Many years ago, my father told me a real and dangerous story about helping a stranger who was hit by a car.
My father was in a hurry. That day he had an important trade talk. Suddenly, he saw a man lying in the street. The man was bleeding. At first, my father thought that the man was dead; however, he decided to help him at once.
My father couldn’t believe many people’s apathy towards this terrible scene. No one was helping the man. They were passing by in their cars to look at him and then driving on. My father thought that this was completely unacceptable. My father took him to the nearest hospital. He feared that the stranger could die because he was losing so much blood.
The unexpected situation happened when my father tried to go back for the 9 o’clock meeting. The police stopped him and said he could not leave the hospital until the man woke up. My father was very angry at that, but he couldn’t do anything. My father was worried about the man. He was trying to help and be kind. On the other hand, he was also worried about himself. If the stranger died, my father might be thought to be the murderer. He was feeling very nervous because he didn’t know what was going to happen to the stranger.
Luckily, the stranger woke up after nearly an hour and talked to the police. And my father was no longer considered a murderer. He left the hospital feeling very strange. He felt happy because he had saved a human being, but at the same time he felt stressed because if the stranger had died, he would have been in big trouble.
That morning my father’s absence from the trade talk caused a lot of loss, but he told me he didn’t regret.
1.When was the stranger hit by a car?
A. In the evening.
B. In the afternoon.
C. At noon.
D. In the early morning.
2.The police stopped the writer’s father’s leaving probably because they ________.
A. thought that the writer’s father had something to do with the accident
B. thought the stranger would thank the writer’s father after waking up
C. wanted the writer’s father to take care of the stranger
D. thought the writer’s father was the friend of the stranger
3.What would the writer’s father do if the same thing happens later?
A. He would avoid getting himself into trouble.
B. He would still help others just as this time.
C. He would have no interest in it.
D. He would report it to the police.
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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet—the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Taylor’s fame（名声）and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend（传奇人物）of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she set up an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
1.The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she _______.
A. was small in size
B. was too young
C. did not play well enough
D. did not show much interest
2.What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _________.
A. popular all their lives
B. famous actresses
C. successful when very young
D. rich and kind-hearted
3.Taylor became Best Actress at the age of __________.
A. 12 B. 28
C. 31 D. 34
4.In her later life, Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to __________.
A. doing business and helping others
B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor
D. going about research and education work
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Qualifications: 18 years, hard working and social engagement.
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YOUTH International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange students organization. We welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The community Representative(社区代表) is a part-time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money.
Applicants best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in cross-cultural communication and feel comfortable networking. Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the US. Positions available in most states.
If interested, please email [email protected] or call 888—123—9872.
International Summer Job
Hi, I’m an ESL student in China. I’m 20, quiet and polite, and I speak reasonable English. I’m looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country. I can teach Chinese or do house and garden work and cook Chinese dishes. Can anybody offer me a job? I don’t need to earn much, just enough in two months ( July --August) to pay for my return ticket to China. My goal is to improve my English and see a bit more of the world. My email is: [email protected] hotmail.com.
Call for Native Speaker of English
I am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You don’t need any specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers.
If you are willing to help me, then please email us: [email protected] hotmail.com
1.Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?
A. One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.
B. One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.
C. One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.
D. One who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.
2.Where will Jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?
A. In some local offices in the US.
B. In an ESL organization in China.
C. In a preparation program in Denmark.
D. In an exchange student center in Africa.
3.If Mrs. Black in the US hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact _______.
A. [email protected]
B. [email protected]
C. [email protected]
D. [email protected]
4.What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?
A. To interview people online.
B. To do some house work.
C. To offer advice on Child Aid
D. To provide language exercises.
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The legal age for drinking alcohol（酒精饮料） in the US is twenty-one. Underage drinking is not only a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol policies at American colleges and universities.
The United States has more than 17 million students in higher education. Each year, 1,700 of them aged 18 to 24 die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries. 600,000 more are injured because of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another student who has been drinking.
Now, many schools have begun to strengthen（加强）their rules and college officials are trying to prevent too much drinking. Some researchers have found that students who think heavy drinking is normal often think that other students really drink much.
At the University of Oklahoma, new policies came into effect after a nineteen-year-old student died from drinking too much at a party. Now alcohol is banned（禁止） from all university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. And they must provide for transportation to and from off-campus parties. Other new requirements include an alcohol educational program that first-year students take online.
