On a Sunday morning, I was driving down a road and saw something I couldn’t believe. A little girl, less than two, was pushing her stroller (婴儿车) across the road. It was Sunday morning and traffic was not heavy.
I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried to catch her in order that I could get her out of the road.
Suddenly her father came running down a hill across the road from where I had parked my car. He ran right to her and caught her up, saying “bad girl” to her. I picked up the stroller and gave it to him. The father grabbed the stroller and walked toward where he came from without a word.
I went back and sat in my car for a few minutes with my son. My hands were shaking and tears were about to run out of my eyes. “Do you feel cold, Mom?” asked my son. I just shook my head.
After this happened, I thought about how thankful I am. Even though the father didn’t say thank you, I feel that I did something good. Doing something for someone else is pleasing, even when it’s only a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
I didn’t really “save” her, but I feel like it was important that I happened to be there. It is sad that I was the only one who stopped. It really made me a little disappointed that no one else stopped to help.
1.When the author saw the little girl, ________.
A. the girl had lost her way
B. she was driving to work in a hurry
C. the girl feared to go across the road
D. there weren’t many cars on the road
2.The little girl ran away from the author because ________.
A. she wanted to stay on the road
B. she didn’t know the author at all
C. she wanted to look for her father
D. she needed to catch her stroller
3.The author thought that her help was ________.
A. really necessaryB. worth praising
C. not welcomeD. not useful
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The girl’s father didn’t like the girl at all.
B. The girl’s father had wanted to thank the author.
C. The author shared her experience with her son.
D. The author felt sad that no one else helped the girl.
假定你是李华,在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招募启事。请阅读启事,并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。
Volunteers Wanted
Our annual English Festival, which will be held on October 15-17, 2016, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email at your earliest convenience to Ms. Chen at chenlaoshi@aef.com.
写作要点:
1. 表示写信意图;
2. 陈述应征目的;
3. 说明应征条件(性格、能力等)。
写作要求:
1. 邮件词数不少于100;
2. 开头和结尾部分已写好,不计入总词数;
3. 可根据情况增加细节,使行文连贯。
Dear Ms Chen,
I’m Li Hua, a student from Class 11, Grade 3. ____________________________________
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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:把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。
There is an old woman in our town calls Old Alice who said to be 108 years old. This can't be proved though she doesn't have a birth certificate. All her personal papers are destroyed during World War Ⅱ. I don't know if she really is so old, and it doesn't matter. She certainly looks very old. Of course, she is often asked question by people who want to be told the secret of long life. Old Alice always answered them like this, “If you are offered cigarette, never accept it; if you are annoyed by someone, never lose his temper; and if you are asked foolish questions, never answer to them.”
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is suggested that extinct animals can possibly come back to life through cloning sometimes, but 1. (fortune), this is either impossible 2. unsuitable. The reasons are as follows:
3. is required is that you need perfect DNA and enough 4. (diverse) in the group to overcome illnesses, which means having animals with their genes 5. (arrange) in different ways. The advantage is 6. if there is a new illness some of these animals may die, but others will survive. A suitable habitat would 7. (need) for the extinct animals to lead a natural life, so it would be 8. (fair) to clone any of them if they were to live in a zoo.
9. (base) on the reasons above, we are a long way from being able to clone extinct animals, so the chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is 10. (mere) a dream.
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week". How many times have we ________ dreams until tomorrow? I’d say too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot ________. We have to go for them now! Here is why.
As you know, tomorrow is not promised. Nobody likes to talk about death, but the ________ is: everybody is going to die at one point. ________ of us know the day, or the hour. ________, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with ________ dreams. Make the ________ to go after every dream, big or small right now.
Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never ________. You can ________ about writing the great American play, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to ________. You can dream about finding a cure ________ cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become ________ with the necessary tools to find that cure. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do. They ________ you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen.
You can’t let fear win. One of the biggest dream ________ is fear. There are so many people who could ________ amazing things if only they weren’t afraid. Just think about all the things you’ve wanted to do, but allowed fear to ________ you of the fact that you weren’t capable, or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith’s character says, "Fear is not ________. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is what exists. But fear is a choice." Choose not to let fear ________ you from achieving your dreams.
Imagine how much ________ you’ll be if you’re living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing that is stopping you is you. There are so many amazing ________ and people waiting for you. So don’t keep your dreams waiting. Go after them today!
1.A. put offB. take offC. set offD. see off
2.A. stopB. disappearC. showD. wait
3.A. theoryB. puzzleC. realityD. concern
4.A. NoneB. NobodyC. AllD. Neither
5.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. InsteadD. Otherwise
6.A. unfulfilledB. unsatisfiedC. undoneD. unreasonable
7.A. choiceB. decisionC. mistakeD. difference
8.A. realizeB. recognizeC. come trueD. come out
9.A. thinkB. talkC. walkD. dream
10.A. woodB. paperC. bookD. iron
11.A. ofB. asC. toD. for
12.A. equippedB. matchedC. filledD. compared
13.A. requestB. orderC. requireD. command
14.A. supportersB. friendsC. killersD. opponents
15.A. achieveB. have achievedC. loseD. have lost
16.A. tellB. convinceC. persuadeD. remind
17.A. lovelyB. acceptableC. falseD. real
18.A. saveB. shelterC. stopD. protect
19.A. excitedB. happierC. upsetD. more crazy
20.A. advantagesB. informationC. opportunitiesD. dangers
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。
How to Say No to Your Boss
Saying “no” to a request can be a difficult thing, especially when the person making the request is your boss. 1. The following steps are helpful.
1. Give yourself some time to think about the request before saying “no”.
If the request arrives via email, don’t reply right away. 2. If your boss asks you in person or on the telephone, request some time to give it thought and tell her you will get back to her by a specific time. Consider the request carefully to determine whether you have to say “no”.
2. Prepare your answer before telling your boss “no”.
Anticipate questions she might ask in response to your answer, and decide how you want to answer them. Rehearse your conversation with your boss out loud to help build your confidence before the real conversation.
3. Choose the right time and place to speak with your boss.
Have the conversation in private if your work situation allows you to get a moment alone with your boss. Keep in mind your boss’s workday pressures and work style. If she is a morning person and gets grumpy(脾气暴躁的)in the afternoon, be sure to speak with her before lunch.
4. 3.
If your boss is asking you to take on more responsibility, that shows that she has faith in your ability to do the job. Acknowledge that it means a lot to you before telling her that you feel you cannot do it.
5. Tell your boss why you have to say “no” to the request.
4. Your boss will be grateful that you answered honestly, rather than trying to take on a project you cannot handle.
6. Offer an alternative solution.
For example, if your boss asks you to serve on a committee, suggest someone else in the company that you think may be interested and capable of serving. 5.
A. Pay your boss a compliment while denying her request.
B. Even if you try your best to do everything the boss lets you do, there are times when you can’t do and have to say “no”.
C. Put yourself in your boss’s shoes and consider how the company will be affected if you refuse the request.
D. Maybe you could offer to share the workload with someone else.
E. Most employers respect honesty in their employees.
F. Try a compromise.
G. Set the request aside and think about it for a while.