【1】What was the woman doing in the beginning?

A. Reading an article. B. Watching TV. C. Listening to music.

【2】Why was the young man in the story homeless?

A. He had lost his job. B. Everything he owned was stolen.

C. His family didn't want him to come back.

【3】Where did the young man meet the group of people?

A. At a bus station. B. In the homeless shelter. C. In a park.

【4】What did the group do for the young man?

A. They gave him a job. B. They bought him a plane ticket.

C. They bought him some nice clothes.

【题目】(2015·安徽)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Put a group of strangers in a room together, and they'll probably start a conversation. "Hot today, isn't it?"one might say. "You said it." another replies.
Why do we talk so much about the weather? When we meet new people, we don't begin by telling them our life story. We start with small talk, a polite conversation about something like traffic or weather.
Research suggests that small talk can build new friendships. When we begin conversations with new people, we want to feel comfortable, and so do they. We use small talk to find common interests. Once we have a common interest, a friendship can begin.
Small talk even helps people get hired. In order to impress at a job interview, you need to bond with the interviewer right away. Proper small talk can make that first impression get you the job.
So, how can you make small talk lead to a new friendship or job? First off, find common ground. Select something around you that you share with the other person.
Next, keep the conversation going. Compliment (赞美) the other person to make himor her feel comfortable, and ask questions to show interest.
Third, keep eye contact (接触). When you look people in the eye, they feel you appreciate what they are saying. It makes you appear honest and builds trust.
Naturally, shy people might not have enough confidence to start up conversations with strangers. Talking to someone you don't know is not the easiest thing to do! Some experts say with more practice, small talk does get easier.
Some people avoid small talk because they dislike discussing things like traffic or weather. For them, they are just too small. However, when you think about it, small talk is anything but small. In fact, it is actually a very big deal!

【题目】(2015.安徽)
Food serves as a form of communication in two fundamental ways. Sharing bread or other foods is a common human tradition that can promote unity and trust. Food can also have a specific meaning, and play a significant role in a family or culture's celebrations or traditions. The foods we eat—and when and how we eat them—are often unique to a particular culture or may even differ between rural (农村的) and urban areas within one country.
Sharing bread, whether during a special occasion (时刻) or at the family dinner table, is a common symbol of togetherness. Many cultures also celebrate birthdays and marriages with cakes that are cut and shared among the guests. Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread.
Food also plays an important role in many New Year celebrations. In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity (兴旺) in the New Year. In Greece, people share a special cake called vasilopita. A coin is put into the cake, which signifies (预示) success in the New Year for the person who receives it.
Many cultures have ceremonies to celebrate the birth of a child, and food can play a significant role. In China, when a baby is one month old, families name and welcome their child in a celebration that includes giving red-colored eggs to guests. In many cultures, round foods such as grapes, bread, and moon cakes are eaten at welcome celebrations to represent family unity.
Nutrition is necessary for life, so it is not surprising that food is such an important part of different cultures around the world.
（1）According to the passage, sharing bread______.
A.indicates a lack of food
B.can help to develop unity
C.is a custom unique to rural areas
D.has its roots in birthday celebrations
（2）What does the coin in vasilopita signify for its receiver in the New Year?
A.Trust.
B.Success.
C.Health.
D.Togetherness.
（3）The author explains the role of food in celebrations by______.
A.using examples
B.making comparisons
C.analyzing causes
D.describing processes
（4）What is the passage mainly about?
A.The custom of sharing food.
B.The specific meaning of food.
C.The role of food in ceremonies.
D.The importance of food in culture.

【1】When does the conversation take place?

A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 9:00 a.m. C. At 10:00 a.m.

【2】What does the woman like doing?

A. Playing the piano. B. Playing the violin C. Playing the drum.

【3】What will the man do next?

A. Draw a picture. B. Write down his hobbies C. Buy some notebooks.

1. 时间：4月22日早8点北门出发；下午5点磨山樱园入口处集合返校；

2. 地点：东湖绿道；

3. 内容安排：绿道骑行；户外野餐（食物自备）；小组自由活动。

注意：

1. 词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；2. 可以适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：东湖绿道 The East Lake Greenway

Hi Susan,

We’re planning a spring outing for the whole class.

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Yours,

Li Hua

The key to understanding the answer, and indeed the question itself, is to understand what the question is getting at. The dilemma is to understand 【5】 a chicken-like bird transformed into 【6】 is known as a modern chicken after being hatched or whether two chicken-like birds 【7】 (lay) and fertilized an egg that then hatched a fully formed chicken. In this case, the latter option is the most realistic, therefore answering the question of which came first. 【8】 (essential), a bird that was similar to a hen and another bird that is similar to 【9】 rooster combined their genetic material, leading to a gene mutation (突变) that resulted in the chicken that is 【10】 (good) known and loved today.

要点如下：

1. 限制玩游戏的时间，把精力逐渐转移到其他事情上；

2. 规定起床和睡觉的时间，形成良好的作息习惯；

3. 每天锻炼半小时，增强体质。

注意：1. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 字数100字左右（开头已经写好，不计入总词数）。

Dear John,

I’m sorry to hear that you’re addicted to computer games which have had a bad influence on your health._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

【题目】
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood thatthe computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory (交互记忆)".
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
（1）The passage begins with two questions to ______.
A.introduce the main topic
B.show the author's altitude
C.describe how to use the Interne.
D.explain how to store information
（2）What can we learn about the first experiment?
A.Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer.
B.The two groups remembered the information equally well.
C.The first group did not try to remember the formation.
D.The second group did not understand the information.
（3）In transactive memory, people ______.
A.keep the information in mind
B.change the quantity of information
C.organize information like a computer
D.remember how to find the information
（4）What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?
A.Weare using memory differently.
B.We arebecoming more intelligent.
C.We have poorer memories than before.
D.We need a better way to access information.

Writing a news article is different from writing other articles or informational pieces. 【1】 Knowing how to write a news article can help you exercise your writing skills and convey information clearly and briefly.

Gather all your facts. Before you write a news article, make a list or outline of all the connected facts and information that need to be included in the article. 【2】 It will help you write a clean, brief article.

Start with the lead. 【3】 This is one of the most important parts of the piece, so start with the leading statement when you write a news article. Your lead should be one sentence which states the topic of the article.

Give all the important details. The next important step to writing news articles is including all the relevant facts and details that relate to your lead statement. 【4】 These details are important, because they are the key point of the article that fully informs the reader.

【5】 Be sure to double check all the facts in your new article before you contribute it, including names, dates, and contact information or addresses. Writing accurately is the best way to make yourself a suitable news article writer.

Conclude your article. Make sure your news article is complete and finished by giving it a good concluding sentence.

A. Check facts before concluding.

B. Follow up main facts with additional information.

C. Include the basics of what, where, when, who and why.

D. A leading sentence is to grab readers’ attention and interest them.

E. Unlike other articles, news articles present information in a specific way.

F. Avoid any statements or description that could be constructed as support or criticism.

G. This list helps prevent you from leaving out any relevant information about the topic or story!