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   There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.  He was given a slingshot (弹弓)to 6 with, out in the woods.  He  7  in the woods, but he could never hit the target子).Getting a little 8 he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse(冲动)，he hit the duck on the head, and 9 it. He was shocked and upset. For 10 of punishment, he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, 11to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all, 12  she said nothing.

 13  lunch that day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes."

But Sally said, " Grandma? Johnny told me he wanted to14 in the kitchen today, didn't you Johnny?" And then she 15 to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes.

Later Grandpa asked if 16 wanted to go fish?ing, and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."

But Sally 17 and said, "Well, that's 18 because Johnny told me he wanted to help."

19the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.

After several days of Johnny doing both his 20 and Sally's, he finally couldn't __21___  it any longer.

He came to Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck. She knelt down, gave him a hug (拥抱)，and said, "Sweetheart, I 22 You see, I was standing at the window and I 23 the whole thing. But be?cause I love you, I 24 you. But I was just 25 how long you would let Sally make you a slave."

6.      A. help         B.  play      C.  make            D. do

7.      A. practised    B.  played       C.  worked           D. hunted

8.      A. anxious       B. satisfied     C.pleased            D. discouraged

9.      A. caught       B.  injured      C.  killed         D. seized

 10.      A. surprise         B. disappointment    C. anger        D. fear

11.      A. only         B.  so as       C.   in order         D. expecting

12.      A. so             B.  and      C.  instead         D. but

13.      A. At          B.  After    C.  Before              D. In

14.      A. play           B.  stay     C.  help           D. get

15.      A. called          B. whispered     C.nodded          D. signed

16.      A. the children      B. he    C.  Johnny            D. Grandma

17.      A. sighed          B. agreed     C.  explained        D. smiled

18.      A. easy            B.  all right    C.fine            D. impossible

19.      A. Searching        B. Hiding     C.  Remembering       D. Regretting

20.      A. homework         B. housework     C.  farm work          D. cooking

21.      A. stand           B. change         C.  like          D. cover

22.      A. am sorry         B. realize     C.  watch            D. know

23.      A. experienced       B. heard     C,  saw            D. understood

24.      A. missed       B. forgave        C.  congratulated      D. punished

25.      A. wondering       B. saying     C.  imagining        D. considering

【高考话题】学校生活【写作素材】

1.    你校的图书馆位于校园的北部，其南边是教学楼，东边是操场，西边是一片小树林；

2.    图书馆宽敞、明亮，书架上有各种书籍、杂志等；

3.    每个同学每次可借阅3本书，10天之内归还；

4.    开放时间为周一到周五的上午9:00至下午5:00。

【连句成篇】将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文。

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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增力口、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A)，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。

Dear Peter,

I'm very glad to receive your e-mail asking for in?formation about the host family we have arranged you to stay with.

Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighbourhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own. Apart from the convenient public transpor?tation, our private car will make your visits difficult. Be?cause all the family members can speak fluently English and have outgoing personalities, I'm sure you will have no trouble to communicating with them. Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience. In addition, the hostess cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food.

Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Yours, Li Hua

Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety or fear which may occur in an individual by the require?ment to perform in front of an audience. It is most com?monly seen in school situations, like stand-up projects and class speeches. It has numerous forms ： heart beat?ing fast, trembling hands and legs, sweaty hands, dry mouth, etc.

In fact, most of the fear occurs before you step on stage. Once you're up there ， it usually goes away. Thus, it is a phenomenon that you must learn to con?trol. Try to think of stage fright in a positive way. It heightens your energy, adds colour to your cheeks. With these good effects you will actually look healthier and more physically attractive.

Many of the top performers in the world get stage fright so you are in good company. Stage fright may come and go or decrease, but it usually does not disap?pear permanently. You must concentrate on getting the feeling out and present what you have prepared calmly.

Remember nobody ever died from stage fright. But, according to surveys, many people would rather die than give a speech. If that applies to you, and you are an unlucky guy who is with stage fright the whole time, try out some of the strategies(策略)as follows to help get yourself under control. Realize that you may never overcome stage fright, but you can learn to con?trol it, and use it to your advantage.

Strategies are as follows when the programme be?gins:

1)    If legs are trembling, lean on the table or shift legs or move.

2)    Don't hold notes. The audience can see them shake. Use three-by-five cards instead.

3)    Use eye contact. Look at the friendliest faces in the audience.

Remember nervousness doesn't show one tenth as much as it feels. Before each presentation, make a short list of the items that you think will make you feel better. Don't be afraid to experiment with different combi?nations. You never know which ones will work best un?til you try. Use these steps to control stage fright so it doesn't control you. Once you are used to stage fright, you will find you on the road to a great speech-maker.

