You don’t have to break your back to create a yard that’s both beautiful and kind to Mother Nature. These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. 1.

Let the grass grow.

Cut grass less often, 2.. It will help grass survive dry periods of time in warmer months. That’s because roots will grow deeper and grass thicker, which means fewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention.

3..

You can act before 10 a.m, when the air is cool. Watering in late afternoon is the next good choice. Water near the base of plants, slowly delivering the good stuff right to the roots. For lawns, water long and deep once a week.

Get keen on composting（肥料）.

Compost isn’t called gardener’s gold for nothing. It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients. 4.  Vegetables and tea bags, eggshells, dry leaves are all fair game.

Give bees the green-carpet treatment

Honeybees help pollinate（授粉）75 percent of the flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of food crops. Scientists say many important pollinators are disappearing. Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season.5..

A.Water the right way.

B.Many will save your money too.

C.Dry leaves add nutrients to the soil.

D.Make the backyard as beautiful as possible.

E.so it gets a few inches longer than you’re used to.

F.It also reduces dependency on chemical fertilizers.

G.Whenever possible, choose native plants with a variety of flower colors and shapes.

Stress under the novel coronavirus

The first national survey of the psychological impact of the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) collected data between Jan 31 and Feb 10. It found that 35 percent of people suffer psychological stress, and the level of the stress was to do with various factors.

According to the research, the stress level was associated with sex, age and education. Female showed higher psychological stress than male. People aged between 18 and 30 showed the highest level of stress. They can get much information from social media, which can easily cause stress. The elderly have also been psychologically impacted, since this widespread disease is most likely to kill older patients. Furthermore, people with higher education tended to have more stress for their knowledge of health.

Further, people may have higher stress due to their jobs. It is evident that migrant workers (外来务工人员) have the highest level of stress among all workers because they worry about the virus carried in public transports when returning to their jobs, about work delays and loss of income as they stop working, and about job opportunities that may dry up before the cities they work in return to full operations.

In addition, stress levels have something to do with region for its local medical resources, efficiency of public health system, prevention and control measures. For example, Shanghai is at high risk because of the large population of migrant workers, but the stress level is not in the high level. This may be because Shanghai has one of the best public health systems in China, according to the research.

Ultimately, the prevention and control measures taken by the Chinese government have made people’s stress decrease. Still, based on the research, psychologists suggested more attention be paid to young adults and migrant workers who have higher stress.

1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A.Stress level was related to sex, age and education.

B.Young adults showed the highest level of stress.

C.Old people showed high level of stress.

D.Educated people tended to have more stress.

2.According to the survey, which kind of people may suffer higher stress?

A.Well-educated people. B.Migrant workers.

C.The elderly. D.All above.

3.According to the research, why isn't Shanghai in the high level of stress?

A.Shanghai is a beautiful place with fresh air.

B.Shanghai has large population of migrant workers.

C.Shanghai has much more healthy persons than other cities.

D.Shanghai enjoys one of the best public health systems in China.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.A large percentage of people suffered psychological stress.

B.Chinese government's control measures lowered people's stress.

C.Shanghai has the largest population of migrant workers.

D.Male tended to have more stress.

    It’s a common belief that the roles actors play might somehow reflect their true personalities. It’s usually not true, but British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 34, is an exception.

In September, 2019 Waller-Bridge took home three Emmy awards for her work on Fleabag — best writing in a comedy series, best lead actress, and best comedy series.

Her success is partly because of her family. Descended (遗传) from British nobility, Waller-Bridge was brought up in a free environment. Her mother always told her, “You can be whatever you want if you imagine it.” So Waller-Bridge broke all the rules about what a “good” girl should do. “Our laws and moral codes don’t apply — she lives ... without fear of consequence,” The Sun noted.

That fearlessness extends to being authentic (真实的) in her writing and acting. Unlike the can-do heroines and strong, successful women in many TV dramas, Waller-Bridge shows an imperfect but real character. Just like the character Fleabag, who always found a way to say or do the wrong thing, Waller-Bridge feels her life is a mess. “It resonated (共鸣) with the lives of stressed-out women everywhere in reality — doing their best to find balance in their lives,” a viewer wrote on US movie website IMDb. Variety magazine even calls her an “all-around icon”.

Villanelle in Killing Eve, another hit TV series developed by Waller-Bridge, was a little bit violent but showed no interest for the rules others created, which made many people see themselves in her.

“People have been scared to write characters like these. But I think, now, women are so relieved to have this new template (样板，人设). And, aren’t we all a bit of everything?”Waller-Bridge said in an interview with Indian Express.

With such courage and sincerity, Waller-Bridge is, without a doubt, a “golden girl” in Hollywood, Australian news website The New Daily commented.

1.What is Waller-Bridge good at?

A.designing B.writing reports

C.directing films D.performing

2.Who definitely interviewed Waller-Bridge according to the passage?

A.The Sun B.Variety magazine

C.Indian Express D.The New Daily

3.Which is the most impressive characteristic of Waller-Bridge according to the media?

A.Staying true B.Being talented

C.Being hardworking D.Being brave

    A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.

