要想学好英语就要怕丢脸。

Don’t be afraid of _______  ________ if you want to learn English well.

    One businessman was in debt and couldn’t find a way out. Banks were _________ him. Suppliers were demanding for a payment. He was sitting in the park, totally _________. He was thinking what could save the company when an old man appeared.

After listening to him, the old man _________ to help. He asked the businessman’s name, wrote a _________ and said, “Take this money. We will meet here _________ in one year, and you can return it to me then.” Afterwards, the old man _________and disappeared.

The businessman saw a cheque for $500,000, _________ by John Rockefeller one of the richest in the world at that time! “I could_________all my problems immediately!” He thought. _________, the businessman decided to put the cheque in his safe (保险柜). Only one thought of its __________ gave him strength to save his business.

With the ____________ of his optimism, he got out of debt and started to make money again during a couple of months.

One year later, he returned to the ____________ with the same cheque. At the ____________ time the old man appeared again. The businessman was about to return the cheque and share his story of ____________ when a nurse ran up. “I hope he wasn’t ____________ you. He always runs away from the hospital and tells he is John Rockefeller.” She explained.

The businessman was extremely ____________. During the whole year he was busy with his business, for he was ____________ that he had half a million dollars. And suddenly he felt ______________that it wasn’t the money, real or ____________, that turned his life up. It was his new ____________ and belief that gave him strength to achieve what he had.

1.A.searching B.supporting C.pressing D.judging

2.A.defeated B.shocked C.determined D.encouraged

3.A.remembered B.offered C.hesitated D.refused

4.A.letter B.cheque C.sentence D.number

5.A.nearly B.frequently C.exactly D.generally

6.A.turned around B.sat down C.passed away D.held back

7.A.earned B.raised C.released D.signed

8.A.take control of B.have a command of C.put an end to D.lose sight of

9.A.Also B.Therefore C.Besides D.However

10.A.change B.existence C.amount D.burden

11.A.return B.loss C.shake D.discovery

12.A.company B.hospital C.bank D.park

13.A.proper B.agreed C.unexpected D.wrong

14.A.failure B.suffering C.success D.devotion

15.A.bothering B.begging C.comforting D.disappointing

16.A.satisfied B.confused C.concerned D.impressed

17.A.doubtful B.sensitive C.anxious D.sure

18.A.grateful B.painful C.regretful D.unfair

19.A.illegal B.secret C.imaginary D.artificial

20.A.glory B.relief C.solution D.confidence

    If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping, I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 1.

The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 2. We slept in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor’s bill for my son’s food poisoning.

I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness. 3. Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.

4. We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.

5. It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style.

A.This time there was no tent.

B.Things are going to be improved.

C.The trip they took me on was a rough one.

D.However, I learned a lot about camping later.

E.I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping.

F.After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping.

G.There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall.

    The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.

The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains—taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

1.How many examples does the writer offer to support his argument?

A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6

2.Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.

A.they are working in the isolated Arctic regions

B.they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C.they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions

D.they are coming into touch again with the outside world

3.What happened to the volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit?

A.They suffered a lot. B.They never caught colds.

C.They often caught colds. D.They became very strong.

4.Which can we learn from the text?

A.Colds are not all caused by cold.

B.The Eskimos never suffer from colds.

C.People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D.It's uncertain why people are more likely to catch colds in the winter.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A.The experiments on the common cold.

B.Some treatments for the common cold.

C.The continued spread of common colds.

D.The reason and the way people catch colds.

    Managing a popular tourist attraction can be kind of like throwing a party — everyone wants to come and have fun, but nobody wants to help clean up when it's over. But the Faroe Islands have come up with a creative way to take care of their home and welcome visitors at the same time.

An official notice on the islands' national tourism website reads "closed for maintenance (维护), open for voluntourism.”Following a successful plan this year, the country has made the decision to "close” its major tourism sights and attractions during the weekend of April 16-17, 2020. Hotels will be open, and flights will continue. That weekend, people all over the Faroe Islands will be working on environmental protection projects.

However, people who are just dying to visit the Faroe Islands during that weekend can sign on to help with the housekeeping. The islands are looking for 100 volunteers to come to the country to help with the caretaking efforts. There were thousands of applications for the 2019 plan, so would-be islanders better apply fast.

