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Welcome to your future life! You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age ! You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles(粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’ color or pattern. You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk , and it knows the milk is old . In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip. It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve(袖子). Such “smart technology” is all around you. So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli , “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example --what will be the next? 1.We can learn from the text that in the future__________.
2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
3.What is the text mainly about?
When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a self-employed writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a used typewriter and settled down to work． After a year or so, however, Alex began to doubt himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by selling what he wrote．But Alex determined to put his dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure．This is the shadowland（虚幻世界）of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there． One day Alex got a call,“We need an assistant, and we're paying $ 6,000 a year．” $ 6,000 was real money in 1960．It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more．Besides, he could write in his spare time．As the dollars were dancing in Alex's head, something cleared his senses．He had dreamed of being a writer? Full time．“Thanks, but no,” Alex said firmly and swiftly, “I'm going to stick it out and write．” After Alex got off the phone, he pulled out everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents．Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself, “There's everything you've made of yourself so far．I'm not sure I ever felt so low.” Finally his work was published in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever experienced．The shadows had turned into focus of attention． Then one day, Alex found a box filled with things he had owned years before．Inside was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents．Suddenly he pictured himself working in that cold storage room．It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland． 1.Why did Alex give up his job?
2.What did Alex express when he answered the call?
3.What kind of person is Alex?
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
One day around 5:30 pm, I was going home on a bus and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just 36 from work, students had just finished their 37 class and everybody was a little 38 from a long day. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific（具体的）thought in my mind. It was the same 40 I have seen many times before, people hurrying home. In front of me, there was a guy who didn’t look very clean. 41 he was looking out of the window, he suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look! ”He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the 43 he was pointing in and there it was the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful 44 . He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He 45 “Wow” and “It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus 46 the view indeed. The 47 view also helped me to 48 my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49 , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to 50 the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, totally strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me 52 that I had lost the feelings and the 53 I used to have every day. In my daily life, many things had 54 their color and movement, but he 55 me that things are still there—they never get lost. 1.A. given up B. got off C. gone on D stopped by
Only when he left his hometown and went abroad_______ he loved his parents very much.
—May I use your car this afternoon? —Sorry. It broke down this morning again. I’ll have it ________.
Today I am going to treat my good friends________ dinner.
The poor man , ________，ran out of the dark cave.
With everything needed______, she declared that the party began.
In order to ______ a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to study in an English training center.
_____by a greater demand for vegetables, farmers have built more green houses.
The manager demanded that the task ______ within a week.
--Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday? -- Yes. ______, I’m going to visit the Palace Museum.
We’ll talk about some cases_______ drivers obviously knew the traffic rules but didn’t obey them.
In such a fierce competition, a person has to make every effort if he_______.
--How often do you eat out? --______, but usually once a week.
We’d like to arrive half an hour early________ we can have time for a good rest.
To keep healthy, Mr. Smith_______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.
There are_____ large number of people there, so we soon lost____ sight of him.
假定你是李华，是光明中学高三（2）班的班长，你要写一封邀请信，邀请某校外教Peter担任你班英语短剧活动的口号指导老师。内容包括： 1． 九月二十日是你校的“英语活动日（English Day）”，此项活动的目的是为了丰富校园生活，提高英语学习兴趣和英语口语水平； 2． 你班正在排演一个英语短剧，准备参加“英语活动日”活动； 3． 希望请外教Peter在口语方面进行指导； 4． 具体时间：2011年9月9日（星期五）下午4时； 5． 地点：教学楼三楼307教室。 注意： 1． 词数100左右 2． 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下便条为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。 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。 3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。 The winter holiday is coming, which made me excited. I have been looking forward at relaxing myself. I’d like to go skating, climb mountains and see several movie. I think I can play the basketball with my classmates. How a wonderful time I’ll have during the winter holiday! However, my parents think different. They don’t want me go out. They are afraid I’ll be knocked down by a truck, fallen off a tree, or fight with others. Besides, they are afraid I will lose my way. I hate being treated like a bird keeping in a cage. To get more freedom, so I will try to persuade them.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 When I was 16 years old，a boy gave me an important gift. __71__ It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was very far away.__72__I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt very heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me. Then the other day, my classmates talked happily with their friends ,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.__73__I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm. __74__I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now! One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me! 75 I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
E. That smile changed my life. F. It’s practically impossible to make friends here. G. As a result, no one knew who I was.
Hi！Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉). ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away. Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair. There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true. A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more." Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed! Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind. 1.According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.
2.ESP lets people know _________.
3.In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.
4.This article is mainly about ________.
My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better. One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild. “I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.” Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep. 1.Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.
2.Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?
3.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
4.What can we learn from the passage ?
The following notice is posted in the bus station. Time Table: ●Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from7:00 a.m. and every half-hour thereafter, until 11:30 p.m. (7 days a week) ●Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 11:40 p.m. (7 days a week) ●Evening rush hours (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.); Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City every 15 minutes.(Monday—Friday) ●Holidays Buses leave every hour on the hour, each direction.(Trip time:30minutes each way) ●All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses. 1.If you want to take a bus in the evening rush hour, you should take the ____ in the Railway Station, New York City on Monday.
2.You’ll go back home from work in Brennan. Which of the following bus will you take?
3.Where should passengers buy their tickets?
People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms (体育馆). Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet. How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and a harness (保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes (绳索) tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the next piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top. Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger. 1.What can we infer from the passage?
2.The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _________.
3.The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means .
4.Why does the author write this passage?
John，an academically excellent young man，went to apply for a management position in a big company．The director did the last 36 ． The director asked，“Who paid for your school fees?” John answered．“My 37 did．When I was young，my father 38 ．”Then he continued．“ 39 was your mother?” John answered，“My mother worked as a 40 cleaner．”Hearing this, the director asked John to 41 his hands．John reached out his hands that were 42 and perfect．The director said，“I have a 43 ．when you go home，clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow．” John felt 44 but did it．His tears fell 45 he cleaned his mother’s hands．He noticed for the first time that her hands were so 46 ．Also John 47 that it was this pair of hands that washed clothes every day to 48 him．After cleaning his mother’s hands，John 49 washed all the remaining clothes for her． Next day，John went to the director’s office. Tears in eyes，John was asked to 50 his feelings．“Now I know what is 51 ．Without my mother，there wouldn’t be the 52 me today．By helping my mother，I see how 53 it is to get something done．I have also come to know the value of family relationship．” The director smiled，This is what I am 54 ．I want a person who can appreciate the help of others，a person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who 55 put money as his only goal in life．You are hired．”
----Have you put your hands ________a job? -----No, I have applied ________several companies, but none has given me an answer.
----Why didn’t you get the job that pays more? -----Because I like what I____________.
There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we_________gave up.
_____________half an hour earlier, you would have met the famous writer.
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