We all face quantities of stress in day–to–day living, whether at work, at home, or anywhere in between.1.Here’s how stress can help us on an everyday basis.

Stress can sharpen your memory.2.Remember that test you passed where the answers seemed to come out of nowhere?3.It’s because of stress hormones that increase your alertness when it’s most needed.

Stress also helps you get an advantage at work. Successful employees turn stress into motivation. Have you ever noticed that you get the least amount of work done when you have the fewest deadlines?4.When you take risks and choose to get over the difficulty, it improves your mental toughness and self–confidence.

Stress helps you resist the attack of illness. You need a healthy immune system to help fight off diseases. Believe it or not, the right kind of stress can help your body’s defenses against illness.

5.That burst of stress is helpful to your immune system when your body faces a threat.

Besides, sometimes when you consciously put yourself in stressful situations, stress can make your life more interesting. They can even help you achieve fulfillment and happiness.

A. Did you ever notice that sometimes when you are stressed, you memory seems to improve?

B. When you get sick, stress causes you to make hormones that battle threats to your health.

C. Too little stress can affect how much you actually get done.

D. That’s one way your brain responds to stress.

E. This will surely happen whenever you are stressed.

F. But handled properly, stress can have many benefits for our body and mind.

G. Stress helps you get through difficult times.

I’m a boy of 12. Every Saturday night my family and I go out and______the homeless people in our city. There are hundreds of people______any food or______. We have been doing this for several months. We wanted to see______it was like in the life of a homeless person.

One special thing I’d like to______is, my family and I do not eat before we begin our _____, so we know how it feels to be______. We all get together in the kitchen and_____the food. Some of the meals are sandwiches and cookies and a bottle of water. ______my mum prepares a steaming _____delicious meal. We then______them all up. I like to write special notes on the bag like “ Best Wishes.”

A lot of people______homeless people. But not all of them are drug addicts or bad people. Some are______nice. Some just had bad things that led to them.

At first, we had to gain their_____, because a lot of people are_____to them for no good reasons. But now that they see us every week, they______have faith in us. We all have to remember that these are people who have______.

Some of them shake our hands for_____them food. Some sing and dance happily.

After we finished feeding the homeless, it makes me_____what I have at home. I love feeding the homeless, and making a/an_____in someone’s life.

1.A. greet B. feed C. visit D. attend

2.A. without B. with C. between D. away from

3.A. parents B. strength C. family D. shelter

4.A. how B. what C. that D. which

5.A. charge B. expect C. mention D. do

6.A. ride B. walk C. performance D. journey

7.A. hungry B. curious C. fearful D. tense

8.A. taste B. eat C. prepare D. share

9.A. sometime B. sometimes C. some times D. some time

10.A. cold B. cool C. strange D. hot

11.A. bag B. break C. use D. give

12.A. concern B. save C. misunderstand D. adopt

13.A. even B. still C. just D. seldom

14.A. money B. trust C. name D. address

15.A. ashamed B. familiar C. unfriendly D. embarrassed

16.A. unusually B. generally C. especially D. gradually

17.A. tasks B. goals C. feelings D. methods

18.A. receiving B. offering C. taking D. providing

19.A. appreciate B. accept C. spread D. waste

20.A. experiment B. fortune C. report D. difference

Everyone has some habits. Habits, whether good or bad, are slowly formed. When a person 1.do) a certain thing again and again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, and then a habit is formed. A habit, once2.(develop), is difficult and sometimes3.(possible) to get rid of.

Good habits, such as early rising and4.honest), which are formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say it is some good habits formed in early years5.lead to their success. But children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long6.they live. Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, telling lies, stealing, copying homework, disliking hard work, hating cooperating with others, wasting, smoking, etc. which are all7.(easy) formed habits. Older persons also form bad habits, lasting their lifetime, and sometimes become ruined by them.

It is therefore very important8.(pay) attention to the formation of habits. So we should keep away9.all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for10.(we) and other people.

下面短文中有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. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I suppose you may be a few unhappy because I let you down yesterday afternoon, I am much sorry for not go with you to the football game. I should have met you on time, but I have my reasons.

Yesterday afternoon, I was about to leave my mother called, telling me she would come for the visit. You know, I hadn’t been seen her for a couple of month and I did miss her. I mean to call you to cancel the appointment. And you didn’t take my phone with you. I couldn’t get you through. My apologies again.

假定你是张华，上学期你作为交换（exchange）生去美国学习，住在Smith 夫妇家里，回国后发现你的一本笔记本遗留在他们家，请根据以下内容用英语给Smith先生写一封100字左右的电子邮件。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

要点如下：1. 表示对他们的感谢；2. 这本笔记本对你很重要；3. 麻烦他们寄回。

Dear Mr Smith,

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Zhang Hua

As Easy as 1,2,3

“Uno，dos，tres…”James counted out loud the number of pages in his history report. His older brother，Matt，sat across the kitchen table from him.