The policies govern behavior on campus and off. With the first violation（违规）, students pay
75 dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. They have to pay double if the behavior happens again. Those who violate a third time will have to be driven home for at least one term. The president of Oklahoma says the aim is not just to punish but to change the behavior and the culture at the university.
1.According to the numbers given in the second paragraph, we can learn that at colleges ________.
A. most of the deaths and injuries are caused by alcohol-drinking
B. most students go against the law to drink alcohol
C. there are no rules to limit students’ alcohol-drinking
D. alcohol-drinking has caused many worrying problems
2.To prevent students drinking too much, ________.
A. no alcohol can be provided to students except at weekends
B. all students should attend an alcohol educational program
C. free transportation is offered to students living far away
D. students are not allowed to drink alcohol in their dorms
3.With the second violation, the student will ________.
A. take an alcohol educational class
B. not be allowed to have classes
C. have to pay one hundred and fifty dollars
D. have to bring their parents to school
4.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To warn students of the danger caused by drinking alcohol.
B. To let foreign students know about alcohol policies in American colleges.
C. To report the new policies being carried out in some American colleges.
D. To show that drinking alcohol is common in American colleges.
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Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a batter student in several ways. 1. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. 2. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. 3.
The following methods may work best for you.
● Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
● Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
● 4.
● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. 5.
A. Use words not complete sentences.
B. There are three practical note-taking methods.
C. You must write your notes on separate paper.
D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
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I worked about thirty to forty hours a week as a nurse at a local hospital during the summer. Most of the time I spent there _________.with Mr. Gillespie, who never had any visitors and nobody seemed to _________.his state. I spent many days there helping with _________.needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, _________.he answered me only by holding my hand. Mr. Gillespie still couldn’t wake up.
I left for a week and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was _________.I didn’t _________.to ask any of the nurses where he was, _________.they might tell me he had died. So _________.many questions unanswered, I continued to work there.
Several years later, I was at the gas station _________.I noticed a _________.face. When I _________.who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive! I got up the nerve to ask him _________.his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a/an _________.look on his face, he replied yes. I _________.how I knew him, and how I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes were filled with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever _________..
He told me he thought I was an angel who was there with him. He firmly believed that it was my voice and touch _________.had kept him alive.
_________.I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with _________.every day. I know that I made a difference _________.his life and his death. _________., he has made a very great difference in my life: he made me an angel!
1.A. leaving B. taking C. living D. talking
2.A. look after B. take care C. take over D. care about
3.A. where B. what C. who D. which
4.A. even though B. as if C. as D. if
5.A. gone B. disappeared C. dead D. missed
6.A. want B. care C. dare D. hope
7.A. in case B. for fear C. as long as D. after all
8.A. with B. for C. as D. by
9.A. as B. when C. what D. while
10.A. smiling B. friendly C. familiar D. man’s
11.A. realized B. thought C. believed D. knew
12.A. if B. what C. which D. why
13.A. uncertain B. surprising C. happy D. excited
14.A. told B. explained C. talked D. said
15.A. received B. accept C. take D. get
16.A. what B. when C. that D. who
17.A. Although B. So C. Then D. But
18.A. excited B. joy C. surprise D. moving
19.A. about B. from C. between D. on
20.A. After all B. More importantly C. Less importantly D. At all
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填空题（根据提示信息，选择正确形式完成句子）
(1)Bob is a workaholic for he feels b____________ if there is nothing to do.
(2)Thank you for coming together in s_________ of this plan.
(3)He g____________ from No. 6 Senior High school and then went to study in Beijing University.
(4)This chair is specially d___________ for the children aged from 3 to 6.
(5) I will be under p____________ if I speak in front of the class.
(6)You’d better not wear jeans when you go to a ____________（正式的）party.
(7)As we all know, the school sports meeting will be ____________(组织) in October.
(8)How to learn the lessons well is really ____________（有挑战的）for us.
(9)All the books on the shelf are about science unless ____________(另外地) stated.
(10)The manager was busy dealing with the letter of ____________(投诉) he had just received.
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每句只有一处语言错误，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（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
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。
1.I normally wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes out.
2.Every minute of the day is filling with urgent matters.
3.We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking there are no shops.
4.I find painting or drawing very relaxed.
5.After a big breakfast in my house, I walk out of the front door and I’m already at the work.
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假定你是李华，你发现你的英国网友Smith的生活方式不太健康，你想给他提些意见，请你用英语给他写封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 用水果代替饼干等零食；
2. 用水代替可乐等饮料；
3. 减少电子产品使用的时间；
4. 多运动。
参考词汇：零食 snack
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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