This year has been a busy year of travelling for me, and the end of the year is no exception. I booked an early morning flight so I had to get up at 4:30 am to get to the airport. The thought of such an early flight made me not very happy, but then I started to think about the people who would make that early journey possible for me: my taxi driver, check-in agent, security staff, gate agents, flight crew, etc. They all do their jobs at an early hour so I can get to my destination safely, often for very little money.
When that trip came, I realized I had a choice: I could be angry about having to take an early flight, finally showing my anger to everyone I see. Or I could choose to be grateful to this modern machine of safe air travel and the people who made it possible. Just thinking about the latter choice got my mind working about how I could show my thanks, and I decided to do a little “experiment”: what if I got a little gift for every worker I met my journey? How many gifts would I end up giving out?
Then I started to think about what kind of gift would be good for such an experiment.
The payback from this experiment started immediately. For the first time in years I actually looked forward to getting up at 4:30 am! I ended up giving a gift cards to my taxi driver, airport security agent, two gate agents, and four fight attendants, and all of them said thank you and smiled sweetly. And, instead of arriving tired and sad after four hours of sleep and a long flight, I was excited and happy to share my story.
Change your attitudes( 态度)and choose to do something good for others can help yourself feel good, too.
1.At first, the writer felt when she thought of getting up so early.
A.worried B.unhappy C.excited D.nervous
2.What is "payback" of the writer's experiment?
A.She spent some money on some postcards.
B.She showed thanks to the people around.
C.She felt great towards the coming travelling.
D.She got lots of presents from the other people.
3.What's the passage mainly about?
A.The reasons why the writer don't like travelling early in the morning.
B.How the writer's attitudes towards her travelling changed.
C.Why we should be thankful for others help.
D.The writer's most wonderful travelling experience.
近几年，扬州变化很大，成功创建了全国文明城市(National Civilized City)。假如你叫李磊，作为中学生的你一方面因为扬州可喜的变化感到自豪，另一方面也看到了作为一个全国文明城市还需要进一步改进的地方。在此，你向谢市长写一封信反映这些情况并提出你的一些建议。
变化 | 1. 人民生活很大改善； |
问题 | 1. 学校附近的道路拥挤 |
建议 | …… （至少三点） |
要 求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2）必须包括表格中所有的相关信息，并适当发挥；
3）词数：100词左右（征文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
Dear Mayor Xie,
I really hope that you can read my letter. Yangzhou has built herself into a national civilized city. As a citizen of Yangzhou, I feel proud of it. To make Yangzhou a better city, I want to do something for it.
I’m amazed that great changes have taken place in our city in the past few years._________
I hope my letter is of some help to improve Yangzhou and make it a better city in the future.
Yours sincerely,
Li Lei
Later this year, Beijing will start the country’s first driverless(无人驾驶 ) subway trains. The Yanfang Line-connecting part of Fangshan district center-will be the first to try out driverless technology.
According to the experts(专家) in public transportation, the new trains will make the underground railway system(系统) better. They will have an upgraded(升级的)operating system. They will reach 80km per hour and carry more than 1,200 passengers.
The development of driverless technology is opening up in other areas of transport(交通工具). Driverless cars have been a dream for many people. And in the past few years, big car companies, including Volkswagen and Toyota, have made lots of studies while they are competing with other companies, such as Google.
But with not racks(轨道) to run on, how will driverless cars be safe? This technology is made up of many sensors(传感器) including radar and GPS. This gives the car an exact position in the world, as well as what’s around it. It also allows the car to see moving objects(目标), like other cars and people.
Pilot-free planes have also become a hot technology topic. Yet while these new kinds of technology are seen as better and safer, they do have problems. They cannot work at all without the help of computers. Just like humans, computers make mistakes-although less often. And like much of technology, it makes many workers lose their jobs. What will happen to the future bus drivers and pilots?
1.Will Beijing start the country’s first driverless subway trains?
2.How many passengers will the driverless subway train carry?
3.What did the big companies do about the driverless technology?
4.Why will driverless cars be safe?
5.What does the writer mainly tell us in the last paragraph?
