The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave ________ the wrong thing at the ________ moment.

A.unsay…tempted B.unsay…tempting C.unsaid...tempted D.unsaid...tempting

假定你是李华，你校外教Mr.Brown邀请你周日上午去听关于英国文学的讲座，但你因故不能参加。请根据以下提示，写封邮件向Mr.Brown说明情况。

1.表示歉意；

2.说明理由；

3.表示遗憾；

4.希望得到讲座的有关资料。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr.Brown,

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Yours sincerely,

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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l0处，多者 (从第11处起) 不计分。

I asked my mother for money buy some studying materials last Sunday. But later I couldn’t find them. I told my mother about it, and she said I must have lied and insisted I spend it playing games. Not listen to any of my explanations, she gave me a good scolding for a hour.

Today hardly had I stepped into the living room while my mother came over with a smile and said sorry to me. It was turned out that my mother found the money under my bed while cleaning my room. But to my sad, she scolded me for another hour again for my poorly memory.

阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In western countries, after a long day with the sun 1. (burn) your back, a bottle of cold water sounds like the perfect solution. However, consuming cold drinks may not be 2. same choice internationally. In the US, people often receive a glass cold water alongside their meals, 3. in China, people usually get a cup of hot tea instead. In fact, even when the weather is 4. (extreme) hot, many Chinese people prefer to have hot water. According to ancient Chinese medicine, drinking a glass of warm water 5. (be) beneficial to health.

Restaurants in the US are places where people 6. (serve) with cold water, which doesn’t hurt anyone if it is spilled accidentally. In China, you pour tea into cups yourself; if you spill the water, you are responsible 7. it.

In spite of the benefits of hot water and the 8. (harm) effects of drinking cold water, modern medicine tells us that they are both fine  9. (consume). Actually, the debate between cold water and hot water is all a matter of 10. (prefer) and body type. So, what would you like to drink?

    I work as the reception manager at my hotel. A booking came in a few weeks ago with a note attached saying that the guest will be ________ with her deaf father. As they were here for a number of days, the daughter wanted to make his trip to Ireland as ________ as possible. Upon seeing this note and ________ I would be the one to check them in as I was scheduled for their ________ time, I decided to learn some very basic ________ language.

I ________ the guest in my usual fashion, asking for the surname on the booking. Once I heard the name I realized ________ who was standing in front of me.

I had been learning for two weeks how to ________ “Welcome to Ireland. My sign language is terrible, but please ________ you need anything during your _______ just let me know and we will help you.”

I________ at the father and daughter in front of me. Turning to the father, I began the ________ I had learned for him. His daughter ________, cried and called me sweet. But the father ________ smiled and was so happy. Honestly, seeing his ________ was enough for me. It was so ________ of the last few weeks of learning basic American Sign Language (ASL).

On check-out I sadly wasn’t working, but they had left a ________ for me. A small box with some chocolates and a book on ASL. Inside the inscription (题词) read “Thank you very much for what you did on check-in. You have no idea how much this ________ to my father and we can’t thank you enough. You’ve ________ his trip home to his family after 50 years very special with one simple ________.”

1.A.working B.traveling C.applying D.attending

2.A.smooth B.brief C.long D.cheap

3.A.observing B.planning C.noting D.worrying

4.A.departure B.arrival C.dinner D.journey

5.A.trade B.body C.computer D.sign

6.A.invited B.entertained C.greeted D.accommodated

7.A.immediately B.eventually C.perfectly D.gradually

8.A.operate B.share C.understand D.say

9.A.if B.before C.until D.unless

10.A.adventure B.wander C.play D.stay

11.A.pointed B.smiled C.stared D.shouted

12.A.much B.mass C.bit D.piece

13.A.turned down B.took down C.went down D.broke down

14.A.just B.already C.ever D.still

15.A.achievement B.reaction C.satisfaction D.amazement

16.A.aware B.certain C.worthy D.free

17.A.gift B.prize C.award D.memory

18.A.explained B.showed C.contributed D.meant

19.A.promoted B.made C.changed D.supported

20.A.word B.concept C.gesture D.measure

How to volunteer abroad

There is so much good to do in the world! If you are planning a trip, here are some pointers to make the most of your volunteer opportunities.

