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Jane Austen Characters Mug

Enjoy lively companions every time you share a cup of tea or coffee with 41 characters from Jane Austen’s six loved novels. All your favorites are here, from Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, to Emma and Mr. Knightley in Emma. Best of all, Jane Austen stands in the middle of her much-loved literary children. Perfect for her fans, and for all who appreciate a large mug with a comfortable grip(把手). From a Scottish family-owned company near Loch Lomond. Our prices: ＄19.98

Soldiers Bus Stop Mug

Add a small amount of London happiness to your coffee break and teatime! On the Soldiers Bus Stop Mug, Her Majesty’s loyal servants----from Yeomen and Bobbies to the Queen’s Guard----queue for a ride, while a determined English bulldog takes up residence nearby. Our price: ＄15.98

Kings and Queens Mug

Keep royal company the next time you drink your favorite brew. Playful illustrations describe the essence of all 42 English kings and queens, from William the Conqueror, waving his sword, to Elizabeth II, waving her handbag. Perfect for readers and history lovers, and for all who appreciate a capacious(容量大的) mug with a comfortable grip. From a Scottish family-owned company near Loch Lomond. Our price: ＄17.98

Shakespear’s Plays Mug

Playful illustrations of Shakespear’s famous characters are the best complement to any tea or coffee. Perfect for readers and Shakespeare lovers, and for all who appreciate a capacious mug with a comfortable grip. From an English family-owned near Loch Lomond. Our price: ＄16.98

1.Which may you choose if Elizabeth is your favorite character?

A. Soldiers Bus Stop Mug.

B. Shakespeare’s Plays Mug.

C. Kings and Queens Mug

D. Jane Austen Characters Mug.

2.What can you find on Soldiers Bus Stop Mug?

A. A courting couple. B. A powerful dog.

C. An English queen. D. An American character.

3.What do we know about Kings and Queens Mug?

A. It shows Kings Henry VIII. B. It illustrates Shakespeare.

C. It comes from Italy. D. It describes Austen.

4.What is the price of Shakespear’s Plays Mug?

A. ＄15.98 B. ＄17.98

C. ＄16.98 D. ＄19.98

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假如你是李明，你的外教老师Tom来信询问你校和谐校园的创建情况。请你根据以下内容提示，简要回复此次活动给你校带来的主要变化：

① 校园环境的变化；

② 同学、师生关系的变化; 

③ 学习氛围的变化；

④ 自己的感受；

参考词汇：harmonious 和谐的 environment 环境 attractive 吸引人的；迷人的。

 注意：词数100左右，信的格式和开头语已为你写好，不计入总次数。

Dear Tom,

I’m writing to tell you something about the harmonious school activity, which makes many changes on our campus.

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Yours,

Li Ming

Pigeons may only have a brain the size of a thimble (顶针), but it appears that pigeons can categorize and name objects in the same way human children learn new words.

A new study from the University of Iowa has shown that the birds are capable of learning to categorize 128 different photographs into 16 basic categories.

Scientists taught three pigeons to sort out different kinds of dogs or types of shoes, for example by using a particular symbol in exchange for a reward. When they were shown black and white pictures of previously unseen dogs or shoes, the birds were able to correctly match these with the corresponding symbols.

The scientists behind the project say this is a similar approach taken by young children when they are first learning words for objects. However, the researchers said it look their birds around 40 days to perfect the task of learning just 16 categories.

Professor Edward Wasserman, who led the work, said: “Our birds’ rate of learning appears to have been quite slow. Would children learn faster than pigeons? Almost certainly. However, our pigeons came to the experiment with no background knowledge at all. Thus, the more relevant comparison group may be newborn babies, who indeed take 6-9 months to learn their first words.”

Writing in the journal Cognition, the researchers said their experiment was a very simple mirror of the way children are taught words — by their parents pointing to pictures and asking them to name the object.

Pigeons are known to be smarter than many birds. Professor Bob McMurray, who also took part in the study, said the results showed that human learning is not as unique as was previously believed.

