Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.轻松的背景音乐会对工作效率产生积极的影响吗？（effect）

2.考虑到当日达递送服务的收费要高不少，我们不一定非得使用它。（necessarily）

3.这条新建的地铁延长线会使附近街区的人们获得很大的益处。（benefit v.）

4.我认为你在上司面前卖弄知识并不明智，因为你可能会冒犯到她。（offend）

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.

Right Colors for Restaurant Walls?

Have you ever noticed that many restaurants have red or orange walls? This fashion comes from the widely held belief that these two colors stimulate the appetite. Restauranteurs hope that by stimulating the appetites of their customers in this way, they can encourage them to order more food.

A large fast - food chain recently decided to test the belief that the color of the decoration affects how much food their customers order. This company has restaurants in major cities across the US and serves customers of all ages, including small children. The traditional decoration of this restaurant chain includes beige（米色的）paint on the walls. For this test, the company painted the walls in half of its restaurants orange, leaving the other half of its restaurants with their original beige walls. In order to make up for the possible influence of cultural differences between cities, the company made sure that in every city where its restaurants are located, there were both restaurants with orange walls and restaurants with beige walls.

The restaurant chain kept track of exactly what foods were ordered in each restaurant for one year before the walls were painted, and then again for one year after the walls had been painted. They found no difference. On average, customers in each restaurant, whether is had beige or of the company said. “We have proven it.”

The wall s of all the restaurants in the chain have been restored to their original beige color. The company president explained that this color is part of the company’s image. Now that the study is over, people might be confused if they walked into a restaurant expecting beige walls and got orange instead, so the company president explained.

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Luwak Coffee Indonesia

Luwak coffee is one of the most expensive coffees in the world, because it has extraordinary value and its availability is very rare. Indonesian Luwak coffee, or civet(麝香猫) coffee, sells well and is very popular with coffee lovers because it is considered to have a smooth and friendly taste in the stomach.

1. Many are disgusted with the basic ingredients that come from animal feces(粪便). Because of this, these drinks also get bad nicknames in various countries. Even so, the Indonesian Luwak coffee industry seems uninterrupted and still sells well at high prices.

2. These three factors are a long production process, the amount of harvest that is not as large as ordinary coffee beans, and the taste of coffee that is not thick.

Initially, this drink was discovered by local people who are curious about the taste of coffee. They find seeds that are still complete in the feces of a cat - like animal, so they process seeds from the dirt, bake, then make a drink. The enjoyment of this drink is heard by the Dutch government. They then collect and sell Indonesian civet coffee at very high prices.

The process begins when coffee plants enter the harvest period. Fruit that is ready for harvest will begin to turn reddish. 3. The fruit eaten will be digested by this animal, strangely the digestion of this animal cannot destroy the layer of coffee. The dirt or feces from the civets will later be collected to be cleaned.

After cleaning, the next process is roasting. The roasting process is only up to the medium roast level. The reason is to maintain a unique sense of character. The roasted seeds are then packaged in whole beans or powder for sale. 4.

A.In fact, coffee beans in each region have different taste character.

B.Luwak has the habit and ability to choose the best quality coffee fruit, so this animal will eat fruit with good seeds.

C.Not everyone can appreciate this drink.

D.Some breeding areas even open a civet coffee cafe so that visitors can enjoy the most expensive coffee immediately after baking.

E.There are three main factors that make Indonesian Luwak coffee more expensive than coffee in general.

F.What is the actual production process of civet coffee?

    We all have a tendency to fake laugh, particularly when authority figures in our lives try to make a joke that just doesn’t land. Though it might feel rude not to laugh when your in-laws or boss try to say something funny, pretending to do so might not be much better. It turns out, even if you think that your forced laughing sounds genuine, people are usually pretty good at separating truly spirited belly laughs from fake ones. But how can they possible know the difference?

Well, when researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles studied the acoustic and perceptual differences between real and fake laughter, they found that some of the sounds associated with genuine laughter is “really hard to fake.” In their study, the researchers determined that subjects were only fooled by 37 percent of fake laughter.

The most prominent factor distinguishing real laughter from fake laughter is duration -- or, more specifically, the number of breaths taken in in between sounds. Seeing as it takes more effort and concentration to fake a laugh as opposed to do it genuinely, people tend to pause more in between their “ha-ha’s” when they’re faking it. Evidently, that pausing is pretty noticeable.

“A fake laugh is basically an imitation of a real laugh, but produced with a slightly different set of vocal muscles controlled by a different part of our brain,” Greg Bryant, the lead UCLA researcher on the study, explained. “The result is that there are subtle features of the laugh that sound like speech, and ... people are unconsciously quite sensitive to them.”

