When Americans think of the lunch menu at their childhood school cafeterias, they probably imagine a shapeless, tasteless pile of mystery meat – plus some brown much（糊状物）,to match. But for children in Japan, school lunches are a rich experience where culture, nutrition and sustainability collide.

“Japan’s standpoint is that school lunches are a part of education, not a break from it,” Masahiro Oji, a government director of school health education in Japan, told The Washington Post.

Fare offered at schools in Japan is affordable, fresh, and made by the students themselves. And Japanese children don’t just eat the food they prepare; they learn about the nutritional and cultural elements of their meals, too. The food is grown locally and includes a balanced menu of rice, vegetable, fish and soups. As a bonus, each meal costs just $2.50.

“Parents hear their kids talking about what they had for lunch,” Tatsuji Shino, the principal at Umejima Elementary School in Tokyo, told The Washington Post, “and kids ask them to re-create the meals at home.”

Japanese students also learn cooperation and etiquette（礼仪）as they serve and clean up after each other. Mealtime is a scene of communal duty: In both elementary and middle schools, students in white coats and caps serve their classmates. Children eat in their classrooms. They get identical meals, and if they leave food untouched, they are out of luck: Their schools have no vending machines. Children in most districts are barred from bringing food to school, either, until they reach high school.

Considering the fact that Japan has one of the world’s lowest childhood obesity rates, the U.S. probably has a lot to learn from this country’s school lunches. A 2011 study found that American students who regularly ate the school lunch – where options include pizza, chicken tenders（炸鸡柳）and French fries – were 29 percent more likely to be obese than those who brought lunch from home.

1.According to the article, which word best describes what Americans think of their lunch at school?

A.Tasty. B.Ordinary.

C.Disgusting. D.Unique.

2.The underlined word “Fare” in the third paragraph probably means________.

A.food B.breakfast

C.drinks D.price

3.What is the main purpose of students’ preparing lunch by themselves in Japanese schools?

A.To allow students to learn cooperation.

B.To teach students some basic life skills.

C.To let students learn about nutritional values of foods.

D.To inspire students to share their food with others.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Japan has the lowest rate of obesity in the world.

B.Japanese schools lay great emphasis on cooperation and etiquette.

C.American school children don’t bring homemade lunches.

D.Students in Japan are healthier in every way than those in America.

    Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.

Please Touch Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

This museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石).There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.

Boston Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.

National Museum of Play

This museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.

Children’s Museum of Houston

This museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.

1.Children interested in environmental protection may well visit ________.

A.National Museum of Play or Children’s Museum of Houston

B.The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play

C.Please Touch Children’s Museum or Boston Children’s Museum

D.Boston Children’s Museum or Children’s Museum of Houston

2.If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to ________.

A.Massachusetts B.Indiana C.New York D.Texas

3.Who might be most interested in this passage?

A.Students. B.Parents. C.Teachers D.Researchers

How to stop procrastinating (拖延)

You know the people who walk confidently into an algebra test without trying to burn last-minute formulas(公式) into their brains? 1. And it’s easier than you think. Find your procrastination style, and then fix it-right now!

The busy bee

2.Right after you walk the dog, call your grandma, go for a run, eat an apple, brush your teeth...

The fix: 3.You’re simply postponing that one big, terrifying task! To deal with it, break your studying into smaller pieces and put each piece on your to-do list. You’ll get to cross more items off. Plus you’ll start thinking of the test material as many small manageable pieces—rather than one huge piece.

The multitasker

You’re great at getting started—if by that you mean opening a textbook and highlighting while also watching cat videos and eating fruit.

The fix :It’s normal to be bored or hungry, but these things needn’t mean losing sight of your goal. 4.For example, do work for 20 minutes, then watch a video of a cute cat. Dying to hit replay? Get another 20 minutes of research done. Once the tough part (getting focused) is over, you’ll be looking through that textbook before you can say “meow”.

The avoider

You open your backpack when suddenly you’re hit by an anxiety blackout (暂时的意识丧失). 5.

The fix: The anxious part of your mind is working. To put your sensible brain back in the driver’s seat, try meditating (冥想), which sounds a lot harder than it is. Simply sit with your eyes closed and slowly breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Repeat 10 times, and then start your work. You’ll feel more motivated!

A.Sure, you’ll study for tomorrow’s Spanish test !

B.Understand that procrastination isn’t caused by laziness!

C.To stay on track, turn your entertaining activities into your rewards.

D.You can’t ever imagine finishing your work, so you don’t even start.

E.You can become one of them once you learn to keep procrastination under control.

F.You’ll save yourself tons of stress if you outsmart those feelings that get in your way.

G.You may have tricked yourself into thinking you’re being productive, but you can’t fool us.

When you come to London for a trip, it's best to plan a day out so as to maximize（最大化）the number of things yon can see. Time permitting，we can offer advice by e-mail if there's anything you particularly want to see.

If you are only in London for a day, a weekend or a week, use our SHORT STAY pages where we show you how to fill as much into your days as possible.

