Dear daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.
I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few years. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman.
College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often question "what good is this course". I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you: "Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten." What I mean by that is the materials taught isn't as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about – this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever.
Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford commencement, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful Macintosh fonts, which later ignited desktop publishing, and brought wonderful tools like Microsoft Word to our lives. His expedition into calligraphy was a dot, and the Macintosh became the connecting line. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots of yourself .
Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience.
So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, evolve yourself into a bi-cultural talent, be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.
When I faced the greatest challenge and opportunity in my life in 2005, you gave me a big hug and said "bonne chance", which means "good luck" and "good courage". Now I do the same for you. Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.
Love,
Dad (& Mom)
1.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The daughter is a well-rounded college student.
B. The father faced the greatest challenge in 2006.
C. The daughter is a freshman in college.
D. Steve Jobs gave the great example where he took calligraphy at Columbia commencement.
2.The father may agree that _____.
A. you will be well-educated if you forget all is taught
B. there are only master-inspired students in college
C. the daughter will be thinner if she goes on a diet
D. the skills of learning is very important for his daughter’s life
3.The example of Steve Jobs in Paragraph 4 is to show _____.
A. how Steve Jobs invented the basis of the Macintosh fonts
B. it is important for the daughter to follow her passion in college
C. Steve Jobs made great contributions to Microsoft Word
D. the father wishes his daughter to be as successful as Steve Jobs
4.College friends are often the best to you because_____.
A. your family are far away while college friends are around you within an easy reach
B. they are closer to you psychologically than to your family
C. they are better than your family
D. going through independence and adulthood is unusual bonding experience
Lines around the eyes mean the aging process in the body. Though aging is considered as one of the most unavoidable occurrence in one’s life, it is not entirely the thing. You just need to know that you can deal with it in your life. For example, if you are willing to spend a considerable amount of money to make yourself look young again, then you can try eye lifts. However, if you are more of the money-conscious type, then you should decide to go for eye creams which bring the same results but with lower prices.
Despite of the advantages of using eye creams, however, there is a disadvantage in trying them. This is due to the hundreds of brands o eye creams being marketed at present. If you do not know how to choose the best eye cream in the countless brands available, then you might fall victim to eye creams that do not really fulfill their promised effects.
What’s good is that looking for the best eye cream does not involve too much effort. You just have to look for eye cream reviews to know how a product performs and if it lives up to its promises. If you have a dermatologist(皮肤科医生), then you can ask for advice. If you have none, however, then you can just browse on the net for the best cream for your needs.
In searching for eye cream reviews, look for those with reviews based on the results of product testing. Doing so can ensure you that you are not basing your decision on fake review sites that are only made to build up an image of a certain product. Follow these tips and guidelines and you are sure to finally spot the best eye cream that can solve your aging problem.
1. To deal with lines around your eyes, you can______________.
A. try your best to stop yourself aging
B. make up by using eye shadow
C. raise your hand to lift your eyes
D. try to use eye creams
2.What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. None of the eye creams will be benefit you properly.
B. You should buy an eye cream according to your economic power.
C. You will suffer from a wrong eye cream.
D. You can take advantage of any eye creams.
3.The best way to buy an eye cream is by_____________.
A. reading the reviews first
B. comparing the prices of all the products
C. surfing the Internet for the best eye cream
D. trying to visit dermatologists as often as possible
4. When reading reviews if the eye creams, you should_________.
A. be careful of the package of the products
B. notice the function of the products
C. know of the quantity of the products
D. pay attention to the production date of the products
阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
J.K. Rowling had reused her magic and brought Dumbledore back to life.
A spokesperson for the author confirmed Rowling had sent a letter and a package to a Texas teenager who optimistically found strength in the words of a Harry Potter film after witnessing the murder of her family.
Fifteen-yiear-old Cassidy Stay lost both parent s and four siblings to a gunman in Texas last month. Cassidy was shot in the head and survived the gunshot wound only because she played dead. Authorities had called her survival a miracle.
