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●Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee Type: Fantasy When Ophelia moves to a strange city where it never stops snowing, she discovers a boy locked away for 75 years in a museum. She must help the boy before the Snow Queen freezes the world. Along the way, Ophelia learns how to believe in things she cannot see. Targeted readers: People who like fairy tales would enjoy this book. ●A Hundred Horses by Sarah Lean Type: Mystery The wooden horse Nell brings along during her visits to aunt and cousins is stolen by a girl named Angel. As Nell finds out Angers true identity, a bond grows between them and a group of 99 horses. Word has it that the 100th horse is magical. But where is it? Nell doesn’t know, but Angel might know. Targeted readers: Kids who like animals and nature will be sure to find this book exciting. ●How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks Type: Fantasy Birdie is an orphan who is good at trapping monsters with her singing voice. She is the only goblin (妖精) hunter in the world. When kids go missing, it’s up to her to figure out why. Targeted readers: Anyone who is looking for monsters will take great pleasure in this book. ●I Even Funnier. A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Type: Fiction After a car accident Jamie loses his family, so he moves in with his aunt, uncle and his cousin Stevie, whose basic aim is to trick Jamie. But Jamie keeps having a positive attitude and running after his goals. He has been recently honored the Funniest Kid Comic of New York State. Targeted readers: This book would be great for anyone who is fond of humorous books. 1. Which writer tells a story about a girl saving the world? A. Karen Foxlee. B. Sarah Lean. C. Catherine Jinks. D. James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. 2. Nature lovers may take interest in . A. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy B. A Hundred Horses C. How to Catch a Bogle D. I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story 3. Who goes through life challenges without losing heart? A. Ophelia. B. Nell. C. Birdie. D. Jamie. 4. In which section of a newspaper can we probably find this passage? A. Fashion. B. Literature. C. Business. D. Local news. |
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In the tiny village of Angelica, New York, the post office is more than a place to get mail or send packages. There you’ll find the heart of this lovely community. It’s where villagers meet and greet friends. When Angelica’s post office was threatened with being closed in the 1980s，a villager，Pat, came up with a plan to save it. “At Christmas time I would hear on the news about towns named Snow or Bethlehem having celebrations,” says Pat, “Why couldn’t we do the same thing with Angelica?” Pat, who is an artist，created a postal cancellation (邮戳) design featuring an Angelica angel. She drew her angels in a traditional fashion and submitted her suggestion to the U.S. Postal Service. Once approved, the drawing was carved into a cancellation stamp that could be used for one day only. The postmistress (女邮局局长) then had another idea to make the day even more special calling the post office Angel Station. The large increase in mail amount saved Angelica’s post office from being closed and keeps the doors open today. Now it’s tradition that on the first Friday in December，people come to Angelica to mail their Christmas cards. Each year the amount of mail going through the Angelica Post Office increases during late November and early December. Stamp collectors from around the world have accepted the Angel Station cancellation, some sending mail from as far away as France. Because the stamp is destroyed each season, Pat draws a new angel that conveys season’s greetings from Angel Station every year. Post offices may close in other parts of the country, but this tiny one continues. 5. What did Pat do to save the post office? A. She invented a new cancellation. B. She hosted Christmas celebrations. C. She gave the office a better name. D. She designed a special set of stamps. 6. Which of the following can best describe Pat? A. Stubborn and determined. B. Humorous and intelligent. C. Curious and friendly. D. Creative and warm-hearted. 7. What can we learn about Angelica’s post office from the passage? A. It was complately closed in the 1980s. B. Its name has been changed many times. C. Its stamp remains the same each season. D. It is also the centre of local social life. |
