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In the USA, the importance of a student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) cannot be underestimated (低估). This measure of a student’s academic performance is 1. important factor when he or she decides to apply to a university. It is, however, not the only 2.(consider). One of the most important factors universities look at is the student’s extracurricular (课外的) activities, which are 3. (simple) the work students do outside his or her academic studies.

One of the 4. (easy) ways to get involved in extracurricular activities is to join a campus club. There are many clubs 5. campus that might interest students. 6. (find) a list of the clubs your high school or college offers, you can go to the Student Union. Additionally, nearly every department has a club which is 7. (connect) with it . For example, the Psychology Department probably has a psychology club.

Community involvement is another good way to show university officials your extracurricular activities. There 8. (be) countless volunteer opportunities students can engage in, 9.     help both the community and the student. Working with the homeless or disabled people in the community     10. (look) good on a college application. The more a student is involved in extracurricular activities, the better.

    Grandma lived on Sugar Creek Mountain with a lake. I still remember the day when Grandpa _______ in the lake. My parents tried to talk Grandma into moving into town, but she wouldn’t _________. Today I was going to visit Grandma, and the excitement grew inside me _________ the thought of it. _________, it had been ten years since I had last seen Grandma. As I _________ the top of the mountain, I _________ see Grandma staring out the window of her house. Grandma _________ me with a big hug, saying she would give me a special surprise. _________ did Grandma know that I had a very special surprise for her as well.

When we baked cookies in the kitchen, Grandma told me how she used to bake _________ for Grandpa, which were his ____________. Listening to her talking about him was a ____________ experience. I could ____________ her love for him. After dark, Grandma handed me the special present. It was a quilt made out of my dresses that I had ____________ as a little girl. I would value it forever. When I asked Grandma ____________ special gift for Christmas she wanted, without ____________ thinking, she would like to see my Grandpa just one more time.

Just then, Grandma’s face ____________ up. ____________ slowly towards her, with an apple pie in his hand, was Grandpa! Tears of joy were ____________ down Grandma’s cheeks as she ____________ her arms around Grandpa.“We thought you had drowned” Grandma cried. “How can I ever thank you for bringing Grandpa home to me?” asked Grandma. I replied, “Seeing the ____________ and the love you have for each other is all the thanks I need.”

1.A.killed B.injured C.drowned D.shot

2.A.listen B.wait C.understand D.see

3.A.with B.in C.on D.at

4.A.Therefore B.However C.After all D.Above all

5.A.saw B.left C.arrived D.approached

6.A.could B.should C.would D.must

7.A.accepted B.greeted C.joked D.begged

8.A.Little B.Few C.Much D.many

9.A.it B.them C.one D.none

10.A.favour B.favourite C.reward D.supply

11.A.real B.deep C.false D.shallow

12.A.think of B.refer to C.feel D.admire

13.A.bought B.appreciated C.afforded D.worn

14.A.what B.whatever C.which D.whichever

15.A.even B.ever C.merely D.nearly

16.A.excited B.delighted C.burnt D.lit

17.A.Running B.Walking C.Climbing D.Leaving

18.A.flying B.slipping C.flowing D.floating

19.A.beat B.shook C.rose D.threw

20.A.sadness B.sympathy C.happiness D.embarrassment

Avoid Internet Addiction

1. Many people suffer from addition to the Internet and have a hard time paying attention to the important things around them．How can we prevent ourselves from going online too much？

Admit you have an addition．2. Realize more and more people in the world are becoming addicted．You are not the only one with ths problem．Do not be embarrassed； find others with the same problem and help each other beat it．

Limit your computer time．Make sure not to turn it on too many times a week．Befoe using your computer，decide on a time limit such as 30 minutes．Set the clock and make sure that you get off he computer when the time is up．3.

Try using the computer at the library．You won't be as attracted to look at certain websites and they do have a limit on how long you can stay online．4.．So you won't be as attracted to be on the Internet as at home．

5. Go for a run with a friend or get exercise some other way．Keep up with the local events in your neighborhood．There may be talks，films，concerts and sports events etc．Find some，as long as it is not on the Internet，and get involved．

A．You will be happier if you use the Internet less．

B．There is no use avoiding the truth．

C．Also，it is a good place to get some good books and magazines to read．

D．Get a hobby or an interest．

E．Internet addition affects a lot of people．

F．Get your family to remind you if you've been on a long time．

G．Try to reduce the amount of time by 5minutes each time．

    Fruit farmers in Okayama, Japan, have managed to make peeling (去皮) a banana optional by developing a special variety with eatable skin. The peel of their “Mongee bananas” isn’t particularly tasty, but it’s much thinner and far less bitter than that of regular bananas, making it 100% eatable.

Scientists at D&T Farm in the country’s Okayama Prefecture released the social media-ready news following months of experimenting with a freezing-and-thawing (解冻) method, which keeps the banana tree at extremely cold temperatures followed by a dramatic heat increase. The result is soft and thin skin that hasn’t fully developed. They froze young banana trees to -60 degrees Celsius, planting them again as they began to thaw. This apparently activated an ancient part of their DNA, which not only allows the plant to grow in Japan’s cool climate, but also speeds up its development. While tropical varieties of bananas require two years to grow large enough for consumption (消费), the Mongee banana needs just four months.

