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I had butterflies in my stomach for a lack of a car, feeling desperately restless and nervous. Eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we’ll buy another. But the insurance payout didn’t even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car—I worked out that, with the loan (贷款) we’d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as £600 a month. And that’s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes’ walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family. But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn’t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasn’t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I’d soon realize that a car was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether we’ll ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens do too—in a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we’d be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I’m a lot richer because I dared to ask the question. 21. The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______. A. the traffic jam was unbearable for him B. the cost of a new car was too much C. he was hurt in a terrible car accident D. most families chose to go car-free 22. What is the attitude of the author’s family toward his plan? A. Unconcerned. B. Optimistic. C. Disapproving. D. Supportive. 23. What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends’ opinion? A. Leave it alone. B. Take their advice. C. Think it over. D. Argue against it. 24. What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life? A. Life cannot go without a car. B. Life without a car is a little bit hard. C. A car-free life does not suit everyone. D. His life gets improved without a car.
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The Spring Festival, as one of the grandest and most important festivals, is supposed to be a time for the whole families to reunite together. However, as people’s enthusiasm for digital hongbao increased, the amount of the time they spend with family members during the holiday decreases. There has been widespread criticism(批评) over digital hongbao that it has given rise to a wide berth to family reunion. “ I used to discuss programs in the Spring Festival Gala(春晚) with my family members , but this year , I hardly had the time to watch the gala because I was staring at my cellphone all the time,” said Kang , a 30 –year old radio station editor. “ I went to Karaoke with my cousins during the holiday, and I was grasping digital hongbao the whole time, even when I was singing Karaoke.” “On the last day of the holiday, I started to regret spending too much time on these digital hongbao. Therefore, instead of fighting for hongbao, I watched TV with my mom that night. I left home feeling sorry! I should have spent more time with my parents.” But Kang said regret came with a sense of achievement when he managed to bring classmates together. “Next year, I will still play the game, but with less money and for a smaller amount of time,” Kang said. Dong Chenyu, a teacher from Beijing Foreign Studies University, said it unfair to blame hongbao for destroying family reunion. “When television was invented, people accused it of standing in the way of face-to-face human communication. The same accusation came up on telephone and text message services when they were first invented. The same goes with digital hongbao,” Dong said. “It does nothing but offers a new way of human communication. The rest is people’s choice. As long as no one expects to earn money from this and takes this as a means of gambling(赌博), it’s a good way to improve human connections,” Dong said. 25. The underlined word “alienated” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ____. A. improved B. encouraged C. separated D. ended 26. How did Mr.Kang feel about digital hongbao according to Paragraph 2? A. He felt regretted spending too much money. B. He had a strong preference for it. C. He was happy to spend too much of his time. D. He felt a sense of guilty in getting it. 27. What can we infer from what Mr. Dong said about digital hongbao? A. Mr. Dong is in favor of the digital hongbao. B. It will be out of fashion in near future. C. Lots of people will use it to earn money. D. It will bring us trouble in holiday reunion. 28. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. Spring Festival Reunion B. Family Reunion Destruction C. New Holiday Enthusiasm D. Double-edged Sword
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Notices, from United Airlines, to anyone who may be concerned. Current as of Friday, October, 11, 2016 ,5:03 AM. Central. Information is updated as it is received. 1. Travel and the Zika virus If you have a ticket for travel to a country affected by the Zika virus (as listed on the CDC website) and have concerns, please contact the United Customer Contact Center with any questions or changes to your reservation. Customers advised to avoid the affected regions based on CDC guidance may change their destination or travel date without a fee or may choose to receive a refund（退款）if their tickets were booked before February 29, 2016. The new travel date must be within the validity of the ticket. Additional charges may apply if there is a difference in fare for the new travel route. 2. Longer lines at security checkpoints Procedural changes at TSA checkpoints throughout the United States may result in longer lines at security checkpoints. Please plan accordingly and allow for extra time at the airport. The TSA advises arriving at the airport two hours before your flight for US travel and three hours before for international travel. To save time at security, we encourage you to visit www.tsa.gov.com and apply for TSA pre-check. 