Community Service

Join Community Service camp and volunteers will receive 60 hours of community service credit this summer. Decide which community service program is right for you and try to have a lasting influence on other people's lives. Through their work with various non-profit volunteer organizations,

our teen community service volunteers will experience the joy of helping others while having the adventure of a lifetime.

River Preserve

River Preserve is a non-competitive summer camp getting children close to nature, which inspires campers to have a greater understanding of themselves, their environment and their fellow man.

Summer Leadership Camp

Each August, young men from across the country come to Military Academy Summer Leadership Camp to train, compete and learn. The summer camp experience is a rewarding opportunity for young people to learn leadership skills.

English Language Camp

In the camp, teens will build their confidence while also acquiring the basic skills of conversation, vocabulary and grammar. Our class sizes are small, allowing every child to receive the required personal attention from our fully qualified and professional teachers who all have a wealth of experience in coaching children from all over the world.

1.Which camp should a child choose if he likes nature?

A.Community Service. B.Leadership Camp.

C.River Preserve. D.English Language Camp.

2.Military Academy Summer Leadership Camp mainly designed for　　.

A.those who want to be trained to be soldiers.

B.young people who want to develop leadership skills.

C.young people who want to compete with others.

D.those who are not good at expressing themselves.

3.Join Community Service, children can learn to be 　　.

A.competitive B.brave and strong

C.confident D.loving and caring

4.The passage is mainly about　　.

A.summer camps B.nature protection

C.volunteer service D.language and skills learning

假设你是李华，你的外籍同学John在英语学习上帮助了你。他即将回国，请你再给John 用英语写一段留言，要求包括以下内容要点：

(1)你在英语学习上曾遇到的困难；

(2)John对你的帮助、建议及措施：

①多听多读；

②多看英语电影、多听英文歌曲；

③自由发挥；

(3)你的收获及对John的感谢和祝福．

注意：(1)词数100左右；

(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

(3)开头结尾以为你写好，不计入总词数．

Dear John，

How time flies! It’s time for us to say goodbye.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they don't want at the start.

Advertising encourages people to buy things they don't want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress the features of their product to the public even though it's regarded undesirable such as cigarettes，drugs，alcohol and so on. For example，Dunhill，a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams，seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship，the company will be less known to the public，resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.

Besides that，advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promoting to create awareness about their product in the market. For instance，in a fast food industry，the introduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children，especially，are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that. Although fast food is bad for health，it has successfully become appealing to the public through advertising.

However, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worthiness of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when they are purchasing an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The world’s longest cross-sea bridge — Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge(HZMB) opened on October 24, 2018. The Guardian described it as one of the seven 1. (wonder) of the modern world. The HZMB, 2. links Hongkong and Macao to the Chinese mainland city of Zhuhai, began in 2009 and cost about 120 billion yuan. It’s designed 3. (have) a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges. And it’s not only a bridge, but also part tunnel and part island.

In one section, the bridge turns into a 6.7km undersea tunnel that 4. (pass) through two man-made islands. The tunnel is 5. world’s longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel. The bridge’s engineers had to take many environmental factors 6. consideration in order to protect the surrounding environment while 7. (build) the bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an 8. (endanger) species living in this area, were a particular concern. The HZMB will make 9. much more convenient to shorten the travel time from HongKong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes.

By drawing local cities and religions closer together, the bridge will aid the area’s development 10.(great). It is expected to drive the economic development of Hongkong, Macao and nine Guangdong cities.

    In a used furniture business, unlike new, you cannot order stock from a catalogue. People call in, and you have to go out and make an offer. “You can't _______ what you don't have,” my father would say.

When I was aged thirteen, my father _______ his store manager, a one－armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two. With his _______ gone, my father came to me. “Will you come in while I go out to _______ the day's calls _______ I find the right person?” he asked. The store has tens of thousands of _______. “People like to bargain,” he told me. “So I don't _______ prices. You just have to know a _______.”

