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This Atmosphere of Love

Franklin Bass Jr.

www. authorhouse. com

Paperback | E-book

$ 12.95 | $ 3.99

This book shares Franklin Bass Jr.’s poetry collection from 2008 to 2012 that speaks about his true feelings and experiences of love.

The Medusa Enigma

Dino Panvini, M. D.

www. xlibris. com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book

$ 29.99 | $19.99 | $3.99

This book takes you deep inside the corruption of the United States’ legal and medical systems; and how it led to the author’s near-death experience and various attempts on his life.

A Deadly Homecoming

Jane Bennett Munro

www. iuniverse. com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book

$23.99 | $13.99 | $3.99

When her mother asks her to look into a friend’s disappearance, Toni Day heads to her hometown to solve a complex murder case that leaves her own life hanging in the balance.

Work Hard, and Don’t Give up

Ian Anttila

www. tmbi. com

Paperback | E-book

$19.99 | $3.99

Ian Anttila, who contracted (感染) blood poisoning in sixth grade, shares his story of working hard to get an education and succeed in spite of medical problems.

1.Which book is your favorite if you are a poetry lover?

A.This Atmosphere of Love. B.The Medusa Enigma.

C.A Deadly Homecoming. D.Work Hard, and Don’t Give up.

2.Who writes the book concerning an inspiring success story?

A.Franklin Bass Jr. B.Dino Panvini, M. D.

C.Jane Bennett Munro. D.Ian Anttila.

3.How much will you pay if you read all the four books online?

A.$ 15. 96. B.$ 24.92. C.$ 50.92. D.$ 66.92.

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假设你是李华，前天你收到英国笔友Kathy发来的电子邮件，说她很想报名参加即将在当地举办的“汉语民歌演唱比赛（Singing Chinese Folk Songs Contest）”活动，但信心不足。请你给她回复一封邮件，内容包括：

鼓励她报名参加；2. 帮助分析参加的意义； 3. 给她提几点建议

注意：1. 字数100字左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头已经给出，不计入总字数。

Dear Kathy,

I’m glad to know that _______________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

（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l1处起）不计分。

I have always dreamt returning to my childhood. Just as many people say, childhood is the happier time in one’s life.

I grow up in the countryside. There are many high mountains, colorful flowers and different kind of trees. Often my parents took me to go hiking and caught insects. My grandma, whose seemed to be full of vivid memories, always shared his stories with me. She told me that I was such gentle and quiet that she never felt worrying about me. Now it is 5 years since that she passed away. I still miss her very much!

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I used to abandon(放弃）myself to despair（绝望）. Last year, my mother _______from a stroke(中风）and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no _______what I could do to help her to relieve her _______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

Last month I _______a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt _______about the loss.

There have been many _______like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things _______I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.

“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What _______can I get from this? How can I_________my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.

I suddenly ________that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay________all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ________. When my mother was fighting for ________, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of________and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ________a prize. If I had not ________the article, I would definitely have felt ________again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ________.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) as well, but these thorns help us become ________ and strong. When life ________us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.

1.A.suffered B.defeated C.survived D.escaped

2.A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt

3.A.anxiety B.pain C.fear D.pressure

4.A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost

5.A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible

6.A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties

7.A.when B.until C.though D.since

8.A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.possibility

9.A.control B.arrange C.improve D.reject

10.A.predicted B.thought C.discovered D.realized

11.A.healthy B.independent C.severe D.positive

12.A.exactly B.differently C.easily D.practically

13.A.recovery B.life C.freedom D.delight

14.A.shouting B.hiding C.quarreling D.regretting

15.A.expect B.miss C.win D.refuse

16.A.left out B.made sense C.come across D.broken down

17.A.embarrassed B.discouraged C.excited D.concerned

18.A.performance B.experience C.progress D.challenge

19.A.brave B.calm C.great D.clever

20.A.shows B.makes C.sends D.gives

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Did you take part in a camp this summer ? 1. To choose which camp is best for you, first you must do a bit of research.

Maybe you've never thought about it before, but every great summer camp has the same main goals — opportunity, challenge and growth.

Opportunity means you are given a chance to do something special. 2. For example, if you are interested in writing, then you can choose to join a journalism camp. You may even have the opportunity to meet famous journalists there.