3. Notice for flights departing the European Union, Norway and Switzerland EU Regulation 261/2004 requires airlines to provide the following notice: If you are not allowed to board or if your flight is cancelled or delayed for at least two hours, ask at the check-in counter or boarding gate for the form, stating your rights, particularly about compensation(补偿) and assistance. 29. Travelers have to pay additional fees when they want to ______ . A. change to a dearer route B. change travel date C. receive their refund D. change their reservation 30. What do we know from Notice 2? A. Pre-check can easily be done online. B. Security checkpoints are not available. C. Security check wastes a long time. D. Security check possibly takes time in the USA. 31. Compensation can be asked for when ______ . A. passengers refuse to board the plane B. passengers’ flight is delayed at least two hours C. passengers’ trip is cancelled in advance D. passengers miss their flight due to traffic jam
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Switching the lights off or wearing a blindfold(蒙眼布)while eating could be a fast way to lose weight, according to scientists. The simple trick works because it stops diners eating for pleasure rather than for calories. It also triggers (引发) a part of the brain that is worried that unseen food may go bad. An experiment by the University of Konstanz, in Germany, found that people who were blindfolded consumed nine percent fewer calories before they felt full, compared to those who could see. They also vastly overestimated（高估） how much they had eaten because they could not see how much was left on the plate. Blindfolded volunteers estimated they had eaten 88 percent more than they actually had. Scientists believe that not seeing food on the table also allows the body to know when it is full in real time rather than remembering past experiences where it might have taken a full plate to feel full. In the experiment, 50 people were blindfolded and 40 were allowed to see their food. All were told not to eat within two hours of the experiment. They were then given three 95g bowls of chocolate ice cream and invited to eat for 15 minutes. Their bowls were taken away and the remaining ice-cream weighed, while the participants were quizzed on how much they thought they had eaten. On average the group who could see ate 116g while the blindfolded groups ate 105g. However, the blindfolded group believed they had eaten 197g while compared with 159g for the non-blind volunteers. They were also asked how pleasant the ice-cream tasted and the blindfolded group rated lower than those who could see. “The experienced pleasure of eating was significantly lower in the blindfolded group. Not seeing the food might have decreased the appetite. Sight plays an important role in the eating experience and in the overall dining experience.” Previous studies have shown that the visual influence of food plays a large part in the taste. While restaurants that allow diners to eat in the dark state that it triggers other senses, in fact eating in darkness is likely to taste far milder than usual. 32. With the lights out, diners eat less partly because ______. A. they want to quickly finish their meals B. they worry about the quality of the food C. they focus more on fun than the calories D. they trust their feelings more than ever 33. We can learn from the passage that the blindfolded group ______. A. spent a much longer time eating the same food B. thought the food tasted better than usual C. depended on past experiences to feel full D. believed they ate more than they really did 34. The last two paragraphs tell us that ______. A. findings of this experiment differ from the previous studies B. senses rather than sight play an important role in the taste C. diners are likely to lose their appetite eating in darkness D. restaurants benefit a lot from allowing diners to eat in the dark 35. The main purpose of the passage is to ______. A. inform the readers of the result of an experiment B. offer reasons for people to eat in the dark areas C. provide statistics related to eating in the dark D. persuade the readers to lose weight in a new way
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Some people comment that in many ways, television causes obvious negative effects because of the junk shows it broadcasts. Yet it is great for learning English. The pictures make it easier to understand than radio and because you can see who’s talking, and get a better idea of what people mean. Just watch their “body language”! Watch programs that you find enjoyable and entertaining. 36 Here’s the english-at-home. Com guide to learning as much as possible while watching English television: 37 Learning English should be fun—not something that you have to force yourself to do. If you have a passion for football, watch matches or the sport news. Keep a notebook near to your television. 38 This is especially useful. You can look for programs with sub-titles in your own language. Try to watch English television regularly. Even if you can only watch 15 minutes a day, you’ll be amazed how much you learn Don’t worry if you understand everything. English television is normally aimed at native English speakers. 39 If you programs that you’re watching are full of unknown words, just concentrate on understanding the general meaning. Keep a note of television programs and presents that you find easy to understand and try to watch them regularly. 40 Soon you will impress your friends with your English skills. A. Doing this will increase your confidence in learning English. B. Don’t watch the programs too easy for you. C. Whatever you watch will help you improve your English D. Programs often include many difficult words. E. You can take down any new words or expressions that you hear. F. English learning has little to do with watching TV. G. Better watch programs that you find interesting.
