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A couple in England could lose their home due to the fact that they want to live with their pets. Clive and Rose Restall live in their rented home in southwest England with their twenty-one pet guinea pigs (豚鼠). The owners of the house, Plymouth Community Homes (PCH), say the couple have too many pets in the house. PCH want Mr and Mrs Restall to get rid of the guinea pigs. A spokesperson from the PCH said the number of animals in the couple’s house is unacceptable. The spokesperson added that the number of pets is not allowed in the contract the couple signed to rent the house. The PCH warned Mr and Mrs Restall that they must move out of the house if they do not get rid of the guinea pigs. Mr Restall, 57, said he needs his guinea pigs because they have helped him fight cancer. Doctors told him he had cancer in 2010. Soon after, he bought several guinea pigs to help take his mind off his cancer. He said his new pets made him happy again because they made him forget about his cancer. He told reporters that his guinea pigs are mystic ― they have special powers to help people. He said the animals have even helped his neighbours with personal problems. Mr Restall spoke about his pets, saying, ＂They’ve helped me through my cancer. They’ve helped me cope.＂ He added, ＂The local community love them just as much as I do. I sometimes loan them out to people if they need someone to talk to.＂ 1.Mr and Mrs Restall could lose their rented home because ____________. A. there are too many guinea pigs in their home B. the owners want them to kill the guinea pigs C. the animals in the couple’s house is unacceptable D. they don’t want to let go of their pets 2.What can we learn from the passage? A. Mr Restall had cancer at 57. B. The guinea pigs helped Mr Restall feel relieved. C. Mr Restall’s neighbours are tired of the guinea pigs. D. Guinea pigs can cure people of cancer. 3.What does the word ＂loan＂ in the last paragraph mean? A. Send. B. Keep. C. Lend. D. Take. 4.What is the main idea of the passage? A. We can fight with cancer with pets. B. We should treat our pets well. C. A couple might lose their home if they hold on to their pets. D. Pets are our friends.
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The Harvard Student-led Walking Tour We welcome our neighbors to stop by the Harvard University Events & Information Centre, located in the Holyoke Centre Arcade at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge. Let a student take you and your family, school, or organization on an engaging, hour-long free historical tour of the Harvard campus. The tours leave from the Events & Information Centre. Not only will you discover the location of fascinating exhibition and programmers on campus, you will also see Harvard’s rich sampling of American history and architecture from the colonial period to the present. Schedule of Tours Tours leave the Events & Information Centre at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday through the academic year (February 4 through May 2; September 23 through December 16).Summer tours (June 24 through August 15)are offered at 10 a.m.,11:15 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Reservations for special tours of 20 or more people may be made by calling the Events & Information Centre at (617)495-1573 or emailing icenter@ camail.Harvard.edu. NOTE：Prospective(未来的) students may take tours originating at the Harvard Admission Office, located at Byerly Hall on 8 Garden Street in Cambridge. From April through August, the Admissions staff conducts an information session at l0 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. tour. Monday through Friday. For more information on tours for prospective students, please call at(617)495-1551. Harvard University Events & Information Centre. 1.The above ad is mainly intended for ____________. A. foreign visitors B. high school students C. teachers D. Harvard University’s students 2.How many summer tours are offered every week? A. 4. B. 6. C. 20. D. 24. 3.A student who wants more information on tours may ____________. A. call (617)495-1573 B. call (617)495-1551 C. email icenter@ camail.Harvard.edu D. go to the Events & Information Centre
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假如你是中学生李华，你的美国朋友Jack在上次给你的电子邮件中抱怨最近自己眼睛近视了。请你给他用英语回一封电子邮件，内容如下： 1．介绍你们班同学近视的情况； 2．分析造成近视的原因； 3．给Jack提出一些保护视力的建议。 注意：1.词数100-120；邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好。 2．近视：shortsighted adj. shortsightedness n. Dear Jack， ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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 month, I, together with my parents, were invited to my uncle in the USA. My uncle, who moved America when I was five, has been living there for nearly ten years. He meets us at the airport. I was excited while I set foot on the land of America. In the following days, my parents and I visited some places of interests and took photos in the front of the Statue of Liberty. We both enjoyed visiting the Museum of National History because it great enriched our knowledge. For me, this is one of the most amazing trips I have never made in my life.
