For teenagers, it's great fun to explore new places and it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But to make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles, the following tips may be helpful.
◆Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep the map following the direction you are traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.
◆Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass, a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies. Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The purpose of the activity is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
◆See if your school or a club organizes orienteering（越野识途比赛） activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B(and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. It enables you to be familiar with the use of maps and compass and gain some special skills. In some way, it’s not only good fun, but also a great way to keep fit.
1.When you sit beside the driver, you’d better ________.
A．look ahead to see where there is a gas station
B．move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable
C．keep looking at the map to find another place to go to
D．direct the driver when necessary
2.In the exploration, why do you need to wait for the slower friends?
A．To share the fun with him/her in exploration.
B．To tell him/her what’s going on with group members.
C．To avoid yourself or your friends getting lost.
D．To show them how fast you can go.
3.What does the whole passage talk about?
A．The fun of exploration.
B．What to bring for exploration.
C．How to prevent people getting lost in exploration.
D．The way to use a map in exploration.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
One day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, saying “My teacher let me give this letter to you.”
Not knowing what it was, Edison’s mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”
The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edison’s mother didn’t give up on her son. She taught him at home.
Many years after Edison’s mother died and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We won’t let him come to school any more.”
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he becomes the genius of the century.”
Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given upon you, you should have faith in yourself.
1.How did Edison’s mother probably feel when reading the letter?
A. relaxed B. sad C. proud D. calm
2.In the teacher’s opinion, Edison ________.
A. wasn’t hard to train
B. was really a genius
C. was too clever to teach
D. wasn’t a normal child
3.What did Edison’s mother do after knowing the teachers’ decision?
A. She asked him to invent things.
B. She sent him to another school.
C. She let him get educated at home.
D. She asked him to study by himself.
4.The passage is meant to show that ________.
A. teachers should love their students
B. parents know their children the best
C. we should have faith in others and ourselves
D. most children can be geniuses if encouraged
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Hetty Robinson learnt all about money when very young. As a child, she read the financial (金融的) pages of the newspaper to her rich father. Her father died when Hetty was 30, and she inherited $1 million. When she herself died in 1916, she left almost $100 million to her two children.
Hetty made her money on the New York stock (股票) exchange. She was a financial genius. She made money so easily that people called her the Witch of Wall Street. But although she was one of the richest women in the world, she counted every cent and spent as little as possible. She didn’t own a house, because she didn’t want to pay taxes. So she and her children lived in cheap hotels. She spent almost nothing on clothes, and always wore the same long black dress. She washed it herself, but to save soap she only washed the bottom of the dress, where it touched the ground. Other people had their own offices, but Hetty used a desk in the bank where she kept her money, because it didn’t cost anything. She sat in the bank and ate her sandwiches while she bought and sold stocks and shares. If the bank complained, she just moved all her money to another bank.
Hetty’s family paid the price for her meanness. When she was 33 she married a millionaire, Edward Green, and they had two children. But Green lost all his money, so she left him. When her son, Ned, injured his knee, Hetty didn’t want to pay for a doctor, so she took him to a free hospital for poor people. Unfortunately the doctor knew Hetty was rich and he asked for money. Hetty refused and took the boy away. His leg got worse and two years later doctors removed it.
But eventually Ned got his revenge (报应). At the age of 81, Hetty had an argument with a shop assistant about the price of a bottle of milk. She became so angry that she had a heart attack and died. So Hetty’s meanness finally killed her. Ned inherited half his mother’s fortune, and he spent it all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery.
1.What fact can be learned about Hetty Robinson from the passage?
A. She was nice to her son.
C. She died from extreme anger.
B. She worked for a bank.
D. She came from a poor family.
2.Why was Hetty Robinson called the Witch of Wall Street?
A. She turned out to be the richest woman in New York.
B. She liked wearing the same long black dress every day.
C. She was fond of reading financial pages of the newspaper.
D. She made a large amount of money easily through stocks and shares.
3.Which of the following best describes Hetty Robinson?
A. Gifted but not generous. B. Wealthy and selfless.
C. Easy-going but selfish. D. Curious and lucky.
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. A Mean Genius
B. A Financial Success
C. A Lifelong Bad Luck
D. A Good Way to Earn Money
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
More than 30,000 people went to the White House on Monday for the 136th Easter Egg Roll (复活节滚彩蛋). President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the event by inviting thousands of kids to color and look for eggs. The theme(主题) of the day was “Hop Into Healthy, Swing Into Shape.” It was part of the First Lady s“Let' s Move!”program to reduce obesity rates (肥胖率) among American kids. Mrs. Obama spoke to young reporters about her goal(目标) to get children to eat right and keep moving.
“We are working to make sure that kids born today grow up healthy, learn how to have balanced meals, and get more physical activity into their lives,” she said.
Mrs. Obama said she wants children across the nation to understand that "exercise isn't just hard work, it' s play. If you're running around with your dog, you're getting exercise. If you walk up the stairs, that's exercise. But if you're sitting in front of the TV or on a computer game, you're not exercising.”