The best season to come is late Summer or Autumn —— recently we have been having Indian Summers （秋季的小阳春天气）from mid-September to the end of October with clear blue skies and 20 degree temperatures. Finally the weather breaks as the storm fronts move in off the Atlantic, then clears up for Christmas. February to April can be terrible, and the weather is very unpredictable. Ask the Meteorological office here for facts and figures but they are so often wrong.

When it's raining there are plenty of museums and galleries to visit —— and the tube（地铁）system is generally very good outside of rush hour.

It's best for you to be near a tube station when choosing a hotel, because buses can be slow and unreliable（不可靠的）and taxis expensive. The yellow circle line on the tube map marks the division（分界线）between central and not-so-central London. Outside of that area your transport bill will rise. The best restaurants are in Islington and the southwest of London which is where the life is.

1.The Meteorological office in the third paragraph is a place where_______．

A. people can know what London is like

B. people can get information about tourism

C. people can know what the weather is like

D. people can get information about transportation

2.When considering where to live, visitors need to pay more attention to_______in London.

A. the traffic    B. the living condition

C. the food    D. the price

3.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. There are many museums and galleries in London.

B. The tube system in London is very good at any time.

C. One can get more information by sending e –mail.

D. Autumn is the best season for visiting London.

4.The passage is mainly written for those who_______ .

A. are going to serve as tour guides

B. are planning to live in London

C. are going to visit London

D. are going to work in London

    There were smiling children all the way.Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway,wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang.Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives.This is the simple village people of Malaysia.I was moved.

I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car,so this was the first time I was on a train.I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread.I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face.I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia.Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore,so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past.As we went beyond the city,I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green.Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive;I decided to wave back.

From then on my journey became interesting.I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life.Then everything came alive.The mountains seemed to speak to me.Even the trees were smiling.I stared at everything a if I was looking at it for the first time.

The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry.I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 p.m.Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth.I looked at the people all around me.They all looked beautiful.When my uncle arrived with a smile,I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug（拥抱）.I had never done this before.He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile.We walked arm in arm to his car.

I looked forward to the return journey.

1.The author expected the train trip to be______.

A. adventurous B. pleasant

C. dull D. exciting

2.What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

A. The friendly country people. B. The mountains along the way.

C. The crowds of people in the streets. D. The simple lunch served on the train.

3.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word "relish" in the second paragraph?

A. choose B. enjoy

C. prepare for D. carry on

4.What can we learn from the story?

A. Comfort in traveling by train. B. Pleasure of living in the country.

C. Reading gives people delight. D. Smiles brighten people up.

句式翻译与仿写

1.Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

翻译：不知道我要去哪里才是激励我去旅行的东西。

仿写：没有去看这部电影让我感到遗憾。

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2.It is for this reason that Spanish is the main official language of Peru.

翻译：正是由于该原因，西班牙语才成为秘鲁的主要官方语言

仿写：正是由于生病，他才没有来参加运动会。

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3.Inca builders cut stones to exact size so that nothing was needed to hold walls together other than the perfect fit of the stones.

翻译：印加的建筑工人把石头切成十分精确的尺寸，这样除了这些石头间的完美契合外，就不需要其他东西来把墙整合起来。

仿写：他控制住了自己的车，这样就没撞上路边的一棵树。

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4.Especially amazing is the Incas' dry stone method of building.

翻译：特别令人惊叹的是印加人的干式石头搭砌的建造方法。

仿写：非常特殊的是她与众不同的穿着方式，走在街上的时候，她总是引人注目。

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5.You can then spend three days exploring the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals unique to the rainforest.

翻译：在接下来的三天里，您可以在当地导游的陪同下，深入雨林进行探索，欣赏雨林特有的动植物。

仿写：没有人确切地知道为什么青春期（ adolescence）是人类独有的。

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根据课文内容填空

Peru is a coastal country along the Pacific， mainly made up of  1. parts： a narrow belt 2. parallel（平行） to the coast， the Andes Mountains， and the Amazon rainforest. The ancient Inca Empire once existed in the 1400s and 1500s， which was 3. then. But in the 1600s， Peru was 4. by Spain， and its 5. came to an end in 1821. Because of this， the main 6. language in Peru is Spanish.

Two popular tourist 7. are the Amazon rainfor­est， and Machu Picchu. You can take a short flight into the rainforest， where you can choose your accommodation in the middle of the forest， 8. the rainforest， where plants and animals are 9.. At Machu Picchu， you will be 10. by its dry stone method of building.

课文理解

1.Why Spanish became the official language of Peru is that ________.

A.Peru is close to Spain in geography

B.Peru was once in the control of Spain

C.The Inca emperor wanted to trade with Spain

D.the people in Peru regarded the Spanish as their friends

2.From the map and the text, it can be seen that ________.

A.Peru faces the Pacific Ocean in the west

B.the Andes Mountains run from northwest to southeast， quite close to the Pacific

C.the capital of Peru is Puno in the southeast part of its land

D.mountains mainly make up the whole area of Peru

3.What is the most amazing part if you travel in the Amazon rainforest？

A.Travelling by boat.

