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| There is a popular saying, "All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us". Some of the greatest success stories of 1 have followed a word of 2 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 3 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawt home among the great 4 of literature. One cold evening when Nathaniel, a 5 man, went home to tell his wife, Sophia, that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs. she 6 him with a cry of joy. "Now," she said 7 , "you can write your book!" "Yes?" replied the man, with 8 confidence, "and what shall we 9 while I am writing it?" To his 10 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money. "Where on earth did you get that?" he asked. "I have always known you were a man of 11 ," she told him. "I 12 that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the 13 you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to 14 us for one whole year." From her trust and 15 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter. | |||
| ( )l. A. Chinese ( )2. A. enjoyment ( )3. A. trusting ( )4. A. books ( )5. A. successful ( )6. A. bugged ( )7. A. sadly ( )8. A. little ( )9. A. stick to ( )10. A. amazement ( )11. A. business ( )12. A. knew ( )13. A. time ( )14. A. lead ( )15. A. confidence |
B. English B. encouragement B. merciful B. novels B. courageous B. surprised B. willingly B. much B. try out B. satisfaction B. writing B. see B. room B. hold B. experience |
C. maths C. kindness C. cautious C. names C. sorrowful C. comforted C. proudly C. no C. take up C. expectation C. talent C. understand C. job C. last C. competence |
D. history D. delight D. intelligent D. nicknames D. heartbroken D. loved D. intentionally D. less D. live on D. disappointment D. marketing D. dream D. money D. leave D. guidance |
| 语法填空。 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词 或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 |
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Long long ago, in a small and faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 |
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| When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn't understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laughs turned into crying. So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing are controlled by the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so does crying. Whatever helps us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying. Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them. Just as crying can be healthy, not crying---holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering-can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can 1ead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illness. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural, healthy and emotional response. |
| 1. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died? |
| A. Because her father did not want her to feel too sad. B. Because she did not love her grandmother. C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time. D. The author doesn't give the explanation. |
| 2. It can be inferred from the text that . |
| A. there are two ways to keep healthy B. emotional health has a close relationship to physical health C. crying and laughing play the same roles D. crying does more good to health than laughing |
| 3. According to the author, which of the following statements is true? |
| A. Crying is the best way to get help from others. B. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems. C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry. D. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure |
| 4. What might be the most suitable title for the text? |
| A. Why We Cry B. How to Keep Healthy C. Power of Tears D. New Scientific Discovery |
| 5. What is the author's attitude to "crying"? |
| A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Touched. D. Upset. |
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| I don't know how it is that when I go to a post office I always seem to find myself in a line behind someone who has some long and complicated business to do. Having only come in to buy a couple of stamps, I am obliged to wait patiently while an old lady takes ten minutes to complete a form that a child could do in one. People in other lines move quickly forward to take their turns and are served by cheerful clerks. Sometimes, feeling that I cannot bear waiting in my motionless line any longer, I decide to join another one. It may be longer, but at least it is moving. This always turns out to be the worst thing I could have done. Not only have I now lost my place in the first line but the one I am in now slows to a stop. An angry argument suddenly develops between the clerk and the customer at the counter, or information is asked for which results in the clerk having to ask a senior official or, if it's a particularly difficult problem, disappear into a back room. Why it takes him so long, I don't know. Perhaps he has a quick snack, but, no, that can't be right because when at last my turn comes, he pushes forward a printed sign, saying " Position Closed" and without a smile says, "Sorry, going to lunch" |
| 1. When the writer goes to the post office _____. |
| A. he always has a lot of business to do B. he always has to fill in a form C. he only buys stamps D. he has to try to be patient |
| 2. Why does the writer sometimes decide to join a line at another counter? |
| A. There aren't so many people waiting there. B. The clerk is more cheerful. C. The people are moving. D. The clerk is not so busy. |
| 3. What usually happens after the writer has joined another line? |
| A. It gradually stops B. It stops suddenly C. It keeps stopping D. It doesn't stop |