5.    Someone may be most likely to suffer from stage fright when he/she is      .

A.    attending an English class

B.    standing in a classroom

C.    watching a performance

D.    talking in front of people

6.    By thinking of stage fright in a positive way, one could .

A.    learn to control stage fright

B.    get rid of stage fright

C.    calm down before stepping on stage

D.    become more physically attractive

7.    Which of the following is TRUE?

A.    Top performers usually suffer from stage fright.

B.    Stage fright may stay with a person for a life?time.

C.    Nobody would rather die than give a speech.

D.    No one can overcome or control stage fright.

8.    The passage mainly talks about     .

A.    how to deal with stage fright

B.    what stage fright is like

C.    when stage fright occurs

D.    why people have stage fright

With its special elegant body and spotted coat, the cheetah(猎豹)is the most unique member of the cat family. As the world's fastest land mammal, the chee?tah can reach speeds of 112km/h. A cheetah can go from 0 to 96 kilometres per hour in only three long steps. However, with a lean body and small teeth, the cheetah cannot fight larger animals. This gives the chee?tah a double risk as it is placed in direct conflict with hu?mans. Farmers that live nearby shoot, trap and poison cheetahs, because they think that cheetahs will kill their livestock (牲畜).

The cheetah is now endangered. It was once found across all of Africa, extending eastwards into Asia. However, hunting, habitat destruction and loss of prey (猎物)have meant that cheetahs are now only found in a few countries in Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently reported that only about 7 ， 500 adult cheetahs remain in the wild. This makes the small population of cheetahs even more precious and worthy of protection.

The Wildlife Conservation Fund has teamed up with Central Kalahari Research Group to study and pro?tect the remaining cheetahs.

In order to find out more about these animals, two adult cheetahs were fitted with GPS satellite collars. These collars provide information about how cheetahs move through their environment. And they provide an excellent way to study cheetahs which have been re?leased back into the wild. Understanding cheetahs' be?haviour is an important step for their protection. Also, it is necessary to cooperate with local farmers and other land users to reduce the killing of cheetahs.

1.    What makes it difficult for the cheetah to fight larger animals?

A.    Its big head and small mouth.

B.    Its strong legs and fat feet.

C.    Its thin body and tiny teeth.

D.    Its short toes and long tail.

2.    Which is NOT the reason why cheetahs are endan?gered?

A.     Loss of food.

B.    An elegant body.

C.    Habitat destruction.

D.    Hunting and killing.

3.    What is the function of the collars in the last para?graph?

A.    To catch more cheetahs and kill them.

B.    To protect the habitat where cheetahs live.

C.    To protect cheetahs from being caught by other big animals.

D.    To get information about cheetahs and under?stand their behaviour.

4.    What can we learn from this passage?

A.    Cheetahs are disappearing slowly from the world.

B.    The protection of cheetahs is urgently needed.

C.    Cheetahs always catch farmers' livestock for food.

D.    Cheetahs are able to adapt to the environment well.

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The number of people attending high school and college reunions(重聚)has reduced. There are a lot of people who say Facebook is good enough and that they don't want to get together. Mindy Crouchley is one of them. "I can keep in touch with anyone I'm interested in through this medium(媒介).There's nothing more a reunion could give me."

I am a huge fan of Facebook. But having just at?tended my 40th high school reunion, I can say to Mindy and others that Facebook can't substitute the experi?ences you get at a reunion face to face and across a crowded room. They include the sound of a once-famil?iar voice calling out to you and the pleasure that comes with recognizing an old teammate after only a moment's hesitation.

Facebook is to a reunion what Mindy's yearbook is to a novel ： the level of detail you get on Facebook can't be equal to what you find face to face. For example, a classmate told me about a trip he had taken to see his dying teacher; it taught him the importance of telling people what they mean to you when they are still alive.

Of course nearly half of the 70 students in our class didn't make it. At the closing dinner, a classmate said, "Please raise your glass to the three members of the class of 1971 who have died. " Of course, five and ten years from now, at our next reunions, the list of those to whom we raise a glass will be longer. We may hear about their death through Facebook. But face to face, in a community of classmates, something deeper happens ： you are forced to admit life is short, which makes you feel grateful for your blessings and make the most of what remains.

1.According to Paragraph 1  Mindy Crouchley _________________.

    A.is a huge fan of reunions

B. isn't interested in Facebook

C.is afraid of seeing old classmates

D.thinks it unnecessary to attend the face-to-face reunions

2. What does the underlined word "substitute" in Par?agraph 2 mean?

A. Influence.                          B. Replace.

C.  Support.                          D. Change.

3. Paragraph 2 tells us that the writer ,

A.doesn't like using Facebook

B.thinks highly of face-to-face reunions

C.thinks there are too many kinds of reunions

D.thinks  reunions  sometimes make people very sad

4.What's the writer's purpose in giving the example in Paragraph 3?

     A. To advise us to pay a visit to those who are dy?ing.

B. To prove that old people don't like communica?ting on Facebook.

C. To show that a face-to-face talk is better than a talk on Facebook.

D. To tell us that it is important to let others know we care about them.

5.Hearing about his classmates' deaths in the reunion made the writer .

