阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

It is 1. (believe) that the developmental transformation called “adolescence” can be painful. One of the reasons is 2. young people often feel pressed to redefine their identity. For example, comparisons are always being made with outstanding peers that represent ideals for growing up. In consequence, a lot of young people may be under constant pressure. They think if they 3. (work) harder earlier, they would be able to measure up now. If you are continually worried about the imperfections, you may need an alterative to idealism. That is, think about how to develop what is uniquely you rather than why you can’t be like them.

前5个小题根据小说Private Peaceful的情节，后5个小题根据小说Lord of the Flies的情节，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

1.How did Tommy’s father die?

A.He fell onto the ground from the tree.

B.He fought with the Colonel and was sentenced to death.

C.He tried to save Tommy from being struck by a falling tree.

D.He was sent to the battlefield and killed by the foe in the war.

2.What did mother do when she found Charlie stole Bertha?

A.She bought Bertha with six pence.

B.She begged the Colonel to forgive Charlie.

C.She told Charlie to give up Bertha.

D.She asked Charlie to apologize to the Colonel.

3.Why was Charlie sentenced to death?

A.Because he was a recognized coward.

B.Because he didn’t follow Hanley’s order.

C.Because he ran away from the battlefield.

D.Because he had a terrible fight with Hanley.

4.Why didn’t Charlie tell Mother and Molly the real life that they lived in the front?

A.Because he surely enjoyed the life of being a soldier.

B.Because he believed the terrible life would end very soon.

C.Because he wanted them to encourage more people to fight in the front.

D.Because he didn’t want the horrible life to ruin the peacefulness of home.

5.What is the ending of the story?

A.Tommy continued to serve in the army.

B.Tommy took revenge on Hanley by killing him.

C.Tommy was promoted to a higher rank in the army.

D.Tommy went home and lived a happy life with Molly.

6.When did Jack first put on a mask?

A.When he failed to be the chief. B.Before he managed to hunt a pig.

C.When he tried to hunt the beast. D.Before he stole glasses from Piggy.

7.Why did Jack put the pigs head on a stick?

A.To attract other pigs. B.To summon all boys.

C.To pray for rescue. D.To worship the beast.

8.Why did Jack steal Peggy’s glasses in the night raid?

A.To send signal for rescue. B.To make a fire for himself.

C.To force Piggy to surrender. D.To negotiate with Ralph equally.

9.How was Piggy killed?

A.Ralph did not help Piggy, who fell off the cliff.

B.Jack ordered Roger to push a boulder to kill Piggy.

C.Roger pushed the lever and a falling boulder hit Piggy.

D.Jack fought against Ralph but accidentally killed Piggy.

10.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Ralph was first frightened by the pigs head and then worshipped it.

B.The lord of the flies that Simon once saw was a fly on the pigs head.

C.Ralph still regarded himself as the chief of boys when he was rescued.

D.Sam and Eric had become savages when Ralph went back to Jacks camp.

短篇小说

The Stolen Bacillus

(1) “This again,” said the Bacteriologist (病毒学家), slipping a glass slide under the microscope, “is the celebrated Bacillus of cholera (霍乱) -the cholera germ.”

(2) The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing. “I see very little.” he said.

(3) “Touch this screw,” said the Bacteriologist, “perhaps the microscope is out of focus.”

(4) “Ah! now I see.” said the visitor “Not so very much to see after all. Little streaks and shreds of pink. And yet those little particles might multiply and devastate a city! Wonderful!”

(5) He released the glass slip and held it towards the window. “Scarcely visible,” he said. Staring at the preparation, he hesitated, “Are these-alive?”

(6) “Those have been stained and killed.” said the Bacteriologist. “I wish, for my own part, we could kill and stain every one of them in the universe.”

(7) “I suppose,” the pale man said with a slight smile, “that you don’t have such things in the living-in the active state?”

(8) “Actually, we have to.” said the Bacteriologist. “Here, for instance-” he took up one sealed tube, “is a cultivation of the actual living disease bacteria. Bottled cholera, so to speak.”

(9) A slight gleam of satisfaction appeared momentarily in the face of the pale man. “It’s a deadly thing to have in your possession.” he said, devouring the little tube with his eyes. The Bacteriologist watched the morbid pleasure in his visitor’s expression. This man, who had appeared with a note of introduction from an old friend, interested him deeply. Nothing about his look, expression, manner and his keen interest resembled that of the ordinary scientific worker whom the Bacteriologist was familiar with. It was perhaps natural, though.

(10) He held the tube in his hand thoughtfully. “Yes. Only break such a little tube as this into a supply of drinking water, and death full of pain and indignity would be released upon this city. He would take the husband from the wife, the child from its mother and the statesman from his duty. He would follow the watermains, creeping along streets, picking out and punishing a house where they did not boil their drinking-water, creeping into the wells of the mineral-water makers, getting washed into salad, and lying dormant in ices. Once start him at the water supply, he would have wiped out the metropolis before we know.”

(11) He stopped abruptly. He had been told rhetoric was his weakness.

(2) The eyes of the pale-faced man shone. “These Anarchists (无政府主义者) -rascals are blind fools to use bombs when this kind of thing is available.”

(13) A gentle knock was heard at the door. The Bacteriologist opened it. “Just a minute, dear.” whispered his wife.

(14) When he returned, his visitor was looking at his watch. “I had no idea it’s been an hour. I have an engagement at four and I must leave now.”

(15) The Bacteriologist accompanied him to the door, and then returned thoughtfully to his laboratory. He was still thinking about his visitor. “How fascinated he was by those disease-germs!” Then a disturbing thought struck him. He turned to the bench and then his writing-table. He felt hastily in his pockets, and then rushed to the door.

(16) “Minnie!” he shouted hoarsely in the hall.

(17) “Yes, dear.”

(18) “Had I anything in my hand when I spoke to you just now?”

(19) Pause.

(20) “Nothing, dear, because I remember-”

(21) “Blue ruin!” cried the Bacteriologist and rushed to the front door and into the street.

(22) Minnie, hearing the door slam violently, ran to the window Down the street a slender man was getting into a cab (马车). The Bacteriologist, hatless and in his slippers, was running and gesticulating wildly towards this group. One slipper came off unnoticed. The slender man, glancing round, seemed shocked. He pointed to the Bacteriologist and said something to the cabman. The cabman swished his whip and in a moment the cab disappeared around the corner.