The first bunch of Mongee bananas hit department stores’ shelves in the November of last year, but getting your hand on one of these incredible fruits remains a huge challenge. D&T Farm only produces 10 bananas per week, and they only deliver them to the Fruit Corner of Tenmanya Okayama, a local department store. But even if you happen to find one available, you’d probably be a bit put off by the price – 648 yen ($5.70) per fruit.

Banana peel is an excellent ingredient that can contain vitamin B6 and magnesium related to the production of serotonin (血清素). At the same time, it has a positive effect on both brain and sleep. Research results that ripe fruit peels have a good effect on treating prostatic hypertrophy (前列腺肥大) have also been published.

John Guterman, a botanist, says, “And what about shipping? For most of the fruit’s history, the peel has provided protection, allowing it to travel long distances. A softer, more bruise-prone banana would be a step back from hardy banana varieties that travel thousands of miles. In this sense, the day we all stop peeling bananas and instead bite straight through their skin may still be a long way away.

1.Compared with regular bananas, Mongee bananas ________.

A.are far easier to peel B.have much sweeter flesh

C.are much more thin-skinned D.have a longer growth period

2.Why is it hard to buy a Mongee banana now?

A.It isn’t affordable at all. B.It hasn’t come into the market yet.

C.It is made for certain people. D.Its production ability is still limited.

3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.The medical value of banana peel.

B.The nutrition (营养) of banana peel.

C.The way of making banana peel sweeter.

D.The studies about how to make banana peel eatable.

4.What does John think of the Mongee banana?

A.It should not be widely grown.

B.It won’t be spread widely soon.

C.It indicates the future of fruits with skin.

D.It has no advantage over regular bananas.

    In Britain, business leaders are becoming increasingly concerned that growing numbers of new employees are unable to divide a real pie into eight equal slices.

There are so many examples of the shortage of basic literacy and numeration (读写和计算) skills among many school and university leavers.

A report from the Confederation of British Industry says the problem is so bad that one in three employers has to send staff for training to learn the English and maths they did not learn at school.

“Employers’ views on numeration and literacy are clear — people must read and write fluently and must be able to carry out basic mental arithmetic (算术).” Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI, said.

The CBI report, Working on the Three R’s, which was sponsored by the Department for Education, found that poor literacy was a problem in all fields, while poor numeration was of particular concern in the manufacturing and construction field.

One company manager complained of a “total lack of knowledge of timetables” among staff, which meant many were unable to carry out simple calculations.

A personnel manager for a construction firm said that many applicants were unable to construct a sentence and that grammar, and their handwriting and spelling were often “awful”. He also mentioned the case of an employee who became very expert at hiding his lack of literacy by getting his wife to write his reports for him. The problems are not limited to school leavers, but extend to higher levels of the education system, the CBI said.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A.How to Divide a Pie into Eight Parts

B.How to Grasp Basic Literacy and Numeration Skills

C.British School Leavers Lack Basic Literacy and Numeration Skills

D.Train School Leavers to Learn English and Maths

2.According to the last paragraph, we can know that ________.

A.literacy problems go beyond the education system.

B.an employee asked his mother to write reports for him

C.the schools were to blame for the lack of literacy skills

D.the applicants were poor students in school

3.The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.

A.offer ways to improve the school leavers’ basic skill

B.criticize the existing education system

C.present some information about school leavers

D.make comments on employment

    Like many, I felt pressure from my parents and teachers to go to university and study something academic. With top grades I received at the end of high school, I was almost able to enter any course of my pick. Yet the thought of spending the next few years facing the four walls of a classroom caused a lump (肿块) in my throat.

After a year majoring in photography at university, which was not just what I expected, I made the decision to take a break and go on a gap year. In fact, I gained more knowledge in the real world in four months than I did from my entire schooling, but most importantly, I learnt so much about myself.

One day, my posted photos were noticed by Topdeck Travel, and they asked if they could use some of my travel pictures for their posters. This really was the beginning of my career. I began developing my relationship with Topdeck Travel, and before long, I got my first pay travel overseas to take photographs.

Soon I reached the point where I had to make a decision— either to play it safe, go back to university and settle down like everyone else, or to follow my heart and go my own way— a path with an uncertain future. I chose the latter, and it was the scariest and best decision I have ever made.

Five years after leaving school, I might not have a university degree, a well-paid job, a husband or a house with a white fence. Instead, I’m sitting at my office, with a cafe by a beach at Goa, India. As I stare past my laptop screen at the sun setting beyond the waves, a salty breeze touches my face.

To me, success is about pursuing my dreams and creating my own path instead of trying to follow someone else’s. Somehow, I feel like my life is exactly where it is meant to be.

1.What did the author think of going to university?

A.She took it seriously. B.She showed little interest.

C.She looked forward to it. D.She thought it was a must.

2.What benefit did the author gain from her gap year?

A.The knowledge about the real world.