Prepare in advance. 1.. Find out what languages are spoken, any cultural differences and any issues of which you should be aware. You must have a heart to serve, and also know how to be careful.

Go in with modesty. When visiting another culture, the first step should be humility. Go with caring hearts, open minds, and listening ears. Keep in mind that you are a guest. 2.. You won’t make any true progress. You might build a home for a family in need, but you won’t build trust.

3.. When you volunteer abroad, you should be doing it with a full heart. It’s important to eat with locals, share in their customs, and attend their activities. You must engage yourself fully in the volunteer opportunity, which shows that you care about what you’re doing together.

Share when you return. Don’t just keep that volunteer experience in your head or in your journal. 4., but even better is sharing it in one-on-one or group conversations. In these conversations, it’s not just “I dug a well and helped a community gain 20 more gallons of fresh water a day.” Yes, that is important! 5..

International volunteering is a gift. It is actually more of a gift for you than the recipients. Through the lessons you learn, you become a better person, a stronger leader.

A. Consider the time outside as an opportunity

B. Posting it on social media is a positive idea

C. Use their local techniques

D. If you don’t do this, you risk damaging the relationship at the start

E. Many people go in to “do the job” and then go back to their hotels

F. Make sure you take time to understand the host country before you go

G. Even more important is being sincere and learning more about yourself

    Peter Drucker is the world’s most influential management master. Probably more than anyone else, he has helped to determine the nature of management and the tasks and responsibilities of the manager.

Drucker’s interests have ranged broadly. In the 1930s and the 1940s, he wrote a series of thoughtful books on capitalist society. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he wrote a series of books on management. Since the late 1970s, he has been more interested in the impact of technological and social change on management and business.

Drucker’s writings avoid formal theories of management and organization and instead encourage managers to ask basic questions. Famously, he urged managers to stop trying to manage processes and instead seek to manage for results, emphasizing output rather than function. In his view, managers should be the pivot around which the organization works, rather than directors controlling from the top down or officers leading from the front.

According to Drucker, it is the manager who breathes life into the enterprise and makes it function. “The enterprise can decide, act and behave only as its managers do.”

In a milestone passage, Drucker says that there is only one valid purpose for a business：“To create a customer. Markets are not created by nature or economic forces, but by the people who manage a business.” Drucker emphasizes the need to consider the needs and motivations of customers, not just the problems of price and distribution that had formerly controlled marketing.

He also stresses the responsibilities of managers: to achieve economic performance, to make work productive and to manage the social effects that any enterprise has on its environment. Particularly important is the third set of responsibilities. Increased social responsibility, says Drucker, is part of the price that must be paid for commercial success.

Drucker sees management as an art rather than a science and constantly speaks of management in human terms, which has made him the most popular and widely read management writer of all time.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A.The biography of Peter Drucker.

B.What makes a good business.

C.The responsibilities of managers.

D.Peter Drucker and his influence on management.

2.What does the underlined word “pivot” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.Helper. B.Center.

C.Adviser. D.Controller.

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A.Controlling the process of the business is the key to success.

B.Price and distribution decide the domination of markets.

C.A business works well if it has a good functional manager.

D.Managers should put the domination of markets above all.

4.The responsibilities of a manager doesn’t include __________.

A.improving the profit

B.better working efficiency

C.ensuring a better society

D.paying the price for his or her faults

    Those who are concerned that robots are taking over the world can rest easy—for now. Though the androids have proved useful at performing ordinary tasks, they are not ready for the greatest time. At least that appears to be the case at Japan’s Henn-na Hotel chain where over half of the robot staff are being replaced by humans.

The first location of the unique hotel opened in July 2015 was at Nagasaki’s Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park. The hotel’s owner, Hideo Sawada, promised the hotel to be managed primarily by robots. Guests were greeted and checked-in by a dinosaur robot, while a cute android called Churi, placed inside each room, provided information about attractions. Not surprisingly, the lodging, recognized in 2016 as the world’s first robot-staffed hotel by Guinness World Records, drew in curious visitors from all around the world.

