My best friend Jenny and I got to the mall for shopping. She held up a white sweater and matching skirt.“Do you like this?” she asked.
“It’s great,’’I said. Jenny nodded and continued looking while I moved about. touching the beautiful clothes. “I’ll try this on.” Jenny walked towards the dressing room. After a while, she came out in the outfit(一套衣服). She looked beautiful.
I sighed. Part of me wanted to say how good she looked. but another part stopped the words coming out. Jenny was in such good shape that she’d look good in the outfit. Sometimes. I regretted choosing a best friend who was so pretty. God, why can’t I be the one with the rich parents and the great look? More and more, I was envious(妒忌的)of her.
“Well, Teresa, what do you think?” Jenny asked more than once. “Do you like it?’’
The outfit looked great on her, but I lied, “Not really. I think you need something with more colors.’’
“You think so?" Jenny said doubtfully.
“Just believe me. We’ll find something better, "I told her, pushing her back into the dressing room. “You just can’t buy the first thing you see.” I did my best to get Jenny out of the store, away from that outfit. As we left, Jenny gave the sweater one last look.
Just down the mall, we passed a yogurt place. ‘‘My treat, ’’Jenny said, pulling out her wallet.
I could never say no to chocolate, so we got some and sat down at a table. As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her. Those feelings weren’t kind.
Sitting there,______Jenny was attractive(吸引人的)not just because of her good luck, but more because of her kindness. Treating me to chocolate was far from her only show of generosity. She also let me drive her car and borrow her clothes.
Finishing our chocolate, we headed for the next clothing store. ‘‘Look at that red sweater.’’ Jenny said as we passed the window. ‘‘It would be perfect for you. Soon maybe you’ll have enough by saving your babysitting money to buy something like that.”
A few minutes earlier, all I had heard was about saving my babysitting money. I had hated the fact that Jenny could ask her parents for anything, and they’d buy it for her. This time, though. I heard more. I heard the voice of someone who loved and cared me for who I was. I needed to express the same to her.
1.Teresa felt _________ when Jenny came out of the dressing room in the new outfit.
A.envious B.excited C.lonely D.comfortable
2.Teresa and Jenny __________ after they left the first clothing store.
A.headed for the next clothing store B.talked about the outfit Jenny wanted
C.had some chocolate at a yogurt place D.ended the friendship between them
3.Which of the following can be put in the blank?
A.Jenny lent me some money. B.Jenny asked for more chocolate.
C.I told Jenny my unkind feelings. D.I began to see Jenny in a new light.
4.We can infer(推断)that Teresa would ________ that day.
A.forget all about what had happened B.ask her parents for money to buy something
C.buy herself the red sweater in the next store D.push Jenny back to the first store for the outfit
Real policemen can hardly tell any similarity between their lives and what they see on TV.
The first difference is that a policeman’s real life is almost around criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what can be used to prove someone guilty and lead him into prison. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more,he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal:as soon as he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding a criminal is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks, only a little effort is spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a policeman really starts to work. He has to prove his case so that he often has to look for a lot of different clues.
A third big difference between the drama policeman and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force, they always have to behave completely according to the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants, they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.
If a policeman has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And most policemen feel the separation between themselves and the rest of the world is deepened. Most citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges are in some ways simple-minded, they suggest not punishing the criminals in a very strict way in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, most policemen feel is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stayed prison. This makes them feel rather bad.
1.Most crime drama on TV ends with .
A.a terrorist attack B.a criminal's arrest
C.another crime happening D.the discovery of clues
2.Which of the following statements is true?
A.A policeman needs to spend time chatting and typing on forms.
B.A policeman never searches unless some serious cases take place.
C.A policeman should be professional enough to know the law well.
D.A policeman can break the rules in small ways in order to get results.
3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence?
A.Most policemen feel tired out. B.Strong punishment causes crimes.
C.A policeman's work is boring. D.only a few criminals will reform.
