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In Washington，Virginia and Maryland，the final months of the year have many festivals.Whether you're into a theater environment，medieval(中世纪) times or a book festival，there's an event for you. Maryland Renaissance Festival The festival features 12 stages and hundreds of costumed actors offering entertainment such as music and theater performances，sword swallowing and a human chess match. Temple Hall Corn Maize and Fall Festival in Virginia The 286acre farm offers a lot of familyfriendly entertainment，including pig races，farm animals and camel rides.Grab seasonal goods at the farmers' market，take part in the corn harvest，and hear live bluegrass and folk music. Baltimore Book Festival in Maryland This threeday fair features talks and book signings from more than 275 locally and nationally known authors，including Alice McDermott and Andre Dubus Ⅲ.The festival also includes live music and literary handson projects for kids. Kids Euro Festival in Washington Here's a chance to celebrate and experience European arts and culture，no passports required.Twentyeight European countries will be represented during the multicultural children's event，which features more than 200 performances and workshops.The festival is for children aged 2 through 12，librarians and educators.Activities include puppet(木偶) shows，cooking and theater workshops.“It really brings Europe to the children，” said organizer Sandi Auman. 【1】If you're interested in dangerous performances，which festival should you go to? A.Maryland Renaissance Festival. B.Temple Hall Corn Maize and Fall Festival. C.Baltimore Book Festival. D.Kids Euro Festival. 【2】What do the Baltimore Book Festival and the Kids Euro Festival have in common? A.They both have wonderful theater performances. B.They both invite famous writers to give lectures. C.They both have activities intended for kids. D.They both feature European culture. 【3】What is the purpose of this passage? A.To compare different features of some festivals. B.To introduce some festivals for people to enjoy. C.To tell people how to spend their free time. D.To explain the benefits of enjoying festivals. |
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I have completely forgotten the name of an old lady who was a customer on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy in Marinette, Wisconsin back in 1954. On a mindless Saturday afternoon, a friend and I were throwing rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house in her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they rolled to the roofs’ edge and shot out into the yard like comets falling from the sky. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the old lady’s back porch. At the sound of fractured glass, we ran away very fast. I was scared about getting caught that first night. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I calculated would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window. I waited until it was dark, snuck up to the old lady’s house, and put the envelope through the letter slot in her door. The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here，I have something for you. ” It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and began to eat the cookies as I continued my route. After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was astonished. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I'm proud of you. ” 【1】The author and his friend threw stones onto the roof of the old lady’s house in order to_______. A.amuse themselves B.help her repair it C.ask her for some help D.wake her up 【2】What part-time job did the author do at the age of 12? A.Making cookies. B.Collecting stones. C.Delivering newspapers. D.Repairing windows. 【3】When the author felt guilty about what he had done, he . A.went to see the old lady and admitted his mistake bravely B.just wrote a letter to apologize to the old lady C.turned to his friend for some advice D.decided to rely on his own efforts to make up for his mistake 【4】Which of the following can best replace the phrase “snuck up to” in paragraph 6? A.ran into B.slipped into C.broke into D.rushed into |
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One day，a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school，found he had only one thin dime (十分硬币) left，and he was hungry.He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.However，he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk.He drank it slowly，and then asked，“How much do I owe you？” “You don't owe me anything，” she replied.“Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.”He said，“Then I thank you from my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house，he not only felt stronger physically，but his faith in God and man was strong also.He was about to give up and quit before this point. Years later that young woman became critically ill.The local doctors were baffled (束手无策)．They finally sent her to the big city，where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr.Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.When he heard the name of the town she came from，a strange light filled his eyes.Immediately he rose and went to her room.Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her.He recognized her at once.He went back to the consultation room，determined to do his best to save her life.From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle，the battle was won.Dr.Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.He looked at it，then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.She feared to open it，for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all.Finally she looked，and something caught her attention on the side of the bill.She began to read the following words：“Paid in full with one glass of milk.Signed，Dr.Howard Kelly.” 【1】Why did the boy do some selling from house to house? A.To have a big dinner. B.To finish his schooling. C.To drink a glass of water. D.To pay for the woman's bill. 【2】How did the woman feel at first when she got the bill? A.Worried. B.Cheerful. C.Angry. D.Moved. 【3】What can we infer from the text? A.The woman finally recovered from her sickness. B.Howard Kelly had never been to the woman's town. C.It was easy for Howard Kelly to save the woman's life. D.The local doctors cared little about the woman's disease. 【4】What can we learn from the text? A.Desire has no rest. B.Grasping all loses all. C.Virtue is its reward. D.Asking costs nothing. |
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It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves sympathy more, the jobless or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge heard data suggesting it's the latter. Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people who feel insecure in their jobs show similar levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed. Although a newly jobless person's mental health may“bottom out" after about six months, and then even begin to improve, the mental state of people who are continuously worried about losing their job “just continues to get worse and worse", Burchell says. Evolutionary psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stress during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but invisible threat. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety,for example, while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are suffering from-even if the result is cancer. It's better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety. When the uncertainty continues, people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight" response, which leads to damaging stress. But not every employee in insecure industries has such a discouraging view,Burchell says. In general, women get on better. While reporting higher levels of anxiety than men when directly questioned, women scored lower in stress on the GHQ 12, even when they had a job they felt insecure about losing. As Burchell explains, “For women, most studies show that any job-it doesn't matter whether it is secure or insecure-gives psychological improvement over unemployment. " Burchell supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to feel pressure not only to be employed, but also to be the primary breadwinner, and that more of a man's self-worth depends on his job. 【1】Why do researchers think the still employed deserve sympathy more? A. They have to do more work since then. B. They have no chance to find better jobs. C. They have to work with inexperienced workers. D. They constantly worry about losing their jobs. 【2】What is most likely to cause a “fight or flight" response? A. Not having a paid job. B. Fierce competition for jobs. C. Not knowing what will happen. D. Pressure to work longer hours. 【3】What will the writer talk about following the last paragraph? A. Advice on preparing a job interview. B. Advice to those in insecure industries. C. Some knowledge of psychology. D. Difference in men and women. 【4】 What could be the best title for the text? A. Is it less stressful to get laid off than stay on? B. Should greater sympathy be given to the jobless? C. Do employees bear more stress than ever before? D. Do men or women show higher levels of anxiety? |
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Living with strangers，or even friends，can be challenging，especially if it's your first time to live away from your home. I've gathered some tips for getting along with your new roommates that，I hope，will be useful to you. 【1】.Do whatever you want in your own room or your side of the room，but stay out of your roomies' space and any shared space. Don't ever read your roomies' journals. Be respectful and the house will be nice and calm. Don't care about unimportant things. People have to make compromises when they live together. 【2】. Does it really matter that someone's cup wasn't cleaned or that the computer was left on all night？If it doesn't bother you a lot，then just let it go. Deal with real problems when they arise 【3】，you should talk about them right away. Talking about problems means that you figure out what the problem is，what the resolution you are seeking and what you are willing to compromise about. Solve problems instead of fighting about them. Be considerate in little ways. Before you take a shower，ask the roomies if they need to use the bathroom so that they aren't waiting while you're in there.【4】．Do little considerate things for one another and you'll like each other more. Take your responsibilities. 【5】 ，such as taking out the trash，cleaning the bathroom and emptying the fridge of rotting food. A.If real issues do come up B.Respect everyone's space C.No matter what you want to do D.Learn to let the little things go E.Offer an umbrella to a roomate on a rainy day F.Take your time choosing the right roommates G.Make sure you do your fair share of the housework |