He took me around and said, “A quarter－horse motor you can sell for four dollars. For a refrigerator, depending on the_______，you can sell for thirty－five dollars to sixty dollars. However, if it has a freezer all the way across, sell it for eighty dollars; ________ excellent condition, maybe one hundred dollars. Dishes come in with a houseful of furniture, and I don't even figure them in when I give a price. You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter. Something really nice.”

Every day after ________，I would pedal (骑自行车) down to the store. Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip (纸条) for an attractive plate when my father walked in. I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate. I was very ________. My father glanced down at what I was doing, ________ the customer and said, “You sure got a________ today. My employee gave you the price and that's the price.” Afterward, I asked my father, “What was that all________？”

It turned out that it was a(n) ________ plate, worth a few hundred dollars. I was shocked. Here I was ________ to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him.

He said, “I could have stopped the sales if I'd wanted to. You were just writing up the slip and hadn't yet taken the money. ________， by civil law, you're ________ age. But, a man stands by his word and the word of his agent.” It ________ my father a small amount of money, but I learned a lifelong lesson in integrity (正直).

1.A.buy B.sell C.order D.store

2.A.missed B.fired C.dismissed D.lost

3.A.manager B.boss C.servant D.salesman

4.A.ask B.return C.answer D.give

5.A.if B.when C.until D.unless

6.A.items B.materials C.facilities D.instruments

7.A.offer B.decide C.mark D.create

8.A.name B.range C.variety D.catalogue

9.A.price B.situation C.condition D.quantity

10.A.on B.for C.by D.in

11.A.school B.work C.study D.play

12.A.upset B.worried C.embarrassed D.pleased

13.A.turned on B.turned to C.turned up D.turned down

14.A.plate B.reward C.bargain D.fortune

15.A.about B.for C.around D.to

16.A.ordinary B.fragile C.antique D.delicate

17.A.willing B.waiting C.managing D.trying

18.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Consequently

19.A.under B.above C.at D.of

20.A.spent B.cost C.took D.wasted

    More than half the planet’s population now live in cities, with limited access to the natural world. For Europe and Latin America, the figure is more than 70%. 1.

Gardening in particular is an opportunity for everyone to have such kind of experience, even if they live in built-up areas. It is typically seen as moderate (适度的) intensity exercise equal to playing doubles tennis or walking at a speed of 3.5mph, so it has similar fitness benefits.

2.Home and gardens have long been important for family food production, but gardening can also encourage people to eat more healthily and act as an educational resource on nutritious food. In fact, children who take part in gardening and grow their own food have a greater preference for, and increased consumption of, fruit and vegetables.

3.Research has shown that gardeners generally have greater life satisfaction, raised self-esteem and fewer feelings of depression and anger than non-gardeners.

This last point suggests that the mental benefits of gardening may be more than just a side-effect of the physical exercise involved, 4.People with strong social networks have an increased life expectancy, less stress and fewer visits to the doctor. In addition, spending time outdoors in a natural environment helps us to feel less stressed, reduce the symptoms of depression, and improve our concentration and attention.

All this evidence shows there’s a strong relationship between gardening and health, but we only know for sure that there is connection, not "cause and effect". 5.We also need to directly examine the immediate effects of gardening on people who have never previously taken part or are suffering from mental and physical ill health.

A. Gardening is also linked to better diets.

B. But more than this, it can promote people’s mental health.

C. One possible reason is that gardening can involve social interaction.

D. A good eating is supposed to include a balance of several food groups.

E. Yet contact with nature has varieties of benefits for both physical and mental health.

F. This means gardening alone is not necessarily a direct cause of any improvements in health.

G. Remaining socially active can also inspire seniors to build confidence and live a healthy life.

    US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon. The mission (任务) is planned for late 2018. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, "This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years."

The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for its first unmanned test flight later this year. The co-operation of America's NASA space agency had made the plan possible. Mr. Musk said, "The two passengers will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them." Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration.