3. You must finish the task and succeed in overcoming the challenge. Then you will have a sense of accomplishment. For example, you could take a lifeguard course at some summer camps. If you pass the exam, then you will receive a certificate (证书）to become a real lifeguard.

This also leads to the third and most important goal of every great summer camp personal growth. It doesn’t mean growing taller and stronger or more beautiful. It means seeing yourself improve, learning something new and doing something you didn’t know you could do before. 4..

So in the future, when choosing your next summer camp, remember to ask yourself: Is it a special opportunity? Is it a challenge? Will I grow?

5. These will all happen naturally when you have the right goals at summer camp.

A.Challenge means you are given a task.

B.It also means becoming more confident in yourself.

C.Some camps focus on developing a certain skill or ability.

D.But what about friendship, fun and joy?

E.There are so many summer camps and not all of them are the same.

F.Of course, summer camps aren't all about adventure or study.

G.It also makes you special because other kids don't have the same opportunity.

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Did you know that the color of uniforms can influence the performance of an athlete? It may sound strange, but a study suggests this might be true.

Two British scientists studied the results of four sports in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where the athletes had been given either a red or a blue uniform. They discovered that when there was a big difference in the score, color had no influence on the result. But if it was a close match, the athlete in a red uniform was more likely to win. Then they looked at the uniforms of the soccer teams at the Euro 2004 tournament. Again, teams wearing red won more games.

The two scientists got their idea from earlier studies of wild animals. It had been discovered that when a male show red on its body, it sends a signal of its power and strength. For example, in many kinds of monkey, the more the male shows off its red scare, the more females it can attract

Based on this fact, the British scientists thought that the idea might work for humans, too. According to them, when an athlete sees a competitor in a red uniform, he gets a feeling that his competitor could be stronger than him. And that kind of feeling may have a bad influence on the player’s performance in the actual game.

Although the idea is Interesting, most people don’t accept that color signals in the animals world can really be useful to humans in sports. They think that it is unreasonable to develop an Idea based on such a small number of examples. Much more research has to be done to prove the influence of uniform colors on the performance of athletes.

1.What did the scientists find out about the 2004 Athens Olympic Games?

A.Athletes played equally well in four sports.

B.Game results had a big influence on the athletes.

C.Athletes dressed in red scored more in a close match.

D.There was a big difference in read and blue team’s scores.

2.What may the red scars of a male animal suggest?

A.It is quite strong. B.It is a failure.

C.It has power over other males. D.It has attracted a lot of females.

3.The underlined part “that kind of feeling” in the text refers to a feeling of .

A.weakness B.pride

C.danger D.shame

4.what is most people’s opinion to the scientists’ idea?

A.Interested B.Satisfied.

C.Doubtful. D.Thankful

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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily, but truly can’t manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes,

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home !

1.Where are we expected to call our American friends if we go there by plane?

A.On the bus. B.At the airport.

C.Near their home. D.At our own hotel.

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

A.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

B.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

C.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

D.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

3.Which is the typical way of American hospitality?

A.Treating friends at home. B.Sharing everything they have.

C.Taking days off to be with friends. D.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

4.In which part of a newspaper can this article be found?

A.Culture. B.News.

C.Story. D.Travel.

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In the far corner of the front yard of a large house in Florida rests an RV—Recreational Vehicle( 活动房屋式旅游车), shaded by trees as clothing on a nearby line sways(摇动) in the breeze. In this RV, National Geographic explorer Thomas Culhane lives with his wife, Enas, almost entirely off the grid—a lifestyle without depending on electricity supply.

Culhane began living off the grid in the late 1990s, when he went into the basement of his apartment building in Los Angeles and pulled the plug that delivered electricity. Even earlier though, he was first inspired by sustainable(不破坏生态平衡的) living during a trip in 1970 to visit his relatives. He was eight years old and worried that his stay in their small village was going to be miserable because his relatives told him they had no air conditioning or electricity— but they had plenty of fresh fruits from orchards (果园) and lots of cold drinks chilled by the icy stream from the ice caps of the nearby mountain. “This is amazing,”says Culhane.

He met Enas when she was living in an ecovillage in Portugal. Enas said she liked the feeling of being low impact, of being harmless to the earth. Culhane was attracted and fell in love with her. The couple got married, living on the same property(财产) that they currently have. They moved into their first home together—an RV which they immediately took completely off-grid.