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As her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course, Alison Thompson，a full-time mum，is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him.” says Alison. It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Cameron’s ability didn’t become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers (负数). He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades. Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations. Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her successes too. “The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says. Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary (纪录片) to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives don’t have to be that different. Cameron is an example. 8. What does Paragraph 1 indicate? A. Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks. B. Teachers at school ignored Emma’s problems. C. Both Cameron and Emma need parental support. D. The couple often have fights because of Cameron. 9. What does the underlined phrase “having sailed through his GCSE” probably mean? A. Having passed his GCSE easily. B. Having taken his GCSE seriously. C. Having worked hard at his GCSE. D. Having suffered a lot from his GCSE 10. There are at least people in Mrs. Thompson’s family. A. three B. four C. five D. six 11. What can be known from the passage? A. Emma has learned to take good care of herself. B. Cameron showed his gift before primary school. C. The children of the family are bright and gifted. D. Gifted kids are not so different as people expect. |
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On April 14th, 2010, my entire life changed in an instant. One moment I was joyfully riding through the sunshine. The next moment, metal, flesh and bone were spreading against the pavement in a thunderous crash. Another cyclist, biking carelessly, had cut me off and sent me supermanning toward oncoming traffic. As if to symbolize the accident that had hit my life, another disaster also occurred on April 14th, 2010. It cost the airline industry ＄l.7 billion. Ten million travelers were stuck for days. Economies all over the world were disturbed. This was the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, one of Iceland’s many volcanoes. However, volcanoes are not all bad. In fact, they are necessary. They are responsible for the birth of new earth, and for the creation of rich soil. This eruption gave off 0.15 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere daily. But cancelling 48% of the worlds flight travel saved about 2.8 million tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere，temporarily decreasing our carbon footprint. Similarly, the accident had badly affected my emotion but it also allowed me to look more closely inside myself and discover things about myself I never would have realized. I learned how not to judge myself for my new limitations. In 1973, another Icelandic volcano, Eldfell, broke out. Icelanders decided to bomb it with cold water until it froze and chose a different path. After their plan worked，they used the geothermal (地热) energy for the next 15 years to heat their homes. A good example of life bringing lemons, and making lemonade! One must move on from misfortunes, focusing only on the present moment and being hopeful for the future. I ran from April 14th, 2010, to every kind of escape. Eventually I ended up in university for a new-found love in Earth sciences. 12. What happened to the writer on April 14th, 2010? A. He was involved in a car crash. B. He was stuck in Iceland’s airport. C. He witnessed a volcanic eruption. D. He was badly injured on a bike ride. 13. Which was an effect of the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull? A. Economy was cost globally by the eruption. B. Carbon dioxide was increased temporarily. C. The earth in Ireland was terribly polluted. D. Most of the world’s planes were held up. 14. Why did the writer mention the Eldfell volcano? A. It broke out in Iceland on April 14th as well. B. It symbolized the accident that changed his life. C. It encouraged him to know more about himself. D. It told us to make the most of given situation. 15. What is the best title for the passage? A. Inspiration from Disasters B. Escape from Volcanoes C. Love for Earth Science D. Attitude towards Nature |
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Mary had feared the day she would draw a blank during a presentation. Then one day during a 45-minute speech, it happened. ___16___. To help herself get back on track, Mary asked the audience to look at the handout and tell her what topic was up next. At the end of her presentation, audience members gave her top marks for organization. “What I learned is that the audience doesn’t care if you mess up, and what they care about is what you are going to do about it,” Mary said. “My nervousness went away when I concentrated not on myself, but instead just thought, ‘How is my speech going to help the audience?’ ___17___. Every single step of the way，ask yourself, ‘What’s in it for them?’” ●___18___ Carter is the founder of Canada-based presentation skills training company. When possible, he gets to the location of his presentation the day before to make sure all the electronic aids work. He wants to ensure the screen, lighting and inputs all work properly. “In addition, build an extra plan before you present.” he said. ● Involve the audience Whether you are giving a one-on-one talk or a speech in front of 400 people, think “story-telling”. ___19___. The way to a person's head is through his heart. Sometimes all it takes is a few seconds to connect an audience member with a story. Moreover, one thing that shocks people back into attention is to leave an almost uncomfortably long pause. ___20___. A. Keep order B. Be prepared C. That brings them back to the speaker D. She forgot what she was going to say E. Once you do that, it gets rid of the fear F. Story-telling makes messages easy to remember G. Stories combine data and information with emotion |