4.The passage mainly tells us .
A.criminals should behave completely according to the law
B.people usually judge a policeman by his knowledge of law
C.a policeman’s real life is different from what is shown on TV
D.there is separation between the police and the rest of the world
“Without music, life would be a mistake, ” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets.
For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That's partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn't tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.
However, learning music is beneficial in many ways.
When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.
Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
1.In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to?
A.Public schools. B.Fired teachers.
C.Parents in Chicago. D.Students in Chicago.
2.What's the main idea of Paragraph 4?
A.Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.
B.Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.
C.Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.
D.Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.
3.How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?
A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.
4.What's the writer's opinion according to this passage?
A.Music is as simple as it looks. B.Music is a big part of our lives.
C.Music classes should be cut in some schools. D.Music isn't a very important life skill for us.
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A: Hello. Is that Uncle Sam’s Restaurant?
B: Yes. 1.
A: I want to know if you send take-away food.
B: Sure.
A: I’d like to order for dinner.
B:2.
A: I’d like to have beef with potatoes and a hamburger.
B: Ok.3.
A: No thanks. Please tell to me how I can pay for you?
B:4.By the way, what time do expect your dinner?
A: About 6:00 pm.
B: Could you please leave your address?
A: Oh, yes.5.
B: Thanks you. See you then.
A.What would you like to have?
B.What can I do for you, Madam?
C.Anything else?
D.How much would you like?
E.Room 101 in Green Building.
F.You can pay us when your food is sent.
G.Is that all?
China is the home of _____________. It has more than 4,000 years’ history. People all over the country drink tea daily. _____________the three major drinks--tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by _____________people in the world. Tea from China, along _________silk and porcelain(瓷器), began to be known by the world over a thousand year ago and has been an important Chinese export(出口) ___________.
Tea leaves _____________mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild(温暖的) _____________and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all ___________kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people _______________their unique tea culture. Tea tea culture includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is ______________a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
1.A.coffee B.tea C.silk D.paper
2.A.In B.For C.Of D.By
3.A.the number of B.a number of C.a large number of D.the largest number of
4.A.between B.with C.except D.besides
5.A.at that time B.from now on C.since then D.since now
6.A.produce B.are produced C.make D.are made
7.A.climate( 气 候 ) B.weather C.condition D.environment
8.A.interesting B.important C.famous D.normal
9.A.had developed B.have developed C.developed D.are developing
10.A.too B.as well C.either D.also
Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction(灭绝), because the environment that they are living in has ___________greatly. For example, with the development of cities, the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas have become ___________. Many of the wild animals are lack of food. People hunt wild animals in large areas. Tigers are hunted for fur or bones ____________they can only live in the nature reserves ___________living in the wild. Some grassland is destroyed so that the sandstorms come into being influencing distant cities, ___________cities in northern China or north- western China.
Luckily, human beings have realized the ___________of protecting wild animals and environment and have taken some practical actions. Don’t _____________trees, don’t abuse agrochemical or insecticide. We should protect headwaters and air which help protect habitat(栖息地). Some organizations raise money for animals and ____________leaflets in the street to call on more people to focus on the environment and wild animals.
The ___________has made some laws to prevent people from hunting wild animals and shut down some factories which do harm to the environment. We believe the number of some endangered wild animals will ___________in the near future. Animals are important to our life and we should protect them.
1.A.changed B.improved C.donated D.devoted
2.A.more and more B.less and less C.better and better D.smaller and smaller
3.A.in order to B.enough to C.so that D.such that
4.A.because of B.instead of C.instead D.without
5.A.especially B.generally C.continuously D.specially
6.A.importance B.disadvantage C.advantage D.adventure
7.A.cut off B.cut down C.cut in D.cut up
8.A.give off B.give up C.give out D.give in
9.A.public B.organizations C.government D.schools
10.A.grow B.disappear C.lose D.reduce
