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Mayor Bill de Blasio designated(指定) the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City in June, 2015.

The move came after de Blasio in March, 2015 declared school holidays on the most-observed holiday in Islam, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. De Blasio, making good on a promise made during his 2013 mayoral campaign, said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8, 2016.

"About 15% of the city’s school system is of Asian descent(血统), and many student, have been taking the day off as a sick day” said State Senator Daniel Squadron. “It’s a big deal,” he said, whose district includes Manhattan’s Chinatown. “Families have had to choose between their most important cultural celebration and missing a day of school.”

The city’s Department of Education had been working on the practical arrangements for adding another holiday while maintaining the legal 180 school days. The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total. After San Francisco, New York is the second major urban school district to add the Lunar New Year to the official school calendar.

“This holiday is not about kids just getting a day off from school,” said Assemblyman Ron Kim. “It’s about the City of New York telling hundreds of Asian-American societies that America is a cultural melting pot.” Kim said recognizing the holiday is one way of pushing back against feelings of isolation and marginalization(边缘化) felt by the Asian-American community.

1.What does the underlined party in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Make use of.B. Stand by.C. Keep up with.D. Go against.

2.How does New York make the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday?

A. By cancelling a legal 1-day holiday.

B. By copying the way of San Francisco.

C. By adding a new full day to the school calendar.

D. By changing the legal 180 school days.

3.What do we know from Ron Kim’s words?

A. He’s opposed to the new school holiday.

B. Asian culture is valued most in New York.

C. Asian culture is part of the American society.

D. The holiday wipes out Asian Americans’ isolation.

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

A. A new public school holiday in New York

B. A promise made by the mayor of New York

C. Cultural differences between America and Asia

D. A revolution of the Lunar New Year in New York

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Mr Jackson was blind from birth. He owned a fruit ______ on a very busy street. ________ he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely. He could see nothing and he could only ________ the things within his reach. _________ he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.

One day his son came to him. He told Mr Jackson in ___________ that he read in the newspaper of a _________ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see. The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the ________.

After the operation, the doctor asked Mr Jackson, “What is the first thing you are _________ to see when I take the bandages off?” He replied, “I really want to see my beautiful ________ on my stand!”

The doctor and the son _________ Mr Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years. The doctor _________ unwrapped the bandages ________ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr Jackson was so full of __________ that he could finally see his life’s work—taking care of his fruit! After a few hours of ________ his beautiful fruit stand, he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions. He looked ________ the street and saw many other fruit stands. He spent so much time looking at other people’s fruit stands and ___________ the competition. Soon his own business ________.

From Mr Jackson’s failure, we should know that everyone is a _________ individual with different fingerprints, DNA and thinking. What we need to do is just be ourselves and __________ everyone else to be who they are. Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of _________.

1.A. standB. companyC. storeD．center

2.A. BecauseB. AsC. AlthoughD．When

3.A. rememberB. describeC. imagineD．feel

4.A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD．Besides

5.A. prideB. doubtC. excitementD．surprise

6.A. doctorB. nurseC. chemistD．volunteer

7.A. informationB. medicineC. serviceD．operation

8.A. nervousB. eagerC. luckyD．afraid

9.A. flowersB. vegetablesC. fruitD．clothing

10.A. sentB. accompaniedC. followedD．invited

11.A. suddenlyB. curiouslyC. firmlyD．carefully

12.A. so thatB. in caseC. even ifD．if only

13.A. regretB. joyC. courageD．relief

14.A. enjoyingB. checkingC. judgingD．making

15.A. aboveB. withinC. throughD．across

16.A. preparing forB. focusing onC. worrying aboutD．taking up

17.A. improvedB. failedC. appearedD．expanded

18.A. simpleB. reliableC. uniqueD．perfect

19.A. forceB. requireC. persuadeD．allow

20.A. competitionsB. changesC. differencesD．disabilities

On October 31st, 2009, Chinese famous scientist Qian Xuesen, died in Beijing when he was 98 years old. He is famous as “the country’s father of space technology and king of rocketry”.

Qian was born in 1911 in Hangzhou. He left for the United States after winning a scholarship to graduate school in 1936. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later at the California Institute of Technology.

Qian began his career in the US and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics（航空学) before returning to China in 1955.

After he returned, Qian set up the first missile（导弹）and rocket research institute（学院) of China. The institute later helped start Chinese space program. He led the development of China's first nuclear-armed ballistic missile (弹道导弹) and worked on its first satellite.

He retired in the year before Chinese manned space program was launched in 1992. But his research formed the basis（形成基础）for the Long March CZ -2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003.

In August, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Qian and praised him for devoting his life to Chinese defense technologies. Qian told him, “I'm trying to live to be 100 years old”.

1.Qian was regarded as ________ before returning to China.

A. a father of space technology

B. king of rocketry

C. one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics

D. one of the best-known scientists

2.When did Qian Xuesen retire?

A. In 1970.B. In 1991.C. In 1992.D. In 2009.

3.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?

A. 发奖品B. 批评C. 赞扬D. 鼓励

4.List the following things in correct orders. Which is the correct?

①left for the United States

②won a scholarship to graduate school

③returned to China from the United States

④set up the first missile and rocket research institute of China

⑤studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A. ②①③④⑤B. ②①⑤③④

C. ⑤③④②①D. ⑤②①③④

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Qian was born in 1936 in Hangzhou.

B. Qian began his career in China.

C. The long March CZ-2Frocket carried YangLiwei into orbit in 2009.

D. Wen Jiabao visited QianXuesen in August 2009.

Mary’s never been here before, ________ she?

A. doB. wasC. doesD. has

假定英语课上英语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，每句中至多有两处。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（﹨）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限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

This morning I saw off my aunt at railway station. There were many passenger in the waiting room. I saw an old lady crying sad because she had lost her ticket and not able to afford another one. I was thinking about helping her when a man come up to comfort her. Then he bought her a ticket with his own money. The old Lady was so moving that she could hardly say a word. She grasped his hand and asked for his name or address. But he only smile and said, “It’s my pleasure.” Then he left away quickly. I was greatly moved by such a man he warmed others with his love.

第一节 词性转换

1.admit →(n.)_______________

2.poison → (a.)______________

3.recover → (n.)______________

4.describe → (n.)______________

5.publish → (n.)______________

6. injure → (n.)______________

7.energy → (a.)______________

8.symbol → (v.)______________

9.criticism → (v.)______________

10.combine → (a.)______________

—How did the game ________ last night? —I don't know. I fell asleep in the middle of it.

A. come out B. bring out C. pick out D. get out

The article written by the famous economist is really _______. None of us can understand it.

A. attractive B. accessible

C. abstract D. absolute

They went on well at first but eventually everything ________ they had worried about happened.

A. whichB. whatC. thatD. when

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