"For us, tourism is not all about numbers, " Director at Visit Faroe Islands told CNN Travel earlier this year." We welcome visitors to the islands each year, but we also have a responsibility to our community and to our beautiful environment, and our aim is to protect the islands, ensuring responsible growth." The first group of voluntourists included travelers from Mexico, Israel, Australia, China and the United States. The director said that because of the surprising popularity of the volunteering weekend in 2019, the Faroes will host the event yearly. According to the Faroes' tourism authority, visits to the country have increased by 10% over the past few years.

1.Who can visit the Faroe Islands on April 16-17, 2020?

A.Any tourists. B.Selected voluntourists.

C.Housekeepers. D.All islanders.

2.Why do the Faroes host the yearly event?

A.To protect and develop their home. B.To make more money in tourism.

C.To attract more foreign visitors. D.To please the tourists.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.All travelers have a chance to volunteer in 2020.

B.The Faroe Islands are likely to hold a party yearly.

C.The plan has made some difference in recent years.

D.Some tourism sights and attractions are closed for all.

4.What's the writer's attitude towards the voluntourism?

A.Indifferent. B.Doubtful. C.Negative. D.Objective.

5.In which section of a newspaper can you probably find this article?

A.Sports. B.Travel. C.Technology. D.History.

    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 in low 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 really listening to him.

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

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

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

2.What does 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.When his father helped the hitch-hiker, the writer ___________.

A.was deeply moved B.strongly disagreed

C.admired his father D.couldn’t understand

4.Which of the following words can be used to describe the father?

A.Wealthy. B.Warm-hearted. C.Far-sighted. D.Adventurous.

5.What's the writer's main purpose of writing this text?

A.To tell a story of his father.

B.To show his respect for his father.

C.To prove his father is the best teacher.

D.To advise people to learn from their father.

你的留学生朋友Jack发邮件向你咨询当地即将举办的民间美食节（the Folk Food Festival）的情况，请给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括：

1.举办时间和目的；

2. 活动内容（展示传统美食,品尝美食等）；

3. 邀请他参加。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；     

2. 不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

    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。作文中共有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：在错误的词下面画一横线，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。

National Day is one of my favorite holidays. I am fond travelling around during this holiday. Last National Day , I went to Qinhuangdao with our family. Since it was my first time to going to the seaside, I felt very excited. During the days in Qinhuangdao, we took a sunbath on the beach, seeing the sunrise in the early morning and ate delicious seafood in the nice restaurant. Although we don’t take enough clothes and felt a little cold, but we still enjoyed ourselves there. The hotel we lived in even prepared a lot of meaningful gift for us travelers. How warmly we felt! Everything there went so perfect that I even didn’t want to leave at the end of the holiday.

    I live in the suburb north of San Francisco， where driving is considered the main transportation choice for most people. I_______ remember how excited I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago. Driving at night， with music gently_______my heart， I was filled with a joy of_______ in a foreign land! I had a photo taken of my hugging my white car and _______ it to my family in China. I_______ my car! Sometimes she was my only _______in lonely nights.

Yet， as time went by， that_______wore off， and I hated driving. So I_______the 21﹣day Mindful Walking Challenge and began to walk. On a mindful walking day， I said "_______" to a neighbor named June， who was sweeping the sidewalk. She________ my greetings and asked， "What happened to your hair？"I touched my hair and________ what might have gone wrong. Seeing the________on my face， she then realized that she'd________ me for another neighbor she knew. She walked across the street and said， "You sounded so________ that I thought…" We both laughed.

I ________ the new neighbor next door， and two different gardeners on different days and listened to their joy in gardening after________all day. I smiled to everyone passing by me. I walked to the streets I ________ wouldn't pass through if I was in a hurry， and ________a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I ________ to question if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a completely new town I  ________ so little about! I'm grateful to the 21﹣day Mindful Walking Challenge. Walking is amazing!