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阅读下面的短文，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。 Sometimes the targets we set 1. (us) are just too high. We think that we will be better people in the future. Just as we are easily taken over by the planning fallacy (谬见), 2. (believe) that we can complete a large project for work in an afternoon, we think in the future we will be better-organized and more self-disciplined. One of the most 3. (fame) examples of the planning fallacy is that of the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1860 plans were in place to complete it within three years. In 1879 there was a new deal to publish in within a decade, 4. after five years they only got so far 5. the word “ant”. It was finally completed in 1928, by 6. time it was considered out of date and revisions began at once. The same thing happens when it comes to 7. (change) our lifestyles. We read about a new idea and that optimism fires up all over again. At the University of Toronto Janet Polivy has been studying what she calls “false hope syndrome”. She found that people set themselves unrealistic targets which they undoubtedly failed to reach, leaving them feeling even 8. (bad) about themselves. Some of the students she studied 9.(try) and failed for 10 years to make the same change in their lives, but each year they 10.(convince) that this time it would work.
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One morning, Oral Lee Brown stopped by a local grocery store to make her usual purchases. A little girl approached Brown to ________ a quarter on this particular day. Because all she had was a $5 bill, Brown invited the little girl with her to the store to get some ________. Inside the store, Brown told the little girl she could ________ anything she wanted. Instead of choosing candy or gums, which would have been the ________ choice for most kids, the little girl immediately ran for a loaf of bread. Brown asked the girl if she went to school. She ________ responded, “Sometimes,” as she shyly ________ Brown and quickly disappeared around the corner. That night, Brown couldn’t sleep. She ________ she had to find the poor little girl. She went to the school the girl would most likely ________, but in vain. ________, she found many other similar children in less ideal conditions. Brown decided to “________” a class of 23 first-graders. She told them, “Stay in school, and I’ll ________ you to college.” To achieve this ________ goal, Brown began saving money, ________ $10,000 per year from her $45.000 salary. From that day on, Brown did more than simply make a(n) ________ to the children; she became an active part of their lives, beginning with regular visits and parent meetings. Nineteen of the students were ________ to college and they all graduated from college in 2003 and 2004. Brown is now working on her sixth ________ of “adopted” students. More than 125 young people have benefited from her ________. If it hadn’t been for Brown, they would never have been given such a ________ opportunity for college education. With her life ambition found in the work of ________ others to achieve undreamed-of goals, Brown embodies the values of helping others and truly ________ how to pass the values on. 1.A. apply for B. look for C. pay for D. ask for 2.A. fruit B. food C. drink D. loan 3.A. point out B. give out C. pick out D. find out 4.A. right B. vital C. last D. first 5.A. quietly B. loudly C. proudly D. impatiently 6.A. pushed B. touched C. thanked D. greeted 7.A. supposed B. hoped C. knew D. expected 8.A. train B. instruct C. quit D. attend 9.A. Instead B. As a result C. Therefore D. In addition 10.A. follow B. start C. teach D. adopt 11.A. deliver B. send C. walk D. collect 12.A. great B. easy C. impossible D. simple 13.A. putting aside B. putting down C. putting off D. putting back 14.A. agreement B. decision C. appointment D. promise 15.A. accepted B. admitted C. taken D. brought 16.A. term B. grade C. class D. stage 17.A. generosity B. example C. wisdom D. honesty 18.A. ridiculous B. suitable C. valuable D. practical 19.A. leading B. persuading C. telling D. supporting 20.A. realizes B. shows C. learns D. understands
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In the digital age, copying someone else’s words is easy, but getting caught copying is even easier. When Jake, a college professor, recently spoke at the convention (大会), he used some of the same words that some famous person had used at another convention in 2008. Within hours, news spread around the world with the claim that Jake had plagiarized (剽窃) other’s speech. Students and teachers at the university were shocked. 1. What is plagiarism? 2. That person could also be called a “literary thief” or a “plagiarist”. Why is plagiarism a serious problem? It’s our own worst fear, to have which thing that we created stolen from us, and it’s the same as our words. That thing that we created is essential to who we are. 3. Academics are especially aware of the nature of plagiarism because their work is essentially the creation of ideas and putting them into words. 4. One of the possible punishments for plagiarism at the university is dismissal (开除) from the school. Students may fail a course or be given a letter of censure (谴责) that stays on their school record. Professors or researchers who plagiarize may damage or end their careers. Plagiarism is easy to find. Before the digital age we live in, plagiarizing was harder. You had to write out the words you copied. But now anything can be copied and pasted. In the past, teachers would have to work hard to prove that work was copied. 5. The plagiarism checking software programs used by many students and universities include Turnitin, Grammarly, Duplichecker, and iThenticate. Nobody is going to get away with it. A. How to avoid plagiarism. B. Consequences of plagiarism. C. Stealing our words is as serious as stealing our children. D. Nowadays, some software programs will help you avoid plagiarism. E. Plagiarism is to copy other people’s written work without giving them credit. F. But nowadays, all you have to do is to run a paper through a plagiarism detection software. G. They learned from their early years in school that copying another writer’s words was wrong.
