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For nearly a thousand years, tea stayed the secret of the East. Then, in the 1500s, the Portuguese  1.  (gradual) arrived in China. They’d travelled to the Far East hoping to control the spice trade. But soon   2. tasting the brew for the first time, the   3.   (explore)quickly realized its potential and decided to focus on exporting tea instead. The Portuguese called the drink cha, just like the people of southern China did. From the port of Canton, the Portuguese shipped the  4. (process) leaves down through Indonesia, under the southern tip of Africa, and back up to   5. (west) Europe.

But long before the root word “cha” made 6.  (it) way across the oceans to Portugal, another trade route called the “Tea-Horse” road  7.  (spread) tea westward.  8. bricks of tea packed up high on the carriers’ backs, the leaf travelled to India via Persia,  9.  the Chinese “cha” turned into the Persian “chay”. Depending on the region of India, most Indian dialects use some variation of the root word “cha”  10.  (describe) tea.

    A month ago, I broke a nail（指甲）. My other nails looked amazing, but now one was a mess. Clearly, there was no point in keeping the others, so I______ to cut them all off.

―What are you doing, Mom?‖ my daughter______, ―Your nails look great! Don’t cut them!‖

―But they’re ______ ,‖I said, waving the broken one in her face.

―They’re not,‖ she said. ―You ______ have nine nails left!‖

I ______. My nails certainly weren’t perfect anymore, and the ______ of ―perfect‖ is ―disaster‖, right? I mean, this is how I think about most things: it’s all or nothing. I seem to go from ―good‖ to ―complete disaster‖ in a matter of moments. I’ve been ______ why I act this way, but I don’t know what causes this ______. My brain only ______ ―perfect‖ or ―disaster‖.

However, we humans are never just good or bad---we are far more ______. We have wins and we have losses and, occasionally, they are hard to ______. Some people understand this by nature，while others don't. For most of us, learning not to do the thing we’re used to ______ effort and might cause discomfort. However, we should ______ ourselves that we sometimes make mistakes, and that this doesn’t mean we are______. We need to accept that things will sometimes go______.

Somehow, failure is part of life. We all fall______, and we normally get straight back up. And so, with my daughter’s words ______ in my ears, I decided to keep my nine nice nails. I feel ______ every time I look at my hands, but I’m determined to ______ my choice. It’s a perfect exercise in ______.

1.A. expected B. rejected C. decided D. managed

2.A. complained B. criticized C. commented D. cried

3.A. ruined B. broken C. disturbed D. weakened

4.A. even B. still C. just D. ever

5.A. agreed B. admitted C. refused D. hesitated

6.A. opposite B. concept C. misunderstanding D. comparison

7.A. talking about B. worrying about C. thinking about D. setting about

8.A. mistake B. behavior C. condition D. character

9.A. rejects B. abandons C. compares D. sees

10.A. complex B. elegant C. cautious D. aggressive

11.A. possess B. avoid C. distinguish D. accomplish

12.A. motivates B. requires C. acknowledges D. recommends

13.A. remind B. teach C. promise D. inform

14.A. victims B. failures C. winners D. explorers

15.A. bad B. wild C. crazy D. wrong

16.A. helplessly B. casually C. occasionally D. merely

17.A. sticking B. ringing C. whispering D. beating

18.A. vacant B. shallow C. upset D. skeptical

19.A. live on B. live up to C. live through D. live with

20.A. imperfection B. principle C. assumption D. category

    Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives. Self-confident people tend to see their lives in a positive light. 1.. The good news is that self-confidence really can be learned and built on. 2..

★ 3.

It’s easy to lose confidence if you can’t discover your positive attributes, your limitless potential and the beauty of your own existence. Make a list of all the things you, re proud of in your life. It might be as simple as driving your car or giving a speech. Keep the list close by and add to it whenever you do something you’re proud of. When you’re low in confidence, pull out the list and use it to remind yourself you are so excellent.