B.Her paid overseas travel experience.

C.Realizing what she really wanted in her life.

D.Knowing what really mattered at university.

3.What can we infer about the author from the passage?

A.She regrets not going back to university.

B.She gets less knowledge in the real world.

C.She feels quite satisfied with her present life.

D.She misses the days working for Topdeck Travel.

假如你是李华，是校学生会主席,学校打算举办“中华好诗词"(Chinese Classic poet)古典 诗歌诵读比赛。你的外教Darren对中国古典诗歌很感兴趣，请你用英语写一封电子邮件邀请 他来参加此次活动,了解中国古典诗歌。内容包括：

1. 活动举办的意义；

2. 活动内容；

3.时间和地点。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Darren,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

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。

When I was in high school, there was the time when I fail to recognize the importance of learning. I even thought useless to study at school. So my English teacher Lester made me to change my mind. He provided a new view of learning for us and tried hardly to pull us out of our comfort zone. He opened our eyes to a world big than before. And we realized that learn school could be more than just knowledge from textbooks and endless homeworks.  I want to express my sincere thanks to him, without who I can't I be a strong-willed person.

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Kofi Atta Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and the winner of Nobel Peace Prize died 1. the age of 80. Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the 2.(seven) UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to 2006, and was the first 3. (rise) from within the ranks of the United Nations staff. Annan 4.( award) the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the United Nations in 2001 for their work for a better organized and more easeful world.

Annan was the chief architect of 5. became known as the Millennium Development Goals, and played a central role in 6.( create) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the UN' s first counter-terrorism strategy.

Annan kept connections to many international 7.( organize). He was president of the University of Ghana, a fellow at New York 's Columbia University, and the professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Former President George W. Bush released 8. statement saying, " Laura and I send our sympathies to Nane and the Annan family on the passing of Kofi Annan. He was a gentle man and a 9. (tire) leader of the United Nations. 10. (he) voice of experience will be missed around the world."

    Christie Watson was only 17 years old when she walked into the room of a patient. Now, as a ______ , her 20 years in the sickroom has taught Watson that though knowledge of biology and chemistry is _______, the art of good nursing ______ pure kindness.

Watson never forgets two nurses. One nurse  _________tiny spoonfuls of yoghurt to Watson when she was ______ to hospital for an allergic reaction as a child. The other nurse sang Watson's newborn son to __ at 2 am, and then came back after her ______ had ended ——with a cup of coffee. That is ______ Watson spends the greater part of her career nursing seriously ill children.

Watson described washing the ______ smell from the hair of a little girl who was hurt in a fire, and her ________ to deal with mentally ill patients in her book. "A nurse's bones become ________with every serious case she _________ and there are too many,” writes Watson.

However, her hands always shake ______ she opens the doors to the operating room, which is a( n) _______ of the random nature of life to her. We can not know whose brake will _________ , and whose roof will fall down. We can't _______ and control them. But her kindness gives _________     to the patients and reduces their pain. Because of it, they can find joy in the most __ places where they have to stay. The ______ of a six-year-old girl with a serious disease __ to be the most high-spirited sound in the room.

1.A.doctor B.nurse C.patient D.baby-sitter

2.A.,professional B.complex C.vital D.abundant

3.A.adapts to B.results in C.responds to D.lies in

4.A.fed B.donated C.supplied D.bought

5.A.abandoned B.separated C.sent D.rejected

6.A.calm B.smiles C.tears D.sleep

7.A.appointment B.shift C.attendance D.operation

8.A.what B.how C.why D.because

9.A.smoky B.sour C.sweet D.damp

10.A.decision B.struggle C.intention D.reaction

11.A.harder B.softer C.healthier D.straighter

12.A.researches B.settles C.discovers D.witnesses

13.A.after B.unless C.as D.although

14.A.evidence B.reminder C.impression D.warning

15.A.fail B.fix C.stop D.function

16.A.realize B.predict C.understand D.challenge

17.A.treatment B.satisfaction C.comfort D.respect

18.A.unfriendly B.unfair C.unforgettable D.unlikely

19.A.laughter B.breath C.sob D.shout

20.A.figures out B.makes out C.brings out D.turns out

Tips for Writing a Great Speech

How to write a strong speech? There are a lot of different ways to answer that question. 1.

Read your speech out loud.

Unlike almost all other forms of writing, speech-writing is designed for listeners. So, when reviewing your text, read it to yourself and pay attention to how the words sound and feel. 2. If your phrases make you stumble （结巴）,they are guaranteed to make your boss stumble as well. Just remember that good writing is not necessarily good speech-writing.

Simple phrases are your friends.

Keep your sentences short and sweet. Compound phrases with multiple clauses may look great on paper, but are likely to confuse your audience and decrease the effectiveness of your speech. Limit yourself to one or two ideas per sentence. 3.

Do your research.

Before beginning a speech, make sure to familiarize yourself with the subject. 4. The creative aspects of speech-writing are only effective when backed by a strong foundation of knowledge by the speaker. The audience must trust your words in order for their meaning to sink in. If you' re well-prepared, it will show.

5.

