A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. Helen Felumlee, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning.
The couple’s eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk (双层) bed on a ferry rather than sleeping on night apart.
They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody. “We knew when one went, the other was going to go,” she said. According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his children and said, “Mon’s dead.” He quickly began to fade, surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning. “He was ready,” Cody said, “He just didn’t want to leave her here by herself.”
Son Dick said his parents died of old age, surrounded by family.
The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped（私奔）in Newport across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1994. At two days shy of his 21st birthday, Kenneth-who went by Kenny-was too young to marry in Ohio. “He couldn’t wait.’ son Jim said.
Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Post Office. He was active in the church as a Sunday teacher.
Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area. She taught Sunday school, too, but was known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside. “She kept Hallmark in business,” daughter-in-law Debbie joked.
When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus. “He didn’t want to fly anywhere because you couldn’t see anything as you were going,” Jim said.
Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other. “That’s what kept them going,” she said.
1.From the second paragraph we can infer ______.
A. Helen and Kenneth have two children
B. Helen and Kenneth have eight children
C. Helen and Kenneth once stayed on a ferry together
D. Helen and Kenneth loved each other since teenage times
2.From what Cody said, we can learn the children _____.
A. were not in front of their father
B. don’t look after their father
C. foresaw their father would go
D. surrounded their father
3.What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?
A. Helen and Kenneth got married when they didn’t reach the demanded ages.
B. Helen and Kenneth got married after they had known for 2 days.
C. Helen didn’t wait for Kenneth.
D. Kenneth was 22 years old when they got married.
4.How many jobs did Kenneth get?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two. D. One.
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It's generally believed that people act the way they do because of their personalities and attitudes. They recycle their garbage because they care about the environment. They pay $5 for a caramel brulée latte because they like expensive coffee drinks.
It's undeniable that behavior comes from our inner dispositions (性情), but in many instances we also draw inferences about who we are, as suggested by the social psychologist Daryl Bern, by observing our own behavior. We can be strangers to ourselves. If we knew our own minds, why would we need to guess what our preferences are from our behavior? If our minds were an open book, we would know exactly how much we care about the environment or like lattes. Actually, we often need to look to our behavior to figure out who we are.
Moreover, we don't just use our behavior to learn about our particular types of character—we infer characters that weren't there before. Our behavior is often shaped by little pressures around us, which we fail to recognize. Maybe we recycle because our wives and neighbors would disapprove if we didn't. Maybe we buy lattes in order to impress the people around us. We should not mistakenly believe that we always behave as a result of some inner disposition.
Whatever pressures there can be or inferences one can make, people become what they do, though it may not be in compliance (符合) with their true desires. Therefore, we should all bear in mind Kurt Vonnegut's advice: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
1.According to the passage, personalities and attitudes are commonly believed to _______.
A. determine one's behavior
B. reflect one's taste
C. influence one's surroundings
D. result from one's habits
2.Which of the following would Daryl Bern most probably agree with?
A. The return of a wallet can indicate one's honesty.
B. A kind person will offer his seat to the old.
C. One recycles plastics to protect the environment.
D. One buys latte out of true love of coffee.
3.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in the passage?
A. We fail to realize our inner dispositions.
B. We can be influenced by outside pressures.
C. Our behavior is the result of our true desires.
D. Our characters can shape our social relationships.
4.What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?
A. Personalities and attitudes.
B. Preferences and habits.
C. Behavior and personalities.
D. Attitudes and preferences.
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Did you know that many people today are getting extra work by taking translating jobs online?
It’s true! And you can do it too. Many companies in the USA need translators now to translate simple documents online from Chinese to English, such as emails, website content, movie subtitles and more.
Companies like Real Translator Jobs are actively seeking translators from China to fill demand. There are more translation jobs than people to complete them. This leaves a big opportunity for anyone to start doing this and earn extra money.
Do you have to speak perfect English? No! Even basic knowledge of English is OK. This is really a job for anyone from China who wants to do it.
We spoke to one student from Beijing, Harris, who has been doing this for 2 years now and is earning between $150 and $225 every day. He completes about 3 to 4 jobs per day which takes him about 3 hours. It’s an incredible amount of money to earn on your spare time!
It is great that we now live in the “Information Age” and opportunities like this are available to people in China to earn extra money working from home over the Internet. It’s something that our parent’s generation could have never imagined. This type of work is surely to do great things for young people in China.
