阅读下列短文.从每题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项.An American woman Anna Jarvis was the first person to decide the mothers should have a holiday in their honor each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign in 1906 in her 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

An American woman Anna Jarvis was the first person to decide the mothers should have a holiday in their honor each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign in 1906 in her home city Philadelphia. She wrote thousands of letters to congressmen(国会议员), city officials, teachers and newspaper publishers, proposing an official holiday for mothers. She traveled all over America, trying to get support for the idea. Her battle went on for years.

In 1914, the Congress declared the second Sunday in May each year as Mother's Day. Anna Jarvis wanted Mother's Day to be a simple event. She thought children could honor their mothers by spending some time with them as an act of love and respect. However, the holiday turned out to be a major event for department stores, flower shops and greeting?card industry, which Miss Jarvis didn't like.

Americans spend millions of dollars on gifts for their mothers on this day. Younger children often try to prepare and serve breakfast for their mothers. Fathers may offer to take care of children so that mothers can enjoy themselves. The holiday becomes an important time for family gathering.

1.What can be inferred from the text is that ________.

A. the Congress didn't accept Anna's suggestion until the whole country supported her

B. the battle lasted 8 years

C. Jarvis didn't enjoy the usual way Americans spend Mother's Day

D. Mother's Day is an important day for Americans

2.Miss Jarvis proposed Mother's Day in order that people could show their love and respect to their mothers ________.

A. by spending some time with them

B. by offering them precious gifts

C. by eating in restaurants together

D. by taking children for them

3.On Mother's Day ________.

A. all women, young and old, receive gifts

B. families gather together

C. all people stay at home

D. no one goes to work

4.Miss Jarvis proposed Mother's Day, but she didn't like ________.

A. flower shops selling flowers

B. department stores earning money from greeting?cards

C. greeting?card industry

D. the way people spend Mother's Day

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So next time when you’re looking for a beach holiday don’t just think about the resorts and the sand, but consider a more active sun holiday, discovering some of the best beaches in the world.

1.The author intends to tell us ______.

A. the world’s best places for beach walks

B. the wonderful beaches in the world

C. the ideal tourism resort for health

D. the beautiful beaches in Australia

2.When you arrive at the Amalfi Coast ______.

A. you must be fed up with the footpath

B. you will be fascinated by the scenery

C. you can start walking from Positano

D. you may be trapped in narrow rocky paths

3.What is the distinct characteristic of Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk?

A.It takes about more than five hours to complete.

B.It starts from Royal National Park in the south.

C.It provides visitors a variety of great landscapes.

D.It really has the longest coastline in the world.

4.According to the fourth paragraph we can know that _______.

A.Apollo Bay is at the end of the Great Ocean Walk

B.the Twelve Apostles exists below the surface of the sea

C.the Wreck Beach Walk can also give visitors pleasure

D.most visitors can finish the 104 km walk in three hours

The reason __________ she preferred city life is she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.

A. why; because B. why; that

C. that; whether D. whether; that

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．

For Rachael and Leigh Barman, there is only one wish on their Christmas list this year—that their sick daughter Paige should survive/live until December 25. Fifteen-year-old Paige suffers from 1. rare brain disease, 2. affects (影响) as few as 12 people in the world, and could kill her any day 3. warning (警告).

And her condition has gone even 4. (bad) in recent months. Her parents filled the family home with Christmas decorations 5. September 1st so she could enjoy the rest of her life. Since then, she has 6. (regular) opened Christmas presents and received visitors—but she sleeps for up to 19 hours a day, her parents knowing that each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up.

Mrs. Barman 7. (describe) dealing with the condition as “like being on death row” as she never knew if 8. daughter would wake up the next morning.

The mother said: “She always loves Christmas and I get my heart 9. (break) when I see her suffering like this. Our best Christmas present would be having Paige with us at Christmas. No matter 10. she leaves the world, we make sure that she is always happy.”