"We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year. The first mission would be unmanned, and the next one―with crew―was expected in the second quarter of 2018," the rich businessman and inventor said, "The first passengers are entering this with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here. They're certainly not childish, and we'll do everything we can to reduce that risk, but it's not zero."

The space tourists would make a circle around the Moon, scanning the lunar surface and then going well beyond. However, the mission will not involve a lunar landing. "If NASA decided to take part in a lunar fly-by mission, then the agency would have privilege," Mr. Musk said. The US has not sent astronauts to the Moon since the early 1970s.

1.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A.The two tourists can't afford to fly around the moon.

B.Space travels are rooted in the spirit of human exploration.

C.Initial training is expected to be conducted at the beginning of 2018.

D.The two tourists are expected to fly at a slow speed.

2.The agency has privilege because________.

A.it needs co-operation with Mr. Musk

B.it has previous technical skills

C.it will be able to remove all the risks

D.it has to make money for research

3.Where can you most probably read the text?

A.In a textbook. B.In a science fiction.

C.In a travel brochure. D.On a news website.

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

A.T he Coming Moon Trip of Two Private Citizens

B.An Opportunity to Explore Space for the First Time

C.A Paid Trip Planned by SpaceX to 'Land on the Moon

D.Two Unmanned Missions of Circling around the Moon

Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers—some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,” Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”

A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.

The city’s psychology cafes, which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places. Middle-aged homemakers, retirees, and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about lover, anger, and dreams with a psychologist. And they come to Lehance’s group just to learn to say what they feel. There’s a strong need in Paris for communication, says Maurice Frisch, a cafe La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby church. “People have few real friends. And they need to open up” Lehanne says she’d like to see psychology cafes all over France. “If people had normal lives, these cafes wouldn’t exist”, she says, “If life weren’t a battle, people wouln’t need a special place just to speak.” But then, it wouldn’t be France.

1.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?

A.Learn a new subject

B.Keep in touch with friends.

C.Show off their knowledge.

D.Express their true feelings.

2.How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?

A.They are less frequently visited.

B.They stay open for longer hours.

C.They have bigger night crowds.

D.They start to serve fast food.

3.What are theme cafes expected to do?

A.Create more jobs.

B.Supply better drinks.

C.Save the cafe business.

D.Serve the neighborhood.

4.Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?

A.They bring people true friendship.

B.They give people spiritual support.

C.They help people realize their dreams.

D.They offer a platform for business links.

    Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little different. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end.

The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater. Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-bye to the old building. Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed proper. The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

Bradford said that large modem theaters in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete. He added that the theater’s location (位置) was also a reason. “This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”

Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were given up because of financial problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.

The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater has shown its last movie. The theater will be missed.

1.In what way was yesterday’s cleanup at the Plaza special?

A.It made room for new equipment.

B.It signaled the closedown of the theater.

C.It was done with the help of the audience.

D.It marked the 75th anniversary of the theater.

2.Why was The Last Picture Stow put on?

A.It was an all-time classic.

B.It was about the history of the town.

C.The audience requested it.

D.The theater owner found it suitable.

3.What will probably happen to the building?

A.It will be repaired.

B.It will be turned into a museum.

C.It will be knocked down.

D.It will be sold to the city government.

4.What can we infer about the audience?

A.They are disappointed with Bradford.

B.They are sad to say goodbye to the old theater.

C.They are supportive of the city officials.

D.They are keen to have a shopping center.

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1.TV Ears helps you _____.

A.improve your sleeping quality

B.listen to TV without disturbing others

C.change TV channels without difficulty

D.become interested in ballgame programs

2.What makes TV Ears different from other headsets?

A.It can easily set TV on mute. B.Its headset volume is adjustable.

C.It has a new noise reduction car tip. D.It applies special wireless technology.

3.This advertisement is made more believable by _____.

A.using recommendations B.offering reasons for this invention

C.providing statistics. D.showing the results of experiments.

