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We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok．This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国)．All the different smells make us want to try the food．We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight．The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean．We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North. Tuesday, March 27th Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting．We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables．Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai．We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai. Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring．We visited a small village in the mountains．The village people here love the quiet life--no computers or phones．They are the kindest people I have ever met．They always smile and say “hello”．Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness．I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year. 1.The diaries above show the writer’s _____ days in Thailand. A.3 B.7 C.15 D.30 2.Which of the following is TRUE? A.Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand. B.The writer is traveling alone in Thailand. C.Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains. D.The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus. 3.The people in the village _____. A.are friendly to others B.like to speak English C.are very weak D.hope to live in the cities 4.What is the best title for the whole diary? A.My First Travel B.The Outside World C.Traveling in Thailand D.A Country on the Train
请你用英语写一篇短文，谈谈农村儿童失学的主要原因及你的看法。 原因：1.家庭贫穷，供不起儿童上学，他们不得不在家赚钱养家。 2.部分家长认为女孩上学无用，不愿让她们上学。 3.部分儿童对功课不感兴趣，不愿上学。 看法：1.每个儿童包括女孩都应有受教育的机会。 2.全社会都应重视儿童教育，他们对国家的未来将起到重要的作用。 要求：1.不要逐字逐句翻译。 2.语句要连贯通顺。 3.字数在100个左右。 参考词汇: 失学 out of school 负担得起, 提供 afford 养家 support / keep the family _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
下面短文中共有10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。 During the weekend I traveled by air the first time in my life. I generally travel by train and by bus. It is both cheaper and safe. But this was a short journey. In the beginning I did not feel very happily, but this feeling did not last longer. The journey was very exciting. I was soon high up in the sky among the cloud. The views of mountains, fields and rivers were interested. I enjoy my short and comfortable journey very much. This experience has shown that traveling in air is actually the safest way of make journeys.
阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于三个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Sixteen years ago a boy 1.(give) me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew 2. I was. I was very lonely, and afraid 3.(speak) to anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. Then one day, when my classmates were talking 4.(happy) with their friends, I 5.(sit) at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then 6.(turn) back. He looked at me, with a smile. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and 7.(friend). It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became 8.(close) to everyone in my class. The boy 9. the lucky smile has become my best friend now. One day I asked him 10. he had smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so! It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.
A _______thing happened _______me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day _______ I drove to go for a look in the country. On the way back home, my _______ stopped. It was out of gas on a _______ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone _______could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile _______ I finally found a house near the _______. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark. I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair _______. She said, “I’ve been ________for you here for a long time. Come in. ________ is almost ready.” “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ________what she was talking about. “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You ________tea,” said she. I quickly________ that my car was out of ________, but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been________she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ________. Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.” 1.A.happy B.strange C.common D.bad 2.A.on B.in C.upon D.to 3.A.and B.so C.but D.that 4.A.car B.bus C.bike D.truck 5.A.narrow B.lonely C.crowded D.busy 6.A.what B.whom C.who D.how 7.A.before B.after C.while D.as 8.A.street B.block C.way D.road 9.A.came B.answered C.opened D.appeared 10.A.asking B.looking C.calling D.waiting 11.A.Gas B.Coffee C.Tea D.Lunch 12.A.consider B.understand C.accept D.think 13.A.like B.love C.used to like D.liking 14.A.answered B.explained C.refused D.promised 15.A.gas B.tea C.strength D.energy 16.A.calling B.call C.to call D.called 17.A.until B.before C.since D.when 18.A.could B.can C.would D.wanted 19.A.accident B.incident C.experience D.surprise 20.A.hit B.injury C.hurt D.frighten
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，请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置。 Success story Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.Frank is now the head of a very large business company.1.It was his job to repair bicycles2.He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small work-shop of his own.During the war Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.3.By the end of the war,4.which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.Frank smiled when he remembered5.He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.She wanted him to repair their son’s bicycle!
E. his hard early years and the long road to success F. The small work-shop had become a large factory G. He wanted to succeed.
Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers. In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history. As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them. Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with（涉及）special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all. 1.The oldest university in the US is _________. A.Yale B.Harvard C.Princeton D.Columbia 2.From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______. A.those colleges and universities were the same B.people, young or old, might study in the colleges C.students studied only some languages and science D.when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers 3.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________. A.Latin and Greek B.Latin, Green, French and German C.American history and German D.French and German 4.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______. A.everything that was known B.law and something about medicine C.many new subjects D.the subjects that interested students 5.On the whole, the passage is about___________. A.how to start a university B.the world-famous colleges in America C.how colleges have changed D.what kind of lesson each college teaches
Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!” One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.”He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it. About half an hour later, the conductor began to check the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.” said the old man. “I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another one.” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going?----I can’t remember my station!”the old man said sadly. 1.The old man in the story was very . A.kind B.poor C.forgetful D.sad 2.Where is the ticket? A.The old man forgot to buy it. B.The old man could not remember where it was. C.The old man showed it to the conductor. D.The old man’s wife took the ticket away. 3.The conductor the old man. A.didn’t believe B.laughed at C.believed D.felt sorry for 4.The old man was sad because . A.he had to buy another ticket B.he lost all the things his wife gave him C.he did not know where he was D.he did not know where he should get off 5.Which is true according to the passage ? A.The man did not buy a ticket B.The man had to get off the train because he had no tickets C.The man bought another ticket D.The conductor was considering where he should get off.
假设你是李夏,你的美国笔友Sam来信关心你参加期末考试的情况,请根据以下要点回信告知。 1.考试日期与科目; 2.对试题的感受; 3.可能的考试结果。 注意:1.词数120左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯; ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。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次； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant last Sunday and wait for the food I had ordered to arrive. I suddenly found that Lin Ling, one of my classmate, worked like a waitress there. Honest speaking, it was great surprise for me to find her working there. As far as I know, she’s from a richer family. What was it that made her to work there? I walked up to her and asked her the reason. When asking, she said, “I just want to earn some pocket money so that we can help some children in poor areas go back to school.” How a good girl! I should learn from her. 1.2.3.4.5. 6.7.8.9.10.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The giant panda 1. (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 2. (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very 3.(care) mother. For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something 4. (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 5.(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting panda. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. 6. it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda 7. more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed 8.(it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother 9. (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 10. it was also time for the young panda to be independent.
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact______she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished______a driving offence(犯规). Then one day she nearly______her record. A police car______her, and the policemen in it saw her______a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed______that she would be punished. ____Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was______old to drive a car, and that the______why she had not stopped at the red______was most probably that her eyes had become weak______old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was______, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was______and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she______a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had______done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed______the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, "Now it is your______. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight." The judge took the______and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case(案例) against Mrs. Jones was______, and her record______unbroken. 1.A.which B.when C.that D.this 2.A.about B.on C.to D.for 3.A.kept B.won C.missed D.lost 4.A.watched B.after C.followed D.ran after 5.A.pass B.go C.past D.rush 6.A.sure B.indeed C.certain D.perhaps 7.A.Before B.While C.Until D.When 8.A.so B.very C.too D.quite 9.A.cause B.reason C.matter D.trouble 10.A.light B.lamp C.sign D.one 11.A.with B.because C.for D.of 12.A.speaking B.saying C.talking D.telling 13.A.seeing B.getting C.carrying D.bringing 14.A.took B.brought C.picked D.chose 15.A.almost B.hardly C.successfully D.successful 16.A.both B.all C.neither D.either 17.A.time B.turn C.chance D.job 18.A.thread B.glasses C.needles D.needle 19.A.dismissed B.passed C.settled D.studied 20.A.was B.kept C.seemed D.remained
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。 Healthy habits are important to all of us. Here are a few tips that can help you improve your healthy habits. ● Compulsory breakfast. 1. There is a saying like our lifetime will be shorter when we don't eat breakfast. Breakfast is important to keep a healthy and a problemfree stomach. ● Good sleep. A good sleep is necessary for a healthy body and mind. Good sleep not only means sleeping for a long time (8 hours preferably) but also sleeping with a peaceful mind. 2. ● 3.Water is the best medicine for most diseases. We need to drink a lot of water every day, almost 8 glasses every day. Water helps us keep our body clean and fit. ● Relationships. 4.This causes your mind and heart to be more fresh and peaceful. This in turn leads to a healthy life. Speak to your children or old people at least for an hour every day, which reduces (减轻) your burden (负担) greatly . Healthy relationships lead to a healthy life. ● 5.Take a good walk every day, which is a very good habit regardless of the age or gender (性别). Walking helps you keep your mind at peace and helps in keeping a healthy body. A.A peaceful sleep is important for a good healthy life. B.Drink lots of water. C.The first is to eat our breakfast every morning. D.These are very healthy habits for all. E.Spend at least half an hour for exercising each day. F.Always keep healthy relationships with other people. G.Take a good walk.
