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My three-year-old granddaughter, Tegan, went with her parents to a family gathering at the home of her other grandparents. Everyone was having a wonderful time visiting and catching up on all the latest family news. Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to c After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old 1.At the family gathering, the adults __________. A．watched their favorite TV programs B．talked about what happened at home C．drank tea while chatting D．arranged tables for children’s games 2.Which of the following phrases can replace the underlined phrase “was engrossed in” in Paragraph 2 ? A．got tired of B．got annoyed by C．was absorbed in D．was puzzled at 3.What can be learned from the text ? A．Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering. B．Tegan’s father often played with her in games. C．Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done. D．Tegan’s father cared nothing about what she was doing. 4.Tegan’s Dad followed her secretly to find out __________. A．whether there was any tea left B．how she made tea so wonderful C．where she got the sugar for tea D．what kind of tea he had drunk
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Are you a saver or a spender? "A penny saved is a penny earned." This old saying calls attention to the wisdom of saving money. "_________________________" is another way to talk about saving for the future. People who hate to spend money are known as "tightwads," while those who like to get the most value for their money are called "thrifty." A thrifty person is different from a "spendthrift." A spendthrift is someone who spends wastefully. People like that are often said to spend money "like a drunken sailor" or "like there's no tomorrow." In the United States, people who want to start a savings account have different choices of where to put their money. These include banks and credit unions. Credit unions are cooperatives for people who have some kind of connection. For example, the members might work for a university or a government agency. Most credit unions are nonprofit organizations. Credit unions, banks and other financial institutions pay interest on savings accounts. But the interest rates are low. Certificates of deposit（存款证） pay higher returns. With a certificate of deposit, or CD, a person agrees not to withdraw the money for a certain period of time. This term could be anywhere from a few months to several years. Longer terms, and larger amounts, pay higher interest. People can withdraw their money early but they have to pay a fine. In a number of countries, people have been saving less over the years. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a group of thirty-four countries. The OECD says in 1990, Americans had a household savings rate of seven percent. This year, that rate is expected to be a little more than four percent and many European countries have higher rates like the UK and France , but Americans save more than families in countries like Japan and South Korea. 1.Which of the following proverbs can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 2? A．Health is wealth. B．Money is a good servant but a bad master C．Put money away for a rainy day. D．Money doesn’t grow on trees. 2.If you have $10,000, which of the following may help you get higher interest ? A．Choose certificates of deposit for one year. B．Put the money in banks for one year. C．Put the money in credit unions for one year. D．Choose certificates of deposit for one year but withdraw the money ahead of time. 3.What does the passage mainly talk about ? A．Different choices of putting money away in the US. B．The importance of saving money. C．How to put money into banks. D．The household savings rate in the US.
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In today’s congratulatory phone call to the team behind NASA's Mars Curiosity rover（火星车）, President Barack Obama made sure that if the mission discovers Martians, he'll be one of the first to know. "If in fact you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away," Obama said during the call, "I've got a lot of things on my plate, but I expect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they're just microbes(微生物), it will be pretty exciting." Obama also said he was impressed by the attention that's been paid to flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, the "Mohawk Guy" whose star-spangled haircut and warmhearted behavior during Curiosity's Aug. 5 landing won him Internet fame. "I, in the past, thought about getting a Mohawk myself," Obama joked. "But my team keeps on discouraging me. And now that he's received marriage proposals and thousands of new Twitter followers, I think I'm goi The He also said the achievement reflected the American spirit, and he gave his personal promise to protect these critical investments in science and technology. "This is the kind of thing that inspires kids across the country," he said. "They’re telling their moms and dads they want to be part of a Mars mission, maybe even the first person to walk on Mars. And that kind of inspiration is the byproduct of work of the sort that you guys have done." The Curiosity rover's $2.5 billion mission focuses on studying billions of years' worth of geology on Mars and determining whether the planet was ever potentially suitable for people to live in. The mission is not specifically designed to explore life, even on the range of microbes, but it could point the way for future life-exploration experiments. 1.Obama phoned the team behind NASA's Mars Curiosity rover in order to _______. A．congratulate them on finding Martians B．praise the flight director C．congratulate on the rover’s landing D．encourage them to contact with Martians 2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2 ? A．Obama is very busy now. B．Obama longs for the finding of life on Mars. C．Obama is interested in biology. D．Obama wants to contact Martians. 3.Which of the following about the Curiosity rover is TRUE ? A．It costs billions of dollars. B．It mainly aims to find life on Mars. C．It carries the first person to Mars. D．It proves Mars fit to live on. 4.What can we learn from the passage ? A．Bobak Ferdowsi got a Mohawk haircut to win great Internet fame. B．Obama called on the government and companies to invest in science. C．America’s president seldom congratulates on scientific achievements. D．Children showed special interest in the landing of Curiosity.