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Flying cars may soon become a ___41___ (real). The rideshare service Uber has asked ___42___ expert from NASA, the American space agency, ___43___ (help) the company develop cars that can fly. Uber plans to use flying vehicles ___44___ the future to avoid traffic in and around cities. The company wants to use small, totally electric aircraft, ___45___ could take off and land like a helicopter on top of parking garages. Uber said its flying vehicles would be much ___46___ (quiet), cost less to operate and produce less pollution than helicopters. One person in San Francisco ___47___ (write) on Twitter, “I used to think that flying cars was a ridiculous idea. ___48___ I changed my mind this morning when I sat in a heavy traffic.” Another person added from Mumbai, India: “I’m reading about Uber ___49___ (hire) a NASA engineer to build flying cars, while Fm stuck in traffic. There is hope.” The expert predicts there will be several early models of cars that can’t fly ___50___ (they) but with human pilots within one to three years. |
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Thinking of my good friends, I sense that my attitudes are totally different towards men and women. My earliest childhood friend is Donald. In the street was a (an) ___21___ old German truck. No wheels. No doors. Each day, ___22___ we were flying over the Atlantic in that truck our “airplane”，there came that wonderful moment: “Engine ___23___!” I’d shout, “We’ll have to jump out.” Glancing at me，he’d say, “I can’t ___24___!” “Fear not! I’ll drag you to the ___25___. And when we swam ___26___ the dust, Donald cried “Sharks!” But I always ___27___ him. The next day, changing ___28___，Donald would do the same to me. We saved each other hundreds of times, but when my family really did leave for America, we could do ___29___. We just cried silently as the train ___30___. These days, Jessica is one of my best friends. Recently we were swimming at a beach in the Atlantic, the ___31___ one I had “flown” over in my German truck with Donald. We were far form shore when we both thought we ___32___ a shark! We began swimming ___33___ toward the shore. Although in ___34___，I fell back to protect her. In the end» the “shark” proved ___35___，but not my deep emotional feeling for my friend. We looked into each other’s eyes and said, “I love you!” You see with women I could be ___36___ ，emotionally honest and transparent. With male friends, it seemed impossible to ___37___ caring feelings however deep the friendship was. “Am I normal?” I thought to myself. Much to my ___38___，researches show that men and women have very different ___39___ and rational (理性的) processes. I do love all my friends - only the means of expression ___40___. 21. A. advanced B. decorated C. abandoned D. updated 22. A. before B. while C. after D. until 23. A. loss B. death C. pressure D. failure 24. A. jump B. swim C. die D. run 25. A. dust B. river C. truck D. shore 26. A. over B. through C. across D. beyond 27. A. left B. fetched C. rescued D. defeated 28. A. roles B. manners C. images D. forms 29. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything 30. A. broke down B. moved in C. pulled away D. blew up 31. A. very B. last C. first D. only 32. A. attacked B. spotted C. annoyed D. killed 33. A. eagerly B. casually C. hardly D. crazily 34. A. panic B. hesitation C. doubt D. silence 35. A. fierce B. friendly C. imaginary D. true 36. A. cool B. shy C. passive D. open 37. A. express B. hide C. admit D. control 38. A. embarrassment B. disappointment C. relief D. surprise 39. A. emotional B. physical C. mental D. moral 40. A. changes B. develops C. matters D. differs |
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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。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、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。 As the saying goes, chance favored the prepared mind. I learned this from one of my experience. I was not chosen as member of the volleyball team of our school. Because of this, I decided to give up play volleyball. Luckily, my best friend stopped me but pointed out that it was my laziness and poor preparation which led to my failure. After that, I practiced playing volleyball on every day. When another tryout arrived, I was full prepared and tried my best. As a result, I was selected and became an important player on our school team. From this, I am firmly convincing that we are able to seize a chance as long as I get well prepared. |
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假定你是李华，听闻国外某网站要在全球范围内评选 “The Most Qualified Student”（最美中学生），请你用英语给该网站写一封推荐信。内容包括： 1. 介绍被推荐人（林扬）的基本信息； 2. 说明推荐理由。 注意： 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Editor, __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua |
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