(23) Minnie was dumbfounded. “Of course, he is out of his mind,” she thought, “but running about London-in the height of the season, in his socks!” A happy thought struck her. She hastily put on her hat, shoes and coat, and stopped a cab that passed by. “Drive me up the road and round Havelock Crescent and see if we can find a gentleman running about in a velveteen coat and no hat.” “Very good, ma’am.” And the cabman whipped up at once in the most matter-of-fact way.

(24) Some few minutes later, the little group of cabmen at the cabmen’s shelter were startled by the passing of a cab with a several ginger-colored horses driven furiously.

(25) Must be an emergency, they said. Moments later, they were stunned to see another cab racing by.

(26) “It’s Old George,” said one, “and he’s driving a lunatic, as you say.”

(27) The group became excited. “Go George! It’s a race! You’ll get him!”

(28) The sight of a third cab flying by aroused more curiosity. Minnie went by in a perfect roar of applause. She did not like it but she felt that she was doing her duty. She fixed her eyes on the animated back of Old George that was driving her husband.

(29) The man in the foremost cab sat crouched in the comer, with the little tube gripped in his hand. He felt a mixture of fear and exultation. Chiefly he was afraid of being caught before he could accomplish his purpose but behind this was a vaguer but larger fear of the awfulness of his crime. But his joy far exceeded his fear. No Anarchist before him had ever approached this. All those distinguished persons whose fame he had envied became insignificant. He had only to break the little tube into a well. How brilliantly he had planned it, faked the letter of introduction, and got into the laboratory. How brilliantly he had seized his opportunity! The world should hear of him at last. All those people who had sneered at him and neglected him should consider him at last. Death! They had always treated him as nobody. All the world had been in a conspiracy to keep him under. He would teach them yet what it is to isolate a man. He stuck his head out of the cab. The Bacteriologist was scarcely fifty yards behind. That was bad. He would be caught and stopped yet. He felt in his pocket for money and found half a sovereign. This he waved the money in the cabman’s face. “More,” he shouted, “if only we get away.”

(30) The money was snatched out of his hand. The cab swayed as it sped up. The Anarchist put the hand containing the little glass tube on the bench to preserve his balance. He felt the tube cracked and saw what it contained flow onto the cab floor. He let out a curse and stared dismally at the two or three drops of moisture on the apron.

(31) He shuddered.

(32) “Well! I suppose I shall be the first. Anyhow. I shall be a Martyr. That’s something But I wonder if it hurts as much as they say.”

(33) He picked up the broken end of the tube, where there was still a little drop inside. And he drank that to make sure. He would not fail.

(34) Then it dawned upon him that there was no further need to escape. In Wellington Street he told the cabman to stop and got out. He slipped on the step. His head felt queer. It was rapid stuff this cholera poison. He stood on the pavement with his arm folded upon his breast awaiting the arrival of the Bacteriologist. There was something tragic in his pose. The sense of death gave him a certain dignity. He laughed.

(35) “You are too late, my friend. I have drunk it. Long live anarchy!”

(36) The Bacteriologist from his cab beamed curiously at him. “You have drunk it! An Anarchist! I see now.” He was about to say something more but stopped. He opened the cab door as if to get off. The Anarchist waved him a dramatic farewell and strode off to Waterloo Bridge, carefully bumping his infected body against as many people as possible. The Bacteriologist was so shocked that he didn’t notice Minnie appearing on the pavement with his hat and shoes and overcoat. “Very good of you to bring my things.” he said and remained lost in his thoughts.

(37) “You had better get in,” he said. Minnie felt convinced now that he was mad and directed the cabman home. The cab began to turn, hiding the black figure in the distance from the Bacteriologist’s eyes. Then suddenly something strange struck him and he laughed. Then he remarked, “It is really very serious though.”

(38) “You see, that man came to my house to see me and he is an Anarchist. No-don’t faint, or I cannot possibly tell you the rest. And I wanted to astonish him, not knowing he was an Anarchist, and took up a cultivation of that new species of Bacterium I think caused the blue patches upon various monkeys. Like a fool, I said it was Asiatic cholera. And he ran away with it to poison the water of London, and he certainly might have made things look blue for this civilized city. And now he has swallowed it. Of course, I cannot say what will happen, but you know it turned that kitten blue, and the three puppies-in patches, and the sparrow-bright blue But the bother is, I shall have all the trouble and expense of preparing some more.”

(39) “Put on my coat on this hot day! Why? Because we might meet Mrs. Jabber? My dear! Mrs. Jabber is not a draught. But why should I wear a coat on a hot day because of Mrs. -? Oh! Very well.”

A. one who suffers greatly or is killed, esp. due to political or religious beliefs

B. clever language that sounds good but is not sincere or meaningless

C. someone who wishes to destroy the existing government and laws

D. a substance that has been specially prepared for use as a medicine

E. to look at something with great interest and enthusiasm

F. to show, express or direct through movement

G. to eat all of something quickly and eagerly

前5个小题根据小说内容，判断表述是否正确，正确的请选A，错误的选B。第6-10个小题,请在A-G选项中找出五个单词在文中的正确英文释义，其中有两个是多余选项。最后一个小题, 根据小说内容用完整句子回答问题。

1.The visitor, with the help of the Bacteriologist, saw the living disease bacteria on the glass slip.

2.Minnie chased after her husband to bring him the coat and shoes he needed.

3.Seeing the tube broken and its content spilt, the Anarchist felt angry and disappointed first.

4.By saying “it is really very serious though”, the Bacteriologist showed his care about the Anarchist.

5.The Bacteriologist knew who the visiting man was and played a trick on him.

6.preparation (Para. 5)

7.devour (Para. 9)

8.rhetoric (Para. 11)

9.gesticulate (Para. 22)

10.Marty (Para. 32)

11.What is the theme of this story, and how is it relevant to today’s society and culture?

Stressed About Coronavirus? Monitor Your Body Language

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other health professionals, have maintained that the recent coronavirus can be spread by touching people or surfaces infected by the virus, and then touching your face-particularly your mouth, nose, and eyes, where the virus can gain access to your body. No doubt, fears of this potentially deadly virus is causing people around the world a great deal of stress. 1.

You may have seen clips of health professionals warning about face-touching in press conferences, but then absent-mindedly touching their own faces-even licking a finger to turn a page on their written speeches! 2. Unfortunately, stress can increase the incidence of face-touching behavior.

