I, make, teach, large , control, try, leaf, quiet, before, without

As a child, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others. I still remember it was an early autumn. Some 【1】 started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready for school, my mother carelessly handed me my father’s vest（背心） instead of 【2】. At that time, I was getting to have a 【3】 size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn't able to breathe! I realized that it was a small mistake which was 【4】 by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong that it made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I shouted at her 【5】 thinking much, I got it off my body so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and rushed out of the house 【6】my mother could stop me.

Later, my mother shared her bad feelings with my father, “See what your son has done.” Instead of saying he would scold（责备） or beat me，my father 【7】 asked my mother to mend the vest.

Later when my mother told me about my father’s answer, I felt ashamed（惭愧的）of my bad behavior. My father’s gentle kindness 【8】 me a lesson which I would never forget.

On that day, I decided not to let anger 【9】 me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I 【10】 to remember my father’s vest. It always reminds me to think about others’ feelings when I get angry.

题目①

假如你是李华，本周六龙湖公园将举办端午节游园活动。你打算邀请你们班交换生Peter和你一起参加，请用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他你们见面的时间、地点，在那儿可以做些什么以及他需要做什么准备。

提示词语: meet, take part in, the dragon boat race, make Zongzi, camera…

提示问题:

When and where are you going to meet?

What can you do there?

What do you advise Peter to prepare?

Dear Peter,

How is it going?

This Saturday is the Dragon Boat Festival. There will be a lot of interesting activities in Longhu Park. I’m writing to invite you to go there with me. __________________________________________________________________________

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I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

题目②

“我们都在努力奔跑, 我们都是追梦人。”有梦想就有目标, 有希冀才会奋斗。某英文网站正在开展以“We Are All Dreamers”为主题的征文活动, 假如你是李华,请用英语写一篇短文投稿。谈谈你的梦想是什么？你为什么会有这样的梦想？为了实现你的梦想, 你打算怎么做？

提示词语：want to be, like, study hard, come true...

提示问题：● What's your dream and why?

● What will you do to make your dream come true?

John Stetson, a young hat maker from New jersey, created the cowboy hat. Stetson happened to be on a trip, hunting for beavers (海狸). On this trip he used the beaver fur to make a hat. On the way he came across a cowboy who admired the hat and paid Stetson $5 for it. Ever since then, cowboys have been wearing "Stetsons" and similarly designed hats.

Why did cowboys like the Stetson hat so much? Maybe for the following reasons.

To protect against the weather. The wide brim of the hat keeps the sun light out of the eyes. It also helps to protect the face and neck from sunburn. The tall crown of the hat provided a pocket of air as insulation (隔离) to help keep heat in winter. The animal-fur felt hats are the most waterproot. It acts like an umbrella keeping the rain, and snow out of the face.

Cowboys sleeping out in the open air could sometimes use their hats to shut out any light if they happened to be catching some shut eye during the day. They could even make a pillow out of their hat when sleeping out on the ground at night. Sometimes, cowboy hats were used as water buckets (桶) to feed horses if they were weaved (编织) tightly enough!

Many people in the West wear cowboy hats today because it can look pretty! For some this is yet another benefit to wearing the hat, but for others this is the only reason for wearing it. And why not? Just as you don't have to be a baseball player to wear a baseball cap, you don't need to be a cowboy to enjoy wearing a cowboy hat.

【1】Who creeated the cowboy hat？

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【2】How much did the cowboy pay Stetson for the hat?

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【3】What could cowboys do when sleeping out on the ground at night?

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【4】Why do many people in the West wear cowboy hats today?

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【5】What's the passage mainly about?

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Although air conditioners make our lives easier in hot weather, they can be bad for the environment. The coolers use a great deal of electricity to function and add to the effects of global warming.

But it is a vicious (恶性的) cycle. As temperatures rise, there will be more need for air conditioning.

Pawel Wargocki, an expert at the Technical University of Denmark, told The New York Times: “The air conditioning causes a huge problem to global climate and energy use.” He added, “More and more air conditioners are used. It’s very dangerous.”

We can’t live with air conditioning. But the thing is, we can’t live without it either. Scientific studies have shown that if indoor temperatures are high in hot weather, people will suffer from certain health problems and have a lower productivity.

For example, when air conditioners were turned down in Japanese offices, the room temperature rose to 28 or higher. As a result, workers started getting headaches, and feeling sleepy.

