"What kind of stuff do you write? ''one student asked on my first day at the University of Massachusetts. After a decade away from the classroom, I was back to _______.

"I write creative nonfiction," I said, “as you'll be doing.”

It was a _______. I couldn't remember when I'd last written a _______ essay. But it must have been before my mother fell ill, leaving me feeling my family story wouldn't end _______. It seemed that nothing I wrote could change that. _______ I couldn't write my own stories, I could _______ my students to tell theirs. "You're going to keep a _______ in this class, and I want you to tell your stories like they _______ ."

“Why do they matter? ” a boy named Michael asked. Looking out at the roomful of students, I _______. No one said a word. Many of them, I learned, worked while in school. Most didn't know their stories did matter. They didn't even realize their stories were as __________ as their own lives.

Finally, I looked at Michael. “They matter because they' re what you have. Stories allow us to make meaning of what we've __________ I said. Michael didn't look __________, but he didn't challenge me, either.

In his first essay, Michael wrote about how his high school English teacher seeing his __________and helped him fill out a college __________. I had Michael read his essay out loud. After he finished, the class went so __________ that we could hear the sound of each other's ____________. I looked at him and saw a small __________ in his dark eyes. Then, I said, "That's why you tell your stories."

I went home that night and __________ my journal from where it lay, dusty and __________. For the first time in months, I had to __________ .

1.A.studying B.teaching C.traveling D.operating

2.A.lie B.joke C.game D.trick

3.A.moving B.creative C.useful D.fascinating

4.A.safely B.proudly C.happily D.perfectly

5.A.Once B.Unless C.Because D.Although

6.A.warn B.order C.permit D.encourage

7.A.book B.letter C.journal D.fiction

8.A.exist B.matter C.happen D.remember

9.A.nodded B.laughed C.hesitated D.responded

10.A.meaningful B.frustrating C.ridiculous D.satisfying

11.A.taken over B.turned over C.gone through D.broken through

12.A.worried B.frightened C.impressive D.convinced

13.A.weakness B.potential C.amusement D.difficulty

14.A.invitation B.suggestion C.application D.composition

15.A.still B.loud C.free D.alive

16.A.breath B.debate C.thought D.remark

17.A.flying B.doubting C.praising D.softening

18.A.got at B.picked up C.looked at D.kept up

19.A.amazed B.shocked C.disabled D.untouched

20.A.write B.sleep C.rest D.stop

How Many Cups of Coffee per Day Are Too Many?

From cappuccinos to cold brew, coffee is a must-have to start the day for many people. 1. However, a new study suggests too much coffee can be harmful.

This is what a recent study shows. 2. A University of South Australia study led by Elian Hypponen suggests a couple of cups to start your day probably won’t hurt — and may even be good for you. But drinking six or more cups of coffee a day can increase your risk of heart disease by up to 22%, the researchers found. A cup was defined as eight ounces of coffee.

Knowing the limits of what's good for us and what's not is necessary. 3. About one in four deaths in the United States is due to heart disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. That's why Elian set out to discover how much caffeine causes high blood pressure. 4.

Elian says her findings suggest that sipping two to three cups per day is pretty safe and possibly beneficial. She also notes that if you're generally healthy, lots of evidence suggests that four cups per day shouldn't be harmful.

5. Even though the research says five cups of coffee is permissible, each person should know his or her own limit. If we begin having difficulty sleeping or feeling nervous, we might have reached our limit for the day.

A. Drink no more than six cups per day.

B. Over the limits and our health will pay for it.

C. Coffee is the most popular drink in the world.

D. But of course, don't forget to listen to our body.

E. The relation between them is quite complicated.

F. As we know, it is a key heart disease risk factor.

G. It sets you off on an energetic morning and prepares you for a busy day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.By thinking highly of the author.

B.By saying that the author was green.

C.By describing how great the chair was.

D.By comparing the chair with others.

2.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.Sweet memories with the chair.

B.Various functions of the chair.

C.People's comments on the chair.

D.Family activities and parties of friends.

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

A.Because he was persuaded by Joe.

B.Because he didn't have enough money.

C.Because it showed signs of hardness.

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

4.What can we learn from the text?

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

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

    A population of the world's most aggressive mosquito species was almost completely wiped out by an experiment on two islands in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, according to a study published.

The experiment successfully reduced the female Asian Tiger Mosquito population — the main source of bites and disease spread — by up to 94%, reducing the number of reported human bites by 97%.

One of the Chinese study's researchers, Xi Zhiyong, a professor at Michigan State University, has been a longtime pioneer in this field of study. Running a mosquito factory in southern China, he previously attempted to use sterilized male mosquitoes to mate with unaltered females which developed normally. In the new study, published by the International Journal of Science, Xi and his colleagues attempted to cut mosquito numbers even further by limiting both males and females' ability to reproduce. The results were so successful that they nearly killed the entire female mosquito population on the two islands.