B.Having accommodation in the middle of the forest.

C.Seeing unique plants and animals.

D.Enjoying the local guide's company.

4.The tour through the Andes Mountains to Machu Picchu takes ________.

A.a couple of hours B.four days

C.only a week D.not known

根据语境及汉语提示正确拼写单词

1.I ________ （认出）her at first sight in the crowd.

2.What is your first tourist ________ （目的地） in China？

3.Tourism， which is a major ________ （来源） of income for the city， may be seriously affected.

4.I'm full of ________ （羡慕） for those who are lucky enough to be invited to the concert.

5.The European Community and Britain have ________ （缩小）their difference over borders.

6.Under the  ________（极其）cold conditions， the explorers had to go on working day and night.

7.We will make necessary ________ （安排） for our guests before they arrive.

8.As Francis Bacon said， knowledge is ________ （力量）

9.Several ________ （官员）will accompany the president to visit some African countries.

10.Young people spent more money ________ （租） flat in these big cities.

重点短语

1.________ 除……以外

2.________ 浏览

3.________ 预订房间

4.________ 各处走动；传播

5.________ 申请

6.________ 集中注意力于

7.________ 控制；接管

8.________ 关键词

9.________ 为……做准备

10.________ 由……组成

单词与拓展

1.________ v.租用；出租n租金

2.________ n.安排；筹备→

 ________ v.安排；整理；筹备

3.________ n.官员；要员adj官方的；正式的；公务的→ ________ adv.正式地；官方地

4.________ n.空中航行；航班；航程→________ v.飞；飞行；乘飞机

5.________ n.城堡；堡垒

6.________ n，来源；出处

7.________n.目的地；终点

8.________ adv.极其；非常→ ________ adj.极端的；偏激的n.极端

9.________ v.申请请求应用涂（油漆、乳剂）→ ________ n.申请；运用

10.________ v.辨别出；承认；认可→ ________ n.认出；承认；识别

11.________ n.帝国→ ________ n.皇帝

12.________ adj.令人惊奇的；令人惊喜的→ ________ adj.惊奇的；惊喜的→ _______ v.使吃惊→ ______ n.惊奇；诧异

13.________n.（商品的）纸包；纸袋；大包v.收拾（行李）；包装

14.________ adj.唯一的；独特的；特有的

15.________ v.钦佩；赞赏→ ________ n.钦佩；赞赏→ ________ n.爱慕者追求者；仰慕者

16.________ adj.强有力的；有权势的；有影响力的→ ________ n.政权；权力；势力

17.________ adj.狭窄的vi. & vt.（使）变窄

18.________ n.类型；种类vi. & vt.打字→ ________ n.打字员

书面表达：

假如你是李明，你的加拿大网友Peter对中国的主席夫人：彭丽媛还不是很了解。请你写email给他，介绍一下彭丽媛女士和她的家乡的相关情况。

内容主要包括：

1.彭丽媛，1962年11月20日出生于山东省菏泽市，中国著名女歌唱家。

2.菏泽，位于山东省西南部，是中国著名的牡丹（peony)之都。历史悠久，文化景点众多。

3.1986年，彭丽媛是CCTV青年歌手大赛冠军(champion)。

4.1987年9月1日，彭丽媛和习近平(现任中国国家主席）结为夫妇。

5.她热心公益，关怀儿童，被人们称为“彭妈妈”。

6.2013年4月18日，被评为《时代》杂志百大影响力人物之一。

提示：主席：chairman ,《时代》杂志:Time magazine, 有影响力的：influential

注意：

1、词数120字左右；

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开始和结束语已为你写好（不计入字数）。

Dear Peter,

Here I am pleased to tell you more information about Lady Peng Liyuan.

I hope this email will help you know her better.

Yours,

Li Ming

下列句子中，每句都有一处错误。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。

1.Followed Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.

2.Jane studied these families of chimps for many years.

3.Watching a family of chimps wake up are our first activity of the day.

4.Most of the time, chimps either feed nor clean each other as a way of showing love in their family.

5.She inspires those that want to cheer the achievements of women.

6.In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneers in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

7.Although he is one of China’s most famous scientists, but Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research.

8.He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and read.

9.Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than few troubles.

10.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to her.

请根据所给句意及所给单词首字母和汉语意思完成下列句子。

1.The failure didn’t depress him; instead, it i_______ (激励) him to greater effort.

2.The scientist has o______ (观察) the stars for twenty years.

3.It is too c______ (考虑周到的) of you to prepare a room for us.

4.When you come across an e__________ (紧急事件), call 110.

5.He is highly r_______ (尊敬) by everyone for his honesty and kindness.

6.After a short s________ (拼搏), the policeman took the thief to the police station.

7.My teacher made a c______ (评论) about my mistake.

8.The author r_________ (后悔) having ignored his friend’s warning.