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One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final ___. He discovered the youth was ____ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes ____.” The president requested the youth to ____ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever ____ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to ____.” “Go and clean your mother’s ___ when you go back today, and then ____ me tomorrow morning,” the president said _____. The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he ____ requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ____ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ____ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother ___. That night, Mother and Son ____ for a very long time, longer than any talk before. The next ____, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you _____ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what _____ is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how _____ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the _____ of family relationship.” The president said, “You are ____. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.” 【1】A. election B. test C. interview D. competition 【2】A. strong B. excellent C. humorous D. cute 【3】A. maker B. cleaner C. mender D. seller 【4】A. wash B. hide C. show D. dry 【5】A. found B. let C. helped D. watched 【6】A. study B. ignore C. work D. rest 【7】A. clothes B. hands C. feet D. shoes 【8】A. see B. move C. recognize D. answer 【9】A. on purpose B. in patience C. by chance D. at last 【10】A. carefully B. nervously C. happily D. shyly 【11】A. after B. until C. because D. as 【12】A. believed B. sensed C. noticed D. expected 【13】A. quietly B. sadly C. excitedly D. angrily 【14】A. thought B. slept C. sat D. talked 【15】A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. evening 【16】A. worried B. felt C. brought D. spoke 【17】A. courage B. appreciation C. success D. family 【18】A. important B. difficult C. different D. impossible 【19】A. value B. secret C. type D. change 【20】A. educated B. respected C. trusted D. hired |
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语法填空 Many teachers believe that handson experience is the 【1】(good)way to learn. A group of students in the United States are putting that belief to the test. They 【2】(success) designed and built a robot for discovering unexplored mines 【3】 the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot 【4】(answer)a challenge from the U．S. Department of Defense. The students recently tested the underwater vehicle 【5】(call)Perseus Ⅱ in a 95meterlong tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The robot costs about $15，000 to build. The students use a video game control to direct 【6】(it)movements in the tank. What's more，devices known as Japters 【7】(able)the robot to go up，down and toward its target in the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13meterlong cable. Perseus Ⅱ also has 【8】 set of lasers(激光)，which are used to measure the size of an object. The robot is the creation of five undergraduate students.For over six months，they worked up 【9】 20 hours a week to design and build Perseus Ⅱ. DeLorme supervised the project from 【10】(begin)to end. He says the specialized requirements of robots were demanding. |
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假设你是高三学生李华，你的笔友Tony在最近一次考试中失利，他写信向你求助，请从以下几个方面写一封回信，给他一些建议。内容要点如下： 1．保持乐观心态，自信应对挑战； 2．调整学习方法，制定合理的学习计划； 3． …… 注意：1． 词数100左右; 2． 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3． 信件开头和结尾已为你写好。 Dear Tony, Sorry to hear that you failed in the last exam． ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 Once there was a little girl named Emily. Although her singing was very pleasant to hear, lacking of courage, she never dared to sing in front of strangers. One summer, the neighborhood where she lived would hold a singing competition. Her best friend, Lucy, came to invite her to participate in the competition, but Emily said, “ I’m afraid to take part in it.” Her mother said, “ it’s okay, just do it bravely.” Emily followed her mama’s advice and decided to give herself a try. The day came. Emily and Lucy went to the competition site. But she was too timid (胆小的) to walked onto the stage. She had been waiting until others finished singing. She shakily forced herself to stand on the stage. She started to sing, but her voice was so low. What’s worse, she was so nervous that she forget the lyrics (歌词) after singing a few words. Being laughed at by others, embarrassed and shy, she ran away from the stage. Some naughty boys ran after her and said, “ Emily, coward (胆小鬼)! Emily, coward! ” Emily didn’t argue with them. What she wanted was to go back home as quickly as she could. Finally, she rushed into the house, hugged her mom and cried sadly. “Well, my poor girl. Don’t cry. Tell me what happened to you.” asked her mom. Emily looked up at her mother and told her what she had experienced. Listening to her, her mom cupped her face and said, “it doesn’t matter, girl. As long as you practice singing more in front of strangers, you will become braver little by little. So, my girl, don’t be beaten by a failure. You can go out to practice singing every day. No matter who is listening to you, go on singing and never stop. I believe there will be a harvest for you. ” 注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； Paragraph 1: Emily listened to her mother carefully and followed her mom’s suggestion. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Going on singing, she walked into the park, where many people were singing and dancing. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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