Sharing Beauty
It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.
I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind th
e counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”
For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.
One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.
Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.
1.The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.
A. admire the sunset B. cheer her up
C. offer some help D. have a chat
2.Four years later, the author______.
A. found her dream job B. put an end to her marriage
C. worked in a laundry room D. lived in the same community
3.After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.
A. disappointed B. puzzled
C. inspired D. overjoyed
What should you think about when trying to find your career？You are probably better at some school subjects than others.These may show the strengths that you can use in your work.A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work.So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school.On the other hand，you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard.Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job，they may have indirect value.A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details.This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills，such as typing or technical drawing，which you can use in your work.You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills.If you have had a parttime job on Saturdays or in the summer，think what you gained from it.If nothing else，you may have learned how to get to work on time，to follow instructions and to get on with older workers.You may have learned to give correct change in a shop，for example.Just as important，you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a parttime job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself.You may be_ all_ thumbs when you handle tools；perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures.It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist.Your school record，for instance，may not be too good，yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(认错的)about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The importance of working hard at school.
B. Choosing a career according to one's strengths.
C. How to face one's weakness.
D. The value of school work.
2.According to the passage，doing a parttime job for a student is probably ______.
A. a good way to find out his weak points
B. one of the best ways of earning extra money
C. of great use for his work in the future
D. a waste of time he could have spent on study
3.The underlined phrase “be all thumbs”(in Para.3)probably means “______”．
A. be clumsy at doing things B. be skillful in doing things
C. be not interested in certain things D. be ea
sily bored in doing things
4.From the last paragraph we know one should ______.
A. make full use of one's own weak points B. study harder for a new school record
C. apologize for one's own school record D. face one's own weak points bravely
What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now？We can only make guesses，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. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time，so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again，in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so，we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on，however，we shall have to use our brains more and more，and eventually we shall need larger ones！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 tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These，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. In the future，then，both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that 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 use. He will still be a human being，with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
1.The passage mainly tells us that______.
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 on the wane
2.What serves as the evidence that man is changing?
A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
B. Man's hair is getting thinner and thinner.
C. Man's arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.
3.The change in man's size of forehead is probably because______.
A. he makes use only 20% of the brain's capacity
B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries
C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time
D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on
假定你是李华，你校将举办中华诗词大会（Chinese Poetry Conference)国际学生专场，请根据下列要点写一封电 子邮件，邀请在外校学习的美国朋友Peter参加。
要点：1.比赛方式：补全诗词、冋答问题、根据画猜诗词；
2.大赛的目的； 、
3.时间、地点及报名方式。
要求：1.字数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to tell you that our school is to hold a Chinese Poetry Conference for international students. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wishing you great success at the competition. ,
Yours sincerely,
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（^）并其下面写 出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用（\)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。
A survey (调查）has recently carried out among the students in our school about whether they would like it if their parents gave birth to a second child. Opinions vary wide from one to another.
Most of the students supported the idea. They think that it would be amazing to have a brother and a sister to keep the company and share secrets with. Besides, we believe a second child would bring lots of funs to the family.
However, the rest of the students interviewing hold the opposite view. To start with, raising one child is already a difficult thing and the parents would have to work twice as hard if they had a second child. What's more, they argue whether they have been accustomed to enjoy the whole love from their parents.
A record 6. 15 million trips were made by Chinese mainland tourists to overseas destinations during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, 1. ended on Thursday, according to the China National Tourism 2. (administrate). That is an increase of 7 percent compared with last year's Spring Festival.
With many Chinese now 3. (travel) abroad for Spring Festival, their choice of destinations has expanded along 4. their growing interest in foreign cultures and services.
Those traveling to Japan, for example, where "shopping spree (购.物狂）“ -5. (become) a catchword in 2015, now prefer a physical checkup or experiencing Japanese culture.
Li Xuejing, a marketing manager, said Chinese tourists are 6. (increasing) willing to experience local culture and characteristic services, including staying in private homes, appreciating bonsai and watching monkeys in hot springs.
7. Chinese tourist surnamed Guo，who was vacationing on an island in the Philippines, said she now pays more attention to relaxation and enjoyment during the holidays instead of shopping or choosing gifts for 8. (relative).
"When I book a hotel, I will take into consideration the massage (按摩)’ the spa and other special services…9. (enjoy) myself," she said.
Another choice is Britain. Though the devaluation (乏值）of the pound 10. (be) a factor, Britain's rich history and famous education tradition have caught the eye of Chinese.
