题目内容
He is no my friend, only ____________.
A. requirement B. acquisition
C. announcement D. acquaintance
When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.
My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.
Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.
Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.
1.After the author quit her job, she decided to ______.
A. divorce her husband
B. be a wedding photographer
C. pay off all her debt
D. go travelling abroad
2.What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?
A. She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.
B. She realized her dream of becoming a travel photographer.
C. She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.
D. She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.
3.The author believed her success mainly resulted from ______.
A. her personal reasons
B. her photographing skills
C. free marketing for blogging
D. booming of travel industry
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I always knew that I depended way too much on my phone. ____ I didn’t know how much, so I decided to do this ____to find out.
Every morning since I got a smartphone, I’ve used The Weather Channel App to find out what to ____. On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but ____ I was able to guess that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out of my window.
I couldn’t tell what time it was. I haven’t worn a ____ for more than a year, because my phone ______ the time. So I was late for ____ friends who had been on the bus for two hours from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I was also ____for my part-time job. And ____, I couldn’t call people to tell them that I was running late.
Getting places was harder, too. I got ____ because I couldn’t use the GPS（汽车导航系统） on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot ____ because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while ____ with the other.
But the number one trouble was not having my contact list(联络簿). I forgot to write down my friends’ and family members’ phone numbers before I ____ the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn’t ____ my brother’s and my mom’s cell phone numbers. Oh, how I ____ to turn on the phone for just a second to look up phone numbers!
Even with all the problems, however, I found ____ not worrying about missing a text message or an e-mail.
This challenge was a ____ learning experience. It surprised me how I’d taken no notice of even the ____ things like remembering phone numbers. We all should______some time to think about how we can depend ____ on our cell phones.
1.A. But B. And C. Then D. Still
2.A. task B. challenge C. duty D. job
3.A. carry B. take C. wear D. see
4.A. hopefully B. thankfully C. strangely D. surprisingly
5.A. ring B. hat C. suit D. watch
6.A. locked B. showed C. marked D. called
7.A. picking up B. bringing up C. calling out D. making out
8.A. quick B. easy C. late D. happy
9.A. even so B. after all C. in all D. even worse
10.A. caught B. lost C. changed D. hurt
11.A. happier B. slower C. safer D. quieter
12.A. moving B. chatting C. writing D. driving
13.A. started B. forgot C. supported D. reported
14.A. collect B. copy C. read D. remember
15.A. felt B. knew C. wished D. hated
16.A. silence B. peace C. patience D. confidence
17.A. lovable B. comfortable C. great D. common
18.A. happiest B. simplest C. nicest D. clearest
19.A. spend B. enjoy C. take D. waste
20.A. less B. more C. little D. much
Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off(注销) the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course!
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off, as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft. If you fail to use the day's savings, the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from “tomorrow”. You must make good use of it so as to get more in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature(早产) baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called "The Present".
1.The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means _______________.
A.贷款 B. 余款 C. 平衡 D. 提款
2. What is special about the TIME bank we each have?
A. We can store time in it whenever we like.
B. Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day.
C. Someone helps you spend your time every night.
D. The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it.
3.What can be the best title of the passage?
A. The Bank of Money B. The Clock is Running
C. The Bank of Time D. The Value of One Hour
Do you know what is love? Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often miss the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be patient in waiting. Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an eternal regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for（因。。。受煎熬）followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to seize the center time for dialing, and you will let slip the opportunity if your call is either too early or too late.
Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone servers no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.
Love is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number. By the time you've calmed down, you will beat a loss to whom you should make the call.
Love is a telephone which often has crossed lines. And this usually happens to you unexpectedly. Your time will either cross or be crossed. Both cases are referred to as "triangle". Fortunately, all such occurrences are transient(转瞬即逝的).
1.Which statement has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?
A．“all shall be well，Jack shall have Jill.”（有情人终成眷属）
B. Love is all we have in life
C．A lifelong love is not only romantic but also practical
D．Beauty is in the eyes of beholder
2.Which is the synonym with the underlined word ”doom”?
A．monument B．final end
C．key point D．substitute
3.In which part can this passage probably be found ?
A．advertisement B．financial
C． Education D．emotion
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Love is transient B．Love is permanent
C．What’s love in life D．Love is a telephone
For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams.
She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.
The decision to start training again wasn't easy. "I struggled with that a lot," she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”
She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.
"I feel like I'm able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance," Armstrong said. "That you have a family or a child doesn't mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”
Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, don't expect a neat home—her husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her "protector", says he's had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucas's playroom. For Armstrong, she's sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same age—there just wasn't time.
Now, she says, "That sounds like fun to me." As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, she's ready to do regular mom stuff.
1.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she ___.
A. lived an easy life
B. moved to a new house
C. still had a great interest in cycling
D. spent much time with her kid
2.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_______ .
A. was too old to train racing
B. had to give her family much consideration
C. faced big physical challenges
D. could not get support from her family
3.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as ____.
A. a housewife and a new mom
B. an athlete and a career woman
C. a parent and a sportswoman
D. a wife and a good mother
4.We can know from the passage that it ____ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.
A. was quite easy B. made her feel tired
C. surprised herself D. was a hard job
I did not know the number, but I his voice when he said "Hey, Mike. It's me.”
A. realized B. reduced
C. replaced D. recognized
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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（^），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。
In order to promote participation in outdoor exercise, our school had organized an activity to climb the West Mountain on April 10. The moment we arrived at the foot of a mountain, we set out for the top in high spirit. We supported each other to pass the rocky areas on the course of the climb. Laughing and cheering, we eventually reached the summit, there we were greeted by the bright sunshine and fresh air. Viewing from the top, the city was extremely beautiful This event was very benefit, for not only we take a break from our heavy school workload, but we also learned what to cooperate. Therefore, we strongly suggest that similar events are held every year!
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on goes forward at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute without least consideration; he does so with skill and polish（完美）: “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size. It happens to be the color you mentioned." Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round". She is always open to persuasion: indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
1.According to the passage, a man’s shopping is based on _______.
A. his money B. his hobbies
C. his need D. his friends
2.Why does a lady welcome suggestions from anyone while buying a dress?
A. Because she wants to buy a dress that every one thinks suits her.
B. Because she doesn’t know how to buy a dress.
C. Because she doesn’t know whether to buy it or not.
D. Because she wants to show herself off in public.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Most men have patience with trying it on while buying a jacket.
B. Most women have a poor sense of value when buying a dress.
C. A woman’s shopping is based on her need.
D. A man doesn’t pay much attention to the price of the clothes he wants to buy.
4.The passage mainly talks about the ______ between men shoppers and women shoppers for clothes.
A. similarities B. differences
C. varieties D. intentions