9.The special c____________ (化学物质) to clean your house may have a bad effect on your    health.

10.His company has been going quite well these years, and eighty percent of its products are e________ (出口) every year.

阅读下面文段，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。

Born1.a poor farmer’s family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest2.(agriculture) College in 1953.3.then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.4.a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time hunger was a5.(disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests6.expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice7. (produce). These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other 8.(develop) countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world9.hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests 10.(two) as large as before.

阅读下面文段，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。

Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp1.(behave). She spent years observing and recording their2.(day) activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals3.their own environment. 4., this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was5.(usual) for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months6.(be) she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was7.chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group8.(hunt) a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered9.chimps communicate with each other, and her study10.their body language helped her work out their social system.

    Farming and Gardening

Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom_______by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and gardeners today. One of China's early_______scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing_______into agriculture. He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learned from the_______of farmers.

Around 540 A.D., he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and_______. It includes advice on the following_______ : growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There are also_______for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n)_______guide for farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and_______young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and________will be better. But if you________nature, and do things at the wrong time of the year, you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The________of the soil is also very important. Examine the soil on your farm________. If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and________weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to________the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers________the crops in their fields. For example, do not plant rice________in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will________good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with________between the plants, but Jia did experiments and________that planting wheat close together is better.

1.A.discovered B.recovered C.reported D.repeated

2.A.industrial B.agricultural C.cultural D.article

3.A.search B.research C.experiment D.movement

4.A.adventures B.advantages C.tradition D.experience

5.A.nursing B.gardening C.produce D.trade

6.A.programs B.topics C.subjects D.events

7.A.instructions B.constructions C.measures D.treasures

8.A.economical B.practical C.similar D.regular

9.A.drop B.increase C.grow D.throw

10.A.dreams B.ending C.hope D.results

11.A.argue against B.go against C.compete with D.deal with

12.A.application B.situation C.condition D.addition

13.A.successfully B.carefully C.gradually D.frequently

14.A.remove B.pull C.kill D.reduce

15.A.destroy B.prevent C.divide D.limit

16.A.keep B.improve C.manage D.change

17.A.one after another B.here and there C.now and then D.year after year

18.A.win B.collect C.harvest D.plant

19.A.holes B.lines C.space D.balance

20.A.showed B.meant C.intended D.decided

The rules of surfing the Internet

Do you obey the rules while surfing the Internet?

Your Security Is Your Problem

You know there are signs in every parking garage saying they're not responsible for lost or stolen items in your vehicle. 1.

You're Speaking in n Public Forum(论坛)

Everything you post online is equal to posting it on the front page of the newspaper and delivering it to everyone around you. Some people may agree, and some may disagree. You may even strike a chord(引起共鸣)with enough people to start a movement. 2.Only say online what you're willing to say in front of your grandma.

3.

The content of your posts matters, but so does where you're posting. The audience of a particular website may not agree with your particular message (or at least with the way you're presenting it), so be careful where you post.

Keep It Civil

Freedom of speech is important---everyone should have the right to say what they want, and a few people who abuse this freedom can't affect anyone. 4.This doesn't mean there aren't consequences to your words, however, so do with caution. Put forth the effort to be polite whether online or off.

You Should Be Anonymous

Anonymity(匿名)sounds like what some crazy hacker groups fill, but it's not. 5.The reason why we all support Anonymity is that we believe every human being deserves the basic human right of being anonymous. You should be anonymous too.

A.You can say whatever you want.

B.Whether You Agree or Not, Majority Rules.

C.The Internet works the same way.

D.Anonymity is an ideal supported by grown and successful adults and inventors in every industry.

E.It's Not Just What You Post, but Where.

F.You'll never clean up the Internet, and it's not even worth trying.

G.You can't control what people do with your message, but you can control your message.

    China, endowed with rich agricultural resources, has a long history of farming. The traditional farming practice with intensive(精细的) cultivation(耕作) as its essence is one of the most important achievements of the human civilization. The development of agriculture and rural areas in China is faced with many problems. The Chinese government has made a number of important policies and measures to cause a faster growth of farmers’ income and narrow the ever enlarging income gap between rural and urban residents as soon as possible mainly through finishing a strategy of balanced social and economic development. We’ll give top priority in all work to solving problems facing agriculture, farmers and rural areas, focusing on the following seven aspects.

Firstly we’ll promote faster increase of farmers’ income. Secondly we’ll protect and increase the overall capacity of grain production. Thirdly we will continue to promote strategic restructuring of agriculture. Fourthly we’ll actively promote progress in agro-science and enhance work of agricultural high-tech and key research programs, and increase its reserve level. Fifthly we’ll further open agriculture to the outside world and actively develop agricultural trade with other countries. Sixthly we’ll speed up the transfer of rural labors and develop rural secondary and tertiary(第三的) industries. Seventhly we’ll continue to deepen rural reforms.