A common body reaction to stress is self-touching. Some of that might consist of chin or cheek rubbing, which can bring infected fingers dangerously close to the mouth. Of course, there is also nail-biting, which provides the virus with direct access to the mouth.

Research on nonverbal signals of lying has focused on common body language signals connected with stress. 3. Stress from telling a lie has been associated with people touching their noses or faces. It has been suggested that temporary increases in tension or stress-such as when someone is telling a lie-may cause the nose to itch (发痒). This leads to response of scratching or rubbing the nose

Stress may also lead to dry eyes, mainly because the automatic reaction to fear-induced stress is to widen the eyes and blink less frequently, thus drying out our eyes. Our responses can include eye rubbing behavior-opening the way for the virus to enter our bodies.

Don’t get me started talking about greetings. 4. However, greeting behaviors such as touching hands (handshaking), cheek-kissing and hugging all open the door for viral transmission (病毒传播). Moving to more safe forms of greeting -waves, fist-bumps, or even bowing-should become the norm during these troubling times.

5. We need to become more aware of our nonverbal behavior and go into social situations more mindfully.

A.To sum up, what should we do?

B.Some of these same signals could lead to infection.

C.It is probably because they have been under too much stress.

D.In other words, nonverbal signals of stress might lead to infection.

E.That is why people may touch their noses or faces when telling a lie.

F.In social gatherings people almost automatically extend their hands or hug.

G.What’s worse many of our unconscious reactions to stress can lead to infection.

    Contemporary worries about the impact of technology are part of a historical pattern. The new technologies that dominated the past decade seem to be making things worse. Parents worry that smartphones have turned their children into screen-addicted zombies. The technologies expected to dominate the new decade also seem to cast a dark shadow. Artificial intelligence (AI) may well deepen bias and prejudice, threaten your job and shore up authoritarian rulers.

Today’s gloomy mood is centred on smartphones and social media, which took off a decade ago. Yet concerns that humanity has taken a technological wrong turn, or that particular technologies might be doing more harm than good, have arisen before. Stand back, and in these historical cases disappointment arose from a mix of unrealised hopes and unforeseen consequences. Technology frees the forces of creative destruction, so it is only natural that it leads to anxiety: for any given technology its drawbacks sometimes seem to outweigh its benefits. When this happens with several technologies at once, as today, the result is a wider sense of techno-pessimism.

However, that pessimism can be overdone. Too often people focus on the drawbacks of a new technology while taking its benefits for granted. Worries about screen time should be weighed against the much more substantial benefits of instant communication and access to information and entertainment that smartphones make possible. A further danger is that efforts to avoid the short-term costs associated with a new technology will end up denying access to its long-term benefits—something called a “technology trap”. Fears that robots will steal people’s jobs may prompt politicians to tax them, for example, to discourage their use. Yet in the long run countries that wish to maintain their standard of living as their workforce ages and shrinks will need more robots, not fewer.

That points to another lesson, which is that the remedy to technology-related problems very often involves more technology. And the most important lesson is about technology itself. Any powerful technology can be used for good or ill. Biotechnology can raise crop yields and cure diseases, but it could equally lead to deadly weapons. Technology itself has no agency: it is the choices people make about it that shape the world. Thus the techlash (技术鞭策) is a necessary step in the adoption of important new technologies. At its best, it helps frame how society comes to terms with innovations and imposes rules and policies that limit their destructive potential, accommodate change or strike a trade-off. Healthy skepticism means that these questions are settled by a broad debate, not by a group of technologists.

Perhaps the real source of anxiety is not technology itself, but growing doubts about the ability of societies to hold this debate and come up with good answers. In that sense, techno-pessimism is a symptom of political pessimism. Yet there is something comforting about this: a gloomy debate is much better than no debate at all. And history still argues, on the whole, for optimism.

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.Reasons for techno-pessimism. B.History of technology development.

C.Consequences of technological turns. D.Attitude towards particular technologies.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Worries about technology started a decade ago.

B.The drawbacks of technology are always neglected.

C.Skepticism is helpful for technology development if properly applied.

D.There isn’t much we can do to limit the destructive potential of technology.

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.History vs. Today. B.Technology vs. Debate.

C.Technology vs. Society. D.Pessimism vs. progress.

4.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?

I: Introduction   P: Point   Sp: Sub-point (次要点)   C: Conclusion

A. B.

C. D.

    Loneliness hurts. It is psychologically distressing and so physically unhealthy that being lonely increases the likelihood of an earlier death by 26 percent. But psychologists think it hurts so much because, like hunger and thirst, loneliness acts as a biological alarm bell.

On March 26, just as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted a report on bioRxiv. It is the first study in humans to show that both loneliness and hunger share signals deep in a part of the brain that governs very basic impulses for reward and motivation. So, our need to connect is apparently as fundamental as our need to eat.

The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare brain responses to loneliness and hunger. 40 adult participants underwent a 10-hour session depriving (剥夺) them of food and another 10-hour session denying them social contact. Both sessions served as a control (对照) condition for each other.

The social-isolation condition was challenging to arrange. Some people are lonely in a crowd, while others enjoy solitude To induce(l t)not just objective isolation but subjective feelings of loneliness, the researchers had the participants spend their time from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. in a room at the laboratory without phones, laptops or even novels in case fictional characters provided some social support. Puzzles were allowed, as was preapproved nonfiction reading or writing.

Researchers then focused on a midbrain region called “the substantia nigra”, a center of dopamine (多巴胺) release involved with motivation and desire. The dopaminergic response shows a strong wanting. In the scanner, participants saw images of their preferred forms of social interaction and of their favorite foods, as well as a control image of flowers. It was then found that the substantia nigra responded only to cues of what they had been deprived of. The magnitude of the response correlated with the subjects’ self-reports of how hungry or lonely they were, though the feelings of hunger were consistently stronger.

Finally, the researchers used machine learning to confirm their findings. A software classifier trained to recognize neural patterns during fasting (斋戒) proved able to recognize similar neural patterns from the social-isolation condition even though it had never “seen” them. So there seems to be an underlying shared neural signature between the two states.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, an obvious next question for the work was whether different forms of social media could satisfy the need for social connection. Those researchers were never able to get funding for such a study. But now it seems they will.

1.The report posted on March 26 ________.