Inside their RV, Culhane and Enas have hot showers, a working gas stove, a refrigerator, a washing machine and a big screen TV. They use gas created by their on-site biodigesters (生物煮解器) to cook on a gas-powered stove. They also use energy created by the biodigesters to heat their bath water. They feed the biodigesters using their own food waste— at no additional cost to the earth.

Sometimes on weekends, the RV is turned into a classroom. The couple host workshops to let the community members and students know living an off-grid life is getting easier and teach them how to respect and coexist peacefully with the environment.

1.What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?

A.Add some background information.

B.Summarize the previous paragraph.

C.Provide some advice for the readers.

D.Introduce a new topic for discussion.

2.What attracted Culhane most when he first met Enas?

A.Her marriage property. B.Their common life belief.

C.The beauty of her ecovillage. D.Her experience of exploration.

3.What do the biodigesters produce?

A.Food waste. B.Additional costs.

C.Greenhouse gases. D.Alternative(可供选择的) energy

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.An RV Classroom

B.Living off the Grid

C.Getting Close to Nature

D.Protecting the Environment

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Don’t let your kids be bored this summer! Join the Summer Fun Holiday Club atCanterbury College. Choose from over 30 activities which take place between 28 Julyand 8 August.

How to book?

Just complete the Registration （登记） Form and return it to Canterbury College inperson or by post with payments. Payments must be made in cash， by check， or bycredit card before your child’s first day.

Download the Registration Form at Summer Fun Holiday Club.com.

What do I need to know?

Age： The Summer Fun Holiday Club is designed for 11-16 years old.

Prices： $10 per half day， $20 per day and $80 per 5 days.

Arrival & Parking： All children should arrive at the college main reception 15minutes before the start time. We have a large drop-off and pick-up area. Public carparks can be found a few minutes’walk from site.

Lunch & Breaks： You will need a packed lunch for the 30 minutes’ lunch break.Vending machines （自动售货机） are available for drinks and snacks.Collection： Children should be collected within 15 minutes of the finish time.Refunds Policy： Refunds will only be given with a minimum of 48 hours' notice. Tocancel， call 01227-811259.

Clothing： Some activities may be messy， so please ensure your child brings clothingsuitable for their activities and that sensible footwear is worn.

1.For whom is the text mainly witten?

A.Teenagers. B.Teachers.

C.Parents. D.Pupils.

2.According to the text， which of the following is TRUE?

A.A packed lunch isn’t necessary.

B.Children under 18 can join the club.

C.Suitable clothes are of great use for activities.

D.You should hand in the Registration Form in person.

3.What type of writing is this text?

A.A diary. B.A notice.

C.An invitation. D.An advertisement.

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阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

How to Deal with Pressures at School

As a high school student, if you are feeling stressed out or frustrated by teachers, classmates,or schoolwork，it is important to know that you aren't the only one． Believe it or not，everyone has these feelings at some point， and everyone should learn how to deal with them properly．

First of all， you need to keep a positive attitude and not take things to heart． That someone got a better grade than you doesn't mean that they are smarter—perhaps they studied longer or knew the material more． It's easy to become frustrated if you are not doing as well as your friends， but being optimistic will help you deal with future similar situations．

Secondly， if students at school are bullying you， know when to stand up for yourself． Don't let other classmates make you feel that you are not good enough． They are simply insecure and do not know how to deal with the pressures of school． They are just trying to make others feel bad， so they can feel better about themselves．

Lastly， it is necessary to keep things correctly． For any situation that is stressful， take a second look from a different point of view． When I look back to the frustrations of my high school days， I notice that many of them seem very unimportant to me now．

It's not easy to be confident when there are so many students who seem like they "have it all"，but try to realize that you, too, are good enough. It’s not a competition about who is smarter, more beautiful—everyone is different—so believe your individuality.

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假设你班本期英语墙报的主题是“The woman I admire most”,请你根据以下信息，写一篇介绍居里夫人的短文。

姓名：Marie Curie 生卒年月：1867年11月7日---1934年7月4日

出生地：Poland

主要事迹：世界著名科学家，一生致力于研究放射性现象，发现镭和钋两种天然放射性元素，一生两度获诺贝尔奖，也是唯一一位两次获得诺贝尔奖的女性。她的事迹激励了很多人，是世人学习的榜样。

注意： 1. 词数100左右2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

放射性现象radioactivity 镭 radium钋polonium 诺贝尔奖 the Nobel Prize

The Woman I Admire Most

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There was once a man who met with a shipwreck (船只失事) and landed on a deserted island. Every day he prayed, _______someone could pass and rescue him, but to his _______, no one ever came.