People have also proven to be emotionally sensitive to laughter as well. “Our rains are very sensitive to the social and emotional significance of laughter,” said Carolyn McGettigan, a scientist at Royal Holloway, University of London.

McGettigan conducted a 2014 study that recorded participants’ brain responses as they listened to the same people produce genuine laughter by watching funny videos, as opposed to fake laughter. “During our study, when participants heard a laugh that was posed, they activated regions of the brain associated with mentalizing in an attempt to understand the other person’s emotional and mental state,” she said.

So, while we may understand that certain social situations sometimes require fake laughter, most of the time, our instincts and emotional intelligence are just too smart to buy into them.

According to McGettigan, that’s a good thing. “Evolutionarily speaking, it’s good to be able to detect if someone is authentically experiencing an emotion or if they’re not,” she said. “Because you don’t want to be fooled.”

1.What do researchers at the University of California want to find out in this study?

A.What is the difference between a fake laugh and a real one.

B.Which part of the brain controls the sound of our laughter.

C.Why do people need to fake laugh when they don’t want to.

D.How to laugh as genuinely as possible when you are faking it.

2.Your forced laughing is more noticeable than you think, mainly because_______.

A.you seem more concentrated when you laugh for real

B.you take more breaths when you try to fake a laugh

C.a fake laugh often happens after a sudden pause

D.a real laugh usually lasts longer than a fake one

3.Which of the following is true according to Greg Bryant?

A.Real laughter is not at all controllable by our brain.

B.People may notice fake laughter without knowing why.

C.People use the same set of muscles to laugh and to speak.

D.Faking laugh shares the same techniques as making speech.

4.What has Carolyn McGettigan’s 2014 study proven?

A.Certain social situations may require us to fake a laugh.

B.Evolution has enabled us to recognize other’s emotions.

C.By instincts, we are able to tell a person’s mental state.

D.We can sense other’s emotional state when they laugh.

    Just when you thought you figured out Millennials (those who reached young adulthood around the year 2000), Generation Z is now entering the workforce. A massive 72.8 million individuals are included in this group born between the mid - 1990s and the early 2000s.

Are you ready?

While we have learned how to create a culture where Millennials can do well, what Generation Z needs can be quite different:

1.According to the passage, Millennials and Gen Z share the same point of view on _______.

A.job satisfaction B.work assessment

C.weaknesses and strengths D.salary and benefits

2.Which of the following is true of Gen Z’s way of thinking?

A.They prefer to be team leaders, not members.

B.They enjoy working together with others.

C.They don’t want to cooperate, they compete.

D.They have talents and don’t want to be judged.

3.Who among the following are most probably the target readers of this passage?

A.Millennials. B.Generation Z.

C.Recruiters. D.FOMO patients.

    When we say that residents in the Chicago suburb of North Riverside, Illinois, “wrote the book” on how to be good neighbors, we are not exaggerating. The residents of North Riverside really did write a book on neighborliness that has helped make their town a remarkable place.

Neighbors All: Creating Community One Block at a Time is a 65 - page manual filled with friendly suggestions and inspiring stories, all designed to build “family bonds” among neighbors. Every household gets a copy, delivered by a volunteer “block captain” tasked with welcoming new arrivals, helping seniors, making sure kids play nice, and more. It’s a big job, but the 90 captains across the town of 6,700 don’t do it alone. They are organized by their own captain, Caro Saple, and the neighborhood Services Committee, which appoints leaders of all ages, including a team of school - age “angels”.

If all this seems somewhat bureaucratic（宫僚制度的）, in practice Neighbors All has very much lived up to its title. One captain got to chatting with an elder couple who revealed that they couldn’t afford to replace their broken stove. Before long, the Neighborhood Services Committee had collected enough money to buy them a new one.

Another resident, a woman from Poland, told her captain that she was having trouble sorting out the paperwork to get her citizenship. The captain told the committee, which told the mayor, who got the help of their local congressperson, and soon the woman’s paperwork was all in order.

“ I have been in North Riverside over 34 years and am very proud of the small-town caring the community demonstrates every day,” said Vera Jandacek Wilt. “Waters rising in the river, ready to flood nearby homes? Residents and officials are filling sandbags to hold back the floods. Lonely seniors have not stepped out of the house? A block captain shows up to invite them to a block party. This community truly looks out for one another.”

Does all this mean that North Riverside is perfect? No -- neighbors still quarrel. Kids still fight. But the community spirit that is part of North Riverside’s DNA appears all over town.

1.In paragraph 1, the phrase “wrote the book” is closest in meaning to _______.

A.showed expertise B.learned a lesson

C.put down in writing D.revealed secrets

2.Which of the following is true of the book Neighbors All?

