A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, saying, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall By the way, have you ever been there. “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It is magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his order, “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking. I said, “Didn’t you say you don’t say” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “You don’t say actually means really It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I realize I had made a fool of myself. Since then, I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.
1. A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because .
A. English idioms were too difficult to master
B.I did not realize the importance of them
C. My teacher didn’t emphasize the importance
D.I had no interest in English learning
2. When I first heard “You don’t say!”, I thought .
A. the Englishman was not interested in the topic
B. the Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D.I had to stop talking at once
3.We can learn from the second paragraph that .
A. the Englishman was leaving China without seeing the Great Wall
B. the Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it
C. the Englishman wanted me to act as his guide
D. the Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting
4. After the Englishman explained the idiom,
A. the Englishman made me a fool
B. the Englishman made a fool of himself
C.I felt very silly
D.I felt proud of my understanding
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One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?
Listen — Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.
Help them — If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra (额外的) pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防) they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.
Be there for them — Try to make something for your friend to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve (值得) to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!
______ — Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old!
1.While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should _____.
A. give him or her some advice
B. just listen unless asked
C. calm him or her down
D. share your feelings as well
2.When we provide help for our friends, we should _____.
A. try to do everything for them
B. put them before ourselves
C. change their bad habits first
D. ignore their faults
3. What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?
A. Life without a friend is death.
B. A friend is easier lost than found.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. A man is known by his friends.
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Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changesbe?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetable. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1. In the next century people don’t have to .
A. work long hours B. work fast
C. walk on foot D. eat meat
2.People may not eat as much as they do today.
A. fruit B. fish C. meat D. rice
3. One big problem in the future is that .
A .many people don’t have to work
B. many people will not be able to find work
C. people won’t have enough food to eat
D. all the work will be done by robots
4. In the future
A. traveling will be more expensive
B. computers will be less important
C. people will be too busy to do sports.
D. computers will be much smaller.
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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chines
C. a professor D. a student
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
3. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time B. serious with time
C. careful with time D. willing to spend time
4. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
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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。
Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “ 1. ” wise people say.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. 2. The only thing you have to do is follow his advice.
3. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. 4. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule:” Eat at pleasure, drink at pleasure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. 5. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor” he said,” it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks.
B. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine.
D. Health is the greatest wealth.
E. He looked cheerful and happy.
F. He was more worried about his illness.
G. Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story
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Mr. Black was a wealthy businessman, but he was not with life. He did not sleep well and his food did not with him. The situation lasted for some time. Finally, after a of sleepless nights, he to see his doctor. The doctor advised a change of "Go abroad," he said. "But I'm not good at foreign languages," said Mr. Black. "It doesn't matter," said the doctor. "It won't you to talk a little less. on a trip. Take plenty of exercise. Try to your weight. Avoid (避免) eating rich food. " Mr. Black went to Switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to himself through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor（指导者） him bend his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his .He had to lie on the ground and his right and left legs in . After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He almost aside his financial(金融的) worries and nearly forgot the importance of more money. He even began to individual trees and individual birds. He ate and slept well. he returned home. But unfortunately his did not long. Soon he was a normal businessman again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his success in a competitive society, and things in .
1. A. good B. interested C healthy D satisfied
2. A. suit B. taste C. agree D. fit
3. A. great deal B. number C. course D. few
4. A. decided B. refused C. called D. expected
5. A. surrounding B. life C. weather D. situation
6. A. hurt B. stop C. help D. prevent
7. A. Leave B. Go C. Join D. Start
8. A. add B. lose C. miss D. gain
9. A. say B. tell C. express D. talk
10. A. got B. asked C. made D. forced
11. A. back B. legs C. feet D. head
12. A. rise B. draw C. pull D. raise
13. A. time B. length C. turn D. number
14. A. lay B. put C. pushed D. stepped
15. A. making B. spending C. saving D. collecting
16. A. see B. notice C. consider D. search
17. A. Finally B. Luckily C. Quietly D. Willingly
18. A. development B. pleasure C. improvement D. freedom
19. A. seem B. go on C. continue D. last
20. A. form B. general C. touch D. sight
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阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A proverb says, “Time is money”. But in my opinion, time is even 1._____ precious than money. Why? 2._____ when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is 3._______(go), it will never return.
4.______ is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make 5.___ use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in6.____future.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people 7.____ do not realize the value of time. They spend their precious time 8._____(play).
In a word, we should form the good habit of9._____(save) time. Do not put off what can be done today 10.___tomorrow.
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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。
When I began my senior high school years, I had difficulty to learning English. I dared not speak English in public because my poor pronounce. I could not get high marks, but I always used bad grammar. Afraid of be laughed at, I never put up my hand answer questions in class. When my English teacher Miss Li learned about this, she encouraged me and lend me a hand, which helped improving my English. With his help, I became interest in English and finally got high marks. Miss Li, like a shining star, shines on my path to success.
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假如你是李华，进入高中后，你觉得学英语的方式和初中有很大不同，你给自己的初中英语老师写了一封信，讲述自己的英语学习情况。要包括以下内容：
1. 开始时，觉得英语比初中英语难得多，老师的教法也不一样,几乎丧失信心。
2. 每天多投入时间和精力,努力学习英语。向老师和同学请教更好的英语学习方法。
3. 现在英语取得了很大进步，对英语越来越感兴趣。
注意： 1. 不要逐句翻译, 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
2. 词数100左右；
Dear Mr. Li,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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