The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it ______ be very slow.
A. should B. must C. would D. can
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John as well as the other children who ______ no parents ______ good care of in the village.
A. has; is being taken B. has; are being taken
C. have; is being taken D. have; are being taken
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-- Learning a language is not easy. It takes time.
--- I can’t agree more. __________. There is no short cut.
A. Make hay while the sun shines B. All roads lead to Rome
C. Rome wasn’t built in a day D. Practice makes perfect
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It is helpful to put children in a situation _____ they can see themselves differently.
A. that B. when C. which D. where
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If you had got up early, you_____ the early bus.
A. have caught B. will have caught
C. would have caught D. had caught
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Now that she is out of job, Lucy ______ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered B. has been considering
C. considered D. is going to consider
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The manager demanded that the workers _______ extra hours to complete the task ahead of time.
A. work B. were working C. worked D. would work
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Even if they are on sale, these computers are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, ________ at the other store.
A. the others B. others C. the ones D. ones
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When she saw her son liked reading, she did all she could ______ him.
A. help B. to help C. helping D. to helping
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He had to _______ paying the bills because of a lack of money.
A. put down B. put off C. put out D. put aside
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I stepped into my hotel room which was surrounded by a(n) 26 king-size bed, flanked（两侧有）by overstuffed armchairs. “Wow,” I thought to myself. “Nice place.”
I 27 hotels. I love to enter a clean room, look out the window, or walk out in the morning 28 that each afternoon when I return, someone else will have made the bed.
The 29 is that unless Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. I miss my family. Even though Linus and Camille, aged 4 and almost 2, find a way to interrupt even the 30 night’s sleep at home, still, I’d rather be with them.
I’m deeply 31 by the parents who wake up too late with the realization: “My children grew up too 32 . In the busy and noisy career and life, I 33 their childhood.”
A hundred years from now, nobody will remember the car you drove or the large house you lived. The world might 34 greatly however, based on your 35 on the life of a small child. Your life will most certainly improve, if you pay attention to your important 36 , and make the choice to put her or him first. What could you do today to let your loved ones know how much they 37 to you? What will you do tomorrow? And the next day?
Think of one specific 38 that you can take, and take it. Challenge yourself to find new ways to 39 your appreciation and love on a daily basis.
Room service will never kiss you goodnight! Nothing 40 family.
1.A. empty B. comfortable C. ordinary D. innocent
2.A. book B. visit C. love D. hate
3.A. knowing B. noticing C. expecting D. forgetting
4.A. surprise B. situation C. problem D. condition
5.A. worst B. longest C. shortest D. best
6.A. troubled B. moved C. amused D. impressed
7.A. slow B. early C. fast D. late
8.A. recorded B. understood C. valued D. missed
9.A. end B. differ C. boom D. stable
10.A. attraction B. benefit C. influence D. education
11.A. ability B. family C. career D. future
12.A. mean B. do C. pay D. work
13.A. word B. suggestion C. thought D. action
14.A. express B. suggest C. explain D. introduce
15.A. represents B. fights C. satisfies D. beats
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It was a winter morning, just before Christmas, while most people were warming up their cars, my husband, Trevor, had to ride his bike 4 kilometers away from home to work. On his 1. (arrive), he parked his bike outside the back door 2. usual. After 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone, 3. was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, and also the bike was used 4. (get) groceries, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad 5. I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, and then called my husband to fetch 6. . Once again my husband had a way to get to and 7. his job. It really is 8. honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can 9. (pass) from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect on our lives because it 10. (strong) our faith in humanity. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others.
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A Tchaikovsky concerto（协奏曲）is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.
He learned how to play in Haiti, where he was born, but a Fulbright scholarship brought him to the United States, and he finally earned a master’s degree, reports CBS News reporter Katie Couric. Music had changed his life. He wanted to do the same for the children of Haiti.
Joseph built a school in Port-au-Prince nearly 20 years ago. He was on the third floor when suddenly “It was like boom boom boom and everything just opened,” Joseph said. “And the next thing I knew I was on the ground.”
Blind since birth, Joseph tried to feel his way out, but was pinned（夹）beneath heavy concrete（混凝土）. He remained trapped for 18 hours. He prays that his new wife, seven months pregnant（怀孕的）, will be found.