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Cupping treatment(拔火罐)is 61 ancient form of alternative medicine in which a doctor puts sped cups on your skin for a few minutes 62 (create)suction(吸力). People get if for many purposes, such as help with removing pain, blood flow, relaxation and well-being. Cupping treatment supporters believe that cupping treatment gets rid of harmful things and poisons 63 (hide) in the body to improve health. Cupping treatment dates 64 ancient Egyptian , Chinese and Middle Eastern cultures. One of the old medical textbooks in the world, Ebers Papyrus, 65 (describe)how the ancient Egyptians used cupping treatment in 1,550 BC. But the most popular use has been in 66 (tradition)Chinese Medicine. The cups may be made of glass, bamboo and clay. There are different 67 (mean)of cupping, 68 (include)the dry and the wet. During both types of cupping, your doctor will put something, such as alcohol, he or paper in a cup and set 69 on fire. As the fire goes out, he will put the cup upside down on your skin. As air inside the cup cools, it will create a vacuum(真空), 70 causes your skin to rise and become Generally speaking, the cup is left in place for several minute. 语法填空答案： 61._____________ 62._____________ 63.____________ 64. ________________ 65. _____________ 66. _____________ 67. _____________ 68. ____________ 69. ______________ 70. ____________
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As a teenager, my laziness was strong like a lock, which stopped me from doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and something looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the request to 41 out at home with even the simples things. Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother 42 me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she’d rush to the nearby store and buy a week’s worth of 43 . Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back,44 for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you’d think I’d be very 45 to help her bring the groceries into the house. 46 I wasn’t. I generally just brought in an armload(单臂之量) and left the 47 for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying. Don’t get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt 48 about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my 49 . But I also realized that once I did change, there would be no going back. 50 I took on more responsibility, my parents would start 51 more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would 52 something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) child to a more 53 , caring and giving young man. I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n) 54 to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the 55 , I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning 56 . Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and 57 back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day! Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the 58 I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could 59 on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone. Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest 60 out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day. 41. A. work B. stand C. start D. help 42. A. drove B. sent C. walked D. guided 43. A. fruits B. groceries C. products D. vegetables 44. A. applied B. fought C. paid D. prepared 45. A. grateful B. nervous C. confident D. unwilling 46. A. So B. But C. Thus D. And 47. A. half B. rest C. next D. other 48. A. disappointed B. curious C. doubtful D. guilty 49. A. purpose B. world C. way D. shape 50. A. Once B. Though C. Unless D. Since 51. A. warning B. reminding C. informing D. expecting 52. A. tell B. mark C. express D. describe 53. A. energetic B. generous C. responsible D. outgoing 54. A. excuse B. appointment C. statement D. decision 55. A. practice B. store C. lesson D. holiday 56. A. shame B. anger C. delight D. pleasure 57. A. called B. headed C. looked D. brought 58. A. smarter B. better C. warmer D. stronger 59. A. depend B. press C. focus D. live 60. A. set B. make C. point D. turn
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假定英语课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限一词。 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 On July 20,1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon. Until then, no one knew how the moon was like. He saw that the ground was hard and there was a plenty of dust that looked like gray powder. He travelled from the earth by a spaceship called Apollo II. Then, while it stayed in space and move around the moon, Armstrong and another astronaut, Edwin Aldrin, climbed a small lunar module(登月舱)called Eagle. This capsule then took him to the moon. They spent three hours pick up moon rocks. After that, he used equipments to measuring the temperature and wind on the moon. While they finished their work, they put up an American flag in the ground.
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你们学校在为一批来自英国的交换生征询为期两周的住宿家庭。假定你叫李华，你有意申请，请写一封信给校长申请接待来自英国的交换生。信的内容需包括： 1. 说明你申请的理由 2. 你家所具备的接待条件。 注意： 1.词数100左右 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯 3.开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。交换生exchange students 住宿 accommodation Dear Sir/Madam, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely yours Li Hua
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