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Best Way to Save Money Although the best way to save money can vary from person to person, depending on age, family size and other characteristics, there are still some easy things that all shoppers can do to keep more money in their bank accounts. Avoid Impulse (冲动的) Purchases When you shop, a best way to save money is to have a plan in mind to help you avoid impulse purchases. For instance, you might leave your credit cards at home and only carry the exact amount of cash that you will need for your planned purchase. Some shoppers agree to discuss any purchases over a certain dollar amount with their spouses (配偶) first, ‘ Know When to Pay for Quality Sometimes the best way to save money in the long term is to spend a little more money right now. A good piece of furniture can stay in the family for decades. A high-quality pair of shoes will last longer than a bargain pair and prevent foot pain. Leaner cuts of meat and organic produce provide health benefits for your family. Buy Secondhand Check classified ads, thrift stores and garage sales for used clothing, toys, furniture, and much more available at a part of their original cost. For the most secondhand savings, check out groups like Freecycle where members offer unwanted items for free to anyone willing to pick them up. Borrow Instead of Buy If you’re only going to use something once, try to borrow it instead of spending your money on it. Borrow a tool from your neighbor. Swap books with a friend. Check out the resources at your local library. You’ll also be reducing disorder in your home. 【1】What should you do to avoid buying unplanned things? A. Think twice before you buy. B. Ask if you really need them. C. Turn to your friends for help. D. Never take extra money with you. 【2】What’s the biggest benefit of buying secondhand goods? A. It is cheap. B. It is convenient. C. It is fun. D. It costs nothing. 【3】Which of the following tips ensures you to get items for free? A. Avoid Impulse Purchases. B. Know When to Pay for Quality. C. Borrow Instead of Buy. D. Buy Secondhand. |
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Edward Latter, five, thought his dog Morse was gone for ever after cruel thieves took him away when the dog escaped from his home. The 10-month-old dog had been missing since December and the broken-hearted boy even wrote a heartbreaking letter to Santa and posted it to Lapland asking for his pal back for Christmas. A ￡10,000 reward was offered by millionaire Simon Cowell after he read about the horrific theft. Cowell said: “It’s heartbreaking to see a little boy’s Christmas ruined. Dogs are so important to many of us. We just hope it helps lead to the safe return of Morse.” His parents, Amanda Hopkins and Richard Latter, had given up hope of ever seeing their pet again, until they got a call on Friday night. A couple 20 miles away from their home in Marden, Kent, had found a muddy dog walking through their street and thought it could be missing Morse. They brought the Morse in, washed him, and then called Mr Latter who was unsure until he was sent a photo, and then drove the family to the village of Meopham. The theatre carpenter, 40, said: “Amanda and I were still quite sceptical, but Edward saw him and recognised him straight away. He was absolutely over the moon. He said: ‘I can’t believe it, I have my best friend back. It’s too late for Christmas but this is the best present ever.’ We were still unsure if it was him though—as he wasn’t responding to his name or coming to us.” “We spent about an hour and half over there and we still were not sure, so we took him home to get his chip scanned. It was only when we took him to the vets on Saturday morning and got his chip scanned that we found out for sure. We instantly broke down in tears. We were just hugging each other, hugging Edward and hugging the dog.” Added Richard. The family who found missing Morse said they hadn’t yet heard from Simon Cowell about the ￡10,000 reward hut were happy to get him home. 【1】Why did Edward Latter write to Santa? A. He wanted Santa to punish the cruel thieves. B. He wished Santa could bring Morse back for Christmas. C. He hoped Santa would reward the person finding his dog. D. He wished he could reunite with his parents for Christmas. 【2】What does the underlined phrase ‘‘over the moon” in Paragraph 5 mean? A. On the move. B. Outer space. C. In high spirits. D. Beyond description. 【3】Why did Richard Latter have the dog’s chip scanned? A. To identify the dog. B. To ensure the dog’s health. C. To remind Edward Latter to hug the dog. D. To get the reward millionaire Cowell had promised. 【4】What can we learn from the text? A. Edward Latter has got his lost Morse back. B. Simon Cowell was accused of breaking his promise. C. Santa brought Morse back for Edward Latter after Christmas. D. The couple has received a reward of ￡10,000 from Mr Latter. |
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One night in 1966, Michael Chapman rushed into a folk-music club in Cornwall, England to get out of the rain, and soon found himself onstage playing the guitar. “They offered me a job to play for the rest of the summer. And I’ve been playing ever since,” Chapman says. “I’ve told that story so many times, but it’s absolutely true. If it hadn’t been raining that night, I wouldn’t be talking to you.” The British guitar player has spent the 50 years since then on the road. He released some praised albums in the 1970s, but his health went downhill in the 80s and 90s. Like a lot of British artists in the 1960s, Chapman taught himself to play the guitar by listening to American jazz and blues records. Chapman actually taught photography, but quit when he was 26 to play music full time. When he was starting out, he was often compared to other British acoustic (原声的) guitar heroes of the time, like John Martyn and Bert Jansch. “The fascinating thing about Michael Chapman is that he doesn’t fit in with those guys of his generation,” says Andrew Male, a music journalist. “He’s always- been an outsider. He never moved to London.” And while he never became part of the London music scene, Chapman was noticed by those musicians. “The 70s caught up with him in the 80s,” Male says. “He had a huge heart attack at the end of the 80s that nearly finished him off. When he made his way back into the world in the early 90s, people had forgotten about him.” But not everyone. A younger generation of musicians in America, including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and a younger singer and guitarist named Steve Gumi, recently rediscovered Chapman. “We wanted to capture Michael’s voice and character where he is now. You know, it’s a little road-weary, but he still has it,” Gunn says. “For me, it was really important to get that right,” “He’s the right old musician for present times,” Male says. “I think the music he makes seems quite in tune with where we’re at.” 【1】What word can best describe Michael Chapman’s first involvement in music? A. Untrue. B. Accidental. C. Unfortunate. D. Reasonable. 【2】What can we learn about the British guitarist John Martyn from the text? A. He used to teach photography full time. B. He cannot get along well with other musicians. C. He may be very familiar with American jazz and blues. D. He may be one of the best guitar players in the early 90s. 【3】Why did Michael Chapman quit his music career once? A. He lost his special voice. B. He suffered from a severe heart attack. C. He got tired of competing with others. D. He was almost forgotten by everyone. 【4】What can be the best title for the text? A. The Rise and Fall of Guitar Music B. The Sad Story of a Guitar Musician C. A New Generation Helps an Old Guitar Musician D. A Guitar Musician’s Back with the Help of a New Generation |
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Nasr Majid started hunting this fall at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (保护区)on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in USA, He’s one of the relatively few new hunters who officials hope will help stop a nearly four-decade decline nationally in what has become a hobby for fewer than 5 percent of Americans. Natural resources and wildlife, officials in Maryland are encouraging hunting of deer, turkeys and some other wild animals, which is believed to be good for the environment. Without hunting, they say, sika deer will overpopulate the wildlife refuge and they’ll overeat the bushes and other plants that provide important habitat for birds. On the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, hunting is also important to prevent the spread of diseases such as Lyme. In many families, the hunting tradition has been handed down for generations^ But as longtime sportsmen age and children lose interest, the number of hunters in the United States fell by 2 million, from 2011 to 2018, to about 11 million. “Everything is changing. Kids are growing up in front of video games and computers instead of going hunting.” said Chris Markin, a hunting specialist for the state natural resources department. “Adults usually focus on working and providing for their families. Those pressures are preventing many other potential hunters from going out, and from raising the next generation of hunters.” To avoid such a decline, a new approach is needed. Government agencies and nonprofit groups are now launching mentoring (指导) programs to train more hunters, which not only helps preserve an industry and a culture but also means more protection for wildlife and their habitats through deer population control and investment. Luckily, there are those still eager to learn, like Majid. He was just looking for an outdoor hobby he could share with his children when he came across the mentors-hip program. Now, he feels capable of hunting on his own, but also has someone he can text with questions that pop up. His new pastime has already paid off for him—on his second hunt with his mentor, in the last minutes of daylight, he bagged his first deer. 【1】What can be inferred from Chris Markin’s words? A. No one is interested in hunting any more. B. Hunting adds to many adults’ life pressures. C. Parents fail to spend enough time with kids. D. The hunting tradition is facing challenges. 【2】In this passage, Nasr Majid is considered as a symbol of ________. . A. bravery B. hope C. enthusiasm D. devotion 【3】What does the underlined words “new pastime” refer to? A. Learning to hunt. B. Raising questions. C. Looking for hunters. D. Sharing a new hobby. 【4】What does the text mainly tell us? A. Teach hunters new skills. B. Preserve a great tradition. C. Make hunting more popular. D. Reduce the pressure of life. |
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The history of writing instruments, with which humans have recorded and conveyed thoughts and feelings, is the history of civilization itself. This is how we know about our ancestors and their life. The handy sharpened-stone was adapted into the first writing instrument. Around 24,000 BC, the cave man started drawing pictures with the stone onto the walls of his cave. 【1】 Walls at the Apollo site in Namibia are believed to be the oldest rock paintings to date. Before paper came along, people used clay or wax tablets on which they wrote with sharp objects such as metal sticks or bones. Around 6000 years ago, the Egyptians invented the first paperlike material called papyrus. The word “paper” actually comes from the word “papyrus”. 【2】 Bones or metal sticks were no longer useful as the papyrus could not be scratched. So the Egyptians created a reed-pen perfect for the papyrus. 