He is now being treated at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for two injured legs and an arm.
Joseph wonders if he’ll ever play the violin again. He can feel sensation（知觉）in his fingertips. He said, “If you were to give me a violin and if I didn’t have to fold the fingers, I would be able to play.”
Joseph’s daughter Victoria spent three terrifying days unsure of her father’s fate. For her, having him home is the sweetest music.
“Can you imagine your dad not being able to play the violin?” Couric asked.
“No, I can’t,” Victoria Joseph said. “But I will love him all the same if he can’t.”
Romel doesn’t know how many of his 300 students died in the quake. As he waits for news about his wife, Romel Joseph is already planning a return to Haiti to rebuild the school and continue teaching there.
“We can save two children, 20, 200, 300, 500 through education and music, and these children will make a difference,” Romel Joseph said.
1.Romel began to like music ________.
A. because he was blind since birth
B. after he had listened to a famous piece of music
C. when he got a scholarship to study in America
D. since he was born in Haiti
2.From what Romel said in Paragraph 6, we can infer that he was ________.
A. upset B. fearful C. excited D. optimistic
3.To Victoria, the best thing is ________.
A. to see her father recover from the injury quickly
B. to listen to her father playing the sweetest music
C. to play the violin as well as her father
D. to be sure that her father could play the violin
4.Why does Romel want to go back to Haiti?
A. To save his students from the earthquake.
B. To change the life of children by teaching music.
C. To find out how seriously his school was damaged.
D. To look for his wife who is pregnant.
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Music education: keep your creativity alive
B. A great blind musician and his students
C. Haiti earthquake: a story of a music teacher
D. How did some Haiti earthquake victims survive
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Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. Parents often give their children an amount of money that they may spend as they wish. The purpose is to let the children learn from experience at an early age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
A child may receive an allowance each week or each month. The amount is not so important. But parents should make clear what the child is expected to pay for with the money.
At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents should not offer more money until the next allowance is to be given.
Older children may be responsible enough to budget larger costs like those for clothing. The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving.
Many people who have written on the subject say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life. Paying children to do extra work around the home, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving it to organizations. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.
Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future. Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing. Many banks offer free savings accounts for young people with small amounts of money.
1.The functions of allowances given to children are the following EXCEPT ______.
A. they can save more money for their future business
B. they can give them to charities
C. they may spend them on what they like
D. they can learn to deal with money
2.The underlined word "sacrifice" in the last paragraph means "_____".
A. 牺牲 B. 计划 C. 选择 D. 放弃
3.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Children should save part of their allowance.
B. Don’t pay your child for work around the home.
C. Allowance helps teach children early about money.
D. Parents should allow children to spend money as they wish.
4.How many advantages of saving has the passage mentioned?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Children are advised to buy anything they wish to with the allowance.
B. Parents should offer children more money if they spend all of their allowance soon after they get it.
C. It can be useful to pay children to do extra work around the home.
D. It is unnecessary for the children to save part of the allowance.
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I’m glad to find this comment which has some sort of support in this quest（寻求）I have to eat raw（未煮熟的）foods. I’m an unhealthy 49 years old and have come to the conclusion that it’s now or never, so I am taking a dive into the raw eating lifestyle.
I have to cook for my family and prepare what they want to eat. I’m trying to plan out this better so I have some of these unusual foods ready for myself.
I’ve read several books written by Ann Wigmore and like her approach to the living foods.
Last week I attempted fasting（禁食）and failed. I lasted five days by having carrots, spinach, apples and other vegetarian diets I could get my hands on. I was doing fine until I drank some coffee. I kind of proved it in my mind to have the coffee but it only made me excited and then I couldn’t sleep well and felt hungry and weak. So I stopped and went back to the old way of eating with the family.
This week I started to make a drink called rejuvelac made of sprouted wheat（芽麦）. This is fairly new to do for me and the drink smelled sort of musty（发霉的）and tasted kind of like a musty lemon. The kids tasted it and almost threw up but surprisingly it tasted good to me. It is supposed to help in digestion（消化）.
