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Peter waved goodbye and closed the door slowly as Jane left home to visit her grandmother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife, “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go to visit your grandma.”

Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Adam, Bob, and Christopher—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Adam began using his spoon on Christopher’s head as if it were a drum. Christopher started to shout loudly in time to the beat (节拍). Bob chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Peter realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Adam wore Bob’s underwear on his head. Bob locked himself in the bathroom, while Christopher shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Peter knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Christopher was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Adam was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Bob, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Peter realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Peter called the daycare centre (日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Peter was smiling.

1.When his wife left home, Peter expected to .

A. have a relaxing day without pressure

B. enjoy his first day off work in weeks

C. watch TV talk show with his children

D. go out for a walk in the nearby park

2.Which of the following did Bob do?

A. Using his spoon on Christopher’s head.

B. Wearing his underwear on his head

C. Reading quietly in the family room.

D. Eating apple jam from the bottle.

3.Why did Peter ask the daycare centre for help?

A. Because he had to pick up his wife back home.

B. Because he found it hard to kill the time home.

C. Because he wanted to go to his office to work.

D. Because he found it hard to look after his boys.

4.This text is developed .

A. by time B. by giving examples

C. by comparison D. by space

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Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength． _________the story of this boy for example．He decided to study judo(柔道) _________he had lost his left_________in a car accident．

The boy began lessons_________an old Japanese judo master．The boy was doing well，_________ he couldn’t understand why，after three months of training，the master had _________ him only one move．

“Sensei，”the boy _________ said to his master，“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you’11 ever _________ to know，”the sensei replied．

Not quite understanding，but believing in his teacher，the boy_________training．

Several months later，the sensei _________the boy to his first tournament．

To his _________, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more _________ ，but after some time，his opponent(对手)became impatient and charged；the boy skillfully _________ his one move to win the match．Still amazed by his _________ ，the boy was now in the finals．This time， his opponent was bigger，stronger，and more_________．For a while，the boy appeared to be defeated． _________that the boy might get _________ ，the referee called a timeout(暂停)．He was about to stop the match when the sensei_________ ，saying，“No，let him continue．”

Soon after the match began again，his opponent made a big _________:he dropped his guard．The boy won the tournament．When asked，“how did I win with only one move ? ”，the sensei answered, “First， you’ve almost _________ one of the most difficult throws in all of judo．Second，the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grasp your left arm．”

1.A．Take B．Give C．Tell D．Make

2.A．because B．though C．before D．until

3.A．1eg B．eye C．arm D．hand

4.A．with B．as C．beneath D．1ike

5.A．for B．since C．so D．or

6.A．promised B．taught C．allowed D．delivered

7.A．honestly B．finally C．impatiently D．rapidly

8.A．need B．fail C．agree D．demand

9.A．avoided B．stopped C．kept D．regretted

10.A．applied B．kept C．carried D．took

11.A．embarrassment B．encouragement C．disappointment D．astonishment

12.A．difficult B．awkward C．frightening D．unique

13.A．sacrificed B．suggested C．quitted D．used

14.A．competitor B．master C．success D．challenge

15.A．responsible B．experienced C．casual D．stressed

16.A．Concerned B．Threatened C．Disappointed D．Delighted

17.A．tired B．defeated C．hurt D．fined

18.A．sighed B．added C．approved D．interrupted

19.A．discovery B．difference C．mistake D．decision

20.A．created B．mastered C．exposed D．Watched

Modern life can be stressful. It’s full of pressure and hardships, worries and annoyances. But after years of being dosed up by doctors and seeking solutions on the self-help shelves, can most common complaints be cured through your next holiday?

The festival doctor will see you now.

Complaint

Prescription (处方)

Dosage (剂量)

Guilty

Restart yourself at the Wanderlust Festival.

A weekend at any Wanderlust Festival should restrain some of the shame you are feeling. Empty your mind with meditation (冥想) sessions in the mountains of America or adjust your feelings with a sound bath in Santiago, Chile.

Sad

A healthy dose of laughter at Just for Laughs in Montreal, Canada in July.

Have fun at the largest comedy festival, which attracts more than two million ha-ha hunters every summer. Apart from 250 comedy acts, there will be walkabout theatre, circus acts and lots of new comedy films to make you laugh to tears.