Priorities(优先权) will be placed on reform of rural land system, tax and administrative charges, grain distribution system and rural financial system. However, agricultural development has difficult tasks and a long way to go. The road ahead is by no means smooth. Nevertheless , China’s agriculture will give full play to its advantages, overcome any difficulties, enter a new stage of development and match towards a brighter new future in the new century!

1.What’s the China’s ancient civilization?

A.The rich agricultural resources.

B.The intensive cultivation.

C.The capacity of grain production.

D.The strategy of balanced development.

2.What does the underlined word “enhance ” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.weaken B.design C.strengthen D.effect

3.What policy do you think is the most important?

A.Promoting faster increase of farmers’ income.

B.Protecting the capacity of grain production.

C.Promoting strategic restructuring of agriculture.

D.Continuing to deepen rural reforms.

4.What kind of future does China have?

A.The future road ahead is smooth.

B.China’s advantages can not overcome any difficulty.

C.China won’t enter a new stage of reform.

D.China will have a brighter future.

    World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹) as a child. As a result, he wears races(轮槽) on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches. At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps(扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor, and starts to play.

One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”

There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up...to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”

But he didn’t. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again .The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.

Of course, it is important to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate(调音), change, recompose the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.

1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.It’s a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.

B.It’s not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.

C.Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.

D.Perlman has small achievements on the stage.

2.How did the string break?

A.It only broke by accident. B.Perlman broke the string because he was too excited.

C.A gunfire from somewhere in the room broke it. D.It was broken by the few bars.

3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Perlman_______.

A.pretended not to know that the string was broken. B.thought nothing was impossible

C.was a very proud man D.showed his self-confidence in time of trouble

    Whether you’re a boy or a girl and whether you're a freshman or a senior, developing the following skills will help you achieve success in school and in life.

Time management. There are just 24 hours in each day. What you do with that time makes all the difference. While high-school students have an average of 35 hours per week of class time, college students have an average of 15 to 18 hours per week. Manage your free time wisely and you'll make full use of each day.

Good study habits. If you've got them, it's great. If not, there's still time to develop them. Good study habits include the following:

• Always be prepared for class, and attend classes regularly. No cutting!

• Finish homework in a timely manner.

• Review your notes daily rather than study for tests the night before.

• Set aside quiet time each day for study, even if you don't have homework or a test the next day!

Good note-taking. You can't possibly set down everything the teacher says since we talk at a pace of about 225 words per minute. But, you do need to set down the important material. Note-taking should be in a way that's the most helpful to you. You can try writing notes on different colored cards. If you really have a problem with note-taking, you might ask your teacher if you can record daily lessons. Do whatever it takes!

Review of daily notes. Don't wait until the night before the test to review your notes. Go over your notes each day while the lecture is still fresh in your mind. Add any missing pieces. Compare your notes with a classmate's notes. Review your notes each day to improve your learning and build towards your final goal: mastery of the subject or skill.

1.If you want to make good use of each day, you should______.

A.achieve success in school and in life

B.deal with your free time in a wise way

C.develop good study habits earlier

D.set aside some quiet time for study

2.If you want to form good study habits, you should______.

A.get them as early as you can

B.study for tests the night before

C.set down all the teacher says

D.go over your notes every day

3.What is the main advantage of reviewing of daily notes?

A.To help write down the important material.

B.To solve the problem with note-taking timely.

C.To help you to master the subject greatly.

D.To add any missing pieces to your notes.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Human beings are smart. However, it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives, reported news website Record Japan on Oct. 22. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities, said the website.

The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smart phone contacts, there's no need to dial a number or look at it again.

And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的）. People often bury themselves in their smart phones. As we're too addicted to what's happening in the virtual world, some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even tell whether a person is happy or not.

In August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic (电子的) products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If you’re not practicing face-to-face communication, you could be losing important social skills,” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.

Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores, which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need device-free time.

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动词短语填空

1.He was late as a result of being held _____ in a traffic jam.

2.European leaders are unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the hidden economic threat to the whole Europe, let _____ deal with it effectively.

3.It is uncertain what side effect the GM food will bring ____, although some scientists consider it to be safe.

4.Not knowing when Zhang Yingying’s murder case would be solved, her mother broke ______ at the start of a recent court hearing.

5.After experiencing the initial failures, his career began to take _____.

6.Conventional wisdom has it that we should put _____ some money for rainy days when we have a lot in hand.

7.When asked about his childhood, the man choked _____. Obviously, it is a scar he doesn’t want to be touched.

8.I could have told the whole story to you if you hadn’t broken ____ so often.

9.His writing is so confusing that it is difficult to make ______ what he is trying to express.

10.The police combed _____ this area for the missing boy, but in vain.

单句填空

1.The manager has decided to put ______ he thinks is energetic and clever in the position of the leadership of the company.

2.The government stressed that efforts must be made to prevent risks ______ (arise) from gathering of tourists.

3.But for the medical team’s efforts, more lives _______(claim) in this pandemic.

4.We choose this hotel because the price for a night is down to $ 20, half of _____ it used to charge.