A.It includes inspiring stories written by Caro Saple.

B.It gives advice and instructions on how to be nice.

C.It is a historical record of the North Riverside.

D.It is for the Neighborhood Services Committee.

3.What among the following are the responsibilities of a block captain?

(1) Spreading copies of the book Neighbors All;

(2) Appointing school - age kids as volunteer “angels”;

(3) visiting and accompanying lonely seniors.

A.(1) and (2) B.(2) and (3)

C.(1) and (3) D.All of above

4.According to the passage, Vera Jandacek Wilt felt really proud of _______.

A.the neighborliness in North Riverside

B.the block parties for senior residents

C.living in a perfectly safe community

D.becoming a captain for those in need

    In the food industry, it seems, the robot revolution is well underway, with machines mastering skilled tasks that have always been performed by people.

In Boston, robots have displaced _______ and are creating complex bowls of food for customers. In Prague, machines are _______ waiters and servers using an app. In Denver, they’re taking orders. Robots are even making the perfect loaf of bread these days, taking charge of a(n) _______that has remained in human hands for thousands of years.

Now comes Briggo, a company that has created a fully _______, robotic coffee machine that can push out 100 cups of coffee in a single hour -- equaling the _______ of three to four baristas（咖啡师）, according to the company.

Using a mix of Latin American beans, the machine creates _______ cups of coffee that can be ordered via an app, giving customers control over ingredients, flavorings and temperature without any human interaction. The company says no other business in the world has applied as much _______ to “specialty coffee.”

Removing the _______ element from ordering a cup of coffee is one of the company’s primary selling points. “No more lines, no more counter confusion, no more misspelled names,” Briggo’s website says.

Kevin Nater, Briggo’s president and chief executive, said the machine would best fit locations in which _______ is highly valued, like airports and office buildings, where several of the machines currently operate.

“Imagine you’re coming into the security line at the airport, your flight is coming up, and you know that if you want a coffee you’re going to stand in a long line,” said Nater. “From the security line, you can simply order your cup of coffee and pick it up at the coffee haus and make it to your flight ________.”

“I’ve never found anyone who wants to stand in line a long time,” he added. “We’ve just changed the ________.”

But Olive Geib, a 24-year-old barista in Annapolis, Md., remained ________. As coffee is being made by a barista, he said, subtly（细微地）adjusting the ratio of water to coffee bean as flavor develops through refined taste tests, is a crucial part of the process. “All the numbers and data in the world can’t actually tell you how the coffee ________,” Geib said.

Asked whether he was worried about losing his job to a robot, Gerb said, “absolutely not.” He said there’s a ________ group of people who will always seek out the slower, interactive experiences at coffee shops.

“A lot of customers really appreciate watching a barista carefully pouring water or steaming the milk,” he added. “This ________ aspect, the atmosphere and the interaction with the barista, is a big part of the experience of drinking coffee.”

1.A.waitresses B.baristas C.cooks D.machines

2.A.replacing B.recruiting C.restoring D.resisting

3.A.room B.art C.school D.oven

4.A.typical B.inaccessible C.challenging D.automatic

5.A.quality B.output C.time D.cost

6.A.sugar-free B.fruit-flavored C.customized D.professional

7.A.inspiration B.technology C.correction D.strictness

8.A.safety B.stress C.human D.design

9.A.service B.preparation C.reliability D.convenience

10.A.on time B.for real C.in advance D.without notice

11.A.game B.price C.fact D.myth

12.A.nervous B.sad C.annoyed D.doubtful

13.A.looks B.changes C.sells D.tastes

14.A.distinguished B.difficult C.loyal D.lazy

15.A.cultural B.social C.skillful D.mindful

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

May Day in India

Each May 1, workers in India join others around the world to mark May Day, depending on local customs.

It’s quite appropriate that India celebrates with an official holiday in some of its 29 states and seven union territories. After all, the country has an 1. (estimate) 522 million workers, more than the entire population of the United States.

Here’s a Q&A on May Day in general:

Isn’t May Day about dancing around a pole?

You are correct — dancing is involved. That’s because “May Day” actually does double duty, celebrating two different things.

May Day originally started out as a celebration with roots in roman traditions. By the Middle Ages, May Day also 2. (involve) the maypole, which is made of wood and covered with decorations. Those are held by dancers 3. circle around the pole.

That 4. be the May Day you remember from your childhood, and that’s one of the two ways May Day is celebrated.

What does that have to do with workers?

This is where May Day’s double duty comes in.

In May 1886, US activists organized a national strike 5. (seek) an eight-hour workday. In Chicago’s Haymarket Square, the protest turned violent with around 11 to 15 deaths 6. police and participants.

