My parents moved to Mississippi when my brother and I were small children, and we were separated from our Oklahoma grandparents by some 600 miles. This long distance allowed us to only visit our grandparents once a year, either at Christmas or during summer vacation.
Most of my classmates lived near their grandparents, and I would often hear stories of big families regularly spending time with one another, fishing at “grandpa’s” house or going over to “grandma’s”for her famous fried chicken. We were disappointed that we did not get to spend more time with our grandparents, but our love for them remained deep and strong.
We always expected a road trip to Oklahoma. We would count the days, and when the day came, the entire family would pile into our car at four o’clock in the morning. Crossing the Mississippi River into Louisiana, the scenery changed. Crossing the Red River in Oklahoma, we were in a foreign world.
Every trip to see my grandparents can’t be without bringing delight. We jumped out of the car in their driveway to be met with bear hugs. My grandparents wanted to know everything about their grandchildren, and we would sit for hours and tell story after story. Grandma had a meal planned, and you could guess she prepared her grandsons’ favorite foods. Of course the best part of the visit was that we were able to do whatever we wanted without punishment from our grandparents. Grandma and Grandpa always had presents for us, short trips planned and lovely surprises, such as the time we got to a local restaurant and ate the world’s largest hamburger.
1.Why didn’t the family visit their grandparents often?
A. Because they seldom had a vacation.
B. Because they had a bad attitude to them.
C. Because they were all busy with their work.
D. Because they lived far away from each other.
2.When hearing his classmates’ stories, the author __________.
A.often felt deep sorrow
B.would call his grandparents
C. would admire them at heart
D.would feel sorry for his poor life
3.Whenever the author and his brother met their grandparents, they _________.
A.were full of great excitement
B. found they were in a foreign world
C.shared cooking skills with each other
D.seemed not to be familiar with each other
4.What can we infer from the author’s story?
A.Distance can’t break the bond of love.
B.Physical separation hurts the heart deeply.
C.Distance leads to the most beautiful scene.
D.Family life is filled with love and understanding.
What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller, so we may assume (假定) that man will continue to grow taller. Again, as time goes on, we shall have to use our brains more and more. This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular, the forehead will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we are likely to make less use of our arms and legs, which, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer.
Perhaps all these give the impression that in the future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us.
1. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Man’s life will be different in the future.
B. Future man will look quite different from us.
C. Man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.
D. Man’s organs’ functions will be weaker.
2. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?
A. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.
B. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
C. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.
3. According to the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. human beings will become less attractive in the future
B. less use of a part of the body will become weaker
C. human beings hope for a change in the future life
D. future life is always predictable
A news release (释放，发布）is a tool of communication，through which information is passed to even the farthest end of the world.It keeps us well informed of the happenings of the world which would otherwise remain unknown.
When writing a news release，keep in mind that the media receive hundreds of releases every day.Try to follow these guidelines：Keep it short and professional.Come up with a catchy headline that will grasp someone's attention.Sometimes the title will take more time to come up with than writing the release.That's okay－the headline could be critical for getting an event covered!
Cover the 5 W's in your first paragraph.Those are who you are; what you are doing；where，when you are doing；why you are doing it，which help us understand the details about the event.Besides，any opinions in the news release should be put in quotations from your designated spokesperson.Include things that the media finds newsworthy，which is the most essential.
Make the time on your news release at least half an hour later than the time you have told activists to show up at an event.This will ensure that activists are prepared and in place by the time the media arrive.
Choose a spokesperson for the event who can be quoted in the release and will be available for calls at that number the day before the event.
Have someone proof the release for spelling，grammar and content (determine whether what you are trying to relay is clear and right)．Sometimes the person who writes the release may not notice mistakes that a fresh pair of eyes will catch.
Accuracy is the last but not least important in terms of your content and the location and time that you tell the media.If you do make a mistake，it is critical that you call and notify the media of the correction.
1.What's the main purpose of the passage?
A．To tell us the importance of the news release.
B．To tell us how to avoid mistakes in the news release.
C．To make us know how to make the news release.
D．To ask us to read news release on the latest events.
2.What does the underlined word “catchy” in Para 2 probably mean?
A．Tricky. B．Attractive.
C．Imaginary. D．Funny.
3.What is the most important for a news release according to the passage?
A．Make sure the 5 W's in your first paragraph.
B．Choose a proper spokesperson for the event.
C．Make the news release newsworthy and accuracy.
D．Ensure activists are prepared for the events in advance.
假定你是李华，是你校新成立的“开心英语俱乐部”的主席。请你根据以下信息给外教Chris 写一封电子邮件，邀请她参加俱乐部的开幕式并演唱歌曲。
1. 时间：周五晚上8点到9点；
2. 地点：校礼堂；
3. 参加人员：本校所有英语老师以及俱乐部成员；
4. 活动内容：歌曲，舞蹈，表演等。
注意：1.字数100字左右
Dear Chris,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Yours’
Li Hua
短文改错
This afternoon, I was going home after school while I heard someone nearby crying. I looked around and found a boy sit on the ground. I was wondering that had happened to him. So I went up to a boy and asked him what was wrong. He was pointed to a ball in a deep hole. I wanted to help him, and the ball was out of my reach. Quite by chances, an idea sudden came to my mind. I quickly fetched some water and poured into the hole. With the water rising, the ball came up at the same time. The boy got back his ball happily and was grateful at me for my help.
When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you can see a lot of people _1.____(walk) with dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reasons why people keep a dog 2._______(change). In the old days people used to train dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other beasts. And 3.______(late) they came 4._________(realize) that a dog was not only useful for protection, 5.________ willing to obey his master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without6._____(permit). But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the 7.__________(important) reason is for companionship. For a child, 8.__________dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is 9.________child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection 10.______ friendship.