If you would also like to do this, it’s easy to get started. Just follow these steps:
1. Sign up at Real Translator Jobs (where Chinese translators are needed now), or a similar service.
2. Review the job posting and complete the ones you like.
3. Get paid once per month by cheque, PayPal or bank wire transfer.
I hope you enjoyed this information and good luck earning extra money online translating documents.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. How to find a job on the Internet
B. How to earn extra money
C. Getting extra work by taking translating jobs online
D. How to find a friend on the Internet
2.Which of the following is not mentioned about the documents online translated?
A. Articles. B. Emails.
C. Website content. D. Movie subtitles.
3.If one company in the USA needs a translator, he or she ______.
A. should speak perfect English
B. can speak basic English
C. must come from China
D. must come from Beijing
4.Which step is not followed if you get started the translating job online?
A. Signing up at Real Translator Jobs.
B. Reviewing and completing the job posting.
C. Getting paid once per month by cheque.
D. Getting paid once a month in cash.
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Well I decided to cut my front lawn （草坪）today, especially since I live on a main street downtown with lots of traffic. Anyway, I finished mine and decided to cut my neighbor—Jean’s grass while I was at it. She is a sweet person who has gone through some trying times in the last year. Her brother passed away of cancer last year; her sister (who lives with her) is mentally challenged—yet so sweet!
It was a difficult time with physical and mental challenges that led her employer in our local hospital to let her go after 25 years of service! Lastly, my neighbor Jean, who is a nurse in our local hospital, was diagnosed with esophageal （食道） cancer in December. She went through radiation and a long recovery—but thankful she is in remission（缓解）.
Anyway, in short I was leaving my house this afternoon and she stopped me to thank me for cutting her grass. She told me her dad passed away on Friday and she just arrived home from the funeral service, so she didn’t know when I would have time to cut her grass. So, when she arrived home and saw it cut she was more than happy and grateful! I said to her “You are welcome, just a small act of kindness for a neighbor.”
I did it for exercise and shared pleasure not knowing it meant more to her than just doing a neighbor a favor!
1.Although a lot of unfortunate matters happened to Jean, she is still _____.
A. pessimistic B. optimistic
C. depressed D. disappointed
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “trying” in the first paragraph?
A. Happy. B. Exciting. C. Simple. D. Hard.
3.What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
A. Jean is unlucky.
B. Jean lives happily.
C. Jean has retired.
D. Jean’s employer doesn’t like her.
4.How does Jean feel about the author helping her cutting grass?
A. She feels sad.
B. She feels only happy.
C. She feels very happy and thankful.
D. She feels easy.
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One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers（传单）, and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent.
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, “That dog saved my friend’s son.”
Peter drove to Ann’s house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.”
1.What did Tracy do after finding the dog?
A. She looked for its owner
B. She gave it to Ann as a gift.
C. She sold it to the dollar store.
D. She bought some food for it.
2.How did the dog help save Jack?
A. By breaking the door for Ann.
B. By leading Ann to Jack’s room.
C. By dragging Jack out of the room.
D. By attending Jack when Ann was out.
3.What was Ann’s attitude to the dog according to Paragraph 4?
A. Sympathetic B. Doubtful
C. Tolerant D. Grateful
4.For what purpose did Peter call Tracy?
A. To help her friend’s son.
B. To interview Tracy
C. To take back his dog.
D. To return the flier to her.
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根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。
Mark: I so glad a Taco Bells is going to open at the corner of the street next week.
Dora: 1.
Mark: What? I really cannot believe this! Don’t you know Taco Bells? It is said to be the most visited drive-in fast food restaurant in the world.
Dora: I don’t go to fast food restaurants. I cook. 2.
Mark: The French fries.
Dora: 3. I never eat fries.
Mark: I love French fries. And I think many people around the world love French fries.
Dora: 4.
Mark: Because there are hundreds of Taco Bells fast food restaurants all over the world in more than 20 different countries.
Dora: 5.
A. Is it a toy store?
B. Why do you say so?
C. Fries make people overweight.
D. I prefer Chinese food to French food.
E. So what is this restaurant most famous for?
F. People are aware of the harm of fast food.
G. Anyway, I think people should eat less fast food.
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Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada. It involves the use of nets, or ”heads” as they are called, which consist of a wooden or metal stick with a net on the end. Hockey is a game based on this sport.
The name “lacrosse” was named by the French settlers ，with “Crosse” meaning curved stick. Lacrosse played a more serious role in Indian culture than anywhere else. Lacrosse was not a very well known sport until the late nineteenth century. It was mostly a boy’s game until a few years ago, and now it is played by both boys and girls.
There were about three different forms of lacrosse based on the different tribes or places of how they played it. One of the ways still played today is called double stick; you play by using a two and a half foot stick in each hand and tossing a deer skin ball in between the two sticks.