A.is based on the social-isolation condition during the pandemic

B.is the first study on the effect of loneliness on human beings

C.reflects the similarity between loneliness and hunger

D.shows human need for reward and motivation

2.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.Why inducing feelings of loneliness was challenging

B.How loneliness was created among participants

C.Why participants were denied access to phones

D.How researchers compared brain responses

3.We can infer that participants’ substantia nigra showed ________ response(s) to the image of flowers.

A.little B.various

C.strong D.consistent

4.What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A.The neural signature. B.Fasting.

C.Machine learning. D.The classifier.

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Danes love being close to the water and this is no exception in Copenhagen. The water side of the city is very lively, and citizens love to spend their spare time along the canals. Explore the harbor and canals of Copenhagen with a canal tour. Choose between the classic I hour live guided Grand Tour or the Hop On-Hop Off boat tour with audio guide and experience Copenhagen and its beauty from the water side.

If you can’t decide between bus and boat—no worries. You can get both. A ticket that combines bus and boat will give you the very best opportunity to discover Copenhagen at your own pace. With our combination tickets you even save money compared to buying separate tickets. A ticket to our combination tours allows you to experience all that Copenhagen has to offer from the water as well as from the land. Of course, you can freely switch between our buses and boats at various spots across the city if you go for the hop-on hop-off option.

Experience all the main attractions in the city: The Little Mermaid, the royal castle Amalienborg Palace, picturesque historical buildings like the colorful Nyhavn and feel the free spirit of Freetown Christania and the hygge at Frederiksbergs green areas. Our buses and boats take you easily to all the top attractions in Copenhagen!

1.The text is most probably taken from ________.

A.a research paper B.a text book

C.a travel brochure D.a user guide

2.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A.You can hop on a bus or boat for limited times.

B.The Colorful Copenhagen tour is a non-stop tour.

C.Sightseeing tours are equipped with video guide in 11 languages.

D.All the main scenic spots are covered in the Copenhagen Panorama tour.

3.If you want to fully explore Copenhagen at your own pace, which might be the best choice?

A.Choose the classic I hour live guided Grand Tour.

B.Get a combination ticket that combines bus and boat tours.

C.First buy a bus ticket and then buy a boat ticket for all the attractions.

D.Explore the idyllic harbor and canals of Copenhagen with a canal tour.

    A lifesaving traffic stop

Kemira had just jumped in the shower when her mother Tammy banged on the door. Kemira’s 12-day-old daughter was _______. Having fed baby Ryleigh just 30 minutes earlier, the new mother burst out of the bathroom and began patting her daughter _______ the back. Ryleigh was usually quick to cry. Now she didn’t make a _______, “I’d been told to raise their arms when babies are choking, so I tried that, but she still was _______ to breathe,” Kemira said later. She knew Ryleigh needed to get to the hospital fast.

The three had barely _______ it out of their neighborhood when the flashing lights of a police cruiser appeared behind them. Deputy Will Kimbro figured that the _______ driver was either too distracted to notice him or simply unconcerned. Kimbro soon found out it was a frightening _______ of the two.

Once she’d _______ to the curb (路边), a frantic Tammy jumped out of the car, exclaiming that her granddaughter had stopped breathing.

Desperate for help, Kemira handed the baby to Kimbro. He put a hand on her little _______. Ryleigh’s heart was barely beating.

Kimbro radioed for a(an) ________—it was seven minutes out, and the hospital was even further away. That was seven minutes Ryleigh didn’t have, her lips already an ominous shade of blue.

Luckily, Kimbro had recently completed a CPR class and knew ________ how to treat a baby. “Although I was ________, my training kicked in, and I went to work to keep that baby ________,” says Kimbro. He gave Ryleigh to Kemira to hold, his hands busy as he checked for a pulse. Then he began tapping and kneading (揉) Ryleigh’s chest, hoping to massage her heart back into action. Thanks to the CPR class, Kimbro knew the choking baby didn’t have a ________ if there was a blockage, and he used one finger to clear her airway (气道). That was the magic touch; 20 seconds later, Ryleigh began to fuss. Then came a whimper.

“If she’s crying like that, she’s breathing,” said Kimbro. The ________ was obvious in his trembling voice. “________ she’s crying, she’s breathing.”

But they still had five more minutes until medical service would arrive, and Kimbro worried that Ryleigh would choke again. He continued with delicate chest compressions and periodically clearing her airway.

In the body camera footage, Kimbro can be heard ________ Kemira, the approaching sirens wailing in the background: “I didn’t feel a heartbeat earlier, so I started massaging her heart and now I feel it. It’s real strong now.”

At the hospital, Ryleigh ________ quickly, and she was back to her ________ lively self in no time—thanks to a ________ police officer who was in the right place at the right time.

1.A.laughing B.crying C.murmuring D.choking

2.A.on B.at C.in D.against

3.A.wish B.face C.sound D.decision

4.A.unwilling B.hesitating C.expected D.forced

5.A.made B.sought C.got D.took

6.A.drunk B.speeding C.skillful D.relaxed

7.A.alternative B.former C.combination D.latter

8.A.pulled away B.pulled into C.pulled through D.pulled over

9.A.stomach B.chest C.throat D.back

10.A.ambulance B.nurse C.assistant D.mask

11.A.only B.hardly C.instantly D.exactly

12.A.thrilled B.shocked C.worn D.skeptical

13.A.alive B.asleep C.warm D.quiet

14.A.breath B.cure C.symptom D.chance

15.A.faith B.numbness C.concern D.relief

16.A.Even though B.As if C.As long as D.If only

17.A.Inquiring B.comforting C.catering D.interrupting

18.A.suffered B.developed C.recovered D.faded

19.A.usual B.unique C.true D.inner

20.A.sacred B.lucky C.determined D.cheerful

4 月 22 日是世界地球日，请根据下面的内容提示，结合实际，以 Making Every Day Earth Day 为题写一篇短文寄给21st Century杂志社。词数 100 左右。

提示：1. 地球的现状和存在的问题；

2. 人们在“地球日”这天用什么行动关爱地球；

3. 号召人们把每一天都当作地球日，天天关爱地球。

Making Every Day Earth Day

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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。

Yesterday, I made a visit to“Sea World”, which I could swim with fishes. It was a first time that I had come to Sydney, Australia. I enjoyed I very much. I felt exciting to see so many fishes swimming around me. At first, I am a little frightened but soon I calmed down enough enjoy the trip. I could swim around as freely to fishes. The food there was deliciously too. I must have put up on weight, I was tired but I looked forward to have another fun-filled day before I returned home.