如今，游泳已成为各校争相开展的体育活动。假定你是李华，你校组建了游泳俱乐部。请给在我校留学的朋友Peter写信，邀请他加入。内容包括:

1.组建俱乐部的目的； 2.俱乐部的主要活动；  3.报名的时间和地点；

注意:

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的用斜线(\)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。

Found

A bag was found while we were cleaning the library. It is a larger one with a note book and a set of key in it. Therefore, the only notebook which is packed in the bag isn’t marked with the owner’s name. We can’t know something else about the owner, or we will hand the lost bag to him and her directly. It was found on this Tuesday morning. By the way, the bag was black and there is a robot pattern printing on the surface. Will loser contact Li Hua in Class One, Grade Three?

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。

Car registration plates (牌照) are just a series of numbers and letters, right? Well, yes…but not for everyone.

France was the first country 1. (introduce) plates in 1893. Early number plates differed 2. shape and size, and were made of lots of different materials, including iron, cardboard and even pressed soybeans. In fact, it was not until 1957 3. car manufacturers and the governments agreed on standardized plates. 4. was first registered in the UK was A1. The letter “A” showed the number was from London, while the number “1” showed it was the first number issued. At the moment, number plates 5. (consist) of a sequence of letters and numbers are applied in the UK.

Different EU countries also use different arrangements of numbers and letters, and 6. (they) systems have changed many times because these letter-number 7. (combine) keep running out. In the past decades, some number plates 8. (become) extremely valuable, particularly those that spell out words. 9. (basic), numbers on the plates can be used to represent words or parts of words. For example, “NVERLA8” means “Never Late”. And the most 10. (expense) number ever was “M1” which an anonymous buyer has acquired for ￡331,000.

    Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. However, her _______ nearly ended one night in 2010. A car accident put the 17-year-old high school senior in the hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed (瘫痪) from the _______ down.

For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. Far from being a _______, her wheelchair brought out her bravery. She wanted to prove she was still “normal” by dancing. _______ Hill did it, rolling her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team. “It feels as if half of my body was _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “It definitely took a lot of _______ and patience.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to _______ her dance network to include women like her. She began to meet people online who had suffered similar injuries but _______ her determination. Then in 2014, Hill moved to Los Angeles and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes. “I want to __________ the stereotype (刻板形象) of wheelchair users and show dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re __________.”

Dancing on wheels can be just as fast-paced, artful, and __________ as the foot-based variety. In disabled dance competitions around the country, her team danced to the popular tunes, __________ their upper bodies, shaking their heads to the special __________, striking poses, and __________ their wheelchairs in well-timed, dynamic, highly designed routines. They’re having fun, and as the audiences’ exuberant (热情洋溢的) reactions indicate, the fun is __________.

Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood __________. She’s a dancer. But the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as __________. Every year she holds a dance camp for other wheelchair users with an eye to helping them find their inner __________. In 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended. For many, it was the first time they’d felt they __________.

1.A.effect B.reputation C.ambition D.performance

2.A.waist B.neck C.joint D.lap

3.A.aroused B.exposed C.destroyed D.seized

4.A.stage B.clue C.path D.barrier

5.A.Similarly B.Actually C.Necessarily D.Previously

6.A.torn down B.taken away C.picked up D.cut down

7.A.wisdom B.praying C.intelligence D.learning

8.A.dismiss B.expand C.narrow D.simplify

9.A.shared B.opposed C.shook D.ensured

10.A.call off B.bring in C.break down D.carry on

11.A.rolling B.driving C.lying D.playing

12.A.conventional B.artificial C.profitable D.fruitful

13.A.bearing B.freezing C.rocking D.fueling

14.A.voices B.notes C.lines D.beats

15.A.lifting B.operating C.stretching D.guiding

16.A.vain B.plain C.temporary D.infectious

17.A.career B.dream C.memory D.education

18.A.demanding B.tough C.meaningful D.flexible

19.A.strength B.beast C.label D.weakness

20.A.adventured B.suffered C.belonged D.volunteered

    Our society is becoming increasingly overweight. 1. Similar to humans, overweight pets have a much higher risk of health problems. Dr. Katrina Warren shares her expert advice on the issues, causes and treatments for overweight pets.