5.What you did seems ______ (violate) the law. It won’t be long before you are sent into prison.

6.The importance of music and the effort ______ has on children’s intelligence development has been widely acknowledged.

7.It is necessary that every rule we set up _______(apply) to everyone.

8.Hard _______ the doctors had tried to save his life, the scholar died in the end.

9.It is the third time that the little boy __________ (subscribe) to China Daily.

10.TikTok, known as Douyin in China, is a social media platform ______ short videos can be edited and uploaded easily.

单词拼写

1.President Trump announced that the United States would w_______from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would weaken efforts to fight global warming.

2.Mike runs a hotel in Yunnan and shares his stories with others v_____ his online blog.

3.Thousands are ________(不顾一切地) trying to leave their battled homes and villages.

4.“It never occurred to me that I could possibly save a life through the hotline,” she added, r_____ a story about saving a suicidal man.

5.Many coffee drinkers in China have been in a panic that coffee causes cancer after a post was c______ in social media on the weekend.

6.You should try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _________(假设) you’ve made.

7.His arm has s_______ up where the bee stung him.

8.Guests attending the conference are trying out mobile phones with a 5G _______(终端).

9.Every time he gets drunk, he becomes violent and a_______.

10.Educators from across the globe share a common belief that education should not be interrupted under any c_________.

11.The boss donated ________(慷慨地) a large sum of money to the earthquake-stricken area.

12.It rained heavily and a stream _______(蜿蜒) its way across the field.

13.Peter stood out among the job hunters because of his c_______ of English, so the company employed him as a translator.

14.He refused to eat any pork in the restaurant because of his r______ belief.

15.At the end of the lecture, the whole audience rose, _______(鼓掌，称赞）the speaker for his wonderful speech.

    Within a minute’s walk of my house there was a wild stretch of unspoiled woodland, where there were blackberry plants, squirrels and their young. I _________ walked in this park with Rex --- a friendly, harmless little dog; and _______ we rarely met anyone in the park, I took Rex along without a leash(狗绳).

One day we met a mounted policeman in the park, a policeman eager to show his _______.

“What do you mean by letting that dog run _______ in the park without a leash and a muzzle(口套)?” he shouted at me angrily. “Don’t you know it’s against the law?”

“Yes, I know it is,” I replied softly, “but I didn’t think he would do any _______ out here.

“You didn’t think! You didn’t think! The law doesn’t know about what you think. That dog _______ kill a squirrel or bite a child. Now, I’m going to _______ this time; but if I catch this dog out here again without a leash, you’ll have to tell it to the _________.”

I humbly _________ to obey.

And I did obey --- for a few times. But Rex didn’t like the muzzle, and neither did I; so we decided to take a __________. Everything was lovely for a while, and then we got into ________. Rex and I raced over the hill one afternoon and there, suddenly --- to my __________ --- I saw the majesty of the law, riding on a horse. Rex was out in a front, heading straight for the officer.

I was in for it. I knew it. So I didn’t ________ until the policeman started talking, I beat him to it. I said: “ Officer, you’ve caught me ________. I’m guilty. I have no alibis, no excuses. You ________ me last week that if I brought the dog out here again without a muzzle you would fine me.”

“Well, now,” the policeman responded in a soft tone, “I know it’s a ________ to let a little dog like that have a run out here when nobody is around.”

“Sure it is,” I replied, “____________ it is against the law.”

“Well, a little dog like that isn’t going to harm anybody,” the policeman protested.

“No, but he may kill __________,” I said.

“Well now, I think you are taking this a bit too seriously,” he told me.

“I’ll tell you what you do. You just let him run over the hill there where I can’t see him --- and we’ll forget all about it.”

That policeman, being human, wanted a feeling of ________; so when I began to condemn myself, the only way he could nourish his self-esteem was to take the kind and generous attitude showing __________.

1.A.seldom B.sometimes C.frequently D.never

2.A.when B.since C.if D.while

3.A.authority B.force C.magic D.dignity

4.A.loose B.freely C.wildly D.quickly

5.A.wrong B.damage C.good D.harm

6.A.can B.might C.will D.must

7.A.give you up B.let you off C.give in to you D.put up with you

8.A.owner B.policeman C.judge D.children

9.A.listened B.promised C.agreed D.kept

10.A.change B.chance C.charge D.cheat

11.A.trap B.difficulty C.trouble D.shape

12.A.disappointment B.surprise C.joy D.regret

13.A.wait B.move C.say D.walk

14.A.on the scene B.blue-blooded C.in spot D.red-handed

15.A.warned B.told C.informed D.taught

16.A.appeal B.temptation C.urge D.crime

17.A.and B.so C.but D.because

18.A.blackberry B.birds C.children D.squirrels

19.A.importance B.achievement C.happiness D.respect

20.A.sympathy B.regret C.mercy D.optimism

    Surveillance (监视) is a fact of life. Your boss is monitoring your performance at work. Supermarkets are collecting data on your grocery shopping. 1.