Your listeners should be a strong determining factor of the content, tone and style of your speech. Before drafting remarks, think about who you' re speaking to, the place you' re speaking at and the timing of your speech. There's a time and a place for every type of remarks. It's your job to figure out when and where you are.

A. Know your audience.

B. Show respect to your listeners.

C. Express them as clearly and powerfully as possible.

D. Thus, you can write about it with confidence and authority.

E. Do they slip off the tongue or are they clumsy and awkward?

F. Different writers are most likely to adopt diverse approaches to speech-writing.

G. Here are rules that all writers should follow in order to write a winning speech.

    When a friend comes to you after a stressful day, how do you comfort them? Do you let them complain? Do you pour them a glass of wine? Those could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy — hugging.

Michael Murphy is a psychology expert at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He wanted to know if people who received hugs regularly could handle stress and conflict belief. " Individuals who report perceiving the availability of a network of supportive individuals lead to show better adaptation when faced with stress. But your just having a support network does not mean that you definitely feel that support, he said. "So some researchers have argued that many of the behaviors we use to support others who are stressed might actually be counterproductive, because  behaviors might unintentionally communicate to others that they're not able to manage stress."  he added.

Murphy and his team interviewed 404 men and women every evening for two weeks. During these interviews, the participants were asked a simple yes — or — no question — whether somebody had hugged them that day — and a simple yes or no question of whether they had experienced conflict or tension with somebody that day.

They also were asked questions about their social interactions — how many social，interactions they had that day and responded to questions about negative and positive mood states . And the researchers found that individuals who experienced a conflict were not as negatively affected if they received a hug that day as were participants who experienced conflict and didn't get a hug. Murphy and his team also saw that people who received a hug didn't carry the negative effect to the next day, while those who did not receive a hug would. The findings are in the journal PLOS ONE.

Murphy does include this warning: "So our findings should not be taken as evidence that people should just start hugging anyone and everyone who seems distressed. A hug from one boss at work or a stranger on the street could be viewed as neither agreeable nor positive. " The idea is to relieve stress. Not add to it.

1.What does the first paragraph serve as?

A.A lead-in B.A background

C.An argument D.A summary.

2.Why did the researchers interview those people?

A.To test the influence of hugging.

B.To find out causes of their conflicts.

C.To ask for advice on relieving stress.

D.To seek ways to comfort troubled people.

3.What do Murphy's words warn in the end?

A.The interview results prove their findings.

B.A boss should comfort workers by hugging.

C.There are some limitations of their findings.

D.People should hug others regularly and actively.

4.Which can be the best title for the text?

A.Everyone Needs Hugs B.A Hug Could Do Anything

C.How to Comfort Your Friends D.Hugs Seem to Reduce Stress

    Chinese social media apps have struggled to win over users beyond their home. TikTok is changing that. In the space of just two years, the app has attracted more than half a billion users — around 40% of them outside China --who share short videos of themselves singing, cooking, dancing or just being silly.

Created by the Beijing-based Internet technology company Byte Dance, TikTok has gained an international edge over China's influential social media platforms, such as Tencent's WeChat, Sina Weibo (WB) and Youku of Alibaba (BABA).

What makes Byte Dance better is its right direction and achievement in the social media category, which is largely controlled by Facebook ( FB) , Twitter and Snap 一 all Western companies, said Randy Nelson , head of Mobile Insights at analytics firm Sensor Tower. Social video apps reached new levels of popularity this year. Three of them are in the top 10 most downloaded apps worldwide, according to Sensor Tower. Byte Dance owns two of the three: Vigo Video and TikTok. The other is Instagram, which belongs to Facebook.

Byte Dance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning   and algorithms to figure out what people like and give them more of what they want to see. the company is best known in China for the popular news app Toutiao, which was put into use in 2012. People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly. Toutiao now has more than 240 million monthly active users that spend on average 74 minutes per day on the platform.

Byte Dance' s success is attracting big investors. It's reportedly in talks with technology kingmaker SoftBank ( SFTBY) about an investment that would value it at around $75 billion, a huge jump from the $ 20 billion valuation it secured last year. That would make Byte Dance one of the world’s most valuable companies alongside Uber.

1.What can be learnt about TikTok?

A.It has appealed to many foreign users.

B.It's the most popular Chinese app abroad.

C.It's the most successful app of Byte Dance.

D.It allows users to share whatever they like on it.

2.What sets Byte Dance apart from other Internet technology companies overseas?

A.Support from its investors. B.Success in social video apps.

C.Greater diversity in contents. D.AI technology applied to apps.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined words "got hooked on” in Paragraph 4?

A.were tired of B.were trapped in.

C.were familiar with D.were attracted by

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Tik Tok has beaten other social media apps.

B.China's social media apps are successful globally.

C.Social video apps win popularity around the world.

D.Byte Dance is taking the social media world by storm.

    A native of Florida, U. S. , Hannah Herbst, 17, uses water power to deal with energy poverty. Herbst has risen to fame with the development of BEACON, an ocean energy probe that seeks to offer a stable power source to developing countries by using untapped energy from ocean currents.