He said: “Children are facing a huge task of learning thousands of words without a lot of background knowledge to go on. For a long time, people thought that such learning is special to humans. What this research shows is that the ways in which children solve this huge problem may be shared with many species.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Pigeons and young children take a similar approach to learn words.

B. Pigeons are known to be smarter than newborn babies.

C. Pigeons recognize objects in the same way children learn words.

D. Pigeons are unique as they can learn like humans.

2.Why does the writer think newborn babies are the more relevant comparison group?

A. They don’t have any background knowledge.

B. They learn relatively slow.

C. Pigeons and newborn babies learn at a similar speed.

D. Young children are smarter.

3.From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A. learning without background knowledge is unique to humans

B. many species may be able to learn without background knowledge

C. pigeons are able to solve many huge problems

D. pigeons are known to be the smartest birds

4.The passage is intended to ________.

A. introduce pigeons B. prove a fact

C. support an opinion D. report a study

There are thousands of film and music festivals in and out of Austin, but there is nothing like ATX. Our focus is on the celebration of the medium: looking back at its history, where it is now, and where it is headed. Our weekend consists of screenings and events where participants can hear from actors, writers, directors, involved in all stages of bringing their favourite series to the small screen.

We have the function of a traditional film festival with screenings followed by Q&As from creators; and a series of events including parties, social media events, and “super secret happy hours”. Unlike traditional festivals, however, we celebrate the history of the medium as well as the future. Since we arrange 50% for the biggest television fans and 50% for those working or wanting to work in the industry, our panels (专家小组) range in topics from “behind the scenes” looks at your favourite series, to more technical topics on where the medium and how technology is headed. Eventually, ATX Television Festival has the goal of serving both the community and industry professionals equally by giving them the opportunity to discuss and celebrate all aspects of TV together.

Austin is approximately in the middle of America, making travel from East or West coast more convenient. Austin TV production has a long history. We love our city and try to be part of our community by showing small businesses, local food, and working with arts organizations like Texas Film Commission, and Austin Film Festival—though we are not the “Austin Television Festival”. We are a national event that works with our members coming from all over the world.

Co?founders Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson have spent a decade in a variety of areas of the entertainment industry—from film & television production to working within the network & studio systems. Combining their knowledge, along with numerous good industry professionals that make up the Advisory Board, they are introducing a one?of?a?kind festival experience.

1.What is special about ATX?

A. The films are performed there alive.

B. Actors compete there for better films.

C. Audiences can enjoy more than films there.

D. Audiences can choose their favorite films to see.

2.What do panels do at ATX?

A. They play roles in the films.

B. They monitor the creation of the films

C. They see how audiences react to their films.

D. They offer a technological perspective of films.

3.What does the author mean by “we are not the ‘Austin Television Festival’” in paragraph 3?

A. The festival is celebrated nationwide.

B. The audiences are mainly from abroad.

C. The locals are uninterested in the event.

D. People can enjoy the festival worldwide.

4.What may be the best title of the passage?

A. Films in ATX B. Trip to Austin

C. ATX Television Festival D. Festivals in Austin

My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I ____ up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was ________. Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to ____ whether I had done perfectly. Then, ____ , the applause (掌声) came.

“Thank you… so much,” I said, _____ to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me. “You’ve been an ____ student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop ______.”

I leaned forward, ____ I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.

As it ______, the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the_____, I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. ____, it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking ____ was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was ____ not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was ______ inside of me I was empty inside.

One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.

“Are you ____ taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.

“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.

“That’s a ____,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was ____.”

Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a ____ what to do. I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew ____ what I was doing.

As the music ____, a familiar feeling rose inside me.