It isn't the first attempt by researchers to reduce mosquito populations across the world. In 2018, scientists from the Imperial College of London used gene-editing tools to make female mosquitoes sterile, while males developed normally and continued spreading the genetic mutation (突变).Experts said the Asian Tiger Mosquitoes are particularly hard to kill using traditional population control methods, such as pesticides (杀虫剂) and removing stagnant (不流动的) water where the insects lay their eggs.

Mosquitoes create grave threats to human health beyond just bites. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the insects as "one of the deadliest animals in the world," due to their ability to rapidly spread deadly diseases such as dengue fever and malaria. There is currently no effective vaccine or treatment for most mosquito-spread diseases, leaving controlling the insects' populations one of the most effective control methods, according to the International Journal of Science. “A new tool like what's being described in this paper is very much needed” said Stephen Dobson, a professor of medical insectology at University of Kentucky.

1.What does the underlined word "unaltered" in paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Unchanged. B.Undivided.

C.Unadopted. D.Unfinished.

2.Why do mosquito populations have to be controlled?

A.Mosquitoes cause genetic changes in humans.

B.Mosquitoes spread some deadliest diseases.

C.Mosquitoes limit people's ability to reproduce.

D.Mosquitoes make traditional vaccines ineffective.

3.What has been the most successful way of reducing mosquito numbers?

A.Editing genes in female mosquitoes.

B.Sterilizing male mosquitoes before mating.

C.Limiting both genders' reproduction ability.

D.Using pesticides and removing stagnant water.

4.What can we learn from Stephen Dobson's words?

A.The things described in this paper are not practical.

B.A better way of mosquito control is yet to be found.

C.Xi Zhiyong' s method has proven to be very effective.

D.A new tool is needed in order to improve Xi's research.

    Runners never forget crossing the finishing line at their first marathon, and that will be especially true for Mike Kohler. When Kohler crossed the starting line in Fargo last Saturday, he thought he was going to run 13.1 miles, his first half marathon. Six hours later, he had "mistakenly” completed his first full marathon, 26.2 miles.

Kohler, a 26-year-old plumber (水管工) who now lives in West Fargo, had lined up for the half marathon that he hoped to complete in 150 minutes. He didn't realize he was in a starting fence with the full marathoners. Several miles later, Kohler began to realize he was on the course for the full marathon. "The 8-mile mark was when I figured out that I had made a mistake," he said. "Between then and 13.1, I debated with myself about what I should do.”

At some point — he doesn't remember when — he doubled down on the distance. "After I decided I was going to keep going, the thought of quitting didn't come back. Run, walk, or crawl, I wanted to finish," he said.

Until Saturday, Kohler's longest race was a 10-kilometer run, just over 6 miles. Even the most casual marathoners do a training run of 18 miles before the race. From his experience, he said he learned one thing: sometimes people can do more than they think they can.

After his long race, he went right back to work, put in a 10-hour day and then boarded a flight to Scotland for a vacation. "I was pretty sore, but I found the more I kept moving, the less sore I was, so I tried my best to go about life normally — minus running,” Kohler said from Glasgow. "I needed a break from that for a bit."

Not for too long, though. He's already considering the Bemidji Blue Ox Marathon in October.

1.When did Kohler realize that he made a mistake?

A.Before starting the race.

B.After running 8 miles.

C.When being with the full marathoners.

D.While lining up for the half marathon.

2.Which of the following best describes Kohler?

A.Determined. B.Cooperative.

C.Open-minded. D.Well-prepared.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A.He went to Scotland to get a break from work.

B.He had never trained for the full marathon before.

C.He decided to complete the race at the 8-mile mark.

D.He was debating with himself when he finished the race.

4.What might be the best title for the text?

A.Life Lies in Movement

B.Life Means Never Quitting

C.One Can Always Do More Than He Can

D.One Mistakenly Runs Full Marathon Not a Half

Coolest Bookstores in the World

Where did you buy your last book? Chances are that you bought it on the Internet. But if you did, you missed the remarkable experience of browsing in a real bookstore. These days bookstores offer lots of great books and plenty more.

Eslite Dunnan Store

Time magazine once named Eslite Dunnan Store in Taiwan province, China "Asia's best bookstore". One visit to the store tells you why. The store, spread across five floors, offers a combination of restaurants, music and over 200,000 books. With its comfortable reading spots, visitors sometimes say it's like a library. Others have called it the "7-Eleven of bookstores" because it's open 24 hours a day.

Book Garden

The world's biggest bookstore is Tehran, Iran's Book Garden with 700,000 square feet of space. In addition to restaurants and a theater, the Book Garden features a park on the roof. Visitors can pick up one of 1,000 free books to read while enjoying the fresh air and sunshine from the Book Garden's rooftop park.

Saraiva Bookstore

Rio de Janeiro's Saraiva Bookstore might be the world's most colorful bookstore. The visible upper level is lined with books arranged by their colors. This rainbow effect provides a color welcoming for shoppers as they arrive. A rainbow path also leads young readers into the children's section.

