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The lift ________ yesterday. We’ll have to walk up to the eighth floor this evening.

A. broke down B. took down C. came down D. got down

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Looking up at the ceiling, Na He Jeon pours porridge into her mouth. She carefully dips the bowl forward, dropping the porridge directly down her throat, careful not to touch the 15 ulcers(溃疡) in her mouth. But it was the week before midterms, so she still had to study. Jeon was 1st out of 330 students on her exams that year. “Thank god I did,” she says. “If I hadn’t done well I would have been regarded as a failure.” By the end of the week, 14-year-old Jeon weighed only 83.6 pounds.

Like Jeon, there are countless numbers of first generation Asian-Americans who make great efforts to go beyond at everything. Yet the children themselves cannot all be put to blame for their efforts. Typically, it is the parents who are designing a life which they see as perfect for their children. One such occurrence is when I was at my hotel in Beijing. It was roughly around 8:00 p.m. when I decided to take a dip in the pool after dinner. I jumped into the pool that was already spotted with a few Chinese children and I hadn’t realized what was going on until I took notice of the parents calling out orders and instructing their children. I saw various children all under the age of 10 taking laps across the pool trying various styles. If a child’s foot was too bent, her parent would demand that she straighten it. If a child was kicking too slowly, his parent would order that he go faster. I couldn’t help but pity the children whose parents were taking the opportunity to give a swimming lesson, rather than just let them enjoy their time during the holiday.

Either because of their parents or their own desire, first-generation Asian-Americans put forth their 110% in order to be accepted into one of the best American colleges. Asian-American students want to see A’s, 100%’s, and perfect scores. According to Jeon, Asians complain that students with a 4.0 GPA and 2400 SAT simply cannot be rejected from top schools. To their disappointment, however, they often are.

The ethic(伦理) of this aggressive work also exhibits itself via sports and other after-class activities. What sets Asian-Americans apart, however, is that they fight to be excellent in whatever it is that they do. Be it playing the piano or performing in math competitions, Asian-Americans look to be in first place. Although it may cause unnecessary stress, such a driven work ethic is a commendable quality. Often blamed for lacking in creativity, Asian-Americans can actually make up for the absence of imagination with their determination. The average American can dream creative dreams, but that only matters if he or she can make it happen in reality. Asian-Americans, instead, can gather creative ideas to produce something concrete.

Yet with such a drive to succeed, Asian-Americans have somehow twisted their definition of success. Rather than looking at personal achievement, they refer to numbers, statistics and scores to rate their success. It seems as if desire and the sense of free will are nonexistent in certain Asian-American students as they mercilessly drive themselves to an inevitable burnout. Their desire to be the most-talented is an impossible dream. In a fruitless attempt, they try to be the best in a world already full of winners.

1.It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that _________________.

A. Na He Jeon had to give up the midterm test because of her illness.

B. Na He Jeon complained about the heavy study pressure from parents.

C. Na He Jeon was struggling hard to achieve academic success.

D. Na He Jeon was worrying about negative comments from classmates.

2.The writer mentions the scene of the swimming children in paragraph 2 to _____________.

A. stress parents’ decisive role in driving children to be winners

B. show parents special skill at instructing children in everything

C. emphasize children’s painstaking efforts to satisfy their parents

D. describe children’s determination to face the fierce competition

3.The word “commendable” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______________.

A. complex B. admirable

C. natural D. fundamental

4.According to Asian-Americans, success lies in __________________.

A. realizing imaginative and creative ideas

B. achieving individual accomplishment

C. winning scholarships to top schools

D. rising to the top in scores at everything

5.The writer’s purpose of writing this article is to ___________________.

A. express sympathy for Asian-American children

B. advocate academic competition among students

C. stress that personal success means more than high scores

D. analyze the problems in school education

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文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

The other day, I was invited my friend Sam’s home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. I felt ashamed and didn’t know how to do because two month ago we had a quarrel. I sat down but began to watch TV. Later Sam came to ask I to make peace with Bill. Until then I realize that Sam had arranged the meeting on purpose. I went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smiled at him. He looked very happily and talked with me excitedly. That night, we had a great fun together.

写作

假如你是李华,你的外国朋友Jack想了解著名科学家屠呦呦的相关情况, 请你根据以下的要求给他写一封回信。

姓名

屠呦呦

国籍

中国

职业

药学家，科学家

兴趣爱好

自幼对传统中药兴趣浓厚

主要经历

1. 1930年12月30日生于浙江宁波；

2. 1951年考入北京大学，主修制药专业;

3. 毕业后接受中医培训两年半，并一直在北京从事中医工作;

4. 1972年成功发现并制成青蒿素；

5. 2015年10月5日，她被授予诺贝尔医学奖，成为中国第一个获得诺贝尔奖的女性科学家。

注意: 1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3. 参考词汇：

药学家chemist 青蒿素Qinghaosu 诺贝尔医学奖 Nobel Prize in Medicine

4．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好。

Dear Jack,

I am glad to hear that you would like to know something about the famous scientist Tu Youyou. Now, I will give you a brief introduction to her.

Wish you all the best !

Yours,

Li Hua

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred(留下创伤) her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue(组织) taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants(移植) to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, aged 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridge shire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

1.What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?

A．They were friendly to her.

B．They showed sympathy to her.

C．They were afraid of her.

