Teenagers especially need their own personal space 【4】 home where they can feel relaxed and private. But, of course, not all teenagers 【5】 (be) lucky enough to have a room of their own. Where space is short, they often have to share a bedroom 【6】 a brother or sister. In that case, it’s a good idea for them to have a special area or corner of the room to call their own. It is 【7】 (similar) important for young people to have somewhere to keep their personal things. This may or may not be a tidy place and it is not a good idea for parents to try and tell teenagers how 【8】 (organize) their space as this is likely to lead to 【9】 (argue). Parents can, however, make sure that there are enough storage (存储) spaces 【10】 as shelves, cupboard and boxes. This will allow the teenagers to keep their space tidy if they want to.

Palmer Park is the perfect place to host the first Reading Oktoberfest, which takes place 15—18 September 2017.

You can experience everything that makes Oktoberfest, held in a huge Beer tent. We’ll have live music and DJs and thousands of people going crazy.

Opening hours:

Thursday 15 September 17:00-23:30

Friday 16 September 17:00-23:30

Saturday 17 September 12:30-23:30

Sunday 18 September 12:30-19:00

Ramsbottom Festival

With its riverside location, Ramsbottom Festival is one festival which can truly be called beautiful. Here you can enjoy a mix of music, great arts and family shows, as well as a variety of Great British and international food.

Ramsbottom Festival takes place 16—18 September 2017 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club. Bury, easily reachable by public transport from Manchester city centre.

The Willow Festival Dorset

The Willow Festival—the world’s largest festival showing new and undiscovered live music bands and artists is coming to Dorset. Fun for all the family, the event also has a shopping area, a world food village, and plenty of activities for kids.

Tickets are just 10.00, which covers a come-and-go attendance (出席) for all three days.

River Cottage Festival

It’s our first ever family-friendly music festival, right here at River Cottage HQ in Devon. On 17—18 September 2017, the farm will be filled with live music from popular bands in the UK. In between all that dancing you’ll be able to watch shows from local craftspeople (匠人) and make your own piece of jewelry (珠宝).

Tickets will cost you just 35, or l0 for children under 12 (babies under 2 go free).

【1】What can visitors enjoy at Ramsbottom Festival?

A. Family shows. B. Dancing on the farm.

C. Making beautiful things by hand. D. International bands’ performances.

【2】Both The Willow Festival Dorset and River Cottage Festival ________.

A. are held in 2017 for the first time B. ask visitors to pay the same price

C. take place near a river D. are family-friendly

【3】Which festival lasts the most days?

A. River Cottage Festival. B. Ramsbottom Festival.

C. Reading Oktoberfest. D. The Willow Festival Dorset.

American singer Bob Dylan has become the first musician to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The 75-year-old was given the 【1】 (respect) honor for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

Born in America in 1941, Bob Dylan was an ordinary boy 【2】 favor of folk music. In the University of Minnesota, he joined a rock band and determined to become a great folk musician, 【3】he dropped out of college at the end of his first year and went to New York 【4】(seek) his dream. The artistic life of New York provided a rich【5】(music) education【6】he could not have received anywhere else. By the time of Dylan’s second album, The Freewheel in Bob Dylan, in May 1963, he 【7】(begin)to make his name as a singer and a songwriter. At that time, he wrote many protest songs on the subjects of war and the civil-rights movements in America. In the songs , people heard anger and 【8】 (satisfaction). After the 1960s, he devoted【9】 (him)to Blues and Jazz

His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is 【10】 (general) considered to be his songwriting. As a songwriter and musician, he has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards..

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Every boy and every girl are eager for success. But what can we succeed in life? Here are my opinions:

First, we must be friendly and kindly. It allows us to make friends but survive wherever we are. Second, we must set a goal, which motivates us to pursue our dreams. Third, it’s better to believe in us. Only with self-confidence we realize our goals. Fourth, we should develop good characters, such as a strong will and diligence, because good qualities help us to hold on to our dreams since we get into the trouble.

As far as I’m concerning, success belongs to those who keep on trying. So let’s take actions now!

Two mothers decided to make clothes that include all the things that little girls do and love.

Six-year-old Bella loves to play with cars. So her dress has pictures of cars on it.

“We haven’t found this type of dress in the store,” Cathy, Bella’s mother, says.

The car dress is from a new girl’s clothing line called Princess Awesome. Rebecca Melsky set up the business. She says its products (产品) for girls have some designs normally found on boys’ clothes.

It all started two years ago when Rebecca was hoping to buy clothing for her two-year-old, who liked robots, trucks and spaceships.

“One day when I walked through a girls’ store. I thought to myself I wish they’d make one of those beautiful dresses that also have a robot on it because she will love that. And I thought someone should do that. Maybe I should do that.” Rebecca said.

Her friend Eva St. Clair believed she should, and their business was born. The women sold the first 70 dresses they made at a market. So they decided to expand(扩展）their business online. Their products sold very well there, too.

“They sold out so fast that I could not make them fast enough. We decided it was time to think about a factory,” Rebecca said.

So they started to raise money from people over the Internet. The women raised more than $215,000 within days, far more than the $35,000 they expected.

“Our biggest challenge (挑战) is going to be how we expand as rapidly as people seem to want us to,” Rebecca said.

The women hope Princess Awesome will expand into products for girls of all ages and all interests.

【1】Bella’s clothing is special because it has pictures of ________.

A. flowers B. horses

C. cars D. butterflies

【2】Princess Awesome was started ________.

A. by Cathy and Rebecca B. because of six-year-old Bella

C. with the help of a girls’ store D. to make unusual clothing for girls

【3】The dresses made by Rebecca and her friend ________.