Months went by and this man learned to _______ food and firewood from the island and stored them in a hut that he built, which helped him_______ on the deserted island. One day when he _______ his hut after hunting for food, _______, he saw his hut was on fire, along with almost everything he had!

All of his _______ were going up in smoke! The only thing _______was the clothes on his back. At first, he was_______, frozen there and then he was filled with ________! He threw a fist into the air and began yelling, “How unfair! How could this happen to me? I________every day for months but now everything that I have is on fire!”

Later the man grew so ________ that he fell on his hands and knees weeping heavily when he happened to look up and ________a ship coming in his direction. The man was ________. As they were heading back to civilization, the man asked the captain, “How were you able to ________ me?” The captain ________, “We were voyaging across the ocean________a cloud of smoke going up caught our________.We decided to go check it out and that’s why we found you!”

In life we will always be________with challenges, problems and disasters. Always keep in mind that a disaster can sometimes be good ________in disguise(掩盖).

1.A.realizing B.designing C.hoping D.doubting

2.A.excitement B.disappointment C.amazement D.embarrassment

3.A.collect B.receive C.order D.share

4.A.survive B.suffer C.adapt D.develop

5.A.visited B.put up C.returned to D.passed

6.A.naturally B.unexpectedly C.instead D.anyway

7.A.preparations B.preferences C.feelings D.things

8.A.valued B.lost C.moved D.left

9.A.touched B.shocked C.bored D.confused

10.A.anger B.pain C.fear D.shame

11.A.prayed B.will pray C.had prayed D.have been praying

12.A.excited B.tired C.weak D.hopeless

13.A.spotted B.sought C.caught D.searched

14.A.protected B.rewarded C.welcomed D.rescued

15.A.trust B.keep C.seize D.find

16.A.declared B.explained C.added D.found

17.A.when B.why C.while D.where

18.A.interest B.attention C.approach D.consideration

19.A.supplied B.satisfied C.faced D.delighted

20.A.experience B.luck C.information D.progress

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There are five keys to success in learning a foreign language.

Spend the time.

By far the most important factor is how much time you are immersed(浸入) in the language.

1.This means spending time enjoyably connected to the language you are learning.

Listen and read every day.

Listen wherever you are on your MP3 player.2. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly understand, or even partly understand. If you keep listening and reading you will get used to the language. One hour of listening or reading is more effective than many hours of class time.

Build up your vocabulary, you’ll need lots. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases. Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Gradually you will be able to use them. Do not worry about how accurately you speak until you have accumulated plenty of words through listening and reading.

Take responsibility for your own learning.

If you do not want to learn the language, you won’t. 4.Do not wait for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up.

Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or can’t yet understand. It does not matter. You are learning and improving. The language will gradually become clearer in your brain, but this will happen on a schedule that you can’t control. So just make sure you spend enough time with the language. That is the greatest guarantee of success.

A.Relax and make sure of the time spent with the language.

B.Focus on words and phrases.

C.Read what you are listening to.

D.Chat with others in the language on the Internet.

E.If you do want to learn the language, take control.

F.The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn.

G.There are hundreds of easy conversations for you to practice speaking.

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People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions — and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”

According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”

In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1.The discovery shows that Westerners _____________.

A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

B.consider facial expressions universally reliable

C.observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

D.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

2.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A.The participants in the study. B.The researchers of the study.

C.The errors made during the study. D.The data collected from the study.

3.What can be the best title for the passage?

A.The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B.Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C.Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D.How to increase Cross-cultural Understanding

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Are your children liked by their teachers? All parents want their children to impress their teachers and succeed in school. You can get your children to impress their teachers by following these easy steps.

Make sure they’re prepared. Teachers are impressed by children coming to school prepared to learn. Make sure they have everything they need—pencils, textbooks, erasers and so on.

Require them to be active in class. Teach them to ask teachers questions when they don’t understand something, some children think teachers are bothered by questions, but most teachers are impressed when children take the initiative(采取主动) in asking questions. They should take part in class discussions, giving their opinions politely.