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Have you ever asked 1. (you) why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other 2. (subject). That is quite accurate. But why do they learn these things?

We send our children to school 3. (prepare) them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some 4. (practice) use in their life. But is that the only reason for 5. they go to school?

There is more in education than just 6. (learn) factors. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school, we can continue to learn. A man who really 7. (know) how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, 8. be able to teach others how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is either unable to do something new, or just does it 9. (bad). The purpose of schools, therefore, is not to teach languages, arithmetic, history science, etc., but to teach pupils 10. way to learn.

    Usually, there is a teacher-parent meeting in every school year. Some students enjoy it, some don’t. Tom, a little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's ______, she said she would go. This ______ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ______ his mother and he felt ______ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that _____nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to_______why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ______ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and ______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ______of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ______, "How did you get the scar on your face?"

The mother replied, "______ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ______ afraid to go in because the fire was ______，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ______ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She ______ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be ______, but to this day, I have never ______ what I did."

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ______ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ______ for the rest of the day.

1.A.enjoyment B.excitement C.disappointment D.surprise

2.A.would B.could C.should D.must

3.A.noticed B.greeted C.met D.accepted

4.A.sick B.ashamed C.afraid D.tired

5.A.included B.passed C.covered D.shaded

6.A.hear about B.think about C.care about D.talk about

7.A.surprised B.impressed C.excited D.comforted

8.A.in sight of B.by means of C.by way of D.in spite of

9.A.separated B.protected C.hid D.escaped

10.A.hearing B.reminding C.understanding D.learning

11.A.nervously B.carefully C.seriously D.anxiously

12.A.As B.Now that C.Since D.When

13.A.so B.much C.quite D.too

14.A.under control B.out of control C.in control D.over control

15.A.helpless B.hopeless C.useless D.senseless

16.A.pointed B.showed C.touched D.wiped

17.A.beautiful B.lasting C.serious D.frightening

18.A.forgot B.recognized C.considered D.regretted

19.A.honor B.happiness C.sense D.pride

20.A.quietly B.tightly C.slightly D.suddenly

Money Matters

Parents should help children understand money. 1. So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

1. The basic function of money

Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier (收银员).2.When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.

2. Money lessons

Approach (着手处理）money lessons with openness and honesty. 3. If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say, “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”

3. 4.

Begin at the grocery store. Pick out two similar brands of a product — a name-brand butter and a generic (无商标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. 5. If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to buy other things with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.

A.Wise decisions

B.The value of money

C.Permit the child to choose between them.

D.Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things.

E.Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.

F.Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.

G.The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.

    We are often unable to pay close attention to what we hear. Just like when we try to grab a sponge(海绵) that is full of water, some water will run out of it. But sometimes we try to remember everything a speaker says and try to take in a speaker’s every word as if every word was equally important. We try to remember all the names, all the dates, and all the places. In the process we often miss the speaker’s main point.

Erik Waldman works at a design company. Knowing he had never been good at budgeting his money, he was determined to begin thinking about his economic future. When his employer circulated an e-mail announcing a financial planning workshop(研讨会), Erik signed up right away.

The first session was about retirement planning. Simone Fisher, the lecturer, explained that 7 of 10 Americans between the ages of 22 and 35 do not have a regular savings plan. Erik wrote down every number Simone mentioned.

"If you want to have a retirement income equal to 75 percent of your current salary," Simone continued, "you will need to save at least of 6 percent of your present earnings, taking into account future inflation rates(通货膨胀率). In the meantime, I want to stress that the most important thing is to start saving now."

Erik recorded all the statistics Simone used. When she opened the floor(自由发言) for question, Erik raised his hand and said, "I have two question. When is the best time to start saving for retirement? And how can I figure out my savings target if I don’t know what inflation rates will be in the future?"

This is a typical example of losing the speaker’s point by concentrating on details. Erik had fixed his mind on remembering all the statistics in Simone’s presentation, but he blocked out the man message. Rather than trying to remember everything, we should concentrate on main ideas and evidence.

1.What does the author mean by saying "Just like when we ... run out of it."?

A.We tend to reject what others say.

B.We always try to remember all details.

C.It is difficult for us to remember all things.

D.We often fail to focus on what we are listening to.

2.During the workshop, Erik         .

A.got Simone Fisher 's main idea

B.focused on the lecture's details

C.showed little interest in the lecture

D.didn't agree with what Simone had said

3.When hearing Erik's questions, Simone would most probably think      .

A.they are very good questions

B.Erik was an excellent listener

C.it was hard to answer the questions

D.his questions were meaningless

4.The passage is written to help those who want to be        .

A.a good listener B.a financial planner

C.an excellent lecturer D.a successful employee

    Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to your countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before .One person  doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places.  There’re  new  nightclubs  and  other  amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.

1.In the old days _______ could travel to other countries.

A.boys and girls, men or women, young or old

B.either kings or queens

C.both the poor and the rich

D.nobody but those who had money

2.More people travel today than in the past because________.

A.people have become interested in traveling.

B.traveling today is easier than in the past.

C.people now have spare money for travel.

D.great changes have taken place in the world.

3.What makes travel more attractive than before?

A.Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

B.More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

C.Modern telegraph(电报) lines make travel less expensive.

D.New hotels and restaurants have been built.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A.Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s mind.

B.People have some trouble in making journey.

C.With the development of tourism, great changes have taken place in many parts in the world.

D.Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.

    A new pastor(牧师) named John reopened a church that had been abandoned in a suburb. He found it broken, and in need of a lot of repair work. His goal was to have everything done in time for his first service on Christmas Eve.

He worked hard. However, when John went to the church on Dec. 21, his heart sank: a large area of plaster (石膏) had fallen off the front wall due to a terrible storm the night before. John headed home, and on the way he stopped at a market selling items for charity.

One of the items was an exquisite( 精致的)handmade tablecloth. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. It started to snow. An old woman had missed her bus, and he invited her to wait in the warm church for the next one. As John put up the tablecloth the woman asked him to check the corner for the initials(手写字母). They were her initials: she had made this tablecloth 35 years before. Then the war broke out, and forced her to part with her husband.

John wanted to give her the tablecloth. but she asked him to keep it for the church. John insisted on driving her home which he thought was the least he could do.

What a wonderful service he had on Christmas Eve! John noticed one old man staring at the tablecloth on the front wall. The man said it was similar to one that his wife had made many years before.

John brought the old man to the house where he had taken the woman three days earlier. He helped him climb the three flights of stairs to her apartment, and saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever have imagined.

