Having a great collection of books at home doesn’t really mean that you are a person who loves reading. It may be got from your father or your father’s father, and it can just impress people around you with the fact that you are a person of culture.
From my point of view, reading is very important in our daily life. For example, reading is a way of gaining knowledge in different areas. It can help us have a great imagination, and it makes things easier when it comes to making compositions on different themes. It gives you the possibility to speak about science, even if you don’t work in this field. You can express your opinions about a political event because you have read something about that.
Secondly, reading gives us the possibility to enter the world of imagination. We can imagine what life will be like in the future. Sometimes, we compare ourselves with the people in the stories we read and they can give us some clues to solve the problems and tell us what to do in certain situations. Books are based on real life. Even if writers are considered to be somehow different from common people, they often face the same problems as we all do.
In short, I would like to say that literature is the perfect way of enriching our culture, expressing correctly, having a rich vocabulary, being able to understand different fields and really being considered to be a learned person.
1.In the author’s opinion, a person has many books at home only to ________.
A. make his house look more beautiful
B. show that his father is a learned person
C. impress others with the fact that he loves reading
D. show that he is rich enough to collect many books
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Reading a lot is good for writing.
B. Reading can help us gain knowledge.
C. Reading can help us have a great imagination.
D. Reading helps us enter the field of politics easily.
3.We can learn from the third paragraph that ________.
A. people in stories are always unbelievable
B. books may help us solve problems
C. writers are good at dealing with problems in life
D. writers often have different experiences in life
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. Why Is Reading Important in Our Life
B. How Can We Become a Learned Person
C. Different Reading, Different Functions
D. Having a Good Collection of Books Means a Lot
Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day, and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community. If material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, else-there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased (停止). When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.
What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind. “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread.”
To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections (memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
1.Which of the following is indicated in the first paragraph?
A. Wealth results from honest effort.
B. The men seated at tables in the locker room are lost in the significance of life.
C. For some people, no way can be found to escape the realities of life other than scotch and soda.
D. The men acquire wealth by planting fruit trees.
2.The underlined sentence “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread” means ________.
A. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face
B. No pains, no gains
C. Failure is the mother of success
D. Bread comes from the sweat on your face
3.We learn from the passage that the author ________.
A. was a wealthy person in the community
B. held a positive attitude towards an active life
C. was fond of associating with celebrities (名人)
D. kept a secret of the reason why he was so impressed
4.What is implied in the passage by the writer?
A. To use wealth properly, cat, drink and be merry.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. As life is but like a dream, a man is like a fruit tree.
D. If you cease to struggle, you cease to live.
FITNESS CENTRE
The fitness centre offers a variety of activities for members of all ages throughout the week.
Activities for Monday 12 July, 2017:
Learn to swim. Classes for preschool children aged five and under start at 10:00 am. Classes last 30 minutes and parents must attend with their children. Don’t forget to book in advance, as places are limited, and to pack some warm clothes for after the lesson.
Woman’s aerobics (有氧运动). Sessions are for one hour and begin at 10:45 am, led by Melissa. Come along and join us every Monday for an exhilarating hour of exercise and fun. Leave your kids at the nursery and take time out for yourself. Wear a track-suit or something similar.
Lunchtime yoga. Take a break at lunchtime (1:00—2:00 pm) for an hour of meditation and yoga. Enjoy the peace and quiet of our meditation room, and relaxing sessions designed for active people with busy lives. Use your own mat for floor work or hire one from us for a small sum.
Family Shootaround. 10:00—5:30 pm. Family Shootaround is open for members and guests to bring the family out for basketball. Half court games are only during this time. There are no full court games during Family Shootaround hours. All participants must sign in at the front desk and wear a wristband during the play.
1.When will Melissa be working?
A. From 10:00 am to 10:30 am. B. From 10:45 am to 11:45 am.
C. From 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. D. From 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.
2.Which activity may need extra fees?
A. Lunchtime yoga. B. Learn to swim.
C. Women’s aerobics. D. Family Shootaround.
3.What is the common requirement of the activities?
A. The need to sign in. B. The need to bring something.
C. The need to book in advance. D. The need to become a member.
When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and he wrote letters to many companies until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris began to lose his confidence, then depressed. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.
“Why don’t you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it.”
“But what can I do?”
“Get out and have a look round.” advised his uncle. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.”
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to win his good fame. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other problems. But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop in a new place where there were plenty of customers but no competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed lo open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. No Education, No Future.
B. The World Is a Money-locker.
C. Good Fame Is the Key to Success.
D. Difficulty of Starting a Small Business.
2.Which of the following best describes Boris’s job hunting experience?
A. Boring. B. Surprising.
C. Encouraging. D. Disappointing.
3.Boris started his career by ________.
A. repairing cycles B. buying empty shops
C. cycling around the town D. developing a waste ground
4.Boris finally chose an empty shop in a place because ________.
A. it was not so expensive
B. he had a lot of old customers there
C. there were good opportunities there
D. he could make good use of his skills there
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack对你们学校最近开展的"书香校园"活动很感兴趣．请你用英语给他写一封信，内容包括：
1．"书香校园"活动开展的情况；
2．你对该活动的看法．
注意：1．词数100字左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
书香校园：Scholarly Campus
Dear Jack，
I'm glad that you are interested in the Scholarly Campus activity in our school．
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Wish you all the best!
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。
Dear Tom,
I’m happy to get from your letter and knew you’re coming to China.
Among the two trips to the Yangtze River and Mount Tai, both are high recommended (推荐). Personally, I prefer the tour along the Yangtze, longest river and one of the mother river of Chinese civilization. You can learn a tot about the history of China and Chinese people. Moreover, the scenery along the river are amazing, with many well-know sightseeing spots. That’s because I think the trip along the Yangtze will be a better choice.
I hope your suggestion will be of some help and you’ll have a good time in China.
Yours,
Li Hua