★ Be prepared to fail with confidence

Self-confidence gives you the freedom to make mistakes and cope with failure without feeling that you are a worthless person. So if you suffer a setback, the best thing you can do is to recognize it, apologize, and make a plan for avoiding it in the future. 4.. Tow self-confidence is often caused by the negative thoughts running through our minds on an endless track.

★ Be comfortable with fear

You may think that people who are self-confident are never fearful. This simply is not true. Fear means you are at your growing edge. Perhaps your fear is speaking in front of a group, introducing yourself to someone you don’t know, or asking your boss for a raise.

★ Look in the mirror and smile

Studies surrounding what’s called the “facial feedback theory” suggest that the expressions on your face can actually encourage your brain to register or intensify certain emotions. So by looking in the mirror and smiling every day, you might feel happier about your appearance, and to accept the way you look. 5..

A.Look at what you’ve already achieved

B.Don’t let the failure make you think you don’t have what it takes to achieve your dreams

C.Those who lack self-confidence, however, are more likely to have a negative perspective about the life

D.Try some of the tips listed below to help you stay confident

E.This will also help you feel more confident in the long run

F.When you are able to confront what you fear, you will gain self-confidence

G.Think about who in your life can really help you build up confidence

    February, 2015, a South Korean woman was sleeping on the floor when her robot vacuum (吸尘器) ate her hair, forcing her to call for emergency help. It surely isn’t what Stephen Hawking warned us that intelligent devices “mean the end of the human race”. But it does highlight one of the unexpected dangers of inviting robots into our home.

There are many examples of intelligent technology going bad, but more often than not, they involve cheating rather than physical danger.

Meanwhile, increasing evidence suggests that we, especially children, tend to tell our deepest, darkest secrets to human robots. So how do we protect ourselves from giving-away code?

Once you’ve invited a robot into your home, you need to manage your expectations. Movies and marketing may have told us to expect deep interaction with robots friends but we’ve still got a long way to go before they are as socially aware as described. Given the gulf between expectation and reality, it’s important to avoid being tricked.

The message is clear: as robots became increasingly connected to the internet, and able to respond to natural language, you need to especially cautious about figuring out who or what you are talking about.

We also need to think about how information is being stored and shared when it comes to robots that can record our every move. Some recording devices may have been designed for entertainment but can easily be adapted for more dangerous purposes. Take Nixie, the wearable camera that can fly off your wrist at a moment’s notice and take shots around you in the air. It doesn’t take much imagination to see how such technology could be taken advantage of.

Most people protect their secrets in the presence of a recording device. But what happens once we get used to a robot around the house, answering every instruction and call? We may be at risk of letting our guard down, treating them as extended member of our family. If the technology around us is able to record and process speech, images and movement, or listen secretly to us, what will happen to that information? Where will it be stored？Who will have access? If our internet history can be a mirror, these details could be worth their gold weight to advertisement company. If we grow accustomed to having trustworthy robots getting into our daily lives, our words and deeds could easily become over-exposed.

So, what is the safest way to welcome robots into our homes, public spaces, and social lives? We should be cautiously optimistic that intelligent machines could become enriching companions, while acknowledging that we need to determine strict boundaries for robots.

We might think of expanding the reach of consumer protection agencies or creating new robot-centered policies. Advances in robots may call for a body responsible for the combination of robots with society. There should be someone to turn to should your robot commit a crime, steal your car… or try to eat your hair.

1.The hair-eating story in Paragraph 1 is intended to_________..

A.show the poor quality of the product B.warn us to keep far away from vacuum

C.introduce the topic of the discussion D.appeal to us to take pity on the victim

2.According to the writer, it is wise to_________..

A.tell our deepest, darkest secrets to human robots straightly

B.have deep interaction with robots friends eagerly

C.make robots more socially aware than they are described

D.manage our expectations and adjust our trust towards robots

3.The last two paragraphs are mainly about_________..

