A story of a man who made the brave journey of love, cycling from India to Sweden to see his sweetheart, has gained the hearts of thousands online. A Facebook post, that has been linked more than 113, 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A story of a man who made the brave journey of love, cycling from India to Sweden to see his sweetheart, has gained the hearts of thousands online. A Facebook post, that has been linked more than 113,000 times, shares the tale of how Dr. Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia crossed eight countries to be reunited with his wife Charlotte Von Schedvin in her native country.

The story began in 1975 when wealthy 19-year-old Charlotte Von Schedvin, who was a student in London at the time, traveled to India in 1975 to meet the poor but famous artist Mahanandia. The Indian was born in 1949 into a poor family in Odisha, Dhenkanal and was considered an untouchable in the society.

Although his family couldn’t afford his education, he managed to gain a place at the College of Art in New Delhi where word of his talent quickly spread.

In events that wouldn’t be out of place in a romantic movie, when young Charlotte Von Sledvin met with the painter, the two fell in love with one another. He was greatly impressed by her beauty and she, with his pure simplicity. Despite their contrasting backgrounds, the pair shortly married.

In 1978, the time came for Charlotte to return to her native country, and she requested her husband join her back in Europe. However, Mahanandia was in the middle of his studies and said he would join her after these were completed. The couple stayed in touch through letters and despite Charlotte’s offers to send flight tickets, Mahanandia was determined to meet her in his own way.

Selling his belongings, he managed to get enough money to buy a second-hand bike and set out on the intrepid journey to be reunited. From New Delhi the love-struck adventurer entered Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria and Denmark. It wasn’t all easy sailing. His bike broke down a lot of times along the way and he had to go on without food for days.

In total the trip took four months and three weeks before he finally reached Gothenburg, Sweden. Upon arrival, he was questioned by immigration officers, who were said to be amazed at his story of devotion after he shared photographs of his marriage.

Her parents welcomed him with open arms and 40 years later, the pair are still happily married. Dr PK Mahanandia serves as the Odiya Cultural Ambassador of India to Sweden and lives with his wife and two children in Sweden. He has become well-known in Sweden as an artist and as an adviser of Art and Culture, under the Swedish Government too.

1.How did Mahanandia and Charlotte meet for the first time?

A. Charlotte travelled to India to meet Mahanandia.

B. Mahanandia went to study in the same school with Charlotte.

C. Mahanandia cycled to Sweden.

D. Their families arranged the meeting.

2.The underlined word “intrepid” in Paragraph 6 means _______.

A. longB. excitingC. braveD. poor

3.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Romantic StoryB. Meet across Boarder.

C. Mahanandia and Charlotte.D. Journey of Love.

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假定你是李华。你们学校和一所美国中学签署了教师交流协议，在过去的一年里，你们的英文老师是来自这所中学的Sue。不久前她返回美国任教。请你根据写作要点和要求给Sue写封电子邮件。

写作要点：

1. 对她表达感谢之意；

2. 介绍她离开后你自己及班里发生的事情；

3. 希望了解她的近况。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 邮件中不能体现本人真人信息；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Miss Sue,

I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China._______________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

All the best.

Li Hua

Question: I have recently got a senior position within my company．One of my new tasks is to made monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting, I presented and then opened the floor to questions． 1. My first reaction was to answer defensively．Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way．But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?

Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers （同事）is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points． 2.

● 3.

When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification．

● Buy time

When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately．Buy time by repeating the question in your own words． 4. These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．

● Suggest a private meeting.

A one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers． 5.

A．Show your true interest．

B．Restate the question with respect．

C．Some ideas can be quite concrete．

D．There were many difficult questions．

E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas．

F．You may also ask for clarification on the question．

G．Here are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting．

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Hardly can you succeed _1. _ doing something perfectly the first time you do it. __2.__, when you do something for the first time, it is time to give up the idea of perfection.

I remember the first time I ___3.___ (drive) a car in traffic after getting my driver’s license. I was very nervous in that heavy traffic—my driving style showed that I wasn’t a very confident driver. Now I’m much more __4.____ (experience) as a driver. ___5.__ I still don’t consider myself a perfect one, I’m much more confident behind the wheel than what I was __6.____ I started.

In general, __7.___ is useless working hard for doing something perfectly when you do it for the first time. You are setting the bar so high that you just feel bad when you are ___8.___ (able) to meet the level you have set.

Also, perfection is just another way __9.___ (delay), so trying to be perfect is just _10.__ waste of time. You should work hard for excellence instead.

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Recently I failed an exam. However, after I came out of my teacher's office, I told myself, “Smile! It's not so serious.”

I smiled a big smile and it _1.__(work) a little, really.

Everyone gets _2._ (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came __3.__ a sentence in the Bible, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.” It suddenly struck me，“__4.__(worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just _5.__(give) a big smile and face up to the trouble？”

Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that__6. (laugh) is better than tears and anger. I __7.__(convince) that there's something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me the courage to move on.

Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, whenever you've been treated_8.__(fair), all 9. matters is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, _10.__ it will shine on you.

The phone call came one cool winter day. I was ________ that my father was seriously ill.

It had been long since I’d seen my father. Ever since his ________ from my mom, my father had lived alone in a small trailer(房车) in California, 500 miles away from me. The real ________ between us seemed so much greater. I was in no hurry to ________ that, but somehow I heard myself ________ to the owner of the trailer to be there the next day.

