Jenny：Good morning, Mr. Simpson. I just need to go over your personal file(档案) (make) sure we have the correct details. I’m sure will take only a few minutes.
M r. Simpson:No problem at all. What is it that you need to know?
Jenny：Well, perhaps we could start by (check) a few simple personal details. First of all, your full name is L ain Simpson. Is that correct?
Mr. Simpson:Yes. My mother is Scottish( 苏格兰人)，so she gave me the Scottish spelling of the name “Lain”. Many British people have problems the spelling.
Jenny：I see. It certainly is a(n) (usual) spelling. Now, can I just check your date of birth?
Mr. Simpson:Of course. I was (actual) born on July 13,1970. People often tell me I look rather young for my age. I’ve been mistaken for as young twenty-sevrn or –eight!
Jenny：Mmm, I see. And where do you live at the moment?
Mr. Simpson:Well, I just (move) two weeks ago. I used to live over in Lockwood, but I now live at Apartment 12B,Block 3, Parkview Gardens, Townend. My apartment does really have lovely view of the park.
Jenny：Sounds good. And do you have a telephone number yet?
Mr. Simpson:Oh,yes. It was the first thing I did when I moved in. It's two-five-double two, nine-double-two.
Jenny：Many thanks, Mr Simpson. I think that's all I need.
结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The Price of Success
One problem for schools is that many students do not want to study hard. As a result, they perform (表现) poorly in their classes. This is especially true in the United States, where average scores for math and science are lower than in many other countries. In recent years, schools and charities have been looking for ways to help students get better grades in these subjects. An organization called the LMD Foundation introduced a program called Learn and Earn recently.
In the program, money was used to get a group of students to study harder in math and science. In addition to the normal school day, they went to after-school classes for four hours each week. The students were paid eight dollars for each hour of after-school class. By the end of the year, the students in the program had higher grades than a similar group of students who had not taken part.
Not everyone thinks that this is a good idea, though. TV reporter John Tulenko studied data (数据) from a similar program. He found that students' grades went back down when they stopped getting paid. Many people are worried about this. They think that the students study because they want money, not because they enjoy learning. Also, some people believe that these types of programs are a bad idea because it is a large part of a teacher's job to get students to study. If students are given money, some teachers might stop trying to do this.
However, others believe that these learning programs can be helpful for students from poor families. Many of these students do part-time jobs after school, and some even quit school at a young age to work. Some do this to help get money for their families. Others feel that they can learn more by working than by going to school. Programs like Learn and Earn let these students stay in school and still make money.
My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “1 my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a 2 like this is not normal. My 10yearold noticed him and made a 3on how bad it must be to have to stand 4 in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to5 something they thought our “friend” there would6.They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17yearold suggested giving him a 7.I thought about it. We were 8 on cash ourselves, but...well, sometimes 9from our need instead of our abundance is 10 what we need to do! All the kids 11something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of 12 ， he lit up and thanked us with 13eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for 14his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful 15 for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can 16！Things would have played out so 17 if I had simply said, “No, we really don't have 18 to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in 19 ， it also gave my kids the20 taste of helping others. It'll go a long way with them.
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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
What a morning! I woke up earlier to make sure I had packed everything we needed for this trip. Since it was fall in the U．S., so I had to pack for colder weather. Most of my suitcase was filled with gift for friends and family. I hoped nothing would get lose on the way. The most important item: a camera to take photos. After a light lunch in an airport, I sat down to wait for my flight to boarding. Luckily I had brought reading or writing materials. I was dressed comfortable—jeans and a casual blouse—and ready the long voyage, with an overnight stopover in Tokyo.
How to Become a Lifelong Learner
Learning doesn't stop just because school does. Making a commitment to yourself to learn something new every day, you will not only enjoy what you discover, but you will be able to apply your knowledge and become a teacher to future generations. Here are some steps to become a lifelong learner.
Learn how you learn.Note what learning techniques are most efficient for you and use them as much as is practical, such as viewing online tutorials on websites like YouTube if you're more of a visual learner.
Try many different things so that you don't box yourself into believing you're only good at a few things. It's probable that you're good at many things, but you won't know until you've tried.
Look at learning as an exploration and opportunity, not a chore (琐事)．Don't just force yourself to learn things because they are important or necessary. Follow your heart, as well as your sense of duty. Do you remember the 8th grade history that you hated so much, with all those names and dates that seemed to mean nothing? The point was to bring you to learn details now, which will knit chunks of information together later.
Read, read, read.Reading is a gateway into other worlds and into the minds of your fellow human beings. And reading will help you to learn the discoveries and mistakes of others who have gone before you; reading is, in effect, a shortcut so that you don't have to learn things the hard way.
A．Learn where your talents and interests lie.
B．It was a chore then, but it makes sense, now.
C．Recognize the educational value in whatever you read.
D．Determine your own preferred learning style or styles.
E．Their ways of learning might help you to improve your own.
F．Make friends with your local library and new and used book sellers.
G．Instead, learn things that you need to learn alongside things you love to learn.
BELJLNG—Eating at a Beijing restaurant is usually an adventure for foreigners, and particularly when they get the chance to order "chicken without sex life" or "red burned lion head".
Sometimes excited but mostly confused, embarrassed or even terrified, many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes. And their complaints are often valid, but such an experience at Beijing's restaurants will apparently soon be history.
Foreign visitors will no longer, hopefully, be confused by oddly worded restaurant menus in the capital if the government's plan to correctly translate 3, 000 Chinese dishes is a success and the translations are generally adopted.
The municipal (市政) office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes, which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations. "It provides the names of main dishes of famous Chinese cuisines in plain English," an official with the city's Foreign Affairs office said, "Restaurants are encouraged to use the proposed translations, but it will not be compulsory." It's the city's latest effort to bridge the culture gap for foreign travelers in China.
"The book is a blessing to tourist guides like me. Having it, I don't have to rack my brains trying to explain Chinese dishes to foreign travelers," said Zheng Xiaodong, a 31-year-old employee with a Beijing-based travel agency.
"I will buy the book as I major in English literature and I'd like to introduce Chinese cuisine culture to more foreign friends," said Han Yang, a postgraduate student at the University of International Business and Economics.
It is not clear if the book will be introduced to other parts of China. But on Tuesday, this was the most discussed topic on weibo.com, China's most popular micro-blogging site.
People have always wanted to know what the future will look like. Then, how can we? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago, such as food, sleep, the feeling of being appreciated and loved. No. In addition, generally speaking, the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human effort for freedom and communication, to be able to get in control of the time and world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation.
How about the virtual worlds? It might be in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home. So, even if a great invention is there for an affordable price, it'll never take the place of the common experience if it is not real. What we'll see in the next 50 years is the transition (过渡) from an oildependent society to a new society. Here there'll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier.
A. So what will the future look like then?
B. Will this change in the next 150 years?
C. Predicting the future can help us in many ways.
D. However, you'll never get the feeling of being there.
E. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.
F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn't happen for real.
G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