Liberia Acqua Alta

Venice, Italy, is a city surrounded with water. Its books are displayed in all things related to water such as boats, bathtubs to protect them when the shop floods during high tide. It overlooks one of Venice's many canals, and the smell of old books fills the air.

1.Which bookstore provides a special reading place on the roof?

A.Eslite Dunnan Store. B.Book Garden.

C.Saraiva Bookstore. D.Liberia Acqua Alta.

2.What do we know about Saraiva Bookstore?

A.It is open twenty-four hours a day.

B.Shoppers can paint books with color.

C.It greets people with colorful books.

D.Shoppers can find a rainbow there .

3.Why are the books in Liberia Acqua Alta kept in boats?

A.Because the store is known for floods.

B.Because they match canals in Venice.

C.Because the store is surrounded with water.

D.Because they can be preserved from water.

假定你是李华，作为交换生在国外某学校学习，得知该校即将举办国际服装文化节(International Costume Day),你有意向参加服装展示环节，请你写一封邮件咨询相关信息，内容包括:

1.写信目的:

2.咨询信息(如服饰要求，展示形式等)

3.表达期待

注意:1. 词数100左右:

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.

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

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ˆ）, 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。

Last week, I planned to pay a visit my grandparents. They were so exciting to hear the news because we have not seen each other for a long time. But my best friend invited I to take part in his birthday party and share his happinesses. When I thought of a promise that I had made it, I found it hard to make a decision. Eventually I chose to refusing my friend's invitation. Seeing my grandparents smile and the deliciously food they cooked for me, I knew 1 did something correct. We must keep our promise, and we will lose trust from others.

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。

Numerous Chinese cultural and art treasures have been put on show in many parts of the world over the past years, showcasing the fantastic Chinese civilization on the global stage and 1. (promote) cultural exchanges.

In December, 2018. New Zealand's national museum started a four- month exhibition, where both terracotta warriors (兵马俑) and more than 160 ancient antique pieces2.(make) of gold, jade and bronze were displayed. On the opening day, local citizens3.(line) up to enjoy this "once in a lifetime" experience. The exhibition,4.provided visitors with some knowledge of long standing Chinese civilization, was5.(high) appreciated for the individuality of each terracotta warrior and the unbelievable creativity needed to build the army.

Treasures showing the lives of emperors and empresses from the Qing Dynasty also went on display in museums in Washington. D. C.and Moscow in 2019. 6.over 100 pieces put on show, including realistic7.(painting), furnishings and jewelry from the Palace Museum in Beijing. The exhibition was also8.huge success.

Chinese and foreign museums have been making exchanges to encourage dialogue between civilizations and foster people’ s9.(understand) of and engagement with cultures that interest 10.(they). It is an important job for museums to bring the world closer.

    Not many 17-year-old girls know how to solder（焊）copper pipes together or light a pilot light. These are_____I’ve learned as an assistant to my______in his plumbing（管道）business.

My summer job deals with_______that constantly arise physical and mental discomfort, and the work______an attitude of determination and patience that I frequently struggle to adopt.

Each morning, I______myself into large-thick men’s jeans most girls would______to wear and climb into the plumber truck. As my classmates begin their_____babysitting, or selling groceries, my dad and I carry_____toolboxes and work in the dark basements. I often get ______in messy storage boxes looking for the water meter. Nothing around is beautiful or tidy.

Sometimes I______why I stand the dust and sweat when I could be in my air-conditioned house doing summer homework. Yet as much as I_______the mess of plumbing. I look down upon myself for being so easily annoyed by disorder.______, the world was built by people willing to get their hands_______.

Five such summers have______me that the messy parts of people’s houses______the messy parts of their lives. As I learn to_____the mess, I also learn to handle the_____and contradictions in my adolescence. Life is a process of accepting_______and learning to put it in order. Plumbing work is no different. You can see it in each newly soldered group of copper pipes. And when customers express______, I understand that, in a small way, we bring______to their lives.

1.A.manners B.skills C.facts D.rules

2.A.brother B.dad C.teacher D.friend

3.A.messes B.customers C.noises D.exercises

4.A.offers B.develops C.demands D.lacks

5.A.wrestle B.lower C.squeeze D.hide

6.A.need B.expect C.refuse D.choose

7.A.shifts B.studies C.meetings D.travels

8.A.fancy B.small C.expensive D.heavy

9.A.injured B.absorbed C.lost D.interested

10.A.know B.question C.imagine D.remember

11.A.see B.clean C.hate D.create

12.A.Or rather B.At least C.After all D.In addition

13.A.full B.dirty C.firm D.free

14.A.taught B.promised C.advised D.guaranteed

15.A.examine B.divide C.reduce D.reflect

16.A.sort out B.care about C.hunt for D.give up

17.A.arrangements B.uncertainties C.competitions D.expectations

18.A.failure B.help C.change D.chaos

19.A.sympathy B.suspicion C.disapproval D.appreciation

20.A.peace B.success C.wonder D.order

Put on new set of gasses for a new view

Today I visited San Francisco’s modern-art museum. I was there to see a new exhibit about spaceflight.1.I like to “visit” this particular painting every time I go to the museum not only because it evokes（唤起）strong feelings, but because I always find something new.

