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Alex: Excuse me, I’m a journalist and I want to get some information about Typhoon Goni. As a survivor who has experienced it, could you tell me something about it?

Bill: It was 1. awful disaster that left a lot of people dead or missing. In addition, it also led to many other 2. (terrify) disasters, such as floods and landslides (山崩). In the hard-hit mountain province of Benguet, landslides 3. (cause) by the typhoon killed at least 12 people by the time rescuers arrived, including four gold miners

Alex: What were the miners doing when the landslides happened?

Bill: They were sleeping 4. a huge chunk(大块) of the mountain came down and buried their work sites. Rescuers have been searching for any 5. (possible) of survivors, and are still looking for survivors now. 6.(hopeful) the news will be good.

Alex: What damages has the typhoon caused to other areas?

Bill: Actually, someone told me that three people 7. (lose) their lives elsewhere in the north.

Alex: How many houses have been damaged during the typhoon?

Bill: 8. all, nearly 1,000 houses were damaged and more than 32,000 people abandoned their homes and moved to safe areas.

Alex: As you have said, Typhoon Goni is very violent.

Bill: Yes. It is another violent typhoon 9. (hit) the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, 10. left many people dead or missing.

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At the beginning of the twentieth century，many people thought that the American family was falling apart.A century later，we know that this was not the case.However，although the family is still alive in the United States，its size and shape were very different 100 years ago.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s，there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear.The extended family usually includes grandparents，parents，and children living under the same roof.The nuclear family consists of only parents and children.

Today there are many different kinds of families.Some people live in “traditional” families，that is，a stay?home mother，a working father，and their own biological children.Others live in two?paycheck families，single?parent families，adoptive or foster families，blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into the new families)，childless families，and so on.

What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 1900s the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise.Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home.In the 1930s and 1940s，many families faced serious financial，or money problems during the Great Depression，when many people lost their jobs.During World War Ⅱ(1939－1945)，5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children.Because many men were at war，thousands of these “war windows” had to go to work outside their home.

During the next ten years，the situation changed.There were fewer divorces，and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation.It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up.Families began leaving cities and moving into single?family homes in the suburbs.The traditional family seemed to be returning.

In the years between 1960s and 1990s，there were many important changes in the structure of the family.From the 1960s to the early 1970s，the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half.The number of single?parent families tripled，and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again.In fact，the single?parent household，once unusual，has replaced the “traditional” family as the typical family in the States.If we can judge from history，however，this will probably change again in the twenty?first century.

The Changes of the American Family

Main comparisons

Contexts

Different 1.

There were two 2.types of families in the past， 3.，the extended and the nuclear.

Nowadays 4.types of families can be seen than before.

Changes

in different

5.

In the 1900s and 1940s

Many of the women had to work outside due to the

6.of money，thus causing the fall of

7. and the rise of divorce rate.

In the 1950s

Divorce rate slide and there were more children.The families tended to be 8.again.

In the years between 1960s and 1990s

Different types of families 9..Traditional families are no longer the typical ones in America.

A trend worth noting Author's opinion on changes

Judging from what has happened in the past，it is 10.that the present structure will experience changes again in the near future.

假如你是李华，今年将要参加高考。你的老师和父母对你大学专业的选择提出异议，为此你很苦恼。请你根据提示，用英语给你的美国笔友Bob写一封邮件，谈谈你的想法，并征求笔友的建议。

1.父母的建议：法律专业（就业前景好）；

2.老师的建议：外语（充分发挥自己的语言天赋）；

3.你的想法：……

2．注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Bob,

I am at a loss nowadays. ________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

I am looking forward to your advice.

Yours,

Li Hua

More cycling, better public transport and car bans… Places all over the world are taking a range of measures to lower traffic pollution.

Paris

Paris bans cars in many historic central districts on weekends, places odd-even(单双日制的) bans on vehicles, makes public transport free during major pollution events and encourages car-sharing programs. A long section of the right bank of the river. Seine is now car-free and a monthly ban on cars has come into force along the Champs-Elysees.