【3】 And thus, ancient Egyptians transformed bamboo stems (茎) into an early form of a fountain pen. Another writing instrument that remained active in history for a long period was the quill (鹅毛) pen. Introduced around 700 AD, the quill was a pen made from a bird feather. Goose feathers were most common. 【4】 For making fine line drawings, crow feathers were the best. When writers had better inks and paper and handwriting had developed into both an art form and an everyday occurrence, man’s inventive nature once again turned to improving the writing instrument. 【5】 A. Now something was needed to write upon the papyrus. B. The papyrus became the most popular material at that time. C. Swan feathers were of a high quality, being rare and most expensive. D. Bamboo stems were better and much more expensive than goose feathers. E. This led to the development of the modem fountain pen in the 19th century. F. These were mostly the stems of grasses, especially from the bamboo plant. G. These drawings showed events in daily life like the planting of crops or hunting victories. |
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My family were on a vacation in Dubai and having a good time. One day, we were visiting Abu-Dhabi, ________ with a few passengers in a bus. At our first ________, we got out to take some pictures. At our second stop, we noticed that we had ________ our shoulder bag at the first stop. The ________ part was that our passports, visast hotel booking papers-everything was inside that bag and we ________ at the thought of having to return to India in two days. During this process of ________ our bag, we came into contact with so many strangers whom we found to be really concerned and helpful with our ________: A tour guide and a bus driver helped us to ________ the position of a taxi and then called it for us, so that we could travel back to the first ________ to find our bag. Finally, we got there and we saw a tourist who was standing there ________ his friend’s car. Obviously, he had to go somewhere, but instead, he decided to ________ us and showed us a way to call a free police station number for a(n) ________. An officer on the phone said a local woman actually found our bag. He ________ the bag and found a number to a travel agency. He ________ the travel agency and asked his driver to send the bag there. The driver placed it at a ________ place to us, from where we could get our bag back easily. On that day, at first there was real ________ inside me and I was ________ thinking of what would happen next. In such a state of mind, I was not able to say ________ to all those persons who helped us in such a (n) ________ situation. And I don’t even know their names. But I’ll never be able to forget their ________ and their kindness. 【1】A. connecting B. quarreling C. traveling D. working 【2】A. trip B. stop C. hotel D. sight 【3】A. left B. broken C. filled D. emptied 【4】A. strangest B. funniest C. easiest D. worst 【5】A. hesitated B. panicked C. went ahead D. cheered up 【6】A. seeking B. delivering C. considering D. packing 【7】A. adventure B. reservation C. danger D. dilemma 【8】A. occupy B. determine C. adjust D. abandon 【9】A. destination B. bus C. passenger D. terminal 【10】A. watching over B. adapting to C. waiting for D. dealing with 【11】A. instruct B. protect C. aid D. follow 【12】A. enquiry B. survey C. visa D. agency 【13】A. purchased B. tore C. checked D. afforded 【14】A. praised B. informed C. blamed D. warned 【15】A. strange B. uncommon C. vacant D. familiar 【16】A. luck B. amazement C. pride D. anxiety 【17】A. constantly B. amusingly C. regularly D. hardly 【18】A. concerns B. hello C. thanks D. goodbye 【19】A. relaxing B. challenging C. inspiring D. confusing 【20】A. suggestions B. addresses C. numbers D. faces |
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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。 Nowadays more and more people like to travel, 【1】 (especial) when vacations come.A great number of people rush out of their homes or companies to 【2】 (travel) spots. They either drive or take a bus, a train, a ship 【3】 so on. Some even ride bikes. However, there 【4】 (be) another way of travelling—poorism. People have a tour in 【5】 poorest areas of the worlds Some people may take a one-day poorest tour, and some even pay to stay in very poor neighborhoods 【6】 (experience) the lowest living standards in the worlds Poorism tours take place around the world, and not just in the third world 【7】 (country).You can, for instance, tour New York neighborhoods in the Bronx. Such tours can take people into the heart of poor areas.These tours may awaken people to pay 【8】 (much) attention to long-standing poverty, or the effects of war. Some think that tours in the poor areas can raise social care. And the money from the tour can 【9】 (donate) to help the people 【10】 live there. |
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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。 Great changes have been taken place in my village.Ten years ago, the small and low houses of my village lie on the north of a lake. The villagers produced many waste. As a result, the lake was seriously polluted. To the west of the village was a sandy field, where was the source of much dust. Now the poor house have been replaced by green trees. However, the sandy field that the villagers used to plough has been covered of fruit trees. On the lake, now clean and clearly, the villagers often spend their spare time fish. In word, my village has become a green one. |
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4月23日是世界读书日。假定你是李华，你的美国朋友John来信询问你校读书日的相关活动，请给他写一封回信。 内容包括： 1. 主题：诵读经典名著，传承中华文化； 2. 活动安排； 3. 活动的意义。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好。 参考词汇：经典名著classics Dear John, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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