7. (honor) the workers in the Haymarket disturbance, the International Socialist Conference declared May 1 would be a day labeled for labor, to be called International Workers’ Day. The holiday 8. (establish) at a meeting in 1889 and eventually spread to many parts of the world.

And that’s 9. maypoles, labor parades and protests are all part of May 1.

So where does India fit in with all of this?

India’s first Labor Day was celebrated in 1923 in Madras, now called Chennai. Over time, the holiday spread to other parts of the country.

According to Hindu.com, organizations and trade unions arrange parades and “children enter contests 10. they can understand the importance of fairness for workers.”

假定你是李华，学校英语俱乐部负责人。俱乐部计划举行经典英文电影赏析会( Classical English Film Night)，请你给美籍外教Liz写一封电子邮件邀请她参加。内容包括：

1．赏析会时间、地点；

2．活动内容介绍；

3．邀请Liz并请她推荐电影。

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作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。

A total of 3.41 million people have applied for the postgraduate entrance examination, that will begin on Saturday and last until Monday. Data releasing by an information website showed the number of students taking the exam have doubled in Jiangsu, Sichuan, and other province in the past five years.

The increase in postgraduate applicants is that the demand for higher education in China remains strongly. Xiong Bingqi, vice-director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said manystudents apply to postgraduate studies mainly to find a better job."Many people pursue highly education not only to enhance their know ledge or skills, and to get a good job. This may reduce the general quality of graduates. As result, companies may find it harder to get the employees they want," he said.

阅读下面短文，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。

At present, I am 1. (extreme) happy because I am doing what I love. As 2. senior three student, I study hard every day and live it to the full. 3. feels good to study hard with all my determined 4. ( classmate) to realize our dreams. When I recall the happy things 5. happened to me, the experience of 6. (receive) the scholar ship in middle school topped them all. It was a time when my family was going through financial burdens, So I 7. (make) up my mind 8. win the scholarship, hoping to reduce my parents' financial burdens. After making tons of hard work, I succeeded. At the ceremony, 9. my mom was the most poorly-dressed woman, she had the brightest smile on 10. (she) face

    No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _________

I learned this lesson from a(n) _________ many years ago. I took the head _________ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the _________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to ___________ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t _________ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to _________ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were ___________ me. I had to change my _________ about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little ____________. Most important, I began to treat them like ____________. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their ____________, we met every day and ______________ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our ______________ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to ____________. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ____________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest ____________ of my life！

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ____________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ______________ them. I helped them to see themselves ____________, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, but born.

1.A.luck B.tests C.efforts D.nature

2.A.experiment B.experience C.visit D.show

3.A.operating B.editing C.consulting D.coaching

4.A.successful B.excellent C.strong D.new

5.A.cheer for B.prepare for C.help with D.finish with

6.A.believe B.agree C.describe D.regret

7.A.realize B.claim C.permit D.demand

8.A.reacting to B.looking for C.depending on D.caring about

9.A.decision B.attitude C.conclusion D.intention

10.A.pride B.culture C.fortune D.relationship

11.A.leaders B.partners C.winners D.learners

12.A.rewards B.vacations C.health D.honor

13.A.risked B.missed C.considered D.practiced

14.A.defeat B.decline C.accident D.mistake

15.A.relax B.improve C.expand D.defend

16.A.shame B.burden C.victory D.favor

17.A.chances B.thrills C.concerns D.offers

18.A.surprise B.serve C.interest D.affect

19.A.encouraged B.observed C.protected D.impressed

20.A.honestly B.individually C.calmly D.differently

    Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock.1.Here’s how to make one.

● 2.In order to make a change, you need to decide why it’s important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.

● Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3. That’s a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.

● Keep your sleep/ wake schedule on weekends. If you’re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating (补偿) on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found.  4.

● Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you’ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 5. If not, take another look at other methods you could try.

A.Get a sleep specialist.

B.Find the night motivation.

C.A better plan for sleep can help.

D.And consider setting a second alarm.

E.If the steps you take are working, keep it up.

F.Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

G.Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee.

    Laughter is part of the human language around the world. Unlike English or French, we don't have to learn to speak it, and we're born with the ability to laugh. Studies show that the first laughter appears at about 3.5 to 4 months of age, long before we're able to speak.

As the saying goes, "Laughter is the best medicine." Best of all, this priceless medicine is fun, free and easy to use. Nothing works faster to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. It helps relax your whole body leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes. Laughter also helps you fight against diseases. It can improve the function of blood vessels (血管) and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack.

And the good feeling you get when you laugh remains with you even a few minutes later.

