15.A. avoid    B. try    C. consider    D. risk

16.A. If    B. But    C. Since    D. While

17.A. anyhow    B. somehow    C. therefore    D. otherwise

18.A. counted    B. checked    C. cashed    D. tested

19.A. price    B. cost    C. cause    D. purpose

20.A. ready    B. welcome    C. fortunate    D. thankful

Why ________ you choose to work in a remote village school when you can own a respectable job in a city?

A. need    B. should

C. must    D. will

—— Congratulations on your promotion. Go out for dinner, OK?

—— Good! __________, just you and me.

A. Follow me    B. My treat

C. My pleasure    D. Allow me

—— David should lie to his best friend in order to get the well-paid job!

—— It is typical of him because he ________.

A. is facing his Waterloo    B. is visually challenged

C. has cast-iron nerves    D. worships the golden calf

Much to their delight, their new project _____ at the conference, the excited scholars decided to have a barbecue in honour of the fantastic moment.

A. to approve    B. being approved

C. having approved    D. having been approved

______ you hear from me to the contrary, expect me on Friday at about 6 pm.

A. Unless    B. Until

C. While    D. Although

I really don’t know _________ she gets by on such a modest salary.

A. what    B. why

C. how    D. that

Since many former drug abusers have psychological problems, they often need support groups _________ they can talk about their struggles and find new ways to manage in the world.

A. which    B. what

C. where    D. when

The event that _________ in my memory happened one morning in 1983 when I was 14 years old. It has never escaped.

A. stood out    B. stands out

C. would stand out    D. has stood out

—— What was wrong? Why didn’t you go to the picnic as scheduled?

—— I’m sorry. I _________ a seriously-injured old man to the hospital.

A. would deliver    B. delivered

C. had delivered    D. was delivering

Throughout history, China never colonized any nation. _________ this peaceful tradition, it is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

A. In line with    B. In regard to

C. In harmony with    D. In addition to

A mother recognizes the feel of her child’s skin when blindfolded. _________, she can instantly identify her baby’s cry.

A. Similarly    B. Meanwhile

C. Nevertheless    D. Accordingly

He’s quite _________, but I can’t imagine him as president of such a large listed company.

A. enthusiastic    B. generous

C. competent    D. sympathetic

If you ever aren’t sure whether you have bought the very best smartphone, just _________ “good enough.”

A. make for    B. settle for

C. answer for    D. account for

The people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures _________ you ——you have to let your failures teach you.

A. define    B. decline

C. qualify    D. simplify

According to the bank rules released recently, you have to pay a 25% ________ on each cheque you cash.

A. admission    B. pension

C. allowance    D. commission