The newly formed Wild Network—a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations—is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screens to fields, woods and parks. Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS. Organizers say it is the UK’s biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well-being.

A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will forecast the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasing link between children and nature.

Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said, “The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is decreasing, roaming (漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”

Suggestions on how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers (七叶树果),camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.

From January, the network will aim to make suggestions on how the government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

This is not the first time the message of less screen time, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were requested to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don’t You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off the TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.

1.What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.Get around. B.Give up.

C.Take up. D.Run away.

2.For what purpose is the Wild Network organized?

A.To make children read more books.

B.To help children distinguish (辨别) the natural world.

C.To get children out of too much homework from school.

D.To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities.

3.Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?

A.Time spent on study is decreasing.

B.Chances of traveling abroad are fewer and fewer.

C.Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.

D.The ability to identify common species has been improved.

假定你是李华,你的英国笔友Mike发来邮件说他对中国的传统节日很感兴趣。请你回一 封邮件，向他介绍你喜欢的中秋节，内容包括：

1.    中国人如何庆祝中秋节；

2.    你喜欢这个节日的原因。

Dear Mike,

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.Yours,

Li Hua

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I'd like to share with you my progresses on study these three years. To be honest, I was not so good at my study when I came to high school, often feel tired out and at loss. Sometimes, I was even on the point of giving up. Therefore , things began to change when my teachers and my classmates came to encourage myself one day in Grade Two. It was for their encouragement and my own thinking that resulted in my achievements in study final.

Though I am still not a top student now I have found myself filled with greatly confidence to face any difficult and challenge. There is no doubt that I am bound to fighting for my dream to the end in the coming months!

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I am the director of an organization in India. Without putting our hands out and1.(ask) for money from people, we give clothes, warm2.(blanket), medicine, and educational support to poor kids. Most of the time, we as a family suffer with wants and needs, but the smile we bring in the face of suffering is rewarding.

Recently, a lady in a village had a very seriously wounded foot due to injuries. The foot3.(infect) and the doctor proposed immediate surgery4.(cut) off the foot. Her husband and her four young children,5.were in school，were helpless. It might be in the middle of the night

6.I collected money from my 89-year-old mother, my daughter, and from my uncle. I added to this donation and went to the woman's house 15 kilometers away from our campus.

We handed over the donation for the7.(operate). The doctor changed his mind overnight and, 8. next day, he decided to dress the deep wound every other day for three months. The treatment continued and finally the deep, bloody wound9.(be) healed. We congratulated10. her recovery and the family of the woman is now doing well. We are so happy.

Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

1.A. meaningful    B. smart    C. polite    D. necessary

2.A. robbed    B. cheated    C. suspected    D. caught

3.A. head    B. shoulder    C. door    D. neck

4.A. colleagues    B. friends    C. neighbors    D. family

5.A. rotted    B. new    C. useful    D. cheap

6.A. easily    B. merely    C. probably    D. hardly

7.A. envelope    B. license    C. wallet    D. note

8.A. point    B. time    C. number    D. place

9.A. worried    B. sad    C. satisfied    D. disappointed

10.A. why    B. whether    C. how    D. when

11.A. room    B. wallet    C. address    D. account

12.A. angry    B. sweet    C. rough    D. cold

13.A. see    B. notice    C. understand    D. tell

14.A. replaced    B. unfolded    C. counted    D. selected

15.A. return    B. check    C. repair    D. clean

16.A. confused    B. lost    C. discouraged    D. moved

17.A. treat    B. find    C. reward    D. inform

18.A. discussed    B. agreed    C. argued    D. competed

19.A. contributed to    B. handed over    C. paid for    D. packed up

20.A. loss    B. duty    C. trust    D. direction

    Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

1.. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think are annoying.

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 2.

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends.3.. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

As is well known, Chinese like to save.4.. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than Chinese people.

5. If you achieve something in the US, it's because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual virtues are celebrated.

A.Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship

B.American people put more emphasis on business and virtues

C.Chinese people value education and career more than Americans

D.Unlike Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children

E.They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money

F.Basically China values the community and the US values the individual

G.Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do

    Air pollution is the world's top killer, a new global air quality index revealed last year. According to the World Health Organization(WHO), 4. 2 million people die each year from outdoor air pollution, and 91 percent of the world's population lives in a place that exceeds the WHO's guideline limits. With that in mind, Imperial College London has teamed up with biochemical tech startup Arborea to test out its biosolar leaf technology, while also demonstrating how sustainable solutions can address the vital environmental and social issues of today in real-world conditions.

So, what is a biosolar leaf and how does it work? The secret is algae(海藻). Arborea researchers developed a cultivation(培养)system that allows microscopic plants like microalgae to grow on large solar panel-like structures that can be installed on land, buildings, and anywhere with a roof in a built-up city to improve the surrounding air quality. Inspired by the natural process of photosynthesis(光合作用)，the biosolar panels allow the microorganisms to absorb CO2 from the surrounding area and generate breathable oxygen back out again. And they help produce a nutritious, sustainable plant protein with tiny environmental impact—— Arborea's other focus——at the same time. "When I founded Arborea? my goal was to cope with climate change while addressing the critical issues related to the food system," Arborea founder and CEO Julian Melchiorri said. "This pilot plant will produce sustainable healthy food additives while purifying the air, producing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from the surrounding environment.”

Melchiorri has already had some success with his astonishing project, the world's first living bionic chandelier(仿生吊灯)，which uses the same technology. The light of the chandelier stimulates photosynthesis of the microorganisms on the leaf-shaped modules, absorbing the CO2 inside and releasing oxygen back into the room. The chandelier currently holds pride of place in London's Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection.

1.Why did the Imperial College London cooperate with Arborea?

A.To study the reason for air pollution in London.

B.To search for the new sustainable energy.

C.To trial the new technology of Arborea.

D.To settle the social issues.

2.What can be learned about the biosolar leaf?

A.It functions just like solar panels.

B.It imitates the natural process of photosynthesis.

C.It is aimed at producing sustainable healthy food.

D.It has been applied in large amounts in our daily life.

3.What is the best title for the text?

A.London's pride—the chandelier

B.The secret of algae found recently

C.An astonishing project benefiting Londoners a lot

D.World's first biosolar leaf to take on air pollution

4.Which column of a web page is the text probably taken from?

A.Environment and marine biology. B.Society and development.

C.Science and technology. D.Bionic design and modern life

    For the first time, a generation of children is going through adolescence with smartphones ever-present. Jean Twenge , a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, has a name for these young people born between 1995 and 2012："iGen". She says, “Members of this generation are physically safer than those who came before them. They drink less they learn to drive later. " "But psychologically," she argues, "they far more easily get hurt. It's not an overstatement to describe iGen as being on the edge of the worst mental health crisis in decades.''

Today's teens are just not spending as much time with their friends face-to-face where they can really read each others' emotions and get that social support. And we know from lots of research that spending time with other people in person is one of the best predictors for psychological well-being and one of the best protections against having mental health issues. They're more likely than young people just 5 or 10 years ago to say that they're anxious, and that they have symptoms of depression.

How much of a factor is parenting? “Parenting is playing a role. Many parents are worried about their teens driving, and going out with their friends and drinking. Yet parents are often not worrying about their teens who stay at home on their phones all the time. But they should be worried about that. I think parents are worried about the wrong thing," Professor Twenge remarked.

She proposes several helpful solutions, "The first is just awareness that spending a lot of time on the phone is not harmless and that if you're spending a lot of time on the phone, then it may take away time from activities that might be more beneficial for psychological well being, like spending time with people in person. And then for parents, I think it is a good idea to defer giving your child a smartphone as long as you can.”

1.What does iGen refer to according to the text?

A.Generation with high intelligence.

B.Generation in information age.

C.Physically strong generation.

D.Psychologically healthy generation.

2.How can today's teens avoid mental health crisis?

A.By making more friends online.

B.By seeing psychologists frequently.

C.By reading others' emotions constantly.

D.By communicating with friends face to face.

3.What should parents concern according to Professor Twenge?

A.Their teens' chatting with classmates.

B.Their teens' poor school performance.

C.Their teens' addiction to smart phones.

D.Their teens' staying out with their friends.

4.Which can best replace the underlined word “defer" in the last paragraph?

A.Put off. B.Approve of.

C.Think of. D.Insist on.

    A woman from the United Arab Emirates has regained consciousness after spending 27 years in a vegetative state (植物人状态). Munira Abdulla was aged 32 when she suffered a brain injury after the car she was riding in was hit by a bus in 1991. Her son Omar revealed her fantastic recovery in an interview with The National.

He described how the accident occurred when he was four years old and needed to be brought home from kindergarten. Ms Abdulla's brother-in-law drove her to school to collect Omar and the family were driving home, with mother and child in the back seat, when they were hit by the bus. As the bus hit, Ms Abdulla threw herself around her son to protect him from the impact. While she suffered a severe head injury, he escaped with just a bruise. Omar described how his mother was left untreated for hours because the family were unable to call for help and there was little traffic, before she was transferred to a clinic in London.

There, doctors diagnosed a vegetative state, meaning she was completely unresponsive but able to feel pain. She was transferred back to the UAE and put on a breathing machine and a feeding tube to keep her alive, spending the next few decades hooked up to machines. But in April 2017, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, heard of her case and gave her family a fund for treatment. Ms Abdula was flown to Germany where she underwent surgeries to repair her muscles while being given medication to improve her sleep patterns.

Around a year later she began making strange sounds, and within three days she called out to Omar using his name, "It was her! She was calling my name, I was flying with joy；for years I have dreamed of this moment, and my name was the first word she said," he said.

1.How old was Ms Abdulla when she came to life?

A.27. B.28

C.32. D.59.

2.What can be inferred from paragraph 2?

A.People there lacked skills of first aid.

B.Omar’s uncle suffered a slight injury.

C.The traffic accident happened at a quiet place.

D.Ms Abdulla forgot the emergency phone number.

3.Why was Ms Abdulla sent to Germany?

A.To receive free treatment.

B.To recognize her son's voice.

C.To meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.

D.To have operations and improve her condition.

4.What's the text mainly about？

A.Every mother's child is an angel.

B.Children are what the mothers are.

C.A mother wakes up from unconsciousness.

D.An accident makes a mother in a vegetative state speak.

    Here’ s a roundup of several theme parks for you to explore.

Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey

Admission $ 81. 99 for general admission (54 inches or taller)；less than 54 inches tall, $ 50. 99； 2 and younger free (at the gate)

Info 732-928-2000, six flags.com/ greatadventure

Billed as the second largest theme park in the world, Six Flags' 510 acres bursts with bucket-list roller coasters, including the 45-story tall Kingda Ka and El Toro voted the world's best coaster by Amusement Today,

Hersheypark, Pennsylvania

Admission $ 68. 95 ages 9 to 54；$ 46. 95 ages 3 to 8 and 55 to 69 ；$ 31. 95 ages 70 plus；2 and younger free

Info 717-534-3900, hersheypark.com

More than 70 rides in Hershey's 121-acre park include the Laff Trakk, an indoor spinning glow coaster with fun house, the wooden Comet Coaster and the Skyrush roller coaster.

Playland Park, New York

Admission $ 30；$ 20 for children under 48 inches tall；free for 2 and under

Info 914-813-7000, playlandpark, org

The Westchester County-owned and -operated Playland, located off 1-95 Exit 19, features more than 50 rides, Kiddyland and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Rye Playland is a trip with seven original attractions still going strong since the park's first day in 1928, including the 3,400-foot wooden Dragon Coaster. Fireworks shows are held on Fridays in July and August.

Dutch Wonderland, Pennsylvania

Admission $ 45. 99 for general admission ages 3 to 59；$ 39. 99 ages 60 to 69；$ 30. 99 ages 70 and up；under 2 free

Info 866-386-2839, dutchwonderland. com

The wonders in this amusement park include more than 30 rides, live entertainment and the Duke's Lagoon water play area. All attractions are suitable for families with kids.

1.Which will be the best choice for a visitor interested in swimming and fireworks?

A.Six Flags Great Adventure . B.Hersheypark .

C.Playland Park . D.Dutch Wonderland.

2.How much will a couple aged 60 pay to visit Hersheypark?

A.$ 137. 9. B.$ 93. 9.

C.$ 63. 9. D.$ 61. 98.

3.What do the four theme parks have in common?

A.They're all closed on Monday.

B.They all have water play areas

C.They're all located in the same state .

D.They're all suitable for the whole family .

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A Special Appointment

Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift（轮班）went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.

At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough, but he had survived the night and was sleeping.

The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.

The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. And Mrs. Lee would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly 9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild.

Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together. In the later years the staff all knew about the story and would work to give me time with him in the break room, where we spent a half-hour each Christmas Eve.

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1:

Last year I saw Mrs. Lee alone in the hospital with a gift for me.

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Paragraph 2:

I carefully opened the package and found a crystal（水晶）bell inside with the word “Friendship” engraved（雕刻）on it.

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假如你是李华，你有一个外籍朋友Tom在湖北进行为期一年的交换生项目，因为湖北爆发新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)，Tom非常害怕，请你写一封信告诉他不要害怕。内容包括：

1. 不要慌张

2. 如何预防病毒 (勤洗手、多通风、出门戴口罩等)

要求：80词左右

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Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?

In the early days of January, as cases of a strange, pneumonia-like illness 1. (report) in China, researchers at the National Institutes of Health readied themselves to hunt 2. a vaccine to prevent the new disease.

Scientists in Australia are also working on vaccine candidates 3. (stop) the spread of the disease. Historically, vaccines have been one of the greatest public health 4.(tool) to prevent disease. But even as new technology, advancements in genomics(基因组学) and improved global coordination have allowed researchers to move at unprecedented speed, vaccine 5.(develop) remains an expensive and risky process. That’s 6. the vaccines must undergo extensive testing in animals and humans. In the best case, it takes at least a year — and most likely 7.(long) — for any vaccine to become available to the public.

With each new outbreak, scientists 8. (typical) have to start from scratch. After the SARS outbreak in 2003, 9. took researchers about 20 months from the release of the viral genome(基因组) to get a vaccine ready for human trials. By the time an epidemic 10. (cause) by the Zika virus occurred in 2015, researchers brought the timeline down to six months. Now, they hope the joint efforts will cut that time in half.

    When my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, went to live in the nurses station 5 years ago, I tried many things to keep her occupied. But it was only her word search book that kept her ______. Gradually, she began to think of it as her job and it kept her from ______.

Last night, when I came to her and said hello, she just looked at me ______. I introduced myself and told her I was her granddaughter. She seemed ______ about who I was. Obviously, she tried to find this word in her ______. So I helped her find it with fingers and ______ it for her with a pencil.

Later, I suggested we go outside, and she agreed. Then she was just staring at me as if trying to figure me out. I told her ______ I was her granddaughter. “Oh, okay” she said ______ but still didn’t really know. She just wanted to be kind.

And after we went ______ and I got her ready for and into bed, she told me to come ______ and we kissed and hugged real tight ______ we did for the first time. It wasn’t the first time though and sooner or later there would be a ______ time.

