最近，中央电视台推出的《朗读者》节目受到广大观众的喜爱，节目通过嘉宾朗读的方式分享自己的心得和故事。作为学生的你，也学过“Tom Sawyer Paints the fence”，“The gift of Magi”等故事。相信你还读过其他书或故事，请你以“My favorite book (or story)”为题，写一篇英语短文介绍你印象深刻、喜欢的书或故事，并谈谈你的感想。
注意事项：（1）词数：80 词左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；
（2）内容必须包括下图的要点，需适当发挥；
（3）文中不能出现本人真实的人名和校名，否则答案作废。
内容包括：
提示词：what, when, where, what happened
I would like to share my favorite book ( or story ) with you.
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1.直到最后一分钟，他们才进了一个球。
They__________score a goal _________the last minute.
2.天气真好，我们去公园走走吧。
_________________weather it is! Let’s walk round to the park.
3.别嘲笑他，他已经够勇敢的表达自己了。
__________________at him. He is___________________to express himself.
4.玩太多的微信对眼睛不好。
_________too much WeChat ___________________________ your eyes.
5.西瓜如果放在冰箱会更好吃。
Watermelons will be more delicious____________________________________ in the fridge.
6.拿高分真的是最重要的吗？
__________________the most important thing__________________high marks?
7.她妈妈想知道她是什么时候回到家的。
Her mother wanted to know___________________________________.
Learn to Refuse
Believe it or not, I’ve always been a people pleaser. I often put others before myself because I want to make my friends happy.1..
“Can you help me with my English?” Grace asked me on the first day after she became my desk mate. “Of course,” I replied without hesitation（犹豫）. Grace has been working really hard on her studies and needed my help — although I didn’t have much time left for her.
One day after school, while I was doing a huge amount of homework, Grace’s phone call came. 2., but I still felt bad about saying no. When Grace ended the call, the clock said it was 00:15 am. But I still had homework left and I wanted to sleep. This was bad for a Junior 3 student who is going to take an important exam this June.
Finally I burst into tears. I felt so tired and realized that the stress had an effect on
my health. I tried to get myself out. Studying is more important than other things,3. . It’s now important for me to say no, no, no. “Can you do me a favor?” Grace asked last Monday. “Sorry I just have to review my biology notes,” I answered. “All right, it’s up to you,” she said. I felt completely relaxed when I heard her reply.4.
To be honest, I have felt much happier since learning to refuse. I have more time to spend on my study at present. I still try my best to help others,5. .
A.She complained a lot and it made me feel bored
B.If anyone asks me for help, I always say, “yes!”
C.Anyway, it’s not so hard to say no at all
D.but sometimes I say no because I know everyone has a limit
E.so Grace has to come the second
Do you have a good sense of direction？If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way during the trip.
Suppose you are hiking with your family somewhere in the mountain in Dan Xia Mountain, you need to find the direction of south to find your way back. But none of your family members can read the map and actually knows where the family is. Never mind. The sun is shining and it’s still morning. If you don't know the exact time，you can still find out where south is, but you'll need to be patient.
①Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.
②Try to put the stick as vertically (垂直) as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线) with a piece of string (绳子) and weight. You haven't got any string? Ok, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.
③After the stick is put vertically, you can see its shadow on the ground. Mark the end of the shadow.
④Wait about half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.
⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.
⑥The mark nearest the stick will show the shortest shadow when it is midday，because at that time the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.
⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.
⑧That point is south of where you are.
⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should choose for traveling.
1.To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because .
A. it is not easy to find a proper stick
B. it is not easy to put the stick vertically
C. it takes hours to make the marks
D. it takes hours to make a plumb line.
2.The passage would probably be most helpful to .
A. those who draw maps B. those who get lost
C. those who make compasses D. those who likes making marks
3.According to the passage, which of the following are needed to find the direction
of south?
①It is a fine day and the sun is shining brightly.
②You are travelling with your family.
③You have a straight stick, a piece of string and a button.
④You mark the shadow every half an hour .
⑤You check the marks on the stick.
A. ①③④ B. ①②③ C. ②③④ D. ③④⑤
4.The author tells us how to find the direction of south by .
A. telling an interesting story B. doing an experiment himself
C. testing an idea by reasoning D. introducing a useful method
5.In which of the following columns（栏目）can you find the article?
A. Family Life B. National Geography
C. Experience Sharing D. Science Fiction
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee，they don't all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed, when Starbucks (星巴克) coffee shops spread throughout the country．
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington，in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment (设备) . He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing (市场营销).
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores in the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However，that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing (竞争) for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the comfortable environment offered by Starbucks.
1.The underlined word "ran" in Paragraph 3 probably means .
A. closed B. managed C. made D. sold
2.According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences？
a.This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b.Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
c.He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
d.Howard Schultz found Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
A. a﹣b﹣d﹣c B. c﹣a﹣b﹣d C. b﹣d﹣c﹣a D. d﹣c﹣a﹣b
3.Why did so many Starbucks close in small areas？
A. Because the coffee in these places was too expensive
B. Because the style of the coffee stores seems the same．
C. Because people like to drink coffee at home with friends
D. Because there were too many coffee shops in one place．
4.To tell us the story of Starbucks, the writer did the following except .
A. introducing how Starbucks became successful
B. showing what Schultz did to help Starbucks become successful
C. telling what difficulties Starbucks faces
D. telling what Starbucks did to deal with his problems
5.What's the best title for the passage？
A. The History of Starbucks B. The Culture of Starbucks
C. The Popularity of Starbucks D. The environment of Starbucks
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The express0ion was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers throughout the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they .
A. want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don’t want others to know they are rich
D. want to look like their neighbors
2.It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to .
A. live outside New York City B. live in New York City
C. live in apartments D. live with many neighbors
3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because at
that time “Jones” is in the United States.
A. an important name B. a popular name
C. his neighbor’s name D. not a good name
4.According to Arthur Momand’s story, which of the following is Not True ?
A. Arthur Momand earned a lot of money every week.
B. Arthur Momand hired a servant and gave big parties.
C. Arthur Momand moved back to a flat in New York City.
D. Arthur Momand married a wealthy wife in the neighborhood.
5.According to the last sentence underlined, what’s the writer’s attitude towards
“keeping up with the Joneses” ?
A. It is very common to keep up with the Joneses.
B. It is very easy to keep up with the Joneses.
C. It is difficult to always keep up with the Joneses.
D. It is never too tired to keep up with the Joneses.