Recent estimates suggest over a third of overweight pets are suffering from health problems. Diabetes (糖尿病) and diseases related to heart top the list of weight-related disease. To put it simply, weight issues occur when pets consume more kilojoules (千焦) than they use. Owners are a key part of the problem. 2.

3. Working out regularly helps keep pets in shape. As pets no longer need to hunt for their food, they typically enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, lazing around indoors, thus gaining weight easily. What’s more, food should always be adjusted to a pet’s energy requirements. 4. They assume the pet will control its own intake. So it’s easy to fall into the trap of feeding your pet whenever it begs for food.

Fortunately, there are plenty of diet and lifestyle changes to help your pets maintain a healthy weight. For example, pets will benefit from more exercise in their daily life, like eating food. Don’t put food in their bowls. 5. Meanwhile, you can also consult experts about guidance for a healthy diet.

Anyway, provide them with an appropriate diet and proper amounts of exercise, and you may have healthy pets.

A. They’re related to the diet.

B. So are our lovely friends — pets.

C. Another contributing factor is lack of exercise.

D. Try encouraging the pets to exercise step by step.

E. Yet many owners provide constant access to food.

F. They ultimately decide what and how much the pets eat.

G. Rather, spread some food around your house so your pets must find it.

    Some cities and lawmakers are resisting crime-fighting tech owing to bias (偏见) and accuracy concerns. Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as a handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox. But some lawmakers — and even some technology giants — are against it.

Take the western Massachusetts city of Springfield, where many residents are Latino or black. Springfield police say they have no plans to use facial recognition systems, but some City Council members are moving to block any future government use of the technology anyway.

At an October hearing on the subject, Springfield City Councilman, Orlando Ramos, defended the technology. “The facial recognition technology does not drop a net from the sky and put you to prison,” he said, noting that it could serve as a useful investigative tool. However, he doesn’t want to take any risks. “It would only lead to more racial discrimination.” he said, citing studies that found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify women and people with darker skins.

Similar debates across the country are highlighting racial issues and concerns about the technology’s accuracy. Axon, which supplies body-worn cameras nationwide, had already formed an artificial intelligence ethics board (伦理委员会)that concluded facial recognition technology isn’t yet dependable enough to justify its use on police cameras. Axon Chief Executive Rick Smith said, “Even if facial recognition software was perfectly accurate, the ability to track people raises privacy concerns. “Do we want everybody who walks near a police officer to get their face identified and logged in a database?” he said.

Nevertheless, Todd Pastorini, general manager at biometric forensics (生物取证) company DataWorks Plus, said it’s the “extremely effective” method of running images through photos to help identify a suspect. “Society and the public are going to get frustrated, if governments refuse to adopt a technology that keeps improving”, he said. In his eyes, facial recognition hits are just one part of an investigation.

1.What is Orlando Ramos’ attitude towards facial recognition?

A.Hopeful. B.Cautious. C.Ambiguous. D.Tolerant.

2.What is one focus of the debates about facial recognition?

A.Gender discrimination. B.Speed limit.

C.Accuracy rate. D.Steadiness control.

3.What does Rick Smith think of facial recognition?

A.It appears to cause prejudice. B.It brings about privacy concerns.

C.Its technology is reliable. D.Its accuracy needs improving.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Facial recognition tool meets with resistance.

B.All the people disapprove of facial recognition.

C.Facial recognition is the only tool of investigation.

D.Governments should ban facial recognition.

    A star athlete at the college where I work recently stopped by my office. After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match, she suffered severely by self-criticism.

This student, like many I teach, strongly believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. In her mind, “Nothing can stop me but myself”. So when these students fall short of what they imagine they should accomplish, they are filled with self-blame, reasoning, “If my accomplishments are mine to control, my failures must be entirely my faults, too”, which makes it extremely difficult for them to move on.

