Last weekend when I was walking in the local park, I noticed a group of boys __________on a small boy. They were calling him nicknames. They even ____________him to the ground and kicked him in the face. When I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stood __________them and the small boy, and asked politely what they had done. One of the boys replied, “He did nothing. He’s just ______________”. Then I asked ____________boy if he thought the small boy was weird, and the answer was “No.” So, I asked them what the word weird _________________. One of the boys said, “ _______________.”
I told them that everyone is different, and that they all looked just as different to the small boy _________________he did to them. They all stood ___________________for a moment. And then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy ___________________the ground and said sorry to him. He even invited him to play together.
I thanked the boy for being so brave. As I looked ___________________, I realized that there were many other people in the park but nobody else had stopped _______________the small boy. I felt happy that one of the boys was strong enough to stand up __________________his friends to help someone in need, but I felt sad that no one else had even taken a second look.
I hope that I’ve helped the boys __________________that they could have made a difference _________________a little effort.
Maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.
1.A.picking B.putting C.taking D.passing
2.A.took B.brought C.pushed D.threw
3.A.behind B.between C.in the front of D.among
4.A.weird B.weak C.lazy D.silly
5.A.other B.another C.second D.last
6.A.did B.had C.meant D.gave
7.A.Dad B.Different C.Magic D.Wise
8.A.as B.like C.so D.from
9.A.angrily B.happily C.silently D.sadly
10.A.off B.on C.with D.to
11.A.up B.down C.over D.around
12.A.help B.helping C.to help D.helped
13.A.for B.against C.over D.towards
14.A.found B.realize C.knew D.forget
15.A.to B.on C.with D.for
假如你是李华，你们班输了上周的篮球赛。Henry认为是他未能投进最后一球所造成的，有的队友也因此而责怪他。请你写一封英文邮件安慰他，谈谈你对此事的看法，并就如何取得队友的理解提出建议。
要求：
（1）80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
（3）信中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Henry,
I learned that you are feeling sorry and upset because of losing the basketball game…
Do you enjoy hitting the books? It doesn’t mean you enjoy beating your books with your hand. That may be reasonable if you don’t understand something inside your books. Hitting the books just means that you are studying hard. You can learn a lot when you hit the books.1.Especially before exams, most students spend a lot of time hitting the books to get good grades.
This is just one example of expressions that can’t be understood by taking them apart（分开）word by word. Expressions like this are called idioms（习语）. They are an important part of a culture’s language. Languages and cultures are closely connected. One example of an idiom in the Chinese language is “dui niu tan qin”, or “to play the lute（拨弦乐器）to a cow.”2.这意味着某人在说话或写作时不考虑其听众或读者。
Let’s get back to idioms that begin with the word “hit”3. There are many of them in English, but it’s not that easy for you to understand.
One common idiom you may hear in English is “hit the road”. It means to leave or to go. You can say, “Hey, I need to hit the road. Can we talk about this another time?” Or simply, “It’s time to hit the road.” When you are tired and you want to go to bed, you can say, “I need to hit the hay（干草）.” It means you want to go to sleep.4. That’s because a bed was often a big bag with hay inside in the past.
5. 习语使你的语言生动而有趣。 Let’s hit the road to learn some and try to use them.
I am Canadian. I started learning French when I was 10 years old. But my whole experience with the language was in the classroom. All of that changed, however, during my last summer of high school. As a 17-year-old girl, I flew across the country by myself for the first time! I headed for Quebec to live in the province with a French-speaking host family, who didn’t speak any English. And I would learn French at a local school.
On the first day of school, all of us students were given a test to determine（测定）our language level. We were required to speak only French all summer.
I made every effort to communicate in a second language by making new friends, seeing movies and even ordering food from restaurants in French. Though I couldn’t understand most of it at the very beginning, the whole experience was exciting and refreshing.
On weekends, my classmates and I took trips to different places around the province. On one trip, we went whale watching on the St. Lawrence River. Even though it was raining, we could see huge whales swimming around our boat. The most memorable part of our trip was a visit to historic Quebec City. I walked along the stone streets, took pictures of the European-style（欧式的）buildings, and learned some stories there.
Finally my efforts paid off! At the end of the summer, I was able to communicate pretty well. I couldn’t wait to go back to school and talk with my French teacher. Being fully immersed（沉浸）in a French-speaking environment was a valuable learning experience. And it could be the main reason for my improvement in French.
1.When did the writer fly alone for the first time?
2.How did the local school determine the students’ language level?
3.Did the writer enjoy the experience of communicating in French?
4.What did the writer think of the visit to historic Quebec City?
5.What could be the main reason for the writer’s improvement in French?
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Summer is here. One of the best ways to cool off on a hot summer day is to jump into a swimming pool. Swimming is great exercise, and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends.1., so it’s important to stay safe as you do it. Here are a few things you can do to swim safely.
Swim only in areas set for swimming.
Don’t swim unless there is a lifeguard（救生员）on duty. If you’re on a beach near the ocean, this is especially important. In some places, fast currents（急流）can sweep swimmers away without warning. So if a sign says “no swimming”, please take care.
Be careful when diving（跳水）into the water headfirst.
Most pools have deep ends where diving is safe. In natural water, don’t dive unless you know that the water is deep enough.2., causing injury（伤害）or death.
Make sure you have a partner with you.
Nobody knows what will happen while you are swimming. If something goes wrong, you can get help from that person as soon as possible. In this situation,3..
Pay close attention to children’s safety.
Kids who don’t know how to swim should wear life jackets. But by themselves they are not enough,4. . If you have a pool at home, put a fence（围栏）around it in case children fall in. And if a child disappears, check the pool first.
A.skilled kids may forget green hands
B.so an adult should always be present
C.But swimming can also be dangerous
D.a few seconds can make a big difference
E.Or you could hit your head on the bottom
It is believed that Huck Finn is based on（基于）a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s. In fact, Twain was not alone in basing a fictional character（虚构的角色）on a real-life person.
Severus Snape / John Nettleship
Severus Snape is a skillful wizard（巫师）teaching magic in Harry Potter. The writer, J.K. Rowling, once said that the character was based on a teacher of hers.
The teacher turned out to be John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry. At first, Nettleship felt surprised. “I know I am a strict teacher,” he said. “But I don’t think I am as bad as Snape!” On second thoughts, however, he said that he was so ill-tempered that most of his students avoided making him mad. Also, he used to wear long hair and have an untidy lab. That sounds familiar to Harry Potter fans.
Alice / Alice Liddell
Famously, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is based on Alice Liddell.
Carroll was close to the Liddell family. One day, ten-year-old Alice asked Carroll to tell her a new story. Carroll began to create his famous tale of Alice and what happened after she fell through the rabbit hole. The little girl liked the story so much that she asked him to write it down. And the rest is history.
Dill / Truman Capote
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee based Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote. Capote once said, “Lee was my best friend. Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? I’m a character in that story! The story takes place just in the town where we lived!”
1.Snape and Nettleship have something in common EXCEPT__________.
A.their jobs B.their looks C.their hobbies
2.What does the underlined word “ill-tempered ” mean in Paragraph 3?
A.沉着冷静的 B.优柔寡断的 C.脾气暴躁的
3.What made Carroll decide to create Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
A.Alice Liddell’s requirement.
B.His great interest in rabbits.
C.His experience of travelling.
4.Being a character of To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote felt________.
A.proud B.unsatisfied C.surprised
5.The text is mainly about ________.
A.purposes of writing fictional stories
B.introductions to famous writers’ childhood friends
C.characters of fictional stories from real-life persons
