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________ matters most in learning English is enough practice.
A. WhatB. WhyC. WhereD. Which
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Compassion（同情心） is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into ________. An experience last weekend showed me this is ________. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building ________ the elderly. These old people are our main ________, and it’s not hard to lose ________ over their slowness. But last Sunday, one ________ gentleman appeared to teach me a ________ lesson. The man walked up to my register with a box of biscuits. He said he was ________, had just moved into his room, and had ________ in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to ________ me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him. I ________ what kind of person he had been years before, and ________ he would be like if luck had gong his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul. I told him that was ________, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt ________ and unkind saying this, but I ________ my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. “If anything”, he looked more pitiable. “________ it to me.” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and easy. Compassion, ________, is caring in action. I ________ the second man but told him that was not ________ either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket ________ these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
1.A. desireB. helpC. actionsD. experience
2.A. difficultB. dangerousC. trueD. interesting
3.A. withB. byC. toD. for
4.A. customersB. neighborsC. friendsD. helpers
5.A. heartB. patienceC. controlD. face
6.A. angryB. rudeC. niceD. aged
7.A. valuableB. interestingC. smallD. silly
8.A. in troubleB. out of cash
C. in poor healthD. out of work
9.A. nothingB. somethingC. everythingD. anything
10.A. helpB. repayC. thankD. give
11.A. knewB. thoughtC. wonderedD. asked
12.A. howB. whyC. whatD. who
13.A. sorryB. possibleC. easyD. good
14.A. worriedB. stupidC. unwiseD. helpless
15.A. knewB. dislikedC. enjoyedD. valued
16.A. OfferB. GiveC. PassD. Charge
17.A. at the same timeB. on the other hand
C. as a matter of factD. above all
18.A. refusedB. acceptedC. thankedD. respected
19.A. allowedB. paidC. welcomeD. pity
20.A. whetherB. becauseC. even ifD. as if
I don’t think there is anything more important than health. “Health is the greatest wealth，” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that, he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat with pleasure, drink with pleasure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day. A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.“ But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
1.The writer thinks that ________.
A．health is more important than wealth
B．work is as important as studies
C．medicine is more important than pleasure
D．nothing is more important than money
2.The doctor usually tells his patient what to do ________.
A．without examining the patient
B．after he has examined the patient
C．if the patient doesn't take medicine
D．unless the patient feels pain
3.The underlined part means “________”.
A．he was feeling better than ever
B．he wasn't a healthy man
C．he was feeling worse than before
D．he will be well again
4.From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man ________ before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A．was a heavy smoker
B．didn't smoke so much
C．didn't smoke
D．began to learn to smoke
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill.
B．The man told the doctor he couldn't remember things.
C．The man thanked the doctor.
D．The man didn't follow the doctor's advice.
I was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. “Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?” I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, “OK, as long as I can follow you.”
He introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.
As we came back to the convenience store, she said, “This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn’t know I could do this.” I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel the world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bike, she turned to him and said, “Oh Daddy, I’m going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.” Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, “I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.” I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.
1.How did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?
A. He felt surprised because he didn’t know the author.
B. He was happy because his daughter could gain excitement.
C. He was moved because the author was willing to help his daughter.
D. He felt nervous because he was worried about his daughter’s safety.
2.What can we know about the author?
A. He was a disabled man.
B. He usually drove too fast.
C. He worked in a convenience store.
D. He often helped people who were in trouble.
3.According to the passage, the girl ________.
A. used to be a completely healthy person
B. was not allowed to do some fierce sports
C. usually felt sad about life due to her disability
D. was unwilling to communicate with a stranger
4.What was the author’s gift according to the girl’s father?
A. The motorbike.B. The wheelchair.
C. The blessing.D. The ride.
When I arrived, Bryan took me to see the house ________ I would be staying.