She told Teen Vogue , " I was really involved in theater and athletics and I'm still really into those things. When I was in the seventh grade, I was put into a summer camp. The minute I got there I realized that I was the only girl in the program. I wanted to quit at that moment. But my dad told me, ' Just try it. '  I tried it for that day and it changed my life. ”

“At the camp, we started building the robots, which is something I had never done before but many of the boys had, and I realized it was a platform for problem-solving. We were solving simple tasks like how to push a robot off a platform. Learning from my partners as well as online articles about how to program and build was really interesting to me," said Herbst.

Later that year, she received a letter from her pen pal, Ruth, who lives in Ethiopia, and learned that she was living in energy poverty with minimal access to electricity and medical supplies. " I knew that I wanted to do something to help, so I created BEACON, she said.

The device is made from 90% recycled materials easily found throughout the world, including 2-liter bottles and recycled spoons. It costs $ 12 to make and can produce enough electricity to power an LED light. Hannah imagines BEACON being used in developing countries to power pumps for fresh water and she is working on polishing it to get it available to people all over the world.

1.What advice does Herbst most likely give to teens by her camp experience?

A.Quilting to gain more.

B.Giving something a go.

C.Developing various interests.

D.Avoiding favorable conditions

2.What kind of summer camp did Herbst join in the seventh grade?

A.Athletic. B.Literature.

C.Theater. D.Engineering.

3.Which words can best describe Hannah Herbst?

A.Energetic and kind. B.Helpful and creative.

C.Generous and modest. D.Careful and adventurous.

4.What can we know about BEACON?

A.It is a powerful LED light.

B.It's made without any cost.

C.Its materials are accessible.

D.It has been put on the market.

    The Secure Child

By Stanley Greenspan, M. D.

Publisher: Da Capo Press & Reprint Press

Print list price: £5.99

Kindle price: £ 2.99, save £3.00

In this book, Dr. Stanley Greenspan offers a set of guiding principles to help parents of children —from preschoolers to teenagers — so that they feel secure in their homes, their schools, and in the society at large.

Building Healthy Minds

By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Lewis

Publisher： Da Capo Press

Print list price： £ 7.99

Kindle price： £ 4. 49, save £ 3.50

The book applies Dr. Greenspan' s developmental theories to a child' s everyday life 一 with practical, delightful observations and advice. Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan did much research on the building blocks of such qualities, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin.

The Learning Tree

By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

Publisher： Da Capo Press

Print list price： £ 11.99

Kindle price: £ 7. 99, save £ 4.00

Using the metaphor（隐喻）of a tree, Dr. Stanley Greenspan explains that the roots represent how children take in the world through what they hear, see, smell, and touch. The trunk represents thinking skills through which children grow both academically and socially. The branches represent children's basic abilities to read, write, do math, and organize their work.

The Challenging Child

By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Jacqueline Salmon

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Print list price： £ 5.99

Kindle price： £ 4.24, save £ 1.75

Most children fall into five basic types that come from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant （反叛的）child, the inattentive child, and the aggressive child. Stanley Greenspan, M. D. is the first to show parents how to match their parenting to the challenges of their particular child.

1.Which book saves most on its Kindle edition?

A.The Secure Child B.Building Healthy Minds

C.The Learning Tree D.The Challenging Child

2.What common theme do the four books carry?

A.The types of children. B.Children's learning abilities.

C.Advice on educating children. D.Children's moral development.

3.What can we know about Stanley Greenspan?

A.He wrote the four books on his own.

B.He’s the first to study children's types.

C.He has been working hard in Da Capo Press’

D.He based Building Healthy Minds on his study.

假如你是李华,你校英语协会招聘志愿者，接待来访的英国中学生。请你写信应聘，内容包括：

1. 自我介绍；

2. 个人优势；

3. 相关经验；

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam，

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

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（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

删除：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

Recently, the senior three students in our school have had a discussion on if to go to a nearby university or not. Seventy percents of them prefer universities in their local city, believed it will be convenient for them and their parents to take care of each other. We can go back home much easily. However, the other students chose universities far away from home so that they can be more independence. They can also make a few of new friends and see more of the world. Personal, I favor an university outside our province, which can offer us more living and working experience in society.

阅读下面句子,在空白处填入括号内对应单词或单词的正确形式。

1.Before he died he ________ (消耗) a large quantity of alcohol.

2.I hope the plan will meet with your ________ (认可).

3.Foreign ________ (交换) students get the chance to learn more about a culture and its people.

4.This advertisement is a ________(典型的) example of their marketing strategy.

5.I _______ (绝对地) believe in miracles, and believe that they are all around us, every day.

6.The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me ________(惹恼) and I just ignore them.

7.With nobody ________(陪伴) her during the festival, the old lady felt lonely.

8.He is practising every day, in ________(准备) for the ice-skating championship.

9.The truck was found ________(抛弃) by the side of a rural road late the next day.

10.Alexandretta had been ________(占据) by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.

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

China has once again showed its ability to change the world with its "four great new 1. (invent)"---high-speed rail, electronic payment, shared bicycle, and online shopping.