A.some reasons why we should be careful with robots

B.some background information of the writer ’s conclusion

C.some measures to be taken to deal with the problem

D.some conclusion drawn from a series of experiments

4.The writer’s attitude to our over-trusting robots can best be described as_________..

A.positive B.objective

C.optimistic D.critical

    UK physicist Isaac Newton once said, “Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy (傻子).” Indeed, Mother Nature can provide almost everything human beings need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel and lash out at (抨击) us.

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎, NCP) in China and some other countries at the beginning of this year is an example. According to Xinhua News Agency, the new coronavirus is similar to a virus found in a bat in 2017 and probably has an intermediate host (中间宿主).

It’s once believed that the virus originated from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where live wild animals were sold.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Dr Peter Daszak, president of the US-based health organization EcoHealth Alliance, said, “This outbreak is a lesson for us. On a global scale (规模), human population density (密度), wildlife diversity, and land use change are what drive new pandemics (流行病).”

In ancient times, people needed to rely on nature to survive so they held it in awe (敬畏). For example, the American Indians believed that humans are a part of nature and nature is a part of humans. Chinese ancients always pursued the harmony between nature and human beings.

However, as human beings master more knowledge and make more advanced tools, people try to change and even conquer nature. They use more land to make buildings, genetically modify (改变) plants, capture some wild and rare animals to suit their own needs. In this process, humans gradually lose contact with nature and even throw it out of balance. For example, cutting a large number of forests means carbon dioxide must build up in the atmosphere and it contributes to global warming.

Although we don’t know for sure what first caused the NCP outbreak, Brian Lamacraft at Medium said it’s time for people to “reflect on our relationship with our planet” and “reconnect with this world and everything that we’ve been given”. After all, according to US poet Gary Snyder, “Nature is not the place to visit. It’s our home.”

1.What lesson did Daszak think human beings should learn from the NCP outbreak?

A.Bats are one of the most dangerous wild animals.

B.It’s impossible to prevent new pandemics globally.

C.We should stop the wildlife trade around the world.

D.Humans should live peacefully with nature.

2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?

A.How human beings become their own masters.

B.How human activities cause global warming.

C.How human beings break the balance of nature.

D.How humans use technology to improve their lives.

3.What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

A.To reflect on the NCP outbreak.

B.To explain what led to the NCP outbreak.

C.To describe experts’ predictions on new pandemics.

D.To compare ancient and modern attitudes toward nature.

    Eat healthier. Exercise twice a week. Read more books. Lose weight. We make the same resolutions (决心) every year, but most of us fail, dying out after only a few days or, at best, weeks. Even the most successful among us crash and burn when it comes to personal change. President Barack Obama struggles to get out of his cigarette habit.

Professionals who help people make changes in their lives suggest the change is decided not by one’s surroundings, but one’s mind. Beginning with small goals or steps usually leads to a better result later, they say. But they notice that the experience is different for everyone.

“People are more likely to make positive changes in their lives not only when their friends do, but when their friends of friends do, and when their friends of friends of friends do,” said Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard University. “People are better able to make changes in their lives—lose weight, quit smoking, become happy—when they do this with a large number of other people, and so taking advantage of your social network ties can contribute to your own efforts.”

Johnny Augustin understands that well. His resolution for 2008 was to reduce 30 pounds from his 237-pound frame. But the change didn’t come easily. He said, “I’m a huge procrastinator, I kept putting it off until tomorrow. I didn’t get to do it until the summer.” However, Augustin got encouraged when he saw his older brother working out. Today, Augustin weighs 190 pounds.

“Of course, change can happen only if people don’t set their expectations too high or try to deal with too many changes at once; one of the biggest mistakes we make is setting unrealistic goals,” said Dalia Liera, a psychologist at Lesley University. “You can’t accomplish in a few weeks what you haven’t accomplished in a few years,” said Liera.

1.From the first paragraph we can infer that _________.

A.change for a person is challenging

B.famous people have great resolutions

C.most people don’t want to change themselves

D.personal change is beyond belief

2.The word “procrastinator” in Paragraph 4 refers to those who_________.

