Dear Mr. Black,
I’m very thank to you for inviting me to stay with you in the come summer vacation. I have been dreamed of seeing you again so that I can get help from you in my English learning. And I’m afraid I cannot go to your place in this summer. I’ve promised my grandmother, she lives in the country, to spend this summer with her. She misses me too much that I find difficult to refuse her request. I’m busy preparing for my examinations in present. I planned to visit you in winter if it’s convenient to you.
Strange things happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _1.___(rise) and fell. The well walls had cracks and a ___2.___ (smell) gas came out of the cracks. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became too nervous to live _3._ usual. At 3:42 am, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at __4._ end. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut __5.___ the city. The city lay in 6.___ (ruin). Two-thirds of the people died or were injured. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake _7.__ (shake) Tangshan, _8.____ trapped many rescue workers and doctors. People began to wonder how long the disaster ___9.___(last). But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help those __10.____ (survive). Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
单词拼写。
1.A d__________ person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is.
2.The concert went like clockwork because Li Pei had o__________ it well.
3.It is difficult to be correct when you f__________ the future.
4.I’ve regretted that I seldom followed my own work s__________.
5.She p__________ to stay at home in the evenings to watch TV those days.
6.Xiaoming has just g__________ from his university, and he is planning for a long trip.
7.The water went all over the fields and d__________ quite a few villages along the river.（毁了）
8.Water, food, and e__________ were hard to get after the earthquake.（电）
9.People began to wonder how long the d__________ would last.（灾难）
10.Workers built s__________ for the homeless people.（避难所）
1.You don’t show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior, but when you are asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. 2. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in．
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to displease people. So you never express your real feelings. 3.
If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive person．You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset．You always stick to your own opinions or judgment，but you aren’t very ambitious(上进心)． 4. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up，you are probably a very nervous person．You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often delusive．You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people．You prefer to be on your own，You’re easily hurt．
If you sleep on your side, yon have usually got a well-balanced personality． 5. Yon’re usually careful．You believe in yourself．Yon sometimes feel anxious，but you don’t often get sad．You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.
A. You’re quite shy and you aren’t quite sure of yourself.
B. You know your strengths and weakness.
C. Normally people seldom change their sleeping position.
D. Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real.
E. Maybe you don’t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up.
F. You usually live for today not tomorrow.
G. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions.
When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A. the manager asked him to do so
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay
2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.
A. nervousB. satisfiedC. unhappyD. excited
3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.
A. people dislike being called “old”
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
4.After this experience, Jack _______.
A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
1.We know mosquitoes very well because ________.
A. they can be found easily
B. they fly here and there
C. there are many kinds of them
D. they can fly
2.If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.
A. get angry with you
B. be afraid of you
C. make a lot of noise
D. choose another one
3.The mosquito bites you ________.
A. when you’re asleep
B. because you have chosen it
C. too quickly to let you know
D. but doesn’t like you
4.Which of the following sentences is wrong?
A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.
B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.
C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.
D. All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.