I’ve made some attempts to grow wheat grass. I think I have figured that out as long as I keep it away from birds and our horses. I have two habits to get rid of, drinking coffee and smoking. I quit smoking last month but something happened, so I started up again. I’m very frustrated(受挫的) with the smoking and really have a desire to quit for good. Anyhow I will keep this updated on my progress.
1.The author must have ________ before she wrote this article.
A. hesitated at whether she should eat raw foods
B. never eaten raw foods
C. made up her mind to eat raw foods instead of cooked ones
D. been discouraged by her family from fasting
2.The books written by Ann Wigmore which the author has read are probably about ________.
A. fasting
B. losing weight
C. how to be on a diet
D. approaches to eating raw foods
3.To the author, the drink made of sprouted wheat ________.
A. might help in digestion
B. might make people who drank it throw up
C. tasted good to anybody
D. was welcomed by the whole family
4.We can learn from the passage that ________ smoking.
A. the author has given up
B. the author will never give up
C. it’s hard for the author to quit
D. it’s easy for the author to quit
5.The author’s biggest worry at present is most probably ________.
A. that she can’t eat with her family
B. that she can’t get rid of drinking coffee and smoking
C. how to get used to raw foods
D. that she doesn’t know whether she should eat raw foods
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National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside represents the full collection of museums and galleries in the city and offers the Eight Pass for a small fee, this enables the visitor a year’s unlimited visits to all eight establishments.
Although it is mainly associated with classical music, the Philharmonic Hall has branched out into popular music and the varied programme now includes country, rock, jazz and pop concerts; similar acts can be seen at the Empire. There is also the Picket on Hardman Street, and on Bold Street also has live music, including the occasional big name wanting to play in a smaller venue.
London Theatre may be separated into three parts. One section encompasses the sophisticated end of the theatre spectrum—plenty of Shakespeare and excellent modern plays. There are also the West End shows—this refers to the big productions, not to where they’re located. There are many big-production plays and operas that make for a great evening out.
Humanities College will set targets in three humanities—based specialist subjects. Applicants must choose a minimum of one key subject from history, geography or English. They will choose two other subjects from the following: religious education, citizenship, classics, English, history and geography.
Dance performances tend to center on Theater, where contemporary dance, ballet and opera can all be found. The Barbican Centre also house excellent productions, and the ICA is a Mecca for experimental dance.
Sexton College is the leading specialist catering（饮食提供）training centre in the education sector. Everyday we offer healthy, innovation and exciting menus, which meet the government standards. We have provided catering and cleaning services to Saint Francis Xavier’s College and the whole Liverpool for many years and recently won the contract to supply catering to Manchester. So join us, and you will get lots of practice.
以下是与广告相关的五个年人，请匹配他们各自可能去的地方。
1.Jon Murphy: I have worked for six months in California and have been to places as far as Bangkok, Australia, Canada and throughout Europe. Working with the communities is fantastic.
2.James Barton: I suppose I was born with a love of music. Every day, I listen to music for at least two hours and music bands are my favorite.
3.Jane Lake: I was at university studying Religious Studies and English. And now my area of practice is painting and drawing.
4.Dave Kirby: I met my great friend Andrew Schofield and it was probably he who introduced me to the theatre and plays.
5.Gary Burkett: Being a chef involves a lot of work. Not only do you have to cook but you learn about stock control, sourcing quality food, compiling rosters and creating attractive and exciting menus.
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假设你是李华，你刚参加了某培训学校组织的“英语夏令营”活动，请根据以下内容， 写一封投诉信。
【写作内容】
| 原来期望 | 提高英语成绩 | |
| 存 在 问 题 | 1 | 一个班60多人，练习机会少 |
| 2 | 内容简单，话题陈旧，枯燥乏味 | |
| 3 | 无午餐供应，到最近的饭店吃饭要步行30分钟 | |
| 4 | 仅组织了一次羽毛球比赛，与广告宣传不符 | |
| 描述你参加该活动后的心情和提出你的赔偿要求 |
【写作要求】
请用5个句子表达全部内容（信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数）。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have just returned from the English Summer Camp at your School of Language, and I’m writing to express my unhappiness with your program.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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