A.have great determination to make a change

B.put off work especially because of laziness

C.have habitual carelessness and laziness

D.have no desire to do something great

3.According to the passage, Dalia Liera suggested that __________.

A.people should understand their goals well

B.people should try their best to change themselves

C.people should have confidence and positive habits

D.people should start with setting small goals to meet

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Growing up on a small farm, I lived a life that I took for granted. My father worked in the city as a plumber(水暖工).He was not highly educated, but he was smart, looking at problems in an engineer’s way. He was a man made of leather, brass and chewing tobacco who tried to teach my brother and me useful things, including respect. He also had a temper and was strict with us for he would scold us when we made some careless mistakes. Sometimes, my father seemed like a distant enemy to me and I didn’t like him very much.

One day I came home from primary school and his car was already there. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. My father never missed work; in fact, when he came home, he went to the barn to work even more. I remember looking at him secretly around the corner as he lay on his bed in the middle of the day.

Later, my mother told me he got multiple myeloma(多发性骨髓瘤),a type of cancer. As the cancer grows, the person will shrink because the disease destroys the body’s energy and the abnormal antibodies cause problems for other cells and tissue. Bones eventually look like Swiss cheese, and when they break, they may never heal. But I didn’t realize that my father’s time was rather limited and just treated him the same way I used to.

For the last year of my fathers life, his entire day consisted df rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was predictably in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone.

Paragraph 1 :

He asked me to sit down and what he told me still moves me these decades Later.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2 :

At that moment, I realized that he was doing more than telling.

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假定你是李华，你的美国笔友 Max 给你写了一封信，针对美国疫情严重的情况，征求你的建议。请你给他回封信，要点如下：

1. 合理安排居家学习生活；

2.做好个人防护措施；

3.调整好心态。

参考词汇：novel coronavirus 新冠状病毒

注意：1. 词数 100 左右，格式已给出；

2. 适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Max,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for 1.(be) Britain’s oldest full-time employee—still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield, 2. she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have 3.(final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.

Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement” award, proud Irene 4.(declare) she had no plans 5.(retire) from her 36-year-old business. Irene said, “I don’t see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I 6.(make) over the years. I work not because I have to, 7. because I want to.”

Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said, “We don’t have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call 8.(say) she was short-listed, we thought it was 9. joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It’s 10.(wonder).”

    When I was ten, my father brought home a sailboat, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at_______. As  for me,  I  learned both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.

The last time Dad and I set sail together is really _______ . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and invited Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon  on the_______ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything_______well with the tiller (舵柄)in his hands.

When we were in the middle of the lake, a strong wind came all of a sudden .The boat was hit_______ Dad was always at his best in any danger, but at this moment he _______ .

“John!_______!” he shouted in a trembling voice ,with the tiller still in his hands. In my memory he could fix any problem. He was the one I always_______for strength and security. Before I could respond, a_______of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ________ it was too late. Another huge wall of water________ the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly .At that moment, I felt fiercely ________ of him.

I swam to Dad________ and assisted him in climbing onto the hull(船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of________. “It’s all right ,  Dad,  we  are safe now.” I comforted him.

That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start________ for my father.

1.A.boating B.running C.teaching D.swimming

2.A.unforgettable B.unforgivable C.cheerful D.regretful

3.A.stormy B.calm C.thundery D.icy

4.A.finished B.seemed C.went D.sounded

5.A.lightly B.violently C.hardly D.repeatedly

6.A.froze B.suffered C.fell D.withdrew

7.A.Look B.Run C.Help D.Jump

8.A.lived with B.argued with C.objected to D.turned to

9.A.fountain B.stream C.wave D.shower

10.A.if B.for C.after D.but

11.A.get through B.turned over C.poured into D.lifted up

12.A.ashamed B.tired C.protective D.afraid

13.A.quickly B.hopelessly C.slowly D.helplessly

14.A.pain B.anger C.fear D.shame

15.A.making up B.getting ready C.paying off D.looking out

    If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the fact.1. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become  strong.2.One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a  motor car all day.