But as the years have passed, the hotel’s main draw is becoming less novel and more unsatisfactory. Also as the robots are “aging”, they are costing more to repair. Among the 283 androids being replaced are the chain’s two dinosaur receptionists. In addition to scaring young guests, they are also unable to photocopy guests’ passports, forcing human employees to step in each time. Also out are the cute Churi robots, which annoyed guests by interrupting their conversations. For example, one guest told The Wall Street Journal that Churi mistook his snoring for a command and kept asking him to repeat his request all night.

Sawada told The Wall Street Journal, “When you actually use robots you realize there are places where they aren’t needed—or just annoy people.” While Sawada may be cutting back on his use of androids, the recently-opened Smart LYZ Hotel and the Fly Zoo Hotel in China, are run entirely by robots, with not a human in sight. Whether the employees have more competence than those “hired” by the Henn-na Hotel chain remains to be seen.

1.What makes Japan’s Henn-na Hotel unique?

A.Its robot employees. B.Its advanced equipment.

C.Its convenient location. D.Its successful management.

2.What is the author’s purpose with the example in paragraph 3?

A.To entertain readers. B.To prove Churi’s drawback.

C.To introduce Churi’s functions. D.To persuade people not to book the hotel.

3.What does the owner of Japan’s Henn-na Hotel think of his robot staff now?

A.Attractive. B.Costly.

C.Pioneering. D.Disappointing.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Robots Are Taking Over the World.

B.The Boom of Robots-staffed Hotel.

C.Robot Staff Are Fired For No Competence.

D.The First Robots-staffed Hotel Won Guinness World Record.

    In 1947, the province Bengal of Pakistan was divided into two parts: the western part became India and the eastern part is known as East Bengal which was later known as East Pakistan. At that time there were many economic, social and cultural problems. In 1948, when government announced Urdu as the national language, it caused the protest among the Bengali speaking majority of Pakistan. The protest got out of control and ended with the death of four protestors of the University of Dhaka who were shot by the police on 21st February, 1952. The students’ deaths during the fight for their mother language are now remembered as The International Mother Language Day (IMLD).

Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO holds the event to draw attention to the disappearance of the world’s languages: dozens of them are disappearing each year. What happens when a language dies out? Something huge is lost -- not just sounds and marks but the way that people make sense of the world and communicate with each other. And it is through language that we have culture and tradition. Kill a language and all this is killed too.

Through IMLD, more people are becoming more aware of the destruction of linguistic (语言的) diversity in modern times and trying to stop it. The Myaamia Project is a kind of effort. This is an attempt to revive (复兴) the language spoken by the Miami and Illinois tribes (部落) of the US. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language, which formally died out in the 1960s.

This is why we should remember the wise words of Nelson Mandela: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart.”

1.What can we know from the first paragraph?

A.Bengal had the biggest population in Pakistan.

B.The conflict resulted from linguistic controversy.

C.The Bengali were the majority who spoke Urdu.

D.The police shot four students to end the protest.

2.What message does Paragraph 2 mean to convey?

A.Dozens of languages die out every February.

B.The world is known merely through languages.

C.Language helps to preserve and promote culture.

D.Much attention has been paid to language protection.

3.What does the Myaamia Project aim to do?

A.Keep linguistic diversity. B.Protect an American tribe.

C.Raise money to help the locals. D.Focus on native language learning.

4.Why does the author mention Mandela’s words?

A.To show his contribution to language protection.

B.To stress the difficulty in learning a dying language.

C.To reflect the possibility to preserve a local language.

D.To emphasize the importance of one’s mother tongue.

Duplays Ramadan netball league

This is one of the most popular women’s leagues, so sign your team up now for five weeks of netball.

Price: Dhs 2,250 per team.

Time: Sun. and Mon., 7 pm-10:30 pm, June 8 to July 13.