There's real pleasure to be found in revisiting a museum replaying a game or rewatching a movie. Some of that enjoyment comes from the feeling of familiarity of course.2..There’s always plenty more to see, hear, taste, smell, feel, of understand the second or third time around. But how do you discover the exciting new thing in the familiar?

One way is approaching whatever task is at hand by searching for the things that you didn't see in the first time around. First, recognize that everything is always changing.3.Second, remove judgment from the experience, if possible, and just observe what's new. For example, look for the ways in which a change in your neighborhood is interesting or exciting.

4.That could mean removing sugar, coffee, a certain kind of media from your life for a specified time. Once the break is over, that same thing will have more of its former interest or excitement.5.So is true that novelty is fun, but given enough of a break in between, repeated experiences regain that initial excitement.

A. Repeated experiences like this are valuable.

B. Visiting a new country brings fresh experience.

C. Coffee will never taste better if you quit it for a month.

D. But the piece of art that made me cry was a familiar one.

E. But it also comes from noticing new things in what is so familiar.

F. So the second experience is never exactly the same as the first one.

G. Another way is changing your routine and taking a break of some kind.

    Picture a lecture session at a business school and your probably imagine students gazing at screens filled with equations（方程式）.What you might not expect is students attempting to sing “O clap your Hands”. But Bartleby was treated to this delight on a visit to Saïd Business School in Oxford earlier this year.

There was a catch. Some of the students had to try conducting the chorus. The first to take the challenge was a rather self-confident young man. It didn’t take long for him to go wrong. His most obvious mistake was to start conducting without asking the singers how they would like to be directed, though they had the expertise and he was a complete beginner.

The session, organized by Pegram Harrison, a senior fellow in entrepreneurship（企业家精神）, cleverly allowed the students to absorb some important leadership lessons. For example, leaders should listen to their teams, especially when their colleagues have specialist knowledge.

Other business schools have also realized that their students can learn from the arts. At Carnegie Mellon University , Leanne Meyer has introduced a leadership-training programme that includes poetry and a book club. She believed that involvement in such pursuits can help develop empathy（同理心） in future leaders and that the programme benefits students in terms of how they promote themselves to recruiters（招聘人员）.

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) has trained many great dramatists. It also offers training courses for managers. “Acting about finding the truth in the character and in yourself.” says Walker-Wise, one of RADA'S tutors. Being a manager involves a lot more than just setting targets. It requires empathy and a knowledge of human nature. An education in the arts might help develop those qualities. Above all, the students on Harrison's Course were experiencing something Bartleby never expected to see in those attending an MBA lecture they were having fun.

1.What does “this delight" in paragraph 1 refer to?

A.Singing in a business class. B.Visiting Said Business School

C.Picturing a lecture session. D.Gazing a screens full of equations.

2.Which of the fallowing best describes the session by Pegram Harrison?

A.Common and influential. B.Educational and effortless.

C.Challenging and instructive. D.Controversial and practical.

3.What should a leader do based on the conducting experience?

A.Offer promotion opportunities. B.Value team members’ opinion.

C.Set specific targets. D.Control every step.

4.How does acting contribute to being a manager?

A.It provides entertainment. B.It develops goal-setting skills.

C.It exposes the truth in business. D.It helps understand human nature.

    In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater of to to a video store to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact om the environment.You were hopping into your war, driving across town and coughing out emissions（排放）and using gas all the way.

But now that we’re used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a little cocky. After all ,we’re just picking up our phones or maybe turning on the TV. You’re welcome.Mother  Nature.

Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shit Project. Watching a half-hour show would lead to 3.5 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. According to "Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video," digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Stored in data centers, videos are transferred to our terminals such as computers, smart phones, etc. via networks: all these processes require electricity whose production consumes resources and usually involves CO2 emissions.

In the European Union, the Eureca project lead scientist, Rabih Bashroush, calculated that 5 billion downloads and streams of the song "Despacito" consumed as much electricity as the countries of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic used in a single year.

Streaming is only expected to increase as we become more attached to our devices. Online video use is expected to account for 80%of all internet traffic by 2022 according to CISCO. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.

You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there are things you con do to help lessen the impact of your online use.

Here are some tips:

※Disable autoplay for video on social media.

※Stream over Wi-Fi, not mobile networks.

※Watch on the smallest screen you can.

※Don’t use high-definition（高清）video on devices.

1.It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that people think           .

A.they should welcome Mother Nature

B.watching movies at home is more fun

C.it is inconvenient to drive to a movie theater

D.streaming at home avoids possible emissions

2.We may learn from the text that         .

A.3.9 miles may produce 3.5 pounds of CO2

B.digital technologies account for 4% of electricity use

C.Online video use makes up 80% of all internet traffic

D.60% of the world’s population watch videos online

3.Why are the five countries mentioned in paragraph 4?