For now, I feel the blessing of the ______ although I have a sinking feeling that our days are numbered. It doesn’t ______ if the word “granddaughter” holds no ______ anymore — we are bound by love not labels.

1.A.time B.interest C.talent D.knowledge

2.A.trembling B.moving C.whispering D.wandering

3.A.curiously B.angrily C.naturally D.proudly

4.A.shocked B.amazed C.puzzled D.worried

5.A.dictionary B.mind C.room D.book

6.A.decorated B.marked C.associated D.tracked

7.A.patiently B.bravely C.regularly D.casually

8.A.joking B.laughing C.smiling D.crying

9.A.along B.ahead C.outside D.inside

10.A.slower B.closer C.straighter D.later

11.A.as if B.so that C.even if D.in case

12.A.perfect B.free C.final D.normal

13.A.event B.break C.gift D.moment

14.A.help B.matter C.work D.exist

15.A.meaning B.change C.design D.advantage

How to Form a Positive Reading Habit

Books are a source of joy, learning, insight and imagination. How we choose what to read says a lot about our preferences and passions. 1.

Give old favorites a re-read

There is a particular kind of pleasure that comes with easing open a well-worn book, flipping through pages you have thumbed before, maybe multiple times. 2. It can bring you back to the time in your life when you last met those characters. You’re left with a rich reflection on who you were, who you are  and where you turn for meaning and inspiration.

Learn something new

If you are a lover of novels, think about what your favorites have in common.3. That can send you down a glorious rabbit hole of non-fiction books that will brighten your understanding of times, places and people who already live in your imagination.

4.

Book clubs are positive on so many levels, not least of which is that they open your mind to books you might not otherwise have considered. If you don’t belong to one — and even if you do — try to think about your reading choices in a public way. Ask friends what they are reading and go with any recommendations that interest you.

Give yourself permission to move on

Sometimes you just can’t get through a book — and that’s okay. Just like living positively means acknowledging when it’s time to let go of something that isn’t serving you well, reading positively means giving yourself permission to close a book that isn’t keeping you interested or inspired. 5.. The positive pleasure of reading is indeed unending.

A.Get social

B.Set up a book club

C.There are unlimited choices to turn to instead, after all

D.Here are some tips for making reading a positive habit in your life

E.Reading books that you enjoy helps maintain your habit and become a life-long reader

F.Re-reading favorite books can do more than bring you back into beloved worlds and stories

G.A particular time in history, region of the world or type of character may become a new theme

    One day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone (无人机) into a remote-controlled pollinator (授粉媒介) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel to its underbelly.

Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Chief among those are bees — but many bee populations in the United States have been in steep decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isn't just worrisome because it could disrupt ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of them are especially effective yet.

Scientists have thought about using drones, but they haven't figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. “It’s very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one he’d considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it still had high viscosity,” Miyako said.

The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to mimic a bee’s fuzzy body. They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.

The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.

Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply help bees with their pollinating duties. There’s a lot of work to be done before that's a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better GPS and artificial intelligence.

1.What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably mean?

A.Hardness. B.Stickiness.

C.Flexibility. D.Purity.

2.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.bees disrupt both agriculture and economy

B.scientists have invented self-powered robot insects

C.bees in the United States are on the edge of extinction

D.Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance

3.A drone works best in picking up pollen when ______.

A.its body is made like a bee’s

B.its GPS works more efficiently

C.some flowers are coated with the gel

D.horsehairs with the gel are attached to it

4.According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones ______.

A.are not yet ready for practical use

B.may eventually replace bees in the future

C.are much more efficient than bee pollinators

D.can provide a solution to economic depression

    Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into a violent space.”

Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies of putting profit before public safety.

Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said: “Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers, building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.

Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times: “What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”

1.What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?

A.The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.

B.The internet companies only concentrate on profit.

C.The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.

D.The internet companies are not cooperative enough.

2.What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?

A.internet firms B.internet extremism

C.violent spaces D.terror taxes

3.Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.

A.unpractical B.positive

C.unexpected D.disapproving

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Profit or Safety?

B.Policing Internet Extremism.

C.Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.

D.Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.

    Maybe it's because it was our first purchase as homeowners. The salesman must have spotted just how green we were, so he began persuading. And soon he led us to a classic leather chair. All these years later, I remember he used words like rich and handsome, the thing every living room needed.

We believed him. So we bought that chair — just less than $100, a great deal in the 1970s for a young couple!

How we loved that chair! It always occupied a place of honor in our various living rooms, moving with us from our first tiny house to our beloved new house.

Somehow, conversations were better on that chair, and life was more fun around it. Three daughters spilled their secrets on it. Old friends seemed to be attracted by it on those wonderful occasions. Crazy as it sounds, that leather chair seemed to have — well, powers. All for good.

At first, we didn't really care that the leather was showing signs of wear or that it had lost its sheen (光泽). But in our most recent move, when the chair was moved in our new living room, it suddenly looked terribly lonely sitting close to newly painted walls and a couple of shiny new tables.

My husband and I tried but still we couldn't ignore the rough spots. Our chair had a skin disease. Even our adult kids raised eyebrows, urging us to at least remove the chair to some dark comer of the room. Neither of us could imagine such a retirement for it.