The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert (警觉的). Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focus—until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world? Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly(随意地)on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise(同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots. 1.The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby's ________. A.sense of hearing B.sense of sight C.sense of touch D.sense of smell 2.Babies are sensitive to the change in ________. A.the size of cards B.the colour of pictures C.the shape of patterns D.the number of objects 3.Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats? A.To reduce the difficulty of the experiment. B.To see how babies recognize sounds. C.To carry their experiment further. D.To keep the babies' interest. 4.Where does this text probably come from? A.Science fiction. B.Children’s literature. C.An advertisement. D.A science report.
Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy ( 策 略 ). There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container. Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax,you will have your trip money. When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it. Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters ( 制 陶 工 ) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay (黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born. Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money --- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. 1.What is the piggy bank strategy? A.Paying 1% income tax at a time. B.Setting a goal before making a travel plan. C.Aiming high even when doing small things. D.Putting aside a little money regularly for future use. 2.Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift? A.To delight him with the latest fashion. B.To encourage him to climb mountains. C.To help him form the habit of saving. D.To teach him English pronunciation. 3.What does then underlined word “something” (Paragraph 3) most probably refer to? A.Money B.Gifts C.Financial success D.Good luck 4.The piggy ban originally was _____. A.a potter’s instrument B.a cheap clay container C.an animal-shaped dish D.a pig-like toy for children
About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册)my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office. In the teacher’s office, an exchange of greetings was followed by his questions:“Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?” Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? No, no, it can’t be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead. I asked him why he was asking me all these questions. My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet? He was angry:“Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English? Don’t you speak English at home?” No, I didn’t speak English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didn’t want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society?” Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of“those people”. Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left. As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over. He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的). Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others;it teaches people about other cultures and other places-something very basic and obviously lacking in the“educator”I met in New Jersey. 1.The teacher asked the author to his office _______. A.to discuss Scola’s in-class performance B.to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten C.to find a language partner for Scola D.to work out a study plan for Scola 2.What does the underlined word“disrupting”in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A.Breaking. B.Following. C.Attending. D.Disturbing. 3.The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as _______. A.critical B.casual C.positive D.passive
Fun Day 1.What you have just read is a ________. A.note B.poster C.schedule D.report 2.What is going to take place on 2 February 2013? A.A big event to welcome a Chinese new year. B.A social gathering to raise money for wildlife. C.A party for close friends to meet and have fun. D.A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students. 3.How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together? A.$20. B.$40. C.$80. D.$60. 4.Which of the following statements is true? A.Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School. B.Free digital cameras are provided for everybody. C.It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you. D.Festival food will be served without extra charge.