Keep your children healthy. If your children are tired and hungry, they won’t be ready to learn. Children need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night. Feed your children a solid breakfast and prepare a healthy lunch. Provide them with fruit and other healthy foods—apples or bananas are better for them than cookies.

Make sure that your children do their homework. If they really don’t understand it , discuss it with them patiently. Don’t help them do their homework. Teachers can always tell who it is that does the work.

Teach your children good manners and habits. Children need to arrive at the school punctually, and be polite to their teachers and classmates. Parents need to teach these skills at home. Nothing is sweeter than children who say”please” and “thank you”, and these are children their teachers are certain to love.

1.The first paragraph serves as .

A.an explanation B.an introduction

C.a background D.an example

2.What should parents do according to the passage?

A.They should ask their children’s teachers questions at times.

B.They should prepare their children cookies as well as fruits.

C.They have to require their children to get materials for learning themselves.

D.They ought to have discussions over difficulties with their children patiently.

3.The main idea of the passage is that being parents, you should .

A.Help your children to impress their teachers at school.

B.Ask your children to get ready for classes before going to school

C.Teach your children to be polite to both their teachers and classmates.

D.Remind your children to observe all the rules when at school.

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Last July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Seattle, a city on the northwest American coast. Dad did some research and had no difficulty in finding us cheap tickets online.

On the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our bags in, we found that one bag weighed too much, so we had to pay a fine. After that, dad insisted that we go and have some breakfast at the airport restaurant. We had a lot of fun watching many different people there. Then we realized it was getting late, so we rushed to the gate. It took one hour for everyone to get on the plane, but finally the door was shut and we were on our way!

I think my favorite experience during our trip was our visit to Mount Rainier, a volcano near Seattle. It was nothing like I had expected. Before we left, my aunt lent us hats to protect us from getting sunburned, so I supposed that it would be very hot. Imagine my surprise when we drove up the mountain and I discovered the top was covered with snow and ice.!

My uncle led us to a small path beyond the main trails to increase our chances of seeing wildlife. We walked over a small hill, and suddenly before us there appeared a field of snow. Small wild flowers grew up through the snow; underneath the snow we could hear rushing water—a small stream. Little animals stood still to avoid being noticed; tiny birds rose into the air. It was the most beautiful sight that I’d ever seen.

1.What ticket did the father buy for the family?

A.Bus B.Ship

C.Train D.Airplane

2.Why did they pay a fine?

A.Because they got up late. B.Because they didn’t wait in line.

C.Because they came to the airport late. D.Because their bag was overweight.

3.What was the writer’s most impressive experience?

A.The flight to Seattle B.The breakfast in the airport

C.The visit to Mount Rainier D.The discovery of a small stream

4.Why did they choose a small path instead of the main trails?

A.To enjoy more of the wildlife B.To take a shortcut to save time

C.To avoid the snowy road D.To avoid being attacked by animals

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2014年12月26日世界上一次性建设里程最长、运营速度最高的高铁——武广高铁正式开通运营，沪昆高铁杭长段将于2014年9月正式开通，十二五期间将建设的渝厦高铁也将经过长沙，长沙南站将成为罕见的三高铁枢纽中心。请据此写一篇100词左右的英文短文：

1、高铁（high-speed rail）极大的方便了长沙居民出行，有利于长沙走向全国，走向世界。

2、人们乘坐高铁舒适快捷，安全性能高，票价也可以被接受。

3、高铁可以减少大气和噪音污染，有利于环境保护

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。（每空只填 1 个单词）

Many people think a telephone is a necessity (必需品). But I think it is a pest (有害的事物) and a time waste. Very often you find it impossible to escape from it. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it always rings when you don’t want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are taking your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself, “Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years’ time” You are not. You think there may be some important news or messages for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you ever rushedfrom the bathroom, only to be told that you are a wrong number?

But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn’t it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergency—illness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a country with a large population like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of emergency.

I think perhaps I had better try to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different cases—if I were a wealthy and powerful business person, for instance, or badly ill and had to lie in bed, I might find a telephone a necessity. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car necessity. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular talent; one is mechanical (机器的) invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them. For I have just been handed a piece of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.

Title: The Telephone

Different1.about it

Many people

It is2. when one wants

to make a call, especially in time of

emergency.

The author

It may3. time and even be

harmful

Not everyone, except a business person

or a sick person who has to stay in bed,

needs it.

