America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
2.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be .
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. treated hospitably at his home
C. offered a ride to his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean .
A. willing to spend time B. serious with time
C. careful with time D. strict with time
4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “ ”.
A. Friendships Between Chinese
B. Friendships Between Americans
C. Americans' and Chinese's Views of Friendships
D. Americans' Hospitality
The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of "energy drinks" on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine(咖啡因) in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited(限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
1.Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that .
A. they have beautiful colors and cool names
B. they have lots of caffeine
C. they can keep them awake and better at sports
D. they are said to be helpful to health
2.The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause .
A. heart problems B. nervousness
C. sleeping difficulty D. possible health dangers
3.The underlined word "discouraged" can be replaced(替换) with " ".
A. encouraged B. stopped
C. helped D. disliked
4.From the passage we can know that .
A. advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks
B. energy drinks are helpful to teenagers' study
C. sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks
D. energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers
5.Which of the following can be the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. What's the Use of Energy Drinks
B. Who Can Drink Energy Drinks
C. What's That in Energy Drinks
D. Why Can't We Buy Energy Drinks
Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter night. Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door. "Who can it be?" they wondered. One ran 1.(curious) to open it. There, outside in the cold and the darkness, stood a child 2. no shoes on his feet and clad(穿……的衣服) in old thin garments. He 3.(tremble) with cold, and he asked to come in and warm himself.
"Yes, come," cried both the children. They drew the little stranger to their warm seat, shared their supper with him, and gave him their bed, and they slept on 4. hard bench.
On the night, they were awakened by sweet music,5. was played by a band of children in shining garments. Suddenly the strange child stood before 6.: no longer cold and ragged, but clad in silvery light. He said, "I am the Christ Child,7.(wander) through the world to bring peace and 8. (happy) to good children as you. As you have helped me so much, this tree will give rich fruit to you every year."
9. he was saying that, he broke a branch from the tree that grew near the door, and planted it in the ground and disappeared. But the branch grew 10. a great tree, and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children.
One day, a kind woman happened to say something that hurt her best friend of many years. She _________ immediately and would do anything to take the words back. What she said hurt the friend so _________ that this good woman was herself hurt for the _________ she caused. In an effort to undo what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village, explained her _________, and asked for advice.
Listening to her, the older woman sensed the younger woman's worry and knew she must _________ her. She also knew she could never _________ her pain, but she could teach. She knew the outcome would only _________ the character of the younger woman. She said, "Tonight, _________ your best feather pillows and put a single feather on the _________ of each house in town before the sun rises."
The young woman hurried home to prepare for it, even though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long, she labored alone in the cold. Finally the sky was getting light. She placed the last feather on the step of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she __________ to the older woman.
"Now," said the wise woman, "Go back and __________ your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was before."
"You know that's impossible! The wind __________ away the feathers as fast as I placed them on the steps!" The young woman was surprised.
"That's true," said the older woman. "Never forget. Each of your __________ is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, no amount of __________, no matter how heartfelt or sincere, can return them to your __________. Choose your words well and, most of all, guard them in the presence of those you love."
1.A. replied B. forgot C. laughed D. regretted
2.A. deeply B. slightly C. powerfully D. certainly
3.A. mercy B. intention C. pain D. mess
4.A. lecture B. situation C. shortcoming D. position
5.A. help B. scold C. praise D. punish
6.A. feel B. resist C. remove D. find
7.A. contribute to B. focus on C. depend on D. recover from
8.A. show B. hide C. throw D. take
9.A. roof B. step C. wall D. mailbox
10.A. appealed B. returned C. waved D. nodded
11.A. sew B. decorate C. refill D. preserve
12.A. blew B. gave C. put D. drove
13.A. words B. friends C. promises D. expectations
14.A. loss B. effort C. idea D. joke
15.A. ears B. eyes C. mouth D. face
假如你是新华中学学生会主席李华，学校安排你给即将到你校任教的外籍教师Peter推荐（recommend)一名学生助理(assistant)请根据以下要点给他写封推荐信。
1.欢迎Peter的到来。2.推荐韩梅为学生助手；3.韩梅的基本情况（17岁，高二学生）
4.韩梅的优势（电脑技术，沟通能力，英语水平等)。
注意：1词数100左右，信的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数)；
2.可根据内容适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
I’m Li Hua,
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Looking forward to your coming.
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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。
One of the most important rule of finding happiness in life is to do what you love. I remember when my mom takes me to an English class in primary school, I suddenly found that learn English was fun and I really enjoyed it. The voice at the bottom of my heart said, “Maybe I can learn English well and become English teacher.”
It was not easy at first. For almost one and a half year, I didn’t do very well in all my English exams. Disappointing and frustrated, I doubted that whether I could follow my dream. But I told me not to accept this reality. Gradual, my grades started to improve and I had much confidence than before.
