Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do. A box of it can be a great gift. Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise. See how happy that person gets.
Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices. He says they tell something about the person. Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party. Did you choose an oval shape? You are a person who likes to make things. Picking a square shape shows something else. The person is honest and truthful. You can depend on him or her.
What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past. Dark chocolate means something else. A person who chooses it looks toward the future. What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind. Some people like chocolate with nuts. These are people who like to help others.
Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate. They eat it because they like it.
1.This passage mainly tells us ______.
A．why people like chocolate
B．almost everyone likes chocolate
C．about different kinds of chocolate
D．different choices may show different characters
2.Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person ______.
A．likes singing, dancing and drinking
B．likes to do something for others
C．is good at making things
D．can be depended on
3.From this passage we can see that a helpful man may choose chocolate ______.
A．in oval shape B．in square shape
C．with nuts D．with coffee
4.The last paragraph suggests that the writer ______.
A．believes all the information about chocolate
B．does not believe the information about candy
C．is trying to get you to believe false information
D．doesn’t think it important whether you believe the ideas
高中学习生活是最为繁忙的, 在高中三年中,学生们面临着沉重的升学压力。因此,很多学生课间也坐在教室里用功,但学习效率和成绩并不理想。因此你想告诉他们:适当的休息是很有必要的。现在就请你以“A Ten-minute Break”为题,按下列要点写一篇短文,让这些同学从中有所启发。要点如下:
1.十分钟的课间休息很有必要;
2.要注意适当的休息方式;
3.你是怎样利用这十分钟的。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头语已为你写好。
A Ten-minute Break
As a Senior school student, time seems much limited. __________________________________________________________________________
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短文改错
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。每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。
This morning I went to the shoes shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talk to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand that the foreigner was saying. They both looked worrying. I went up to help them. The lady is Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of traveling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very much glad when she took it. She sings high praise for my spoken English. All of them expressed their thanks to me. I felt happy that I expressed myself free in English.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入恰当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think_1.__matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __2. are smart and strong-willed, are very likely_3.___(succeed). The reason 4. _this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for_ 5. same reason.
What happens to the 6. _ children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, _ 7. _ , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 8. _(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in_ 9. __lives. They usually 10._(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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。
Some Ways to Cheer Up
Feeling a little blue? Here are ten fast and easy ways to smile.
①Exercise
When you exercise, your brain gives out a chemical called endorphins(内啡肽).This chemical makes you feel happier. 1.
②Play outside
Leave your apartment and go outside. Sun and fresh air are good for you.
③Breathe
If you can’t go to the gym, try taking deep breaths. 2.
④Play pop music
Westlife, Backstreet Boys, S.H.E....who doesn’t like a little mindless pop? Listening to upbeat, happy music will make you smile. Singing along won’t hurt either.
⑤Laughter is the best medicine
3. Children laugh around 400 times a day. Adults only laugh about 20 times a day. What happened? Be a kid for a day: play games, watch funny movies, or read jokes online.
⑥4.
Chocolate has special natural chemicals that make you happy. Besides, it tastes so good!
⑦Draw
Be an artist! Draw, paint, or make something. Even if it is not perfect, being creative relieves stress.
⑧Get a dog
Dogs are cute, energetic, and fun. Plus, studies show that people with pets live longer and people with dogs live the longest!
⑨Have a heart-to-heart talk
If something is upsetting you, it is a good idea to talk about it. Call a friend or relative. 5.
⑩Think positive
Close your eyes and think of a beautiful scene or a time when you were happy and feeling good.
A. Laughing is the best way to improve your mood.
B. Everyone likes laughing.
C. The youth like chatting online.
D.A good chat is a great way to feel better fast.
E. Power of chocolate
F. Breathing deeply will relax your muscles and give you energy.
G. That is just another reason why exercise is good for you.
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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843,and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While ________ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(n) ________ in medicine. At 18 she married and ________ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a ________.Her husband supported her decision.
________ ,Canadian medical schools did not ________ women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study ________ at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to ________ her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte ________to Montreal and set up a private ________ .Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a ________ doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte ________ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting ________ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ________ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ________.The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to ________ her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ________ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887,she applied to the Manitoba Legislature to ________ a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte ________ to practise without a licence until 1912.She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993,77 years after her ________a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
1.A. raising B. teaching C. nursing D. missing
2.A. habit B. interest C. opinion D. voice
3.A. invented B. selected C. offered D. started
4.A. doctor B. musician C. lawyer D. physicist
5.A. Besides B. Unfortunately C. Otherwise D. Eventually
6.A. hire B. entertain C. trust D. accept
7.A. history B. physics C. medicine D. law
8.A. improve B. save C. design D. earn
9.A. returned B. escaped C. spread D. wandered
10.A. school B. museum C. clinic D. lab
11.A. busy B. wealthy C. greedy D. lucky
12.A. helped B. found C. troubled D. imagined
13.A. harmful B. tired C. broken D. weak
14.A. put away B. taken over C. turned in D. applied for
15.A. punished B. refused C. blamed D. fired
16.A. display B. change C. preview D. complete
17.A. leave B. charge C. test D. cure
18.A. sell B. donate C. issue D. show
19.A. continued B. promised C. pretended D. dreamed
20.A. birth B. death C. wedding D. graduation