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Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus (校园) of the University of Pitsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) set themselves the opposite problem—how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no fuel is needed to make the campus’s six buildings comfortable. Some parts of most modern buildings—theaters and offices as well as classrooms, are more sufficiently heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter. The technique of saving heat and redistributing (重新分配) is called “heat recovery”. A few modern buildings recover heat, but the campus’s system is the first to recover heat from buildings and reuse it in others. Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students send out more heat than female students, and the larger a student is, the more heat he produces. We may conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working overweight male genius. 1.The heat in the heating system of the Johnstown campus is supplied . A. by human bodies B. by both human bodies and other heat-giving objects C. by both human bodies and commonly-used fuels D. by human bodies, commonly-used fuels and other heat-giving objects 2.According to the passage, the technique of “heat recovery” is used . A. to find the producers of heat B. to provide heat for the hot water system C. to make the campus more beautiful D. to collect heat and reuse it 3.The underlined phrase “the hottest prospect” in Paragraph 3 refers to . A. the person who suffers most from heat B. the person who needs more heat than others C. the person who gives off most heat D. the person who makes better use of heat 4.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? A. A New Heat Recovery System in Pitt B. Modern Buildings’ Heat System C. Body Heat and Its Producers D. Ways of Heating Buildings
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It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves sympathy more, the jobless or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge suggested it was the latter. Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people who feel insecure in their jobs show similar levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed. Although a newly jobless person’s mental health may “bottom out” after about six months, and then may even begin to improve, the mental state of people who are continuously worried about losing their own job “just continues to get worse and worse”, Burchell says. Psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stressed during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but invisible threat. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety, for example, while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are suffering from—even if the results are cancer. It’s better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety. When the uncertainty continues, people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight” response, which leads to damaging stress. But not every employee in insecure industries has such a discouraging view, Burchell says. In general, women get on better. While reporting higher levels of anxiety than men when directly questioned, women score lower in stress on the GHQ 12, even when they have a job they feel insecure about losing. As Burchell explains, “For women, most studies show that any job—it doesn’t matter whether it is secure or insecure—gives psychological improvement over unemployment.” He supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to feel pressure not only to be employed, but also to be the primary breadwinners, and that more of a man’s self-worth depends on his job. 1.Why do researchers think the still employed deserve sympathy more? A. They have to do more work since then. B. They have no chance to find better jobs. C. They have to work with inexperienced workers. D. They constantly worry about losing their jobs. 2.What is most likely to cause a “fight or flight” response? A. Not having a paid job. B. Fierce competition for jobs. C. Not knowing what will happen. D. Pressure to work longer hours. 3.What will the writer talk about following the last paragraph? A. Advice on preparing for a job interview. B. Advice on handling pressure from insecure industries. C. Some knowledge of psychology. D. Difference in men and women. 4.What is the topic focused on by the author of the passage? A. Is it less stressful to get laid off than stay on? B. Should greater sympathy be given to the jobless? C. Do employees bear more stress than ever before? D. Do men or women show higher levels of anxiety?
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I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had stayed up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutes’nap time before class couldn’t hurt, I thought. Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart beating quickly trying to find the cause of the noise. My young professor was looking back at me with a mischievous, boyish smile on his face. He had intentionally dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto my desk. “Good morning !”he said, still smiling. “I’m glad to see everyone is awake. Now let’s get started.” For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the shock of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. Instead, it was from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he taught with were contagious（有感染力的）. I left the classroom not only wide awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well. I learned something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well ! What a beautiful world we could create if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love ! Don’t sleepwalk your way through life then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is too short not to live it well. 1.What did the author want to do just before his first class of the day? A. Talk with his friends. B. Take a short sleep. C. Get his eyes examined. D. Stay away from the class. 2.The underlined word “mischievous” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”. A. naughty B. tricky C. sensitive D. dishonest 3.What else did the author learn that day? A. Students should not sleep in class but respect their teachers. B. Everyone should love his job and sleepwalk his way through life. C. Life is too limited to make your work an expression of your love. D. People from all walks of life should do their jobs with wisdom and love. 4.What can be inferred from this passage? A. The professor often kept his students sharp by using a textbook alarm. B. The author was attracted by the professor’s great wisdom and enthusiasm. C. The author left the two-hour period not only wide awake, but a little smarter. D. Though the author was frightened awake, he was not clear-headed in the class.
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