So we had an inspired idea. We'd call in an upholsterer (修理工) to give our old chair a whole new life. Our friend Joe studied the chair and then took out a simple leather conditioner. He explained that although it wouldn't work miracles, it would definitely get our weary chair looking younger again. It certainly doesn't look new, but its seat and back are shining, and some of its deeper wrinkles have lightened.

Best of all, it's back in the living room, looking like a wise old friend to the furniture around it. And, yes, there it will stay.

Because some things, like some people, just deserve a happy old age.

1.How did the salesman persuade the author into buying the chair?

A.By thinking highly of the author.

B.By saying that the author was green.

C.By describing how great the chair was.

D.By comparing the chair with others.

2.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.Sweet memories with the chair.

B.Various functions of the chair.

C.People's comments on the chair.

D.Family activities and parties of friends.

3.Why did the author finally decide to repair the chair?

A.Because he was persuaded by Joe.

B.Because he didn't have enough money.

C.Because it showed signs of hardness.

D.Because it couldn't match his new house.

4.What can we learn from the text?

A.East or west, home is best. B.From saving comes having.

C.It is never too late to mend. D.Old friends and wine are best.

1.From the passage we can conclude that “Learning English Video Project” is most probably______.

A.an online course focusing on language and culture

B.audio documents on language learning

C.a series of English learning video programs

D.a set of films on English-speaking countries

2.If someone is interested in the comparison between English and other languages, he might be interested to watch __________.

A.Encounters in the UK B.Stories from Morocco

C.Thoughts from Brazil D.Insights from China

3.What can we know about English learning in Sao Paulo, Brazil?

A.Classroom teaching is more interactive and communicative.

B.Homestay arrangement provides positive experience for learners.

C.The Internet and games plays a major role in language learning.

D.The principle of learning by doing is widely accepted by learners.

阅读下面材料，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A set of textbooks designed to help high school students learn about traditional Chinese culture is to be published soon Beijing Times reported on Monday.

The books are the first national-level works of their kind and have been developed by a working group that promotes traditional culture. They will be used by students from autumn this year the report said.

The set contains four classics from ancient times. Two of the works Confucian Analects and Mencius are for 10 th -grade students while the other two Great Learning and Dao De Jing will be used by 11 th graders.

The initiative follows a series of steps the authorities have taken in recent years to spread and promote traditional Chinese culture on campus.

Last April the Ministry of Education released a series of guidelines requiring the inclusion of more information about traditional culture in primary and middle school textbooks especially those used for subjects such as Chinese language history art and physical education.

The guidelines said students’ knowledge of traditional culture will be tested in the senior high school entrance examination and the gaokao --- the college entrance exam.

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1. 用约 30 个单词写出上文概要；

2. 用约 120 个单词就”高中生学国学”这一主题发表你的观点，内容包括:

⑴ 国学入高中的缘由；

⑵ 你对这一举动的看法。

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1. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

（评分标准）内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题纸上相应的题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

When is it time to start thinking about a new job？Is it acceptable to switch jobs to work with a close friend？Can you leave an employer after the two-week training period is up？Should you stick with the same employer for over a year, even though you aren’t learning anything new?

As with so many things in life, these are questions only you can answer. However, there are several considerations to take before you terminate your employment.

The hiring process is costly and time-intensive, and your employer has decided that you are worth the effort. This is a big responsibility and privilege. While it doesn’t mean that you have to remain at a job for the rest of your life, you should be fair enough to give the employer at least a few months of your time. Get through the training, settle into a routine, and then decide. If you still don’t like it or something better comes up, you’ll at least know you tried.

Perhaps your best friend just started at the counter of the local gym, and it sounds like fun. Maybe you found an opening for a job you’ve been wanting for years. It could just be that you’re bored and looking for something new. No matter what it is, however, make sure you take the time to weigh the pros and cons. Working with a friend might be fun for a while—until you both want the same Saturday off to go to the lake. The job of your dreams might pay less or offer fewer hours. If you’re bored, there’s a chance that another job might provide a temporary solution but not give you whatever it is you are seeking.

You’re young, and the possibilities for your future are endless. While the teen job you have now isn’t necessarily going to map out your entire life, there’s nothing wrong with making decisions that will provide you with more opportunities later on in life. If you want to be a doctor, working at the hospital gift shop might be a better choice than flipping burgers. If you want to be a chef, the reverse is true. If your current job isn’t necessarily aligned with your future, you might want to consider switching jobs.

No matter what you decide, remember that the longer you are at a job, the better it looks on your resume. An employer who sees that you switch jobs every few months might not prefer you over a  candidate who was with his or her former employer for a year. For working teens, dedication and commitment always look good.

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    To learn to think is to learn to question. Those who don't question never truly think for themselves. These are simple rules that have governed the advancement of science and human thought since the beginning of time. Advancements are made when thinkers question theories and introduce new ones. Unfortunately, it is often the great and respected thinkers who end up slowing the progress of human thought. Aristotle was a brilliant philosopher whose theories explained much of the natural world, often incorrectly. He was so esteemed by the scientific community that even 1，200 years after his death, scientists were still trying to build upon his mistakes rather than correct them!