1.A.even B.ever C.still D.almost

2.A.affecting B.hurting C.beating D.comforting

3.A.safety B.independence C.achievement D.experience

4.A.sent B.passed C.showed D.gave

5.A.admired B.improved C.loved D.disliked

6.A.companion B.dream C.support D.favorite

7.A.tiredness B.boredom C.satisfaction D.excitement

8.A.created B.joined C.trusted D.expected

9.A.yes B.sorry C.hello D.fine

10.A.returned B.appreciated C.accepted D.refused

11.A.believed B.doubted C.Asked D.wondered

12.A.kindness B.confusion C.pleasure D.curiosity

13.A.searched B.charged C.mistaken D.invited

14.A.friendly B.humorous C.generous D.lovely

15.A.shouted at B.met with C.waved to D.talked to

16.A.planning B.working C.studying D.resting

17.A.hardly B.regularly C.normally D.formally

18.A.discovered B.visited C.built D.learnt

19.A.continued B.happened C.promised D.began

20.A.hear B.know C.talk D.care

Protecting Yourself Against COVID-19

You’re probably really worried about the COVID-19 virus, especially if there are confirmed cases near you. Fortunately, you can take action to protect yourself and your family from getting infected.

1. Wash your hands with soap and water to minimize your infection risk. The best way to prevent COVID-19 is to wash your hands as often as possible. Wet your hands with warm water. 1. And then rinse your hands clean under warm running water.

2. Keep your hands away from your eyes, nose, and mouth. 2. When this happens, the germs can stay on your hands, so you can easily infect yourself if you touch your face with dirty hands. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth in case the virus is on your skin.

3. 3. Since COVID-19 is a respiratory infection (呼吸道感染), coughing and sneezing are common symptoms. Additionally, coughing and sneezing both release the virus into the air, so they may increase your risk of infection. Keep your distance from people who appear to have symptoms of an upper respiratory infection.

4. Stay home as much as possible to distance yourself from other people. You’ve probably heard about “social distancing” or “physical distancing” which can help limit the spread of the virus.4. If you can, work or do your schoolwork at home, as well. Don’t go out to eat, hang out in bars, or participate in recreational activities, like going to the movies.

5. Wear a mask to cover your nose and mouth when in public. The WHO recommends even healthy people wear cloth coverings when expecting to encounter others in public, like when you are going to the grocery store or using public transportation. “5.”,experts also warn.

A.Ask the person to stay away from you.

B.Wash them with soap for 20-30 seconds.

C.Always wash your hands before you eat or drink anything.

D.Face coverings are NOT a replacement for social distancing!

E.Distance yourself from people who are coughing or sneezing.

F.Only get out for necessities, like buying necessary groceries or going to work.

G.You may come into contact with corona virus on a surface, like a doorknob or countertop.

    After Stewart and Debbie Wilder lost their son, Cameron, in 2013, the last thing on their minds was decorating for the holiday season. “We haven’t put anything up in three years. It has all stayed boxed up,” said Debbie.

But in December 2016, the house was lit up for Christmas, with little lights cheerfully lining the rood and eaves(屋檐). It wasn’t the Wilders but a stranger Carson Zickgraf, the founder of CZ Enterprises LLC, who finally made the house shine. “I started crying,” Debbie says about seeing the lights for the first time. “It was really special.”

Zickgraf has been donating his light-stringing services to brighten the lives of families affected by losing their children, especially during the difficult holiday season since 2015 and has decorated the houses of more than two dozen families so far.

He started the project by chance. He was hanging lights on a home when the owner mentioned that some neighbors were having a hard time that holiday season because their son had recently died. Then he had an idea. “I sent my crew there to decorate that house too,” he says. The family was delighted. In fact, he had two friends who had died young, and he’d always wished he could ease the pain for their loved ones. Now, he’s found a way.

“There’s something special about Christmas lights. They warm the spirit.” Zickgraf knows his efforts can’t completely remove the pain from these families, but he can make the holidays a little cheerier. “I wish I had a bigger company so I could do more houses,” he says.

1.How was the Wilders affected by the loss of their son?

A.They didn’t feel like decorating their house for Christmas.

B.They were the last to put up some decorations at Christmas.

C.They had no one to help decorate their house for Christmas.

D.They had the belongings of their son boxed up at Christmas.

2.Why did Zickgraf donate the light-stringing service?

A.To make more houses brighter. B.To expand his own business.

C.To relieve the victim family’s pain. D.To memorize his dead friends.

