Thanks for inviting to dinner,Nancy.I really enjoyed it.
A. her B. him C. you D. me
学校将举办英语写作比赛，请根据所给提示，以“My life in 20 years”为题，写一篇短文，分享你对未来的憧憬。
注意事项：
1．词数: 100词左右(文章开头已给出，不计入总词数)；
2．文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
3．文章必须包含所提供的主要信息，并作适当发挥。
My life in 20 years
I’m always working hard for a bright future I imagine
根据短文内容及首字母提示, 补全空格内单词, 使短文完整、通顺。
Grace Cogan was born with a serious disease. Doctors told her parents she might not live.
A1. , she survived. During these 14 years, she had 22 operations and a lot of doctors' appointments（约见）. It was reading that calmed her in doctors' waiting rooms or during long drives to the hospitals.
"I always have a book with me. I cannot live w2. books." she said.
When Grace was little, her mother r3. Little House on the Prairie to her. Her dad offered her more difficult historical books. Then, a4. Grace had serious eye problems, she started reading on her own, with her nose usually almost touching the book. That's where she sees most c5.. Maybe because of those e6. books, or maybe because of where she lives a farmhouse that's been home to five generations of her father's family-Grace came to love history.
She asked her parents to take her to different historical places. She read historical novels. She even wrote a book, The Historical House, to explore the h7. of the farmhouse.
Because of her disease, Grace can't go to a public school. But her l8. for history meant she came in fifth in America for the National History Day Competition in summer 2015.
At the news, Grace's grandmother, Ryan, was not really s9. . "That girl does not give up. We knew she would do something great, " said Ryan.
Apart from reading, Grace also plays the piano and loves musical theatre and performing. She would like to work in theatre someday. If she c10. , she wants to be a writer, probably writing about history. Grace's bravery has inspired others.
阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
There is an English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the influences it has on the human body. They have found that laughter can really make people healthier.
Tests were carried out to study the influences of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar influences to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial (有益的).
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce pain on the body. In one test doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which reduce both stress and pain.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics (诊所), in which they try to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. Because of good influences, such clinics are very popular with all kinds of patients. Doctors have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial influences similar to those caused by laughter.
Since laughter is so effective, try to laugh as much as you can. Believe it will do much good to your health. If you are not used to laughing in front of others, you can also smile as often as possible to others because it can have almost the same influence.
Title | Laughter |
Theme | Laughter can improve our 1.. |
The recent medical discoveries. | ·Doctors have studied what influences laughter has on people. ·Doctors have found people’s health can be improved by 2.. |
The 3. of laughter | ·Laughter can increase people’s blood pressure, heart beating and breathing. ·Laughter can also exercise the muscles of a few parts of one’s body which 4. the face, the stomach and the feet. ·Stress and pain are 5. because laughter can help to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain. |
The use that doctors make of laughter | ·Doctors set up laughter clinics, where patients are 6. to laugh to improve their condition. ·If patients don’t really like laughing, they can smile because smile can make 7. influences to laughter. |
The writer’s 8. | ·Try to laugh as often as 9.. ·10. much to others if you don’t like to laugh in public |
How would you ask your parents to support your dream? American actress Emma Stone created a PowerPoint presentation (陈述) to get her parents’ support.
Stone is a rising star in Hollywood. She played the role of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man’s high school love, in two Spider-Man movies.
The actress said her character was like the girl’s in the film. “Gwen is clear on what she wants to do with her life. I think I am just like her.”
Stone made up her mind to become an actress at the age of 15. But would her parents agree to her leaving school early and realizing her dream? The young girl decided to use the presentation to help her. “I used a lot of computers when I was young, and my dad’s a businessman, so I just thought a presentation is the way to get support,” she said.
The presentation is called Project Hollywood and she used pop singer Madonna’s classic song Hollywood in it, saying “just please let me move to LA to be an actress.”
Her method proved to be a success. In 2004, Stone dropped out of high school and moved with her mother to Los Angeles. She began to study at home after that.
Now Stone is a successful actress with many films to her name. Her next step is to try different things like strange comedies.
(No more than eight words)
1.What role did she play in film Spider-Man?
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2.When did Stone decide to become an actress?
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3.What did Stone use to get her parents’ support?
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4.How did Stone go on to study after dropping out of high school?
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5.What will Stone try in the future?
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As Peter was flying towards the ship, he passed the crocodile ( 鳄 鱼 ). It had swallowed ( 吞 ) a clock that goes “tick, tick” inside it before. However, the clock wasn’t ticking then. Peter realized it must have stopped. He began ticking himself so that the other animals would think he was the crocodile and leave him alone. The crocodile, thinking that Peter had taken the clock, followed him. But when Peter reached the ship, Captain (船长) Hook believed the crocodile was coming to get him.
Peter climbed over the side of the ship and went inside a room. He barked like a dog, and all the pirates (海盗) were very afraid. Hook sent two pirates in to find out what the noise was, but they didn’t come back. Then he sent in the children. Inside, Peter set them free, and they prepared to fight.
Peter ran out to meet Hook. “It is I, Peter Pan!” he cried.
“Get him!” cried Hook.
The pirates ran at Peter, and the lost boys ran forward to fight them. The pirates were stronger, but they were so afraid of the ticking and the noise of the dog that they didn’t fight well. Finally only Hook was ready to fight. Peter came to fight him. For a long time, the two enemies stood face to face.
They began to fight. At last Peter hit Hook with his sword ( 剑 ). Hook began to bleed. Hook continued to fight, but he was not strong any more. He knew he was going to die. He ran to the side of the ship and jumped into the sea. He did not know the crocodile was waiting for him, as it no longer ticked. The crocodile swallowed him in one bite.
1.Why did Peter tick himself at the beginning of the story?
A.To follow the crocodile. B.To catch Captain Hook.
C.To get away from other animals. D.To make the pirates feel afraid.
2.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.The children. B.The pirates.
C.Hook and the crocodile. D.Hook and the children.
3.Which is the right order of the following events?
a. Peter passed the crocodile.
b. Captain Hook jumped into the water.
c. The pirates and the lost boys fought against each other.
d. The crocodile had swallowed a clock that goes “tick, tick” inside it.
A.c-b-a-d B.d-a-c-b C.d-c-a-b D.c-b-d-a
4.What happened to Hook at the end of the story?
A.He ran away safely. B.The lost boys killed him.
C.Peter hit him with a sword. D.He was swallowed by the crocodile.
5.Who tells the story?
A.Captain hook. B.Peter.
C.The pirates and the crocodiles. D.Someone who is not in the story.
