Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree
"Dad, can we watch when you trim（修剪）the tree?" My eldest son. Dan, nine, and his seven -year-old brother John, asked
"I won't be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?
Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it." Dan promised. "We won't let you down." .
A few days before Christmas. Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out to the yard .where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the lying room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
I felt worried The tree was central to our holiday. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every tune they looked at it. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution. www..com
“We can't make the tree taller." I said. 
"But we can put it on a higher position"
Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let's try it!“
When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
"What a good idea!" he declared "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing?"
John broke into a grin Dan's chest swelled with pride.
1.Who trimmed the Christmas tree this year?
A. The writer B. Bob C. Dan and John D. The whole family
2.The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt ______.
A. proud B. nervous C. worried D. scared
3.What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?
A. They rushed into school.
B They began to decorate the tree.
C. They got angry with each other
D. They found the tree was cut short
4.What the writer's husband said in the end showed________.
A. he expected too much of the brothers_
B. he should not have given the brothers the task to trim the Christmas
C. he was too stupid to think of such an idea_
D. he really appreciated what the brothers had done.
前段时间北京多个地方出现雾霆（smog），对人们生活造成很大影响。某英文报社以“抵制雾
霆，保护环境”为题征稿，请你根据以下要点向该报投一篇120词左右的英文稿：
1对生活的影响；
2.政府和个人应该做些什么；
3.你的呼吁。
注意：1.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。
下文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修
改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（n>，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意1海处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者队第11处起）不计分。
John Brown is a London taxi driver，he love going to the theatre. Last week his mother gave her two tickets for a play. The tickets were on Sunday evening. Then John read some reviews of the play, which all said was a terribly one. He wouldn’t go to a play no one liked. Therefore, two hours before the play started, he left the ticket on the back seat of his taxi. But someone who wanted see the play would take them. However, while John went back home, the tickets were still there. to the fact, there were four tickets on the seat. Someone has placed another pair of tickets on top of them
Learning how to be patient with people can be challenging for some. After all, not everybody is gifted with great patience. The good news is that it is something that can be learned and eventually perfected
When the customer before you takes ages to pay for his or her groceries, you tap your foot impatiently and cough every～and then; but，the customer is still not hurrying up. It takes all of your power not to make a scene. However, if you picture that customer to be someone you like (say your partner), then you will find yourself not getting too annoyed, right? So the next time you find yourself losing patience with somebody, simply imagine that person to be someone you really, really like and your patience will extend its life.
The second step on how to be patient with people involves whistling. When you whistle a happy tune, you instantly cheer up. You can sing your favorite song if you can't whistle—it really doesn't make a difference. What’s important here is that you have done something that makes you feel good. And when you feel good, you are more likely to be patient with the people around you. Next, when you’re stressed, it’s almost impossible to learn how to be patient with people. If you know you’re going to be in a situation where your patience will be tested, meditate(沉思)or get yourself a massage按摩）first. Don't dive into anything unless you've managed to clear
yourself off negative emotions. Remember: the more stressed you are, the faster you’11 you’re your temper. The less stress you have in your life, the longer your patience.
Learning how to be patient with people is not a necessity in life. You've seen people who manage to survive day to day with incredibly bad tempers after all. But do you really want to live like they do? If, however, you want a life that has better quality than that, then just follow these steps and embrace the fact that patience is a virtue.
1.What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 2 mean？（within 3 words
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2.How many ways are mentioned to be patient？（one word）
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3.What should you do when your patience will be tested？（within 6 words）
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4.What's the main idea of the passage？（within 6 words）
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5.How do you extend your patience？（within 9 words）
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根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上。选项中有两项为多余选项。
一Hello, Jack. You are getting ready for tomorrow’s lessons, aren’t you?
一Yes，I’m a bit nervous. 1.
一I understand how you are feeling. You’l1 make a lot of friends very soon.
一Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. . 2.
一At 8 o’clock. . 3.一Say it, please.
一Before class we have ten minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
一That’s to say, we must get to school at 7:25. Five minutes later we will hand in homework. Right?
一Right. 4.一Well, I hear that lunch time is nearly 12 o’clock and I’ 11 be starving by then.
一Don’t worry 5.
一That’s great.
A. So I suggest that you get up before 7:00.
B. I really don’t know what to do after class.
C. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
D. How long will it take us to finish our homework?
E. But there is other suggested time you should remember.
F. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat.
G. I have no idea what’11 happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates.
As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease-especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behavior, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can go further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious
foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’。special needs. Both types have simply been called "well". In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body's condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap（缺陷）may be "well", in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. "Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for.
People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
1.Today medical care is placing more stress on＿＿．
A. keeping people in a healthy physical condition
B. monitoring patients’ body functions
C. removing people’s bad living habits
D. ensuring people’s psychological well-being
2.In the first paragraph, people are reminded that＿＿．
A. good health is more than not being ill
B. drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmful
C. regular health checks are essential to keeping fit
D. prevention is more difficult than cure
3.Traditionally, a person is considered "well” if he＿＿．
A. does not have any unhealthy living habits
B. does not have any physical handicaps
C. is able to handle his daily routines
D. is free from any kind of disease
4.According to the author, the true meaning of "wellness" is for people to＿＿．
A. best satisfy their body’s special needs
B. strive to maintain the best possible health
C. meet the strictest standards of bodily health
D. keep a proper balance between work and leisure
