When I began planning to move to Auckland to study，my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India，where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jobs，the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism.
Despite these worries，I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived，I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses.
Determined to do this on my own ，I spent a whole day going from door to door asking for a job. However，I received little or no response. This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks.
One afternoon，I walked into a building to ask if there were any job opportunities. The people there were very surprised，and advised me not to continue my job search in that manner.
As I was about to leave，a clerk in the building，who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked if I would wait outside. Fifteen minutes later，he returned. He asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident. He then offered to take me to the Royal Oak area to search for a job.
I was a little surprised，but had a good feeling about him，so I went along. Along the way，I realized that I had run out of copies of my resume（简历）．The man stopped at his business partner's office to make me 15 extra copies. He also gave me tips on dressing and speaking，and added that I should give him, a call if I ever needed anything. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day，I received：call from。store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it. And this time，it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
1.What wasn't the author's mother worried about?
A. People might look down on the author.
B. The author couldn't speak the local language.
C. The author wasn't familiar with local customs.
D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.
2.After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author
A. decided to go back to his own country
B. felt the local people were not very friendly
C. had to find a job to cover his living expenses
D. wanted to get a job that needed practical skills
3.When the author went into a building to look for a job
A. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice
B. he was confident that he would find a good one
C. he found many college students like him already there
D. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for
4.What is the story mainly about?
A. How a stranger offered the author a job.
B. How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.
C. How the author adapted himself to a new situation.
D. How the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.
In April 2014，the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101 years lost in the ocean！The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.
A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel，Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside.
The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps，dated May 17，1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible（字迹模糊的），the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage.
From the address，researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard
Platz，who was 20 years old when he wrote the message. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group，he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researchers began a search for any living relatives of his. Sure enough，they were able to find his 62-year-old granddaughter，Angela Erdmann，who still lives in Berlin.
“It was almost unbelievable，”Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message.“That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face." Erdmann never knew her grandfather，who died in 1946，but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him.
The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg until May 1 ．After that，the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message.
Previously，the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was
discovered in April 2012，according to Guinness World Records.
1.When Konrad Fischer picked up the bottle from the sea， ．
A. he thought it would bring him good luck
B. he noticed the postcard inside immediately
C. he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle
D. he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first
2.Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea?
A. He expected his granddaughter could find the postcard.
B. He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.
C. He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.
D. He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.
3.What can be the best title for this passage？
A. The finding of a floating bottle at the sea
B. A one-century-old letter to a granddaughter
C. The world's oldest message in a floating bottle
D. The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle
假定你是2015年第九届中国郑开国际马拉松赛的一名志愿者李华，请根据下列表格内容用英语写一篇日记。
内容要点：
举办日期 2015年3月29日
开始时间 8:30 A.M
大赛地点 郑开大道
参赛人数 49.000
具体任务 搬运物资﹑搭建帐篷﹑清扫街道﹑送水……
你作为一名志愿者的感悟 ……
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．日记开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Sunday, March.29 Fine
It is March 29，2015 and the ninth Zhengkai International Marathon 2015 has been held today.
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下面是一段短文，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Last week, when we learned the new word “slovenly”, we asked to make a sentence
with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “My deskmate is a slovenly girl who clothes never fit her.” Hearing this, a whole class burst into laughter and my deskmate face turned red. After class, I learned up from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped out of school if she hadn’t been helped with others. My mindless words must have hurt him deeply. Not until then do I realize words could be powerfully in both positive and negative ways. We should avoid hurt others if our words are not encouraging.
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。
New books and old ones arrived at the British Museum a hundred years ago, and more people
came 1.(read) them. The old reading rooms were2. (crowd). The air was bad and readers got terrible headaches. The librarian, Panizzi, wanted poor students, as 3.as rich men, to be able to learn. He got a free copy of every new book for the British Museum. Soon, there were three rows4.books on every shelf and hundreds of books on the floor. Something cheerful happened. Panizzi 5. (he) designed the famous round Reading Room, with a beautiful high roof and forty kilometers of6. (bookshelf). Some of the equipment was unusual. Cool air came up through small holes in the tables. Hot air in tubes under the floor kept readers’ feet warm. When the new Reading Room opened, there was a party with drinks 7.a large breakfast on the desks. You can imagine 8. wonderful the new Reading Room is! Since then, many famous men 9.(write) there. And the readers can enjoy all kinds of books 10.( comfortable) in the new Reading Room.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many of us have characteristics that come from our families. Maybe we have our father’s eyes or our grandmother’s hair color. But there are still other elements of our personalities such as and viewpoints that we pick up by our parents. Perhaps we have picked up our mother’s love of cleaning or our dad’s of humor.
The researchers at the University of Michigan there are usually three kinds of people from their .
The first kind of people are the job-oriented (以求职为目的的) people who to regard a job as simply a way to make money. They to working day after day and don’t think it for them to do anything else. If you have a job-oriented father, you may view work this way. However, you will not hold this viewpoint if you grow up close to your job-oriented mother.
The second are the career-oriented people who see their job as a place to gain . These are the people who don’t working overtime. In fact, some people love their jobs so much that they are feeling more comfortable in the than at home. They are always to make progress in their work. Being close to a career-oriented father means you’ll carry on your father’s. enough, having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little .
The third are the calling-oriented people who consider their job as a way to have a effect on the world. They are more about improving the world around them than earning a large salary. In the study, those people came from homes where both parents had . This suggests that adolescents need the of both parents in order to have the confidence.
Such as it is, we still have our to find a career that suits us.
1.A. operations B. insurances C. behaviors D. institutions
2.A. inviting B. nursing C. protecting D. modeling
3.A. pride B. sense C. value D. scene
4.A. warn B. learn C. wonder D. hope
5.A. study B. hall C. university D. department
6.A. attempt B. manage C. tend D. offer
7.A. pay no attention B. are opposed C. look forward D. are blind
8.A. puzzling B. interesting C. surprising D. frightening
9.A. frequently B. constantly C. probably D. patiently
10.A. explanations B. expressions C. directions D. achievements
11.A. mind B. enjoy C. finish D. consider
12.A. garden B. office C. cinema D. club
13.A. sad B. curious C. proud D. afraid
14.A. Worriedly B. Secretly C. Carefully D. Strangely
15.A. influence B. evidence C. performance D. justice
16.A. bad B. side C. harmful D. positive
17.A. disappointed B. concerned C. tired D. difficult
18.A. time B. wealth C. ability D. profit
19.A. money B. reputation C. support D. conclusion
20.A. advice B. difference C. discussion D. choice