1.According to Paragraph one, we learn that John decided to_______.

A. help people affected by a terrible storm

B. buy goods for charity in the neighborhood

C. repair the abandoned church before his first service

D. do some work for the local people

2.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. The woman’s husband had to leave her because of a war

B. Johns service on Christmas Eve was disappointing

C. Everyone was surprised by the beauty of the tablecloth.

D. John drove the old man home because he was lost.

3.The tablecloth drew the old man's attention because________.

A. he loved its colors B. he had seen it in a church

C. It was like one his wife had made D. it looked strange hanging on a wall

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. A kind pastor who had difficulty repairing an ancient church

B. A new pastor who gave his first service with a couples help

C. A tablecloth made 35 years ago being discovered by a pastor

D. An old couple being reunited on Christmas Eve through a tablecloth

    If you're travelling with kids in London, many London hotels have special services and features to help the family holiday, offering services for kids as well as games, bike hire and free ice cream!

Athenaeum

The five-star Athenaeum is a fantastic family hotel, particularly with the addition of its kids' services. Even before you arrive, they'll be in touch to make sure your kids have their favorite DVDs, treats and anything else to keep them happy. And they can arrange your perfect family activities, from bike hire to theatre tickets.

Chessington Safari Hotel

At Chessington Safari Hotel, kids will love staying in an African adventure-themed room, having breakfast overlooking the animals of the Wanyama Reserve, watching family-friendly movies and getting into the theme park before it opens.

Marlin Apartments

Marlin Apartments operate more than 700 serviced apartments in London. Apartments are all within five minutes walk of the Tube (good for tired little legs!) with flat screen TVs, fully equipped kitchen and free Wi-Fi. One or two bedroom family apartments have extra room for fold out beds in the living area too.

Novotel

Novotel's family rooms are designed to accommodate two adults and two children. Accommodation and breakfast are free for under-16s (up to two staying in their parents' room). You can also enjoy a late check-out at 5p.m. on a Sunday, and while you lie in, the kids can entertain themselves with the Cartoon Network.

The Ritz

Kids at The Ritz are treated just as well as their parents, if not better! Children can enjoy computer games and DVDs, free ice cream and their own bathrobes and slippers. Under-16s can stay for free in their parents' bedroom, depending on the room type.

1.Before you check in Athenaeum,              .

A.you should ask about the kids' services

B.you can buy bikes and order theatre tickets

C.you will be asked about what your kids like

D.you must arrange your family activities

2.If your kids love to see animals, you will choose             .

A.Athenaeum B.Chessington Safari Hotel

C.Novotel D.The Ritz

3.If you choose to stay at Marlin Apartments,            .

A.you can enjoy the best service in London

B.you can enjoy free ice cream

C.you can have an extra room for free

D.you can surf the Internet free of charge

假定你是李华，你校英文报向你约稿。请你写一篇关于你校5月4日举行的室内“五四”表彰活动的新闻报道，要点如下：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 活动的内容（如室内升旗仪式，受表彰学生代表发言等）；

3. 对此次活动的评价。

注意：1. 词数100左右，开头已为你写好；

2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

3. 参考词汇：疫情 epidemic 五四运动 the May Fourth Movement

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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10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I wented to watch the ballet, the Peony Pavilion last Sunday’s evening, because I think ballet was more or less the same everywhere, I was totally unprepared for its uniquely beauty. I was absorb as soon as the curtain rose. The performance borrowed a lot from Chinese dance and its the music, but the East influences on the ballet was clear, the production was filled in colors and romantic symbols, and challenged my senses in many different way. So much did I enjoy it that it changed opinion about ballet. I can’t wait to going again!

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At present, the French Consulate General in Wuhan is the only foreign consulate in Wuhan 1. is open for business. Since the outbreak, France 2. (provide) two shifts of medical supplies to China.

To prevent cross-infection, Olivier Guyonvarch, the French consul general in Wuhan, 3. (agree) to have an exclusive interview with China Daily on the streets of Wuhan.

“I really would like 4. (express) my support for the medical staff in Wuhan. They are heroes and are the first-line fighters 5. the disease,” he said. Many others in Wuhan, such as street cleaners and people 6. (work)in the markets to sell food, also deserve gratitude for 7. they are doing.

“During its long history, Wuhan has faced many difficulties. This time I think that we can be confident in the 8. (strong) and the resilience of Wuhan’s people to go through this very difficult time,” he said.

“We hope that Wuhan will recover as 9. (quick)as possible. We will stay with Wuhan to help the city, and help the people get 10. (well) through cooperation with friends.”

    In April 1952, I was 11 years old and in the sixth grade at an elementary school. My teacher was Miss Pemberton. It was spelling bee time in our city - students were issued with brochures of words to study in   _____ for the class spelldowns (比赛). They would lead to a schoolwide contest and ________ qualification for the citywide spelling bee, where school ________ competed for the ________ of being the spelling champion of Houston.

The day ________ the class spelling bee, my youngest brother was playing with matches and ________ set a fire in our apartment. My mother made sleeping arrangements for all of us and ________ the school in the morning to inform Miss Pemberton of the accident, ________ that the class spelling bee was that day.

When I arrived at school, Miss Pemberton ________ me aside. She asked if I wanted her to ________ the spelling bee to another day because of my ________ about the fire. I told her no. That day, I won the spelling bee for my class.

The next week was the school spelling bee, with class champions ________. I won again! The ________ spelling bee was one month away.

Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Pemberton would pick me up, and we would go to her house, where she would help me ________ by calling out spelling words. After a couple of ________, Miss Pemberton would ________ me to Rettig's ice­cream parlor, where I could ________ a hot chocolate sundae (圣代冰激凌) which I'd never had. We practiced every ________ until the citywide spelling bee.

I did not win the citywide spelling bee, but I still felt ________ to have participated. I also felt grateful that I had such a ________ teacher in elementary school.