China's new-generation high-speed train, the Fuxing Hao, is now one of the 2. (fast) trains in the world, which can travel at a speed of 350 km/h. Apart 3. high-speed rail, the other three 4. (improve) people's lives over the last decade. Bike sharing, for example, has made 5. much more convenient for people to get around in daily life. When riding a shared bike, you can stop 6. (buy) and eat whatever you want 7.(simple) with a tap on your phone. What's more, cashless payment has grown into a 8.(choose) for Chinese people. Bio-payments are gradually replacing passwords to become the primary means of payment in future. As high as 60.3 percent of payments made via Alibaba's T-mall and Taobao were accomplished by users' scanning their fingerprints or faces instead of entering passwords.

The four innovative ways of life are most 9.(appeal) to numerous foreign people, most of 10.wish their countries would achieve great progress like China in terms of technological achievements.

    When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't _______what it was about, but I have never forgotten the ______ I learned that day.

I was _______ that I was right and he was wrong but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our _______ decided to teach us a very important lesson and _______ a good idea. She ________ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on ________. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could ________ see that it was black. She asked the boy what ________ the object was. "White," he answered in a ________ voice. I couldn't believe he said the object was white, ________ it was obviously black! Another ________ started between my classmate and me, this _______ about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed ________, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I ________ answer, "White." It was then ________ I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two _________ colored sides, and from his side it was white, ________ from my side was the color black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ________ yourself in the other person's shoes and look at the ________ through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

1.A.think B.remember C.forget D.determine

2.A.class B.speech C.text D.lesson

3.A.sure B.glad C.afraid D.upset

4.A.doctor B.parent C.partner D.teacher

5.A.kept up with B.went on with C.came up with D.got along with

6.A.woke B.brought C.advised D.came

7.A.the other B.other C.another D.others

8.A.clearly B.happily C.luckily D.nearly

9.A.height B.colour C.size D.shape

10.A.sweet B.loud C.fearful D.grateful

11.A.for B.unless C.if D.although

12.A.match B.fight C.argument D.conversation

13.A.day B.time C.chance D.month

14.A.desks B.seats C.attitudes D.places

15.A.hoped to B.needed to C.had to D.was able to

16.A.when B.before C.that D.since

17.A.loosely B.frequently C.differently D.surprisingly

18.A.or B.and C.but D.so

19.A.sit B.live C.lie D.put

20.A.performance B.movement C.effort D.situation

Ways to Improve Your Memory

The human mind is a remarkable thing. In many ways we could consider it the original super computer, capable of astonishing feats (功绩) when it's working well. Some of the secrets of getting the most out of our minds are quite simple to carry out once we are aware of them. 1.Check out these ways to improve your memory, and you may never find yourself wondering where you left your car keys again!

Cut Stress.2. This means when anyone with these things is running wild in your life, your memory will suffer, sometimes greatly. Some methods that have worked again and again: meditation, yoga or even spending relaxing time with a pet. 3.

Get the Blood Flowing. Exercise isn't only great for your body, but it's equally good for your long and short term memory. 4.Then what you thought was a bad memory will likely be replaced by a more youthful mind that is less forgetful. So running, swimming, riding the bike or clocking in on the rowing machine are all good choices here.

5.This is a trick used by all of the world's top memory contest winners, so you know that if we accept it we should take it very seriously! Instead of thinking of words and numbers when we try to remember something, make an effort to think in visual terms. By associating what we would like to remember with images, we are much more likely to remember what we wish to without struggling. It's a law of how our minds work that can be easily used to improve our memories in seconds. Get in the habit of drawing pictures in your mind and a memory contest may be in your near future too!

A. Image Association.

B. Eat More Fish and Legumes.

C. Give these a try and see what you think.

D. Have you ever wished your memory was more sharp?

E. Get moving, and keep your blood flowing in a healthy manner consistently.

F. In fact, not sleeping well one night can take up to three good night's sleep to recover from.

G.Depression, stress and anxiety all tax the same area of your brain that is responsible for memory.

Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.

In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, king of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.

Though the belief in the merit(优点) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?

Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.

1.The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because         .

A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment

B. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in

C. they considered bathing as cause of skin disease

D. They believed disease could be spread in public baths

2.Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?

A. Curious    B. Afraid    C. Approving    D. Uninterested

3.How does the passage mainly develop?

A. By following the order of time.    B. By making comparison.

C. By providing examples    D. By following the order of importance.

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

A. To call attention to the danger of dirt.

B. To introduce the history of dirt.

C. To present the change of views on dirt.

D. To stress the role of dirt.

    Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air, especially when it reaches critical pollution levels, but one local entrepreneur decided that canning(灌装) and selling this poor quality air as a souvenir would be a great idea. Believe it or not, he was right.

After seeing a number of companies achieve commercial success by canning fresh air from countries like France, Canada or Australia and selling it in China, Dominic Johnson-Hill, a British-born citizen of Beijing and owner of the Plastered 8 souvenir shop, decided to turn the idea on its head and sell canned Beijing air throughout China and abroad.

