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You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Here are several books we recommend that you take on your trip. 1. Destination: US Recommended book: On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac The book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The protagonist(主人公) in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. 2. Destination: Sahara Desert Recommended book: The Stories of the Sahara, 1976, by Sanmao The book describes the author’s simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a bare and dull place. The vivid natural scenery and life there, along with the author’s romantic emotions will inspire you to explore the mysterious land. 3. Destination: England Recommended book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 2013, by Rachel Joyce The novel tells a story of a 60-year-old man who lives a boring and unhappy life, until one day, he received his old friend’s letter who got cancer. In deep shock and sorrow, he went out to send his reply letter. By thinking of his life, he walked past one mailbox after another, and finally walked from the Southwest end to the Northeast end of England. 627 miles in 87 days, he walks depending on one belief that “ his friend can survive as long as he walks.” 4. Destination: North Europe Recommended book: So Slow, So Beautiful, 2015, by Luo Fu Following a girl’s step to look around North Europe, who has been living there for 10 years. Check out how North Europeans seek their happiness, which more originated from a simple, natural and tranquil mentality. 【小题1】What can be the best title for the text? A. Either travel or read B. Books to take with you on vacation C. Let’s go sightseeing D. On the way 【小题2】Which book’s character completed his journey with confirm faith? A. On the Road B. The Stories of the Sahara C. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry D. So Slow, So Beautiful 【小题3】The Stories of the Sahara is special because ___________. A. the book describes the author’s life B. the book presents the vivid natural scenery and life there C. the book describes the mysterious land D. the book tells a story 【小题4】As for the book On the Road, we can know ___________. A. the book is the most popular B. the author of the book is a young person C. the trip is across the world D. the trip is exhausting but meaningful |
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Finding your feet in a new town can be hard, especially if you’re covered in fur and don’t speak the language. But for pets new to Marlborough, help is at hand. Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café, in Blenheim, have joined forces to help welcome pets and their people to the region with a fortnightly morning tea. They hope the morning teas will get tails and tongues wagging as well as giving advice on how to make the move smoother. Railway Café owner Leanne Harris came up with the innovative（创新的） plan as a way to help welcome people to the area. Leanne moved to Marlborough from Auckland two years ago and said she initially struggled to find friends and feel part of the community. “Coming from Auckland I thought people would open their doors and that there would be neighbours calling round with cake. I expected people to come to me and, of course, it wasn’t like that. I did get lonely. “I hope to save newcomers having to wait as long as I did to feel part of it all. I would like to welcome them to the town.” Free platters of sandwiches, cakes and other goodies will be on offer, for the people, while there will be special handmade yoghurt and banana treats for the dogs. The morning teas will take place in the covered area at the back of the popular café beside the railway station off Grove Rd. Leanne said she was happy to devote both her time and effort into giving back to the community and felt the venture was a great fit with the SPCA. “Volunteering is such an amazing thing to do and it changed things for me completely, and I met some amazing people with similar interests.” SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall, originally from the United Kingdom, said she also wanted to help. “I can give advice on how to resettle pets, the best parks to go to , where the best walks are and where the vet centers are in town.” There will be volunteering opportunities too for people where they can help out and hopefully make friends too.” 【小题1】How will Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café help new pets? A. By offering morning teas. B. By giving advice to them. C. By communication with them. D. By providing accommodation to them. 【小题2】What was Leanne’s plan originally intended for? A. Saving animals. B. Helping newcomers. C. Making more friends. D. Expanding her business. 【小题3】What had Leanne expected when she first came to Marlborough? A. To be left alone. B. To struggle for a living. C. To be invited to dinner. D. To feel part of the community. 【小题4】What can be learnt about SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall? A. She often misses the United Kingdom. B. She takes interest in the Railway Café. C. She is enthusiastic about resettling pets. D. She has organized the voluntary events. |
