A family is a collection of people who share the same genes but cannot agree on a place to pull over for lunch. Ed and I, plus his parents and sister Doris and eight-year-old niece Alisha, are on a road trip to Yosemite. Ed wants Subway, I want. In-N-Out Burger, Doris wants Sonic. In the end, we compromise on McDonald’s, where Alisha will get an action figure.
It’s a three-hour drive to Yosemite, but we’re taking a little longer, as we’re working in a tour of Highway 80’s public restrooms. As the saying goes, “Not one bladder（膀胱）empties but another fills.” Many of these restrooms belong to gas stations. I prefer them to the high-tech ones on planes.
We get back on the road. Ed is driving now. When all the tabloids（小报）have been read, the travel has grown tedious and anyone under age 12 asks “Are we there yet?” at ever-shortening internals. Just outside Manteca, California, we stop for coffee. At a Starbucks checkout, Ed buys a CD of Joni Mitchell’s favorite musical picks. The hope is that it will have a calming effect.
As we pull back onto the highway, it starts to pour. Then something amazing happens. As we climb the mountain, the rain turns to snow. The pines are spotted with white. We’re struck dumb（说不出话）by the scene outside. For a solid 15 minutes, everyone forgets about their bladder, their blood sugar and the temperature. Alisha has never seen snow, so we pull over to make snowmen and catch snowflakes on our tongues. Then Ed realizes we need tire chains, and we have to turn back and drive 30miles to Oakhurst. “Good,” says Doris. “There was a very nice restroom there.”
1.Where does the family have lunch?
A. At Sonic. B. At Subway.
C. At McDonald’s. D. At In-N-Out Burger.
2.Why does the family spend so much time going to Yosemite?
A. They stop a few times for gas. B. They go to the toilet frequently.
C. They are affected by the bad weather. D. They need to rest and refresh themselves.
3.What does the underlined word “tedious” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Boring B. Difficult.
C. Educational. D. Comfortable.
4.How does the family feel when it snows?
A. Sorry. B. Excited.
C. Worried. D. Relaxed.
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Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants. Except for its flowers, the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked. Its almost leafless, thread-like stems（茎）hang down on top of other plants that dodder needs to stay alive. Dodder does not produce its own food. Instead, it steals food from other plants. It feeds by sucking juices from the plant which is wrapped around, often making its host very weak or even killing it.
Dodder can find other plants by their smell. When a young dodder plant starts growing, it follows the smell of plants it prefers, like tomato plants, potato plants, or other farm crops. Unlike most plants that usually grow in the direction of light or warmth, a dodder plant will grow in the direction of, for example, tomato smell-if a tomato happens to be growing nearby.
However, a young dodder plant must find a host plant quickly. It no longer needs its root once it is attached to the host and wrapped around it. If it cannot catch a smell of a potential host within a few days, it will dry up and disappear-even if there is plenty of water around. Once it finds a host, the young dodder plant will attach itself to it and start growing faster. At that point the dodder plant will drop its root.
Dodder is thus a difficult weed to manage and a real headache for farmers. When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmer’s harvest or even destroy crops completely. Before sowing their produce, especially farmers in warm parts of the world often check to make sure no unwanted dodder seeds have mixed with their crop seeds. This is a good way to stop dodder plants from making their way to a crop field secretly.
1.Why does the author mention spaghetti in the first paragraph?
A. To analyze the content of some food.
B. To describe tie shape of dodder plants.
C. To explain where the dodder plants come from.
D. To argue that dodder plants can be used.
2.What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around?
A. It will die sooner or later.
B. It will grow deep roots.
C. It will attract other plants.
D. It will cover the entire area of soil.
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Dodder does not produce its own food.
B. Dodder can affect farmers’ income.
C. Dodder can only survive in the shade.
D. Dodder only grows in the warm areas.
4.What is the main topic of the passage?
A. A new variety of farm crops.
B. Plants that are harmful to humans.
C. The special abilities of a dangerous plant.
D. Recent improvements in farming methods.
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Are you suffering from FOMO—that is, Fear Of Missing Out? Research shows that a growing number of young people are with worrying reasons for their sleep and schoolwork.
1. You aren’t able to do your best unless you sleep well. Most experts agree that the optimum（最适宜）number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense for as long as I can remember. However, I was young once and know most of you get much less sleep than that.
