“The biggest obstacles (阻碍) in our lives are the barriers our mind creates...” The quote I saw in an old friend’s house when I was about eleven has got me through the ____ parts of my life, which has actually been based on it. When I ____ for the basketball team, not ____ it became what I was worried about most. I went to the tryouts but simply sat on the sidelines and ____. I missed out on making the team, not for lack of ____, but because of the rather too big barriers I bore in my head preventing me getting around and then ____ the ball.

The year continued, and at that age I hadn’t overcome the fears ____ in my mind. Football season came and yet again I had to try out for the team, ____ to display myself to the full. Once again the barrier in my head kept me from doing something I loved.

From that moment on I knew that God wouldn’t make    barriers if somebody could ____ them. I started training, mentally, ____, and emotionally.

I went to a small ____ in the county where the teachers didn’t care whether you succeeded. I went to practice daily and competed as if it was my ____ day outing on a helmet. Later that week I made the football team. But it was simply ____. In my eyes this wasn’t good enough, and I could do much better. In the middle of the season, the coaches said I was ____ to play with the big boys, and before I knew it I was starting as a(n) ____.

I’d come a long way from the little boy that was scared from his own ____ I had ____ in whatever I did. I tried out for wrestling and made the team, the AAU basketball team and made that ____. I then realized I was a(n) ____ athlete, and that the obstacle course started to become smaller. I chose to ____ myself and let nothing get in the way.

1.A. slowest    B. largest    C. toughest    D. easiest

2.A. dropped out    B. set off    C. showed off    D. tried out

3.A. making    B. playing    C. helping    D. challenging

4.A. shouted    B. watched    C. cheered    D. remarked

5.A. skills    B. courage    C. support    D. fame

6.A. chasing    B. rolling    C. kicking    D. shooting

7.A. lacked    B. selected    C. created    D. handled

8.A. falling    B. spoiling    C. planning    D. failing

9.A. turn down    B. go over    C. get over    D. put down

10.A. patiently    B. physically    C. excitedly    D. hopelessly

11.A. school    B. farm    C. courtyard    D. shelter

12.A. dull    B. last    C. own    D. free

13.A. informal    B. contemporary    C. junior    D. passive

14.A. energetic    B. willing    C. strong    D. ready

15.A. freshman    B. grown-up    C. champion    D. graduate

16.A. shyness    B. shadow    C. figure    D. shade

17.A. freedom    B. wisdom    C. achievement    D. confidence

18.A. too    B. instead    C. together    D. either

19.A. professional    B. all-around    C. ordinary    D. curious

20.A. hide    B. protect    C. better    D. limit

Time is on your side

How frequently do you say “I don’t have time”? Quite often, I guess. Every time we say those words, they make us feel weak and out of control. You are in control of your hours and your life. 1.

I know it’s not as easy as simply turning off the TV. But here are two steps that will help you take back control and get time on your side.

★2.

Be honest: do you spend an hour or two visiting Weixin and QQ every day? Are you spending time with people that you don’t really like just to please them? Are there meetings you attend that you can politely refuse?

It’s time to get real about the hours that add up to a lot of dissatisfying nothing. Think how you can cancel daily activities that are not useful. 3.

★Change your language.

Words matter. They have power. Saying “I don’t have time” is an excuse for not wanting to do something. Here are some good, empowering alternatives (选择):

“I choose not to start that project until next year.”

“4.”

“I’d love to go out this weekend but have important work I need to do first.”

Get better at saying no. 5. Use little pockets of time (friend running late, car stuck in traffic, meeting ending 10 minutes early) to do some productive thinking. All these things can add up over time more than you believe!

A. Identify your blocks.

B. But you are likely wasting a lot of it!

C. I really don’t have enough time to do it.

D. Replace them with things that satisfy you.

E. Take no notice of all those unimportant messages on your phone.

F. I’d love to read that book — I’ll get to it after my homework is complete!

G. When you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else will plan it for you.

Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle —named the Transition – has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.

Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t  expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000.And it won’t  help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.

Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition  is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.

Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.

1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The basic data of the Transition.

B. The advantages of flying cars.

C. The potential market for flying cars.

D. The designers of the Transition.

2.Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways?

A. It causers traffic jams.

B. It is difficult to operate.

C. It is very expensive.

D. It burns too much fuel.

3.What is the government’s attitude to the development of the flying car?

A. Cautious    B. Favorable.

C. Ambiguous.    D. Disapproving.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. Flying Car at Auto Show

B. The Transition’s First Flight

C. Pilots’ Dream Coming True

D. Flying Car Closer to Reality

With only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone (克隆) the animal and save the endangered species (物种). That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”.

Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A& M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.

It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.

This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.

The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.

“The nuclear transfer (核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available (capable of being used) panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (having a baby). It takes a long time and ifs difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort, adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A& M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.

“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”

1.The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to ________.

A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas

B. save endangered animals from dying out

C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study

D. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another

2.According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of ________.

A. available panda eggs    B. host animals

C. qualified researchers    D. enough money

3.The best title for the passage may be ________.

A. China’s Success in Pandas Cloning

B. The First Cloned Panda in the World

C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas

D. China —the Native Place of Pandas Forever

4.From the passage we know that ________.

A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dog

B. scientists try to implant a panda’s egg into a rabbit

C. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researches

D. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a century

“Stop making excuses for him. Mom,” I said. “But maybe he is feeling unwell...” Mom said. “Maybe nothing.” I interrupted. I had been tending Mom since her health began to decline and this would be the first time in a year that my husband and I had a night out together. Jerry had promised to stay with Mom. But again he let us down. And more often than not, his drinking had a lot to do with it. His irresponsibility upset me.

I remembered our happy growing-up years in a small town in West Virginia. With good family education. Jerry had been a kind kid. He was only 15 when Dad died. Unlike him, I got over the sorrow soon, but he started drinking. Soon he began hanging out with bad guys.

Jerry and I didn’t see each other often, but we talked on the phone. Usually, though, we ended up fighting. When Mom came to live with us, Jerry dropped in regularly at first, but after a while his visits became sporadic. He explained he couldn’t handle seeing Mom in such a bad condition. Another excuse, I thought.

One day I went to see the doctor about my back. It had been aching for months. “I can’t find anything wrong with you physically,” the doctor said. “But I can tell you’re very tense. Is something bothering you?” I poured out my story about Jerry. “Do you think he’s likely to change?” he asked. I shrugged. “Probably not.” “But, you can,” he said gently.

Me? Why did I have to change? He was the one who constantly let us down. But what had I done? Maybe the doctor was right. I couldn’t love his behavior, but I could love him—the way 1 did when we were little. As I walked into the house I sensed a relief.

Jerry died young due to drinking. I miss him. But Pm grateful I was given the opportunity to show him I loved him—as he was, not as I wanted him to be.

1.When Jerry failed to carry out his promise that night, his mother ________.

A. felt very angry    B. tried to defend him

C. was indifferent about it    D. phoned him to ask him to come back

2.Jerry got into the habit of drinking mainly because ________.

A. he was influenced by bad guys

B. his mom left to live with his sister

C. nobody cared for him after his father died

D. he couldn’t get over the sadness of losing his father

3.The underlined word “sporadic” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.

A. occasional    B. frequent

C. formal    D. unpleasant

4.What did the author think of the doctor’s suggestion at first?

A. It was acceptable.    B. It gave her much hope.

C. It was unreasonable.    D. It made her confused

Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images. Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary. Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like much. It is a woman’s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique (独特的) about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface? Or did she throw away goods that she didn’t need in order to travel lighter?

Over 100, 000 people with “gold fever” made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold weather.

