Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those testes included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effort than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention in class. Contrary to what many people believe, people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce other meals.
1.The title of the passage should be ________.
A. the importance of breakfast
B. the result of a test
C. breakfast will make you clever
D. breakfast is more important than other meals
2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Poor breakfast affects those who work with brains.
B. Morning diet may cause one to get fatter.
C. Reducing lunch and supper is of less value in weight-losing.
D. Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight.
3.During the test, those who were tested were given ________.
A. no breakfast at all B. very rich breakfast
C. little food for breakfast D. different foods or none.
4.The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will ________.
A. lose weight B. not lose weight
C. be healthier D. gain a lot of weight
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Dear Dani,
My friend makes up stories about things she has done all the time and other people at school believe her. What should I do?
Anna
Dani says:
Often people make things up because they’re worried that they are not interesting. So let your friend know that she doesn’t need stories to make friends or impress (给……留下深刻印象) others. Point out that when others discover the truth, they won’t be impressed at all.
Dear Dani,
I have two best friends and they’re always leaving me out! They never invite me to anything. What can I do?
Tom
Dani says:
Groups of three can be very difficult because one person often gets left out. Your friends may not realize how you feel. Talk to them about this and agree to plan the next outing together. With a bit of effort, a group of three can be a wonderful friendship!
Dear Dani,
I told my friend a secret, but then I found out she told it to somebody else. What can I do?
Daisy
Dani says:
We all make mistakes so give your friend another chance. But tell her that your secret is important to you and that she must not do this again. If your friend finds it hard to keep a secret, be careful what you tell her in future.
Dear Dani,
I’m friends with a boy, but some girls keep laughing at me about it. Can’t girls be friends with boys as well?
Mary
Dani says:
Of course girls can be friends with boys. Some girls laugh at this because they don’t really know any boys. Carry on enjoying your friendship. If the girls got to know this boy, they might stop teasing you. Why not invite one or two of them along next time you meet him?
1.What’s worrying Anna?
A. Her friend keeps telling lies. B. Her friend is not interesting.
C. Her friend does not believe her. D. Her friend reads her terrible stories.
2.Whose friend has a big mouth?
A. Tom. B. Mary.
C. Anna. D. Daisy.
3.The underlined word “teasing” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.
A. avoiding B. hating
C. making fun of D. taking pity on
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─ What are you going to do this afternoon?
─ I’ll take them to the shoemaker’s after lunch. I must have my walking shoes repaired.
─1. Something more interesting than shopping, I hope.
─2. I enjoy going round the big shops. If I finish shopping early enough, I may go to the cinema. There is a good film at the Regal Cinema this week.
─ What’s the film about?
─3. One of Hollywood’s best pictures, I’m told. And what do you think about martial films?
─ You know I don’t like films of any sort. How often do I go to the cinema? Twice a year, perhaps. Most films are very foolish. I don’t understand why people want to go to the cinema every week.
─4. They want to look like film stars. They want to live in the way film stars live.
─ Yes, as I said, most films are very foolish and most of the people who go to films are very foolish.
─5.
─ No, of course not, my dear. I wasn’t thinking of you.
A. And is that true of me?
B. Oh, but I like shopping.
C. Why do you think so?
D. They want to wear clothes like those worn by film stars.
E. And what else are you doing?
F. I know nothing about it.
G. Black Hawk Down. A really good martial film.
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Once upon a time, there was a poor man. His _______ was also very poor — a small and empty house, which was _______ with spider webs (蜘蛛网). People tried to _______ coming into his house as they didn’t want to come to such a _______ place. And the poor man thought that poverty (贫困) was the _______ for his unlucky life.
Then, the poor man _______ a wise man and told him about his poverty. The man felt sorry for the poor man and gave him a vase (花瓶). “This will save you from _______,” the wise man_______ . The poor man took the _______ from the wise man and wanted to sell it at first and then spend the money on drinking, as usual. Besides, why would he ________ such a beautiful thing? But then he started ________ the vase carefully and decided not to take it to the market. He brought the vase back to his house, put it on the table and started watching it again.
“It’s not ________for such a beautiful thing to be empty,” the poor man thought. So he pick some flowers and put them into the vase. It became even ________. “Not good that such a beautiful thing stands next to a spider web,” the poor man ________ again.
So the poor man started cleaning his house. He cleaned the dust, washed the floor and whitened the walls. And it became clear that his house wasn’t poor, ________ rather warm and comfortable. And the poor man wasn’t a poor man anymore, but a hard-working host, who had no time to think about poverty.
1.A. child B. home C. health D. village
2.A. treated B. built C. filled D. covered
3.A. consider B. forget C. enjoy D. avoid
4.A. quiet B. dirty C. cold D. wet
5.A. reason B. result C. problem D. change
6.A. helped B. thanked C. met D. protected
7.A. danger B. death C. poverty D. trouble
8.A. said B. shouted C. cried D. wrote
9.A. money B. vase C. table D. flower
10.A. bring B. buy C. like D. need
11.A. washing B. looking at C. repairing D. showing off
12.A. important B. right C. possible D. easy
13.A. more beautiful B. stranger C. more expensive D. stronger
14.A. expected B. thought C. believed D. doubted
15.A. or B. for C. but D. and
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Jessica: What are you doing now?
Susan: I 1. (listen) to the news.
Jessica: Is there anything urgent? If not, I 2. (real) want to have a talk with you.
Susan: No, there isn’t. What’s wrong?
Jessica: I think your grandma is 3. nice person, but I can’t help 4. (think) that she doesn’t like me.
Susan: Oh, she likes you. She is just old-fashioned and has her own way of doing things.
Jessica: But every time I clean the kitchen, she comes in 5. me and cleans it again. Then she complains that the house is not tidy. I can’t deal with this.
Susan: Just let her do it and ignore (忽视) her. She thinks if you don’t get on your hands and knees 6. (clean) the floor, the floor won’t be clean.
Jessica: What a silly thing to say! What’s a mop (拖把) for? And what’s wrong with my cooking?
Susan: Nothing. I love your cooking.
Jessica: Then why does she complain about it? This morning she suggested that I 7. (go) to cooking school to learn 8. to cook.
Susan: Jessica, just ignore her. She only wants to make sure 9. we can take care of ourselves.
Jessica: Don’t we?
Susan: Yes, we do. I’m sorry that she makes you suffer 10. stress, but I wish you’d learn to get along with her. Remember, she’s an elder.
Jessica: Don’t worry. When things get tense (紧张的), I just remind myself that she’s your grandma, and I keep my temper (脾气) under control and my mouth shut.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。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：在错的词下画一横线，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仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Yesterday I was gone home by the bus and my father was going to pick me up at the station. On the bus, I see a young woman with several bags of heavier books get on. I wanted to offer her my seat, and I didn’t. In my surprise, she and I got off at the same stations later. After a short conversation, I learned she had to walk a long way home. So I offered give her a ride and she accepted. When thinking of this experience, I was sad that she didn’t do the right thing the first time on the bus. But I was very happy to have a second chance to doing it.
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