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In 1917 Orville Wright predicted that “the aeroplane will help peace in many ways --?in particular I think it will have a tendency to make war impossible.” Earlier in 1904, American journalist John Walker declared, “As a peace machine, the value of the aeroplane to the world will be beyond computation.” This wasn’t the first grand promise of technology. In that same year Jules Verne announced, “The submarine(潜艇)may be the cause of bringing battle to a stoppage.” Alfred Nobel, sincerely believe his dynamite(火药) would be a war obstacle: “My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions(公约).” Similarly, when Hiran Maxim, inventor of the machine gun, was asked in 1893, “Will this gun not make war more terrible?” he answered, “No, it will make war impossible.” Gugliemo Mareconi, inventor of the radio, told the world in 1912. “The coming of the wireless time will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.” General James Harbord, chairman of the board of RCA in 1925, believed, “Radio will serve to make the concept of Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men a reality.” David Nye, a historian of technology, adds to the list of inventions imagined as abolishing war forever and leading to universal peace the hot-air balloon, poison gas, land mines and laser guns. It is not that all these inventions are without benefits?even benefits toward democracy（民主）. Rather, it’s the case that each new technology creates more problems than it solves. “Problems are the answers to solutions,” says Brian Arthur. Most of the new problems in the world are problems created by previous technology. These problems are nearly invisible to us. Every year 1.2 million people die in automobile accidents. The technological transportation system kills more people than cancer. Global warming, environmental poisons, nuclear terrorism, and species loss, are only a few of the many other serious problems troubling people. If we embrace(拥抱) technology we need to face its costs. 【小题1】What will new inventions do according to the first two paragraphs? A. They will increase wars. B. They will lead to peace. C. They will serve people. D. They will break conventions. 【小题2】Why does the author list so many inventions? A. To show people’s creativity. B. To appreciate their benefits. C. To contradict the original ideas. D. To prove grand promises. 【小题3】What does the author hope to tell us about new technology through the text? A. It will experience many tests. B. It will bring about huge costs in the world. C. It provides answers to many problems. D. It presents more problems than it solves. |
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Cyclist Alain Such has been dropped from the Ingotel cycling team for two years after a positive drug test at the Institute of drug Free Sport. “ I was flabbergasted.” Said Didier Garcia, from Team Ingotel. “Alain joined our team last month and we had no idea that he was being examined.” It’s a story that has become more and more familiar in recent years. Dr. Mohammad Farnood, a leading sports scientist from Cairo, Egypt, said, “ It is thought that some athletes will look for other ways to improve performance in addition to using drugs.” However, it has not always been against the law. In the Olympics in 1904, Thomas Hicks won the marathon after using drugs in the middle of the race. In fact, the first one didn’t make him feel better for long, so he was given another and, as a result, he fell down soon after finishing and knew nothing. Another one may well have killed him. Things are very different today. Some scientists are considering the possibilities of using genetic engineering to further develop athletes’ abilities. “If it works with no risk of discovering,” said Dr Farnood, “ then it’s likely to become common practice for athletes.” Researchers are looking at the possibility of identifying “athletic” genes and correcting weak ones. Put into practice, this would make a person healthier and stronger. Once scientists understand what genes of top athletes look like , it might even become possible to identify “athletic” genes in young people, and then money could be spent on children who have the most promising genes. “People are beginning to recognize that genetics can in many ways do good to our society, for example in saving lives and in creating better quality food for people.” Dr Farnood says. “ So, is it fair to use genetic engineering in sport? You could ask if it’s fair for some runners to use the latest scientifically developed footwear. The key question is whether it’s available to everyone.” 【小题1】What does the underlined word “ flabbergasted” in Paragraph 1 mean ? A. Shy . B. Proud. C. Excited. D. Surprised. 【小题2】What happened to Thomas Hicks in 1904 ? A. He was badly hurt in training. B. He broke the law when running in a race. C. He took drugs and almost got killed. D. He lost the match in the Olympic Games. 【小题3】Who may show the greatest concern about using genetic engineering in sport ? A. Didier Garcia . B. Thomas Hicks. C. Cyclist Alain Such . D. Dr Mohammad Farnood. 【小题4】What can we learn from Paragraph 5 and 6 ? A. The possibility of identifying “athletic” genes has become available . B. It’s not clear whether it is fair to use genetic engineering in sport. C. The practice of using drugs in sport has a long history. D. It’s dangerous to use drugs in sport. |
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Tired of traditional running? Well, maybe it’s time to try using your hands instead. That’s what Shaun McCarty and other Australians are doing ? running on all fours. 【小题1】 McCarthy, who comes from Melbourne, Australia, said he’s the one behind the term “crunning.” “It’s not crawling, it’s not running.” he said. “Crunning is a better workout than running. It puts more of an emphasis（着重）on the body than traditional running does. 【小题2】” McCarthy thinks that he gets much more exhausted after crunning, so he believes it must burn more calories than running. 【小题3】 Some believe crunning could result in bad shoulder injuries or broken noses. But McCarthy is not worried. Many Melbourne residents have been seen running around on all fours. 【小题4】In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, crawling, a much slower version of crunning, has been a favourite activity for many years. According to some people there, the exercise is believed to date back two thousand years to the Han Dynasty. 【小题5】 Then McCarthy advises you to buy some good shoes, hand gloves and most important of all, a face mask! A. Ready to give crunning a try? B. As it turns out, they are not the only ones. C. Crunning seems more difficult than traditional running. D. It really exercises your legs and shoulders at the same time. E. It’s part of the Internet’s latest fitness activities: “Crunning.” F. However, many are not sure if it is the right exercise for humans. G. He warns, however, that he can’t say whether crunning is potentially harmful. |
