Pat came over from Ireland to England with his wife one year ago to find work. He got quite a good job with a building company, and as he did not drink or smoke, he saved up quite a lot of money.
His wife’s parents were still in Ireland, and one day she got a telegram saying that her mother was ill, so Pat gave her some money and she went to Ireland to see her mother.
After a week, Pat wanted to write a letter to her, but he could not read or write very well, so he went to his priest and asked him to do it for him. Pat told the priest what he wanted to say, and the priest wrote it down. After a few minutes Pat stopped, and the priest said,” Do you want to say more?”
“Only ,” ‘Please excuse the bad writing and spelling’,” Pat said.
1.Why did Pat come to Ireland?
A. To travel there. B. To save money.
C. To see his wife. D. To make money
2. Pat’s wife had to go back to Ireland _______.
A. to see her father B. to see his mother
C. to see her mother D. to see her husband
3. At the end of the letter Pat wanted his wife to excuse_______.
A. the priest’s bad writing and spelling
B. his own bad writing and spelling
C. both the priest’s and his own writing and spelling
D. neither the priest’s nor his own writing and spelling
4.Who really made a mistake in the story?
A. Pat. B. The priest. C. Pat’s wife. D. None of them.
Earth Day has come and gone, but it’s a fact of daily life that 1.6 billion people around would have no electricity in their homes. Instead, most of them use wood, coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes ,which also gives off greenhouse gases, causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year, most of whom are children and women.
It’s not expected to improve much, and in Africa it’s becoming worse now. By 2030, when the Earth’s population will be likely to top 8billion, 1.3 billion people will still lack electricity. Of those, 700 million will be in Africa, and 490 million in South Asia.
Ghana, in West Africa, most of the northern half of the country lives without lights. As a result, three out of four Ghanans in the north are without electricity to refrigerate with and to cook with, to study with and to start businesses with. Like most others around the world in the same situation, these Ghanans use traditional fuels( wood, coal, animal waste) to meet their cooking needs.
What would electricity for everyone around the world cost? The International Energy Agency, which is made up of 28 member countries, figures it would run35 billion dollars a year from 2008 to 2030 to reach that.
The United Nations has been busy with the issue, organizing a meeting on April 28 hosted by Secretary-General Ban Kimoon. ‘ Energy services are very important formeeting basic human needs, reducing poverty, creating and getting together wealth and keeping advances in social development,” He said in an announcement.
1.How many people still lack electricity in the world now?
A. 1.6 billion. B. 1.6 million
C. 1.3 billion D. 700 million
2. Why do many children and women die of indoor air pollution?
A. Because they would rather heat and cook with traditional fuels than with electricity.
B. Because of no electricity they have to use traditional fuels for heating and cooking.
C. Because wood, coal or animal waste does great harm to their health.
D. Because there are too many greenhouse gases from factories.
3.The underlined word “that” probably refer to______.
A. electricity for everyone B. 35 billion dollars a year
C. traditional fuels D. 28 member countries
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The United Nations is trying to solve the problem.
B. The basic human needs are reducing poverty.
C. Working together is a way to develop.
D. The basic needs for humans are energy services.
If you know something is bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to stop. Drug and alcohol abusers (滥用者) struggle to give up the bad habits that hurt their bodies and destroy families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
Some scientists have been searching for answers. They’ve studied what happens in our brains as habits form. They’ve found answers to why bad habits, once formed, are so difficult to kick. And they’re developing ways to help us make the changes we’d like to make.
Habits are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “ We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says. We can drive along familiar routes without really thinking about the directions. “When behaviors become automatic(不加思索的), it gives us an advantage, because the brain does not have to perform the action on purpose.” Volkow says. This frees up our brains to focus on different things.
One way to kick bad habits is to focus on your unhealthy habits. Then try your best to stop them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Try to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
Another helpful way is to replace unhealthy habits with new, healthy ones. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of taking a drug can do something else like running and it helps them stay away from drugs.”
1.In the first paragragh the writer mainly wants to tell us ______.
A. we should stop something bad for us
B. most smokers would like to stop smoking
C. bad habits are really difficult to give up
D. eating right and exercise more can lose weight
2.Scientists studied what happened in our brains as habits form in order to______.
A. find answers to solve the problem
B. find ways to form good habits
C. kick their own bad habits
D. help us see how bad habits form
3. If you want to kick bad habits you’d better_______.
A. focus on them on purpose
B. go to the places linked with them
C. do something linked with them
D. ask your friends for help
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Breaking bad habits.
B. Forming good habits.
C. Finding reasons for bad habits
D. Replacing bad habits with good ones.
书面表达
最近，某中学英语报向学生征文，主题为New Look of My Hometown。请你根据以下内容提示，用英语为该报写一篇短文，介绍家乡的情况并发表自己的看法。
概况 | 1.气候宜人，常年绿树成荫； 2.近年经济发展迅速，城市面貌焕然一新，高楼林立，道路宽阔，环境优美； 3.人民生活条件不断改善，不少人搬进新居，拥有私家车。 |
你的看法 | 家乡人民将更加努力工作…… |
注意：1．可适当增加细节，使短文连贯、通顺；
2．词数100左右。
参考词汇：economy经济
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。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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
例如：
It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was completely free then,
The am
so I will ﹨ to say “Yes”, I will arrive in Bristol at around 8:00 pm in Friday evening.
on
In December of 2006, I was the single parent raising my daughter whom was six years old at the time. I didn’t have much money, and I wanted to buy a Christmas tree. I took my daughter along with me. As we were choosing a Christmas tree within my budget, my daughter wanted a tall tree than that planned one. I told my daughter we can’t afford a taller tree. Someone must have heard of our conversation. When I went to paying for the tree, the clerk said the customer before me had paid for my tree. I shocked. I was very thankful to what the stranger had done for us. That day I promised to me that I would pay it forward.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（每空1词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A man got lost while driving through a country. As he tried to read a map, he drove off the road into a ditch(沟渠) 1._________ (luckily). Though he wasn’t injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud(泥). So the man had got to walk to 2._________ nearby farm to ask for help.
“Warwick can get your car out of that ditch,” said the farmer, 3._________ (point) to an old mule(骡). The man looked at the weak mule and the farmer 4._________ just stood there repeating, “Yep, old Warwick can do the job.” The man thought he had nothing to lose. Therefore, 5._________ took the old man and Warwick to the ditch.
The farmer hitched(套住) the mule to the car and 6._________ (shout), “Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!” And the mule pulled the car from the ditch 7._________ very little effort.
The man was 8._________ (amaze). He thanked the farmer and asked, “Why did you call out all of those other names 9._________ you called Warwick?” The farmer smiled and said, “Old Warwick is just about blind. Once he believes he’s part of a team, he won’t mind 10._________ (pull).”
