Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control ，it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives.1. , as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart. How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. 2., even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy (礼貌) to speak to others that are around you. I know of a few people that don‟t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me3. How can people not get a really funny joke? 4. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world.
5. We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
A．It drives people crazy
B. It drives people excited
C. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps
D. With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today
E. Laughing is essential to make your stress levels out of control
F. as if I were from outer space.
G. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did
Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone. Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don't have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Do not miss meals. Before yon leave home for a feast(宴会),have a small, low-fat snack(小吃). This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods. Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them. Choose lean meat(瘦肉 ).Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables. If you have a sweet tooth, try mints (薄荷) and fruits. They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess(过多的) calories.
1.Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may ______
A. bring weight problems
B. bring you much trouble in your life
C. make you worried about your foos
D. make you hate delicious foods
2.In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight, you'd better__
A. drink much water and have vegetables only
B. not eat the food in high fat
C. not accept invitations to feasts
D. turn away from delicious foods
3.According to the passage, ___ is a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight.
A. vegetables B. water
C. calories of energy D. physical exercise
4.Many people can't help putting on weight after the holidays because they _______ .
A. can't control themselves B. go to too many feasts
C. enjoy delicious foods D. can't help turning away from the foods
5.Excess calories can be found in your body in the form of___ .
A. energy B. fat
C. food D. something invisible (看不见)
Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy. "An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take informationfrom other computers and put new information in. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer accountand put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
1.Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in _______.
A. the classroom B. the school office
C. a bank near his house D. his own house
2.When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were happy because _______.
A. Johnny was good at math B. Johnny loved computers
C. Johnny could join one computer to another D. they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer
3.Who are worried about hackers in the story?
A. Johnny's parents B. School headmasters, teachers and the police.
C. The police. D. School headmasters and teachers.
4.What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?
A. Information B. Back computer accounts
C. Computers. D. Grades.
5.The last paragraph is about _______.
A. Johnny B. computers
C. hackers D. moden
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
1.What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A. He has a gift for writing music.
B. He can write down the note he hears.
C. He is a top student at the law school.
D. He can play the musical piece he hears.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.
B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.
3.Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.
A. received a good early education in music
B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly
C. could play the piano without reading music
D. could play the guitar better than his father
4.What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?
A. He became famous during a special event at his college.
B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.
C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.
D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The Qualities of a Musician
B. The Story of a Musical Talent
C. The Importance of Early Education
D. The Relationship between Memory and Music.
单句填空（每空仅填一个单词）
1.自从高中起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行。
Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I _______ _____ ____ taking a great bike trip.
2.是我姐姐先想到要沿着湄公河骑自行车，从它的源头一直骑到入海口。
____ _______my sister _______ first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
3.尽管她不清楚去某些地方的最佳路线，她却坚持把这次旅游组织得尽善尽美。
Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she _____ the trip properly.
4.当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸困难，她却说这将是一次有趣的经历。
When I told her the air would be hard ________ _________, she said it would be an interesting experience.
5.在某个时候，我们发现自己身置高处，仿佛骑车穿越云层。
At one point we were _______ high ________ we found ourselves cycling through clouds.
6.我们很快就要到达云南的大理，在那里我们的表兄大卫和余杭将加入我们。
We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, _________ our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us.
7.看起来好像世界到了末日。
It seemed ________ _________ the world was at an end.
8.在农家大院里, 鸡甚至猪都紧张得不想吃食。
In the farmyard, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous ______ _________ .
9.我们迫不及待地想见到他们
We can hardly wait ________ ________ them.
10.我认识那个人，他的房子在地震中被摧毁了。
I know the person ___________house __________ _________ in the earthquake.
11.这个教授宁愿给学生讲课(give lectures)也不愿被邀请去参加会议。
The professor preferred ___________ lectures to students to ______ ________ to attend meetings.
12.It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to _________ I went for advice.
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。
My father go fishing alone every Sunday. This morning when we were got up, it was fine. Father decided to go fishing, so mother stopped him, said that it was going to rain according to the weather forecast（预报）. She asked him to put off his raincoat, but he did not take her advices. When he got to the river, it was cloud. Soon the rain began to fall heavily and he was caught in it. After she got home, he was wet through. “Did you catch some fish?” asked my mother. “No, but I caught bad cold,” he answered.