1.A.need B.exchange C.preparation D.return

2.A.actual B.final C.hopeful D.lucky

3.A.students B.participants C.winners D.teams

4.A.prize B.benefit C.fame D.honor

5.A.before B.after C.during D.for

6.A.stupidly B.successfully C.shortly D.accidentally

7.A.visited B.called C.emailed D.wrote

8.A.believing B.hoping C.knowing D.telling

9.A.pulled B.drove C.left D.helped

10.A.call off B.take off C.put off D.send off

11.A.upset B.curiosity C.doubt D.anger

12.A.waiting B.competing C.winning D.applying

13.A.schoolwide B.citywide C.nationwide D.worldwide

14.A.review B.remember C.learn D.practice

15.A.minutes B.hours C.days D.weeks

16.A.rush B.drag C.take D.send

17.A.order B.use C.make D.enjoy

18.A.weekend B.afternoon C.moment D.night

19.A.proud B.welcome C.disappointed D.surprised

20.A.successful B.patient C.professional D.caring

    The history of writing instruments, with which humans have recorded and conveyed thoughts and feelings, is the history of civilization itself. This is how we know about our ancestors and their life.

The handy sharpened-stone was adapted into the first writing instrument. Around 24, 000 BC, cavemen started drawing pictures with the stone onto the walls of their caves. 1. Walls at the Apollo site in Namibia are believed to be the oldest rock paintings to date.

Before paper came along, people used clay or wax tablets on which they wrote with sharp objects such as metal sticks or bones. Around 6000 years ago, the Egyptians invented the first paper-like material called papyrus (纸莎草纸). The word “paper” actually comes from the word “papyrus.”

2. Bones or metal sticks were no longer useful as the papyrus could not be scratched. So the Egyptians created a reed(芦苇)-pen for the papyrus. 3. And thus, ancient Egyptians transformed bamboo stems (茎) into an early form of fountain pen.

Another writing instrument that remained active in history for long period was the quill (鹅毛) pen. Introduced around 700 AD, the quill was a pen made from a bird feather. Goose feathers were most common. 4. For making fine line drawings, crow feathers were the best.

When writers had better inks and paper and handwriting had developed into both an art form and an everyday occurrence, man’s inventive nature once again turned to improving the writing instrument. 5.

A.Then something was needed to write upon the papyrus.

B.The papyrus became the most popular material at that time.

C.Swan feathers were of high quality, being rare and most expensive.

D.Bamboo stems were better and much more expensive than goose feathers.

E.These were mostly the stems of grass, especially from the bamboo plant.

F.This led to the development of the modern fountain pen in the 19th century.

G.These drawings showed events in daily life like the planting of crops or hunting victories.

    Children now worry more about their parents spending too much time on their mobiles or computers than parents worry about their children. Those who order their children to switch off televisions, computers or mobile phones because they fear they are becoming addicted might need to take a long hard look at their own screen habits, new research shows.

Almost 70% of children think their parents spent too much time on their mobile phone, iPad or other similar devices, a research found. More than a third of children worry that their parents struggle to switch off from technology and a quarter of children surveyed openly accuse them of double standards when it comes to excessive (过多的) use of mobile devices, televisions and computers. One in five British children say their parents do not listen to them properly when they are together because they are so busy checking their emails or picking up work messages.

The survey was carried out by Opinion Matters, a research agency for the New Forest National Park Authority. The authority has recently begun providing facilities for visitors to hand in mobile phones, tablets and other devices for fear that technology is invading family life and making it impossible for people to appreciate nature properly because they never switch off.

Dr Richard Graham, a consultant adolescent psychiatrist and expert in technology addiction at Capio Nightingale Hospital in London, said there is growing evidence that children are finding their parents’ preoccupation with communication technology increasingly worrisome.

Four in ten of the children surveyed admitted that they sometimes communicate with their parents by text, email or social media even they are in the next room. The survey found that six in ten parents worry their children are spending too much time glued to small screens at home but almost seven in ten children have the same fear for their parents.

Dr Aric Sigman told the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health conference that parents who cannot switch off risk driving them to a lifelong dependency on screens with striking similarities to alcoholism. If so, I think, they will regret wasting the time supposed to be spend on their children before they grow up disappointed.

1.How many children questioned worry their parents spend too much time on screens?

A.One in three. B.One in four.

C.One in five. D.Almost seven in ten.

2.According to the Paragraph 3, we learn that _________.

A.screen habits are ruining family life

B.parents have trouble receiving work messages

C.children do not listen to their parents properly

D.parents are openly accused of double standards

3.According to Graham, what’s children’s attitude to their parents’ screen habits?

A.Approving. B.Doubtful.

C.Upset. D.Indifferent.

4.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To introduce the mobiles and computers to adults.

B.To advise parents to spend more time on their children.

C.To describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with.

D.To compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past.

    The world is a greener place than it was 20 years ago. Recent NASA satellites data(2000-2017) have shown that human activities in China and India dominate this greening of the planet, thanks to ambitious tree-planting programmes in China and intensive agriculture in both countries.

The researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by 5 percent in the new century, an area equal to all of the Amazon rainforest. China alone accounts for 25% of the global net increase in leaf area with only 6.6% of global vegetated area. China’s contribution comes in large part from its programmes to conserve and expand forests, taking up about 42 percent of the greening. The greening from farmlands in China is about 32%, but that in India is about 82%.

Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Centre and a co-author of the study said, “When the greening of the Earth was first observed, we thought it was due to a warmer, wetter climate and fertilization from the added carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But with data from NASA satellites, scientists realized that humans are also contributing, which was all against our expectations.”

Nemani sees a positive message in the new findings. “Once people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it,” he said. “In the 1970sand 1980s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized it, and today things have improved. Humans are incredibly resilient. That is what we see in the satellite data.”

However, the researchers rang bells as well. They said that the gain in global greenness did not necessarily make up for the loss of natural vegetation in regions like Brazil and Indonesia.

1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A.The decreasing size of the Amazon rainforest.

B.China’s bigger contribution to global greening.

C.Total global green leaf area in the new century.

D.China’s programmes to conserve and expand forests.

2.What surprised scientists regarding global greening?

A.Human activities B.suitable for analyzing data

C.A warmer and wetter climate. D.Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

3.What does the underlined word “resilient” probably mean?

A.Good at making programmes B.Suitable for analyzing data.

C.Able to make corrections D.Active in planting trees.

4.What does the last paragraph imply?

A.It is urgent to protect global natural resources.

B.Much remains to be done for global greenness.

C.Brazil and Indonesia lose most of their vegetation.

D.Global greenness needs all countries to work together.

    Then the landlord began to examine the house. He and she were going to divorce, so it was obvious that they would not continue renting the house any more. Then the landlord began examining the house. After looking around, the landlord screamed, “The walls are full of nails! How could I rent the house to others?”