In a few months, European Union law-makers are due to approve proposals that will make driver assistance systems mandatory (强制的) in cars within three years. All new models of car will come with black boxes (event data recorders), intelligent speed assistance, lane-keeping assistance and more besides.

A large number of technologies will soon be monitoring a driver’s every move. Are we prepared for devices that watch how we drive and try to help us do it better?

2. In a report published in April 2018, it found that the suite of changes could save at least 7,300 lives by 2030, and reduce the number of serious injuries from car crashes by 38,900. “We can have the same kind of impact as when safety belts were first introduced,” says Oliver Carsten, who studies transport safety at the University of Leeds, UK.

3. The black box is the most controversial (有争议的) tech because of fears that the tech encourages surveillance. It would be easy to worry about being watched in your car. But the EU rules say the system is only checked in the event of an accident to help with insurance claims and police investigation. The point is to provide for a fair allocation (分配) of responsibility when a crash occurs. Some people choose to have a black box because it can reduce their individual insurance premium (保险费). 4. What’s more, the data collected in human-driven cars will help train automated driving systems to the point that they could be ready for large-scale deployment in the future.

5. Drivers should think of it as an extra layer of protection, rather than the vehicle trying to take over driving from you.

A.Now there is a new field: the automobile.

B.There is concern about these technologies, however.

C.The tech is reducing costs because it’s reducing the number of crashes.

D.Safety isn't much discussed, principally because cars are already very safe.

E.While the EU is taking the boldest steps, these technologies aren't far behind in other parts of the world.

F.As a result, what may at first glance seem like a surveillance technology is actually a benefit for society.

G.The European Commission says that introducing these advanced driver assistance systems will make driving safer.

    An introduction to this book is as superfluous as a candle in front of a powerful searchlight. But a convention of publishing seems to require that the candle should be there, and I am proud to be the one to hold it. About ten years ago I picked up from the pile of new books on my desk a copy of Sons and Lovers by a man of whom I had never heard, and I started to race through it with the immoral speed of the professional reviewer. But after a page or two I found myself reading, really reading. Here was—here is—a masterpiece in which every sentence counts, a book packed with significant thought and beautiful, arresting phrases, the work of a remarkable genius whose gifts are more richly various than those of any other young English novelist.

To appreciate the rich variety of Mr. Lawrence we must read his later novels and his volumes of poetry. But Sons and Lovers reveals the range of his power. Here are combined and blended(混合的) sort of ''realism'' and almost lyric(抒情的) imagery and rhythm. The speech of the people is that of daily life and the things that happen to them are normal adventures and accidents; they fall in love, marry, work, fail, succeed, and die. But of their deeper emotions and of the relations of these little human beings to the earth and to the stars, Mr. Lawrence makes something near to poetry and prose(散文) without violating its proper “other harmony.”

Take the marvellous paragraph on next to the last page of Sons and Lovers (Mr. Lawrence depends so little on plot in the ordinary sense of the word that it is perfectly fair to read the end of his book first):

Where was he? One tiny upright speck of flesh, less than an ear of wheat lost in the field. He could not bear it. On every side the immense dark silence seemed pressing him, so tiny a spark, into extinction, and yet, almost nothing, he could not be extinct. Night, in which everything was lost, went reaching out, beyond stars and sun, stars and sun, a few bright grains, went spinning round for terror, and holding each other in embrace, there in the darkness that outpassed them all, and left them tiny and daunted(气馁). So much, and himself, infinitesimal, at the core a nothingness, and yet not nothing.

Such glorious writing lifts the book far above a novel which is merely a story. I beg the reader to attend to every line of it and not to miss a single one of the many sentences that await and surprise you. Some are enthusiastic and impressive, like the paragraph above; others are keen, ''realistic'' observations of things and people. In one of his books Mr. Lawrence makes a character say, or think, that life is ''mixed''. That indicates his philosophy and his method. He blends the accurately literal and trivial(琐碎的) with the extremely poetic.

To find a similar blending of tiny daily detail and wide imaginative vision, we must go back to two older novelists, Hardy and Meredith. I do not mean that Mr. Lawrence derives(源于) immediately from them or, indeed, that he is clearly the disciple(弟子) of any master. I do feel simply that he is of the elder stature(名望) of Hardy and Meredith, and I know of no other young novelist who is quite worthy of their company. When I first tried to express this comparison, this connection, I was contradicted by a fellow-critic, who pointed out that Meredith and Hardy are entirely unlike each other and that therefore Mr. Lawrence cannot resemble both. To be sure, nothing is more hateful than forced comparisons, nothing more boring than to discover parallels between one work of art and another. An artist's mastery consists in his difference from other masters. But to refer a young man of genius to an older one, at the same time pronouncing his independence and originality, is a fair, if not very superior, method of praising him.

1.The underlined word ''superfluous'' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

A.meaningful B.unnecessary

C.fundamental D.unbelievable

2.What does the author want to illustrate by including one paragraph from Sons and Lovers?

A.The plot of the novel has little to do with daily life.