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Janelle was running late for work, so she just had time for a quick look at herself in the mirror as she was going out. What she saw there made her stop dead in her tracks. Being a busy college student just one year removed from her teenage years, she wasn’t exactly obsessive-compulsive(有强迫观念和行为的) about the neatness of her clothes. But her boss at the restaurant where she works saw things a little differently. He had recently lectured the entire staff on the importance of appearance, and had specifically mentioned the need for servers to wear clean, unwrinkled blouses. As an assistant manager, Janelle felt it was important to set an example for the other employees. But if she stopped to iron the blouse normally, she would be late —and work without delay was an area of even greater concern to her boss. So she grabbed her iron and plugged it in and set it for low heat. Carefully holding her blouse away from her body, she continued to iron it while she was wearing it. It seemed like a logical answer to an urgent problem. And it seemed to be working until Janelle tried to iron the collar and accidentally ironed her neck by mistake. Then it suddenly seemed like a really stupid idea and a really painful one as well. It took more time to treat her burn than it would have taken to iron her shirt properly. And she spent a miserable shift dealing with the pain of the burn. We’ve all been there, have “There’s a right way and a wrong way of doing things,” Dad used to tell me whenever I’d spoil the look of our yard by trying out a faster, easier and more creative way of pulling weeds or edging the lawn. “If a thing is worth doing,” he said, “it’s worth doing it right.” There’s a reason why certain things are done in certain ways. Those old, boring, predictable ways work. 1.Jenelle found in the mirror that __________. A．there were stains on her blouse B．her blouse was wrinkled C．she wore heavy makeup D．she put on a wrong blouse 2.It’s learned from Paragraph 2 that______________. A．Jenelle had no sense of responsibility at work B．Jenelle failed to set an example for employees in daily work C．Jenelle didn’t care about the neatness of her clothes at all D．Jenelle’s boss put doing something on time above appearance 3.What can we infer from the fifth paragraph? A．We all have done loads of things like Janelle. B．We are careful enough in daily life. C．We all have done something creative. D．We all have tried to iron clothes while we are wearing them. 4.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph ? A．Be creative. B．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. C．Stick to old ways. D．Do things right.
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。 Visiting London can be an expensive trip. 1. The following steps can help you find cheap alternatives for transport for your London trip. ●Familiarize yourself with the city. Do some homework about different parts of London ahead of time and determines specifically the area where you will be staying. How to establish where in the city you will be staying and the distance you are from the major tourist attractions you want to visit? 2. . ●Find a local provider of Transport for London tickets or travel cards, since your first bargain purchase will be an Oyster Card. Traveling around London with an Oyster Card will give you access to the cheapest option of transportation methods . The Oyster Card is accepted citywide on buses, boats and the London Underground, known by the locals as “the tube”. ● 3. . The Tube is the cheapest and most reliable form of transportation and runs from around 6 am. until around 1 am., depending on the line or the station. ●Make the most of the Oyster Card. 4. , with a high concentration in central London. If you are staying anywhere in central London, there will be a tube station less than 10 minutes away. The Transport for London website offers a tube station search facility to find the nearest subway station to any location in the city. When you find a tube station, you can easily locate the closest bus stop by using the comparison bus-tube maps at the station’s entrance. Follow the Transport for London Tube Guide to your destinations and always plan ahead. 5. , wasted trips on the tube and doubling back on your journey. A. You can use a street map, or an online map search engine. B. By visiting the Transport for London website, people can avoid getting lost. C. So establishing a budget and finding bargains will help you get around London on the cheap. D. The bus is the cheapest means of transport in London. E. Seek out your nearest Tube Station. F. Making a plan for transport will save your unnecessary expenses, G. There are 287 tube stations in London that accept the Oyster Card,
