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As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attraction of a good book. Here are our four top picks for the best books. The Most Fun We Ever Had By Claire Lombardo Doubleday David and Marilyn have been married forever. Four kids and decades later, they're still as in love as the day they met. Lombardo paints an extraordinary picture of a family in what could well be one of the best novels published this year. The Shadow King By Maaza Mengiste W. W. Norton & Company A historical novel that takes place in the 1930s Ethiopia, The Shadow King focuses on the female soldiers who take up arms in World War II . In beautiful prose （叙述）, Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often noticed. Someone We Know By Shari Lapena Pamela Dorman Books A quiet suburban town is shaken by a series of break-ins and a body that turns up in the trunk of a car in this latest psychological thriller by the author of The Couple Next Door. How are the crimes related? And what does the invader know? The Only Plane in the Sky ： An Oral History of 9 /11 By Garrett M. Graff Avid Reader Press Journalist Graff puts together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the story of previously-unimaginable and tragic events that changed history. 【1】Which of the following published the book about the army? A.Doubleday. B.W. W. Norton & Company. C.Pamela Dorman Books. D.Avid Reader Press. 【2】Which author is good at writing suspense stories? A.Claire Lombardo. B.Maaza Mengiste. C.Shari Lapena. D.Garrett M. Graff. 【3】Which of the following is TRUE about The Only Plane in the Sky ： An Oral History of 9/11? A.It's about some true stories in 9/11. B.It's about some female soldiers in World War Ⅱ. C.It's about a journalist's experience in 9/11. D.It's about a single tragic event in 9/11. |
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Aunt Fannie was Blueberry Jam Woman. Of course she wasn’t really my aunt, and out of fear, I never called that to her face. The name always made my father chuckle (轻笑) and my mother look sternly (严厉地) at both of us—at me for being disrespectful, and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions, so I looked for every opportunity to work for the name into conversation. As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farm house owned by Fannie Cratty. Fannie was the last of the Cratty line; she had never married, and had no living heirs(继承人). My father once told me that it was because she was too mean to share her family wealth or pass it on. Aunt Fannie was noted for her jam, and for never sharing the recipe with another living soul. Even though my mother knew it by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she never made the jam without Miss Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret. One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam-making process. Aunt Fannie gave me a quarter and then made me promise I would never spend it. “Hold onto this quarter,” she said, “and some day you will be rich. I still have my first very quarter.” It had obviously worked for her, so I put that 1938 quarter in a small box,put it in my dresser drawer, and waited to become rich. I now have the blueberry-jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. Neither has significantly contributed to my wealth, but I keep them to remind myself to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is your relationships, and your memories of time spent with friends and family, that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build. 【1】Where did the “fear” mentioned in the first paragraph come from? A.That year’s blueberry harvest had been poor. B.Aunt Fannie was too old to keep making jam. C.The author’s mother couldn’t help Aunt Fannie harvest the blueberries. D.The author knew it was impolite to call Aunt Fannie Blueberry Jam Woman. 【2】From the second paragraph we learn that ________. A.Aunt Fannie had no children B.Aunt Fannie was willing to share her recipe C.the author often helped Aunt Fannie make jam D.the author’s mother always made the jam alone 【3】What did the author’s mother feel towards Aunt Fannie? A.Disgusted. B.Surprised. C.Affectionate. D.Disappointed. 【4】What does the author try to tell us? A.To make new friends easily. B.Not to put a price on generosity. C.Not to think of kindness as a burden. D.To treasure the time spent with family and friends. |
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Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us. Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum (钟摆) and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar. As someone who understood the distinction observed, 'When you sit with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours. ' Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age. They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass. For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach. Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly. Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we've never been before. Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasing a long time. But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time. The novelty of the outward journey has become routine. When days become as identical as beads (小珠子)on a string, they mix together, and even months become a single day. To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day-- to stop time, so to speak. Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of time. One of the reasons the days of our youth seems to be full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery. For many of us, learning ends when we leave school, but this doesn't have to be. 