3.Which of the following words can best describe Zickgraf?

A.Enthusiastic and optimistic. B.Courageous and smart.

C.Ambitious and generous. D.Considerate and helpful.

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

A.Lights warming the spirit B.A person brightening houses

C.Families going through sufferings D.A business hanging lights

    The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tilman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized(工业化), the population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.

The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tilman says overweight people are at greater risk of non-infectious diseases like diabetes(糖尿病) and heart disease.

Unfortunately when people adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one per cent to 10 per cent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.

And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical(热带的) areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gases in the future from agriculture than those coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr Tilman calls the link between the diet, the environment and human health “a trilemma”: a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.

1.We can infer from the passage that                .

A.Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

B.overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C.the examined information comes from developing countries

D.industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

2.According to the passage, more greenhouse gases might be given off in the future from               .

A.transportation B.developing countries C.agriculture D.developed countries

3.David Tilman believes that               .

A.the diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B.the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C.people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D.traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

4.What's the main purpose of writing the passage?

A.To call on us to protect the environment.

B.To warn us of the danger of the Western diet.

C.To remind us of the importance of health.

D.To advise us to have a balanced diet.

    Chinese people had never paid more attention to the annual Nobel literature award than they did when Mo Yan became China’s first winner of the prize.

The effect has not disappeared. Tourists continue to rush to Mo’s home village in Gaomi, Shangdong province, which has become a tourist site since the author was awarded Nobel Prize. Visiting the village is to walk into the world he created in Red Sorghum Clan, one of his best-known novels, adapted for the award-winning film Red Sorghum by famous director Zhang Yimou in 1987.

About 210 hectares of red sorghum(高粱) is ready for harvesting, recalling this scene Mo wrote in the novel: "In the deep autumn of the eighth month under a high, clear sky, the land is covered by sorghum that forms a wild sea of blood. When the sun comes out, the surface of the sea shimmers(闪光), and heaven and Earth are painted with rich, wonderful colors."

Locals have planted the sorghum for the coming film of the novel’s TV adaptation starring actress Zhou Xun, in similar style to 1987 when Zhang’s film was filmed. But while the sorghum fields disappeared after the film was made, this time they may remain.“We have signed long-term contracts to sell sorghum to wine producers,”said Zhang Xinfu, head of Xianjia village, Mo Yan’s hometown is in the area.“Dozens of wine producers came to discuss the sorghum business after Mo Yan won the prize,” said Zhang. Zhang said the wine producers promised to pay a satisfying price for the sorghum.

1.What happened to Mo Yan’s home village after he won the Prize?

A.The house of Mo’s at his home village was rebuilt for tourism.

B.The local people at Mo’s home village welcomed the tourists.

C.Many tourists rushed to Mo’s home village to show respect and interest.

D.Mo’s home village remained what it used to be.

2.The underlined word “adapted” in paragraph2 probably means “___________”.

A.settled B.designed C.re-organized D.written

3.Which season was it when the passage was written?

A.Autumn. B.Winter. C.Spring. D.Unknown.

4.According to the text, we can infer that the wine producer bought sorghum from Mo’s home village for__________.

A.the fame of Mo Yan. B.good quality of the red sorghum itself.

C.the lower price D.the large amount of the red sorghum .

    Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is one of the most visited states in the country and the sunshine state attracts millions of visitors each year. Are you planning a vacation to it? Here our travel guide may help you.

La Nouba at Walt Disney World Resort

Duration: 90 minutes

Location: Orlando, Florida

While you're in Orlando, spend a day at the theme parks with a Cirque du Soleil show at Downtown Disney, La Nouba is the meeting of two different worlds—the fantastic world of the circus (马戏团) people who wear bright colors and the boring world of the people living in big cities who wear dark, lifeless clothes.

Kennedy Space Center

Duration: Flexible

Location: Orlando, Florida

Spend a day exploring the attractive Kennedy Space Center, just 45 minutes from Orlando. Learn about the history of the US space program and watch beautiful IMAX films. Don't miss the chance to walk under a Saturn V rocket, and experience a real moonwalk!

Sea World Orlando

Duration: Varies

Location: Orlando, Florida

Spend a day at Sea World Orlando and come face to face with the ocean's most attractive sea animals. With several up­close meetings with killer whales, sharks and turtles, you'll feel the energy and excitement of all kinds of sea life.