假定你是李华，长沙大剧院（Changsha Grand Theatre）将上演经典越剧（Shaoxing opera）《梁山伯与祝英台》（Butterfly Lovers）。请写封邮件邀请你校来自英国的交换生 Chris一起观看，内容包括： 1. 写信目的； 2. 演出信息； 3. 观看理由（至少两条）。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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 will share one experience with you. With the College Entrance Examination draw near, I was filled with great anxiety. However, I couldn’t be absorbed in study, resulting from my failing in the examination. I got very discouraging. Just then, my teacher, Miss Zhang, approached me and said, “In life we all have moments when we can’t achieve what we want to. It is natural. Don’t allow those moments to weaken you, or turn them into motivation to inspire yourself.” Her words were reminder that provided me with constant encouragement to smile at life. Consequently, I gained that I deserved. So it is an optimistic attitude which matters most of all. It gives you the confidence to deal with difficulties and to achieve success in your life.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam-home of the world’s largest1.(collect) of Van Gogh’s works-has carried out an extensive x-ray study of some pieces, only2.(discover) the Dutchman’s famous Sunflowers is in the process of losing its color. The scan, carried out by Dutch and Belgian experts, shows that the lemon-yellow color in the flowers’ petals and stems3.(be) slowly turning brown because of being exposed 4.lights. The color change in the work is not visible to the naked eye yet, but it is still unclear when and if the yellows of the canvas5.(darken) soon. However, the Amsterdam museum’s discovery could have a wide significance, 6. Van Gogh could have used the same paint in the other Sunflowers or even in paintings with other subjects. Marije Vellekoop, head of the research at the museum said, “At the moment, we are processing all the research results of this painting, after 7. we will determine how we will pay 8.(far) attention to discoloration in our museum.” Moreover, the discovery could lead to changes in how Van Gogh’s works are stored and shown internationally. The Van Gogh Museum is 9.(continuous) exploring ways to preserve and restore the productive painter’s works, 10.(lower) the lighting around its 200 paintings and 400 drawings five years ago.
Like many of the protesters (抗议者) at Occupy Wall Street in New York, Amanda Vodola is young, underemployed and loaded with student debt. She spends her days _________, helping _________ the movement, and her evenings waiting tables at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Last spring, she graduated from Fordham University with a degree in English. “I grew up with this narrative that to get a good job I need to go to school,” she says. But the job she has “is not enough to pay the bills”. And the bills she has _________ most about are the ones tied to that narrative: the $30,000 she _________ in college loans. In November, when their six-month grace period run _________, Vodola and millions of other students who graduated in May have to start _________ their loans. Repayment requirements for private loans kick in (开始生效) _________ whether _________ have found jobs. Since employment rates for recent college graduates have _________ in the past two years, as have starting salaries, the __________ of a sharp rise in student-loan delinquencies (到期未付) has led some economists to __________ that this could be the next __________ crisis, rippling (波及) into the wider economy. Total US student-loan debt, which __________ credit-card debt for the first time last year, is on track to __________ $1,000 billion this year. That’s a nearly 8% __________ over last year. But neither these __________ nor the voices of students, __________ by debt, at protests in cities and on campuses throughout the nation are likely to keep the families of high school seniors from seeing a brand-name education as a __________ to a better life. They’ve long been told that higher education is an __________ in the future—even as the costs of college has __________ 538% over the past thirty years. 1.A.running around B.keeping fit C.warming up D.checking out 2.A.establish B.resemble C.found D.organize 3.A.puzzled B.interrupted C.worried D.carried 4.A.collects B.owes C.costs D.accounts 5.A.down B.up C.off D.out 6.A.raising B.repaying C.rearranging D.rating 7.A.although B.in contrast with C.regardless of D.because of 8.A.borrowers B.owners C.lenders D.holders 9.A.dropped B.changed C.collapsed D.slimmed 10.A.stability B.possibility C.promotion D.security 11.A.command B.instruct C.appreciate D.predict 12.A.political B.religious C.financial D.legal 13.A.decreased B.topped C.compared D.lowered 14.A.hit B.knock C.blow D.strike 15.A.advance B.progress C.transfer D.increase 16.A.conclusions B.graphs C.statistics D.abstracts 17.A.rejected B.burdened C.admitted D.boycotted 18.A.sign B.label C.fame D.ticket 19.A.investment B.instrument C.indication D.inspiration 20.A.strengthened B.flown C.zoomed D.broken
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the damage tobacco causes to lung health: over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are from lung diseases like cancer, chronic respiratory (慢性呼吸道) diseases and tuberculosis (肺结核). 1. WHO Director — General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “Every year, tobacco kills at least 8 million people. 2. Healthy lungs are essential to living a healthy life. Today — and everyday — you can protect your lungs and those of your friends and family by saying no to tobacco.” In 2017, tobacco killed 3.3 million users and people exposed to second-hand smoke from lung-related conditions, including: ● 1.5 million people dying from chronic respiratory diseases ● 1.2 million deaths from cancer ● 600,000 deaths from respiratory infections and tuberculosis 3. Those who live on into adulthood are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) later in life. 4.. WHO is urging countries to fight the tobacco epidemic (流行) through full implementation of the WHO Framework Corrvention (公约) on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and enforcing effective tobacco control actions, including WHO’s recommended “MPOWER” policy measures, for example by reducing demand for tobacco through taxation, creating smoke-free places and cessation support. 5. They are responsible for safeguarding the health of their families and communities by informing them of and protecting them from the harms caused by tobacco. A. What can be done? B. Don’t let tobacco take your breath away! C. The Organization also encourages parents and community leaders to take steps. D. Though smoke may be invisible and scentless, it can linger in the air for up to five hours. E. WHO is calling on countries to increase action to protect people from exposure to tobacco. F. Millions more live with lung cancer, tuberculosis or chronic lung disease caused by tobacco. G. More than 60,000 children aged under 5 die of lower respiratory infections caused by second-hand smoke.