B.It is wise to read Lawrence's books from the end.

C.Lawrence is capable of telling good stories.

D.The language in Lawrence's books is elegant.

3.Who were Hardy and Meredith?

A.They taught Lawrence literature when he was young.

B.They were the realistic novelists of Lawrence’s time.

C.They were novelists who resemble each other in writing.

D.They were novelists combining details with imagination.

4.What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A.To introduce Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers.

B.To show his experiences of reading classics.

C.To analyze Lawrence's writing characteristics.

D.To compare the styles of different novelists.

    A drug used to treat severe bleeding could save thousands of lives for mothers giving birth. A global trial of the drug found it reduced the risk of bleeding deaths during childbirth by nearly one-third. The study involved 20,000 women in 21 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. The trial was carried out by London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The drug is called tranexamic acid(氨甲环酸）. It is low-cost and researchers said it does not cause serious side effects for mothers or babies.

The drug is used to treat mothers for severe bleeding during childbirth, also known as postpartum hemorrhage (产后出血).It is the leading cause of mother’s death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Haleema Shakur is the project director of the trial. She says despite medical advances in many countries, severe bleeding after childbirth remains a big problem in some parts of the world. “It's one of the biggest killers of mothers. In Africa and Asia. about 10 percent of women will end up with severe bleeding. " The drug works by stopping blood clots（血凝块） from breaking down after a mother gives birth. The treatment can prevent the need for doctors to perform surgery to find the source of bleeding.

Shakur said the best results were reported when the drug was given to women as soon as possible after childbirth, “The earlier you give it- so within the first three hours of giving birth—the better the effect is. ”

The next step will be to get the drug where it is needed provide training for doctors and nurses on how to use it. During the trial, women were given the drug in a hospital. But researchers are looking for easier ways to administer the drug so it can be more widely used in small clinics and rural areas.

1.What is the reachers’ next plan?

A.To know how much the drug is.

B.To get permission to use the drug.

C.To let more people know the drug.

D.To make medical staff know how to use the drug.

2.What can we learn from the text?

A.The more mothers use the drug, the better its effect is.

B.African and Asian countries made great progress in medicine.

C.Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of women’s death.

D.There is a long way to go before the drug can be used more widely.

3.What may be the best title for the text?

A.Care for the Health of Mothers

B.How Can We Use Tranexamic Acid Well?

C.Childbirth Drug Greatly Reduces Bleeding Deaths

D.What's the Biggest Killer of Mothers?

Apple Store

Description

Tap the Apple Store app on your iPhone or iPod touch, and you can do all things Apple.Buy Apple products and accessories(配件) and read customer reviews. Add free laser engraving and choose signature gift wrap on select products to make your items even more special. Find Apple Retail Stores, reserve select Apple products for pickup at your favorite store, and request help when you are at the store. Schedule Genius Bar and One to One reservations and check in for them when you arrive.

The Apple Store app is also the easiest way to buy or reserve your new iPhone --- right from your current iPhone. You can do it in just a few taps, without entering your AT & T account information. Order your new iPhone from the Apple Online Store and it’s shipped to you free and ready to use. Or reserve your new iPhone, pick it up at an Apple Retail Store, and we’ll set it up for you in minutes.

Apple Online Store Features

•Explore new and featured products from Apple.

•Buy a new iPhone and other Apple products, accessories, and software.

•Add free personal engraving to any new iPad or iPod.

•Choose signature gift wrapping for any iPad or iPod, select Mac notebooks, and select Apple software and accessories.

•Read customer reviews and get answers to product questions.

Apple Retail Store Features

•Reserve iPhone and other select products for pick up.

•Request help, check in for reservations, and receive meet-up alerts when you are at a store(iOS 4 required).

•Make Genius Bar and One to One reservations.

•Sign up for workshops and events.

What’s New in Version 1.1

•Add engraving and gift wrapping to select purchases from the Apple Online Store.

•Reserve products for pickup at an Apple Retail Store.

•Check in for reservations and request help within stores(iOS 4 required).

•Add Apple Retail Store reservations directly to iCal.

Please note: With Location Services on and the Apple Store app open, Apple will use your location to identify nearby Apple Retail Stores and to offer additional services when you are in a store. If you have previously selected the Apple Store app using location but do not want this new feature, you can update your Location Services preferences in General Settings.

1.The text is intended to ______.

A.recommend a new product of Apple B.inform the readers of Apple Store

C.describe the function of Apple Store D.offer additional services to customers of Apple Store

2.Tap the Apple Store app on your iPhone, and you can _______.

A.buy Apple products only B.get to any Apple Retail Store

C.reserve iPhone products for pickup D.request help wherever you are

3.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of Apple Online Store?

A.Reserve your new iPhone without entering your AT & T account information.

B.Order your new iPhone and it’s shipped to you free and ready to use.

C.Reserve your new iPhone and pick it up at an Apple Retail Store conveniently.

D.Check in for reservations, and received meet-up alerts when you are at a store.