We often owe young adults struggling with failure to their parents’ overprotection of them from discomfort. But there is another factor at play: a message transmitted by indulging (纵容的) parents who have falsely promised them that they can achieve anything if they are willing to work for it. However, the cruel reality of life is that you can do everything in your power — and still fail. Then what should be done to help?

Psychologists Luthar and Kumar urge parents and teachers to spend time helping students find purpose, or goals they genuinely love to pursue and that make an impact on the world, which may help them gain greater life satisfaction and become more psychologically mature. Besides, instead of allowing our kids to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, we might all question a culture where one is considered lazy without full devotion. The point is to remind them that life has a way of sucker-punching (出其不意) us when we least expect it. It’s often the people who learn to say “stuff happens” who get up the fastest.

1.What does the underlined phrase “by virtue of” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.in addition to B.in spite of C.by means of D.for fear of

2.The author believes that young adults find it hard to struggle with failure because __________.

A.they are not taught how to deal with difficulties

B.they are short of the ability to handle failure

C.they are under the protection of their parents

D.they are misled by their parents’ false message

3.What did psychologists Luthar and Kumar urge parents and teachers to do?

A.To teach students how to avoid faults.

B.To lead students to set their truly loved goals.

C.To help students to discover a path to success.

D.To allow kids to blame themselves.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Students don’t care about failure at all.

B.Students are sure to succeed if they try their best.

C.Students should bear all the failures on their own.

D.Students with positive attitudes can move on more easily.

    Following Christmas dinner, my family was relaxing around the table. We had all enjoyed traditional turkey and sweet potatoes lightly shining with brown sugar. The good cooking smells still filled the air; and the oven remained warm. My sister, our chef, was enjoying the admiration.

My nephew, never one to sit still for long, began dribbling (运球) his basketball around the table. Upon nearing Dad, he stopped — almost uncertainly. With shaking wrinkled hands, Dad had reached out for the ball. The boy, confused, looked up and over at us.

I watched my father closely to see what he would do. The twinkle in his eyes shone brighter than any Christmas lights. Holding the ball and reaching forward with a playful smile, Dad bounced it and then caught it.

This action was repeated. Gently throwing the ball away, Dad began a game of catch. The ball continued to be passed through eager pairs of outstretched hands. Cries of “Over here!” rang through the warm kitchen. Dad’s active participation was remarkable to me, for he had advanced Alzheimer’s disease, which had robbed him of many memories and the recognition ability. Despite this, Dad clearly recognized the ball and what you could do with it.

In my younger years, playing with Dad was rare. To his credit, Dad worked hard and provided for us. He was very private and never showed nor shared much emotion; his game of choice was chess, which he did eventually teach me how to play. As an adult, I had become a caregiver as Dad declined. Connecting moments between father and son had been few and far between before he took the basketball.

I’m not sure how long we played catch. What I do know is that our game ended all too soon, and it was time to face the reality of dirty dishes piled high on countertops. The moment, though, will certainly last forever.

1.What can we know about the family’s Christmas dinner?

A.Dishes were cleaned up. B.All food was sugar-free.

C.It was a sweet moment. D.It was disturbed by the game.

2.Why was Dad’s active participation in the game remarkable to me?

A.He rarely played basketball. B.He had severe Alzheimer’s disease.

C.He had astonishing skills. D.He played with family members.

3.How was Dad getting along with kids in earlier years?

A.He often accompanied kids. B.He was willing to share feelings.

C.He forced kids to learn chess. D.He seldom interacted with kids.

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

A.A game of catch B.A devoted father

C.A dinner of reunion D.A bond between father and son

“Museum of the World” Travel Plan

Here’s the travel plan for some of the more unusual museums on our “Museum of the World” tour. I’ll send you the full itinerary (行程) next week. The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) (Boston, USA) shows what it describes as “art too bad to be ignored”. The museum hopes to bring the worst of art to the widest possible audience. As part of the visit, we’ll be shown some truly awful portraits, landscapes and sculptures.