It helps you keep a positive, optimistic attitude toward difficult situations, disappointments and losses. Laughter gives you the strength to find new sources of meaning and hope. Even in the most difficult days, a laugh or even simply a smile can go a long way toward making you feel better.

Shared laughter is one of the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. And it helps build strong and lasting relationships, and it unites people during difficult times. So it's necessary to create opportunities to laugh with others. More often, people are very happy to share something funny because it gives them an opportunity to laugh again. When you hear laughter, find it out and ask. "What's funny?" And you can make time for fun activities such as bowling, golfing or karaoke.

In short, the ability to laugh and have fun not only makes life more enjoyable but also helps you solve problems, connect with others, and be more creative. The more laughter there is, the more benefits you'll receive.

1.The author develops the second paragraph mainly by ______ .

A.telling stories B.providing examples

C.discussing questions D.showing research findings

2.Paragraph 3 mainly talks about ______.

A.the difficult times in one's life

B.the benefits of laughter to our mind

C.the physical health benefits of laughter

D.different ways to feel better about oneself

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

A.Man—the Only Creature That Laughs

B.Laughing Makes Us Younger

C.Different Types of Laughter

D.Why Should We Laugh?

    Here's an unusual story：a diamond ring was recently found in an egg. The magician，Liu Qian，discovered it，in front of an audience of millions at CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. Liu's magic tricks have made the centuries-old art of magic fashionable once again，and made him the hottest magician in China.

As a seasoned young magician from Taiwan，Liu is popular worldwide for his magic shows. Countries he has performed in include the United States，Japan，South Korea and the UK.

Witnessing something impossible happen right before your eyes is the root of people's love for magic.

Liu is known for his interaction (互动) with his audiences. He has a unique understanding of showmanship (演出技巧)．

“It's actually thinking rather than one's manipulation (操作) skills that is more important to achieving a successful magic show. We think carefully about how to design the shows creatively，to make them appear more interesting.”Liu said.

Liu Qian's success dated back to his childhood. Born in 1976 in Taiwan，he found himself attracted to a magic toy in a shop when he was seven years old. At the age of 12，he won Taiwan's Youth Magic Contest，which was judged by the great American magician，David Copperfield.

Yet，Liu never planned on becoming a professional magician. He studied Japanese literature at university and only hoped to be an amateur (业余的) magician in his spare time. However， his failure to find a proper job after graduation pushed him towards magic as a career.

To refine his performing skills，he has performed on streets，roads and fields for passers-by， policemen and farmers.

“Street shows are the biggest challenge for us magicians. We have to deal with unexpected situations and tough crowds，”Liu said.

1.The story is about ______.

A.Liu Qian's experiences of becoming a great magician

B.why people love magic

C.what magic tricks are

D.how fashionable magic is

2.People love to watch magic because ______.

A.they can't figure out the secret of magic

B.it makes them happy

C.they love watching magicians make something impossible happen

D.it is a centuries-old art

3.Which of the following is the key reason that Liu Qian decided to make magic his career?

A.He was interested in magic when he was young.

B.He had won Taiwan's Youth Magic Contest.

C.He became an amateur magician in his spare time.

D.He couldn't find an acceptable job after graduation.

4.From the story we know that ______.

A.Liu Qian competed in many magic competitions

B.Liu Qian often invites audiences to be in his magic show

C.Liu Qian performs on streets in order to increase his fame

D.Liu Qian does street show to make money

    People need to relax and enjoy themselves. One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event.Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes(运动员)．

Over 2，000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days. These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves. They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill.

The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia. It was held in honour of the Greek god Zeus. For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games. At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on. There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch(火炬) was passed from runner to runner. The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting. People were allowed to travel to the games freely. Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from its colonies(殖民地) in Africa，Asia and Italy. They met as friends to cheer their favourite athletes and to enjoy themselves.

1.What happened in Greece over 2，000 years ago?

A.People stopped work and enjoyed themselves.

B.The cities there were often against one another.

C.People watched baseball games.

D.People didn't go to any games at all.

2.What did people do at the games?

A.They fought.

B.They just talked to friends.

C.They cheered for good athletes.

D.They tried to find friends.

3.Greek cities then were fighting so they ______．

A.were weak

B.were strong

C.couldn't go to other cities freely

D.could see each other

4.The best title for the story is ''______''．

A.Greece at War B.Together for the Games

C.Stop Fighting D.Sport

    When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important. Some of us even had imaginary (想象中的)friends. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens. Friends played a big part in forming our personalities (性格). As adults，it is still important for us to have friends.

True friends are people who like us though we made mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we're foolish. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people we aren't afraid of telling our secret wishes to or what is really on our minds.

