It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 16 to where he was going. Pretty soon he 17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to 18 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 19 .
It was a long 20 road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almostdark ，he saw in a field a tall 22 ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his 23 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 25 stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more 26 .
“Don’t know. I never 27 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28 .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 29 at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. 30 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”
1.A. signs B. orders C. attention D. direction
2.A. realized B. recognized C. accepted D. received
3.A. miss B. meet C. look D. lose
4.A. town B. country C. capital D. village
5.A. lonely B. busy C. dirty D. crowded
6.A seconds B. minutes C hours D years
7.A. driver B. policeman C. farmer D. worker
8.A. strong B. tired C. weak D. tiring
9.A. asked B. demanded C. replied D. ordered
10.A. always B. often C. sometimes D. seldom
11.A .politely B. friendly C. loudly D. angrily
12.A. judged B. measured C. saw D. studied
13.A. sad B. lovely C. friendly D. angry
14.A. gladly B. immediately C. silently D. excitedly
15.A. Generally B. Fortunately C. Certainly D. Perhaps
由于观点和立场的不同,孩子与父母之间时常存在一些矛盾和问题,某英文报社正在就“如何改善孩子与父母之间的关系”这一主题征稿,请你写一篇英语短文,发表自己的观点和看法。
要点如下:
1. 存在问题:
孩子:不信任父母,不愿意与父母交流；经常对父母发脾气……
父母:处理问题的方式简单,把自己的想法强加(impose . . . . . . on)给孩子……
2. 解决办法:
孩子:多和父母沟通；尊敬父母,多体谅父母……
父母:多和孩子相处,耐心听取他们的想法……
注意:可适当增加细节；词数:120左右
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
One evening two young men were walking in the street.
They tried to find a chance to steal everything. The clock 1. ________
strikes twelve. Most people were in bed. Quickly they came2. __________
to a house so it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen 3. _______
sleeping. Standing at the front gate, one man said in English to4.. __________
the other at a low voice, “You wait here. I will go around to 5. __________
the front door and then get into the house.” Suddenly out 6. __________
of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were 7. __________
very afraid and ran away as fast as possibly. They didn’t stop 8.________
until they had got to a lonely place. One man said to the other9.__________
in surprise, “It’s too bad. I had thought that the dog could10. __________
understand English.”
I feel very happy to receive your letter and here I’d like to give you
some a on how to learn English. Above all, don’t lose 1. _______
heart. Many students find it ____ to learn English, especially 2._______
_____write good English compositions. In my opinion, if you3.__________
want to ___ (改善) your writing, you should learn by heart 4. _________
as many English expressions and sentence p as possible. 5. ____________
And at the same time try to use _______ in your compositions. 6. ____________
think just r grammar rules is no use. And only by reading and 7. __________
writing a lot ____ you be able to learn English well in an effective 8. _________
way. I definitely _____(相信) the most important thing is that you 9. __________
should _______(继续) writing every day and never give up. 10._________
When you see homework covering the kitchen table and toys are piling up around the sofa, you probably wish there was a bit more space. You are not alone. Nearly a third of parents say they feel squeezed into their homes but cannot afford to move to a bigger property, a report reveals today.
Twenty-nine perc
ent say “their property is too small to fit the size of their family—rising to 40 percent for those 34 and under”. One in four children is ‘forced to share’ a bedroom, according to the Finda-Property. Com website. Property analyst Samantha Baden said: “Afford-ability remains a key issue for families, with the average cost of a three-bedroom home around ￡193,000.”Very few can afford to buy or to rent a property of the size they want and in the area they desire to live in, according to Miss Baden.
A recent report, from investment firm LV, also found that many ‘space-starved parents’are pushed into a two-bedroom home which was perfect when they were a young couple, but has no space for three or so children. Grown-up children who cannot afford to leave homo are also adding to the problem facing families in Britain’s ‘big squeeze’.
For a home to be the correct size, which means it is not overcrowded, parents must have their own bedroom. Children under ten can share, as well as same-sex children between ten and 20.Anyone over 21 also needs their own room.
The report comes as official figures, published yesterday by the Land Registry, revealing house prices are falling sharply in every region except London. The worst – hit area is the North East where average house prices have fallen to below ￡100, 000 for the first time in seven years. However, they remain unaffordable for millions. 1.According to Paragraph 1, the report reveals .
A. children like to do homework in the kitchen
B. some families can’t afford a bigger property
C. only a few families have housing problem
D. people are satisfied with their living condition
2.What Miss Baden said in Paragraph 2 means .
A. most families don’t have enough money yet
B. no family could afford a three - bedroom home
C. it is common to live in a three - bedroom home
D. the price of a bigger property is still acceptable
3.The report from the investment firm LV shows .
A. young couples should live in a two - bedroom home
B. families with three or so children couldn’t afford a home
C. parents should buy houses for their grown - up children
D. some grown - up children couldn’t afford a separate home
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. House prices are falling down everywhere.
B. People are able to buy a home of correct size.
C. The house prices in London has not fallen down.
D. The North East is now an area suitable to live in.
Now let’s look ourselves as a species in relation to ecosystem balance.Modern scientists believe that humankind, like other animals, evolved(进化) through millions of years of changes and adaptations to the environment and that our most direct evolutionary ancestor was probably an earlier species of the primate(monkey, ape) group. Despite this similarity with other creatures, however, the evolution of humankind differs from that of other species in one important and unique way.
In other species, evolution has led to specialization, both in the species abilities and in its place within the environmental structure. For example, the giraffe is much adapted to feeding on treetops, but it is also specialized and thus limited to feeding on trees and shrubs. Only with great difficulty can it bend down to graze on the ground. Similarly, the anteater is extremely well adapted to eating ants but is unable to catch or eat other animals. The same is true for countless other species.
For humankind it is opposite. Our evolution had led to a very generalized ability. Our highly developed intelligence and ability to make and handle tools mean that we can do almost anything. Humans evolved in such a way that we are able to move into every environment on Earth and even into space. No natural competitor offers great resistance, and other natural enemies such as disease have been controlled.
Said another way, we see in humankind a great imbalance between biological potential and environmental resistance. The result is the rapidly increasing world population, frequently referred to as the population explosion. Further, to support our growing population, natural ecosystems are being increasingly displaced by human habitations, agriculture, and other human supporting activities.
1.From the passage we can infer that in the course of evolution _______.
A. humankind is very important to earlier species, such as the primate group
B. human beings are limited by the environment while animals are not
C. human beings become more and more different from each other
D. humankind has experienced a generalization rather than specialization in ability
2.According to the passage, primate includes such animals as _______.
A. monkeys and anteaters B. tigers and apes
C. apes and monkeys D. monkeys and giraffes
3.According to the passage, evolution has made it possible for humans to _______.
A. increase the population
B. resist natural offers
C. go to the moon
D. cure all diseases
4.According to the author, imbalance between biological potential and environ mental resistance has resulted in _______.
A. the population explosion
B. the destruction of human habitations
C. the growth of natural ecosystem
D. the specialization of humans