South Beach Cultural Food and Walking Tour

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Location: Miami, Florida

On the South Beach Cultural Food and Walking Tour, you'll explore the Art Deco district of South Beach on foot and along the way, you'll taste a variety of foods that make South Beach such an internationally well­known food region.

★Price information：

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1.If you are interested in exciting performances, which of the following is the best choice?

A.La Nouba at Walt Disney World Resort

B.Kennedy Space Center

C.Sea World Orlando

D.South Beach Cultural Food and Walking Tour

2.What can we learn from the text?

A.Visitors can enjoy real space travel at Kennedy Space Center.

B.Visitors can enjoy foods from different countries at South Beach.

C.Some dangerous animals can be found at Sea World Orlando.

D.La Nouba is a funny person who performs in the Cirque du Soleil show.

3.Where does the text most probably come from?

A.A travel magazine. B.A travel website.

C.A news report. D.A geography textbook.

假如你是英语报纸English Corner栏目的编辑(editor )李华，现在有个叫李明的学生向你请教如何学好英语。下面你就如何学好英语以书信的形式给他提几条建议。

1.每天早上朗读英语单词，句子及短文(English words,sentences and short articles)。尽量多记一些有用的句子(useful sentences)并背诵(recite) 一些短文章(short articles)。

2.经常进行大量的课外阅读。

3.每天应安排一些时间进行听力练习(listening exercises)。

4.只要你能充分利用(make good use of)你的业余时间(spare time)来学习英语，你的英语就会很快得到提高。

注意：

1. 词数 100 左右

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3.开头语已为你写好。

Dear Li Ming,

I’m an editor of English Corner. I’ve received your letter asking me to give you some advice on how to learn English well.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All the best!

Yours,

Li Hua

单句改错

1.In order to catching the early bus,he went to bed early.

2.It is the first time that he had written a letter in English.

3.It was at the station where we first met three years ago.

4.Mary always wants to talk with her mother face by face.

5.The teacher said that Li Ming had done was great.

John is very ________(可信赖的) —if he says he’ll do something, he’ll do it. （所给词的适当形式填空）

He asked me when it was that my boss _________ (恢复) from his heart attack. （所给词的适当形式填空）

It is no pleasure __________ (遭受)from loneliness.（所给词的适当形式填空）

    Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact _______ she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished _______ a driving offence (犯规,犯法).

Then one day she nearly _______ her record. A police car _______ her, and the policemen in it saw her _______ a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed _______ that she would be punished. _______ Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was _______ old to drive a car, and that the _______ why she had not stopped at the red ________ was most probably that her eyes had become weak ________ old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge finished what he was ________, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was ________ and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she ________ a needle (针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

When she had ________ done this, she took the thread (线) out of the needle again and handed ________ the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your ________. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the ________ and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he still didn’t succeed. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was ________, and her record ________ unbroken.

1.A.which B.when C.that D.this

2.A.about B.on C.to D. for

3.A.kept B.won C.missed D.lost

4.A.watched B.saw C.followed D.stopped

5.A.pass B.go C.run D.rush

6.A.sure B.indeed C.certain D.perhaps

7.A.Before B.While C.Until D.When

8.A.so B.very C.too D.quite

9.A.cause B.reason C.matter D.trouble

10.A.light B.lamp C.sign D.one

11.A.with B.because C.as D.of

12.A.speaking B.saying C.talking D.telling

13.A.holding B.getting C.carrying D.bringing

14.A.took B.brought C.fetched D.chose

15.A.angrily B.luckily C.successfully D.slowly

16.A.both B.all C.neither D.either

17.A.time B.turn C.chance D.job

18.A.thread B.glasses C.sewing D.needle

19.A.dismissed B.passed C.settled D.studied

20.A.was B.held C.seemed D.remained

    As we all know, friendship is of great importance in our daily life. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how to make friends is still difficult to some of us.1.

1. Be friendly to others.2.You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by his appearance and clothes.

2. Be reliable. If you and your friend agree to meet somewhere, don’t be late. If you’re not going to make it on time or make it at all, call them as soon as you realize it.3.Be someone that people know they can depend on.