Place: Emirates International School, Umm Suqeim 3.

www. duplays. com (04 447 2394)

Bounce’s first anniversary

The first national indoor trampoline (蹦床) park is celebrating its first anniversary with an After Dark Party. Fans of Bounce can come together on the trampolines and jump to party tunes from DJ Scott Forshaw.

Limited tickets available.

Price: Dhs 80.

Time: On Thursday June 4, 8 pm-midnight.

Place: Bounce, 4B Street, Al Quoz.

www. bounce. ae (04 3211 400)

Jump Boxx Beatz

Enjoy new Thursday night jump sessions at Jump Boxx indoor trampoline park. DJs will spin your favorite tracks as you bounce. Tickets are abundant on the spot.

Price: Dhs 69 per hour, plus Dhs 11 for grip (防滑力) socks.

Time: Thur. 7 pm-11 pm, July 8 to August 8.

Place：Uptown Mirdif.

www.jump-boxx.com (800 5867)

Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids

Sign your kids up now for a summer of sport at Fit Republik. The camp takes place from Sunday July 5 to Thursday August 27 and will offer children aged 4 to 14 a variety of daily activities including martial (军事的) arts, gymnastics, aquatics (水上的) sports and functional training. Call to register your child in advance.

Price: Dhs 270 per child, per day, Dhs 950 for five days. Prices include lunch.

Time: Sun.-Thur. 8:45 am-2:15pm, July 5 to August 27.

Place: Dubai Sports City.

www.fitrepublik.com (04 556 1800)

1.What makes the second and third events similar to each other?

A.They are both celebrations.

B.They are both intended for kids.

C.Music is to be played at the parties.

D.They both open at exactly the same time.

2.Which of the four events will last longest?

A.Duplays Ramadan netball league.

B.Bounce’s first anniversary.

C.Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids.

D.Jump Boxx Beatz.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A.You have to pay to take part in the events.

B.Teamwork is a must in all the events.

C.Students of all ages can register for Fit Republik.

D.Tickets for the four events are to be booked ahead of time.

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

1.我认为盯着别人看是不礼貌的。(consider)

2.吵闹声不绝于耳，我精神无法集中于学习。(concentrate)

3.她的仔细观察使得她能够发现其他医生没有发现的问题。(enable)

4.坚持运动不是一件容易的事情，但只要你能够坚持你的计划，就一定能成功。(stick)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentences can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

The Benefits of a Summer Job

Have you ever had a summer job? For many young people, summer is an exciting period where education stops and fun begins. 1. And the very group who have the time to benefit from the fun summer has to offer may not have the funds to do so. The solution? A summer job.

The concept of students and younger members of society being gainfully employed over the summer period is not a new one. And there are opportunities out there for those who want to earn. 2. In many cases, the jobs only pay minimum wages, which may only help you out. But the money is not the only thing that’s gained.

3. Indeed, when talking about their experiences of summer jobs, people said they got “invaluable training” and learnt skills such as punctuality, tolerance, and the importance of hard work. These opportunities are thought to be so important that the UK government has placed 20,000 summer job vacancies on its Find a Job website.

4. The percentage of young people working while studying has more than halved since 1997, falling from 42% to 18% in 2014. Those are the findings of a UK government report on the death of the Saturday job. Ester McVey believes this is because young people are choosing to focus more on education rather than earning extra money.

A.Summer and Saturday jobs prepare young people for successful careers in later life, teaching vital soft skills.

B.Students take summer jobs mainly to cover their tuition and this practice is highly appreciated by their parents.

C.That said, holidays, festivals and time spent with friends cost money.

D.This move comes at a time of apparent need.

E.Soft skills are so essential to students’ future career that they have to take summer jobs to acquire them.

F.Vacancies can range from roles as boring as fry cook, to seasonal work at a theme park.

    If you are over 20, look away now. Your cognitive （认知的）performance is probably already on the wane. The speed with which people can process information decreases at a steady rate from as early as their 20s.

A common test of processing speed is the “digit symbol substitution test”, in which a range of symbols are paired with a set of numbers in a code. Participants are shown the code, given a row of symbols and then asked to write down the corresponding number in the box below within a set period. There is nothing cognitively challenging about the task: levels of education make no difference to performance. But age does. Speed declines as people get older.

