When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “ Meat loaf for supper!”
Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.
It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches(素描) of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I’d copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.
Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.
We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “ Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “ You forgot his tie,” he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes(条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa,” he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”
1.When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes, she felt ______.
A. moved B. awkward
C. proud D. nervous
2.What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?
A. Words of love.
B. Pictures of flowers.
C. Drawings of their favorite animals.
D. Famous words of wisdom
3.It can be inferred that ________.
A. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins.
B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes.
C. the author’s husband is an environmentalist.
D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. Old generation’s way of expressing love.
B. Different brands of lunch box notes.
C. Lunches packed with love.
D. Some interesting family traditions.
假如你是某中学的学生李华。前不久，你参加了全国英语演讲比赛并获得了一等奖。请用英语给校刊写一篇文章，谈谈你的体会。内容主要包括：
1.付出才有回报；
2.收获自信和友谊；
3.感激之情。
注意：1. 词数120左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已经写好，不计入总词数。
Looking back to the National English Speaking Competition I took several days ago, I have a lot to share with you.
短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
Dear Headmaster,
I am writing to talk about the canteen of our school. There are only a few stand in the canteen, leading to lots of students have to line up for food. It is waste of time, isn’t it? But at times the food is not fresh and does not taste deliciously. So it’s not surprising that some students chose to go to the street to buy junk food which do harm to their health. Would you think about that how to improve it? I would appreciate you if you could take some measures. Hopefully, my opinion can be taken to account.
Jack
An idea to cycle to Tibet ____1.__(occur) to me one year ago. I know___2.___ idea is quite practical in economical way. For one thing, I can’t have too much money. For another, it is bound to do me good because I can take in fresh air___3.___ the way there. I called Tom, ___4.___ had borrowed me a sum of money, telling him my idea. He was excited at my words and promised to pay off his debt as soon as possible. He also offered to team up with me. ___5.___ (apparent), he also showed great interest in this trip. Five months____6.___ our trip, we kept taking exercise and built up strong body because we knew_7.____ would be impossible to realize our dream without being ___8.___ (health). I used to hear that some people__9.___(make) a trip there died from the lack of oxygen---- they did devote their lives to their dream ! But the cost is too much. So ___10.___ of us insisted on running in the morning from time to time.
Dinah Shore said, “There are no hopeless situations — only people who are hopeless about them.” Some 30 years ago, when he was only 11 years old, Morgan Rowe lost his left arm and much of the use of his right arm. It happened when he off a tractor at his father’s fence company, and was dragged under the machine.
Young Morgan was from the hospital after three and a half months. The first thing he to do was to help pay the bill — $30,000 worth. For a boy of 11 to such a task, the situation seemed .
For five years Morgan roadsides picking up cans and bottles. He thousands of cans and picked up and old newspapers. He never gave up . First, he paid off the $455 ambulance bill. He was still a long way off his parents raised another $9,000 toward the debt.
People began to the injured boy and poured in, totaling $25,000. The bill was paid ！Morgan set aside the money for future education.
What then? Morgan his projects and collected money for the hospital so he could others though the bill was paid up.
Maybe someone to tell the boy he was too injured for that kind of work. Maybe someone neglected to inform him that the was hopeless. Somehow young Morgan didn’t that an 11-year-old boy could never pay off a hospital bill so large.
Martin Luther once said, “Everything that is done in the world is done by the hopeful.” Without hope, is possible.
1.A. ran B. fell C. drove D. lay
2.A. released B. dismissed C. removed D. liberated
3.A. set about B. set up C. set out D. set down
4.A. understand B. complete C. arrange D. cancel
5.A. hopeless B. different C. meaningful D. dangerous
6.A. searched B. controlled C. explored D. examined
7.A. purchased B. recorded C. collected D. prepared
8.A. delivered B. sold C. gave D. bought
9.A. courage B. challenge C. hope D. adventure
10.A. though B. so C. but D. because
11.A. hear about B. learn from C. worry about D. benefit from
12.A. invitations B. applications C. suggestions D. donations
13.A. exactly B. fully C. deeply D. partly
14.A. voluntary B. useless C. additional D. present
15.A. ended B. kept C. began D. paused
16.A. help B. comfort C. affect D. move
17.A. attempted B. managed C. forgot D. remembered
18.A. situation B. life C. illness D. devotion
19.A. realize B. discuss C. argue D. expect
20.A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
1. Sometimes they try to get out of a class to escape a teacher they don’t like. Here is some advice to solve this problem.
Ask yourself, “What can I learn from this teacher?” Even if you don’t worship his or her personality or lectures, dig deep until you find a subject in which he or she is very knowledgeable. Focus on that part of the teacher’s personality, and use him or her as a tool for learning. Not only will you gain more knowledge in that subject, but a closer relationship with your teacher may help you understand one another better. 2.
Talk to students who are doing well in the class and ask them for tips, tools, and a plan of action to get along with the teacher better. 3.
If you still can’t get along, make an appointment with the school guidance counselor (辅导员). He or she will offer many tips and suggestions for you to get out of difficult teacher relationships. 4. That means they can help you and your teachers get rid of the bad impression on each other.
5. Your parents can meet with your teacher and try to work it out.
Teachers are there for more than just homework, and they know about more than just their subject matter. They can help you learn how to function as an adult and a lifelong learner.
Undoubtedly, these will be a few teachers along the way who you will always remember and who might change your life forever.
A.Sometimes a guidance counselor can act as a mediator between you and the teacher.
B.If you’re too shy to talk to another student, study his or her actions and behavior in the classroom and try to follow that lead.
C.Guidance counselors have the right to blame teachers.
D.There must be something good in every teacher for you to learn from.
E.Students find it easy to get along well with their teachers.
F.If your relationship problems can’t be solved in school, then it’s time to tell your parents or guardians.
G.Students don’t always get along well with their teachers.