The First Lady said that for kids who have balanced meals most of the time, having a special snack, like chocolate, will not hurt. "And if you are active, you can splurge (挥霍) a little more," she said. Mrs. Obama’s favorite "splurge food" is French fries. But she balances her splurging by exercising almost every day. She loves to play tennis and she practices yoga.
“A lot of kids look up to(敬仰) athletes, and I think it's important for athletes to share their good habits,” Mrs. Obama said. "Kids aren' t just going to wake up and be LeBron James. He's practicing and eating right and working out and training. Our athletes can be really good messengers to kids who look up to them — they can say to kids, ‘If you really want to be like me, then you really do need to eat your vegetables.’”
1.The purpose of the “Let’s Move!” program is to ________.
A. help kids keep healthy
B. train more young reporters
C. encourage kids to eat more eggs
D. invite kids to visit the White House
2.In Mrs. Obama’s opinion, exercise ________.
A. can be fun to do
B. means hard work
C. should be done outdoors
D. requires special equipment
3.“Splurge food” is allowed to be eaten when ________.
A. you don' t hurt yourself
B. you have a special snack
C. you never eat French fries
D. you eat right and stay active
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. All kids want to be LeBron James.
B. It is very easy to form good habits.
C. Athletes can set a good example for kids.
D. Kids like the messages the athletes give them.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Q & A
Question: I have recently got a senior position within my company．One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting, I presented and then opened the floor to questions. 1. _ My first reaction was to answer defensively(防卫地;戒备地). Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way. But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?
Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers (同事) is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify (使……清楚) the message and strengthen key points． 2.__
● 3.
When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification.
● Buy time
When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately. Buy time by repeating the question in your own words. 4. These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．
● Suggest a private meeting.
A one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers． 5.
A．Show your true interest.
B．Restate the question with respect.
C．Some ideas can be quite concrete.
D．There were many difficult questions.
E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas.
F．You may also ask for clarification on the question.
G．Here are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（Ａ，Ｂ，Ｃ，和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were ________, we realized that only minutes earlier an ________ woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. ________ was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. ________ a lot of people stopped to help out.
________ we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very ________ about what had happened to the elderly couple. He ________ to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of ________.” Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we ________ the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was ________ that he’d come up with this ________ idea. So we went over and told the flower seller ________ we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I ________ take your money for such a wonderful ________.”
By now medical staff had arrived, and were ________ the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was ________ my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a ________ son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. ________ being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with ________ in her eyes and gave him a little ________.
1.A. driving B. leaving C. stopping D. moving
2.A. injured B. awkward C. elderly D. honest
3.A. The seller B. My son
C. The crowd D. Her husband
4.A. Specifically B. Particularly
C. Fortunately D. Interestingly
5.A. If B. While C. Since D. Unless
6.A. guilty B. worried C. angry D. curious
7.A. complained B. lied C. said D. responded
8.A. no one B. everyone C. someone D. anyone
9.A. buy B. bring C. leave D. lend
10.A. shocked B. amazed C. puzzled D. concerned
11.A. wise B. crazy C. innocent D. sweet
12.A. which B. what C. when D. whether
13.A. must not B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t
14.A. scene B. deed C. flower D. habit
15.A. checking with B. paying for
C. operating on D. looking after
16.A. about B. to C. with D. from
17.A. wonderful B. cheerful C. successful D. respectful
18.A. Out of B. As to C. Thanks to D. Regardless of
19.A. hope B. love C. pity D. pain
20.A. smile B. money C. idea D. comfort
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
What is the most popular communication tool today? 1._______your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you are a bit old fashioned. Today ,a new form of communication “Wechat”, which 2.__________ (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and useful tool all over the world.
What advantages do Wechat have? First, Wechat is 3.________relative cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next, we can know 4.__________is going on at any time. And we can have 5.__________ (easy) access(通道) to information available than other messaging tools.
What roles does it play 6.__________ our daily life? According to the latest report, the registered (登记的) users on Wechat platform has topped 200 million and expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone “app” is so 7.____________(attract) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? Wechat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world. A large 8.________ of people have become “Wechataholic”, which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can’t live without 9.___________.
However, while enjoying its great convenience, people should not ignore the danger of 10.___________ (cheat), for information on Wechat is publicly known.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
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。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加 、删除和修改。
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仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in it. A smelly gas comes out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were so nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for place to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am in July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard of outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and bursting. But the one million people of the city, that thought little of these events, were asleep as usually that night.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
假如你是一名导游，陪同某国际旅行社游览长城。车抵长城，下车前你准备对大家作必要的介绍和交代。请拟一份讲话稿。讲话稿必须包括以下几点：
1. 简单介绍长城（世界上最长的城墙，有2000多年的历史，是世界奇观之一）；
2. 讲话的时间是8点半，在长城逗留两个半小时，11点钟离开：
3. 游览车（bus）在入口处等候，记住车号，准时返回：
4. 贵重（valuable）物品随身携带，下车前关上车窗；
5. 祝大家玩得愉快。
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
难度: 中等查看答案及解析