I don’t need it because my job is writing.

Problems with it

It always seems to 4. when one is doing

something else or doesn’t want it to ring.

Almost 5. can ignore it even if they want to.

One rushes to answer it only to find that he is misdialed.

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The word for milk in German is "Milch", In french it is "lait". Usually, you don't find the same words in every language. But there is an exception for the word OK! The word OK is the most frequently(频繁地) spoken expression in the world, and it turned 175 years old on March 23, New York Daily News reported. “OK” was first introduced to the world in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839. It read : o.k. —oll correct (all correct). Although it was only a joke at that time, later people began marking OK on documents and using OK on the telegraph (电报) to say that all was well. Today, we use this expression every day. “How about 2 o’ clock? OK?” “OK.” “OK, then.” The word OK is easy to say and write, and clear enough to be understood. Besides, it offers neutrality (中性) that other words don’t have. If you say something is great, some people may say it isn’t. But with “OK” everyone generally agrees.

Are these any other words that can cross countries and cultures? “Huh” is another universal word. Researchers found that “huh” means surprise or disbelief in 10 different languages, Los Angeles Times reported. Sometimes, people need a word to express many meanings at once. For example, sometimes there is a problem of understanding, or you want to ask somebody for response(反应). Saying “huh” is short and easy to say and hear. Also, you don’t need to learn this word, just like you don’t need to learn to cry or laugh. “Huh” just comes out naturally.

Other widely used words include “mama”, which is considered to be the easiest word for babies to pronounce. Don’t forget “game over”. It is not only used by game fans but also a hot word to describe the end of an event in real life.

Did you know?

1. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. It’s a kind of lung (肺) disease.

2. The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in English language. It probably has 424 definitions.

3. The most common noun is “time”, the adjective is “good” and the verb is “be”. According to the dictionary.

回答以下问题：

1.Can we find the same words in a language?

2.When was OK introduced to the word first?

3.Which word means surprise and disbelief in 10 different language according to Los Angeles Times?

4.When is “game over” used according to this passage?

5.How many definitions does “set” have?

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Sep.30

I moved into the dormitory today－an ugly building and near a busy main road too.My room is small but quite pleasant.I must get some posters for the walls, though.I met a few fellow students at supper(the food was awful!)They all look much younger than me.They are, of course!

Oct.07

Lectures began last Monday.So far they haven't been very interesting(except for the man who lectures on drama.He's first class).Personally, I'd much rather go to the library and read, but I have to attend ten lectures a week.Those are the "rules"!Well, at least you meet people there.

Oct 12

I realiy don't like life in the dormitory at all.The food is bad and the students are

noisy.They stay up half the night and play games just outside my room.When on earth do they sleep?When do they work?Besides, I don't like my room.It's just like living in a box!It looks even smaller now, with the posters on the wall. I am wondering how long it will he before I can feel as comfortable as I did living in my high school dormitory.

Oct.26

I tried to explain some of my problems to my supervisor today.She listened－but that was about all."You have to go to lectures, you know, Ann, "she lold me.''And the dormitory is cheap and convenient.""Cheap and convenient"!Well.il isn't "cheap"if you can't eat the food and it isn't "convenient"if you can't sleep at night!

Oct.30

I can't believe it!Three other students－I met them at a lecture and they' re all about my own age－have invited me to share a flat with them.It's in an old house and it has its own kitchen, so we can cook for ourselves.And my room－righy at the top of the house－is fantastic!

Nov.10

I moved into my new room last Sunday.I feel really happy.Life is going to be so much more fun from now on!

1.Ann’s diary is main about ________.

A.food B.her dormitory life C.the lecture

2.Ann complained(抱怨) the students because ________.

A.they disturb her B.they did not work C.they did not sleep

3.In her new room, Ann was __________.

A.interested B.sorry C.excited

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Cervantes was born to poor parents. His future looked dark as he grew to see a life of sadness and poverty before him. He joined the army as a common soldier and was hurt so badly that he could not use his left arm.

He later failed to find a job and, on two occasions, was sent to prison. He continued to have brushes with the law and struggled just to survive.

