Once in a village, the villagers built a new church building and people came from far and wide to see it. They admired its beauty! They said it was the most beautiful building in the world. Up on the roof, a little nail（钉子）heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure – except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became very angry and sad.

“If I am not important, nobody will miss me if I quit!” So the nail then released (松开) its hold, got down from the roof, and fell into the mud.

That night it rained and rained. Soon, the board that had no nail was blown away, and the roof began to leak (漏水). The water flowed down along the walls and over the beautiful pictures on the walls. The plaster (石膏) began to fall, the floor was ruined, and the Bible was also ruined by water. All this was because a little nail decided to quit!

But what of the nail? While holding the board, it was not known by others but it was useful. Buried in the mud now, it was useless and would soon be eaten up by rust!

What the story wants to say is that every member is important to a whole group!

You may, like the nail, feel not important at times, but just like the nail, your absence is felt. A big building might fall to pieces. You are important to a group even if you are small.

1.Why did the nail decide to quit?

2.What’s the result of the nail’s giving up?

3.The passage wants to tell us that ______.

Do other countries’ students also have so much homework? What do they usually do in their free time? You may feel curious about them.

On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.

Who studies hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze offin class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.

South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).

Who is the most distracted (分心的)?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.

What do they do after school?

In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercise. Most Korean students watch TV.

1.The report is about ___________.

2.What country isn’t mentioned in the report?

3.__________ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework.

4. The phrase doze off means ___________.

Recently, a scientist did some experiments．He left a group of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a candy．If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the candy．If, however, they didn't ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two candies.

In videos of the experiment, he can see the children kicking, hiding their eyes--trying to exercise self-control so they can wait and get two candies．The results are different．Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute．Others lasted 15 minutes.

The children who waited longer went on to get higher SAT scores．They got into better colleges and had better adult success．The children who rang the bell quickest were more likely to have received worse teacher and parental evaluations （评价） 10 years later and were more likely to have drug problems at age 32.

The experiments are worth noting because people spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve education, how to become rich．But when the result is not good, they will come back to ask "how do we get people to get the sort of self-control that leads to success?" This is to enter the world of human nature.

So these experiments along with everyday experience, tell us that self-control is most important．Young people who can sit through sometimes boring classes to get a degree can work hard in order to learn a language well．They can avoid drugs and alcohol．For people without self-control skills, however, school is a series of failed ordeals（煎熬）．No wonder they drop out and their later life is a group of foolish ideas, such as drug use, stealing and so on.

1.The scientist did some experiments to         .

2.We can learn from the experiment that        

3.What is the best title for this passage?

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。

Learning English online is an effective way to improve your English. But with any type of learning you need to be prepared. This passage will give you advice and tips on how to get the most out of your online lessons.

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This is an obvious point but also the most important one. A computer, a good Internet connection and a headset are what you will need to take classes online. A web camera is also pretty important. Make sure that your computer is turned on, that everything is plugged in correctly and that you have tested the connection. Doing this before the class means that you will be ready when the lesson starts

Take the classes somewhere quiet.

      77    Trying to listen and participate(参与) in English classes is very difficult when there is noise around you. So find a quiet room and make sure that no one disturbs you while you are taking your lesson.

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When grammar or anything else is being taught, make sure that you understand it. You won’t need to practice it at this time; just make sure that everything is clear. If you don’t understand what is being taught, ask your teacher to explain it again. Your teacher will be more than happy to deal with whatever puzzles you.

Practice speaking English.

Every class is an opportunity to practice your English speaking with a native and qualified teacher. Try to allow the conversation to flow by listening and talking in a natural way.   79 The teacher should note the mistakes and correct them at a later time.

Relax.

Come to class feeling relaxed and excited.    80    Come into the class excited about learning English. You will be able to get more out of the class this way.

E. Language learning should be enjoyable especially in online classes.

F. You will meet many problems when you are learning English online.

G. This is your chance to speak English without worrying about too many mistakes.

单词拼写 (满分10分) :根据首字母及汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。

1. You are taking a pretty selfish a_________(态度) to this, aren't you ?

2.The teacher is very p_________(耐心的）with his students .

3.We'll have an opportunity to e______________(交换）views tomorrow.

4.We should keep the b__________ (平衡) of nature, which is quite important to human beings.

5. Buses run f _________(频繁地) from the city to the airport.

6.I feel very f____________ (幸运的) living here.

7. I've come to the c___________(结论) that he's not the right person for the job.

8.The government should create more jobs for u________ (失业的) people.

9.I can't c_______ (集中) on my study with all that noise going on.

10.C________(比较) with many girls , she is indeed lucky. 

假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

With help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult work. Just clicking your mouse to choose the article you like, and the shopping is finished. You needn’t step out the room. It seems easy and quick. And there’s always a trap online. If you are careless, it will bring you trouble. You may find the color of the article is differently from what you want, or the size is either too small nor too big. If you want to be different, you’d better not to buy clothes online. Once you put up the clothes you bought online and go out, you will find many people in the street wearing the same clothes like you.

假如你叫李华，是一位高中学生。请你用英语给某报社写一封信，反映如下情况和你的想法：

　　1. 教室是学生学习的地方，需要安静。

　　2. 有些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。

　　3. 有的同学还在课堂上发短信息，浪费宝贵的学习时间。

　　4. 建议有手机的同学上课时应把手机关掉，不要接听电话或发短信息，集中注意力学习。

注意：1. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；

2. 词数: 100左右；

Dear Editor,

I’m a senior high student

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 I am looking for____ gift for my father’s birthday

How about____ tie in the shop window?

 Your shirt looks very nice on you.

Thanks. It is the first one that has fitted me____, I think.

A completely   B. hardly   C. carefully.   D. Partly

The two men talked in a low voice, ____nobody heard what they were saying.