In England and Australia， it is more common than in the United States for a student to take a gap year(间隔年). What is a gap year? After high school， it's time for students to go to college. But some students don't go to college directly. ①They will spend one year traveling or doing some other activities before entering college. The year is called a gap year.
On the one hand， students can learn a lot during a gap year.②Before the gap year， students who take a break from their education will come back to college. When they come back， they will have a clear opinion about what they want to do in their life. ③ may， learning， they， their， towards， attitude(态度)， change.
On the other hand， delaying(延期) college for one year can mean increased education costs of 8% or more. Besides higher education costs， the cost of the gap year can be large. That depends on the activities the student chooses.
Taking a gap year has advantages and ④ . After considering all the things， I might take a gap year. My dream is to be a tour guide. I will spend one year working as a travel agent. That would be a wonderful experience for me.
任务一：请将文中①处划线句子译成汉语。
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任务二：请将文中②处划线句中的一个单词的错误用法找出，并改正在横线上。
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任务三：请将文中③处的斜体单词连成句子。
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任务四：请在文中④处的横线上填入一个适当的单词。
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任务五：
5.The best title(题目) for the passage is .
A.Taking a Gap Year B.Increasing Education Costs
C.Traveling around the World D.Working as a Travel Agent
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words， they have more chances to choose a good job， while people with little or no education don't. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn't accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact， if education is just a way of making a living， people don't need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and math need not be taught in detail(详细)， either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is wellrounded(全面的) and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak， read and write， but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that， it is to make him a wise man. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music， read good books， watch good plays and most of them take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education， but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
1.People with little or no education have chances to choose a good job.
A. more B. fewer C. many D. much
2.One of the earliest reasons of education was probably .
A. making a man lead a better life
B. teaching a man to write and think
C. making people get a way of living
D. teaching people to read good books
3.From the passage， we know that the writer thinks making a good living is for education.
A. an important reason
B. the main reason
C. the most important reason
D. the least important reason
4.According to the passage， which of the following is TRUE?
A. All people think the purpose of education is to make people get jobs.
B. People don't need to learn language or math at all.
C. Education is to make a man lead a better life.
D. Only education can make all people take an interest in the world.
Once there was a man and a woman. They had been married for more than 60 years. They kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a shoe box under her bed. She told her husband never to open or ask about it.
For all these years， he had never thought about the box. But one day the old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never get better.
The woman said it was time that he should know what was in the box. The old man took the shoe box to his wife's bedside.
When he opened it， he found two beautiful doilies(装饰小垫) and some money. The money was $25,000.
“When we got married， ”she said， “my grandmother told me that the secret of a happy family was never to fight. She told me if every time I got angry with you， I should just keep quiet and crochet(编织) one doily.”
The old man was so moved because only two doilies were in the box. He thought she had only been angry with him twice in all those years.
“My dear，” he said， “but what about all the money? Where did it all come from?”
“Oh，” she said， “that's the money I made from selling the doilies. So far， I have sold 2,500 doilies.”
1.The old woman let her husband open her shoe box because .
A.she was badly ill B.she was 60 years old
C.she believed in her husband D.her husband made her angry
2.From the story， we can infer(推断) the old woman had been angry with her husband times before she told him the secret.
A.25,000 B.2,500 C.2,502 D.250
3.From the story we know .
A.the old woman enjoyed crocheting doilies
B.the old man only made his wife angry twice
C.the old woman didn't follow her grandmother's advice
D.the old man was moved when he saw only two doilies in the box
Ma Yun was born on October 15,1964 in Hangzhou， Zhejiang Province. He is the founder (创始人)of Alibaba Group.
At the age of 10， Ma Yun took an interest in English. Each morning， he rode his bike to Hangzhou Hotel to talk with foreigners. In 1988， he became an English teacher. Then Ma Yun met Bill Aho， an American businessman， in Hangzhou. In 1995， he visited the United States for the first time. He stayed with Mr. Aho's family. There， he was introduced to the World Wide Web. Then he returned home and set up one of China's first web companies(公司)， China Yellowpages in the same year. On February 21,1999， he founded Alibaba. He chose Alibaba as the name because everyone knew the story of Alibaba.
Ma Yun had problems along the way. But his hard work made Alibaba an online success.
1.Ma Yun became an English teacher at the age of .
A.10 B.24 C.31 D.35
2.In 1995， Ma Yun set up a company named .
A.Alibaba B.China Yellowpages
C.Hangzhou Hotel D.World Wide Web
3.The underlined word founded in the passage means .
A.发现 B.离开 C.创建 D.加入
4.According to the passage， which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.Ma Yun was born on the 15th of October， 1964.
B.He set up Alibaba Group.
C.In 1995， he was introduced to the World Wide Web.
D.Ma Yun chose Alibaba as the name because he liked the story of Alibaba.
The word “duang” is new that it does not even appear in the dictionary. But it has already rapidly across China. It has caused 312,000 discussions 15,000 users. On Baidu， which is the online search engine in China， it has been almost 600,000 times. It has been noticed in the West， too. Foreign Policy， a news Website， regarded it a big event.
But what does it mean? It seems to be an example of onomatopoeia(拟声词). It was started by Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. He acted in an advertisement in 2004.In it， he said his hair was bright and black the word “duang”. The word appeared again recently after Chan put on his Weibo page. users then began to surf Chan's Weibo page and made comments(评论).
The word appears to have many different ， and there's no perfect translation for it. But you can use it as an adjective to give emphasis(强调)to the word that follows it.
1.A.such B. so C. too D. enough
2.A.spread B. spreaded C. spred D. spreading
3.A.behind B. between C. under D. among
4.A.biger B. bigger C. biggest D. bigest
5.A.looked up to B. looked up C. looked out D. looked after
6.A.at B. about C. of D. as
7.A.using B. use C. used D. uses
8.A.him B. it C. them D. her
9.A.Two millions B. Million C. Millions of D. Two millions of
10.A.means B. meanful C. mean D. meanings
August 10thSunny
Today is the third day in Florida， the USA. You will never know I went today. I visited the Harry Potter Theme Park! It was really a great for Harry Potter fans.
In the theme park， I saw all the places in the movies， such as the school， the stores and the restaurant. I also went into these buildings and took a lot of pictures. I had lunch in the park， but I didn't in dollar. I used the money in the movies. Wasn't it interesting?
As a Harry Potter fan， I really wanted to Harry Potter and his friends in the park. ， it was a pity that I didn't. But I got a chance to fly like them. It was exciting!
1.A.when B.how C.where D.what
2.A.zoo B.place C.city D.book
3.A.pay B.use C.afford D.take
4.A.read B.like C.meet D.wait
5.A.Or B.Though C.So D.However