Friends are our supporters. When you can depend on friends, you feel safe and warm.

Friends offer acceptance and emotional (情感的) support. At times, they also help with our everyday lives, cooking a meal, doing chores, or giving us a lift when we need one. Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on.

Friends also help us reduce stress. Not only do they listen to us when we feel stressed, but they also discuss what is stressing us. Sharing interests and doing activities with friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A.How to Reduce Stress B.How to Make New Friends

C.The Importance of Friends D.The Qualities of Good Friends

2.The underlined word "stimulate" in Paragraph 2 probably means ______ .

A.educate B.encourage

C.surprise D.dislike

3.We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always ______.

A.laugh at us when we're foolish

B.tell us other people's secrets

C.share our sadness and interests

D.support us when we need help

4.According to the passage, we can reduce stress by ______.

a. Making more new friends

b. discussing stress with friends

c. ignoring our problems for a while

d. Sharing interests with friends

A.a,b,c B.b,c,d

C.a,b,d D.a,c ,d

假如你是高一学生李华，你平时非常喜欢运动。请以My Favorite Sport 为题并根据以下提示写一篇英语短文。

1.你喜欢的运动；2. 你喜欢该运动的原因。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2．可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

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短文改错（共1小题）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。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(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My dream school starts at 8:30 a．m and ends at 3:30 p．m．They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．We didn’t need to do so many homework．Therefore , we have more time with after-school activities．For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and   take exercise for one hour every day．

My dream school look like a big garden．There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the Classroom buildings．We can lie on the grass for a rest, sit by the lake and listening music．The teachers here are kind and helpfully．They are not only our teachers but also our friends.

语法填空

Like many young children, Vikas Jyani dreamed of 1.(be) a pilot as a boy. Living in a small village called Sarangpur in Hisar district, he did not let go of that dream and after years of struggle, 2.(succeed) in becoming a pilot.

It was what he did after achieving his dream 3.would make headlines in the news.

With his growing up, the elders in the village always encouraged him 4.(go) for his dreams. 5.turn, he promised that when he did become a pilot, he would take all of them together for a ride in a plane. And that was 6. (exact) what Vikas Jyani did when the time came. He arranged for plane7.(ticket) for all the 22 elders over 70 years old in the village. The eldest was 90 years old, and the youngest was 72 years old, most of 8. had never been on a plane in their lives and never thought there was a 9.(possible) that they would take in the view from above the clouds.

All the elders got to travel from New Delhi to Amritsar where they got to see the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Wagah Border. Flying in a plane 10. (describe) as the best experience of their lives by many of the elders.

    It was a snowy day. I _________ the friend who sat with me on winter evenings, talking about our experiences and thoughts—a true _________.

I had almost given up hope of finding another _________ like that after I _________ to this city. I wanted to invite a woman I'd met only twice to come share my dinner, _________ she lived an hour away, and it was snowing. I was sure she wouldn't _________ to come. However, I decided to have a try. So I made the _________.

“Don't feel you have to come if you don t want to.”

“Is it snowing? I have a _________, and I'm in bed. I'll think about it later, if that’s OK with you”

“Of course it is. And here are your _________, if you decide to come. I've just been shopping, so I can __________ you macaroni and cheese or fresh vegetable salad.”

There was a __________ for a moment. She was thinking

“Since I’m sick, not the macaroni and cheese. Too rich for a cold. I __________ the vegetables,” she said, “Vegetables. If it's not snowing too hard.”

An hour before dinner, the phone rang.

“I’ve __________. I've been in bed all day. Looking forward to the __________.”

I was __________.

An hour later, she __________, holding a piece of chocolate.

We sat by the fireplace, eating and chatting. The smell of the vegetables filled the house. And we __________ love, art and travels. Everything was warm and good.

As she left, she said. “Those vegetables were delicious. They kept me from __________ I didn’t choose macaroni and cheese.”

“Next time,” I promised. And I went inside, quite __________, because I knew there would be a next time, and I didn't feel __________ anymore.”

1.A.met B.missed C.visited D.helped

2.A.picture B.story C.lesson D.conversation

3.A.job B.friend C.house D.shop

4.A.travelled B.drove C.moved D.rushed

5.A.or B.so C.but D.because

6.A.want B.refuse C.fail D.forget

7.A.mistake B.call C.report D.dinner

8.A.cold B.duty C.walk D.party

9.A.questions B.suggestions C.turns D.choices

10.A.offer B.lend C.tell D.teach

11.A.noise B.rest C.silence D.pity

12.A.pay for B.ask for C.eat up D.cut up

13.A.given up B.given in C.got up D.got back

14.A.vegetables B.chocolates C.letter D.holiday

15.A.happy B.interested C.bored D.afraid

16.A.waited B.finished C.stopped D.arrived

17.A.heard about B.talked about C.wrote about D.cared about

18.A.believing B.realizing C.regretting D.remembering

19.A.satisfied B.worried C.lonely D.tired

20.A.excited B.nervous C.proud D.sad

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths.1.I found that the two paths were different from each other.