Over- thinking

Get nourishing food for your thought at the UK’s How The Light Gets In in May.

Spend a week or so in the company of like-minded individuals and you will see you are not the only one overt hinking things. The world’s largest philosophy festival, held in Hareous Wye, will have talks, debates and classes on culture, philosophy, politics, art and science.

Heart-

broken

Find one of your favorite fish in the sea at Ireland’s matchmaking festival in June.

A week at Liverpool’s matchmaking festival could be a choice as Ireland’s mythical matchmakers (媒人) have been pairing lovers together for centuries. Try to find Willie Dally, a fourth-generation matchmaker, for your best chance of ever lasting love. Those who touch his lucky book are said to fall in love and marry within six months.

1.When celebrating the festival Just for Laugh in Montreal, you will __________.

A. empty your mind with meditation sessions

B. burst into tears by watching comedy films

C. be thrilled and your depression will be removed

D. have discussions on the meaning of life

2. If you are thinking too much about work, you can spend a few days at _________.

A. the Wanderlust Festival

B. Ireland’s matchmaking festival

C. Just for Laughs

D. How The Light Gets In

3.According to the passage, we can learn the festival doctor specializes in _________.

A. offering a cure through the festival form

B. celebrating the festivals with the patients

C. treating people falling ill during festivals

D. listening to people’s complaints during festivals

The college student lost his life trying to save the drowning child, ______ he will always be remembered.

A. in which B. about which

C. by which D. for which

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It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a _________ and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

The bell rang and _________ of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was _________ to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and _________ me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits _________, but my mother_________ it.

I carefully _________through mother’s closet, finding most of the _________for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still _________ at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood_________. How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I _________ to my room.

After telling my mother the horrible _________ , I did not hear my mother _________ me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our _________ , we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.

“He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “_________today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not _________ to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how _________ I am that you are not in that bed.”

The _________ cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears _________ down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I_________ myself to sleep.

1.A. saleswoman B. surgeon C. teacher D. clerk

2.A. thoughts B. memories C. desires D. hopes

3.A. written B. found C. attached D. sent

4.A. reminded B. provided C. saved D. left

5.A. alone B. soon C. together D. immediately

6.A. ruined B. refused C. forgot D. challenged

7.A. walked B. hunted C. broke D. got

8.A. toys B. gifts C. clothes D. supplies

9.A. anxious B. pleased C. mad D. eager

10.A. awake B. happy C. wild D. frozen

11.A. raced B. removed C. struggled D. wandered

12.A. note B. idea C. truth D. message

13.A. quarrel with B. shout at C. worry about D. cheer up

14.A. calmness B. sweat C. rest D. breath

15.A. Possibly B. Certainly C. Properly D. Regularly

16.A. encourage B. persuade C. afford D. force

17.A. wonderful B. grateful C. hopeful D. helpful

18.A. scolds B. comments C. phrases D. words

19.A. floated B. dropped C. slowed D. rolled

20.A. cried B. made C. turned D. moved

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阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。

Dear son,

The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.

If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I _________ teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I _________ the same things thousand and one times, do not _________ me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story _________ you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a _________, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I _________, in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my _________ little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you _________ to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life...When at some moment I lose the memory or the_________ of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you _________ to me.

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well _________ I need to and when not. When my _________ legs do not allow me to walk, give me your _________ , the same way I did when you gave your first _________ . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to _________ any more----that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand. Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, _________ my mistakes, I always wanted the _________ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me _________ you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you _________ living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and _________ I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

I love you, Son.

Your father

1.A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took

2.A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize

3.A. interrupt B. disturb C. look D. avoid

4.A. when B. after C. since D. until

5.A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep

6.A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed

7.A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting

8.A. what B. when C. how D. why

9.A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread

10.A. talking B. listening C. responding D. appealing

11.A. where B. how C. that D. when

12.A. tired B. short C. long D. strong

13.A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind

14.A. step B. pace C. laugh D. cry

15.A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep

16.A. though B. since C. while D. despite

17.A. last B. first C. best D. most

18.A. near B. behind C. below D. against

19.A. made B. started C. earned D. found

20.A. mercy B. care C. excuse D. patience

汉译英

1.祝愿你成功学习英语！

I you to your English!