I read an interesting article in a teachers’ magazine recently.2. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at appropriate times, but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use the bathroom or have a snack, but because of FOMO.
According to the article, the number of students waking up during the night to check social media is growing. Afraid of missing a comment or opportunity to take part in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online and getting involved.3.
Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report reveals some worrying statistics: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media.4. One in third of the students are constantly tired and unable to function to their full capacity.
So I’d like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Switch off your devices at night. The world won’t end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning!5..
A. But things are getting out of hand.
B. I give you my word that you won’t have missed anything important.
C. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason.
D. They did a study of 848 students in Wales.
E. FOMO is the fear that everyone else is having more fun and more excitement than you.
F. All happens when they should be sound asleep.
G. Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night’s sleep every night.
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It was an evening in September when I landed in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak in Malaysia. I was a 19-year-old Dubai-raised kid away from home for the first time to ________ my undergraduate studies.
I had never travelled alone before. I pushed my ________ and headed to the airport ________ to find a gray car with the name of my university on it.
As we left the airport, the driver began talking to me. As I am a driving ________ myself, we started talking about cars and driving.
“Never make a Sarawakian ________,” he warned. “No road rage（路怒）. Very dangerous!” Not long into our ________ the lights of the car behind flashed at us. This continued more aggressively and my driver started to ________. We pulled over to the roadside. My heart was pounding but I tried to put on a(n)________ face as the man from the car came up and made his way to my side of the car. As he reached my window. I ________ it and tried to ________ a smile.
I looked down at his hands to see that he was ________ my travel bag. It ________ my passport, return tickets, as well as cash and letters for the university. I had left it ________ on the trolley at the airport and this man had been trying to ________ it to me ever since we had left the airport.
Breathing a huge sigh of ________, I took my bag and ________ this stranger. The man welcomed me to Kuching, wished me luck with my university studies and drove away.
This act of kindness ________ cheered me up and thanks to this honest ________, the initial self-doubt I had about
my decision to ________ so far away from home was ________ with hope and excitement.
1.A. refer to B. take up C. turn down D. give in
2.A. presents B. books C. luggage D. bike
3.A. entrance B. exit C. building D. entry
4.A. expert B. athlete C. coach D. enthusiast
5.A. nervous B. angry C. curious. D. excited
6.A. journey B. conversation C. adventure D. practice
7.A. shout B. cry C. panic D. laugh
8.A. serious B. kind C. honest D. brave
9.A. closed B. broke C. lowered D. knocked
10.A. force B. hide C. imagine D. draw
11.A. unfastening B. emptying C. searching D. holding
12.A. protected B. displayed C. contained D. collected
13.A. out B. over C. alone D. behind
14.A. pass B. deliver C. offer D. return
15.A. doubt B. regret C. relief D. sadness
16.A. comforted B. thanked C. praised D. satisfied
17.A. regularly B. normally C. occasionally D. instantly
18.A. stranger B. student C. policeman D. attendant
19.A. live B. study C. play D. work
20.A. replaced B. filled C. covered D. crowded
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Keeping a diary in English is one of the 1.(effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.
2.(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes less time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, gradually we 3.(learn) how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many 4.(difficult). In the first place, it often happens 5. we have trouble finding and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is 6.(extreme) hard for us to put them into English properly.
As far as I’m concerned, my 7.(recommend) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary 8. easy reach. Whenever something beats 9., we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In 10. word, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for the development of our writing skills.
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处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。
Last week I paid a visit of my friend Li Lei. His mother sincerely asked me to stay for lunch with them, and I agree. There were only three people for lunch all altogether. However, my friend’s mother prepared eight dish and we couldn’t finish the food at all. As the result, the food that was not finished thrown away in the end. When I went back home I saw some homeless people beg in the street, where reminded me of the wasted food. I felt really sad. What I wish that no food would be wasted from now on! In this way, nobody on the earth will be hunger.
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高中阶段，学业繁重，为了保证学习时间，学校决定在高三取消体育课。但学生普遍认为应该劳逸结合，体育锻炼在高三也是必不可少的。现请你给校长写一篇保留一节体育课的倡议信.。
注意：1.内容包括：（1）取消体育课的弊端；
（2）说明课外活动和体育活动的必要性和益处，至少三点。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 词数100左右
Dear headmaster,
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Yours sincerely,
student
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