The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice.2.Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.

3.It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen.4.

Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.

5.Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!

A.There is nothing that I want to see.

B.It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.

C.After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.

D.“ Which way should I go?”  I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.

E.I told them what happened.

F.My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.

G.There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.

    Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.

Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.

Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, or enjoy, like our hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.

Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.

No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty. Generosity and understanding.

1.Some friendships don’t last very long because          .

A.there are too many people who want to make friends.

B.they don’t know friendship is something serious

C.those who give others friendships receive friendships from others

D.those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others

2.According to the passage, honesty is          .

A.as important as money B.more important than anything else

C.something countable D.the base of a friendship

3.Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?

A.A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.

B.Always tell your friend the truth.

C.Discussing your problems with your friend often helps to solve the problem.

D.Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value.

    Lots of students know what a marathon(马拉松赛跑) is, but perhaps they don’t know what triathlon is. The triathlon is a sport that has three parts — swimming, bicycling and running. It is not an easy sport, but a man named Joe Salter is very good at it. A few months ago, he finished a special triathlon—he juggled (抛起接住) three balls all the time during the triathlon. That is to say, he kept on throwing and catching three balls while he was swimming, riding a bicycle and running.

31-year-old Joe is from Florida, the USA. He loves juggling and he started at the age of 8. Joe did well in juggling. Later, he got the idea to do a triathlon and juggle at the same time to make it more fun. Many juggling fans laughed at his idea and thought it was just a joke. But Joe didn’t give up and he kept practicing it. Because of his hard work, he made it at last.

Talking about his triathlon, Joe said swimming was the hardest part. “It was difficult and complex,” he said. “I basically only used my legs, so it took quite a lot of work. Also, swimming in open water made it a little harder. It was not like in a pool. ”

1.According to the writer, the common triathlon ______.

A.is a difficult sport B.is more famous than the marathon

C.includes the three parts and juggling D.includes the marathon and swimming

2.Joe’s triathlon was special because ______ during the triathlon.

A.he picked up three balls B.he played juggling

C.he carried his bicycle on his shoulder D.he threw away all his balls

3.Many juggling fans thought Joe’s idea ______.

A.could not be realized B.should not be laughed at

C.should be realized as soon as possible D.could make triathlon more exciting

4.The underlined part “made it” in the 2nd paragraph probably means “______”.

A.forgot B.failed

C.succeeded D.left

    Travelling to China is like travelling to another world. Its many famous beautiful places will make you lose yourself in them. However, it is usually not enough for a traveller only to visit these nice places. If you have time to see the local people, talk with them and even have dinner with a local family, it would be a wonderful experience, to know more about the local people’s life style at home in China.

New Hope Travel Agency will arrange a family visit to Xi’an, an ancient historic city inChina. We especially have chosen typical local families to host this activity in which you can see the true living style of Chinese people. Most of the hosts retired at home, so they are happy to see visitors from different countries to come to their homes.

Not only can we arrange to visit the local family but we can arrange to taste the true home cooked dishes. Our tour guide will ask you for advice about the food you want to eat. Just enjoy the locally cooked dishes. It’ll be quite a different and exciting experience.

Our agency also provides a good opportunity for you to learn to cook Chinese food. We have a general cooking class in the local family. If you’d like to learn to cook one or two Chinese dishes, please go to our Chinese Food Cooking Class to choose your favorite dishes.

Don’t wait. Welcome to China.

1.Where does the writer want the tourist to travel?

A.To the local family. B.To beautiful places.

C.To the mountains. D.To cooking. schools.

2.New Hope Travel Agency will arrange a family visit to _______.

A.Yan’an B.Beijing

C.Xi’an D.Shanghai

3.The hosts are happy to see visitors from different countries probably because ______.

A.they have retired and have free time B.they want to learn a foreign language

C.they want to make some money D.they want to travel to another country

假定你是高三学生李华，你的英国笔友 Jim 对中国文化很感兴趣，最近在网上看到了一个中国谚语“You dida dida me, I huala huala you.”，不明白其中的意思，来信向你请教，请你给 Jim 回信并进行说明，并适当举例。

要点如下：1.介绍谚语寓意；

2.联系生活适当举例；

3.给我们的启示。

注意：1. 词数 100 词左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。

Yesterday I was walking around the park while I saw some rubbishes left on the ground. People just walk by as if they had not seen it. I thought I would do something differently. I picked up and put it into a nearby dustbin. I was felt nice because I saw someone else doing a same thing as I had just done. I thought my kindness had affected him. Saving the Earth is save us humans. It is a good lesson what we should learn in life and together we can make the Earth a good place to live one step at a time.