The Netherlands

Politicians want to ban the sale of all petrol cars from 2025, allowing only electric of hydrogen vehicles. The new law will allow anyone who already owns a petrol car to continue using it. Most cities encourage bicycle use.

Freiburg

Freiburg in Germany has 500km of bike routes and a cheap and efficient public transport system. One town, Vauban, forbids people to park near homes and makes car-owners pay 18,000 for a space on the edge of town. In return for living without a car, people are offered cheaper housing, free public transport, and plentiful bicycle spaces.

Curitiba

The southern Brazilian city of two million people has one of the biggest and lowest-cost bus systems in the world. Nearly 70% of its people go to work by public transport and the result is pollution-free air and traffic-free streets.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen prioritizes(优先考虑) bikes over cars and now has more cycles than people. The city calculates that one mile on a bike is worth $0.42 to society, while one mile in a car is a $0.2 loss. Large parts of the Danish capital have been closed to vehicles for decades.

1.What will happen in Paris during major pollution events?

A. Historic central districts won’t allow cars in.

B. People can take public transport free of charge.

C. Car-sharing programs will raise money publicly.

D. People must obey the old-even traffic restrictions.

2.From 2025, the Netherlands will ________.

A. put 500km of bike routes into full use

B. completely forbid the use of petrol cars

C. only allow the sale of electric or hydrogen vehicles

D. own the biggest and lowest-cost bus system in the world

3.What does Vauban forbid its people to do?

A. Park their cars around their homes. B. Sell or buy parking spaces.

C. Occupy bicycle spaces. D. Go to work by car.

4.Which of the following cities attach great importance to cycling?

A. Park and Curitiba. B. Paris and Freiburg.

C. Curitiba and Copenhagen. D. Freiburg and Copenhagen.

Parents play a very important role in children’s development, but that doesn’t mean that parents should spend all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.

Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.According to this passage, there are some problems with _________.

A. the Chinese children’s skills

B. the education system of China

C. the Chinese parents’ idea of educating their children

D. the Chinese children’s hobbies

2.The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.

A. are too strict with their children

B. are too rich to educate their children

C. are too poor to educate their children

D. have some problems in educating their children correctly

3.We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_________.

A. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. learn how to serve their parents

D. make their parents believe that they are clever

4.The last paragraph shows that_________.

A. broken radios and television sets are useful

B. an engineer must fix many broken radios

C. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios

Learners of English, especially self-taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers. The following ways might help improve their listening ability.

First of all, do things step by step. It is not good to listen to something beyond your level. Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book. Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one.

Secondly, stick to one course of study. Don’t change books often. Never let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “fashionable”.

Thirdly, listen to the English news program over the radio from time to time. Better go through the news stories in the Chinese-language newspaper first. That will make it easy for you to understand the English news on the radio.Fourthly, if you have time, listen to some interesting stories in some special English programs, such as VOA. or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook.

1.This is a piece of advice to learners of English on how to______.

A. write better English and read faster B. read fast

C. improve their listening ability D. speak correctly

2.If you want to understand the English news program on the radio, you should________.

A. read the Chinese language newspaper step by step

B. go through the Chinese language newspaper first

C. read again and again the Chinese language newspaper

D. be able to recite the Chinese language newspaper

3.The author advised that once you have taken up a course, you _______.

A. should take up other courses if they are more fashionable

B. should begin with the last book

C. should stick to it.

D. shouldn’t do anything else

4.In this passage, VOA stands for_______.

A. a radio station B. a magazine

C. a text-book D. a book

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL).The game is the culmination（高潮）to a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50, which was played on February 7, 2016, following the 2015 regular season. The next game, Super Bowl LII, scheduled for February 4, 2018, will follow the 2017 regular season.

The game was created as part of a merger(合并) agreement between the NFL and its then rival league, the American Football League (AFL). Currently, the Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl victories, with six. The New England Patriots have the most Super Bowl appearances, with nine.

The day (usually the first Sunday in February) on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered as an unofficial American national holiday, is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the seven most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television history are Super Bowls. In 2015, Super Bowl XLIX attracted an audience of 114.4 million.