If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. 3., many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means––practice.

Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can?  4.Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things: they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

5., learn from the poor: practice remembering.

A.Why is this?

B.What do you think of it?

C.So if you want a good memory

D.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory

E.When someone else says that he is poor in the health

F.The  position is exactly the same as that of two people.

G.Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way

    There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little whisky(威士忌) at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited there in 1873 she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot,” And she didn't even go fishing.

Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grass mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold. As you settle down with just a people and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle, any frustration will float away as gently as the circling water. It's just you and purple, pink, white flowers, a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime's fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.

Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day's fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland's mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of mountains, and reaching its 1342-metre top is a challenge. But it's not just what goes up that matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain's north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes form the Gaelic language "usqueb" or "water of life"; and it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland's best known whisky.

1.The story of Queen Victoria is to show that                 .

A.the queen is rich in tour experience

B.the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland

C.tasting whisky is better than going fishing

D.1873 is a special year for the queen

2.How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

A.By giving descriptions. B.By following time order.

C.By analyzing causes. D.By making comparisons.

3.What is Ben Nevis special for?

A.The Inverlochy Castle Hotel.

B.The beauty of its surroundings.

C.The water from the mountain.

D.The challenge up to its top.

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.

B.To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.

C.To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland.

D.To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland.

    There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip as much as the British. If prying into (打探) other’s lives were an Olympic sport, then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.

And when the British can’t watch the lives of real people, they have another source of entertainment to fall back on — the soap opera. British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas. For one, they are normally longer running. The two most popular, Coronation Street and East-enders, have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively. Both are broadcast several times a week, so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.

The most obvious difference is that, unlike US dramas, the British soap operas focus on the real world. There is little glamour (魅力), the stars are rarely rich, and they normally have boring jobs. Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience — but with some drama added. This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.

Because these soap operas last for decades, the cast is ever changing. The shows rarely focus on one or two main characters. Like the real world, people come and go all the time. However, there are exceptions. Coronation Street’s William Roach, 76, has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960, and he is still a regular.

The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural: People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester. People from the south generally prefer East-enders, which is set in the east of London. The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.

1.What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?

A.American dramas are longer.

B.British soap operas are longer.

C.American dramas deal with dangerous things.

D.British soap operas deal with real people.

2.Why do British people like to watch such operas?

A.They can find their own life from the operas.

B.They can enjoy the operas in their free time.

C.They can watch the operas for many years.

D.They care about the fate of the characters in the operas.

3.The underlined world “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______.

A.plays

B.pages

C.issues

D.parts

4.One characteristic of British operas is that ______.

A.the characters play the same role for a long time.

B.the characters in the play often change

C.people don’t know what will happen next

D.there is only one or two characters in them

    I want to share with you a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction (拍卖会). Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.

One day I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker(搭便车的人) with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him that he was heading for the  west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was low in spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.

We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.

We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by  what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch -hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came  to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.

1.What made the hitch-hiker become less upset?

A.The writer’s father offering him a free ride.

B.The writer’s father really listening to him.

C.The writer’s father agreeing to drive him to his destination.

D.The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things.

2.The underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to______.

A.catching the car B.heading for the west

C.talking about his experiences D.driving 45 minutes

3.Which of the following words CANNOT be used to describe the father?

A.Willing to help. B.Easy-going.

C.Far-sighted. D.Full of sympathy.

4.The author wrote the text mainly to ______.

A.show his respect for his father B.tell a story of his father

C.prove his father is the best teacher D.advise people to learn from their father

Dear Sir,

I am writing to express my concern about the plans to build a motorway near our village.

Haldersham is one of the loveliest villages in England. It is peaceful and quiet, and it is situated in a very attractive valley. There are also several beautiful countryside walks in the surroundings, with a view of many rare trees and plants.