Why this should be is still uncertain, but a range of tentative（尝试性的）explanations has been put forward. One points the finger at myelin, a white, fatty substance that coats axons, which carry signals from one neuron to another. Steady reductions in myelin as people age may be slowing down these connections. Another possibility, says Timothy Salthouse, director of the Cognitive Ageing Laboratory at the University of Virginia, is exhaustion of a chemical called dopamine（多巴胺）.

Fortunately, there is some good news to go with the bad. Psychologists distinguish between “fluid intelligence”, which is the ability to solve new problems, and “crystallised intelligence”, which roughly equates to an individual’s stock of accumulated knowledge. These reserves of knowledge continue to increase with age: people’s performance on vocabulary and cognitive decline. In an old but instructive study of typists ranging in age from 19 to 72, older workers typed just as fast as younger ones, even though their tapping speed was slower. They achieved this by looking further ahead in the text, which allowed them to keep going more smoothly.

What does all this mean for a lifetime of continuous learning? It is encouraging so long as people are learning new tricks in familiar fields. “If learning can be absorbed into an existing knowledge base, advantage favours the old,” says Mr Salthouse.

1.The phrase “on the wane” (in paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to _______.

A.declining B.improving

C.varying D.maintaining

2.By “age does” (in paragraph 2), the writer means that _______。

A.the level of a participant’s education is related to how old he is

B.the older a participant is, the more slowly he writes down the number

C.a participant’s age affects his ability to figure out what the symbol means

D.how much time a participant is given to finish the task depends on his age

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Dopamine has been proved to be a chemical that affects people’s cognitive ability.

B.One way to avoid cognitive decline is to have as much experience as possible in life.

C.Moving older workers into an entirely new area of knowledge is less likely to go well.

D.Crystallised intelligence plays an important role in keeping people alert in new situations.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A.Why the brain fails with the age needs to be explored.

B.“Digit symbol substitution test” proves to be groundless.

C.One’s knowledge base matters more than his cognitive ability.

D.The brain changes in both good and bad ways as one ages.

*hc: hardcover

*sc: softcover

*eb: electronic business

1.Which of the following books only provides a printed version?

A.Lift Ev’ry Voice

B.It Came by Loss

C.The Truth Won’t Help Them Now

D.“Though the eyes of the East” Inspirational poems

2.If you want to read historical stories, you’d better choose the book written by _______.

A.Bill McCausland B.Lillian M. Whitlow

C.Salma Hamid Hussain D.Joan Hunter and Steven Cobos

    P1Some people have lot of hair while others have a little. Some people have no hair on the top of their head; they are bald. The important thing is -- are you happy with the hair you have?

P2Problem hair is often a result of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.

P3To ensure your hair looks its best, pay attention to what you eat. Lack of protein and iron makes your hair less shiny. So, you need adequate amounts of green vegetables, fruits and dairy products. Drink eight to ten glasses of water a day. This will help keep your hair from becoming dry. Avoid eating sweets or high-fat foods. They can slow hair growth.

P4Stress in your life can also secretly rob your hair of its shiny beauty. Relaxing music and more rest are both remedies for stress.

P5In addition, remember to rinse your hair thoroughly after you shampoo it. Brushing your hairregularly will help it grow. It will also make it look healthy. Do not rub your hair too quickly when you dry it. It could damage your hair.

P6Last, be sure to choose the right hair products. The choices you make are they key to healthy hair.

1.The author mentions the different people’s hair in paragraph 1 to ________.

A.introduce the following topic of hair care

B.show the importance of having a lot of hair

C.stress people’s dissatisfaction with their hair

D.describe the current situation of hair care market

2.According to the passage, if you want to fasten hair growth, you can ________.

A.have more green vegetables and dairy products

B.eat fewer candies or foods containing much fat

C.drink eight or more glasses of water a day

D.listen to relaxing music and take more test

3.The meaning of word “regularly” (in Para 5) is closest to ________.

A.often B.thoroughly

C.quickly D.happily

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Bald? It’s impossible! B.Healthy life, healthy hair!

