On October 31, Americans celebrate Halloween.

Halloween means “holy” (hallow) “evening” (een). This is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. On All Saints Day, Christians remember the Saints but Halloween is even older than Christianity.

Before Christianity, people 1. Europe believed that on October 31, ghosts of dead people came back. To scare the ghosts, people 2. (dress) like devils and were very noisy. They also made big fires 3. keep the ghosts away. Later, people did not believe in ghosts, 4. they kept the day of Halloween for fun.

Immigrants came from Europe to America and 5. （bring） with them the custom of Halloween. Halloween has some strange symbols. One symbol is the jack-o’-lantern in the window. 6. jack-o’-lantern is to scare the ghosts. People cut the pumpkin, throw away all of the inside, and cut a face in 7. . Then they put a candle inside of it.

Jack-o’-lantern usually looks 8. （fright）, too!

Today, in the United States, Halloween is very popular 9. the children. They wear masks and special costumes. They want to look like skeletons and ghosts.

Then they go from house to house and say “ Trick or treat!”. People give them 10. （candy）, cookies or fruit. When people give nothing, the children sometimes play tricks on them.

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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I passed all the other course that I took at my university, but I could never pass botany. This was why all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a lab look through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never see through a microscope. This was used to make my professor angry. “I can’t see everything, ” I said. Then he began patient enough to explain how to see through it, but I still couldn’t make it. At last we tried it with every adjustment of the microscope known to men. With my pleasure, I saw something and drew it quickly on the paper. “What’s that?” my professor asked. “That’s what I saw.” I answered. “No, you don’t!” he shouted, and he bent over and looking into the microscope. “That’s your eyes! You’ve fixed the lens so that it reflects! You’ve drawn your eyes!”

一个英文网站面向中学生征稿。请你写一篇英文稿件，介绍“中秋节”及这个节日里的主要活动。

写作要点：

1.它是中国传统节日之一；

2.家人团聚；

3.赏月、吃月饼、

4.还有旅游、访友等其他活动。

5.……

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使用文连贯；

3开头语已您写好，不讲总词数。

参考词汇：中秋节:the Mid-Autumn Festival 农历: lunar calendar

赏月: enjoy the full moon 月饼: moon cake

The Mid- Autumn Fetival

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th of the eighth month of Our Chinese lunar calendar.

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Chocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain. Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health. They describe chocolate as “something to die for” or say “death by chocolate”. Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:

A happier heart

Scientists at Harvard University recently examined 136 studies on cocoa— the main ingredient in chocolate— and found that it does seem to strengthen the heart. Studies have shown heart benefits from increased blood flow. These benefits are the result of cocoa’s chemicals, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation(炎症)。

Better blood pressure

If yours is high, chocolate may help. Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University recently found that people with high blood pressure who ate 3.5ounces of dark chocolate per day for two weeks saw their blood pressure drop quickly.

Muscle magic

Chocolate milk may help you recover after a hard workout(锻炼). In a small study at Indiana University, people who drank chocolate milk between workouts did better on a tiredness test than those who had some sports drinks.

Better for your skin

German researchers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every day. After three months, the women’s skin was moister(润滑的) and smoother. The research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the skin, improving its appearance.

Brain gains.

It sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving skills by increasing blood flow to the brain.

1.What’s the meaning of “bite their tongues” in the first paragraph?

A. Stop talking. B. Speak up.

C. Think of it. D. Listen to it.

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?

A. Sports drinks are better than chocolate milk.

B. sports drinks can make people easy to be tired.

C. Drinking milk can keep you energetic at work.

D. we should drink chocolate milk between times when we work hard.

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

A. Chocolate, a Healthy Food

B. More Chocolate, Less Health

C. Chocolate and Blood Pressure

D. Advice on Eating Chocolate

If you have a chance to go to Taiwan, there’s one place you should not miss— the Taipei Palace Museum. The museum has around 650,000 pieces of ancient Chinese treasures. These treasures were originally in the Palace Museum in Beijing. But how did they get to Taiwan?

In 1931, the Japanese invaded the northeast part of China. To protect the national treasures from the Japanese, the government of the Republic of China decided to move some important pieces to Nanjing.

However, they did not stay long in Nanjing. In 1949, the people’s Liberation Army won in the Liberation War. The Guomindang government went from Nanjing to Taiwan. Along with them they took the art pieces. The Taipei Palace Museum was set up in 1965 to hold the national treasures.

Taiwan people are very proud of the Taipei Palace Museum. Some of the collections are world famous. One of the most visited art pieces in the museum is the “Jade Cabbage”. It is made from a single piece of jade(绿玉). If you take a close look, you can see two grasshoppers on the leaves, a large one and a small one, which were the symbol of many children in a family.

If you are interested in the treasures, you could take a look at a TV programme called Taipei Palace Museum. It gives a picture of the treasures of the Taipei Palace Museum. There are also interviews with over a hundred experts about the stories behind some of the pieces.

1.The treasures stayed in Nanjing for about _______ years.

A. 10 B. 16 C. 18 D. 34

2.Why did the Guomindang government take these treasures to Taiwan?

A. Because the Japanese invaded the northeast part of China.

B. Because they wanted to protect the treasures from the Japanese.

C. Because they wanted to show them to Taiwan people.

D. Because they were defeated by the People’s Liberation Army.

3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn _______.

A. Taiwan people are proud of the Taipei Palace Museum because of its world famous collections.

B. the most famous art piece in the museum is the “Jade cabbage”.

C. two grasshoppers on the leaves stand for two sons in a family.

D. you can learn about these treasures by visiting the Taipei Palace Museum.

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

A. The most famous art piece—Jade Cabbage

B. The Beijing Palace Museum

C. A place of interest—Taiwan

D. The Taipei Palace Museum

At noon, Shi Huizi received a text message: “This is Yuantong Express. Please come to the school gate and pick up your parcel.” The 22-year-old girl at Beijing International Studies University rushed to the school gate, where hundreds of parcels lay waiting to be collected by their owners.