【1】What is the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 used to show? A.Psychological time is quite puzzling. B.Time should not be measured by a pendulum. C.Physical time is different from psychological time D.Physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time 【2】Why do units of time fly faster as we grow older? A.Our sense of time changes. B.We spend less time at the beach C.More time is structured and scheduled D.Time is structured with too many appointments. 【3】What does 'Novelty' in paragraph 3 probably mean? A.excitement B.unfamiliarity C.imagination D.amusement 【4】What is the purpose of the passage? A.To give various explanations about time B.To describe how we experience time physically C.To show the differences of two kinds of time D.To explain why time flies and how to slow it down |
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Do you still remember the scene in the famous movie Titanic, directed by Cameron, where Jack was frozen to death in the icy cold water so that Rose could survive on the floating door alone? It broke many people’s heart. Two decades later, people are still asking the question, “wasn’t there enough room on the door for both of them?” Cameron once responded by saying it wasn’t a question of room, but buoyancy—if both of them had tried to stay on the raft, he argued, the whole thing would sink. But several guys from “Mythbusters”, an Australian-American science entertainment television program, decided to test the theory themselves. They discovered that if Rose had took off her life jacket to the bottom of the raft, there would have been enough buoyancy to keep both of them afloat. When they presented their findings to Cameron, the director insisted that Jack couldn’t be saved. “The answer is very simple,” Cameron said. “Because it says on page 147 of the script that Jack dies. To Cameron, it was an artistic choice to have the beloved character of millions, Jack drown into the cold sea. Jack had to die because Cameron thought it would be best if we did. “It was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him,” Cameron said. “I think it’s all kind of silly, really, that we’re having this discussion 20 years later. But it does show that the film was effective in making Jack so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see him die. The film is about death and separation; he had to die.” Since Jack was doomed to die, Cameron said, it could have happened in a variety of different ways. It’s not about the door not being big enough: that’s just a practical method for his death. “Whether it was that, or whether a chimney fell on him, he was going down,” Cameron said. “It’s called art: things happen for artistic reasons, not for physics reasons.” 【1】What do we know about the character Jack according to the text? A.He intended to kill himself. B.He sacrificed himself to save Rose. C.He didn’t have money to buy ticket. D.He lacked basic knowledge of physics. 【2】According to Cameron, why did the audience argue about Jack’s death for 20 years? A.They are fragile people. B.They don’t like the movie. C.They love the character Jack. D.They are crazy about physics. 【3】Why was a chimney mentioned in the last paragraph? A.To introduce the structure of the ship. B.To show the original plan of the movie. C.To present the missing part of the movie. D.To explain the unchangeable fate of Jack. 【4】What is best title of the text? A.Jack in Titanic Must Die. B.Big Enough for Both. C.Cameron is Wrong. D.Jack could Survive. |
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Top tips for the Flu Season It’s coming. 【1】 On the subway every time someone coughs, I look up to see if I can move a little further. As I exit the train, I immediately reach for hand wash to remove any of the dirt on my hands. The flu season is here, and I take it seriously. If you are young and healthy, it’s most likely that you will just feel uncomfortable for a week or two, and miss some work or study. If you are elderly, having medical problems, or are a young child, you may not be so lucky. Each year more than 200,000 people are staying in hospital due to the illness. 【2】 The best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated. You may have heard about a new study on flu vaccines, and it found that the flu vaccine didn’t work as well as we thought or would like. 【3】 In adults, the vaccine is 59 protective on average. For children the story is better. Clearly, we need better vaccines but it’s still a really good idea to get vaccinated. 【4】 You may have an arm pain or a little fever, but the injection does not contain a live virus and cannot give you the flu. If you got the flu shot last year, do you need it this year? It isn’t clear how long protection lasts and if the vaccine protects against different flus for only one year. Finally, here is some advice about what to do if you get the flu. Call your doctor early if you have the symptoms. 【5】 That will reduce the number of people you give this to. Cover your coughs and sneezes. Keep your hands clean. Use soap and water or hand wash frequently, especially after coughing or sneezing. Drink plenty of water. Best wishes for a happy flu season. A.Depending on the year, between 3,000 and 49,000 people die. B.It has already attracted worldwide attention. C.However, it still offers considerable protection. D.Stay at home until your fever has been gone for at least 24 hours. E.Keep in touch with your family as much as possible. F.Can the flu shot give you the flu? G.I can feel it in the air. |