   A.unwilling to attend reunions

B. feel thankful for what he has

C. decide never to use Facebook again

D. want to visit his old friends one by one

Investing in yourself

Figuring out how to invest your money can be a dif?ficult task. This is something that you will want to learn how to do.

9 Things that will improve your knowledge, skills or health are all great investments. However, be?fore you start, you need to be clear about what you will gain out of doing all of these things.

You may think investing in yourself means inves?ting in your education. 10 . There are some other things you can do, such as buying a gym membership or learning a new skill.

So what are some specific things you can do? 11 . Reading books can really expand your mind and allow you to learn different skills and gain knowledge. I'm talking about the books where you will actually learn a new skill, not fiction books.

You can also take courses and attend seminars. These programmes are taught by people with a high level of knowledge or skill. 12 Only in this way can you avoid being fooled by some sales presentation.

Moreover, investing in yourself is a safe way to keep your money. Although a savings account is seen as the most secure investment, that isn't 100% safe. Even if you never experience your bank closing down, the return is little when inflation(通货膨胀)is taken into con?sideration. 13 But over time, they will show up in terms of your happiness level as well as your level of success.

A.    This is just one way.

B.    The benefits will stay with you.

C.    If you aren't a reader, you should start with that.

D.    The more you do this, the more valuable you will be.

E.    Of course, you need to do some research before in?vesting.

F.    The best way to invest your money is to invest it in yourself.

G.    When you invest in yourself, you may not see gains right away.

By knowing what kind of learner you are, you can organize your study to best suit your particular way of learning.

Visual learning style

These learners like to draw, build, design and make things. They like looking at pictures and enjoy jig?saw puzzles and mazes. They tend to think in pictures rather than words.

Verbal learning style

These learners are very good at listening and are of?ten very good speakers and storytellers. They think in words rather than pictures. They like to read and write, and usually have good memories for such things as names, dates and places.

Logical learning style

These learners are very logical. They easily recog?nize numerical and word patterns and look for logical connections between ideas. They like to figure things out for themselves and love solving problems. They en?joy working with abstract (抽象)ideas.

Bodily learning style

These learners like to move around a lot and to tou?ch objects and people.   They often wave their hands around when they are talking. They are good at physical activities, such as sport and dancing, and they enjoy

making things with their hands. Naturalistic learning style

These learners love to be outside. They are inter?ested in nature and are usually fond of animals. They are often involved with nature conservation groups. They are excellent at planning picnics and other outdoor activities. They like to understand how things in nature work.

Musical learning style

These learners appreciate music. They are usually good at singing or playing musical instruments and can often compose (创作)music. They are often very sensi?tive to noises around them and are sometimes easily dis?tracted (分 散注意 力) by background noises.

Interpersonal learning style

These learners like to be surrounded by people. They usually have lots of friends and like to join groups and clubs. They are often the leaders of any group they join and they are very good peacemakers.

Intrapersonal learning style

These people are quite happy in their own compa?ny. They spend a lot of time thinking about things such as their dreams and hopes and their relationships with other people. They prefer to work alone and to follow their own interests.

5. If a person usually puts things into categories and sorts when thinking, he is most probably .

A, a bodily learner B.  a visual learner

C.  a logical learner      D.  a verbal learner

6.  Naturalistic learners learn best .

A.    through music and rhythm(旋律)

B.    in a natural setting rather than a built environ?ment

C.    with pets around them

D.    in the condition that there is a loud natural noise

7. An intrapersonal learner may be different from an in?terpersonal learner in the way that .

A.    he/she is not good at communicating with others

B.    his/her individual ability is rather good

C.    he/she is slow in thinking out the answers to problems

D.    his/her relationship with others is always bad

8.    The best title for this passage would be " ".

A.    How should you learn?

B.    How to learn best

C.    Choose your style

D.    Learning styles

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I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the ac?cident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $ 200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

   But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $ 115 each time. The final exami-nation report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $ 215.

    My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all.  He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $ 770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time ― and I left without getting a cent.

1.The author's roommate offered to help him because •

   A.      he felt sorry for the author

B.     he thought it was a chance to make some money

C.     he knew the doctor was a very good one

D.     he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

2. A good doctor is greatly necessary for the author to .

    A.     be properly treated

B.     talk with the person responsible for the accident

C.     recover before he leaves America

D.     eventually get the responsible person to pay for his injury

3.The word "charge" in the second paragraph means " ，，.

   A.     be responsible

B.     have control over

C.     ask for money for goods or service

D.     help or support

4. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very .

A.friendly             B. selfish

C.professional          D. busy

5.What conclusion can you draw from the story?

   A.     Going to court is something very common in America.

B.     One must be very careful while driving a car.

C.     There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

D.     Money is more important than other things in the US.