C.To be bald or hairy? It’s a question. D.More Exercise, More Food, More Hair!

5.Which of the following structures matches the passage above?

A. B.

C. D.

    Laugh-lab, an experiment set up more than a year ago, established that the British, Irish, New Zealanders and Australians prefer a play on words and that the French, Danes and Belgians have a taste for the surreal（超现实主义的）. Americans and Canadians, _______, laugh at jokes showing one group’s superiority over another. The Germans apparently have the _______ sense of humor -- if only because they have no national preference, and therefore find almost anything funny.

The winning joke was the product of international selection. It was posted by Gurpal Gosall, a 31-year-old psychologist from Manchester. This joke, according to Richard Wiseman, founder of Laugh-lab, _______ all. It also contained the three _______ that were found central to humor: a sense of superiority, an unexpected response, and a sad feeling. The joke was that:

A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seems to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his mobile phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: ‘My friend is dead! What can I do?’ The operator, in a clam, soothing voice says: ‘Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s _______.’ There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: ‘OK, now that?’

Dr Gosall and _______ the joke for years. He said: ‘It makes people feel better ... reminds you that there’s always someone out there doing something more _______ than you.’ It was one of a series of jokes read to a volunteer who was being given a brain scan. With each joke, a specific area at the front of the volunteer’s brain lit up. There was also a reaction in an area linked to _______, showing recognition of an old joke. ‘It _______ other research, because if people have damage to that part of the brain, then they lose their sense of humor,’ Dr Wiseman said.

There were other ____________. The Laugh-lab computers counted the number of words in every joke that people submitted（提交）. According to the data, jokes containing 103 are the funniest. Interestingly, the winning joke is 102 words long-almost the ____________ length for a joke!

Many of the jokes submitted contained references to ____________. The researchers found that jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other jokes. Perhaps it’s because of their webbed feet or their odd shapes. ____________, the implication is clear -- if you are going to tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck.

The Laugh-lab computer also recorded the date and time that each person from the UK ____________ the jokes in Laugh-lab. Careful analysis of the data revealed that people found the jokes funniest on the 7th October at 6:03 in the evening. Perhaps they have ____________ discovered the funniest moment of the year!

1.A.in addition B.on the other hand C.by all means D.to a certain degree

2.A.keenest B.broadest C.strangest D.worst

3.A.differed from B.relied on C.cared about D.appealed to

4.A.elements B.parts C.functions D.styles

5.A.kind B.alive C.dead D.quiet

6.A.liked B.made C.missed D.shared

7.A.violent B.helpful C.stupid D.sensible

8.A.language B.laughter C.memory D.analysis

9.A.dates back to B.keeps up with C.breaks away from D.fits in with

10.A.terms B.jokes C.discussions D.discoveries

11.A.perfect B.similar C.familiar D.expected

12.A.ducks B.animals C.shapes D.fears

13.A.Additionally B.Regardless C.Surprisingly D.Somehow

14.A.tested B.told C.searched D.rated

15.A.scientifically B.moderately C.separately D.occasionally

Darwin, _________ book On the Origin of Species probably ranks second only to the Bible, had great impact on Western thought.

A.who’s B.which C.for whom D.whose

Performances, ________ the public was admitted for free, were arranged fortnightly.

A.them B.in which C.to which D.when

Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of ________ is the hovercraft.

A.them B.which C.what D.whatever

It is easy ________ the consequences of unchecked plant disease: food shortage could kill millions of people and cause unrest in the world.

A.imagine B.to be imagined C.imagining D.to imagine

________ with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend hours going from one dress on another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on.

A.Having faced B.Faced C.To face D.Facing

Some psychologists suggest that one could improve his performance when mentally imagining himself ________ (perform) well at some back.

A.performing B.to perform C.performed D.having performed

The car moved so fast the it went through the highway-dividing fence, ________ in a collision in which five people died.

A.to result B.resulting C.resulted D.having resulted

All those ________ the pop singing group cheered, applauding as they sang.