Most of the people who live in Haldersham have moved here from other places, often from London and other big cities. They have bought houses here to live in a place far away from the noise and the stress of the big city. They paid a lot of money for their houses, but they knew they would get a high quality of life for it.

If the planned motorway is built, life in Haldersham will change greatly. There will be a lot of noise around us, and nobody will want to go on the walks. House prices will certainly go down, because nobody will want to buy houses in a place close to a motorway. Haldersham will become an ugly place.

I don’t think any of the people living in this beautiful village want that, and we all believe exposure to noise pollution can have a direct influence on our health. So, let’s all tell the politicians who support the motorway plans what we think about them!

Yours faithfully,

Hilary Riley

1.Many people move to Haldersham because ______.

A.it has a good environment

B.it is not far away from big cities

C.they want to be a help to the village

D.they prefer to study rare plants in this area

2.According to Hilary Riley, a motorway will ______.

A.cause high house prices

B.bring people stress

C.provide a convenient life

D.affect the quality of life

3.What’s the purpose of the letter?

A.To give an introduction of Haldersham.

B.To show grateful thanks to the politicians.

C.To express disapproval about the motorway.

D.To offer suggestions on building the motorway.

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1.Marty is very positive, though he gets a ___________ (伤残；残疾) .

2.Eleanor was __________ (颇为生气的) at having had to wait for him so long.

3.I hope your holiday will be __________ (有益的) to you.

4.It's already nine o'clock. Would now be a __________ (合适的) moment to show the slides?

5.She had a strong __________ (渴望) to go abroad for further study.

6.When they heard the __________ (警报) they even did not realize what had happened.

7.Soldiers are expected to _________（服从）their orders with-out question.

8.Yao Ming has a __________（天才；才干） for playing basketball.

9.The __________ (证人) stated that she had never seen Mr. Smith.

10.I don't want to __________ (督促) you against your own wish.

11.In the __________ (每年的) get-together, we all enjoyed the pleasure of friendship.

12.He __________ (暂停) for breath and then continued climbing.

13.Water began to come into the ship, so the captain gave orders to __________ (抛弃；遗弃) it.

14.The star has__________(捐赠) a large sum of money to charity so far.

15.It's too difficult for him to__________ (操作) this new machine.

16.Your letter was a great __________ (安慰) to me.

17.The play writer has __________（推荐） the actress as the leading part in this film.

18.The development of economy promotes a __________(繁荣) in car sales.

19.The article stresses the importance of education __________(改革).

20.I think you can turn to Mr. Smith because he will solve your problem using very __________ (实际的；实用的) ways.

Much to the couple's comfort，their income is now double ________ it was five years ago.

A.that B.if C.which D.what

As days go on，I think that Beijing will become ________ the whole world pay close attention to.

A.where B.what C.which D.that

Thinking that you know ________ in fact you don't know is a serious mistake.

A.what B.that C.when D.however

His mother did _______ she could ______ the boy.

A.what help B.that help C.what to help D.that to help

_______climber gets to the top first will get a ￥5,000 prize.

A.No matter when B.Whichever C.No matter which D.Whenever

When the news came ___ the war broke out , he decided to serve in the army.

A.since B.which C.that D.because

John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of 　　　 are family members.

A.them B.that

C.which D.whom

They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not expected.

A.that B.which

C.it D.what

(2009·陕西高考)I still remember________to the Famen Temple and what I saw there.

A.to take B.to be taken

C.taking D.being taken

.Ladex does’t feel like     abroad.Her parents are old.

A.study B.studying C.studied D.to study

_____ many times, he finally understood it.

A.Told B.Telling C.Having told D.Having been told

At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.

A.to realize B.realized C.realizing D.being realized

--- Why don't we choose that road to save time?

--- The bridge to it                 .

A.has repaired B.is repaired

C.is being repaired D.will be repaired

At the awarding ceremony held in Tokyo, the scientists were surprised by what ______ in science and technology.

A.has discovered B.has been discovered

C.had discovered D.had been discovered