"I'd seen people going crazy to buy canned air from Canada and Australia, so I thought it was time to push business the other way," the entrepreneur said. "They' re perfect gifts! What else are you going to take home when you go home from Beijing? A roast duck? A Plastered T-shirt? These cans are light, portable, you can just imagine someone' s face when they unwrap (打开) it for Christmas."

The few mouth-fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a bitter description of the contents: "a unique mix of nitrogen, oxygen and some other stuff". The ironic (讽刺的) souvenirs cost 28 RMB (US $4) and are available at the Plastered 8 shop, as well as on its online shop. But if you're actually considering buying some, you'd better ask shop in advance, as they are virtually flying off the shelves. Johnson-Hill said that his shop is selling hundreds of Beijing air cans every day.

Personally, the well-sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions. Yet one thing that’ s not particularly clear is whether the air is really collected from Beijing, as the cans are labeled as "Made in Shenzhen". There's a big chance that' s just a kind of Plastered 8 humor, as they also list "Choking Hazard" and "May have unidentified objects inside." as warnings.

Anyway, it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.

1.What contributes to Dominic’s idea of canning and selling the poor quality air?

A.Try to get used to it. B.Sell it all over the world.

C.Can it as a souvenir. D.Try to push business the other way.

2.How may one feel when receiving canned Beijing air for Christmas?

A.Satisfied. B.Surprised.

C.Frightened. D.Refreshed.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "stuff" in Paragraph 4？

A.liquids B.objects

C.minerals D.risks

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.There are unidentified objects in the canned Beijing air.

B.The Plastered 8 souvenir shop is famous for its humour.

C.People should make efforts to protect the environment.

D.Dominic Johnson-Hill likes the poor quality air in Beijing.

    Mary Krupa became friends with the grey squirrels during her first week at Penn State, after spotting them running around and idly wondering what they would look like with tiny hats on their heads. Today, everyone at the university knows her as the "Squirrel Girl".

Mary started bringing them food, and gradually they began to trust her. She managed to put a hat on a squirrel and take a picture. Thinking that her colleagues could do with something to lift their spirits, she started posting similar photos on Facebook. The response was greatly positive, and before long Mary and her squirrels became an Internet sensation.

Growing up in a neighborhood outside of State College, Mary was always fond of birds and animals around her home, but she didn't interact with people very much. She was later diagnosed (诊断) with Asperger's syndrome, but the squirrels changed that. "The squirrels help me break the ice, because I'll be sitting here patting a squirrel and other people will come over and well just start like feeding the squirrels together and chatting about them," she said, "I am a lot more outgoing."

And in case you're wondering how Mary is able to get the squirrels to do what she wants for her photos, it has a lot to do with food. For example, whenever she wants them to hold or play with something, she puts peanut butter on the prop (道具), and they'll grab it. But getting to that part took a while. In the beginning, she would throw peanuts up the trees on campus and invite the squirrels to come down and get them, but they hesitated to approach her. She had the patience to earn their trust, though.

This year, Mary is graduating with a degree in English and wildlife sciences. She wants to be a science writer and educate people on how to preserve the environment. As for her furry friends, Mary plans to stay in the area and visit them as often as she can.

1.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.The reason why Mary likes animals.

B.The reason why Mary was ill in the past.

C.The reason why people come to chat with her.

D.The big change squirrels bring to Mary.

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Mary is known as the "Squirrel Girl" in the community.

B.Mary was more fond of squirrels than any other animals.

C.Mary and squirrels received great attention on the internet.

D.Mary wishes to educate people on how to protect the animals.

3.How did Mary manage to take photos of squirrels wearing hats?

A.By putting them in cages.

B.By playing music to them.

C.By attracting them with colorful food.

D.By building a close relationship with them.

4.Which words can best describe Mary?

A.Patient and caring. B.Confident and strong.

C.Sociable and healthy. D.Traditional and hard-working.

    Technology makes listening to holiday music easier than ever. There are endless sources to help you find your favorite Christmas tunes and many other songs. People have explored how to listen to holiday music with high-tech devices.

Apple Music

This is the first year you can use Apple Music to listen to holiday songs. Apple Music has more than 30 million songs and is available in over 100 countries.

Tell voice assistant Siri to "play holiday music" to open the music program on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. Apple Music app is available in the Google Play store, but not with a voice assistant.

For the first three months, you can use it for free. After that, users have to pay a subscription fee.

Google Play Music

Google Play Music is also in the holiday spirit. Go to the Google Play Music Holiday page and search for "holiday music."

Google Play Music is available for free if you don't mind the advertisements. If you do, buy a paid subscription to avoid them. Google Play Music offers more than 30 million songs from 58 countries.

Tune In Radio

Listen to radio stations with Tune In Radio. This is an online service and offers stations from all seven continents in the world, including Antarctica. Tune In Radio is available on your computer and is free to online users. In the United States, Britain and Canada, a paid subscription gives you more stations without advertisements.

1.What can we learn about Apple Music?

A.It is a new tool to listen to holiday music.

B.It is popular in over 100 countries.

C.It can only be used for three months.