Cassidy had seen the unimaginable tragedy, but was still thinking about happiness. At the memorial(悼念会 ) for her family, Cassidy gave a speech in front of the media saying she believed her family was “in a much better place.”
Quoting the words of Dumbledore, the wise headmaster of Hogwarts, she said, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
The same day Cassidy gave her speech, a Facebook page called “We want J.K. Rowling to meet Cassidy Stay” formed and quickly draw public attention.
The creator of the page claimed to know a friend of Cassidy’s who “confirmed that J.K. Rowling did write Cassidy a personal letter under the name of ‘Dumbledor’. She also sent a wand, an acceptance letter to Hogwarts with a school supply list, along with the 3rd book with Rowling’s autograph.”
1.Where did Cassidy find strength after the tragedy?
A. In a letter sent to her by J.K Rowling
B. From her friends
C. In the words of a Harry Potter film
D. At the memorial for her family
2.The underlined word “siblings” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by _____?
A. brothers and sisters B. neighbors
C. friends D. classmates
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A. J.K. Rowling brought Dumbledore back to life for a new book.
B. There were seven people in Cassidy’s family before the tragedy.
C. J.K. Rowling met Cassidy when Cassidy gave a speech at the memorial for her family.
D. Cassidy survived the gunshot accidentally.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. J.K. Rowling’s New Book
B. A Smart Teen
C. Cassidy’s Tragedy
D. J.K. Rowling Writes to the Sad Teen
2月28日柴静的一部名叫《穹顶之下》的纪录片在微信朋友圈被疯传，几乎是一瞬间，这部有关雾霾调查的纪录片席卷了整个中国。这部片子从公众健康的角度唤起了大家对雾霾这种大气污染问题的重视。
假如你是李华，BBC记者Bill来信询问你家乡是否有雾霾天气，情况如何。请按下面写一封电子邮件,开头已给出。
介绍情况:
(1)最近发生数次雾霾天气。
(2)通过《穹顶之下》，人们更进一步认识到雾霾天气的危害，正采取各种举措减少其发生。
(3)你自己为此做了什么或打算做什么。
注意：词数100左右
雾霾：smog 穹顶之下：Under the Dome
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(
)，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，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；
1． 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear John,
Last summer, I take a part-time job in the International Camp for children. I have told one more worker will be needed this year and I think you are fit it. How about join us? The camp is at the foot of a small hill closely to a river. It is so a beautiful place! We can hear birds singing happy all around. Everybody sleeps in tents, that is very exciting. We usually work only five
hours a day, so we will have plenty of spare time to visit the area and have a fun. I am sure it will be an unforgettable experience. If you have interests in it, reply to me soon.
Yours,
Li Ping
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Red envelopes 1. (relate) to the Chinese Lunar New Year for long. I myself have had plenty of 2. (experience) both receiving and giving out red envelopes in the past, and generally speaking, it's been fun. I mean, who doesn't love free money?
I'm truly surprised by the extent of people's obsession with virtual red envelopes this year. In fact everyone I know spent at least a day or two 3. (crazy) shaking their smart phones, mostly trying to get as much lucky money as possible. Thanks to messaging app giant WeChat's new feature 4. allows users to send money electronically, grabbing virtual red envelopes has never seemed so easy.
Just in case you are one of the very few people still not on the bandwagon, here's 5. it works. Givers link their WeChat to their bank accounts, and then they can send specified amounts of money to their WeChat contacts through a personal message. They can also put the cash up 6. grabs in chat groups full of friends, and anyone who acts fast enough will get7. share. Later, receivers can transfer the funds from their WeChat back into their own bank accounts.
In theory, this sounds like a fun game. I'm always for some harmless fun in life, so my natural response would be: Why not? Moreover, I've always believed that it's human nature to want free stuff, regardless of whether you actually need it or not. This may not be a good quality, 8. it's not against the law, so I won't get all judgmental here. 9. (consider) these reasons, I really can't fault anyone for their enthusiasm in grabbing virtual red envelopes. I would have done it too, 10. I not thought linking WeChat to my bank accounts was too much trouble.