1.A. showed B. sat C. stood D. looked

2.A. light B. quiet C. colorful D. nervous

3.A. expect B. remind C. know D. doubt

4.A. immediately B. successfully C. hopefully D. suddenly

5.A. turning B. waving C. running D. pointing

6.A. easy-going B. imaginative C. amazing D. honest

7.A. practicing B. learning C. competing D. gaining

8.A. telling B. promising C. admitting D. speaking

9.A. carried on B. brought up C. turned out D. taken in

10.A. performance B. final C. presentation D. play

11.A. Soon B. Besides C. Thus D. Instead

12.A. lectures B. parts C. lessons D. pieces

13.A. disappointing B. pleasing C. inspiring D. puzzling

14.A. beating B. rising C. changing D. shinning

15.A. still B. even C. much D. yet

16.A. shame B. relief C. pleasure D. deal

17.A. challenging B. breathtaking C. demanding D. embarrassing

18.A. time B. heart C. dream D. loss

19.A. normally B. exactly C. unclearly D. badly

20.A. ended B. hit C. covered D. spread

As we all know, sleep is very important and necessary. I would love everyone to develop the following four habits to have better sleep without needing the alarm（闹钟）wake-up call.

1.If you eat much food an hour before you go to bed, your body will hate you, because your body needs time to digest while you are still awake.

2.When I hear on TV that people just need 30-minute exercise a week, I think that’s wrong. Every person should get 30-minute exercise every day. When you exercise, your body uses energy and feels tired. You have to recover from the tiredness. 3. The harder you exercise your body, the faster it falls to sleep and the better it sleeps.

Turn the TV off. There are a few shows I still watch, but they will never get in my way of (妨碍) sleep. The bedroom is only for sleeping and rest. 4..

5.A question to ask yourself: If I didn’t have an alarm, what time would I get up? If that time is the time you need to get up, you should probably throw away the alarm. If the time you actually get up is much later than the time you need to get up, make great changes to your way of life and the time you go to sleep. No one should need an alarm.

A. Exercise for at least 30 minutes every day.

B. Don’t eat any food 4 hours before you sleep.

C. Throw away the alarm.

D. Sleep is one of the most important things in our lives.

E. Your body recovers when you are sleeping.

F. Try to get up as early as you can.

G. Take the TV out of your bedroom.

Dandelions（蒲公英） are common weeds that grow in many places around the world. In different _______, dandelions take different shapes. Scientists have long _______ that different habitats led to the creation of _______ species, and that differences in form are actual proof of different species. _______, according to Turesson, it is also possible that a _______ species takes different shapes dependent on the habitats it _______ in. To study this, I have looked at two dandelions growing in different habitats. The one, ________ I will call Dandelion 1, grows in a grass field that lies in the _______. The other Dandelion, Dandelion 2, grows in the shadow, eg _______ the trees or behind a shed. The grass field is hot and _______. The shadow is cool and wet. So, what are the _______ between Dandelion 1 and 2?

Dandelion 1 is dark green, and its ________ are short and quite thick. Most of the leaves lie _______ on the surrounding grass. The flowers are short. Dandelion 2, on the other hand, looks very differently. The leaves are long and ________green, Most leaves stand in a vertical position. The flowers also _______ tall.

Dandelion 2 _______ strong and tall. It is clear that it grows very well in the ______, and that has enough ________ and space to grow into a big plant. Dandelion 1, on the other hand, is small and dark. It seems that the ________ in the grassland make it difficult for this dandelion to grow into a big plant.

________, the conditions in the two different habitats result in different shapes for these dandelions. For Dandelion 1, the sun makes the grass field hot and dry. In order to save water, it grows short and thick leaves.

1.A. houses B. habitats C. parks D. countries

2.A. disagreed B. provided C. believed D. calculated

3.A. new B. good C. old D. bad

4.A. However B. Therefore C. Thus D. Otherwise

5.A. same B. different C. strange D. single

6.A. plants B. works C. takes D. grows

7.A. what B. which C. that D. when

8.A. world B. mountain C. sun D. valley

9.A. under B. over C. upon D. between

10.A. Humid B. Wet C. Soft D. dry

11.A. similarities B. advantages C. differences D. disadvantages

12.A. seeds B. leaves C. weeds D. woods

13.A. flat B. apart C. dead D. logical

14.A. dark B. bright C. artificial D. familiar

15.A. lie B. break C. stand D. perform

16.A. sounds B. smells C. feels D. looks

17.A. swallow B. shallow C. shadow D. shape

18.A. sunshine B. leaves C. honey D. water

19.A. Conditions B. Occasions C. Situations D. preparations

20.A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Consequently D. Accidentally

Laura went to the stable（马厩）.Four horses stood there.She put a saddle on Star,a big and brown horse.Her sister,Janice,1.(choose) Moon,a white horse.They were both going to exercise the horses.