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。

The spread of the new coronavirus has completely changed 1. (people) daily routines around the world. As Americans 2. (urge) to stay at home and avoid public gatherings, many are trying their best to find a "new normal" during this time. Beder is hoping to use her musical skills 3. (make) this new way of life a little more 4. (enjoy). She begins to play at her home’s front porch（走廊）at 5. (exact) 4 o’clock each afternoon. Neighbors soon surround Beder’s home. They stay at least two meters 6. each other. Even people passing by in cars roll down their windows and slow down for a short time. Lara , 7. writer and neighbor, came with her two daughters. Her younger daughter, Delphine, even 8. (bring) her whistle to play along with Beder for one song.

Beder hopes her live music offers her neighbors and other listeners something 9. they may be missing in the age of social distancing . It bridges the space and psychological damage that we’re all experiencing from 10. (cut) off from each other.

    A few weeks ago, my classroom was flooded by a typhoon and I was ______ assigned a spare room. “Moving out” helped me appreciate all that I had. ______ moving back in this week helped me realize how little I actually need.

My students and I spent some time ______ everything off the shelves, and I got a good look at the possessions I’ve been ______ for the last seven years. We all laughed ______ we looked at the dated information in the old brochures and posters, and I was ______ how quickly health class materials can become out of date.

Some contents get ______ because of changes to the health information itself, like a food pyramid board game. Other ______ become outdated simply because our ______ to health education has changed. ______, Showing a jar of fake(假的) oil representing fat, I asked my students, “ Ever wonder what happens to the extra ______ you consume every day? You’re ______ it.”

When my class asked ______ I had held onto this for so long, I tried to ______ myself by telling them how ______ it all was. And then one student said, “And now you’re ______, because the Internet is free.” She’s ______. I am lucky. We all are.

Gone are the days of having to spend a ______ on quickly outdated textbooks and materials. The Internet offers us a seemingly endless ______ of new health information and contents that are not only free, but also up-to-date, easily ______  , and relevant to the needs of today’s teens.

1.A.temporarily B.eventually C.suddenly D.instantly

2.A.And B.So C.Or D.But

3.A.turning B.seeing C.pulling D.breaking

4.A.relying on B.holding onto C.sorting out D.giving away

5.A.before B.since C.until D.as

6.A.reminded B.warned C.allowed D.taught

7.A.necessary B.impossible C.natural D.useless

8.A.knowledge B.information C.contents D.posters

9.A.approach B.access C.answer D.application

10.A.In short B.For example C.Thus D.Instead

11.A.meat B.food C.fat D.water

12.A.adapting to B.living on C.looking at D.paying for

13.A.why B.how C.where D.whether

14.A.enjoy B.defend C.behave D.entertain

15.A.impressive B.attractive C.informative D.expensive

16.A.wealthy B.generous C.lucky D.authentic

17.A.right B.reliable C.generous D.fair

18.A.weekend B.life C.fortune D.night

19.A.number B.supply C.requirement D.award

20.A.analyzed B.spent C.sent D.spread

    Getting up in a cold winter morning is even a difficult thing to do and doing some exercise outdoors seems a tough task. 1. . People who run outdoors simply need to dress in the appropriate clothing.

Running in the cold actually helps burn more calories compared to the same activity done indoors. Cold weather basically requires the body to work harder to achieve perfect temperature for efficient functioning.

Cold winter weather is a common excuse for people to get lazy and stay indoors. Some people also eat a whole lot when it’s cold outside. 2.. With these, the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢) will also slow down and eventually result in weight gain. When running is done, possible weight gain may be prevented.

3. When the temperatures are freezing and low, the body’s metabolism will also slow down and the only way to promote blood circulation is to do some exercise like running.

Having depression or a sad mood is common during the winter months. 4.  Doing some running will also help to lift spirits up and make people happier.

Running activities basically help the body become healthy and strong regardless of indoors or outdoors. The additional thing is that the body needs extra work to knock back the freezing temperatures. 5..

A.Good blood circulation promotes metabolism

B.Running outdoors is also good exercise for the heart

C.With this, people will not only become healthier but also happier

D.The changes lead to people feeling down during the cold winter months

E.However, running outdoors in winter may actually provide various benefits

F.Other people meanwhile tend to watch TV all day or sleep for longer periods

G.These feelings are regarded as a common phenomenon with those living in the north