Travel Information
1.It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on _____.
A. Dragon Tower B. West Lake
C. Water Cube D. Disneyland
2.If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call _____to get information.
A. 00852-28029822 B. 0451-82187899
C. 0571-68345576 D. 0l0-28135589
3.Disneyland, which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year, is in _____ according to the travel information.
A. Beijing B. Harbin
C. Hong Kong D. Hangzhou
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel information?
A. Water Cube is special in design.
B. The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.
C. In Disneyland.you can't see any cartoon characters.
D. The price of a ticket for Dragon Tower is the lowest.
（题文）假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter对中国的竹子非常好奇。请写一封电子邮件介绍竹子的短文。内容包括：
1．竹子的外貌特点：
2．竹子的作用：
3．竹子的象征意义。
注意：1．词数：100左右：
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
假定英浯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—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。
There is no denying that mobile phones are playing an importantly role in our daily life. However, the phenomenon people are too addicted in their mobile phones is becoming more and more popular. Mobile phone addicts can’t help check their mobile phones all day, even when they are walking on the road. As the result, their communication with people around them becomes less and less. Besides, their healthy is greatly affected. Many are suffered from neck pains, for example.
In my opinion, it is time we throw away our mobile phones and raised our heads up. We should spend less time communicating with our family and friends face to face.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
On October 31, 2003, 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton, together with her friends, went surfing along Tunnels Beach, Kauai. Around 7:30 a.m., she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm in the water 1. a 14-foot-long tiger shark attacked her, severing her left arm just below the shoulder. She 2.（rush） to Wilcox Memorial Hospital by her friends. By the time she arrived there she 3.（lose）over 60% of her blood. She spent a week in recovery before being released.
4.（surprise）, just one month after the attack, she returned to the water to continue pursuing her dream.
Initially, she adopted a custom-made board 5. was longer and slightly thicker than standard and had a handle for her right arm, making it 6.（easy）to paddle, and she learned to kick more to make up for the loss of her left arm. After teaching 7.（she） to surf with one arm, in 2004, she entered a major 8.（compete） and won the ESPY Award for Best Comeback Athlete. In 2007, she realized her dream of surfing professionally. In 2011, a film, Soul Surfer, 9.（base）on her experiences, was released and made a hit immediately. Now she has become 10. source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith and hope.
Medical bills were piling. Kids needed glasses, cars needed repairs, and the dog needed surgery. On top of that, Christmas was almost ______ us so presents needed to be purchased.
But all of that was ______ when my husband, Brian, was waiting in our local tire shop to have his six truck tires ______ on a snowy night. He overheard the tire salesman ______ a young mom with 3 children that she was in serious ______ of all new tires, as each one was completely ______ down. ______, the young mom said she didn’t have the money to replace more than one tire on her car.
On hearing that, Brian ______ to pay for a tire to be installed, ______ of the one tire this woman was able to purchase. Brian knew that even though it was just a start, the young mom would be much ______ driving on the ______ roads with a balanced set of two new tires than they would with just one new tire.
The young mom was so surprised that she ______ choked up. Eyes filled with tears, she thanked Brian and pulled away.
My husband is a naturally modest, ______ man who feels rewarded in the giving, not in the________ in life. So imagine his unexpected ______, when he later discovered the salesman had ________ the entire amount spent on the ______ tire to his bill! ______ the seven tires my husband bought, the salesman only ______ him for six.
The simple act of one man making the decision to share what he had, rather than worrying about what he would ______, changed things that night.
1.A. in B. upon C. for D. before
2.A. forgotten B. solved C. changed D. purchased
3.A. abandoned B. repaired C. examined D. replaced
4.A. warn B. persuade C. explain D. mention
5.A. danger B. place C. need D. face
6.A. taken B. broken C. pulled D. worn
7.A. Angrily B. Disappointedly C. Unexpectedly D. Sadly
8.A. hurried B. tried C. offered D. used
9.A. front B. opposite C. sure D. instead
10.A. safer B. faster C. happier D. luckier
11.A. icy B. hard C. dark D. long
12.A. greatly B. finally C. instantly D. excitedly
13.A. intelligent B. meaningful C. humorous D. generous
14.A. helping B. receiving C. using D. thanking
15.A. surprise B. satisfaction C. chance D. discovery
16.A. added B. paid C. discounted D. returned
17.A. spare B. extra C. new D. whole
18.A. Regardless of B. More than C. Rather than D. In spite of
19.A. sold B. charged C. asked D. appreciated
20.A. come across B. come over C. go without D. go for
1. Learn how to show them why it’s important to save, how to avoid overspending, and what they can do to successfully manage their money.
1. Have deliberate conversations about money.
Talk openly with your kids about the money you make and what it pays for, such as home, food, clothing and transportation. A conversation like this will give them context and will help them grasp early on that it costs money to have the essentials and that everything else is extra.
2.
2. Give them a modest allowance.
A child who is old enough to count is old enough to get allowance. The amount should be an age-appropriate amount where stuff they’ll want will require at least a few weeks of saving to buy.
3. Normal chores（家务）are part of being in a family, not about getting paid.
3. 4.
Your kids have “regular” chores, already. By all means feel free to offer up those bigger, unpleasant tasks as optional paid jobs — weeding, shoveling snow, whatever they’ll really have to work at to earn those extra bucks m and kick back while they learn the value of a dollar.
4. Be a good financial role model.
5. So remember that you’re constantly sending financial cues to the children in your life in ways big and small. Be a good financial role model by using examples from your own life to teach them things they should and should not do with their money. Handle your money the way you’d want them to handle their own.
A. Children are always curious.
B. Money matters a lot in our daily life.
C. Don’t tie this money to chores, either.
D. Create opportunities for extra earnings.
E. Children learn by observing adult behavior.
F. Avoiding the subject actually creates unnecessary negative feelings.
G. It’s never too early or too late to teach the children the value or a dollar.