D.It can only be used after the subscription .

2.According to the passage, Google Play Music _________.

A.is favored by young people B.can always be used for free

C.has the largest number of songs D.doesn't allow any advertisement

3.We can learn that Tune In Radio _________.

A.have over 30 million songs B.is available on our mobile device

C.offers stations from around the world D.is expensive in America and Canada

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter想提高中文水平，进一步了解中国文化。请给他写一封信，推荐学习资源(resource)。内容包括：

1．学习资源：报纸、杂志及其他途径；

2．推荐理由；

3．表达祝愿。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter，

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

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（  ），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。

Life is full of variously experiences, some of them are unforgettable. I still remember the hiking experiences with my classmates for 16 kilometers a year later. That summer day, we set off early in the morning, think it would be a great fun to walk for so long a distance. However, with the weather getting hotter and hotter, I found their legs heavier and heavier. Worse still, my feet began bleeding because being pressed against the shoes a long time. At one point, I even wanted to give up. But I manage to drag the rest of the way to the destination. Though not pleasant, this journey was impressive or rewarding. I have learned that life is a long journey like this. No matter what happens, we should never give up.

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。

China has once again showed its ability to change the world with its “four great new 1.(invent)” —high-speed rail, electronic payment, shared bicycles, and online shopping.

China’s new-generation high-speed train, the Fuxing Hao, 2. can travel at a speed of 350 km/h, is now one of the 3.(fast) trains in the world. Besides high-speed rail, China 4.(improve) people’s lives in many other innovative(创新的) ways over the last ten years.

Bike sharing, for example, is not new itself. But China has made 5. much more convenient and popular both in China and overseas. The leading Chinese bike-sharing companies Mobike and Ofo are now operating in foreign countries such as Singapore and Britain.

And back in China, when riding a shared bike, you can stop 6.(buy) and eat whatever you want 7.(simple) with a tap on your phone. You could easily pay with your smartphone by 8.(scan) the seller’s QR code. Cashless payment has grown into 9. choice for Chinese people—even a pancake seller is using Alipay.

Besides, the four innovative ways of life are most appealing to youths from 20 countries taking part 10. the Belt and Road Initiative, and they wish their countries would emulate(效仿) China in terms of technological achievements.

    “Get well soon!” Martha said, handing Jason a purple balloon. She was his third ______ since he was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer. That’s ______ she was his teacher’s daughter, and her mother made her come. The other two, John and Eric, weren’t his friends, ______.

Jason knew he wouldn’t have long to live. He could ______ it deep inside. Seeing his grandmother crying and talking with the doctor ______ it. His time had come. He didn’t ______ his visitors, though.

Once Martha left, he ______ a page off his notebook and wrote: “Dear God, I know I’m messed up and ______ likes me. Please give me a second ______. I can show you what a good friend I can be.” He ______ a map showing the way from the church to the hospital, walked shakily to the window, and let the balloon fly away, carrying his ______ towards skyward. The balloon was ______ to a telephone pole, but a gentle ______ blew it away just in time. Soon it disappeared out of ______.

The next day, a girl he had ______ met before, wearing a long, brown robe, came to visit him. “I found the balloon by accident,” she said, “You are ______ ?” He just nodded his head, too ______ to talk. “I, too. My family come from Afghanistan and I no speak English good.” She smiled, “I bring present to you.” and handed him a box of ______. “I pray for friends, and God give me friends.”

Normally he would have made fun of her strange clothes and her ______ English. But he didn’t this time. He ______ and offered her the first chocolate.

1.A.doctor B.visitor C.nurse D.friend

2.A.why B.what C.how D.because

3.A.too B.neither C.either D.still

4.A.diagnose B.touch C.see D.feel

5.A.proved B.informed C.decided D.included

6.A.understand B.disturb C.tell D.stop

7.A.tore B.wore C.stuck D.threw

8.A.somebody B.nobody C.everybody D.anybody

9.A.adventure B.experience C.chance D.choice

10.A.copied B.made C.painted D.drew

11.A.message B.news C.notice D.notebook

12.A.facing B.heading C.backing D.waving

13.A.cloud B.sunlight C.snow D.wind

14.A.look B.scene C.sight D.glance

15.A.always B.seldom C.never D.often

16.A.lonely B.lovely C.lively D.unlucky

17.A.worried B.surprised C.frightened D.delighted

18.A.balloons B.books C.chocolates D.cakes

19.A.rude B.fluent C.written D.broken

20.A.relaxed B.wandered C.left D.smiled

    Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.

1) Plan your time carefully. 1.. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize everything that is happening to your time.

2) Find a good place to study. 2.. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

3) Make good use of your time in class. 3.. Really listening in class means that you don’t have to work too much later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

4) Study regularly. 4.. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, reading that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

5) 5.. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember what you have just learned in class. The world won’t end if you don't pass a test, so don't be overly worried.

There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

A．Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say.

B．Look around the house for a good study area.

C．When you get home from school, go over your notes.

D．Work hard at your subjects

E．When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do.

F．learn from other students when you meet some problems.

G．Develop a good attitude about tests.