But, despite these troubles of his life, he never let go of his dream - to write a book. He realized his dream and he wrote a book. In the book he told of a beautiful story which came from his heart’s deepest dreams. It is about a man who saw the world differently than everyone else. Though created in suffering, the book is an inspiring (鼓舞人的) story of hope. This man’s story has been put to music and film, translated into many languages and remains a literary classic after some 400 years. It has moved many people in the world. The author was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and the book is Don Quijote de la Mancha (《唐吉可德》). Perhaps Cervantes himself believed that “the world sees people as they are - I see them as they can be! Cervantes may never have written such a wonderful work if he had not seen some potential（潜能） within himself. He knew, and has taught others ever since, that great truth: What we see will come to be. Some see situations as they are, others as they can be.

Some see people as they are, others as they can be. And some see themselves as they are, others as they can be. But when we set our sights upon the best that is within a situation or a human being, what we see will come to be. And we’ll know the power of hope.

1.The author writes this passage to remind us that .

A.we should be brave to deal with troubles

B.nothing is hard if we put our heart into it

C.we all have great potential inside ourselves

2.What was the dream of Cervantes?

A.To be a writer.

B.To be a solider.

C.To be a banker.

3.Cervantes met the following troubles EXCEPT that________ .

A.he was sent to prison

B.his left arm got hurt

C.he was refused by the army

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Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day each year on February 14th. So do candy companies, jewelry stores and people selling flowers. Valentine’s Day is for lovers. It is a good day to ask your boyfriend or girlfriend to marry you. It is also a popular day for marriage. But other couples might celebrate with a dinner at a nice restaurant.

The holiday is named for Saint Valentine. He was an early Christian churchman who was said to have helped young lovers. Valentine was executed for his Christian beliefs on February 14th, more than one thousand seven hundred years ago. But the day is even older than that.

The ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers more than two thousand years ago. As part of the celebration, each girl wrote her name on a piece of paper and put it in a large box. Each boy reached into the box and pulled out the name of a girl. That girl became his girlfriend for a year.

Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper on Valentine’s Day. They send each other cards that express their love. Sometimes they send other gifts, too, like jewelry, flowers, candy, or all three!

It was reported that the average American spent about $134 for Valentine’s Day in 2014. That was up about three dollars from 2013. Men spent about twice as much on their partners as women did. And it is said the total spending for Valentine’s Day in the United States reached about $17.3 billion.

1.Valentine’s Day is named for Saint Valentine mainly because Valentine_____.

A.came up with the idea for Valentine’s Day

B.lost his life because of his Christian beliefs

C.once helped young lovers as a churchman

2.At the ceremony for lovers in ancient Rome, _______.

A.a boy got his girlfriend quite by luck

B.boys and girls exchanged cards to show love

C.a girl had the freedom to choose her boyfriend

3.Which of the following traditions on Valentine’s Day is kept alive from ancient days?

A.Writing lovers’ names on pieces of paper.

B.Sending gifts like candies, flowers and jewelry.

C.Asking your boyfriend or girlfriend to marry you.

4.When was the passage probably written?

A.After Valentine’s Day in 2013.

B.Before Valentine’s Day in 2013.

C.After Valentine’s Day in 2014.

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One day last summer, I was waiting for my ride to pick me up at the station. Suddenly I felt the desire to write _______. I opened my bag and found a pen, _______no paper. I sat there helplessly, _______with the sudden desire. Then I went through the bag a little more_______. It_______that I had a dollar bill in my wallet. After I looked at it for a moment, it became_______that there was very little writing surface on the bill. But I could_______write something.

So I took my pen and wrote something like this, “This is a very_______dollar -given to you with love. Do not keep it or_______it. Give it to someone else with love, and watch it________. I then________the bill with hearts, trying to make it________as many good wishes as I could.

Sitting near me was a woman who was also waiting for a________. She seemed a little________. I said to her, “Hi, this is for you. She got a________by my action. But after she took a second________at it, her mood________from worried to warm, and she gave me a big hug and accepted it.

I realized that________this was the reaction from just one stranger, then without doubt this________of warmth would continue on.

My ride came, and we drove off. But I thought this was not the________of the story and that this love wouldn’t stop.

1.A.anything B.nothing C.something

2.A.and B.but C.or

3.A.alone B.busy C.calm

4.A.fluently B.carefully C.sincerely

5.A.took off B.paid off C.turned out

6.A.doubtful B.clear C.uncertain

7.A.as usual B.at most C.at least

8.A.special B.practical C.powerful

9.A.spend B.pay C.take

10.A.cover B.spread C.build