I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time...and I left without getting a cent.
1.The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.
A. he felt sorry for the author
B. he knew the doctor was a very good one
C. he thought it was a chance to make some money
D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
2.A good doctor is necessary for the author to________.
A. be properly treated.
B. talk with the person responsible for the accident.
C. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury.
D. recover before he leaves American.
3.The word “charge” in the third paragraph means_________ .
A. ask as a price B. accuse
C. be responsible D. claim
4.Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.
A. friendly B. busy
C. professional D. selfish
5.What conclusion can you draw from the story?
A. Going to court is something very common in America.
B. One must be very careful while driving a car.
C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.
D. Money is more important than other things in the US.
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1.Who can teach children to play the guitar?
A. David. B. Larry.
C. Mr. White. D. Susan.
2.Which number should you call at if you find the lost dog?
A. 6087593. B. 5132633.
C. 7328059. D. 13935728866.
3.Which of the following people may get the job as a taxi driver?
A. A 50-year-old person.
B. A person who has just got his driver’s license.
C. A 40-year-old person who can drive well in the city.
D. A person who can drive and has free time on weekends.
4.When is hot water provided in the apartment according to the ad?
A. At night. B. In the daytime.
C. At any time. D. Only in the afternoon.
5.How can you contact the owner of the apartment for more information?
A. By making a phone call. B. By going to visit it.
C. By sending a letter. D. By sending an e-mail.
假如你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院（nursing home）陪老人们过重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival）。请给外教露西写封邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：
1.出发及返回时间；
2.活动：包饺子、表演节目等。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.结语已为你写好
Dear Lucy,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your replay .
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。作文中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：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。
One day, little Tony went to a shopping center wit his parent. It was very crowded. Tony saw a toy on a shop window. He liked it so very much that he quickly walked into the shop. After looks at the toy for some time, he turned around and found where his parents were missing. Tony was scared and begun to cry. A woman saw him crying and telling him to wait outside a shop. Five minutes later. Tony saw parents. Mom said,” How nice to see you again! Dad and I were terrible worried.”Tony promised her that this would never happen again.
The adobe dwellings(土坯房）1.(build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even 2. most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 3.(able) to “air condition” a house without 4.（use）exact equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that her5.（slow）during cool nights，thus warning the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 6. _ (cool) the house during the hot day: 7. the same time, they warm up again for the night This cycle 8. (go) day after day: The walls warm up During the day and cool off during the night and thus always a timely offset（抵消）for the outside temperatures. As 9.(nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly10.thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
Where do you go when you want to learn something? A friend? A tutor? These are all________aces of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really______want somewhere else instead. I had the______of seeing this first hand on a________.
Why daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did very well this season and so_______a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some______experiences on Saturday as they played again teams______trained. Through the first two games, her ______did not get on serious shot on goal. As a parent, I_______seeing my daughter playing her best, _______ still defeated.
IT seemed that something clicked with the______between Saturday and Sunday. When they ______for their Sunday game, they were______different. They had begun integrate (融合)the kinds of play and teamwork they had______the day before into their______.They played aggressively and______ scored a goal.
It _____ me that playing against the other team was a great______moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. ______ is the best teacher. The lessons they may not be______what they would have gotten in school. But are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
1.A. public B. traditional C. official D. special
2.A. passes B. works C. lies D. ends
3.A. dream B. idea C. habit D. chance
4.A. trip B. holiday C. weekend D. square
5.A. won B. entered C. organized D. watched
6.A. painful B. Strange C. common D. practical
7.A. less B. poorly C. newly D. better
8.A. fans B. tutors C. class D. team
9.A. imagined B. hated C. Avoided D. missed
10.A. if B. or C. but D. as
11.A. girls B. parents C. coaches D. viewers
12.A. Dressed B. showed up C. made up D. planned
13.A. slightly B. hardly C. Basically D. completely
14.A. seen B. Known C. heard D. read
15.A. styles B. training C. game D. rules
16.A. even B. still C. seldom D. again
17.A. confused B. Struck C. reminded D. warned
18.A. Touching B. thinking C. encouraging D. learning
19.A. Experience B. Independence C. Curiosity D. Interest
20.A. harmful to B. mixed with C. different from D. applied t