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For many years, I had a recurring (重复出现的) dream. I was a little girl again, rushing about, trying to get ready for school. Deep inside I knew where the _______came from. It was about some unfinished business in my life. As a kid, I loved everything about school. But at 15, I had to______because my parents couldn’t afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was ______. Pretty soon, I married and had three children. I wanted my children to be ______. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her hands and knees, which made it______for her to function in a normal classroom. I felt really sorry for her and I didn’t want her to live her life ______regret. One day, I saw an ad for evening courses. “That’s the answer,” I said to myself. Linda always feels ______in the evening, so I’ll just ______ her up for night school. Linda was busy_______out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said: “Mrs. Schantz, why don’t you come back to _______?” I laughed: “There’s no ______! I’m 55!” But he persisted, and ______I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. Anyway, my dream was still there in my heart. It was exciting to go to school again but it was no game. When I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can’t ______now!” At last, I got my diploma. The unfinished_______ in my dreams was ______ finished. 【1】A.purpose B.ambition C.dream D.intelligence 【2】A.check out B.drop out C.bring out D.turn out 【3】A.affordable B.optional C.dead D.reasonable 【4】A.educated B.separated C.examined D.employed 【5】A.ridiculous B.reliable C.practical D.impossible 【6】A.for B.with C.to D.on 【7】A.better B.bitterer C.worse D.quieter 【8】A.pick B.stay C.bring D.sign 【9】A.leaving B.figuring C.handing D.filling 【10】A.match B.game C.school D.course 【11】A.way B.wonder C.good D.problem 【12】A.since B.until C.after D.before 【13】A.play B.give C.quit D.hold 【14】A.journey B.business C.promise D.knowledge 【15】A.extremely B.eventually C.hardly D.occasionally |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 As the name suggests, Sichuan Hot Pot was born in Sichuan Province, 【1】 is known for its 【2】 (prefer)for spicy food. This mouth-burning and tongue—numbing hot pot has been gaining a large amount of attention in recent years in foreign countries. The 【3】(common) accepted theory traces the Sichuan Hot Pot back to early 20 century when the port workers and fishermen who worked and lived along the Yangtze River could not afford 【4】 (eat) the regular cuts of meat so they figured out a way to cook cheap meats and offal(内脏) 【5】 boiling them in a pot of extremely spicy soup. The use of spicy soup was first 【6】 (intend) to cover the taste from the offal. However, after some 【7】 (adjust) of fragrant spices, this one pot meal became a popular dish in Sichuan region. After years of continuous development, eating Sichuan Hot Pot today 【8】 (be) no longer what the poor like. Offal still remains as classic hot pot ingredients, 【9】 high quality meats and seafood ingredients are also common on the menu. The modern hot pot has been shaped into a complex meal that starts with sliced meat, offal, and seafood, 【10】 (follow) by vegetables and ends with noodles. |
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假定你是李华,针对校园内存在浪费粮食的现象,学校决定举行抵制浪费粮食的活动。请你代表学生会在学校英文报上写一封倡议书,内容包括: 1.活动的理由及目的; 2.具体的做法; 3.呼吁从我做起,节约粮食。 注意: 1.写作词数应为80左右; 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear fellow students, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Student Union |
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。 My father asked me to chat with him for a while. Actually,was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as always did. My father was a lawyer, but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life. As expected, he cleared his throat and started to say, "Er...What ... What do you really want to do in the gorgeous future ? " I was silent for a moment playing with the cellphone. I kept thinking,"Should I tell him my true thoughts?What if he gets angry? What if I let him down?" Later I replied, "Well, I want to be a writer." I guessed this may be not the answer he would expect. But answered surprisingly,"Interesting idea!"I was shocked,speaking in a low voice with hesitation(犹豫). "Are you serious,Dad?" "Well, you need confidence and good preparations, and you still have plenty of time. You need to find out what you really enjoy now. Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning,just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more." Early next morning we packed up the equipment and set off along the coast. We didn't talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline. There were no big waves and bright sunlight at that time. " Let's see if we are lucky , " he said , and picked up a cage with a rope tied to it and threw it into the sea . We waited a while , then my father stood up and said , " Give me a hand with this . " Then we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck(甲板). To our joy , the cage was filled with dozens of soft shell crabs .Squatting(蹲） down, we watched them for a moment. At first they fought against each other to climb out hard, trying to escape(逃跑). Many were pulled back into the cage. Later, some gave up,but there were still some crabs trying to escape again and again. Paragraph 1: At that moment, my father pointed to the cage, "Look at that crab there!" _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: From that day on, I was determined to make my dream come true. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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