A.To praise their energy-efficient practice.

B.To prove the poverty of the five countries

C.To stress the popularity of the song “Despacito”

D.To show the high energy use of downloads and streams

4.How can people help to save energy when streaming?

A.Use high-definition videos. B.Turn off video autoplay

C.Stream over mobile networks. D.Watch movies on bigger screens.

    In the trailer (拖车式房屋)，Sischo was refreshing the snails ‘(锅牛）accommodations--an  ongoing routine that takes days of careful work. He had found a dozen of Achatinella bulimoides--a third of the world's population of the species. Once every individual was accounted for, he cleaned the cage and packed in new leaves. The work took much trouble, but the responsibility, he said, was like “a heavy weight sitting on you.”

The trailer is very vulnerable. It’s designed to keep away would-be thieved, and to resist hurricanes. But a fire could easily destroy it, or a disease could sweep through it. Last September , a mystery pathogon（病原体）appeared to have entered the trailer on leaves fed to the snails, killing almost an entire species. As sad as the event was, there’s no good way to insure against future catastrophe. The snails can’t simply be spread among zoos or other facilities: they need special equipment, experienced handlers, and a diet of native Hawaiian plants.

Consequently, it can be hard for the snails' minders to relax, even when they are outside the trailer. “How do you switch off when your decisions mean existence or extinction?" Sischo said. While action lightens the burden, yet with animals whose natural history is largely unknown, that action can be dangerous. "If you do it wrong, the snails die.”

Snails are neither intelligent nor beloved. Sischo's friends sometimes tease him about being "the strange snail guy' ; strangers ask why he cares. It's hard to convince people, but he insists that if he can just get them in the trailer, they will understand why the Achatinella bulimoides are worth saving. "People melt," he said“When you show them that the entire population is in this chamber, it hits them."

1.What is the trailer used for?

A.Accommodating guests B.Sheltering snails

C.Planting vegetables. D.Alarming thieves.

2.What does the underlined word “vulnerable" mean in paragraph?

A.Quite. B.Safe.

C.Easily affected. D.Well protected.

3.What is the snail minders' attitude towards their job?

A.Relaxed. B.Confident.

C.Cautious D.Disapproving

4.Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A.The Last of Its Kind B.The Worst of Times

C.Mourn Its Loss D.Resist Possible Dangerous

    Bull Run Regional Park

Thus family- friendly park is around 30 miles from the District. Bull Run is a history fan's delight：It provides access to the nearly 20-mile Occoquan Trail, which was used during the war. The trail is one of many hiking options on the 1,500-acre grounds. Each cabin($85 to $95 per night) accommodates six people and offers such luxuries（奢华）as electricity, heat and swing.

Savage River Lodge

Savage River Lodge-about three hour drive from the District-- specializes in a solid roof and a side of luxury. Savage River is surrounded by more than 700 acres of thick forest, and popular activities include fly-fishing. biking, hiking and cross -country skiing. Cabins start at $250 per night.

Cherry Hill Park

Given its proximity (邻近) to the District, this family-owned campground is particularly appealing to visitors who are traveling to the area via recreational vehicle. It also offers buses to the subway and organizes sightseeing tours as well as daily educational sessions. Guests can play mini golf, go fishing, or hit the basketball court. Cabins start at $99 per night.

Maple Tree Campground

Maple Tree Campground is about a 90-minute drive from the District. Come to this campground for nature's evening show: It always has really pretty sunsets. While there's no electricity, guests can use a wood stove for heat and cooking. Field tent sites start at $8 per night and tree cottages $65 per night

1.What's the minimum cost for a group of 10 to stay at Bull Run Regional Park for one night?

A.$85. B.$95

C.$170 D.$850

2.Which tour spot is suitable for people traveling by public transport?

A.Cherry Hill Park. B.Savage River Lodge.

C.Bull Run Regional Park. D.Maple Tree Campground.

3.The passage most probably appeals to those who are         .

A.planning a business trip B.seeking a weekend getaway

C.fond of online shopping D.interested in geography study

假定你是李华，你的美国笔友An发来邮件说她在新学校与朋友相处方面遇到了一些问题。请你根据以下提示给她回一封邮件。1.表示理解 2.提出建议 3.表达祝愿

注意：1.词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）

2.可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯

Dear Ann,

I am sorry to hear that

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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。

I have recently been told that listen to loud music is gradually making people hard of hearing. I'm sure it has already been happened to my neighbor. For years she had turned a deaf ear to my requests to turn her radio down. When she gives a party she doesn’t have to invite a rest of the street. Everyone can dance in her music in his own room. Now a scientist has discovered certain electronic sounds have strangely effects on rats. He declares break down, almost paralyze(瘫) with their legs trembled. Then it is simply a matter of throwing them out by their tail. I wonder that the same thing will happen to my neighbor someday.

