Reading is the key to success. Apparently every successful person develops a passion for reading. This is because reading is a key element to obtain the information required to understand something. For instance, lawyers have to study and learn every established law on their specific branches. Sometimes the law changes according to people’s needs. A good lawyer has to be informed about the latest news in the court. A doctor has to be informed of the latest advances in medicine.
Reading is very important for all mankind. Everything is relative in this world, especially reading. Reading can open any doors and it can lead you into a path of success. Studies have confirmed that reading to your unborn child is very good. This way your child will develop a passion for reading.
How do you develop a passion for reading? There is only one way you can boost your passion for reading. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike, you have to get on the bike as many times as possible until you have learned. It works the same way with reading. If you want to boost your reading, take a book and read it all the way through. When you finish reading your first book, take another book and do the same. Try to read as much as you can. If you are going out, grab a magazine, a book, an article or something to read.
There is a very important factor behind the reading—reading comprehension. It’s what makes you understand the meaning behind the text. Let’s assume that you read a document and you are supposed to explain the meaning of the document. How would you explain the document if you couldn’t capture the message of the author?
1.The first two paragraphs mainly talk about .
A. the key to success
B. the importance of reading
C. what reading comprehension is
D. how to develop a passion for reading
2.We can define reading comprehension as .
A. a strong passion for reading
B. the latest information in reading
C. the most important factor behind the reading
D. something that makes people understand what they read
3.The author develops the passage mainly by .
A. following the natural time order
B. presenting opinions and giving examples
C. comparing the opinions of different people
D. presenting a cause and analyzing its effects
4.What do you suppose the following paragraph will talk about ?
A. Popular reading websites.
B. Famous people who love reading.
C. The importance of reading at school.
D. Ways to improve reading comprehension.
Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised ￡70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.
White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.
The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For l,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.
1.When Phil White returned from his trip, he________.
A. broke the world record B. collected money for Oxfam
C. destroyed several bikes D. travelled about 1 300 hours
2.What does the word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean?
A. Very slow but exciting. B. Very long and difficult.
C. Very smooth but tiring. D. Very lonely and depressing.
3.During his journey around the world, Phil White _______.
A. fought heroically against robbers in Iran
B. experienced the extremes of heat and cold
C. managed to ride against the wind in Australia
D. had a team of people who travelled with him
4.Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?
A. Imaginative. B. Independent.
C. Modest. D. Determined.
假定你是李华，计划暑假期间去英国学习英语，为期六周。下面的广告引起了你的注意，请给该校写封信，询问有关情况(箭头所指内容）。
注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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。
Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important family holiday in America. All the members of a family, no matter where far away they are, will try to get together on that day. The first Thanksgiving in America takes place in October, 1621. In 1620, the group of Englishmen sailed to Massachusetts. They had expected to find a freely place to live in, so they experienced a hard winter. Half of them starved death. The next spring, we began farming. With the help of local Indians, they learned to be plant corn and raise animals. In the autumn, the fields produced a good harvest. Filling with joy and thanks to God, they held a celebration. In 1863, it became a national holiday.
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。
I enjoy doing physical training in my free time. Yesterday, when I was working out at a gym on my lunch hour, I saw 1. elderly lady there riding on a bike. She couldn’t walk very well, so she had a cane (手杖) near her, 2. she was still there 3. (work) hard. After I finished my exercising, I told her that I was going to wait for her 4. she got done and that I would walk her out to her car. It was a little far to her car and it was a 5. (fog) day yesterday in Missouri. I walked her to the car and opened the car door for her, 6. won me her big smile and gratitude. I know 7. is a small thing, but I felt so good inside for helping her. 8. my help, she could have fallen so easily out in the wet parking lot, and no one would have known she had fallen. I knew she 9. (need) my help, and her smile was enough 10. (make) my day.
My mom died when I was two years old. She died in an accident when to visit her parents. I was in the backseat, and I wasn’t .I don’t remember anything about her. The only few things I know are from the my dad tells me. I with only my dad and myself. I love my dad, but sometimes it was , like being in elementary school when Mothers’ day was coming, kids would decorate cards, and so on. To make it , there was“Tea party with mom ”day for 2nd and 3rd grade when kids and their _ would come during the school day and have _ _and snacks. Except that my dad would let me_ those days, we would do something _ _together like going to Disneyland. I never exactly felt _even though I didn’t have a mom.
My dad worked very hard. My mom died right as he_ _ from Harvard law, and he tried to be both a good_ _and a great dad, but also he tried to play both _ _as dad and mom. I remember all the other girls in my 2nd grade class had hair braided (辫子), and I _that too. So my dad would braid my hair every morning before . It makes me smile just to___it.
I think about not having mother occasionally, and_ __it does bother me ,like the _ _that on Mothers’ day my dad and I visit my moms’ grave , and bring her _ _yellow roses .
Maybe I don’t have exactly what I want, but I have what I need.
1.A. walking B. flying C. running D. driving
2.A. saved B. deserted C. hurt D. interrupted
3.A. stories B. decisions C. experiences D. adventures
4.A. set off B. grew up C. pulled up D. settled down
5.A. useless B. impossible C. dangerous D. difficult
6.A. worse B. less C. closer D. slower
7.A. friends B. moms C. classmates D. neighbors
8.A. meal B. lunch C. beer D. tea
9.A. spend B. forget C. end D. name
10.A. easy B. important C. fun D. similar
11.A. brought up B. shown off C. lifted up D. left out
12.A. returned B. failed C. graduated D. stopped
13.A. lawyer B. guide C. actor D. businessman
14.A. games B. roles C. tapes D. tricks
15.A. wanted B. understood C. started D. accepted
16.A. weekends B. lunch C. school D. games
17.A. turn to B. ask for C. look for D. think about
18.A. always B. sometimes C. recently D. again
19.A. schedule B. plan C. fact D. thought
20.A. favorite B. available C. actual D. common