The Canadian government finally started requiring the gold seekers to bring one ton of supplies with them. This was thought to be enough for a person to survive for one year. They would carry their supplies in backpacks (背包) each weighing up to fifty pounds; it usually took at least 40 trips to get everything to the top and over the pass. Whoever dropped the shoe must have been a brave and determined woman. Perhaps she was successful and made it to Alaska. Perhaps she had to turn back in defeat. No one will ever know for sure, but what we do know is that she took part in one of the greatest adventures in the 19th century.

1.Which of the following is right?

A. it was an important clue to life in the past    B. it was found on a famous trail

C. it at one time belonged to a VIP    D. it was a fashionable shoe at that time

2.According to this passage, many people who went to Alaska ________.

A. eventually became millionaires    B. brought with them many shoes

C. had conflicts with the Eskimos    D. were not properly equipped

3.The Canadian government made gold seekers bring one year’s supplies with them so that ________.

A. they would not die of hunger and cold

B. the army would have enough food for fighting a war

C. they would change these goods with the Eskimos

D. the supplies would make Alaska rich

4.No matter what happened to the woman who owned the shoe, ________.

A. she must have lived a happy life

B. she certainly dropped the shoe on purpose

C. her adventurous spirit is definitely admired

D. her other shoes were equally fashionable

Wanted, Someone for a Kiss

We’re looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply(申请) in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss100.

Father Christmas

We’re looking for a very special person preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.

Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00.

Excellent pay.

Please contact(联系)the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne.

Accountants Assistant

When you join in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.

Wealden District Council  Software Trainer

If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

1.Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?

A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.    B. Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre.    D. Wealden District Council

2.We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who __________________.

A. is aged between 24 and 40    B. may do some training work

C. should deal with general duties    D. can work for about a month

3.Which position is open to recent school graduates?

A. Producer, London Kiss.    B. Father Christmas.

C. Accountants Assistant    D. Software Trainer

4.What kind of person would probably apply to Palmace Limited?

A. One with GCSE grade C level.    B. One with some office experience.

C. One having good computer knowledge.    D. One trained in producing music programmes.

假设你是扬州中学的魏华，于2018年国庆期间(10月3号）搭乘国外某航空公司航班（flightnumberBA793）回国到上海机场后，发现遗失了一个行李箱。现请用英文给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。

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●说明其重要性

●期待回复并表示感谢

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Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours truly,

Wei Hua

Typhoon Mangkhu attacked the Pearl River Delta on Sunday,1. (leave) a trail of damage, flooding and injuries in its wake and forcing the closure of schools, markets and most public s2. across the area.

After claiming at 3.29 lives in the Philippines, the 4.(destroy) storm has caused 4 deaths in Guangdong.

Hong Kong Observatory kept its highest No 10 Hurricane Signal（十号风球） in effect for 10 hours from morning to evening on Sunday.

In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, strong winds and heavy rain left more than 213 people5.(injure) , and over 1,200 people sought refuge（应急避难） in temporary government shelters.

According to the Guangdong Meteorological Observatory, Mangkhut will c6.to cause heavy rain and bring strong winds to the province7.Thursday.

E8. said the warm seawater in the South China Sea helped Mangkhut maintain its strength after an 9.(early) landfall in the Philippines.

P10., firefighters and other members of government departments worked overnight to clean and repair damaged public facilities.

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1.Students return in September for the start of the new a_____ year.

2.We will keep you i_________if any change is made.

3.Women t_______to live longer than men.

4.Anyone who lies d_______ to be punished.

5.The evidence is a_________, showing the babysitter is the murderer.

6.Every a______ doctor was called to the scene.

7.More and more people realized the importance of p__________ health as well as physical health.

8.The storm got worse and worse. Finally I was o__________ to abandon the car and continue on foot.

9.To my shock, I was c___________ 1000 yuan for such a small sculpture.

10.Mary’s parents f_________ Tom their house to stop him from seeing Mary.