It was a2.(sun) day.They got on the horses and started walking3.(they).Some minutes later,Laura was telling Janice about the doctor4.was new to her hospital.She raised her hand for5.second to speak.Just then, Star bucked.Laura went flying into the air.She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass.

"Oh,my God!"Janice cried,"Laura,are you all right?"Janice6.(gentle) rolled her over.She didn't see any blood. "That's good,"she thought.

"Can you move?You're not paralyzed（瘫痪的）anywhere,are you?"Janice pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and7.(arm).When she moved her right hand to touch her head,she groaned（呻吟）.

Janice asked Laura8.was the matter."When I moved my arm,it hurt."Laura answered.They still didn't see any blood.Janice unbuttoned Laura's blouse9.looked at her right collarbone."Oh,no,"Janice shouted,"You're seriously 10.(injure)."And then she sent Laura to the new doctor as soon as possible.

Kathy Fletcher and David Simpson have a son named Santi. He had a friend who sometimes went to school hungry. So Santi invited him to occasionally eat and sleep at his house.

That friend had a friend and that friend had a friend, and now when you go to dinner at Kathy and David’s house on Thursday night there might be 15 to 20 teenagers gathering around the table, and later there will be groups of them crashing in the basement or in the few small bedrooms upstairs. The kids who show up at Kathy and David ’s have suffered the pains of modern poverty: homelessness, hunger, abuse.

And yet by some miracle, hostile soil has produced beautiful flowers. Kids come from around the city. Spicy chicken and black rice are served. Cellphones are banned. The kids who call Kathy and David “Momma” and “Dad,” are polite and clear the dishes. Birthdays and graduations are celebrated. Songs are performed. Each meal we go around the table and everybody has to say something nobody else knows about them. Each meal the kids show their promise to care for one another.

The adults in this community give the kids the chance to present their gifts. “At my first dinner, Edd read a poem that I first thought was from Langston Hughes, but it turned out to be his own. Kesari has a voice that somehow appeared from New Orleans jazz from the 1920s. Madeline and Thalya practice friendship as if it were the highest art form.”

“They give us a gift — complete intolerance of social distance. When I first met Edd, I held out my hand to shake his. He looked at it and said, “We hug here,” and we’ve been hugging since.”

Bill Milliken, a veteran youth activist, is often asked which programs turn around kids’ lives. “I still haven’t seen one program change one kid’s life,” he says. “What changes people is relationships. Somebody is willing to walk through the shadow of the valley of adolescence with them.” Souls are not saved in bundles. Love is the necessary force.

1.Why do kids come to Kathy and David’s house on Thursdays?

A. To help the homeless at first hand.

B. To experience the feeling of home.

C. To learn about the modern poverty.

D. To plant beautiful flowers in poor soil.

2.Why isn’t the use of cell phones allowed at Thursday dinners?

A. Kids need to tell stories about themselves.

B. Kids are expected to care more for each other.

C. Kids have to do house chores around the home.

D. Kids prepare songs for birthdays and graduations.

3.What gift did the writer get at a Thursday dinner?

A. The practice of the art form.

B. The pleasure of enjoying jazz.

C. The chance to listen to poems.

D. The zero distance between souls.

4.What does Bill mean in his words?

A. Love is the power to change a kid’s life.

B. Money is needed to start programs for kids.

C. A program can change a group of kid’s lives.

D. Kids change their relationships in a program.

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