Brilliant minds can intimidate up­and­coming thinkers who are not confident of their abilities. They often believe they are inferior to the minds of giants such as Aristotle, leading many to accept current paradigms instead of questioning them.

I, like many thinkers of the past, once believed in my mental inferiority. I was certain that my parents, my teachers-adults in general-were always right. They were like a textbook to me; I didn't question what was written on those pages. I respected them, and accepted whatever they told me. But that attitude soon changed. My mind's independence was first stimulated in the classroom.

A stern, 65­year­old elementary­school science teacher once told me that light is a type of wave. I confidently went through years of school believing that light is a wave. One day，however I heard the German exchange student mention that light could be made up of particles. As the others laughed at his statement, I started to question my beliefs.

Maybe the teachers and textbooks hadn't given me the whole story. I went to the library, did some research and learned of the light­as­a­wave versus light­as­a­particle debate. I read about Einstein's discovery of the dual nature of light and learned the facts of a paradox(悖论) that puzzles the world's greatest thinkers to this day. Light behaves as both a particle and a wave, it is both at once. I realized I had gone through life accepting only half of the story as the whole truth.

Each new year brought more new facts, and I formulated even more questions. I found myself in the library after school, trying to find my own answers to gain a more complete understanding of what I thought I already knew. I discovered that my parents and teachers are incredible tools in my quest for knowledge, but they are never the final word. Even textbooks can be challenged. I learned to question my sources, I learned to be a thinker. I once believed that everything I learned at home and at school was certain, but I have now discovered to re­examine when necessary.

Questions are said to be the path to knowledge and truth, and I plan to continue questioning. How many things do we know for sure today that we will question in the future? At this moment, I know that our sun will burn for another five billion years, and I know nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. This knowledge, however, may change in the next 20 years-maybe even in the next two. The one thing we can control now is our openness to discovery. Questions are the tools of open minds, and open minds are the key to intellectual advancement.

1.In the first paragraph, Aristotle is taken as an example to show that ______.

A.he is the greatest and respected philosopher of all time

B.huge influence of great thinkers may block human thought

C.advancements are made when thinkers question theories

D.great thinkers often make mistakes and then correct them

2.What does the underlined word “intimidate” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Frighten. B.Encourage. C.Strength. D.Persuade.

3.The author began to question his previous beliefs because ______.

A.what he learned from textbooks before turned out to be wrong

B.he was inspired by the different ideas from an exchange student

C.he was laughed at by other students for his unacceptable statement

D.he was not satisfied with his life and desperate to achieve success

4.According to the passage, the author ______.

A.looks down upon great thinkers all the time

B.never doubts what he has learned in the textbook

C.always throws himself into the laboratory

D.determines to be a thinker and questioner

5.We can conclude from the last paragraph that ______.

A.the author is not quite sure about his future

B.we human beings don't dare to predict future

C.theory of black holes will change in two years

D.questioning is necessary to promote advancement

6.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Following rules. B.Challenging yourself.

C.Questioning giants. D.Predicting future.

    California has been facing droughts for many years, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis. Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted (抽取). The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers (地下蓄水层) below this depth and found that reserves may be three times what was previously thought.

It is profitable to drill to depths more than 1,000 feet for oil and gas, but only recently in California has it become profitable to pump water from this depth. The aquifers range from 1,000 to 3,000 feet below the ground, which means that pumping will be expensive and there are other concerns. The biggest concern is the gradual setting down of the land surface. As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is pressed by the weight of the earth above.

Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in the largely coastal state. Some desalination plants exist where possible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs. Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.

One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level of salt than shallower aquifers. This means that some water may even need to be desalinated after extraction, thus increasing the cost. Research from the study of groundwater has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater.

1.According to the text, what causes the water crisis in California?

A.Previous drilling of wells. B.The messy distribution system.

C.Constant droughts in the area. D.The adoption of new pumping practices.

2.The research teams think it ________ to extract water from deeper aquifers.

A.expensive but practical B.reliable and profitable

C.cost-free but demanding D.cheap and environment-friendly

3.What is mentioned as a consequence of extracting water from deep underground?

A.The damage to aquifers. B.The sinking of land surface.

C.The decrease in operation costs. D.The negative effects on the climate.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A.To encourage people to save water.

B.To promote the seawater desalination.

C.To introduce a new way of extracting freshwater.

D.To draw people’s attention to the droughts in California.

    Listening to a radio broadcast in a foreign language is difficult for many of us. We may have studied the language for several years, and are able to read it, perhaps even write in it. But listening and understanding the spoken language require special skills. Some people have a natural ability that helps them to learn a language quickly, while others must study for a long time. Everyone, however, can improve his or her listening skills with practice.

We are good listeners in our own language because we have had years of practice. We understand the grammar and the language. We know what to expect a person to say to us in almost any situation. We have been in similar situations many times, and we have heard it all before. We can understand it, even if we do not listen carefully.

