We arrived at the hospital to find Dad exhausted and weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our by Monday morning. Local relatives would ______that Dad got home from the hospital and look after him regularly and prepare his meals. ___ would make sure he got his daily ____and take him to his doctor appointments. But I wanted to let him know that we too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a family ______ I started when our children were small. When ___ their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would a love note in the house for their grandfather or grandmother to find after we were gone. For several days after our , their grandparents would smile as they these reminders of our love.
So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a ___ for him downstairs in the living room, I began writing notes. Some were ____. “Dad, I froze the food in the fridge so it would not go bad.” Some expressed my love. “Dad, I ______ you sleep well in your new bed.” _______ notes were downstairs where he would have to remain for weeks he regained strength, but one note I hid under this pillow. “Dad, if you have______this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
While others cared for Dad’s day—to–day needs, we, of course, would stay in touch by _____. But our notes were a reminder of our love and concern for him. Just like his medicines improved his health _____ , our notes would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our______phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, “I will tell you how I’ m doing. I just found your note under my upstairs pillow!”
1.A. power B. holiday C. jobs D. parents
2.A. know B. see C. think D. report
3.A. We B. They C. Others D. None
4.A. treatment B. examination C. work D. medicine
5.A. cared B. hurried C. changed D. suffered
6.A. story B. event C. party D. tradition
7.A. leaving B. reaching C. approaching D. cleaning
8.A. pick B. hide C. find D. drop
9.A. appointments B. preparation C. departure D. arrival
10.A. thought of B. looked for C. discovered D. understood
11.A. bed B. meal C. table D. plan
12.A. difficult B. imaginary C. practical D. interesting
13.A. let B. hope C. guess D. hear
14.A. All B. Most C. Some D. Few
15.A. until B. because C. though D. when
16.A. somewhere B. nearby C. outside D. upstairs
17.A. found B. missed C. remembered D. forgotten
18.A. note- writing B. e-mail C. post D. phone
19.A. thankfully B. academically C. physically D. professionally
20.A. urgent B. regular C. unexpected D. accidental
Do you find it difficult to teach your children the alphabet (字母表)？ Here are some creative games for you to solve this problem.
1.______
This is an easy and fun way to teach your child the alphabet. Whenever you drive anywhere, play the ABC game. Have your child find the letter A on road signs __2.___Once you finish the alphabet you can play again.
Play the Alphabet Hide Away Game
Fill a bag with different objects that start with different letter sounds. For example, you could fill it with a toy car, a book, a pencil, and so on. Show your child all the items in the bag. _______3.______. Have him find the items only by touching them. Ask him if he can find something that stars with the letter B. Then see if he can find the “book” in your bag just by touching. ____4._____
Another Alphabet Games
This game is fun for children and can be fun for adults, too. ___5.____. Start with the letter A. “A is for apple”, “B is for banana”, “C is for cat”, and continue on with all the letters. If your child is older, you can play the game with a theme. For example, tell him to play the alphabet game with fruit or animals. By this way he is learning to sort animals or fruit and also practicing his alphabet.
A. Make an Alphabet Book
B. Then put all the items back in the bag.
C. Have your child paint the letters on the board
D. Play the A B C Game Whenever You Drive Somewhere
E. Start with the letter A and then look for the letters B, C, etc.
F. If your child is young, you can just play a simple game.
G. This game is not only good for learning letters and sounds, but also helps him to use his senses.
I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention and especially if its given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Just take them in. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.
When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾), until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too timid to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power to connect and to heal than the most well-intentioned(善意的)words.
1.When we communicate with others we had better ________________.
A. listen more B. understand more
C. speak more D. look here and there
2. If we interrupt what someone is saying,________________.
A. they may think we are too rude to them
B. they must be very angry with us
C. they may know we dont care about them
D. they must stop and listen to us
3.Passing a person who is crying a tissue perhaps means_______________
A. stopping them from crying any more
B. Stopping them from saying anything
C. advising them to have a rest
D. helping them to accept the sadness
4.It is very difficult for us to learn to listen because _______________
A. we may know the answer
B. we have an interesting topic
C. parents teach us to speak
D. it goes against what we have been taught
5. What is probably the best title for this article?
A. Listening and talking
B. Listen, just listen
C. Listening is not easy to learn
D. How to comfort others
The meaning of the word "volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means "one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta（加尔各答）. The following is her story.
"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks."
"I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world."
1.According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.
A. is willing to help those in need without pay
B. can afford to travel to different places
C. has a strong wish to be successful
D. has made a lot of money in life
2.Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.
A. after she met Mother Teresa
B. after she finished high school
C. when she was touring Calcutta
D. when she was working in a hospital
3.Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?
A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.
B. She had already had some experience.
C. She was asked by Mother Teresa.
D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresas example.
4.What is Tracys new idea (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?
A. Going abroad to help the sick.
B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home.
C. Doing simple things to help the poor.
D. Improving oneself through helping others.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to Be a Volunteer.
B. The Life of Volunteer in India.
C. A Different Meaning of Volunteer.
D. Inspiration from Mother Teresa
ETL International English Summer Camp
Volunteer Wanted
EIL was founded in Britain in 1936 with the fundamental aim of international understanding“Learn to live together by living together”.
Requirements: Over 16; good knowledge of English; outgoing; working well with children between 7-12
Activities; Language study, outdoor recreation and travel
Campers; Students from different countries
Camp site; Mount Wuyi, Fujian
Time: July 26-August 9
Application deadline; July 15,2014
If interested, please e-mail to info@eiuk.org
假设你是李华，这则广告引起了你的兴趣，请用英文写一封自荐信。要点如下：
1.对夏令营主题的理解；2.根据招聘要求自我介绍；3.参加夏令营的目的。
注意：1.信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；2.词数120左右。
Dear Sir,
I’m Li Hua from Fujian.
I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours Sincerely ,
Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Mr White,
I am writing tell you a piece of good news. Last week our school hold a Spoken English Competition. I stood out in the competition and won a first place. In my view, it is your kind help which has helped me gain the achievement. During your spare time, you often spent such much time helping me with your spoken English that I made rapid progress. In the competition, I followed your advices on how to behave, which led to my success. I’m grateful to you for your help and decide that I will make up more efforts and try to make great progress in the future.
I’m looking forward to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