假设你是David，你的朋友Mary向你询问如何保持健康。请你给她发一个邮件提些建议。内容要点如下：

1．注意合理饮食。多吃鱼、肉、豆类等，特别是新鲜蔬菜和水果，不要吃太多甜食。

2．注意锻炼身体。劳逸结合，多参加体育活动。

3．保证充足的睡眠。不要熬夜，每天至少睡8个小时。

注意：

1．词数：100左右。

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；邮件的开头已写好。

Dear Mary，

How nice to hear from you! In your letter you asked me how to keep healthy.___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

David

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Dear Joe,

It has been a long time since we meet last time. How’s everything going?

I use to be a happy boy. As I grow up day by day, I find life is not as relaxed as before. How I miss the days which I didn’t have so much homework. I could watching TV, read magazines or do sports.But now, my parents don’t allow me do anything except my lessons. They think it is a waste of time. They say, “You’ve grow up, you should work hard to achieve your dreams.’I know they love her and all these are good for me. But I feel stressed, not knowing how to do next. Luckily, my head teacher understands me. She tells me that growing up is a long way. Facing growing pains, I have been learnt a lot. What about you, Joe?

Yours, Li Hua

】阅读理解。

My life began similarly to most children but I grew up without knowing what a father or mother was. No one was there to teach me how to tell right from wrong. Because of this, I got into some bad habits and spent seven years as a boy on the street.

When I was 20, I was taken in a rehab clinic (康复诊所). Inside I met Bill, my counselor (辅导员). He taught me a lot of things. The main thing was the gift of giving.

It was the night before an important test and I was very nervous. Bill invited me to go out for a walk to relax(放松) me. As we walked and talked, Bill suggested we should go for a coffee. I told him I had no money when I got paid, and I offered to pay him back. He stopped then and looked at me in a serious, but loving way and said he was doing this because he wanted to. Then he said, "One day when you'll be around someone who will need a coffee, you'll be able to buy it for them. That's how you can pay me back."

I'm a primary school teacher now. My job is simple and I can buy young people coffee now. Bill taught me how to offer help to others.

1.The author got into some bad habits because _____ .

A. he didn't have parents to teach him

B. he couldn't get a good school education

C. he didn't listen to his teacher, Bill

D. he was living on the street

2.One night, Bill invited the author to go out for a walk to _____.

A. have a cup of coffee B. teach the author a lesson

C. make the author less nervous D. make friends with the author

3.Which of the following statements is probably right?

A. The author was too stupid to tell right from wrong.

B. Bill often offered his students coffee to please them.

C. Bill had clever ways to teach his students.

D. The author was often nervous before important tests.

4.What did the author learn from Bill?

A. To be thankful to others. B. To offer kindness to others.

C. To stop drinking alcohol. D. To buy coffee for others.

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友David想了解你高中第一学年的情况。请根据下列所提示的信息给他写一封回信。

1. 感叹时间过得快；

2. 学习上的得与失；

3. 学校生活：交友，课外活动等。

注意：

1. 100字左右；信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear David,

________________________________________________________________________

What about your school life？Would you like to share it with me? I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours

Li Hua

阅读理解。

Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论)，slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,”Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”

A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.

The city’s “psychology cafes”,which offer great comfort,are among the most popular places.Middle-aged homemakers,retirees,and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about love,anger,and dreams with a psychologist.And they come to Lehanne’s group just to learn to say what they feel.“There’s a strong need in Paris for communication,”says Maurice Frisch,a cafe La Chope regular who works as a religious instructor in a nearby church.“People have few real friends.And they need to open up.”Lehanne says she’d like to see psychology cafes all over France.“If people had normal lives,these cafes wouldn’t exist,”she says.“If life weren’t a battle,people wouldn’t need a special place just to speak.”But then,it wouldn’t be France.

1.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?

A. Learn a new subject

B. Keep in touch with friends.

C. Show off their knowledge.

D. Express their true feelings.

2.How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?

A. They are less frequently visited.

B. They stay open for longer hours.

C. They have bigger night crowds.

D. They start to serve fast food.

3. What are theme cafes expected to do?

A. Create more jobs.

B. Supply better drinks.

C. Save the cafe business.

D. Serve the neighborhood.

4.Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?

A. They bring people true friendship.

B. They give people spiritual support.

C. They help people realize their dreams.

D. They offer a platform for business links.

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