“Free Solo” is a documentary beautifully calculated to literally take your breath away. And it does. The film’s subject, Alex Honnold, is the top-ranking climber of free soloing, the art of climbing dizzyingly steep rock faces with no ropes, no harnesses (安全带), just bare hands and dazzling determination and skill. “There’s no margin for error; you have to do it perfectly,” one climber explains, comparing the endeavor to an Olympic sport where “if you don’t get the gold medal you are going to die.” “Free Solo” opens with a striking overhead shot, almost too exciting to watch, of Honnold at work, his hands finding narrow gaps that don’t seem to exist, pulling off seeing — is — not — believing moves that are more astonishing than the most ambitious special effect. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo” lets us in on how much went into the climb on a physical, psychological and emotional level, showing us how meticulously (细致地) even the tiniest move is planned. Vasarhelyi and Chin are the ideal people to tell this story, and not only because they’ve already done another superb mountaineering film, 2015’s “Meru”, which was short-listed for the best documentary Oscar. Chin has been an accomplished climber as well as a photographer and filmmaker, so he’s known Honnold for years and has the kind of friendship with the climber that makes the film possible. Chin insisted his entire crew, including fellow cinematographers Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaefer, be experienced climbers, and one of the film’s most dramatic aspects is how nervous these extremely knowledgeable folks were about Honnold’s safety. The directors and crew worried that their presence might put too much pressure on Honnold or might lead to acts of what Chin characterizes as “Kodak courage”. More than that, no one wanted to be there shooting film if he made a mistake and died. A perfectionist since Honnold was a boy, he found his gift for free solo early. One possible reason why Honnold is so good at it, which doctors hypothesized after giving him an MRI, is that his amygdala, the part of the brain that regulates fear, doesn’t react the way it does in most people. Though we inevitably worry about Honnold’ future safety, we’ve come to understand why his mother, Dierdre Wolownick, says that “climbing is when he feels the most alive. How can you take that away from somebody?” Seeing him at the peak of his skill on the biggest screen possible is an experience for everybody to savor (尽情享受). 1.What does it take to free solo? A.Gift and good fortune. B.Knowledge and experience. C.Strength, determination and skill. D.Ropes, harnesses, a photographer and a filmmaker. 2.Why are Vasarhelyi and Chin the ideal people to tell this story? A.They’ve ever shot a superb mountaineering documentary. B.They have rich experience and companionship with Honnold. C.They were accomplished climbers, photographers and filmmakers. D.They are physically, psychologically and emotionally well prepared. 3.Which of the following best describes Honnold as a climber? A.Wild and daring. B.Gifted and vain. C.Demanding and particular. D.Talented and perfectionistic. 4.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? A.“Kodak courage” is highly expected. B.Too much pressure was put on Honnold. C.Chin and his crew cared much about Honnold’s safety. D.Chin took on knowledgeable folks to shoot the documentary.