The Devil’s Rope Museum (in Mclean, Texas) and The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum (in Lacrosse, Kansas) both claim to have the best barbed (有刺的) wire collections, telling the story of the wire’s role in the development of America. We’ll be visiting both of these.

The Washington Banana Museum (Auburn, Washington, USA) contains 4,000 objects related to the history of what the museum describes as “the world’s most perfect fruit.” During a guided tour around the museum, we’ll learn all sorts of interesting things, such as the fact that bananas were introduced to the USA in 1878 in the same exhibition as Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, and that banana is now the US’s number-one selling fruit.

The Hair Museum (Avanos, Turkey) is located in a cave in Cappadocia, in Central Anatolia. It contains 16,000 samples of people’s hair. You’ll be offered a chance to add your own hair to the collection. Later in the year, the museum manager selects 10 donors to attend a pottery workshop.

The Hair Museum(Avanos, Turkey)is located in a cave in Cappadocia, in Central Anatolia. It contains 16,000 samples of people’s hair. You’ll be offered a chance to add your own hair to the collection. Later in the year, the museum curator selects 10 donors to attend a pottery workshop. If you’re one of them, you’ll be invited to stay in his guest house.

1.What do these four Museums have in common?

A.They are all located in the USA. B.They accept exhibits donated by visitors.

C.They exhibit the things with a long history. D.They show some odd things around the world.

2.What does The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) show?

A.Complete collections of barbed wire.

B.A large number of samples of people’s hair.

C.Some really terrible but noticeable art works.

D.Some beautiful portraits drawn by famous people.

3.Why was Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone mentioned in paragraph 4?

A.To explain the origin of bananas.

B.To arouse visitors’ interest in the museum.

C.To emphasize the importance of the exhibition.

D.To compare the value of bananas and telephones.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.How did the servants deal with their earnings in Victorian times?

A.They paid for the housing.

B.They bought food and clothes.

C.They sent them to their families.

2.What was a nurse’s main duty?

A.Cooking meals. B.Looking after children. C.Educating children.

3.How did the Victorian upper class parents treat their children actually?

A.Cruelly. B.Kindly. C.Strictly.

4.What will the speaker talk about next?

A.Lower class families.

B.Upper class children’s situation.

C.Comparisons between upper and lower classes.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.What job to do in the future.

B.Which professor to follow.

C.What abilities to possess.

2.What subject does the man probably prefer?

A.History. B.Politics. C.Art.

3.What do the woman’s parents expect her to be?

A.A restaurant manager. B.A politician. C.A teacher.

4.What is the woman good at doing?

A.Dealing with people. B.Working with kids. C.Painting pictures.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does the man’s brother go to the man’s place?

A.To study. B.To work. C.To travel.

2.Where does the man work in the morning?

A.At a university. B.At a restaurant. C.At a bookstore.

3.What language is the woman starting?

A.French. B.Spanish. C.Japanese.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What time was the plane originally scheduled to leave?

A.At 3:00. B.At 4:00. C.At 5:00.

2.Why is the woman worried?

A.The weather is bad. B.The report is not finished. C.An appointment will be delayed.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the man like about his hometown?

A.It’s really very big. B.It has colorful nightlife. C.It’s not expensive to live there.

2.What is the weather like in the fall in the man’s hometown?

A.Sunny. B.Cold. C.Wet.

Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A.At home. B.At a hospital. C.At a drug store.

What does the man mean?

A.The film is terrible. B.The film can be seen online. C.The film is worth the money.

What is small for the woman?

A.The T-shirt. B.The hat. C.The skirt.

How old is the woman now?

A.20 years old. B.45 years old. C.65 years old.

What will the man do next?

A.Turn off the TV. B.Study with the woman. C.Watch a movie.

假定你是李华，学生会主席。你校和英国某中学是友好学校。对方学校将举办“中国文化周”，邀请你校派学生参加。请你给负责该项目的老师Jason写一封电子邮件表 示感谢邀请并询问相关事宜。内容如下：

1. 活动开始时间；

2. 活动内容；

3. 学生住宿安排。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jason,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua