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| Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 1 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: "Not the measuring stick." "No," I 3 them. "Not the measuring stick." The measuring stick isn't a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we've 5 each child's growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting. Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script (手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, and my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured. Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home. We haven't 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the ki | ||||
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| 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的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 |
| My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 1 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 2 his front door in my mailbox. 3 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 4 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 5 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 6 Vernon would say when he came back. I was just going to give up 7 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 8 and open the window. I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 9 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbours. "What are you doing up there?" said the policeman. 10 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr Davies' birds." |
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| Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art.After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss a coin.The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy.Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy. Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation (轰动). By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works. When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant (胜利的)homecoming.Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream."And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you." Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, "No...no...It is too late for me.Look...look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands!The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush." To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward.He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands", but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it "The Praying Hands".The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminder-no one ever makes any success alone! |
| 1.Why did the two brothers work out the agreement? |
| A. They were so curious as to make a joke. B. Their family couldn't afford the academy. C. One of the brothers was supposed to go into mines. D. They wanted to support the other sisters and brothers. |
| 2.The underlined word "whose" in Para.2 refers to __ . |
| A. the Durer family's B. the miners? C. Albert's D. Albrecht's |
| 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Albrecht Durer? |
| A. He began to earn his living after graduation. B. He did perfectly well at the academy. C. He wanted his brother to go to the academy. D. He created great masterpieces. |
| 4.Which of the following is the correct order of the story? a. Albrecht went to Nuremberg. b. Albert supported his brother. c. The Durer family held a festive dinner. d. Albrecht drew his brother's injured hands. e. The brothers tossed a coin. |
| A. b, a, c, d, e B. a, e, c, d, b C. e, a, c, b, d D. e, a, b, c, |
| 5. What can we learn from the story? |
| A. One can achieve success simply on his own. B. Any success requires the help of others. C. It's other people who contribute to one's success. D. Nobody could succeed without good guidance. |
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| Boxing is a fist fighting sport between two matched combatants (对手) wearing padded gloves. A boxer's primary aim is to land as many blows as possible to the head and torso (躯干) of the opponent, using strength and speed to dominate the contest. One of the oldest sports still practiced, boxing dates back to thousands of years ago. Today the sport is popular in many parts of the world and encompasses (包括) both amateur and professional matches. For most of the 20th century boxing attracted huge fans and media attention in the United States. Some boxing champions became legendary, larger-than-life figures, such as Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. Criticized to varying degrees throughout its history for its violent nature and high injury rate, boxing has somehow always managed to survive-and even thrive-as a sport. Modern boxing regulations are based upon the 12 rules set out by British boxing officials in the mid-19th century. These rules became known as the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, named after the 8th Marquess of Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, who sponsored and published them. In addition to in-the-ring rules, modern boxing also has specific regulations regarding eligibility for the fighters themselves. The modern rules for professional and amateur boxing differ, but both types of contests are divided into time periods called rounds. In professional boxing, each round lasts three minutes; in amateur boxing, two minutes. A one-minute rest period between rounds is standard. Amateur contests consist of three rounds; professional contests may consist of up to 12 rounds. A bell is usually sounded by a timekeeper to begin and end each round. A key step in making boxing safer and more respectable was the introduction of gloves, ending brutal bare-knuckle competition. Boxing gloves are heavily padded to soften the impact of the blow and to protect the hands of the boxer. As an added protection, the hands are taped before being placed in the gloves, which are essentially huge mittens. Professional gloves usually weigh between 170 and 226g; amateur gloves average 226 to 340g. |
| 1. Which of the following is true according to the information in the passage? |
| A. Boxing is a violent sport with high injury rate. B. People enjoy boxing because of its brutal nature. C. Only professional players are allowed to attend boxing matches. D. Boxing is a popular sport with a history of only 200 years. |
| 2. Boxing has always managed to survive as a sport. In the author's opinion, ______. |
| A. this is because many people can participate in this popular sport B. this is because boxing is a sport which can bring good business C. the reason for this cannot be fully explained D. this is because there are many legendary boxers |
| 3. Which of the following facts about boxing is NOT mentioned in the passage? |
| A. The time set for a round. B. The weight of gloves. C. The size of boxing rings. D. The signal to begin and end each round. |
| 4. The author's purpose in writing this passage is ________. |
| A. to give a general introduction to the sport of boxing B. to advertise a band of boxing-related product C. to discourage people from enjoying this violent sport D. to get support for a sport with long tradition |
| 5. Which of the following statements can best describe the sport of boxing as a whole? |
| A. It is a brutal and violent sport, with little popularity in modern times. B. It is a traditional sport, with little room for improvement. C. It is a controversial sport, which nevertheless enjoys great public support. D. It is strictly professional sport with rigid and exclusive rules. |
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| A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibilliondollar project. The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltd's CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. "It's very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space" he told Reuters Television. A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for passengers. British industrialist Richard Branson's space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride. Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth. "It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days," Claramunt said. More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it. The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean. But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project. |
| 1. What's Xavier Claramunt's attitude towards the space tourism industry? |
| A. Quite critical. B. Slightly worried. C. Highly optimistic. D. Fully satisfied. |
| 2. Virgin Galactic's guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________. |
| A. Spain B. America C. Britain D. Russia |
| 3. Which of the following is one of the critics' concerns about this project? |
| A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists. B. There are many technical difficulties. C. It will be a waste of resources. D. It may lack support in money. |
| 4. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________. |
| A. will soon be possible for common people B. has attracted the attention of some people C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people |
| 5. What's the best title for the passage? |
| A. The world's first space hotel is to open in 2012. B. The world's first commercial spaceport is being built. C. Space tourism:a surprising new industry. D. Space travel will become common in 15 years. |
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| China has recently been faced with serious issues of product safety. In Panama, it is said that medicine made with a poisonous chemical sickened some people. A Chinese company had identified it as diethylamide glycol ( [化]乙二醇), a low - cost substitute commonly used in automobile antifreeze (防冻剂). Some countries have banned Chinese-made toothpaste containing diethylamide glycol. China has now told companies to discontinue its use, even though it says the toothpaste is safe. Another industrial chemical, melamine, was found in wheat flour used to make pet food in North America. Thousands of dogs and cats became sick. The United States has restricted some imports of Chinese seafood because they contained banned substance. And questions have been raised about other products, including children's toys covered with lead paint. Chinese officials promised to provide the European Union, the biggest trading partner, with detailed reports on enforcement efforts against unsafe goods. Meglena Kuneva, commissioner (理事) for consumer protection of the European Union said China should have kept its promise. China recently closed three companies linked to the Panama and the pet food scare. And it dismissed the former head of its food and drug administration. He was found guilty of corruption (腐败) for approving unsafe drugs. This week, a conference of the State Council approved a proposed special measure on the supervision of food safety. The Xinhua News Agency said it calls for stronger controls over producers, greater responsibilities for government and more serious punishment for illegal activities. But Chinese officials have accused some foreign media of overstating problems with goods made in China. They say food imports from the United States also fail inspection sometimes. Next Week, American and Chinese food safety officials are planning to hold 5 days of meetings in Beijing to discuss cooperation. |
| 1. How many cases with safety problems are mentioned in the passage? |
| A. Six B. Five C. Four D. Three |
| 2. How was Panama case dealt with afterwards? |
| A. Three companies linked to it were closed down. B. The former head of food and drug administration was removed from his position. C. More serious punishment was conducted for leaders linked to it. D. Both A and B. |
| 3. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? |
| A. No one doubts that Chinese- made toothpaste is safe B. the safety of "made in China" is doubted C. there are safety problems with more Chinese products D. the Chinese government is to blame partly for the product safety problems. |
| 4.The passage is mainly about ________. |
| A. China is facing product safety problems B. more controls are taken of Chinese goods C. overstated problems with Chinese goods D. China is losing its trade partners |
| 5. What does "it" refer to in the last but one paragraph? |
| A. China B. The European Union C. Chinese officials D. The Chinese company |
| 信息匹配。 请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先请阅读下列电视节目的信息： |
| A.Groovy Movies Tune in every Friday night at 7 p.m.and Sunday at 6 p.m.for fun-filled successful movies that the whole family can enjoy! B.Ready or Not Follow the ups and downs of life with best friends Amanda Zimm and Busy Ramone as they deal with adolescence, boys, family, school and friends.The series began with the girls in the seventh grade but later progressed to the eighth and the ninth grades. C. Are You Afraid of the Dark? A group of kids calling themselves "The Midnight Society" sit around a campfire sharing scary stories. Creepy, but never excessively frightening, common subjects include haunted houses(鬼屋), what goes on behind the neighbor's walls, and other things that go bump at night. D.The Secret Show The Secret Show is about secret people doing secret things.Special agents Victor Volt and Anita Kningt work for U.Z.Z, protecting the world against the evil forces of T.H.E.M.Victor and Anita manage to save the world-or large part of it. E. Serious Amazon Serious Amazon follows eight young adventurers as they face the dangers of the Peruvian Amazon, exploring the habitat and meeting the inhabitants who rely on the river for their survival.Living with the local tribes, they help with various projects, including building an enclosure for rare red uakari monkeys (红秃猴). F. Mr.Bean-Animate Mr.Bean, one of the world's most popular comedy characters, is back, but this time he's a cartoon hero , appearing in a new series of animated adventures! Rowan Atkinson provides his voice for these happy animated adventures. 下面是一些个人信息.请根据这些信息匹配他们要观看的电视节目. 1.Tom is a brave young boy.He loves to watch horrible movies in his spare time.Now it's summer holiday and he wants to watch one of this kind of programs which can somewhat scare other people. 2. Mary is 14 years old this year.She likes watching shows on TV.Because she is now passing into adolescence, her mother asks her to watch some TV programs which can help her deal with problems girls at her age will meet. 3. Mike dreams to be an adventurer when he grows up, so he is fond of watching programs from which he can learn some skills and knowledge on how to explore a new place.Since he has no classes this weekend, he decides to watch such a program. 4. George likes watching programs about secret agents.He feels excited when the agents achieve their goals at last.So every week, he is sure to watch one of these kinds of program. 5. Jane likes watching comedies in her spare time.She is crazy about the characters that are lively and funny.When she is watching her favorite TV programs, nothing can tear her away from the sofa |
| 基础写作。 假设你参加了你校组织的中学生社会实践活动，请你根据以下信息，叙述“井冈山 之旅”(A Tour to the Jinggang Mountian)的活动情况。 【写作内容】 时间： 5月1日-5日 交通工具：火车 活动内容： （1）参观“希望小学”(the Hope Primary School), 了解学生的学习条件； （2）与村民同吃住，了解生活状况； （3）参加田间劳动，体验农民生活。 感受： （1）农民的生活条件改善了； （2）因为不需交学费和有众多好心人资助，没有失学学生。 【写作要求】 只能使用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。 Most people think it's fine to be “busy as a beaver (海狸).” But actually, although beavers may work hard, often they don't get much done. Beavers are good at building dams and most beaver dams are wonders of engineering. The best ones are strongly built of trees, stones, and mud. They are wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. Beavers think nothing of building a dam more than two hundred feet long. One dam, in Montana, was more than two thousand feet long. The largest one ever seen was in New Hampshire. It stretched four thousand feet. It made a lake large enough to hold forty beaver homes. So beavers do build good dams. But they don't always build them in the right places. They just don't plan. They will build a dam across the widest part of the stream. They don't try to find a place where the stream is narrow. So a lot of their hard work is wasted. Beavers should learn that it's not enough to be busy. You have to know what you're doing, too. For example, there was one Oregon beaver that really was a worker. It decided to fix a hole in a man-made dam. After five days of work it gave up. The hole it was trying to fill was the space that boats go through. [写作内容] 1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容。 2. 以约120词就“制定规划与达成目标”这一主题进行议论，内容包括： (1) 海狸修水坝的故事给你的启示是什么？ (2) 请结合你的生活经历阐述“制定规划与达成目标”之间的关系。 [写作要求] 1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事.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，语篇连贯。 |
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| 1. 他以前从未做过这种工作,但是我相信他会和同事们协调得好. He's never done this type of work before, but I'm sure he will _____ ______ with his workmates. 2 . 他沉溺于玩电脑游戏,这使他妈妈很担扰. He _____ _____ _____ playing computer games, which made his mother worried. 3. 我告诉他别乱动我的东西. I told him to _____ my things _____. 4. 我开始对这儿的交通感到烦扰. I am beginning to _____ _____ _____ the traffic here. 5. 我们正在为有困难的家庭募捐. We are collecting money for families _____ _____. 6. 你去英格兰,我也要去英格兰. I, _____ _____ _____ you, am going to England. |