Dear Jorge,
Are you enjoying your break from school? My family are now in Sacramento, California. We are here paying a visit to visit to my aunt Gloria. We have been to the California State Capital Building, the nature center, and the zoo. I have seen many interesting things, but one stands out above the rest. This morning we drove from my aunt’s home to Calistoga to see California’s Old Faithful Geyser(老忠实泉). I had read about it in my book, Sightseeing in California; Where You Should Go.You have probably heard of Old Faithful, the geyser father north in Yellowstone National Park. This California geyser is sometimes called“ Little Old Faithful.”
When we arrived California’s Old Faithful was only a calm pool of water. The geyser didn’t look very deep. “ What’s the big deal?” I wondered. As I turned, I saw some steam rising from the water. Before I knew it, there was hot water shooting up about 60 feet into the air. We could not believe our eyes! It continued for almost three minutes.
Aunt Gloria told me that the water came from an underground river. She also said that the water temperature was about 95℃. This water can sometimes shoot 170 feet into the air.
My aunt said that other geysers around the world reach hotter temperatures and shoot water even higher than California’s Old Faithful Geyser. I’d love to learn more about this geyser and other geysers in different countries when I get home. I’ll see you soon!
Your friend,
Bennetto
1.According to the text, Bennetto ___________.
A. visited his aunt Gloria by himself.
B. had never heard of Old Faithful Geyser.
C. thought nothing of Old Faithful Geyser at first.
D. flew all the way from Sacramento to Calistoga.
2.The water Bennetto saw high in the sky _____________.
A. disappeared at once. B. was too hot to touch.
C. came from a deep sea. D. was 170 feet in height.
3.What was expressed in Bennetto's letter?
A. Anger B. Doubt C. Courage D. Excitement
4.Bennetto wrote the letter mainly to_____________.
A. talk about his holiday experiences.
B. ask Jorge to visit Old Faithful Geyser.
C. express his thankfulness to Aunt Gloria.
D. give Yellowstone National Park some advice.
假设你即将参加你校主题为“Preparing Myself for College Life”的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一则简短的英语演讲稿。构想一下你的大学生活和你打算怎么做来适应大学生活。内容要点应包括：
1. 确定新的学习目标；
2. 学会独立生活；
3. 参加各种活动；
4. 处理好与同学的关系。
注意：1. 短文的内容要连贯、完整；
2. 字数：100 左右(开头己给出的单词不计入单词总数）。
Preparing Myself for College Life
Hello, everyone! My college life is right around the corner and I’m getting ready for it.
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That’s all. Thank you!
短文改错：
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
Mr. Smith had a 8-year-old son named Tony, who enjoyed listening to music very much. So he bought a piano to Tony, hoping that he can become a famous pianist one day. The little boy put her heart into practising the piano day after day and seemed enjoy every minute of it. However, half a year later, he told his father that he was tiring of practising the piano. Heard this, Mr. Smith said, “Tony, it is one thing to be fond of listen to music, and it is another thing to perform skillful by yourself. You can never play the piano well even if you don’t practise more.”
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。温馨提示：请将答案写在答题卷上
I wanted to do something special for my 15－year－old son, who has always been a perfect boy. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy __1._(he) a new racing－bicycle instead of asking for money from me. Then he spent hours and hours on it. I loved my son so much __2.__I bought him a pair of sunglasses and gloves. When my son rode the racing－bicycle with them, he looked very cool. He dreamed _3.__ taking part in a race and winning.
On November 10th, my birthday, when I went to the kitchen to start the milk and bread in the morning, I found __4.__ beautiful guitar on the table, beside which was a card, __5.__(say), “Happy birthday to my wonderful mother.” I was surprised and then began to sob. I remembered once I __6.__(joke) to my family that I wanted to learn playing the guitar to make my life colorful. I had __7._(forget) it, but my son remembered. He took it __8._(serious), and bought me one as a birthday gift. When I wondered __9.__ my son could buy this expensive gift, soon I realized that my son had sold his racing－bicycle _10.__(get) me the guitar.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only________ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange________ . When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very ________. He tried smiling, ________ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
________, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he ________ looked sad in that mirror.
“What a(n) ________ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t ________ properly!”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was ________. The boy went over to see what had ________ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents.
Together the two children set off ________ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to________her up. After much walking, they________ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said ________ to the family. When seeing the time, he________ to head for home, without toys and without ________ In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n) ________ face in the mirror. And so he understood the ________ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the ________ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having ________ that little girl.
1.A. interested B. confident C. skilled D. rich
2.A. book B. mirror C. sweet D. toy
3.A. shy B. sad C. excited D. beautiful
4.A. for B. or C. but D. and
5.A. Proud B. Hungry C. Satisfied D. Surprised
6.A. already B. once C. still D. never
7.A. nice B. terrible C. big D. expensive
8.A. work B. move C. change D. appear
9.A. studying B. playing C. sleeping D. crying
10.A. devoted B. referred C. happened D. turned
11.A. in need of B. in search of C. in honor of D. in charge of
12.A. put B. bring C. dress D. cheer
13.A. found B. recognized C. left D. accepted
14.A. no B. hello C. sorry D. goodbye
15.A. decided B. agreed C. Pretended D. refused
16.A. effort B. hope C. doubt D. money
17.A. red B. dark C. angry D. happy
18.A. meaning B. mystery C. game D. reason
19.A. general B. strange C. true D. good
20.A. introduced B. helped C. invited D. saved
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say—problem, I don’t want you in my life.
__1..Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in
different shapes, colors and feelings.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on how to solve your problems.
Talk about your problems. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that
no talking is going to help. __2.__ Talking helps you move on and let go.
Write your problems. __3.__ When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.
Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your
money, family…you should still have faith. __4.
Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. _5._ Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.
Go about and solve your problems because every problem，however big or small，always has away out.
A. But the truth is that when you talk about it, you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.
B. When we have a pressing, critical, urgent, and life-threatening problem, how do we try to solve it.
C. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can't I?
D. Of course, we’ve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.
E. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.
F. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with.
G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.