A.watched B.was watching C.watching D.to watch

When I wanted to show myself up at the party, the song I ________ so many times suddenly became difficult.

A.am practicing B.had practiced C.will be practicing D.have practiced

When shopping, a woman ________ to find an unexpected bargain.

A.is always trying B.will try C.has been trying D.had tried

假设你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华，请你给你的同学John写一封邮件，告知他学校要为近期举行的排球比赛（the 2020 Student Volleyball Match）招募志愿者。内容包括：

1.招募目的；

2.招募条件；

3.报名方式（volunteers @135. com）及截止日期（3月31日）。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：招募recruit

Dear John,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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。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。

Dear peter

I’m writing to share a piece of good news with you.

We school will run a Peking Opera Club for international students. It starts from October 11 and ends on October 20, lasts ten days. Some famous artists will offer basic courses on this national treasures, including singing, dialogues, movements as well facial makeup. Which they want to communicate through the courses is that Peking Opera is not just a art. It is also a symbol of traditional China culture which deserved to be passed down from generation to generation.

Since you’re always interested in Peking Opera, I sincere hope you’ll seize this chance. Join in the club and have a good time there!

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It is a well-known fact that laughter is the best medicine. Everyone needs to learn how to get 1. （much）into their lives. You need to learn about the benefits of laughter since it is good for you in 2. （surprising） various ways. It can help you as the stress relief and make your pain on 3. decrease. Scientists have even proved that laughter has the ability 4. （improve）our immunity. That is 5. it’s time to look for ways to get more laughter into your daily life.

Some of the health benefits of laughing are 6. （fantasy）. When you are laughing the level of stress hormones（荷尔蒙） 7. （reduce） in your body. This is a natural release of feeling that requires no visit 8. the doctor or medicine. You will usually feel more relaxed and comfortable after a good laugh。

Most people will get 9. （catch）up in your laughter and that help you connect with others because laughter just has a way of spreading all by itself. It doesn’t need any formal 10. （introduce）-it just spreads from one person to another.

    Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. “The only thing that I love is dance,” she told CBS News. That ambition nearly _______ one night in 2010.

Hill, then a 17-year-old high school senior, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 51 days and that _______ her paralyzed from the waist down. For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the _______ . Far from being a（n） _______ , her wheelchair encouraged her. “I wanted to _______ to my community and to myself that I was still ‘normal’.” Whatever normal meant, normal for her meant _______ . so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her _______ high school dance team. “Half of my body was _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” “It ________ took a lot of learning and patience.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to ________ her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord injuries and shared her ________ , and she invited them to dance with her. “It was such a（n） ________ experience.” Hoping to ________ more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes, a ________ to the Rockettes, a famous dancing team. “I want to ________ the prejudice of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re ________ ,” she said to CBS News. Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She’s a dancer. But the Rollettes have helped her find something ________ . She calls it the Rollettes Experience, and in 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended it. For many, it was the first time they’d felt they ________ . “It was the most unimaginable thing when I rolled into a room and everyone was at ________ level.” Hill told CBS News.

1.A.escaped B.ended C.passed D.arose

2.A.prevented B.avoided C.left D.protected

3.A.built B.disappointed C.motivated D.destroyed

4.A.beginning B.result C.incident D.experience

5.A.effect B.object C.gift D.barrier

6.A.announce B.explain C.prove D.advocate

7.A.dancing B.living C.continuing D.performing

8.A.considerate B.nondisabled C.disabled D.energetic

9.A.cut off B.brought out C.left over D.taken away

10.A.barely B.definitely C.probably D.merely

11.A.expose B.explore C.expand D.expect

12.A.experience B.determination C.comment D.adventure

13.A.embarrassing B.tiring C.regrettable D.amazing

14.A.reach B.evaluate C.appreciate D.observe

15.A.kick B.shake C.nod D.pat

16.A.give in to B.pick up C.look into D.break down

17.A.rolling B.standing C.sitting D.lying

18.A.sympathetic B.significant C.sufficient D.serious

19.A.succeeded B.benefited C.belonged D.won

20.A.eye B.head C.nose D.arm