语法填空

In my free time, I really like1.(surf) the Internet．When I get home from work, I turn on my computer, wait 2. it boots up completely, and then I go online．I usually check my email first and then write a few3.( message) to  my family and friends．I sometimes scan the local news headlines at my favorite news Website and read up on the latest local and international news.This Website often provides video news clips4.you can view online．I sometimes order products or service online to save money and time instead of going to 5.store and buying what I'm looking for．For example, I 6.(order)a digital camera online the other day and saved about ＄50．Whatever I do, I realize that there are problems 7.  using the Internet including scams,     identify theft, and viruses, so I'm very careful not to give out my  8.(person)information．Furthermore, I don't download or open files I don't recognize．

9. (use) the Internet can be fun and  a convenient way of shopping and finding out new information, 10. you just need to be careful.

    I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people _______ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a _______person:

I think my _______started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my _______, and be left alone. I thought I was smarter everyone else, so I hardly ever _______to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really, _______. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) _______. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I _______to help. That was really a big _______for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of _______are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new _______, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer s disease became my _______. Every time I came into her room, she was so _______because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never _______her, so I took her place. She let me _______. That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was _______, but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much _______, person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not _______these experiences. They have _______e to care about other people more than about myself. _______who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A.since B.before C.or D.unless

2.A.famous B.simple C.different D.skilled

3.A.education B.career C.tour D.change

4.A.balance B.homework C.degree D.interest

5.A.talked B.wrote C.lied D.reported

6.A.careful B.lonely C.curious D.guilty

7.A.argument B.game C.experiment D.defence

8.A.dared B.offered C.hesitated D.happened

9.A.dream B.problem C.duty D.step

10.A.us B.which C.them D.whom

11.A.attitude B.hobby C.hope D.luck

12.A.friend B.partner C.guide D.guest

13.A.polite B.happy C.strange D.confident

14.A.bothered B.answered C.visited D.trusted

15.A.explain B.guess C.declare D.see

16.A.homeless B.heart broken C.bad-tempered D.hopeless

17.A.quieter B.busier C.better D.richer

18.A.forget B.face C.improve D.analyze

19.A.forced B.preferred C.ordered D.taught

20.A.miss B.like C.wonder D.expect

Tips on Young Adult Life

As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. 1. Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!

With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. 2. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will show itself to you.

Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. 3. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.

It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. 4. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.

This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.

You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. 5. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!

A. Choose your friends wisely.

B. They may seem to happen quickly.

C. They will help shape the future.

D. You may appreciate what you have in your own life.

E. You will probably want to be independent.

F. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.

G. Your family has been with you since you came into this world.

    It has always been thought that alcohol causes people to put on weight because it contains a lot of sugar, but new research suggests a glass a day cold form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight; those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.

A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, ＂Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain.＂ The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.

Boston University’s Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.

The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.

For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese. What’s more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol(白藜芦醇), a compound present in grapes and red wine destroys fat cells.

1.The passage is mainly for those___________.

A. who produce wine

B. who have a drinking habit

C. who go on a diet

D. who are eager to lose weight

2.The underlined phrase＂ in moderation＂ in the first paragraph means ___________.

A. excitedly B. carefully

C. frequently D. properly

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight.

B. Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat.

C. The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.

D. The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear.

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A. How to do some easy experiments.

B. How to reduce the calories contained in wine.

C. How to prove the finding mentioned above.

D. How to make wine in a healthy way.

Parents should stop blaming themselves because there' s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. "I don' t know what to do with him these days," she said. "He' s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn' t forgotten them. He' s just decided that he' s not going to use them. She confessed (坦白) that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, "I don' t like your dress; it' s ugly. " One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

"Where did we go wrong?" her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

1.The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as _______

A. lazy    B. quiet

C. unusual    D. rude

2.From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______

A. pay no attention to them    B. are too busy to look after them

C. have come to hate them    D. feel helpless to do much about them

3.What is the author' s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B. Parents should be to blame for it.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children.

4.This text is most probably written by _______

A. a specialist in teenager studies    B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children    D. a doctor for mental health problems

It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.

Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”

At the front of the supermarket a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”

By now paramedics（救援人员）had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became______by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “ My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”

At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

1.What dose the author intend to tell us?

A. One can never be too careful.

B. Actions speak louder than words.

C. Love begins with a little smile.

D. A small act of kindness brings a great joy.

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

A. The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.

B. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s support.

C. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller.

D. The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.

3.The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “___________”.

A. astonished B. struck C. frightened D. excited

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

A. Flower Power

B. Mother’s Day

C. An Accidental Injury

D. An Embarrassing Moment

Teen Art Show

Do you want to see your artwork displayed alongside other teens' artwork? Don't miss your opportunity! Showcase your paintings, sculptures, photographs and other artworks at the Environmental Educational Center. The show will provide an opportunity for artists to network, provide feedback and become a resource for others.