This scene is not uncommon on China’s campuses, as shopping online has become an important part of their lifestyle for many university students. But convenient as it is, online shopping among students is marked by impulse(冲动) buying and other risks. Students should be cautious to avoid them.

According to Taobao, during last year’s graduation season, 250,000 graduate students from 116 “211” project universities nationwide spent 846 million yuan on Taobao. Beijing Haidian Consumers’ Association conducted a survey on the online purchasing behavior of students, which showed that nearly 54 percent of respondents had made irrational purchases.

Yang Yi is one of them. The 23-year-old business administration major at Beijing Wuzi University bought a limited edition Gundam model kit online for a small fortune, only to find that its appeal faded rapidly. “I did like it when I bought it, but it doesn’t look so attractive to me anymore now. So I’ve decided to sell it to pay off my debts,” says Yang. Yang’s experience reflects the consumption patterns (消费方式) of many university students. In an attempt to be unique, many of them turn to online shops to buy “exotic(奇异的)” items not easily found in the domestic (国内的) market.

According to Lei Li, a psychology professor at Renmin University, the impulsive buying patterns found among students have psychological roots. When shopping online is a campus trend, it’s not only about convenience, but also about group identification(认可). “If everyone is doing something and you’re not, you’re less likely to be accepted by others,” Lei says. The mentality(心态) of not wanting to be left out is fuelling impulse buying.

As he Haidian survey indicates, online shopping is not always a satisfying experience. Of 848 respondents(调查对象) from universities based in Beijing, 42 percent said they had received products that didn’t match the online description or photos. Even so, 72.5 percent of student buyers don’t return unsatisfactory goods due to the inconvenience it causes and long procedures.

Lei suggests that students who are enthusiastic about online shopping “pay attention to the consequences and develop a wiser way of consuming—namely, buying items within their budget and being aware of the risks of buying online.”

1.How does the passage introduce its topic?

A. By making comparisons.

B. By giving an example.

C. By making an analysis (分析).

D. By showing the result of a survey.

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason why shopping online becomes a campus trend?

A. Because of the mind of not wanting to be left out in a group.

B. Because many students turn to online shops trying to buy rare items in China.

C. Because it is convenient to buy online.

D. Because the school hasn’t taught them how to consume wisely.

3.What does the underlined word “irrational” in Para. 3 mean?

A. Unreasonable. B. Expensive.

C. Worthless. D. Priceless.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The Risks of Shopping Online

B. The Trend of Shopping Online

C. Students Shop on Impulse

D. Buying More Wisely

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 1.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 2. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 3. of. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

4. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” Or “ 5. ”

A.A healthy body contributes to one’s intelligence.

B.Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.

C.What people want to express is like this.

D.The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.

E.It needs exercise.

F.You are such a smart child.

G.These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

Do you know why there is a little angel on the top of the Christmas tree?

One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was ______ his usual trip. But there were _____ everywhere. Four of his elves(小精灵) got _____, and the trainee(学徒工) elves did not produce the toys as fast as the ______ ones, so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind _____. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mom was coming to visit; this _____ Santa even more.

When he went to ride the deer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and that two had ______ the fence and were out—heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sled(雪橇), one of the boards _____ and the toy bag fell to the ground and the toys were everywhere. So, _____, Santa went into the house for a cup of coffee and a little wine. When he went to the ______, he discovered that the elves had ______ the wine and there was nothing to_______.

In his frustration, he ______ dropped the coffeepot and it broke into thousands of little pieces all over the kitchen _____. He went to get the broom and found that mice had _____ the straw which it was made of. Just then the doorbell _____ and Santa cursed(咒骂) on his way to the door. He _____ the door and there was a little angel with a big Christmas ______.

Smiling, the angel said, very _____,”Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn’t it just a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to put it?” This cheered Santa up.

_____ began the tradition of the little angel on the top of the tree.

1.A. paying attention to B. getting ready for C. coming up withD. taking part in

2.A. wealth B. danger C. presents D. problems

3.A. old B. rich C. sick D. well

4.A. regular B. devoted C. lazy D. clever

5.A. travel B. schedule C. preparation D. work

6.A. encouraged B. worried C. interested D. frightened

7.A. jumped B. made C. cleaned D. fixed

8.A. crossed B. stopped C. cracked D. disappeared

9.A. moved B. tired C. pleased D. frustrated

10.A. bed B. boards C. toys D. cupboard

11.A. hidden B. found C. bought D. polluted

12.A. wash B. drink C. watch D. add

13.A. angrily B. luckily C. carelessly D. slowly

14.A. door B. wall C. table D. floor

15.A. eaten B. covered C. cut D. thrown

16.A. failed B. rose C. rang D. fell

17.A. repaired B. felt C. painted D. opened

18.A. light B. bag C. tree D. cake

19.A. cheerfully B. exactly C. hungrily D. sadly

20.A. And B. So C. If D. But

Everyone holds different views about health in my family. My mother is __1.__ a diet. But she makes sure we eat ____2.___ (health). I’m quite healthy. ____3.___ (rare) do I get colds. However, my father is ____4.____ (addict) to smoking cigarettes. As ___5.____ result of smoking, he is likely to get lung cancer. His doctor doesn’t allow him ___6.____ (smoke) any more. My father has to take the doctor’s ___7._____ (advise). Every year, a lot of people die of the illnesses or they’re seriously injured in fires _8.______ (cause) by smoking. And the number of people ___9.___ lose their lives __10._____ (increase) at present. Therefore, I expect my father to keep away from smoking.