A businessman was once deep in debt（债务）and could see no way out. He sat on a park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company.

Suddenly an old man appeared in front of him. “I can see that something is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the businessman’s trouble, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.”

He asked the man his name, wrote out a check（支票）and pushed it into his hand, saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared.

The businessman saw his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller. One of the richest man in the world.

“It can solve my problem at once!” the businessman realized. But instead, he decided to put the check in his safe. Just knowing it was there that might give him the strength（力量）to work out a way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism（乐观精神）, he did better in his business. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the check. At the agreed-upon（约定的）time, the old man appeared. But just as the businessman was about to hand back the check and share his successful story, a nurse came running up and caught the old man.

“I’m so glad I caught him!” she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been troubling you. He’s always escaping from the hospital and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.”

And then she led the old man away by the arm. The businessman just stood there,________. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence（自信心）that gave him the strength to achieve anything he went after.

1.By saying “it can solve my problem at once”, the businessman wanted to show____________.

A. he didn’t need the check B. he didn’t need to work any more

C. he must put the check in a safe place D. he could pay off the debts with the check

2.__________ is the correct order in which these events happened.

a.The businessman did better in his business and was out of debt soon.

b.A nurse told the businessman the old man always ran away from the hospital.

c.An old man gave the businessman a check for $500,000.

d.The businessman went back to the park to meet the old man.

A. d-c-b-a B. c-a-b-d C. c-a-d-b D. d-a-c-b

3.Which word can be put in the blank____________ in the last paragraph?

A. sad B. pleased C. worried D. shocked

4.The best title（标题）of the passage is ____________.

A. A rich old man B. A terrible experience

C. A newfound self-confidence D. An unlucky businessman

①What does the city of the future look like? Flying cars? Robots? Or smog（烟雾）-eating buildings?

②Arconic, an American company, has made plans to build a 4.8-kilometer-high skyscraper（摩天大楼）. It says that the super tall building can clean not only itself but also the air around it by “eating” smog and pollutants（污染物）. But how is it done?

③Sherri McCleary, s scientist at Arconic, says they have introduced a new technology called EcoClean. It is a special coating that pulls pollutants out of the air. With a little help from sunlight and water vapour（水蒸气），the coating will produce atoms（原子能）called free radicals（自由基）. It is these free radicals that will take in air pollutants, break them down, and then leave the air cleaner.

④But “eating” smog and pollutants is not the only thing this skyscraper is able to do. In fact, thanks to 3D printing, the materials the building used will become even better and stronger---not only making the skyscraper look more modern, but also make it possible to stand strong winds and terrible weather.

⑤However, some people don’t think it will work out well. Air pollution has its own character and it harms lots of cities. Does the smog-eating building have such a magical ability to stop the pollution? It seems impossible to bring the pollution under control in a short time. We should prepare ourselves for a hard fight against the pollution.

⑥Sounds impossible? Anyway, Arconic believes a skyscraper of this kind will be built by 2062.

1.EcoClean works by___________.

A. standing terrible weather B. bowling out air pollutants

C. breaking down free radicals D. pulling pollutants out of the air

2.The fourth paragraph is mainly about_________.

A. what Arconic is B. how EcoClean works

C. what else this skyscraper can do D. why scientist want to build this skyscraper

3.Arconic’s attitude（态度）towards the skyscraper can best be described as __________.

A. hopeful B. regretful C. thankful D. unbelievable

4.The writer’s purpose of writing this article is to______________.

A. bring people some pleasure

B. introduce a wonderful technology

C. show how to build the tall building

D. tell us the importance of protecting the environment

Voluntourism is a new form of travel where tourists 1.（度过）vacations helping local communities in deed. Many people find it meaningful to do volunteer work 2.（在......期间）their travel. The host family will3.（欢迎）you into their home and help you become part of the community. They may share their4.（每天的）lives and customs with you. For example, some host families may ask you go for a5.（野餐）or go to the church.

Some volunteers provide environmental help like helping save6.（野生的）animals or planting trees. Others offer medical care in hospitals to 7.up（使高兴）sick kids. Voluntourism 8.（变得）popular. Now many travel organizations offer a lot of choices of volunteer vacations. But it’s important to9.（仔细）choose the organization you are considering traveling with.

Voluntourism is just a similar to volunteer travel vacation. Let 10.（我们）have a try.

Do you know Stephen Hawking? He’s one of the most well-known1.（scientist）on space and time in the world. He was born in England in 1942. Hawking is 2.（study）how the universe began and how it ends.

When he studied math and science at Oxford University, he fell3.(serious) ill, which made him unable to speak or breathe. Till now, he can’t move or feed4.(him). however, he has a wheelchair with 5. special computer, with which he can communicate with others.

6.he was facing all these difficulties, he refused to give up his hope of living. Because 7. his illness, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write. So he started8.(think) in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he is respected by people in the world.

Once he9.(invite) to China to give lectures. His self-confidence and humorous conversations impressed us deeply.

He once said, “When something unfair happens, 10. is no need to worry about it! You just have to do the best in your own situation.”

A.Nobody has lived over 400 years

B.She is the one who sells the candy

C.It’s the heat that kills it

D.Everything you told me went in one ear and out the other

E.This boy cried so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office

为配合学校“诚信教育”活动，学校英语报开展了以“Try to be honest”为主题的征文活动。请你根据下面的内容提示，写一篇征文稿。

（1）列举你班同学存在的不诚实现象：抄作业，考试作弊，说谎话......;

（2）简述诚实的重要性，并用你的一次具体经历加以说明。

注意：（1）文中不得出现真实的人名和学校名称。

（2）词数100左右。

（3）短文首句仅供参考，不计入总数。

参考词汇：作弊cheat（v.）说谎tell a lie

Try to be honest

To be honest is one of the most treasured traditional values in China.____________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

--- I’m a little hungry, Mum!

---There are some apple pies on the table, you may take ________.

A. one B. it C. this D. that

Success would never happen overnight. You have to study hard ________.

A. hand by hand B. one by one C. word by word D. step by step

---Why are you so late? I’ve been here for almost an hour and a half.

--- I’m terribly sorry. Just as I ________, Mr. Smith asked me to send an e-mail for him.

A. leave B. left C. am leaving D. was leaving

—Mr. Green is a very kind man.

—Yes, when we have problems with our homework, he always ___________ them to us clearly.

A. expresses B. expects C. explains D. excuses