Australia is in the southern part of the earth, one of the seven continents in the world with an area of nearly 7.7 million square kilometers. It’s also the world’s sixth l1.nation after Russia, Canada, China, the US and Brazil. Canberra is its c2..
Australia is like the US in lots of ways. The first people there were aborigines(土著居民). Most people live in or near cities. They speak nearly the s3. English. Though there are some very different words that Australians use. For example, they say “G day” i4. of good day or hello in American English.
The weather in Australia is warm and p5.. The warmest months in Australia happen when people are having winter in America. A special point is that few Australians live in the middle part of the country because there they cannot get very much r6.and it is very dry. The Great Barrier Reef(大堡礁), which is m7. up of coral and algae(海藻), is in Australia. It is s8. a good sightseeing that it attracts a number of visitors, for it’s the world’s biggest living coral island, about 1250 miles long. Sports in Australia seem quite popular. Cricket, the national sport, has many f9. as well as Australian Rules Football. The boomerang is also pretty famous.
Australia is really a great country which is w10. visiting! Seeing is believing! So let’s enjoy it!
请根据要求改写下列句子,每空一词。
1.The first computers were built in the 1940s. (对划线部分提问)
_______ ________ the frst computers built?
2. Shelley was so lucky that she won a free trip to Hong Kong. (改为简单句)
Shelley was lucky _____ to ______ a free trip to Hong Kong.
3.Mary asked the teacher, “Does the sun go down in the west every day?” (改为宾语从句)
Mary asked the teacher _____ the sun ______down in the west every day?
4.They cancelled the concert because of the bad weather. (改为被动语态)
The concert_______ _______ because of the bad weather.
5.I won’t go to the party if I’m not invited. (保持句意基本不变)
I won’t go to the party_______ _______ invited.
I will never forget the tenth summer of childhood with my grandfather in western Norway at the mountain farm where my mother was born. As a boy ,I always thought people simply bought whatever they need. Whether Grandfather knew this, I don’t know. One day he said, ”Come, I have something for you.”
I followed him to a workroom. “You should have a toy boat. You can sail it at Storvassdal.” He said. Great, I thought,looking around for the boat. But there was none.
Grandfather pointed to a block of wood. “The boat is in there,” he said. Then he handed me some tools and showed me how to use them properly. “It’ll be a fine boat,and you’ll make it with your own hands,” he said,”No one can give you what you do for yourself.” The words rang in my head as I worked. Finished the boat. It wasn’t much to look at ,but I was poud. Then I sailed it at Storvassdal.
We had to return to America. “You cannot bring that boat home with you,” my mother said. We already had too much baggage. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal.
I said good-bye to Grandfather, not knowing I would never see him again.
In 1964, I went to Storvassdal with my parents and my wife and children. To my surprise,for 34 years my treasure stayed here,waiting for my return. I felt we three were togethet again although my grandfather had died 22 years before.
I carved”1930”and”1964” on its side and put it back.
I returned to the lake in 1968,1971,1977 and 1988. Each time I had the boat and carved the year,my grandfather seemed near.
My last trip to Storvassdal was in 1991. I brought my granddaughters: Catherine,13; Claire,12. I hoped they would understand the importance of the little boat and its simple message. At Storvassdal, Claire said softly, ‘Grandpa,someday I’ll come back.’ She added,”And I’ll bring my children.”
1.What lesson did the writer’s grandfather probably teach him?
A.Boys should have a toy boat at childhood.
B.People can simply buy whatever they need.
C.Boys should learn to make a boat out of wood.
D.No one can give you what you do for yourself.
2.The underline words”we three” in Paragraph 6 refer to__________
A.Mother,the boat and me.
B.Grandfather,the boat and me.
C.Catherine,Claire and me.
D.Grandfather , Mother and me.
3.According to the passage,we can infer（推断） that _____________
A.The writer’s mother was born in western Norway
B.The writer’s grandfather died in 1930
C.The boat took me back to Norway four times
D.Claire understood the meaning of the boat
4.What’s the best titile of the passage?
A.The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time
B.The Little Boat And My Wife
C.The Little Boat That Sailed At Storvassdal
D.The Little Boat And My Parents