3.4.Listen carefully to what people say, remember important details about them （their names, their likes and dislikes）, ask questions about their interests, and just take the time to learn more about them.

4. Encourage your friends: A true friend always gives courage to his friends.5.Never make fun of or laugh at your friends in front of others. You should come to support them.

A.Be a good listener.

B.When you say you’ll do something, do it.

C.A friend to all is a friend to none.

D.The following information can give you some tips:

E.And never leave your friend when he is in trouble.

F.Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return.

G.He will remain with them in both good as well as bad times.

    The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ”

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.

Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1.The book Gone with the Wind was _________.

A.first published on a newspaper B.written in “The Dump”

C.awarded ten Academy Awards D.adapted from a movie

2.The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A.be very pleased with B.show great respect for

C.show little interest in D.be much taller than

3.Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage ?

A.Because she was rich enough. B.Because she was injured then.

C.Because her husband didn’t like it. D.Because she wanted to write books.

4.Which is the best title for the passage ?

A.Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success. B.Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

C.An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House. D.A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers(汉堡包) are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting. too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.

1.Hamburg is_____________.

A.a kind of food B.a round piece of beef

C.the name of a village D.a city in Germany

2.According to the story, ________________.

A.few Americans like hamburgers

B.hamburgers are only made with beef

C.hamburgers are made with ham

D.hamburgers were first sold about a century ago

3.According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?

A.Where all the new words come from

B.Where those Germans came from

C.The reason why a word has a certain meaning

D.The reason why English is spoken around the world

4.According to the story, the word “hamburger” comes from_________________.

A.China because it has a long history

B.England because Germans don’t speak good English

C.the round pieces of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating

D.English speakers because they always create new words

Essay

1.Mr. Green wants to go hiking with his children. They should meet at the Market Square ______.

A.at 2 p.m. on October 5th B.on Saturday morning

C.at 8: 30 a.m. on October 5th D.on Sunday morning

2.Tony needs a house __________.

A.in the countryside B.near the station

C.in the city center D.next to the school

3.Who can join the Singles’ Club?

A.A 10-year-old boy. B.A 28-year-old single man.

C.Young parents. D.A married woman of 25.

4.Alice wants to practice writing stories in her summer holiday. She had better ______ for more information.

A.send an e-mail to Singles’ Club B.join the Hiking Club

C.make a phone call to Karen D.call Tony at 3338651

DCU·LS is the English Language Training Center of Dublin City University. Our courses are designed for adults (18+). We offer a lot of English language courses throughout the year in addition to special programmes in summer. Our school proudly has the same high standards which have gained Dublin City University a national and international reputation(名声) for the excellence of its courses. Recognized by Department of Education as an English language school for the teaching of English as a foreign language. DCU·LS offers you a friendly atmosphere in which you can improve your English skills. Because we are a university based company, we also offer our students ways to university facilities(设备).

For more information please contact(联系):

DCU Language Services, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

Tel: +353 1 705552

Fax: +353 1 70511

Email: Is.elt @ dcu.ie

Web: www.dculs.dcu.ie

1.Who can take part in the courses offered by DCU·LS ?

A.Teenagers. B.Adults over 18.

C.College students. D.English teachers.

2.What can we learn about DCU·LS according to the passage?

A.They offer special programmes throughout the year.

B.We can contact it by writing letters as well as sending emails and fax.

C.The school is famous for its excellent courses both at home and abroad.

D.DCU·LS lies in Dublin City University, Dublin 9, England.

3.What kind of writing is this passage?

A.A traveling guide B.A notice

C.An official report D.An advertisement

假设你叫李华，你的一位朋友John刚从国外归来，邀请你参加本周日在他家举办的朋友聚会，但你不能参加。请你根据以下要点给他写一封电子邮件：

1. 表达想参加的意愿；

2. 忙于准备期末考试；

3. 由于感冒，身体不适；

4. 表示歉意并另约时间。

注意：1.词数：100-120，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 可适当增加细节，以便行文连贯；

Dear John,

I am extremely sorry to tell you that I am unable to go to your party this Sunday.

I 'm looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

单句改错

1.The number of the students in the class are sixty.

2.Hear the bad news, she didn’t know what to do.

