Answering the Community Needs of Our City
The Silver City Council recognizes that citizens have certain needs．To better meet your needs，we have made several changes to community facilities in 2014．The followings show how we have tried to make your life better．
Transport
☆Three stations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service．
☆20 new buses for the southern line were purchased in January．
☆50 per cent of city bus stops have been upgradeD．
Communication
☆Broadband cable is now av ailable to all parts of the city．
☆All of the new Government buildings are smart wired for better computer service！
Medical Facilities
☆The new state of the art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June．
☆To overcome a shortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital，10 doctors have been employed from overseas．
☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have been upgradeD．
Education
☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2014！
☆Rental for private schools has been reduceD．
Protection and Security
☆Extra police now patrol（巡逻）the tourist areas．
☆50 new police officers graduated in July and have taken up duties in the city areA．
Entertainment / Recreation
☆The new Central Community Building opened in May．
☆5，000 new fiction books were bought for the Silver City Library．
1.What is the purpose of the changes in Silver City？
A． To satisfy all the needs of the citizens．
B． To make public service improveD．
C． To better the citizens’life．
D． To meet the needs of the Silver City Council．
2.What can we learn from the passage？
A． Travel books are provided in the new library．
B． More bus lines and stops are bought in Silver City．
C． Free medical treatment is available at Station Street Hospital．
D． There are more police officers on duty now．
3.The public notice is from _______．
A． the community
B． the local government
C． the Silver City Library
D． a travel agency
Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U．S．The restaurants are not“fast food”．They are known as“fast casual”．
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat．This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald’s has struggled financially．In the last quarter of 2014，McDonald’s net income dropped by about $300 million．The January earnings report brought more bad news．Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expecteD． Whi le McDonald’s is struggling to get their customers back，Shake．
Shack，is doing well in making money．The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of January．On its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share．Being part of the “fast casual ”trend has helped Shake Shack．Other fast casual restaurants in the U．S．include Chipotle and PanerA．
Bonnie Riggs，a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans’restaurant habits for almo st 30 years．She says one reason why Americans like fast casu al food is that it’s new．It’s creative，it’s something different and people like to try new things．Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year．Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonald’s．Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits，but it has developed fast．Just as Ms．Riggs says，“It’s growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumers’needs．They know it’s being prepared while they wait，it’s fresh，quality food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices．”
Many Americans still like their fast fooD． They just are not going as often．They are finding other ways to have a meal．
1.What’s the trouble with McDonald’s？
A ．Its share goes down to $21．
B． Shake Shack has taken its place．
C． It’s not popular with Americans．
D． Its sales and income have droppeD．
2.We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans ________．
A． don’t like fast food any more
B． care only about the quality
C． like to try something new
D． pay more restaurant visits to fast casual
3.What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in ParA． 3 mean？
A． Steadily． B． Rapidly． C． Slowly． D． Normally．
4.Which of the following best describes fast casual？
A． Fresh-made and tasty．
B． High-quality and expensive．
C． Farm-to-table and traditional．
D． Time-consuming and special．
Today we are going to talk about important transition words in English．We will focus on how to usetransition words to link ideas together．Some common transition words are and，furthermore，in addition to，not to mention，and in the same way．
We don’t always get a second chance to achieve our dreams．But some people are lucky，like Matthew McConaughey．Once almost unknown，the actor has recently found himself back on the list of the best actors in HollywooD． His new movie Interstellar is just another sign that his career reinvention has been an incredible success．“The film relies on McConaughey’s performance to hold together the emotional story of a father and his daughter against the background of space travel and the end of the world，”Forbes commenteD．
But only years ago，the Texas native was often the butt of jokes（笑柄）about being too handsome．In 1993，after meeting with director Richard Linklater，McConaughey starred in Dazed and ConfuseD． And a Hollywood career was born，mostly in romantic comedies．For a long time，the whole world believed McConaughey was just a handsome guy with comic talent．
But McConaughey stopped starring in that type of movie，and began to use his looks differently．Slowly he built up his reputation as a serious actor．In 2013，McConaughey was offered to play an AIDS activist in Dallas Buyers CluB． The role saw the normally muscular actor losing 50 pounds in order to appear sick．His performance won him an Oscar for Best Actor．
The actor gave thanks to someone he has always looked up to as a hero during his Oscar acceptance speech．When he was 15，the actor said，he decided that his hero would be himself in 10 years．But 10 years later，he pushed the deadline ahead another decade．Then 10 years later，another decade．“My hero’s always 10 years away，” he saiD． “I’m never going to attain that．That keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing．”Or perhaps constantly chasing the chance to be his own hero has given him a second chance to follow his dreams．
1.Why was McConaughey often the butt of jokes in his early career？
A． He was limited to handsome roles．
B． He was unknown to the audience．
C． He played in romantic comedies．
D． He was handsome and emotional．
2.What role won Mc Conaughey an Oscar for Best Ac tor？
A． A caring father．
B． An AIDS activist．
C． A serious buyer．
D． A strong hero．
3.What can we learn about McConaughey？
A． He was born in HollywooD．
B． He has become a hero of his own．
C． He wasn’t famous until recently．
D． He isn’t content with his achievements．
4.Which of the following can be the best title？
A． McConaughey，a Romantic Comed ian
B． McConaughey，a Man Making a Hit
C． McConaug hey，a Man Daring to change
D． McConaughey，Handsome and Talented
团队合作(teamwork)在现代是非常重要的。请根据以下要点，简要写一篇关于teamwork的演讲稿，并表明你自己的看法。词数不少于80。
——为何重要：
1．是学习和工作必需的能力；
2．可节省时间，精力，资源；
3．彼此有机会相互学习；
——合作对象：
1．与志同道合的人合作容易理解，同甘共苦，心情愉快；
2．与和自己差异较大的人合作可以学会宽容，并学会发掘别人优点。
注意：演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出。
Good morning, everyone! My topic today is “Teamwork”．
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Thanks for your listening!
请结合材料，按要求用英文写作。
A couple said, “ We love our kid, so we’ll arrange everything for him and pave （铺）the way for his success．”
要求：1．请就此材料发表你的看法；
2．紧扣材料，有明确的观点；
3．词数不少于60词。
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1.The President thanked the mothers for their sons and daughters ____（保卫）their country heart and soul．
2.Snowden said he did not think his son had ____（犯罪）a crime, even though he said Edward Snowden broke U．S．laws．
3.In order to attract more customers some airlines offer free check-in____（行李）．
4.The committee has proposed new ____（规章）to control the hours of its employees．
5.When ____（回报）with a quicker sale he made the extra effort to impress the buyers with his products．
6.What ____（担心）teachers and employers deeply is that students are not well prepared for university courses．
7.A tight ____（日程表）means we can’t delay any longer．
8.Now we are trying to build a country where the people can live in peace and ____（和谐）with ourselves and those around us．
9.Though there are some people protesting against the plan, they are in the ____（少数）．
10.There are many approaches to ____（调整）their way of working and thinking according to changing situations．