He said, “The room is too small, so we could only hang things on the walls.” The landlord didn’t listen to him and turned around up to the floor. She began looking around her familiar room. Four years ago, she became his bride here. There were several nails on the wall, on which hung his clothes yesterday. After he lived in the room, he removed all the clothes boxes and bought her a desk in the spared room because he knew she loved writing and drawing.

The landlord took toolkit down and tried to pull the nails out. After the nails were removed, the walls were left with numerous holes. All of a sudden, she felt terribly heartbroken as if her heart was pierced(刺破)through those holes and bleeding nonstop. She sprang from the seat and shouted, “Stop pulling the nails! We will continue renting the house and will only move away after we buy our own!” He looked at her with great surprise and then turned around, tearing over his face.

She finally came to understand that marriage was like wall and that all quarrels and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall. When all the nails were removed, only a wall with numerous holes would be left. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable. But in the past, what she saw was only those nails.

They hung all the things back to the wall. He asked her, "Are you really willing to lead a tough life with me? " She patted away the ashes on hands and looked at those things satisfactorily, saying, "Yes! For me, it's not a suffering to live. "

1.Why did the landlord examine the house?

A.Because she wanted to drive the couple away.

B.Because the couple wanted to move away.

C.Because she decided to urge the couple to repair the house.

D.Because she decided to have the house decorated

2.Why did she feel so sad when the landlord put the nails out?

A.Because her things would be thrown away.

B.Because she was shouted at by the landlord.

C.Because she was reminded of her broken marriage.

D.Because she liked this house very much.

3.What did she finally understand?

A.Couples should tolerate each other.

B.Couples shouldn't quarrel at all.

C.Quarrelling couples shouldn't live together.

D.There is no complete and reliable marriage.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.It is not easy to divorce. B.How to avoid divorce.

C.A story of nails. D.Nails of marriage.

Matilda

By Roald Dahl

Price:＄10.25

Gifted and sweet, Matilda White goes largely unnoticed by her less-than-loving parents. Things only get worse when she goes to school. Luckily, her teacher, Miss Honey, helps Matilda discover how special she is and encourages her to create the life she dreams about.

Ivy & Bean

By Annie Barrows

Price:＄4.59

When Ivy moves in across the street, Bean is sure they won't be friends. They are just too different. However, when Ivy helps Bean get away from her sister, who is trying to get Bean in trouble, a friendship blossoms between the unlikely pair. Kids who enjoy this book can read the whole series over the summer.

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

By Emily Pearson

Price:＄7.99

When Mary decides to give some fresh-picked wild blueberries to a neighbor, she starts a chain reaction of kindness. After Mrs. Bishop makes and shares newly-made cake, her recipients go on to spread kindness to others they meet. Mary might be a common little girl, but she learns that even children can help make the world a better place.

Frederick

By Leo Lionni

Price:＄14.39

Frederick is a mouse who lives with his family in a large field. During the summer, all of the mice begin to store food to prepare for the cold winter months.All of the mice except Frederick, that is. Instead, Frederick collects things such as rays of sun, rainbows and words.Although the others think he is stupid, they come to learn that everyone's contribution counts.

1.Whose book is mainly about friendship?

A.Roald Dahl’s B.Leo Lionni’s

C.Emily Pearson’s D.Annie Barrows’s

2.How much should you pay for a book of animals?

A.＄4.59 B.＄7.99

C.＄14.39 D.＄10.25

3.Where is the text most likely to have been taken from?

A.A story book. B.A lesson plan.

C.A book review. D.A kid's magazine.

你的英国朋友Jim所在的学校要组织学生来中国旅行，有两条线路可以选择：“长江之行”或者“泰山之旅”。Jim来信希望你能给些建议。请你给他回信，内容包括：

你建议的线路；2.你的理由；3.你的祝愿。

注意：1.词数100左右

2.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句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每个句子都有一处错误，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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

1.Many children starved death in Africa for lack of food.

2.We invited her to dinner but she hasn’t been turned up.

3.She is so fat that she has made up her mind to go on the diet to lose weight.

4.His last memory seemed to be connecting with work.

5.Honest speaking, I don’t like the way he does things.

6.She is no longer that she used to be.

7.My brother earns her living by delivering goods to a nearby town.

8.Our English teacher gave us a suggestion that we made good use of our time.

9.It is high time that we should take some measure to protect endangered animals.

10.The terrifying look on the actress’s face showed that she was afraid.

    I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a______is my mother's favorite.

I was only two when the______occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _____to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief______to dash across the lawn(草坪)-and hit a large maple tree！I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and______on my backside. Mom______me to start crying，but I just sat there for a minute. Then I______myself up and kept right on going. Mom always______here that，as many times as I______across the lawn after that，I never again______into that tree.

Mom loves to use this story as an______. It reminds her that children don't enter life______to take risks or unwilling to______again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that______as I grew older. When I______my major life decisions，I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a______, Through years of______, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get______at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and______.Just get up and keep on going It will all be worth it______.

1.A.trip B.race C.tree D.driver

2.A.incident B.change C.illness D.problem

3.A.feared B.refused C.forgot D.turned

4.A.delay B.absence C.freedom D.rest

5.A.landed B.slept C.laughed D.wept

6.A.promised B.encouraged C.allowed D.expected

7.A.woke B.picked C.warmed D.gave

8.A.adds B.replies C.admits D.supposes

9.A.drove B.lived C.stood D.zoomed

10.A.crashed B.broke C.climbed D.looked

11.A.answer B.example C.excuse D.order

12.A.able B.ashamed C.afraid D.anxious

13.A.ask B.share C.learn D.try

14.A.honesty B.toughness C.kindness D.curiosity

15.A.regretted B.reviewed C.made D.explained

16.A.job B.friend C.fortune D.house

17.A.memories B.efforts C.research D.experience

18.A.mixed up B.fed up C.knocked down D.settled down

19.A.play B.relax C.dream D.cry

20.A.all at once B.in the end C.in either case D.as a result

    While you are traveling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between individuals.1.

●Touching Someone

2. In Mediterranean countries, if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don’t greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you’ll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背) someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you'll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.

●Talking Over Dinner

In some countries, like China,Japan and some African nations, the food’s the thing, so don’t start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner.3. It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.

● Removing Your Shoes or Not

Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.4.

Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior.5. And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.

A.Personal space varies as you travel the globe.

B.Asians consider removing shoes impolite at home.

C.Never be completely surprised by anything.

D.The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his idea.

E.Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.

F.If not, keep the shoes on.

G.You'll be likely to meet with silence.