| 4. Why does the writer think the clerk goes into a back room? |
| A. To have his lunch B. To get some information C. To have a rest D. To talk to someone |
| 5. What happened when it is the writer's turn to be served? |
| A. The clerk tells him to go away B. The clerk goes off duty C. The clerk gives him a sign D. The clerk offers him a position |
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| Tom goes everywhere with Catherine Green, a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her. "Most people don't seem to mind Tom," says Catherine, who thinks he is wonderful. "He's my fourth child," she says. She may think of him and treat him that way as her son. He moves around buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Tom is a dog. Catherine and Tom live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides a high level of care for its people. This level of care costs money. People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet more taxes. Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish kronor in taxes a year for the right to keep their dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medical treatment for a dog that falls ill. However, most such treatment is expensive, so owners often decide to offer health and even life premium for their dog. In Sweden dog owners must pay for any damage their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means: if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident. |
| 1. Catherine pays taxes for Tom because . |
| A. Tom follows her everywhere B. Tom is her child C. Tom is her dog D. Tom often falls ill |
| 2. The money paid as dog taxes is used to . |
| A. keep a high level of care for the people B. pay for damage done by dogs C. provide medical care for dogs D. buy insurance for dog owners |
| 3. The underlined world "premium" possibly means . |
| A. payment for risks B. medical check C. entertainment expense D. protection fee |
| 4. If a dog causes a car accident and gets killed, who should pay for the damage done to the car? |
| A. The owner of the car. B. The owner of the dog. C. The insurance company. D. The government. |
| 5. From the text it can be inferred that in Sweden . |
| A. dogs are welcome in public places B. keeping dogs means asking for trouble C. many car accidents are caused by dogs D. people care much about dogs. |
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| People in the past made clay-pottery because they needed it for their lives. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to the early culture that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of pictures, materials and making, the more advanced the culture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today use his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as useful, turning something ordinary into something special. The potter uses one of the Earth's most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting steps difficult. Most North American artisan potters now buy ready-made clay in stores, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work. The most important tools potters use are their own hands; however, they also use wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its vase on the potter's wheel. After a finished pot is dried of all its wet part in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, arid it is then ready to be glazed and fired again. For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later bum off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of designs that they want. |
| 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? |
| A. Different kinds of clay B. The training of an artisan C. The making of pottery D. The lives of people in the past |
| 2. The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to . |
| A. clay B. pottery C. lives D. culture |
| 3. According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need? |
| A. They buy it. B. They make it. C. They dig it from the earth. D. They exchange for it. |
| 4. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel? |
| A. Melted wax B. A plain wire C. potters own fingers D. fire |
| 5. Which material is NOT used in the process of making a good pottery? |
| A.clay B. water C. kiln D. paint |
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| 基础写作。 你是一名中学生，打算接待英国学生到你家食宿。你的理由如下：  【写作内容】： 用英语写一篇短文陈述理由，以便放到个人博客上，短文必须包括表格的所有信息。 【写作要求】：只能用5个句子表达全部内容。 【评分标准】：句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。 |
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| 读写任务。 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 |
| Mr. Whitson taught six-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called cattywampus, an animal that died out during the Ice Age. He showed us a skull (头盖骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later had a test. When he returned our paper, we found that everyone in the class had failed. Mr. Whitson explained that he had made up all those things about the cattywampus. There had never been such an animal. The information in our notes was incorrect. The skull he showed us was a cat's skull. He had described its surprising night vision, the color of its fur and a number of other facts he couldn't have known. Nobody was doubtful but wrote down what the teacher said. Mr. Whitson said he hoped we would learn something from this experience. Teachers and textbooks are not never wrong. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbooks was wrong. [写作要求] 1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。 2．以约120词讲述你自己“难忘的一堂英语（或物理）课”这个经历，内容包括： (1)时间、地点、简单过程 (2)为何难忘 (3)你从中学到了什么 [写作要求] 1．在作文中，可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但 不得直接引用原文中的句子； 2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； [评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。 |
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