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Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous (宽宏大量的)；be understanding. Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly. Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, or enjoy, like our hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better. Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve . Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better. No two friendships are ever exactly alike(相同). But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty. Generosity and understanding. 1.Some friendships don’t last very long because . A. there are too many people who want to make friends B. they don’t know friendship is something serious C. those who give others friendships receive friendships from others D. those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others 2.According to the passage , honesty is . A. as important as money B. more important than anything else C. something countable D. the base of a friendship 3.Which of the following is NOT true in the passage? A. A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend. B. Always tell your friend the truth. C. Discussing your problems with your friend often helps to solve the problem. D. Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value. 4.The best title of this passage is . A. A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed B. Honesty Is the Best Habit C. How to Be a Friend D. Three Important Points in Life
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure. Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work. 1.Edison thought ____________. A. he could be happy if he was a genius B. genius plays the most important part in one’s success C. hard work could do better than genius D. genius could do better than hard work 2.Edison was _____________. A. very much interested in nature B. interested in discovering the secrets of nature C. interested in changing people’s ideas D. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature 3.In Edison’s opinion, ______________. A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help B. people’s success lies mostly in genius C. hard work is the second important thing in making people successful D. there are few secrets for him to discover later 4.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies __________. A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings B. Edison made 100 inventions in his life C. Edison was able to live and work for 100 years D. people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work
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If you want to be a volunteer, you have to answer the following typical questions. Do you want to work with people, animals or machines? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer service. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, and the disabled and the injured to solve problems. Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church (if up to the driving age), advise kids against drugs, work as assistants in schools or nursing homes, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things. Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month. Anybody who wants to serve people in need can become a volunteer. In fact, the art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment and try out new techniques and skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choice. Being a volunteer will take you on a wonderful journey and help you learn more than what you can get from books. 1.As a volunteer, only when you grow old enough can you _______. A. plant trees on hills B. drive the elderly to church C. give advice to others D. help out in local libraries 2.How is the second paragraph mainly developed? A. By listing examples. B. By comparing. C. By giving explanations. D. By discussing. 3.It can be inferred from the passage that to be a volunteer, _______. A. you can do experiments B. you must be very strong C. you need to work very long D. you can get something valuable 4.What’s the best title of the passage? A. How to Hunt for Jobs B. Volunteer Service in the West C. How to Make Friends D. How to Work with Animals
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If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language? According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr Andrea Michelle, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference. “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的).” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.” The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists. 1.The main subject talked about in this passage is ______. A. science on learning a second language B. man’s ability of learning a second language C. language can help brain power D. language learning and maths study 2.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to ______. A. say language is also a kind of physical labor B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language D. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well 3.The underlined word “bilingual” probably means ______. A. a researcher on language learning B. a person who is good at learning foreign languages C. a person who can speak two languages D. an active language learner
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假如你是张莹,上周在外教Mr.John的口语课上使用手机被老师发现,手机被没收。请给外教写一封道歉信,内容应包括以下要点：1.表示歉意； 2.解释上课使用手机的原因； 3.提出自己的请求并适当表态。 注意：1.字数100左右; 2.可适当添加细节使文章连贯； ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
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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。 As is known, that it is interesting to teach children to swim while they are still babies. Most large town in Florida and California have already run particularly lessons for babies. The idea has quickly spread to Europe which, in several countries, special courses were now offered to children who are from 7 to 24 months old. The first step is to have child get rid of the fear with water. Next, he is teaching to float in water. Once he can do that naturally and can swim with fear, the child can master the technique and push him forward through water.
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阅读下面的短文，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。 Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels.But for tourists like me, pandas are its top 1.(attract). So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I 2.(allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be 3.(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 4. my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, 5. I was the first Western TV reporter 6.(permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 7.(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia. On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 8.(it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few 9.(day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 10. other is with mum—she never suspects.
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Martin Luther King. Jr. was born in Georgia in 1929. When he was ________ a boy Martin learned that his ______, the black Americans, were _______treated differently from most of ________ fellow Americans. Many could not attend good schools, __ good jobs, or live in nice houses because of the color of their ______. Martin knew that in a free country this was _______. He wanted to help his black brothers, ______ he decided to go to school and ________ a minister. He became a pastor(牧师) in Montgomery, Alabama. This is _____ Martin Luther King’s “peaceful fight” first began. Dr. King worked _____ equality in other cities. He knew that the _____ way people could win their rights was to remain peaceful, ______ in face of danger. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his achievements and _______. The whole nation ______ the terrible event that ______ on April 4, 1968, in Memphis,Tennessee. Martin Luther King, Jr, was ______. The man who had preached(倡导) nonviolence(非暴力) died ________. But Dr. King’s dreams can never _______. Many Americans are still ______ to make that dream come true. 1.A. already B. still C. such D. not 2.A. family B. friends C. people D. country 3.A. much B. sometimes C. seldom D. often 4.A. his B. those C. most D. their 5.A. get B. look for C. having D. to do 6.A. faces B. skin C. bodies D. people 7.A. even worse B. different C. wrong D. reasonable 8.A. as B. because C. so D. but 9.A. helped B. ask C. visited D. become 10.A. where B. why C. said D. because 11.A. with B. in C. by D. for 12.A. only B. other C. wrong D. second 13.A. except B. even C. if D. not 14.A. honor B. victory C. courage D. strength 15.A. discouraged B. saw C. mourned D. rebelled 16.A. passed B. he did C. happened D. they managed 17.A. defeated B. shot C. caught D. put into prison 18.A. bravely B. violently C. quietly D. nonviolently 19.A. die B. be believed C. realize D. fail 20.A. wanted B. working C. prepared D. struggling
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Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control ，it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives.1. , as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart. How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. 2., even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy (礼貌) to speak to others that are around you. I know of a few people that don‟t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me3. How can people not get a really funny joke? 4. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. 5. We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together. A．It drives people crazy B. It drives people excited C. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps D. With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today E. Laughing is essential to make your stress levels out of control F. as if I were from outer space. G. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did
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Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone. Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods. With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don't have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you. Do not miss meals. Before yon leave home for a feast(宴会),have a small, low-fat snack(小吃). This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods. Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough. Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them. Choose lean meat(瘦肉 ).Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables. If you have a sweet tooth, try mints (薄荷) and fruits. They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess(过多的) calories. 1.Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may ______ A. bring weight problems B. bring you much trouble in your life C. make you worried about your foos D. make you hate delicious foods 2.In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight, you'd better__ A. drink much water and have vegetables only B. not eat the food in high fat C. not accept invitations to feasts D. turn away from delicious foods 3.According to the passage, ___ is a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight. A. vegetables B. water C. calories of energy D. physical exercise 4.Many people can't help putting on weight after the holidays because they _______ . A. can't control themselves B. go to too many feasts C. enjoy delicious foods D. can't help turning away from the foods 5.Excess calories can be found in your body in the form of___ . A. energy B. fat C. food D. something invisible (看不见)
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