“What are you doing now，James？”asked Matt，slightly bothered by James’s loud voice. “I’m trying to study for my math test. I can’t focus on my study if you keep talking.”Matt complained.

“I need to count the number of pages. We need to have at least five pages about the American Revolution. So far I only have three.”

“Why do you have to count out loud？Why does it have to be in Spanish？”Matt asked.

“Because we’re learning our numbers in Spanish class. My Spanish teacher said that speaking to others loudly instead of reading to ourselves will help us with our pronunciation.”

“I’m going to another room，”Matt said as he picked up his books.

“Okay，but you’ll be sorry when the day comes that I know Spanish and you don’t,” James joked.

A few weeks later，James and Matt visited the local grocery store. While they were there，Matt saw a sign written in Spanish.

“James，”Matt said to his brother.“Do you know what this sign says？”Matt asked，expecting James to stare at the sign without understanding.

To Matt’s surprise，James read the sign out loud.“The sign says，‘Hello. Welcome to our store，” James said. Matt was surprised. He knew that James had been practicing Spanish，but he did not realize that his brother was advancing that quickly.

“I can also read that sign over there，”James said，pointing to a sign warning customers about the wet floor.

“Well，James，”Matt said as they walked out of the store.“I’m impressed by how quickly you are learning to speak Spanish.”

“Spanish is easy and fun to learn，”James replied，smiling with confidence.“You should practice with me. We could both speak Spanish at home.”

Matt thought about James’s remark and said，“That’s a great idea！”

1.Why did James count out loud in Spanish？

A. To show his brother what he had learned.

B. To practice pronouncing words properly.

C. To show his brother how well he spoke.

D. To complete his history report.

2.Matt left the kitchen because he＿＿＿＿＿＿.

A. needed to go to the store

B. couldn’t find his book

C. was mad at James

D. couldn’t concentrate well

3.Why was Matt surprised？

A. He expected the store to have more signs.

B. He had never seen words written in Spanish.

C. He had never heard his brother say anything in Spanish before.

D. He thought his brother would not be able to read the sign.

4.How did James feel when his brother praised him？

A. Proud B. Embarrassed

C. Upset D. Surprised

Do you know the differences between African and Asian elephants？African elephants have larger ears，and both male and female African elephants have tusks（象牙）while only male Asian elephants have tusks.

African elephants have very useful trunks！Since they live where it’s always really hot，they get a trunk full of water and spray it on their backs. Then，they do the same thing with dust. The ends of their trunks work like little fingers. They use them to pick berries，grass，and other plants to eat. To drink，African elephants can suck up to two gallons of water in their trunks，then blow it into their mouths. If they sense danger，they use their trunks to make a loud warning sound. They even hug other elephants with their trunks.

Do you know that the closest relative of elephants are manatees（海牛）？They can weigh up to 1，300 pounds and they are good swimmers. If they’re in really shallow water，they use their front flippers（鳍状肢）to walk while they eat sea plants and grasses. Because they are so slow and like warm，shallow water，manatees often get hurt by a part of the boat when the drivers don’t see them.

Manatees are sea mammals like whales and dolphins. They live in water，but they need to breathe air，so they often go to the surface of water. They can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes.

1.From Paragraph 1 we know that＿＿＿＿＿＿.

A. male African elephants have longer tusks than female one

B. African elephants have smaller ears than Asian elephants

C. female Asian elephants don’t have tusks

D. Asian elephants are larger than African elephants

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about？

A. The way African elephants drink and eat.

B. How African elephants use their trunks for protection

C. The shape of African elephants’ trunks.

D. The use of African elephants’ trunks.

3.Why do manatees often go to the surface of water？

A. Because they can stay underwater for only 5 minutes.

B. Because they want to watch out for danger.

C. Because they need to breathe air.

D. Because they want to look for food.

Hiking, also walking for a long distance in the countryside is one of life’s simple and cheap pleasures. But is it safe? Sports writer Mark Waters considers the risks.

Imagine the following...

One day, Ronald decided to take up hiking. The next Sunday, he got up early, threw a sandwich and a bottle of water into a bag and headed for Sai Kung Country Park. Before going, he quickly looked at a map and decided that he could easily walk from the bus stop at Park Tam Chung to the beach at Dai Long Wan .

After walking for hours and hours under the hot sun, Ronald started to feel tired. He reached for his water but found that the bottle was empty. Then he smelt smoke and saw a fire. In a panic, he called 999. However, when he got through to the police, he couldn’t tell them where he was because he didn’t have a map...

Think about it...

Put yourself in Ronald’s shoes. How could you stop this of thing happening to you? One way is to know the following common types of danger.

Getting lost

Foggy weather is one reason why some walkers get lost. However, a more common one is not having enough knowledge of the hiking route. Always remember to bring a map and don’t be too confident . Always choose a route that is right for you.

Heat stroke(中暑）

The summer in Hong Kong is very hot and wet. Many hikers forget this and walk for too long in the midday heat. They become hot and feel weak. Don’t forget during exercise, it is necessary to drink 100 to 200 milliliters of water every 15 to 20 minutes.