There’s a blue house in central Florida that’s hard to miss. It’s somewhat famous among people who live nearby — it’s painted to look like Starry Night”, the iconic painting by Vincent van Gogh — but not everyone is a fan of the larger-than-life artwork. “We had not originally intended to paint the house like this,” Nancy Nemhauser, who lives there with her husband, Lubomir Jastrzebski, and their adult son, told TODAY. They started by painting the wall that runs outside of their home, because it was “in disrepair” and they wanted it to look nice. The couple said they even asked permission from the city to paint the wall, and were told it was OK. “So we went ahead and started having the wall painted by an artist who has his work shown throughout South America,” Nemhauser said. They chose Van Gogh because their son, who has autism (自闭症), is a fan — and they hoped that the mural would come in handy if he ever wandered far from home. “God forbid he were to be in a situation where he did not have the ability to tell people his address clearly. We’re hoping that he would have the ability to at least say that he belongs at the Van Gogh house,” Nemhauser said. The couple added that their son loves the look of the house. “There’s some magical connection I think between Van Gogh and autistic kids, because Van Gogh was possibly also autistic,” Jastrzebski said. After the couple painted the wall, they got a citation (传票) from the city stating that the wall painting was considered graffiti (涂鸦), and that the wall must match the house. That’s when they decided to paint the entire house to look like “Starry Night” — knowing that’s not quite what the city had in mind, but confident that they weren’t breaking any law. Since then, they’ve been fined $10,600. In February, they filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming the city is violating their right to freedom of expression. Neither Mount Dora city officials nor their lawyer would comment on the issue. But in February, they did say in a statement that they were trying to preserve the residential character of our neighborhoods, and that the house “may present a distraction to safe vehicle operation along the street which fronts the home”. Nemhauser and Jastrzebski add that many neighbors love the house, and thousands of people have signed an online petition (请愿) in support of keeping the painting. While both sides are in settlement talks, the fate of the mural is still up in the air. The family said they were ready to battle for what they believe in. 1.What was the couple’s initial intention to paint the wall? A.To beautify the damaged wall. B.To respond to the call of the city. C.To assist an artist to show his work. D.To express their son’s admiration to Van Gogh. 2.What does the underlined phrase “God forbid” in Paragraph 4 mean? A.May God forgive us. B.It’s forbidden by God. C.Even God can’t help it. D.We hope it does not happen. 3.What’s Mount Dora city officials’ attitude towards the unique house? A.Supportive. B.Disapproving. C.Ambiguous. D.Understanding. 4.What is the text mainly about? A.“Starry Night” house in Florida arouses a heated debate. B.Neighbors sign an online petition in support of “Starry Night” house. C.The magical connection between Van Gogh and autistic kids. D.Homeowners battle for their “Starry Night” house in Florida.
Red Adair became “the man to call” if you wanted a fire in an oil well put out, a task that was extremely dangerous and difficult. One of Red Adair’s most dangerous jobs was in 1962. He and his men put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. The fire was so fierce that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth and the sand around the fire had melted into glass from the extreme heat. This famous fire was called the “Devil’s Cigarette Lighter”. Adair’s success with the big fire and earlier well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry. In 1968, Hollywood made an action film called “Hellfighters” which was roughly based on events in Red Adair’s life. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie. In 1988, Adair troubleshot what was possibly the world’s worst ocean accident at the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. Not only did Red Adair and his team have to put out the fires but they also had to deal with winds blowing at more than one hundred and twenty kilometers an hour, as well as the sea which was at least twenty meters high. In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait to put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires following the Persian Gulf War. His efforts saved millions of liters of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. Red Adair died at 89. Many Americans remember him as a very brave man. He lived his life troubleshooting danger. He was known for risking his own life to save others. 1.Why was John Glenn mentioned in Paragraph 2? A.To explain how the sand melted. B.To confirm it was a natural gas fire. C.To prove the fire was really big. D.To show Adair’s job was important. 2.What can be learned about Hellfighters? A.It was a big hit in Hollywood. B.It was directed by John Wayne. C.It is a documentary on firefighters. D.It is mainly based on Adair’s life. 3.What happened in 1988? A.Adair was asked to put out a big ocean fire. B.Many people died in a big ocean fire accident. C.Adair helped prevent an environmental tragedy. D.Strong winds caused a big ocean fire. 4.What can be the best title of the passage? A.The danger of fires B.Red Adair’s life story C.A great firefighter D.Some unforgettable fires in the world