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Just like a boxer, we , too come face to face with many opponents on the stage of life—problems and difficulties. The bad news is that we don’t really know when our with these opponents occur. Here are several reasons why you should yourself for success like a champion boxer! You don’t practice on the stage, that’s where your skills and your abilities are . This also means that you don’t solving problems and developing yourself when occur, you prepare yourself to face them long you actually face them. If you are talented, you probably need less and training time in facing life’s challenges. Actually, for people who are born with , training and learning becomes even more important. the lazy person’s motto: “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?” Why wait for your roof to leak in the season when you can fix it right away. Act . Training enables you to gain intuition(直觉 )and reaction. With practice and training, you build up your body, your mind and your heart and gain the intuition and reaction of a (n) .The same thing is true in life. Without training, you will . Without training, you will not be able to how your enemy will hit you. Keep in mind that training is born out of discipline and . Even if you meet with some setbacks in your training process, you keep at it and are confident, you will soon see in your life and when problems come, you will be like the champion who stands tall and fights until the final round is over and you’re as the champion! 1.A．friendshipsB．championshipsC．programsD．matches 2.A．trainB．offerC．show D．bring 3.A．appreciatedB．sharedC．evaluatedD．promoted 4.A．finishB．startC．enjoyD．practice 5.A．chancesB．problemsC．occasionsD．dangers 6.A．beforeB．afterC．asD．since 7.A．considerationB．attentionC．preparationD．instruction 8.A．diseaseB．ambitionC．talentD．belief 9.A．UnderstandB．AbandonC．CondemnD．Remember 10.A．cloudy B．windyC．sunnyD．rainy 11.A．on timeB．at timesC．right awayD．at last 12.A．constantB．real C．stableD．quick 13.A．enemyB．championC．opponentD．coach 14.A．mix upB．mess upC．stand outD．break out 15.A．checkB．proveC．handleD．predict 16.A．confidenceB．experienceC．performanceD．improvement 17.A．beforeB．unlessC．untilD．if 18.A．exchangesB．resultsC．setbacksD．disadvantages 19.A．judgeB．swimmerC．boxerD．runner 20.A．claimedB．calledC．announcedD．elected
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Lynn: I really want to find a good job. Do you have any advice? Kate: Oh, lots of advice! _____1.______, be sure to dress properly for the interview. If it’s for a teaching job, as I did 20 years ago, then you might want to consider _____2._____(wear) nice pants and a dress shirt. ______3.______, you won’t like to wear clothes that are too formal and elegant for the interview nowadays. Lynn：I see. Anything ______4.____would you suggest I should pay attention to? Kate: Well, second, be sure to do some research on the company for ______5.____ you are being interviewed. This will help you know if you have the needed skills or experience to work for that company. You can also ask the ________6.____(interview), usually their personnel manager, about three intelligent questions about their business. That will show you are interested in their company. Lynn: That’s good advice! Any last thoughts? Kate: Yes, finally, be prepared to tell them why you would be the ______7.______(good) choice for the position. You don’t have to talk too much about what you _____8.______(study) for 4 years in university, but you can tell them ___9.____ a confident and direct way why you can help their company. Following the above tips, you will find a satisfying job sooner or later. Lynn: Thank you very much. I have got to buy some new clothes and then finish my ______10.________(apply).
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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短文。短文中共有10处错误，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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。 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。 Dear Angela, I am so happy to learn you are coming to study in our school and stay at my home. My home is at No.58, Mingzu Street. A five-minutes walk from my home along Mingzu Street will lead you to a crossroads, when Mingzu Street meets Baohu Road. On the corner of the crossroads lie a shopping mall, where you can get everything you needed. Walking for about 300 meter along Baohu Road, you’ll see our school on right. There we will spend most of the daytime. In the end of Mingzu Street stands the new railway station, and that it’s easy for you to reach. As a bus stop is just next to my home, Bus No.23 will direct take you there. I can’t wait to seeing you in China. Yours, Li Hua
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假如你是国际部的一名学生，四位澳大利亚学生应邀来参加你们为期一周的学习交流活动。活动即将结束，他们准备回国。请你代表国际部师生为他们致欢送辞，内容包括： 肯定此次活动的重要性； 怀念与他们相处的快乐时光； 表达对他们的感谢和希望。 注意：①开头已经给出，不计入总词数； ②字数100字左右。 ③可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear teachers and friends， It is my great privilege to __________________________________________________ _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
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