Location: Environmental Educational Center

Activity fee: $25

Night Fishing

Escape the night and join us as we fish at Desert Breeze Park. No experience needed. We will provide the fishing poles, transportation, the bait, help you catch a fish and best of all, teens 14 years and under do not require a license to fish.

Location: Desert Breeze Park

Activity fee: $22

Overnight Snow Trip

Join the City of Chandler in an exciting new trip! We will travel up to Camp Tontozona and  enjoy great food and a campfire in the early evening. Snow play will be the highlight as we explore the snow-filled meadows(草地) of Woods Canyon Lake and sled down small hills in the area. You will be responsible for your own ski/snowboard equipment.

Location: Camp Tontozona

Activity fee: $30

Paintballing

Come out and play paintball with all your friends! Join the City of Chandler as we go to Tempe Indoor Paintball. This is a great way to join in the fun of playing paintball for a low, low cost. All equipment is included. Please wear old clothes because clothes can get dirty easily!

Location: Tempe Paintball

Activity fee: $28

1.In which activity should people take their own ski equipment?

A. Overnight Snow Trip

B. Teen Art Show

C. Paintballing

D. Night Fishing

2.What can people do in Desert Breeze Park?

A. Meet with famous artists

B. Play with snow

C. Play paintball

D. Go fishing

3.What is special about Paintballing?

A. It costs the least

B. It might make your clothes dirty

C. People can play with friends

D. People will enjoy a campfire

假定你是李华,你的英国朋友Peter来信询问你想报考的大学。请用英语给他回信，内容包括：

1. 你要报考的大学名称；

2. 报考该大学的原因(至少两条原因);

3. 你目前所做的准备。

注意:1. 词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I will never forget that at the age of 12 I was asked to deliver a speech entitled An Unforgettable Experience before the whole class! How terrible shy I was the moment I thought of that. I had no choice but prepare for it, though. First, I drafted the speech, which was easy. But the hardest part lies in my oral presentation. The real moment began as I stood on the platform with my legs trembled and my mind blank. But my listener were waiting patiently. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech fluently. After which seemed to be ages, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear disappeared. Actually with your confidence building up, I now turn out to be the great speaker. Looking at back, I know the greatest difficulty on the way to success is fear. Overcome it, or you will be able to achieve your goals.

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。

Li Ziqi has made a name for herself in her videos that highlight a traditional Chinese way of life in the rural areas of Sichuan province. Her videos cover 1.(vary) crafts related to traditional culture, from making paper and ink to weaving cloth, from making a silk comforter to building her own bread kiln(窑) with blocks. Nothing seems impossible with Li’s hands as they work their magic to bring these things into 2.(exist).

Li, born in 1990, 3.（live）with her grandparents in Mianyang, Sichuan, since the age of 6 after her father died. Life was difficult for her during her youth as she and her grandparents had little to live4.. Li herself said that she was 5.(financial) supported to continue schooling. She started to work in the city at 14 and would not have returned to her childhood home but for her grandmother 6.(fall) ill in 2012. After returning home, Li opened 7. online shop to sell mostly food products. To increase sales, she began making short films in 2016 about how these products 8.(create).

A Weibo user remarked, “ Li’s success lies in her passion for life.” Another Weibo user wrote, “Thank you for giving me an opportunity 9.(appreciate) the landscape in the countryside. ” Li is not without criticism. Some people have expressed skepticism because it is unbelievable 10. she looks so perfect after a long day of work in the fields.

    One day, Luke Fortune drove from Oregon to Portland, where he parked his car in a paid garage overnight. The next morning, he ____ the car’s window had been broken, along with his ____ for the future: his computer was ____. “Everything important to me was on that computer,” said Fortune. “I felt ____.”

Two days after the ____, another young man called Fortune. Masoud Almazrouei was an exchange student from the United Arab Emirates. He’d been ____ by a man who said he had a computer for sale. Only $200. Almazrouei ____ a computer, so he bought it, took it home, and turned it on. Within seconds, he saw files and photographs. “I wondered who would ____ a computer with all of this on it,” he said. “I ____ it could be stolen.”Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner’s phone number and called it ____.

“He told me the story and said it was his fault. I thought it was a ____. I told him if he really had the ____, he should take it to the police,” Fortune said.

___, a police officer called Fortune to say that a man had dropped the computer off and had said he was ____. He passed on the man’s number.

Fortune called and thanked Almazrouei and ____ paying him a reward of $200 —the money he was out. Almazrouei ____.

When a report about the two young men’s story made it to the local papers, Almazrouei received a(n) ____ from Wim Wiewel, the president of the university where Almazrouei is studying. Impressed with his student’s ____, Wiewel gave Almazrouei a new computer. “We thought since you ____ the computer, we should give you a computer so that you’ll have one,” Wiewel told him. “We’re very ____ you.”