The whole drive down, ________ flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine. He made sure the first song I ________ was the Marine Hymn(《美国海军陆战队队歌》). He tore off the Christmas ________ all the decorations the rest of us had ________ and rehung them so there was ________ the same space between them. But we didn’t need to ________ those military orders, as we were not soldiers. I remembered ________ the battles he had with my mother. I remembered hoping to hear my father say ________ once, “I love you, Patty,” only to have him ________ at me, “You can’t do anything right!”

And now here I was standing outside his trailer, trying to ________ my courage to face him one more time. I knocked on the door, my hand and my whole body ________. NO answer. Slowly I opened the door. I took a few ________ inside and stopped, too shocked to believe my eyes.

My father was sitting on his sofa, looking confused and crying. This wasn’t the ________ man I had known growing up. He seemed broken.

A sense of ________ overtook me, and I knew what I had to do. He would be my father forever. Without ________, I went back inside and packed up all of my father’s things. I would take him to my home—our home.

1.A. remindedB. convincedC. informedD. warned

2.A. divorceB. differenceC. absenceD. result

3.A. difficultyB. distanceC. challengeD. pain

4.A. destroyB. distanceC. increaseD. change

5.A. announceB. explainC. promiseD. apologize

6.A. memoriesB. doubtsC. signsD. messages

7.A. performedB. learnedC. admiredD. composed

8.A. boxB. giftC. treeD. cake

9.A. taken upB. made upC. rang upD. put up

10.A. uniquelyB. exactlyC. properlyD. specially

11.A. masterB. obeyC. admitD. recite

12.A. eventuallyB. suddenlyC. clearlyD. regularly

13.A. justB. alwaysC. seldomD. ever

14.A. pointB. lookC. laughD. yell

15.A. showB. gatherC. supportD. improve

16.A. softeningB. relaxingC. achingD. shaking

17.A. stepsB. measuresC. turnsD. jumps

18.A. selfishB. angryC. mildD. strange

19.A. sorrowB. fearC. prideD. anger

20.A. effortB. pityC. hesitationD. rest

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短文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词；

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉；

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。

Dear Diana,

Thank you for the lovely day we have with you. It was so kind for you to let us bring Anne's friend, Gina. Unfortunate, the only problem was the journey home. There had been a terrible accident on the highway and, for a result, there was a long line of traffic for at least six mile. In the end, we drove to a service station and waited there unless the road was clear. In the car park here Gina nearly got knocked over as car drove out far too quickly from behind a lorry. They finally dropped Gina off at her parents' and made our own way to home.

Much love,

Fiona

假如你是李明，对今年频繁出现的严重雾霾感触很深，认为绿色生活方式对于改善空气质量十分有益。请根据下列要点写一篇短文，向校刊“英语角”栏目投稿。

注意：词数100左右；文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

简述雾霾情况

倡导绿色生活

持续一周左右

影响全国各地

造成极大不便

乘坐公交出行

节约水电纸张

……

Greener Life, Cleaner Air

It is not easy to forget the heavy smogs that have occurred frequently this year. _______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Parents do need to teach their kids financial responsibility and that money is earned. Still, many child-development experts agree that tying a child’s allowance to chores can be a slippery slope. Here’s why.

Susie Walton, master instructor at Peace in Your Home advises to keep chores and allowances totally separate. “Allowance is one thing. When it comes to chores, life skills, responsibilities－that’s a whole different thing.” says Walton.

Walton says, “When kids aren’t doing a chore, you don't say, ‘well, there goes your allowance.’ You’re going to sit them down and ask what’s going on. ‘We are a team. We are a family. We’ve got to have them done.’”

Besides, by paying children for chores with an allowance, you’ll also be sending the message that work isn't worth doing unless they’re getting paid for it.

There are times when it would make sense to pay kids for chores. Most financial and child-development experts agree that it’s a fine idea to pay children money for extra jobs that are outside their normal set of chores, such as washing windows, washing the car or helping to clean out the garage－especially if the child is saving for a big item. This may even develop an entrepreneurial (企业家的) spirit to think outside of the box to earn money.

For parents who are concerned that their children won’t learn the value of a dollar if the allowance isn’t tied to household chores, note that there are still plenty of money management skills to be learned from a straight allowance. Depending on the age, kids can be made responsible for paying for their own toys or snacks. Some parents even require that kids set aside a percentage of their allowance toward savings.

“I really like having my own money,” says Kevin, 9. “It’s up to me if I want to buy the cheap toy now, or save and get the better toy.” And that’s a good lesson to learn at 9 years old.

No matter which allowance route you take in parenthood, kids will feel empowered by being able to handle their own money.

1.Which of the following would Susie Walton most probably agree with?

A. A child’s allowance shouldn’t be tied to chores.

B. Kids shouldn’t be forced to do chores.

C. Doing chores teaches kids the value of work.

D. Kids should be paid for doing chores.

2.According to Susie Walton, if kids don’t do chores, parents should ______.

A. teach them the entrepreneurial spirit

B. talk to them about family responsibilities

C. give them a smaller allowance than usual

D. punish them by not giving them their allowances

3.What is the author’s attitude towards Kevin’s action?

A. Worried.B. Doubtful.C. Approving.D. Unfavorable.

4.The text is mainly about _____________.

A. the importance of kids doing chores

B. whether parents should pay kids for chores

C. the advantages of kids handling their own money

D. whether parents should give kids regular allowances

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