3.He would rather to keep time for his hobbies.

4.It is no use argue with him about such a matter.

5.Therefore, he was determined to rid people hunger.

6.Read aloud is a good way to learn a language.

7.Suddenly, the girl quieted down and began looking around curious

8.With so many people looked at her, she felt nervous.

9.Tom, together with his friends, have gone out to play.

10.They focus on keep their soil rich and free of disease,

11.Not Jack but his parents is to blame for the home accident.

12.We don’t allow smoke in the office.

13.It hit to me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time.

14.It was in the park which I met the foreigner.

15.The production costs have been reduced to 30％.

The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room. For a moment there was_______. Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to_______him.”

“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs. Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”

“That’s just the_______,” the other woman replied. “Tom is my best student. The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets_______done. He hasn’t handed me_______of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised_______he did now.”

_______before had Mrs. Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy. “Have you_______with him about it?” she asked.

“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework. I_______that clear the first day for class. When the course started , he did so________that I considered asking the________to give him a scholarship (奖学金). But now he even________in class! I’ve never seen such a________in a student.”

“You should have a________with him. Give him a chance to tell his side of story.”

Miss Smith spoke to Tom and________all about it. He was studying all day and________most of the night in a factory to pay for his education. Of course he was tired in the________and sometimes could hardly keep________Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a________and he was able to give up his________and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies .

1.A.distance B.silence C.pleasure D.delight

2.A.fail B.teach C.beat D.tell

3.A.lesson B.thing C.trouble D.boy

4.A.homework B.housework C.cleaning D.washing

5.A.some B.plenty C.any D.lots

6.A.even B.if C.though D.when

7.A.Long B.Until C.Ever D.Never

8.A.quarreled B.talked C.dealt D.discussed

9.A.said B.thought C.required D.made

10.A.quickly B.often C.much D.well

11.A.school B.class C.others D.parents

12.A.talks B.sleeps C.laughs D.walks

13.A.matter B.change C.habit D.way

14.A.lesson B.look C.talk D.meeting

15.A.studied B.got C.learned D.understood

16.A.sleeping B.working C.spending D.staying

17.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night

18.A.silent B.clean C.warm D.awake

19.A.scholarship B.room C.teacher D.position

20.A.education B.sleep C.job D.pay

Getting along with parents

Mom and dad are the most important people in your life, and they’re likely to influence you more than anyone else in your lifetime. It’s a parent’s job to love and guide kids, and most parents will do this as long as they live.1.Here are four ways you can stay close, get along, and build a strong relationship.

Spend time together. It might be easy to be physically in the same place with your mom and dad.2.Instead of playing a computer game or watching TV by yourself, maybe you should ask your mom and dad to play with you. You can go outside together, try a board game, or read a book together.

3.Many kids say they would like their parents to help them when they’re upset. But your mom and dad might not know that you’re having a problem. Tell your parents if you’re sad or struggling with something. If you don’t usually do this, give it a try and you will be glad.

Be kind. Little things might mean a lot to your mom and dad.4.It’s also lovely when a kid offers to help fold the laundry or cleans up his or her room without being asked. And if you try not to fight with your brothers or sisters, your parents might be so excited!

Show your care. Some families are always kissing, hugging, and saying “I love you”5.In addition to kisses and hugs, kids and parents can show their love by respecting each other, being caring, polite, and thoughtful.

A.But how much time do you spend just enjoying each other’s company（陪伴）?

B.It’s important to show that you care for each other.

C.But parents do a lot more than just pass down their hobbies.

D.Share your feelings and ask for help.

E.Talk on the phone and email each other to stay in touch.

F.You can brighten your parents’ day with a hug, a card or a joke.

G.That means you have many years to share with your mom and dad.

    Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

1.Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.

A.rich B.famous

C.young D.lonely

2.Jean thought “David” was special because he _______.

A.made her quite happy on QQ B.was from San Francisco

C.sent her a picture of himself D.was tall and good-looking

3.When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised?

A.“David” B.Both“David” and Jean.

C.Jean. D.Neither“David”nor Jean.

4.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Don't believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.

B.People don't use their real names on QQ so often.

C.Don't go to meet those you get to know on QQ.

D.People should tell their real names to others on QQ.