2.我擅长英语，不管是说还是写。

I am good at English, speaking writing.

3.祝贺你在英语竞赛中赢得一等奖。

your the first in the English contest.

4.如果我预付款的话是不是有折扣？

Is there a discount I pay ？

5.虽然他已经服用了很多维生素C,他的感冒还是没好。

he lots of Vitamin C, his cold hasn’t gone away.

My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler’s checks, and is asleep at the moment. His blue duffel(粗呢) bag lies on the floor where he dropped it. Obviously, he postponed as much sleep as he could: when he walked in and we hugged, his electrical system suddenly switched off, and he headed directly for the bed, where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.

It was his first trip overseas, so weeks before it, I pressed travel books on him, and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things. At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase, he headed for the duffels, saying that suitcases were more for old people.

During the trip, he called home three times: from London, Paris, and a village named Ullapool. Near Ullapool, he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off. In the village, a man spoke to him in Gaelic, and, too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes, trying to nod in the right places. The French he learned from the cassette didn’t hold water in Paris. The French he talked to shrugged and walked on.

When my son called, I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word. His voice came through clearly, though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication. When I interrupted him with a “Great!” or a “Really?”, I knocked a little hole in his communication. So I just sat and listened. I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure. It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me. In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.

The unused checks are certainly evidence of that. Youth travels light. No suitcase, not much luggage and a slim expense account, and yet he went to the scene, and came back safely. I sit here amazed. The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you’ve never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week.

1.During the trip, the author’s son ______.

A. didn’t have enough sleep

B. ran out of money

C. forgot to call his mother

D. failed to take good pictures

2.According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the author’s son?

A. Polite and careless.

B. Considerate and independent.

C. Creative and stubborn.

D. Self-centered and adventurous.

3.What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. It is important to listen to your child’s story.

B. It’s easy to interrupt the chat with your child.

C. The author is proud of her son landing on the moon.

D. The son no longer needs much help from his mother.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.

B. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

C. Communication between parents and children is extremely important.

D. It’s a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore.

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When I first told people I was going to work in Cameroon, the most common reaction was: “Why?” The second was: “It’s in Africa; you’ll die!” The third: “Where is that?” So let me give some answers. I was offered a job that looked interesting in a part of the world I’d never been to before. I’d also long had an interest in Africa, so I decided it was time to find out the reality.

A small amount of research showed that in more than 40 years since gaining independence, Cameroon has been a peaceful country with no wars. Not only are there no wars, but Cameroon is a food exporter to the region.

Now, after three years, I can say that these have been the healthiest years of my life! No malaria or any of the other frightening diseases you read about when Africa is mentioned. The worst thing that ever happened to me was a bout of food poisoning — once.

So what is it like to teach here? Well surprisingly not so different from teaching anywhere else.

Most students come to us with a bit of English in their heads. Cameroon is a bilingual country with French and English as official languages, while there are also close to 200 local ethnic languages in a country of 16 million people. French is the dominant language, spoken by about 80% of the population.

The local school system is very traditional and somewhat strict. Perhaps not surprisingly when there can be up to 150 students in the classroom (of which maybe 30 have the books, and there are probably seats for 70).

Like anywhere else, students appreciate it if you know a bit about their country, and not just Roger Milla (the top scorer of the 1990 World Cup, in case you’re wondering). It helps if you know the names of the ten provinces, know who the first president was, or can say a word in a local language.

So in conclusion: Cameroon isn’t just football. Not is it war, poverty and disease. It’s just life and people, like anywhere else.

1.On hearing the writer’s decision, most people _____.

A. didn’t understand him

B. considered it as a joke

C. admired him

D. laughed at him

2.According to the passage, Cameroon is _____.

A. a country full of diseases

B. peaceful after liberation

C. a poor country, especially lack of food

D. quite different from others in education

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Food export may lead to many frightening diseases

B. Most students in Cameroon do not need books

C. Cameroon is not as bad as people commonly believed

D. There must be a lot of people suffering from food poisoning.

4.What does the underlined word in the sixth paragraph mean?

A. leading B. easy C. only D. wonderful

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