Accident

Some of Hong Kong’s paths are very hazardous and it’s not unknown for hikers to fall. Never walk alone and always bring a map and a mobile phone with you.

Hill fire

On average, over 10,000 hill fires a year take place in Hong Kong, injuring more than 600 people. Never light fires in non-marked areas and, if you see a hill fire, report it. Always stay calm and walk away from the fire into the wind.

1.What can we learn about Ronald?

A. He loves hiking and hikes regularly.

B. He didn’t bring enough water on his hike.

C. He brought about a map with him on his hike.

D. He couldn’t tell his friends where he saw a fire

2.The passage mentions Ronald .

A. to warn people against hiking alone

B. to tell people hiking is difficult to be popular

C. to show typical mistakes about hiking

D. to remind people to call the police for help

3.What does the underlined word ”hazardous” mean?

A. Long.

B. Narrow.

C. Complex.

D. Dangerous.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. Hiking Routes in Mountains

B. When Fun Turns into Trouble

C. Hill Fires and How to Avoid Them

D. The Adventures of Ronald the Hiker

No one knows for sure when and where the idea of April Fool’s Day for silly jokes started. One thing is for sure：Humans have been celebrating this holiday for hundreds of years，in many cultures.

One popular theory has to do with the calendar. Many ancient cultures celebrated the new year in spring，around April 1. In Europe，Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar in 1582. The calendar named January 1 as the new start of the year. Many people and countries did not accept the change for years. The story goes that people made fun of the people who still celebrated the new year on April 1.

In some countries，people exchanged gifts on New Year’s Day. So another theory is that people began to give joke gifts on April 1 after the calendar changed. But there are probably as many explanations for the tradition as there are cultures that participate.

One thing is for sure，almost everyone has fun！

Mexicans celebrate a kind of fools’ day on December 28. You’re in trouble on that date if you lend someone something，because you won’t get it back！In India，March 31 is the day for tricks. Portuguese，who celebrate on the Sunday or Monday before the Christian holiday of Lent，throw flour on their friends. People in England say playing tricks after noon on April 1 brings bad luck to the jokers. The U.S. holiday doesn’t have special traditions.

Humor expert Joel Goodman of the Humor Project teaches businesses and individuals how to enjoy the positive power of humor in daily life. When asked to define the difference between a good prank and a disgusting one，he explains，“It is the difference between laughing with someone and laughing at them. Humor should lift people up！”

So start thinking now. If it looks like rain，fill someone’s closed umbrella with pieces of paper and watch them pour down when it is open. Glue a coin to the sidewalk with superglue. When people get annoyed trying to pick it up，remember to yell，“APRIL FOOLS！”Of course，kids can reply with the “Disappearing Class”. When the teacher goes out of the room for a moment，all the kids hide. Just remember，the person you play a trick on should be laughing，too. So keep the tradition going in the right spirit.

1.What is certain about April Fool’s Day？

A. It dated back to 1582.

B. People enjoy this holiday.

C. Its origin is related to a calendar.

D. Pope Gregory XIII created this holiday.

2.Which of the following is a good joke on April Fool’s Day？

A. Skip a class when the teacher is out.

B. Fill someone’s closed umbrella with water.

C. Give someone soap that turns his hands dirty.

D. Frighten someone to death by dressing up as a ghost.

3.The underlined phrase “lift people up”（Paragraph 5）probably means＿＿＿＿.

A. be used in daily lives

B. make people feel happier

C. change people’s attitude

D. be appreciated by people

4.What does the author remind people when they play tricks？

A. Tricks played should be amusing and harmless.

B. The crazier the tricks are，the better.

C. It’s better to use some special tools.

D. Keep playing them for fun.

The family is where a child learns words and their meanings. What you say and how you say it has an important effect on how your child will view himself and his world.1.Their cries let the family know that they are hungry, tired or need to be held. The family is how a child learns to understand and to express his wants, needs, feelings opinions and ideas.

Include your child in conversations from the very beginning. Help him join in. At first the sounds are babbling(婴儿发出的咿呀声).2.Families who include their children in conversation give their children important practice in communication and social skills, as well as a better chance for future success.

3.Talk about what you did, what you are doing, and what you plan to do. Provide your child with words for his feelings. Help him to state them. A child who can say, “ I am disappointed”, or “ I’m really happy” can share more about his world. A child who can use words will feel more safe. Encourage your child to speak up and ask questions. 4.

5.From the time they are very young, they can tell when adults are distracted or not listening. If they think their part of the conversation is not being listened to, they will become mad.

Take the time to build communication within your family. Think about the words you use and take the time to truly listen to what is being said.

A. Let your child talk on the phone

B. Give your child words for everything.

C. Then slowly the child learns to join in.

D. Children are really aware of adult communication.

E. Young children especially like to see their words in print.

F. This is a way to learn more about the world, and contribute to conversation.

G.. Babies communicate their needs and wants from the first moments of their life.