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假定你是李华，你学校下个月将举办“Approach to China”为主题的英语演讲比赛，目前正在招募比赛选手。请你用英语写封申请信。信件内容包括： 1.写信目的。2.个人优势。 注意：1.词数100字左右。 2.增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Sir/Madam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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（八），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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 This year I joined in the Chinese poetry club in our school. The member of our club meet once a week. We have difference activities, that I enjoy very much. We've invited some famous poets to a club to talk about the history of Chinese poetry but teach us the basic techniques of writing poems. At the weekend, in order to enriching our knowledge, we often go to visit poetry exhibitions, where we studied the masterpieces of well-known poets. I am very glad that our club is getting more popular and firmly believe that more poems will created. And I am sure that our schoolmates will get to love our great traditionally culture.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 October usually marks the 1.(begin) of a new season, but what you call that season depends 2.where you are and whom you are. In the UK, people will tell you it's "autumn". However, you will find people use both "fall" and "autumn" interchangeably when 3.(mention) this time of year in the US. Why does it have to be so 4.(confuse)? According to Dictionary.com, "fall" isn't a modern nickname(昵称)5. followed. In Old English the season 6.(call) "harvest" meaning that farmers would have a big harvest in this season. Then, in 7.1600s, without farming, the term "harvest" 8.(gradual) became less useful to city dwellers, so English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people called 9."the fall of the leaf", or "fall" for short. But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word "autompne", came to England. It became more popular and took the place of "fall" as the word for the season. At the same time, British people were making their trips to North America, bringing the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. That's 10. today's Americans have two names for one season.
Once, on a cold day in September, when I was very little, my big sister _________ me to a beach not far from our house. Near the beach there was a tidal(受潮汐影响)island, which _________ that when the tide goes out, you can walk to it, _________ when the tide comes in again, you can't get to it. Mum and Dad _________ let us go there. When we _________ the beach, the tide was out. My sister _________ going to the island. "But Mum and Dad said we couldn't. It's _________!" I said. "Don't worry," said my sister. "I'll _________ you. Trust me." I was a bit _________, but the island looked very nice in the autumn sunshine. We walked over the sand to the island and started to __________. We just found an old ruined building. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sun and it got windy. I said, "I'm __________ and I want to go home." We walked back over the island to the __________. But we couldn't find it! It wasn't there anymore! The tide had come in and __________ the beach. "Quick!" shouted my sister. "We have to run before it's too __________!" The water was too deep and cold for me, and I started to __________. I was very frightened. But my sister was calm. She asked me to climb on her back. "Hold on!" she said. The __________ was up to her middle, but my sister was very strong and ran through the waves with me on her back. She got very wet, but we got back to the mainland __________. When we finally got home, Mum asked my sister why she was so __________. We told her what had happened and __________ apologized to her. We both __________ not listening to their warning and learned our lesson---think twice before you leap. 1.A.introduced B.brought C.rushed D.took 2.A.means B.proves C.explains D.requires 3.A.since B.so C.but D.until 4.A.still B.just C.sometimes D.never 5.A.found B.reached C.cleaned D.left 6.A.suggested B.enjoyed C.imagined D.admitted 7.A.crowded B.boring C.noisy D.dangerous 8.A.depend on B.look after C.learn from D.look at 9.A.curious B.angry C.happy D.afraid 10.A.explore B.talk C.think D.understand 11.A.injured B.satisfied C.full D.cold 12.A.bridge B.boat C.beach D.building 13.A.divided B.attacked C.covered D.connected 14.A.high B.late C.heavy D.dark 15.A.fight B.move C.cry D.argue 16.A.water B.storm C.grass D.stone 17.A.silently B.safely C.slowly D.suddenly 18.A.lucky B.patient C.smart D.wet 19.A.publicly B.secretly C.sincerely D.informally 20.A.regretted B.remembered C.considered D.avoided
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