The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.
As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered to vote on Sept, 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）.
To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.
Sessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?' And I say ‘I'm still in high school', " he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ” he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
“He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. " He does care about this town. He's been here all his life.”
Sessions will receive ＄3, 600 a year during this four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.
1.What is TRUE of Sessions' election campaign according to the text?
A．Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept, 22.
B．Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.
C．Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome (结果).
D．Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience.
2.In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT ________.
A．put up postersB．renew the economy
C．sell applesD．talk to neighbors in kitchens
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A．American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.
B．In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics.
C．All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections.
D．American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term.
4.Which of the following would best summarize the text?
A．Schoolboy becomes American's youngest mayor.
B．How to become a teenage mayor.
C．Hard work is the ticket to success.
D．Never too young to shake the world.
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内容应包括：
1．简要描述这一社会现象
2．分析微信红包的优缺点（方便，增添欢乐…过度沉迷，浪费时间…）
3．阐述你的看法
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电子支付：electronic payments
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文中共有10处语言错误，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，并在其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。
When I was 10，once my parents were away on business，but I had to stay at home alone for a day. I got up early in the morning，thinking about different activity I could do. The first idea was that I could play computer games all through the day without blamed by my mother. Minutes later，I said to me，“Why don't I do something meaningful？” So I planned to cook the meal for my parents. I tried to recall how my mother usually did in the kitchen and arrange everything on my own. With a whole day's effort，I finally made it. I felt it very happy when I saw my parents eating the meal cheerful. They couldn't help say that their son had grown up.
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。
An elderly teacher，with a pupil by his side，took a walk through a forest. Suddenly he_1.__(stop) and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to appear slowly above the ground，the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth，the third was a small short tree，while the fourth was__2.__ full-sized tree. The tutor said to his young__3.__(company)，“Pull up the first plant. ” The boy did so eagerly，__4.__(use) only his fingers.
“Now pull up the second.” The youth obeyed __5.__ found that the task was__6.__(difficult)．
“Do the same__7.__ the third，” he urged. The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it.
“Now，” said the instructor，“try your hand with the fourth. ” The pupil put his arms around the trunk of the tall tree and couldn't even shake__8._ leaves. “This，my son，is just_9.__ happens with our bad habits. When they are young，we can remove them easily；but when they are old，it's hard to pull them out of the ground，__10.__ we pray and struggle ever so sincerely！”
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。
A Race Against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch ________ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be ________ if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. ________, the closest supply was over 1, 000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s ________ was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the ________ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.
________ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were ________. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n) ________. They would have the medicine sent by ________ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”—would ________ it to Nome in a relay(接力).
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. ________ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.
On January 31， a musher named Seppala had to ________ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most ________ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would ________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.
A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. Amusher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his ________. He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to ________ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground, ________ to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to ________. He had found the trail
At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog ________ in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.
Nome had been ________.
1.A. examinedB. warnedC. interviewedD. cured
2.A. harmlessB. helplessC. fearlessD. careless
3.A. MoreoverB. ThereforeC. OtherwiseD. However
4.A. airportB. stationC. harborD. border
5.A. narrowB. snowyC. busyD. dirty
6.A. FromB. OnC. ByD. After
7.A. tiredB. upsetC. paleD. sick
8.A. planB. excuseC. messageD. topic
9.A. airB. railC. seaD. road
10.A. carryB. returnC. mailD. give
11.A. ThoughB. SinceC. WhenD. If
12.A. enterB. moveC. visitD. cross
13.A. shamefulB. boringC. dangerousD. foolish
14.A. escapeB. bleedC. swimD. die
15.A. memoryB. exitC. wayD. destination
16.A. findB. fixC. passD. change
17.A. pretendingB. tryingC. askingD. learning
18.A. runB. leaveC. biteD. play
19.A. gatheredB. stayedC. campedD. arrived
20.A. controlledB. savedC. foundedD. developed