1.A.expected B.concluded C.discovered D.remembered

2.A.dreams B.skills C.decisions D.imaginations

3.A.robbed B.hidden C.broken D.gone

4.A.respectful B.depressed C.ridiculous D.regretful

5.A.theft B.conflict C.adventure D.emergency

6.A.inspired B.reminded C.interviewed D.approached

7.A.operated B.needed C.possessed D.assessed

8.A.return B.like C.sell D.throw

9.A.realized B.predicted C.admitted D.guaranteed

10.A.unwillingly B.cautiously C.immediately D.automatically

11.A.mistake B.catastrophe C.misunderstanding D.trick

12.A.chance B.computer C.bravery D.experience

13.A.Besides B.However C.Afterwards D.Therefore

14.A.sorry B.moved C.lucky D.terrified

15.A.enjoyed B.practised C.succeeded in D.insisted on

16.A.ignored B.refused C.hesitated D.withdrew

17.A.invitation B.apology C.warning D.call

18.A.virtue B.achievement C.independence D.determination

19.A.took back B.paid back C.gave back D.held back

20.A.tired of B.proud of C.curious about D.concerned about

    Even if you don’t know the more complex aspects of index funds, everyone generally knows what it means to be good with money. Spend less than your earn, save for the future, stay out of debt.

1. In fact, when we are talking about money management, we are actually talking about our psychological relationship with money. Fundamentally, our financial problems come from unmet needs. In the case of compulsive overspending, the problem is almost never that a person lacks self-control. 2.

If you overspend on clothing, you don’t actually believe you need 1,000 items in your closet. More likely, you are uncomfortable with your body or status. Clothing helped you feel good about yourself in the past. 3. If overspending on restaurants, you are not so lazy that you can’t be bothered to cook a single meal. Rather, you are exhausted from doing things you don’t want to do. You need to give yourself energy in the form of a food high, one that will temporarily mask your unhappiness.

The path to true financial health is not to reduce your life to a tight budget, 4. Instead of letting yourself be controlled by uncomfortable impulses, financial health is all about creating a budget that allows you to do what you truly desire in life.

If your problem is low self-worth, invest strategically in things that will make you feel worthy. Maybe it’s a few amazing pieces of clothing that are tailored well and last long. Maybe it’s a few sessions of therapy. If your problem is burnout, invest in rest and relaxation. 5.

When something shifts within you, something shifts around you. Not the other way around.

A. Now, you think you are always one dress away from feeling at peace in your own skin.

B. Consider reducing your working hours, or setting aside money for a personal trip.

C. However, it’s easier to say than to do.

D. but to turn to financial consultants for advice on how to manage your bank account.

E. Rather, he usually has an unmet basic need which he is addressing through overspending.

F. Money principles are simple; it’s human psychology that’s complex.

G. but to take an honest look at your needs and meet them with long-term solutions.

    This year marks exactly two centuries since the publication of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of fiction that would foresee many ethical(道德的) questions to be raised by technologies yet to come. Today the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) raises fundamental questions: “What is intelligence, identity, or consciousness? What makes human conscience(良知)？”

What is being called artificial general intelligence, machines that would imitate the way humans think, continues to evade(难倒) scientists. Yet humans remain fascinated by the idea of robots that would look, move, and respond like humans, similar to those recently on popular sci-fi TV series such as “West World” and “Humans”.

How people think is still far too complex to be understood, let alone reproduced, says David Eagleman, a Stanford University neuroscientist. “We are just in a situation where there are no good theories explaining what consciousness actually is and how you could ever build a machine to get there.”

But that doesn’t mean essential ethical issues involving AI aren’t at hand. The coming use of autonomous vehicles, for example, raises difficult ethical questions. Human drivers sometimes must make split-second decisions. Their reactions may be a complex combination of instant reflections, input from past driving experiences, and what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment. AI “vision” today is not nearly as complicated as that of humans. And to foresee every imaginable driving situation is a difficult programming problem.

Whenever decisions are based on masses of data, “you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions,” notes Tan Kiat How, chief executive of a Singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of AI. Along with Singapore, other governments and mega-corporations are beginning to establish their own guidelines. Britain is setting up a data ethics center. India released its AI ethics strategy this spring.

Only when we can make sure that the thinking of intelligent machines reflects humanity’s highest values will they be useful servants and not Frankenstein’s out-of-control monster.

1.Why did the author mention Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein at the beginning of the passage?

A.Because it has remained popular for as long as 200 years.

B.Because it fascinates AI scientists all over the world.

C.Because it has sparked serious ethical controversies.

D.Because it involves some concerns raised by AI today.

2.In David Eagleman’s opinion, our current knowledge of consciousness ________

A.helps explain artificial intelligence. B.can be misleading to robot making.

C.inspires popular sci-fi TV series. D.is too limited for us to reproduce it.

3.The solution to the ethical issues brought by autonomous vehicles ________

A.can hardly ever be found. B.is still beyond our power.

C.causes little public concern. D.has aroused much curiosity.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.AI’s Future: In the Hands of Tech Giants

B.Frankenstein, the Novel Predicting the Age of AI

C.The Conscience of AI: Complex But Unavoidable

D.AI Shall Be Killers Once Out of Control