They couldn’t give all their attention to work and their productivity dropped by 2 percent, which means they did 30 minutes less work each day, according to Shinichi Tanabe, a professor of architecture at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

So the best way to balance our comfort with environmental awareness is to change our expectations. Most of the time, it’s not that the room is too hot, but that we are used to it being cooler.

“The temperature many Americans find most comfortable indoors in summer —21C— feels uncomfortable to most Europeans, who find it too cold.” said Michael Sivak, professor at a University of Michigan, US. He said it is because Europeans care more about the environment and are willing to accept a bit more heat in summer.

Also, we can try to change our daily behavior. Open the windows to let air in, for example. Turning on the air conditioner is not the only way to make us feel comfortable.

【1】What did the Japanese government do to reduce the use of air conditioners?

A. To allow the workers to wear T-shirts to work.

B. To stop the workers from using air conditioners.

C. To let people accept a bit more heat in summer.

D. To ask people to open windows to let air in.

【2】The writer probably agrees that ______.

A. most people will be sick without air conditioners

B. global warming is mainly caused by air conditioners

C. people have to be used to living without air conditioners

D. we should change our expectations to protect environment

【3】We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. Japanese office workers are less productive in summer

B. Americans care less about environment than Europeans

C. People in Denmark believe air conditioners are dangerous

D. Europeans accept a bit cooler than Americans in summer

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Protect Environment: Is it time to change business suits?

B. Protect Environment: Is it time to focus on temperature?

C. Protect Environment: Shall we change our expectations?

D. Protect Environment: Shall we stop using air conditioners?

Sleep. It’s something we spend about a third of our lives doing, but do any of us really understand what it’s all about?

We all know based on our own experience that when we sleep, it clears our minds, and when we don’t sleep, it leaves our minds murky (昏沉沉的). But when we still haven’t understood why sleep has this amazing function for the mind.

Recently biologists have found that sleep may actually be a kind of design solution to some of the brain’s most basic needs, the way that brain meets the high demands and the narrow margins (范围) that set it apart from all the other organs (器官) of the body. The brain has a large pool of clean, clear fluid (流体) called cerebrospinal fluid. Biologists call it the CSF. The CSF fills the space that surrounds the brain, and wastes from inside the brain make their way out to the CSF, which gets the waste into the blood. What was surprising to them was that the fluid on the outside of the brain didn’t stay on the outside. Instead, the CSF goes into and through the brain along the outsides of the blood vessels (血管), it was actually helping to clear away and clean the waste from the spaces between the brain’s cells (细胞). This only happens in the sleeping brain.

Recent research suggests that what’s happening is that when the brain is awake and is at its most busy, it puts off clearing away the waste from the spaces between its cells until later. When we go to sleep, it gets into a kind of cleaning mode to clear away the waste from the spaces between its cells.

We go to sleep every single night, but our brains never rest. While our body is still and our mind is off walking in dreams somewhere. Like our housework, it’s dirty and a thankless job, but it’s also important. In your house, if you stop cleaning your kitchen for a month, your home will become completely unlivable very quickly. But in he brain, the situation is much more serious because when it comes to cleaning the brain, it is the very health and function of the mind and the body that’s at stake. That is why understanding these very basic housekeeping functions of the brain today may prevent and treat diseases of the mind tomorrow.

【1】What does the underlined phrase “at stake” in the last paragraph mean?

A. in a healthy situation

B. in a dangerous situation

C. in an amazing situation

D. in an unlivable situation

【2】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Sleeping makes our brain feel murky.

B. The CSF can clean the waste in our brain.

C. Our brain can clean the waste at any time.

D. Sleeping makes our brain have a good rest.

【3】What is the main purpose of writing this passage?

A. To teach us how to have a good sleep.

B. To show the new research of our brain.

C. To introduce how CSF works in our brain.

D. To tell us the importance of sleeping.

Jane’s mother worked on the farm from morning to evening which just could make ends meet. To allow Jane to live a happy life, Mother was very careful about spending money. However, Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her work while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.

One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even unfriendly to her, so she decided to go skiing with Jane to make Jane happy.

On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were both in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes He said they might be easily found in their ski clothes, in case there was an accident. Mother couldn’t afford them, so she refused.

Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the snowfield when suddenly the snowfield began to shake. It was the snowslide. They ran a long way and finally ran out of the snowslide, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter (直升机) which came from the nearest airport was flying above, but people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was in danger because she had hurt her head seriously and blood dropped on the snow. Just then an idea came to Mother’s mind. She pierced (刺破) her wrist immediately and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. She wrote a red SOS on the snow. At last Jane was saved, but Mother died.

【1】Where did Jane’s mother work?

A. On the farm.B. At school.

C. In the snowfield.D. In the airport.

【2】Mother refused to buy ski clothes because ______.

A. they didn’t like the colour

B. they didn’t have enough money

C. they just bought the white clothes

D. they have had their own ski clothes

【3】Why did Mother pierce her wrist?

A. Because her daughter was unfriendly.

B. Because her daughter needed her blood.

C. Because she wanted to save her daughter.

D. Because she wanted the manager to find them.

校园安全问题越来越受到重视，为了确保学生的安全，学校制订了一些规章制度。请根据提示内容，以“School safety”为题写一篇100词左右的英语短文。

提示：

1. 遵守校规，按时到校、离校；

2. 不接受陌生人的物品；

3. 结伴同行，天黑前到家；

4. 遇到麻烦及时告知家长和老师。

School safety

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( 1 ) Wake - up

When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend( 弯曲) forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories (热量单位，卡路里).

(2) Start with soup

When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.

(3) An apple (or more) a day

Apples are full of fiber（纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three, apples a day lose weight.

(4) Stand up and walk around

Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit_____(平均) two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

【1】【1】What should we have first if we want to eat less main food?

A. Soup. B. Ice cream.

C. Salad. D. Cheese.

【2】【2】Why does eating apples make one's stomach want less food?

A. Because apples are delicious.

B. Because apples are full of fiber and water.

C. Because apples are sour.

D. Because only apples are filled with calories.

【3】【3】Which of the following may the authordisagree?

A. Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps burn calories.

B. Eating apples every day is good for people's health.

C. You have to join a gym if you want to lose weight.

D. It' s good to walk around while talking on the mobile phone.

【4】【4】What's the purpose of the passage?

A. To give some advice on how to lose weight.

B. To advise people to eat apples every day.

C. To tell people how to enjoy a better life.

D. To advise people to give up bad habits.

【5】【5】In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A. Shopping. B. Teaching.

C. Family. D. Health.

Zhou Yang is not an overnight ______. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started ______ at the age of 8. She fell in love with the ______ at once when she put on her skate to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天赋) for short track speed skating was ______. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team ______.

In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1,500m event. Zhou Yang proved (证明) ______ again in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the ______ gold medal in the women’s 1,500 meters in the Winter Olympics—China had never won the event before.

“Winning the event is my dream, ______ I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力赛),” Zhou Yang said.

Her “one more dream”______ when she and her teammates won the women’s 3,000m short track relay with a new world record.

【1】A. asB. likeC. forD. with

【2】A. problemB. fanC. successD. prize

【3】A. skiingB. swimmingC. runningD. skating

【4】A. seasonB. sportC. movieD. book

【5】A. noticedB. refusedC. receivedD. forgotten

【6】A. some timesB. as wellC. at firstD. at last

【7】A. herB. herselfC. hersD. himself

【8】A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. last

【9】A. soB. butC. orD. if

【10】A. saw offB. grew upC. came trueD. ran away

One summer night, on my way home from work, I decided to see a movie. I knew the theater would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my hot house.

Sitting in the theater, I had to look through the opening between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep c【1】 the angle (角度) every time she leaned (倾斜) over to talk to him, or he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans show such feelings in a public place?

I thought the movie would be good for my English, but it turned out (结果是) that it was an Italian movie. After about an hour, I d【2】 to give up seeing the movie and eat my popcorn, I’ve never u【3】 why they give you so much popcorn. It tasted pretty good, though.

After a while I heard no more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the s【4】 of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼声) between my teeth.. My thoughts started to wander (漫游). I remembered when I was in South Korea, I often used to watch Kojak on TV. He spoke perfect Korean—I was r【5】amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me u【6】I saw him again in New York, speaking perfect English instead of Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent (口音) and I f【7】like I had been cheated.

When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. Since we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all would speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very q【8】 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in s【9】, preferring not to speak the difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English, but it came out all w【10】 and we all burst into (爆发) laughter and decided to forget it! We have been speaking Korean at home ever since