But this is not true with a foreign language. We must listen with our full attention. And we must try not to let the cultural style of our language affect our understanding of the foreign language. Listening to a foreign language broadcast is easier if we know something about it. There are clues that can help us. One clue is the time of a day. Morning programs usually contain many short items of news, information or entertainment. The items are short because most of us are getting ready to go to work in the morning. Often we do not have time to listen to long programs. Evening programs are different. There is time for more details about the subjects discussed.

We can get a clue about the program from the music at the beginning, but we must be familiar with the music of the foreign culture. The kind of music-serious and slow, or fast and light-can tell us what kind of program to expect. The name of the program can give us good information about what it will contain.

Another good clue is the broadcaster. The more we listen to the same person, the easier it will be to understand him. His speaking style will become familiar to us. Further, the broadcaster provides clues to the organization of the broadcast at the beginning of the program. The broadcaster usually gives us the highlights of the program to prepare us for the details that will follow.

1.We are good listeners in our own language because ______.

A.we have a natural ability of learning language

B.our own language is much easier

C.we listen to our own language more carefully

D.we have practiced it for years

2.If you don’t have enough time, you can listen to ______.

A.evening programs B.programs with soft music

C.morning programs D.familiar programs

3.You can know the information of the program according to ______.

A.its name B.the broadcaster

C.its music D.the time of the program

    Brecon Beacons YAC has an amazing opportunity for budding(崭露头角的) archaeologists of all ages, in Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. Thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, professional archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong will be investigating an archaeological mystery and they need your help.

Romans?

“The site is a bit of a mystery”, Frank Giecco from Wardell Armstrong said. “There is a very nice cropmark recorded on the site that has got lots of people very excited. Geophysicists failed to find anything relating to the cropmark. There is anecdotal evidence of Roman material being found, but nothing is officially recorded. We hope to finally answer the question of what is in this field, during the two weeks on site. Is there evidence of any Roman occupation on the site? Can you help us find out?”

Get involved

This is an opportunity for both adults and children to take part in field walking and trial trenching (small hand-dug test pits for children). No experience is necessary, training will be provided by the professional archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong, and all equipment will be provided. Volunteers can attend for as few or as many days as they wish, but they do need to book a place.

For more information, and to book your place, please contact Norman Kirtlan at sunderlandforgottenstones@gmail.com.

1.If you intend to take part in the activity, you ________.

A. will be charged for using equipment

B. will be coached by experts in the field

C. should have worked with archaeologists before

D. should spare two weeks to stay at the site

2.What’s the main purpose of the passage?

A. To seek funding for archaeological research.

B. To appeal for help in proving findings based on anecdotal evidence.

C. To find volunteers to help solve an archaeological mystery.

D. To organize volunteers to help sort our data on the Roman occupation.

    The earliest memory I have of my father is one of me as a young boy holding his hand by his two last fingers as we walked together.

As I grew older I remember us listening over a transistor radio to high school ballgames together. I would _________ how many points each player would score as the game went on. Too small to stay awake for the _________ game, I always fell asleep _________ the game ended. But the next morning I would find by my pillow the score _________ had been filled out with the _________ score on; it was completed by my father.

In high school I became very interested in athletics. My father would_________all my games. Good performances in my senior year _______ our football team to the state championship game. The night before my father _______ announced he had to _________ the bread to the stores and the site of the games was a three-hour drive from his __________. Back then I wasn’t fully noticing his ________.

The next day as game time approached I couldn’t help thinking about Dad. Suddenly, I saw that blue and white bread truck________ into the stadium. Work fulfilled, he made the long drive in time to at least see __________of my championship game.

Years later I had become a teacher and coach. Early one morning I was awakened by a ring at 5:30 A.M. As I ________to answer the phone I’ll never forget the sound of the sheriff’s voice—my dad had just been killed in an automobile accident on his way to work. It felt as if my heart had been __________.

For long I tried to remain strong ________it and pretended I didn’t care until one day on the playground a little boy walked up to me and grabbed my hand by my last two fingers just as I used to do to my dad. I completely __________ it. It was the first time since the __________ that I just let go and cried. And I felt a sense of __________. Sometimes you just have to __________. It won’t need to hold back anymore.”

1.A.add up to B.keep track of C.catch up on D.get down to

2.A.exciting B.competitive C.whole D.boring

3.A.until B.before C.after D.when

4.A.sheet B.result C.court D.decision

5.A.fair B.considerable C.initial D.final

6.A.instruct B.accompany C.attend D.train

7.A.required B.entitled C.intended D.aimed

8.A.happily B.doubtfully C.proudly D.sadly

9.A.deliver B.make C.transfer D.order

10.A.studio B.mall C.route D.truck

11.A.annoyance B.disturbance C.ignorance D.regret

12.A.rushing B.pulling C.dropping D.crawling

13.A.part B.all C.most D.sort

14.A.managed B.attempted C.switched D.struggled

15.A.lifted up B.torn away C.skipped over D.brought up

16.A.against B.beyond C.through D.beneath

17.A.lost B.helped C.made D.got

18.A.game B.telephone C.departure D.funeral

19.A.weight B.relief C.joy D.conscience

20.A.cry B.check C.accept D.forget

There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will  ______.

A.give the cold shoulder B.kill the fatted calf

C.cost an arm and a leg D.start from scratch