In Florida，one McDonald’s customer started a pay-it-forward chain that inspired other 249 customers to be generous and do the same．
ABC News reports the spirit of giving is in the air as 250 drive-thru(免下车服务) customer at a local McDonald’s paid for the meals of the people next to the them．Lakeland customer Torie Keene was paying for her food on Wednesday morning when she decided to pay for the meal of the car next to her.
Keene then purposely told McDonald’s cashier Marisabel Figueroa to greet the other customer “Merry Christmas” and not “Happy Holidays．”The next customer was moved when Figueroa said her food was already paid by the previous car．That’s when she thought that she would love to do the same and the domino effect followed.
Figueroa，who worked from 9 a．m．to 3 p．m．on Wednesday，said that the chain reaction almost lasted for her entire shift．“I just kept giving everyone the same message，and they were all so stunned and so happy，”she continued.“One lady even paid for the meals of the next three cars behind her.”
While people were amazed by how generous they could get，Figueroa said she had “never experienced something like that before” in her 12 years of working for McDonald’s．“I feel very blessed to have been a part of a11 that，”the cashier said．
Keene contacted Figueroa on Facebook when the pay-it-forward chain came out in the local news．She revealed that she was the “mystery customer” that started the long chain of kindness.
Keene added that she was surprised by the number of people who continued her good deed when she was only trying to brighten someone’s day.
1.Who started the pay-it-forward chain?
A．Father Christmas.
B．Marisabel Figueroa.
C．Manager of a McDonald’s.
D．Torie Keene from Lakeland.
2.What’re the drivers’ reactions towards the generous behavior?
A．Lucky and unbelievable.
B．Funny and surprised.
C．Amazed and moved.
D．Ridiculous and happy.
3.For how long did the chain last?
A．A week．
B．A whole day．
C．About twelve hours．
D．About six hours.
Book：No Looking Back
Author：Shivani Gupta
Snivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash．It took Shivani years of pain，struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body．Then tragedy struck again. As the newly-married Shivani drove to Manali with her family，a truck crashed into her car．Shivani refused to give in—she wouldn't let her injury keep her from achieving her ambitions．
Book：Courage Beyond Compare
Author：Sanjay Sharma
The 10 sportspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics，swimming and badminton，who have brought glory to the country．They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields．
Book：Face to Face
Author：Ved Mehta
Blind since the age of four，the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind，to which he flew alone at 15．America and the school changed his life，leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career．
Book：This Star Won’t Go Out
Author：Lori and Wayne Earl
Diagnosed with cancer at 12，Esther Earl was a bright and talented，but very normal teenager．She lived a hope-filled and generous life．A cheerful，positive and encouraging daughter，sister and friend，Esther died in 2010，shortly after turning 16，but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence．
1.The book No Looking Back mainly talks about ________.
A．an unlucky girl who experienced two car accidents
B．10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports field
C．a successful author who was blind during his childhood
D．an inspiring teenager who died of cancer
2.When reading the book written by Sanjay Sharma，we will ________.
A．find the author is a sports lover
B．get inspired by the sportspersons’spirits
C．be proud to be a sportsperson
D．find sportspersons are full of power
3.In which book does the author tell of himself?
A．Face to Face.
B．This Star Won't GO Out.
C．Courage Beyond Compare.
D．No Looking Back.
4.Which word can best describe the characters of all the four books?
A．Intelligent.B．Passionate.C．InspiringD．Pessimistic
假设你是银川一中学生李华。近日，你的英语笔友John听说你们学校正在开展“建设节约型社会(Construction of an energy-saving society)”主题活动，发来邮件请你介绍一下你对活动的看法和建议。请你结合以下要点，用英语给John回复邮件。
1.不浪费粮食和纸张；
2.尽量不使用方便筷（disposable chopsticks)、塑料袋；
3.毕业生将书赠给低年级同学循环使用；
4.其他建议（如绿色出行等）
5.只有我们共同努力……
注意：
1. 不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节；
2. 词数：120左右。开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数;
Dear John,
Glad to receive your E-mail. _______________________________________________
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Yours,
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：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。
I asked George, a friend of mine was still alive after the earthquake, what had been happened. He said he had just got into bed at half past eleven when he felt the floor shaking over him. The bed started to shake and he saw electric light was moving. I asked him what he did then, and who replied that he got out of bed quick and went to look out of the window. As he looked, he saw the house to the other side of the street begin to shake, either. Then he knew which was happening. He seized her clothes and rushed out into the street.
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。
In the English Reading Week, one of my classmates recommended a quote to us, _1. goes like this; "Your future depends on many things, 2. mostly on you." I can't agree 3. (much) with this view. It's true that our future 4. (determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own attitude, determination 5. hard work play a more important role. In 6. words, we are the master of our own future.
Take Abraham Lincoln, for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a 7. (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he changed not only his own fate but also the history of America. 8. to this day. Lincoln is __9.___(regard) as one of the most inspiring figures in the world. 10. , I firmly believe that our future is in our own hands.
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village ______ the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of ______. One night, the winds screamed, the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble______the S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the alarm and the villagers______in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited ______on the beach, holding lamps to______the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat ______ through the fog and the cheering villagers ran to greet them. Falling _______on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more _______and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely _______the rescue boat and all would have been lost. Therefore, the captain called for another volunteer team to _______the survivor. Sixteen-year-old Hans_____ forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "Please don't go. Your father______in a shipwreck (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost_____for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left." Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go. ________everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service comes, we all need to take our _______and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and______into the night. "
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century._____the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans _______up in the bow. Cupping his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?" Hardly able to control himself, Hans ______ cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!”
1.A. suffered from B. got through C. depended on D. turned away
2.A. frequency B. emergency C. efficiency D. fluency
3.A. set about B. took over C. came up with D. sent out
4.A. fought B. followed C. gathered D. struggled
5.A. angrily B. anxiously C. fearfully D. happily
6.A. hope B. try C. expect D. light
7.A. reappeared B. repeated C. rewrote D. reminded
8.A. unknown B. urgent C. exhausted D. energetic
9.A. villagers B. barbers C. passengers D. captains
10.A. pushed B. pulled C. settled D. overturned
11.A. look for B. look after C. look out D. look on
12.A. stepped B. looked C. put D. threw
13.A. lived B. pulled C. died D. survived
14.A. in the fire B. in the war C. on strike D. at sea
15.A. How about B. What if C. What for D. What with
16.A. place B. photo C. fame D. turn
17.A. disappeared B. appeared C. came D. went
18.A. Secondly B. Firstly C. Finally D. Thirdly
19.A. standing B. keeping C. fishing D. taking
20.A. sincerely B. excitedly C. worriedly D. curiously
