A family had had a cat for years-a much loved pet who also loved them. Then, one day, the children finally managed to persuade their parents to get them a puppy as well. And so a cute little Labrador made his entrance.
Everyone loved the puppy. However, the cat made it very clear she did not appreciate another pet in the house. She hissed(发出嘶嘶声)and tried to scratch the little puppy---but the puppy just loved the cat anyway. He followed her everywhere, trying to play with her. What a sight it was—the little dog trying to make friends with the angry cat. No amount of bad behavior from the cat could persuade the puppy not to love the cat. The family figured the cat would never like the dog.
A few weeks passed. Then one day they heard horrible screaming from their back yard. They ran to the window to see what was happening. It took a while for them to believe their eyes. A lynx(猞猁)was on their back yard and it was just planning on grabbing their cat for lunch. The poor cat had no chance—it was screaming but had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be dead.
And then the unimaginable happened. Out of nowhere a black lighting ran to the rescue. The little Labrador was only half grown but it attacked the lynx with all its might. It was barking on top of its lungs, ready to bite the other to bits. The lynx decided it was time to go and disappeared into the woods.
And ever since that day the cat’s behavior toward the dog changed totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere.
1.What does the underlined word “Labrador” refer to?
A. A little cat B. A type of dog
C. A nice toy D. A cute child
2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
A. Everyone loved the puppy
B. The cat tried to scratch the little puppy
C. The puppy’s bad behavior made the cat angry
D. The puppy had difficulty making friends with the cat
3.What happened on the back yard one day?
A. The dog saved the cat from a lynx
B. The family members screamed horribly
C. A black lighting tore the lynx to bits
D. The cat attacked a lynx with all its might
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The dog proved a better pet than the cat
B. The cat and the dog lived in harmony at last
C. Lynxes often came to their back yard to hunt for food
D. The hero dog did not like the cat following him everywhere
When it comes to applying for a new job, your CV is the ticket to secure an interview and hopefully, a job. Read the following tips to help you get started in creating a successful CV.
Get the basics right-These include: personal and contact information; education and qualifications; work history or experience; relevant skills to the job in question; your own interests, achievements or hobbies; and some references.
Presentation is key-A successful CV is always carefully and clearly presented, and printed on clean, white paper. The design should always be well-structured and CVs should never be wrinkled or folded. Stick to no more than two pages of A4 paper. A good CV is clear and brief.
Tailor your CV-When you’ve made sure what the job you are applying for involves, create a CV specifically for that job. Any CV you send to a potential employer should be adjusted to that particular job. Don’t be lazy and hope that a general CV will work because it won’t. Employers want to know why you would be a good choice to fill the specific job on offer.
Make the most your skills-Under the skills section of your CV mention key skills that can help you to stand out from the crowd. These could include; communication skills; organizational skills; computer skills; team working and problem solving. Emphasize the things that show off skills you’ve gained and employers look for.
Include references- References should be from someone who has employed you in the past and can confirm your skills and experience. They can also be from a teacher or a principal from your school. Try to include two if you can.
1.What is a CV according to the passage?
A. A ticket needed for a job interview.
B. A basic description of work experiences
C. A well-chosen present for a potential employer
D. A written self-introduction for job application
2.Why do you have to tailor your CV?
A. To make sure what the job you are applying fro involves
B. To show the potential employer that you are not lazy
C. To show you are the right person for the job
D. To make it clear, brief and wll-structured
3.Which of the following skills are the most important?
A. Skills relevant to the job B. Communication skills
C. Organizational skills D. Computer skills
假定你是学生会主席李华，学校将举行每年一次的18岁成人仪式，请你给外教Steven写一封电子邮件邀请他参加活动。内容包括：
时间：3月12日上午9点至11点
地点：学校大礼堂
对象：全体高三师生和家长
活动意义：内容自定
注意：1.词数100词左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好。
参考词汇：成人仪式coming-of-age ceremony; 礼堂auditorium
Dear Steven,
I would like to invite you to the annual Coming-of-age Ceremony of our school._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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:在错的词下画一横线,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。
短文改错：
In autumn of 1935,when I was a young man, I was traveling in the north of Indian. One evening, after hunt in the forest all day, I was returning to the place that I had put up my tent. It was getting dark, but I was walking along a road. Suddenly I saw two eye glaring at me from among the trees. What can I do? Should I jump into the river to save my life? Then I looked at the right. In the river there had a big crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth was wide open.
Polar bears are suffering in a 1. (warm) world than ever before.
Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals. 2. much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared 3. for the cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger that 4.(threat) the only home they know.
The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years 5.1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their 6. (survive). “The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over,” says Andrew Derocher , 7. scientist who studies North American polar bear populations. “ 8. it, they can’t exist.”
Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. 9. in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later, 10. the bears are not actively hunting.
“Stop that man!” Vernon shouted. “He has a bomb!” Everywhere, passengers were ____ their feet and screaming. Guerrero stopped with his ____ to the toilets. “___ away from me!” he shouted.
“Guerrero, listen to me!” Vernon ____ him over the heads of the others. There was a silence as Guerrero ____ back at him.
“We know who you are,” Vernon went on. “And we know ____ you' re trying to do. We know all about the insurance and the bomb. That ____ that the insurance is no ___. Do you understand? It's worth nothing. If you die you'll die for nothing and your family will get nothing. ___ than that, they'll be blamed and made to ____ . Think of that, Guerrero.”
Guerrero hesitated. Vernon kept talking and hoped that Guerrero would ___ him.
A man came out of one of the ____ behind Guerrero. At the ____ of the door opening, he ___.
“Get the guy with the case! He's got a bomb. ” Somebody shouted.
Guerrero ____ past the man and ran into the toilet. He had not really understood ____ that had happened in the last few minutes, but he understood that, ___ so many things in his life, his great plan had ___. His life had been a failure, and now his ____ would be a failure too.
As he pulled the string(导火索), he wondered ____whether the bomb would be another failure. In the last second of his life he learned that it was not.
1.A. running over B. jumping over C. running to D. jumping to
2.A. back B. body C. side D. face
3.A. Walk B. Take C. Stay D. Put
4.A. cried out B. called to C. shouted at D. spoke against
5.A. stared B. fought C. talked D. hit
6.A. that B. what C. how D. when
7.A. tells B. explains C. means D. expresses
8.A. harm B. good C. value D. profit
9.A. Sooner B. Better C. Rather D. Worse
10.A. suffer B. worry C. argue D. fight
11.A. hear B. listen to C. see D. look at
12.A. toilets B. kitchens C. seats D. passages
13.A. movement B. sight C. sign D. sound
14.A. hid B. fell C. turned D. rolled
15.A. pushed B. walked C. rushed D. hurried
16.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
17.A. unless B. after C. like D. as
18.A. lost B. broken C. failed D. removed
19.A. power B. life C. plan D. death
20.A. proudly B. bitterly C. excitedly D. curiously