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Falling off a box car and landing on my head, I lost my sight when I was four years old. Now I am thirty-two. I can _________ remember the brightness of sunshine. It would be wonderful to see again, _________a tragedy can do strange things to people. It _________ to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn’t been blind. My parents and my teacher saw something _________ me , and they made me want to __________ against blindness. The hardest _________ I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ________ down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. When I say _________in myself I am not talking about _________ the kind of self-confidence that _________ me down an unfamiliar staircase （楼梯）alone. But I mean something bigger than that : an assurance that I am a real positive person _________ imperfections. It took me years to obtain this ________ . It had to start with the ________ . Once a man gave me an indoor _________ . “ I can’t use this.” I said. “ Take it with you,” he ________ me , “ and roll it around.” The _________ stuck in my head. “ Roll it around !” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _________ . At the School for the Blind I ________ a new kind of baseball called ground ball. All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my _________ . I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made _________ . 【小题1】A. randomly B. abruptly C. roughly D. completely 【小题2】A. so B. but C. thus D. and 【小题3】A. occurred B. referred C. brought D. turned 【小题4】A. of B. for C. to D. in 【小题5】A. get B. fight C. find D. drop 【小题6】A. method B. experience C. lesson D. manner 【小题7】A. broken B. put C. settled D. lay 【小题8】A. courage B. ambition C. belief D. power 【小题9】A. firmly B. simply C. fairly D. slightly 【小题10】A. stops B. helps C. finds D. gives 【小题11】A. despite B. besides C. without D. unlike 【小题12】A. description B. existence C. intelligence D. recognition 【小题13】A. intelligence B. incident C. trouble D. determination 【小题14】A. chair B. baseball C. game D. design 【小题15】A. urged B. blamed C. greeted D. teased 【小题16】A. goals B. words C. baseballs D. ideas 【小题17】A. valuable B. reasonable C. impossible D. unbearable 【小题18】A. discovered B. equipped C. formed D. invented 【小题19】A. limitations B. advantages C. puzzles D. personalities 【小题20】A. sense B. progress C. mistakes D. friends |
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As is known to all, we live in a world of germs（细菌）. It is impossible to avoid exposure. Genetic makeups may give some people 【小题1】 advantage over others. However, it does not stop people from becoming sick. All of us have been a victim of an 【小题2】(ill) at some point in our lives. Moreover, it is likely that we 【小题3】(get) sick again in the future. Our best chances of avoiding sickness 【小题4】(be) by exercising and employing good 【小题5】(habit). While good hygiene and exercise serve as obvious advice to most people, eating 【小题6】(healthy) is not always obvious. If you cannot define “healthy”, then your immune system will be happy 【小题7】(tell) you. The immune system is the foundation of our health. It works for us every day to keep us well. Ask 【小题8】(you): “Are you making its job easier 【小题9】 harder?” Like any system, the immune system is not different. It has a tolerance too. If you eat unhealthily, your immune system will make you aware of it. Take a step in the right direction 【小题10】 including some healthy food in your diet. |
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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(∧)，在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下面划一横线，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一词； 2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Last Friday afternoon, our class was invited an old craftsman to teach us how to making dough figurines (面人). When the craftsman came into the classroom, we gave him warm welcome and two boys helped him with the tool box. First , he shows us the basic steps and skills of making dough figurines . We stood around him or watched attentively. Then we started to have a try himself. The old man walked around and helped us patient. Finally, we put the figurines we made on the table and took pictures with the old craftsman. Looking on the figurines, we were all very exciting. We hope we can have more activity of this kind! |
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假如你是李华，你的朋友Tommy是一个手机低头族，无论站着、坐着、走着，他都在低头玩手机。请就此给Tommy写一封信。 内容包括：1. 做手机低头族的危害；（至少两点） 2. 希望他改掉这个坏习惯。 注意： 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语和结尾语已给出，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：过度使用overuse Dear Tommy, There seems to be a trend that people now tend to play with their cell phones no matter where they are. And I know you are not an exception. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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