A. sold better online than at the market B. helped them get a job in a factory

C. were popular among girls D. were sold expensively

【4】What is the most difficult thing Rebecca and her friend will face?

A. Meeting the needs of all girls.

B. How to make interesting products.

C. Raising enough money for their business.

D. How to expand their business as people expected.

During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day.【3】, it is wise to take a day off to rest. But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run.【4】. After two weeks, start timing yourself. 【5】.Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.

A. For a good marathon runner

B. After six days

C. Before you begin your training

D. With each day, increase the distance by a half mile

E. Time spent for preparation raises the quality of training

F. If they still feel good, you can begin running in them

G. Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time

注意：1.词数：120左右；

2. 信的开头已为你拟好，不计入总词数；

3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Headmaster,

I’m Li Ming, chairman of the Students’ Union of our school._________________________________________

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Yours truly

Li Ming

Jones grew up in South Carolina. He had heard painful stories of slavery from his greatgrandmother. The picture on the money did not match (匹配) the history of African American slaves that he’d heard all his life. “I had never seen that type of picture on money before,” he said.

Jones wondered why slaves looked so happy. He started doing research.

Searching for and finding the answers to his questions changed his life. During two years’ search, Jones found more than 120 different bills. He discovered that the bills had several things in common. They showed slaves working in jobs related to farming. Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery.

Jones wanted to share what he had learned. “I wanted other people to see what I had seen,” he said. He decided to make large paintings of the pictures on the money. After three years of work, Jones had painted more than 80 slavery scenes (场景).He paired each painting with the money on which the picture appeared. “The Color of Money”—an exhibit (展览) of his work—has toured the country.

Jones' paintings tell an important story about the South 150 years ago. He likes to repeat the saying. “The story is on the money.” In this case, the saying happens to be true.

【1】How did Jones feel when he saw the picture on the money?

A. Angry. B. Painful.

C. Excited. D. Surprised.

【2】Why did Jones do research on the money?

A. He had never heard of Confederate money.

B. He wanted to learn about American history through it.

C. It showed slaves quite different from those in his mind.

D. His great-grandmother told him some unusual stories about it.

【3】What did Jones find?

A. About 120 different bills were issued during the Civil War.

B. The difficulty of slaves was never shown on the bills.

C. Slaves lived a harder life than he thought.

D. Slaves worked long hours on farms.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A. Confederate Money. B. Money Tells a Story.

C. African American Slaves. D. John Jones Changes America.

One such example is the word matter. In fact, matter can mean just about anything. It could be one of the most useful words in the English language.

Let’s get to the heart of the matter —a matter of principle(原则).

If someone says that you owe(欠) him $50, but you don’t, a friend might say, “Well, you could pay him the $50. It’s not that much money. Then you won’t have to hear him say it anymore. But if you do not owe him the money, do not pay him the money. It’s a matter of principle.

There is another way to use the word matter. But be careful with your choice of words.

If you ask someone, “What’s the matter?”, it shows you are worried about the other person. But saying, “What’s the matter with you?” has a completely different meaning. And it usually sounds rude (粗鲁的). In fact, when you say, “What’s the matter with you?” you are suggesting that the person did something wrong or stupid.

Another expression that could sound rude is to say, “It doesn’t matter to me.” Here, it depends on the context, and how you say it.

Let’s say you tell someone that a friend just got a big raise at work. That person answers with, “It doesn’t matter to me.” Here, it means he or she does not care. And it sounds rude.

But saying, “Oh, you pick where we eat dinner. It doesn’t matter to me.” does not sound rude. In this situation, “it doesn’t matter” shows you are easy-going(随和的).

No matter how you look at it and what you say, matter is a very useful word. And it’s only a matter of time before you will become an expert on the use of matter.

【1】We can infer from the text that the word matter ________.

A. has a wide use B. can mean money

C. is the most used English word D. has the most different expressions

【2】What is the author’s suggestion in Paragraph 4?

A. Every penny counts. B. Stick to what is right.

C. Follow your friend’s advice. D. Be careful when making friends.

【3】The underlined word “context” in the text probably means“

A. choice B. person

C. situation D. answer

【4】The author develops the text mainly by ________.

A. using examples B. giving instructions

C. describing his experiences D. discussing research findings

Starting with a new school can be difficult. Everything seems to be different, and you don’t even know where to go for your own classes. 【1】 However, if you use these skills, you can quickly turn some of those strangers into friends.

Be yourself.

【2】 If some people don’t accept you, they’re not the kind of friends you need. People often stay together because they have similar interests. For example, someone who does a lot of sport may make friends with those who also run or swim a lot.

【3】

Remember to be nice to the people you meet at your new school. If you think that you will say something that may make them feel sad, do not say anything and just nod your head if they talk to you. Also, remember to be as helpful as possible!

Believe in yourself.

A smile goes a long way. When you walk in the halls, don’t keep your eyes on the floor. Raise your head and make eye contact (目光接触) with other people. 【4】 Introduce yourself. Tell them your name and where you’re from.

Remember people's names.

You like it when people use your name, and so do other people. 【5】 Besides, ask them in a kind way if they have a nickname (昵称). You’d be surprised how often this might come in handy.

A. Be friendly to others.

B. Making new friends can be hard, too.

C. Join after-school activities you like.

D. Never change who you are to try and fit in.

E. If you see someone you know, smile or say.

F. People may become angry if you just begin by saying “Hey” each time.

G. Don’t sit at the back of the classroom where other people don’t notice you!