Because of the high viewership, commercial airtime during the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year, leading to companies regularly developing their most expensive advertisements for this broadcast. As a result, watching and discussing the broadcast's commercials has become a significant aspect of the event. In addition, popular singers and musicians including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Beyonce, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Whitney Houston, and Lady Gaga have performed during the event's pregame and halftime ceremonies.

1.According to the text, in the Super Bowl ________.

A. the New England Patriots have won nine times

B. the Pittsburgh Steelers have won six titles

C. Arabic numerals are used to refer to each game

D. winners of the last season play against each other

2.On Super Bowl Sunday, American people usually ________.

A. buy expensive Super Bowl tickets B. consume the most food of the year

C. avoid the Super Bowl commercials D. enjoy performances by famous artists

3.In 2015, the ________ Super Bowl was held.

A. 46th B. 49th C. 51st D. 55th

4.We can know from the text that the Super Bowl ________.

A. is a public holiday in the United States

B. is the annual championship game of AFL

C. launches a new season of the National Football League every year

D. has frequently been the most watched American television broadcast of the year

Smartphone stress: Are you a victim of ‘always on’ culture?

You are on holiday but secretly check your work emails the moment you wake up. You get anxious if there’s no Wi-Fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. 1. And you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if you're not there. There are the typical signs of “always on” stress induced by smart phone addiction.

Work-life balance

Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh was so worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends and he developed an app-Moment-to monitor his usage. The app enables users to see how much time they're spending on the device and set up warnings if self-controlled usage limits are offended. 2.“Some time on your phone, some time off it, enjoying your loving family and friends around you.” And some employers are acknowledging that getting the work-life balance right isn't so easy. We need help.

“Always stressed”

3.You are not giving your body time to recover, so you're always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. 4. The fact that we can stay connected to the workplace wherever we are in the world is feeding deep-rooted insecurities.

Slowdown in decision

We know consume media for more hours than we sleep. 5. It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many are becoming less productive because they're overwhelmed by it all and feel they can never escape the office.

A. Moment’s goal is to promote balance in your life.

B. You get excited if you receive a text message or an e-mail from a friend.

C. This is leading to a sort of slowdown in decision and it is creating more stress in the workplace.

D. The negative impacts of this ‘always on’ culture are that your mind is never resting.

E. Physical and mental health can suffer.

F. Mobile phone companies argue that mobile connectivity is beneficial.

G. You are nervous if your phone is getting low on power.

Pappadavada, a popular restaurant in Kochi, India, is urging customers and the community to put their leftover food in a fridge located outside of the restaurant for the hungry to take.

People who are in need of a meal are encouraged to take from the fridge at any time, for any reason. Minu Pauline, who runs Pappadavada, has nicknamed the fridge, which was placed there on March 23 and is shaded by a neighboring tree, "tree of goodness".

The fridge is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and stays unlocked. Pauline asks that people write the date they left the food, so those who take know how long it's been there. But most food doesn't stay in the fridge for long. In spite of a huge response from the community and plenty of donations, the fridge needs to be brought more in to replace in time. Pauling herself adds around 75% to 80% of food from Pappadavada a day in the fridge.

The idea to put a fridge on the street came to Pauline late on night when she saw a lady searching in a dustbin for food. She was especially saddened because that particular night, her restaurant had made a ton of food that they could have easily given the woman, instead of her searching for it. She felt like she contributed to waste, and avoiding waste is what Pauline pays her attention to.

"The only thing I want to say no is that people are actually buying food and putting it in the fridge. But I'd rather people put their food they bought but aren't going to eat in the fridge instead of the dustbin," she said.

1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A tree planted on March 23.

B. The fridge outside for the hungry to take from.

C. The popular restaurant in Kochi, India.

D. A neighboring tree near Pappadavada.

2.What does the manager of the restaurant advise in the last paragraph?

A. People shouldn't throw foods into dustbin.

B. Everyone should always avoid waste.

C. People shouldn't buy food for that.

D. Everyone should help those in need.

3.What is special about Minu Pauline?

A. She runs her restaurant in a different way.

B. She saves food and helps others in a wise way.

C. She sets a higher standard to deal with waste.

D. She makes the community more friendly to each other.

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