D．They looked down upon her.

2.Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to___________.

A．face others’ unkindness bravely

B．hide their scars by proper dressing

C．live a normal life

D．recover quickly

3.What does the underlined word “permanent” in the 4th paragraph mean?

A. necessary B. life-long

C. difficult D. important

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

A．A Seriously Burned Girl Survives

B．Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares

C．Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl

D．A seriously burned angel of Hope

______ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for ________ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.

A. As; whom B. What; whom C. It; whose D. As; whose

A fast food restaurant is the place________, just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.

A. which B. where C. there D. what

Earlier this month, two rock climbers achieved what many thought impossible: They climbed up the 3,000-foot-high Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park without specialized equipment. Climbing without this equipment is called“free-climbing.”Until now, no one had free-climbed to the top of the rock face, which is a part of the mountain EI Capitan.

El Capitan, which means“the captain”or“the chief”in Spanish, has always presented a challenge to climbers. But the Dawn Wall, on the mountain’s southeast face, is a particularly difficult route to the summit (顶峰). It is a rock formation that is both steep and relatively smooth. This makes free-climbing the rock face seem almost impossible.

About seven years ago, professional climber Tommy Caldwell spotted a possible route up the wall. It took years of planning and preparation, but this month, Caldwell, 36, and his friend Kevin Jorgeson, 30, finally make the climb.

Free climbers do use ropes and other basic safety equipment to catch them if they fall — and Caldwell and Jorgeson fell often. Before starting their climb, they broke down their route into 32 sections. Each section was based on a rope length called a“pitch.”The rope was secured into the rock face to catch the climbers if they fell.

Caldwell and Jorgeson’s goal was to climb the Dawn Wall without returning to the ground. If they fell, they had to start that pitch all over again. The two men started climbing on December 27. They slept in hanging tents, and a team of friends brought them food each day.

The men had spent years rehearsing (排练) the movements it would take to get through each pitch. They made it through the fist half of the climb relatively easily. But halfway up, Jorgeson ran into trouble. In one difficult spot, he fell each time he attempted to climb. After 10 days of trying, Jorgeson finally made it to the next pitch.

Getting through that troublesome pitch gave both climbers renewed energy. They finished the rest of the climb five days later, on January 14.

1.What does Paragraph 2 mainly explain?

A．Why the Dawn Wall is a hard challenge.

B．Why people prefer climbing El Capitan.

C．How to free-climb the Dawn Wall.

D．How El Capitan got its name.

2.To climb Yosemite’s Dawn Wall, Caldwell and Jorgeson .

A. received one year’s training

B. chose the nearest route

C. made thoughtful preparations

D. used special equipment

3.What can we learn about this world, s toughest climb?

A．It includes 32 different routes.

B．It is also the world, s highest climb.

C．It was once completed by Caldwell 7 years ago.

D．It took the two climbers 19 days to get to the top.

4.Which of the following words can best describe Jorgeson?

A．Proud but patient.

B．Cautious and friendly.

C．Brave and determined.

D．Imaginative but half-hearted.

完形填空

It happened on a Saturday afternoon about 12 years ago. I volunteered to take my daughter to the local ________ while my wife did the housework. As soon as we got there, my daughter rushed to the ________ and asked for a push. As I was helping my daughter to go higher and higher, I noticed ________ trying to get her own swing going, but ________. Her grandmother was sitting quietly on a nearby bench and took no notice of it at all.

After giving my daughter a big ________, I walked over to the little girl and asked if she needed a push too. She ________ and said “Yes!” I soon had her feet flying towards ________ while she laughed happily. For the next two hours I ________myself pushing swings and playing games with my daughter and the little girl on the playground. By the time we ________home, I was physically exhausted, but my spirits were still ________ higher than those swings.

One day 2 years later, as usual, I needed to ________my daughter from school before going home. I stood tiredly in the parents’ ________ area watching for my kid. ________ , I felt two tiny arms going around my stomach. I ________ and there was the very little girl on the playground smiling up at me. She gave me one more big ________ before running off to catch her school bus. As I watched her ________ , I didn’t feel so ________ any more and my ________ were once again up in the heavens.

In this life every single bit of ________ we share finds its way back to us again. It may travel from heart to heart or it may blossom in the soul ________ it was planted.

1.A. stadium B. playground C. park D. square

2.A. tracks B. stand C. swings D. bars

3.A. a mother B. another little girl C. my daughter D. an old woman

4.A. succeeded B. fell C. failed D. slid

5.A. prize B. blow C. smile D. push

6.A. nodded B. wondered C. defended D. argued

7.A. the earth B. my daughter C. the clouds D. her grandmother

8.A. found B. suggested C. imagined D. watched

9.A. left B. headed C. moved D. struggled

10.A. running B. speeding C. floating D. flying

11.A. pick up B. dress up C. bring up D. cheer up

12.A. sleeping B. smoking C. reading D. waiting

13.A. Gradually B. Suddenly C. Fortunately D. Eventually

14.A. gave in B. moved off C. looked down D. watched out

15.A. kiss B. surprise C. reward D. hug

16.A. cheeks B. stomach C. back D. shoulders

17.A. tired B. amused C. amazed D. bored

18.A. senses B. memories C. minds D. spirits

19.A. love B. praise C. comfort D. glory

20.A. when B. where C. which D. that

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