A. whatB. whenC. whereD. which
随着全球环境的恶化，为保护环境，越来越多的人选择过“低碳生活（low-carbon life）”即减少二氧化碳的排放，低能量，低消耗，低开支的生活。请写一篇英文倡议书，倡议你的同学加入“低碳生活”，为环保做出贡献。请参照以下要点：
• 1. 用手洗衣服
• 2. 多走楼梯，少用电梯
• 3. 去超市自备购物袋
• 4. 步行或骑自行车上学
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头已给出，不计入总词数；
4．参考词汇：楼梯：stairs 购物袋：shopping bags
With the global warming getting worse, more people choose to live a low-carbon life for the purpose of reducing green-house gases. ___________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
About 12 years ago, I began making a series of dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk.” At first, I made them from cloth but then began using a kind of polymer clay（软陶）called cernit. The cloth dolls were beautiful, but it was impossible to get the level of detail（细节）I can get with clay.
First, I use wire（金属丝）to build the shape of the doll. Then I cover the head, hands, and feet around the wire using the cernit. Then I make the doll’s clothes myself, using lots of different materials. The completed dolls are fixed onto hardwood bases made by my father, Jim Logan.
Generally, the dolls I make show older people taking part in traditional activities. I’ve always had a great respect for the older generation.
Inspiration for the dolls often comes from people I know. Once I was caught looking too closely at the wrinkles（皱纹）on the face of one of my mom’s friends. But I explained that her laugh lines made her more attractive.
Now I work as a teacher’s assistant, and while I was raising my two daughters, Keri and Sheryl, I could work on the dolls only late in the day. The girls loved to come downstairs the next morning to see who’d arrived in the night.
It’s the detail that I enjoy working on the most. I once made a fisherman doll for a lady to give her father, including a tiny creel — a basket used by fishermen for carrying fish. When the man got the doll, he immediately opened the creel to see what was inside. Luckily, I’d made a small fish out of cernit and placed it in the basket.
Hopefully my story will inspire others to try their hand at doll making — I find it very relaxing and interesting.
1.The dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk” were ________.
A. totally hand made
B. mainly made of cloth
C. usually small kids
D. often designed by the author’s father
2.Why did the author look closely at her mother’s friend’s face?
A. To guess her age.
B. To get creative ideas.
C. To give her a surprise.
D. To find out why she was so attractive.
3.The author’s daughters ________.
A. thought doll making was a waste of time
B. thought the dolls’ styles were too old
C. showed great interest in the dolls
D. paid little attention to the dolls
4.The author tells the story of the fisherman doll to show that ________.
A. it takes much effort to make a doll
B. it is difficult to satisfy everyone
C. the old also love her dolls
D. her dolls have fine details
Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force—both online and on foot—searching for the perfect gift. Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers. This frequent experience of gift-giving can cause ambivalent feelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest persons. At the same time, many fear the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended receivers.
What is surprising is that gift-givers have considerable experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — i.e., that gift-givers equate how much they spend with how much receivers will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift, the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation). Although a link between gift price and feelings of appreciation might seem intuitive (凭直觉得到的) to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-receivers will seldom tend to base their feelings of appreciation on the significance weight of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that bigger (i.e., more expensive) gifts convey stronger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer (1988) and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual(礼节), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes toward the intended receiver and their willingness to invest resources in a future relationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal” to their intended receiver. As for gift-receivers, they may not consider smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.
In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to measure their gift expenses according to personal insight.
1.The underlined word “ambivalent” most nearly means ________.
A. unrealisticB. conflictedC. appreciativeD. supportive
2.The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it ________.
A. functions as a form of self-expression
B. is an inexpensive way to show appreciation
C. requires the gift-receivers to return
D. can serve to strengthen a relationship
3.The authors refer to work by Camerer and others in order to__________.
A. offer an explanationB. introduce an argument
C. question an intensionD. support a conclusion
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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。
Time and tide wait no man. My mother is becoming a middle-age woman quietly. She had been busy running after us all the years. My father is very busy every day outside. But the heavy burden falls on my mother's shoulder. Because my school is far from my home, I have to go to school by the train and my mother sees me off at the station every time. I often choose a seat where is close to the window, so I can see her. However, I always can't help run tears from my eyes. All the buildings and people outside the window disappear. I wave gentle to my mother and I look at her till the view of her back disappears. Up to now, even if he is busy, she still does it as usual. The view of my mother's back will never change in my heart.