Like many other ball games, there are two teams in Lacrosse, each with ten players. There is one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attack-men. The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. The game has four quarters and starts with a "faceoff” at the beginning of each quarter. A faceoff is when the ball is on the ground to start the game, and one person from each team fights for the ball.
1.Who invented the game Lacrosse? (no more than 3 words)
2.When did Lacrosse become a well-known sport? (no more than 6 words)
3.How many players are needed to play a Lacrosse game? (no more than 1 word)
4.What is a goalie’s job? (no more than 7 words)
5.What happens if two teams score the same goals at the end of a game?(no more than 6 words)
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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。
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
I as well as my family are going to New York City this weekend. I had been looking forward to go there for a long time. It is one of the modernist city in the world. There have also a lot of museums where you can learn something you can’t learn it in school. I’d also like to see the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, the twin towers destroyed on September 11th, 2001 and I would have the chance to see them by myself. Now I am getting ready for the excited trip. I bet it will be a unforgettable experience.
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近几年来，随着中国经济的快速发展，节假日出国的人越来越多，但是出国游中存在许多不文明行为。请你根据以下提示以“To Be a Good Tourist”为题写一篇120字左右的短文。
1.不良行为有：乱扔垃圾，大声喧哗，不排队等 。
2.文明做法是：友好安静懂礼貌，遵循当地风俗和法规，保护生态环境等。
3. 你的看法。
In recent years with the rapid development of China’s economy,
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------ She might complain about you to your manager.
------ _______? I know I am in the right.
A. What for B. Why not C. What’s up D. So what
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------ It seems that you have worked here for a long time.
------ No. It was just a year ago ______ I started working here.
A. that B. how C. when D. before
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I think full advantage is _______ of this technology to improve the quality of our products.
A. taken B. made C. placed D. picked
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Nowadays, ______ number of people doing fitness training is on _______ increase.
A. a, the B. a. an C. the, the D. the, an
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_________ to give up smoking, he threw away his _______ cigarettes.
A. Determined, remained B. Determined, remaining
C. Determining, remaining D. Determining, remained
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It is silly of me _____ all eggs in one basket. That is the worst mistake I have made.
A. to put B. to have put C. put D. putting
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I lent him ten magazines, ____ are more wonderful than you can imagine.
A. most of which B. most of them
C. and most of which D. most of that
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----- It’s too strange that these people should laugh when their relatives die.
----- That is the local custom ______ the seventeenth century.
A. dates back to B. dated back to
C. dating back to D. had dated back to
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I think _______ is no need for us to comment on his action: it speaks for itself.
A. it B. that C. there D. this
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She ________ someone, so I nodded to her and went away.
A. phoned B. had phoned
C. was phoning D. has phoned
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Each one of us is a wonderful being. Encouragement can the hidden ability and wonder in an individual. Telling others constantly that they are the useless, stupid, and uncreative only the possibility of their improvement. But if we were to the encouragement technique in our praises, chances are that we would make others realize their .
An old man was picking fish from the shore and throwing them back into the sea. A young man this and said, “For the past two hours you are throwing fishes into the sea. But there are so many fishes around. Can you make a difference to all of them?” The old man smiled, yet another fish, threw it into the sea and said, “I have made difference to this fish.”
Constantly encourage yourself and encourage others. Let this be your and duty. Believe in them, and life will have meaningful . With such a purpose you will have no time to be depressed. The act of yourself and others will be a source of joy.
“But I am so . Can I make a difference to the world?” asked the man. It is said, “What a little lamp can do, the great Sun cannot; it can shine in the .”
A pilot while flying realized that he direction. It was dark and difficult for him to land. The was running out. There was a great . Suddenly he saw a heavy truck on the expressway; its headlight beam him to make out the path. Using expressway as runway, he . He said to himself, “I am sure the truck driver would not have realized that the truck’s headlights many lives”.
In the same way, we may not know how we can to others. What is important is our intention to contribute.
1.A. lose B. lack C. inspire D. appreciate
2.A. destroys B. adds C. creates D. gains
3.A. discover B. study C. employ D. improve
4.A. goal B. dream C. fault D. potential
5.A. sure B. busy C. worth D. foolish
6.A. observed B. praised C. opposed D. heard
7.A. really B. specially C. quickly D. frequently
8.A. set up B. ran up C. picked up D. went up
9.A. progress B. habit C. result D. benefit
10.A. stories B. tasks C. friends D. purposes
11.A. encouraging B. trusting C. enjoying D. appreciating
12.A. helpful B. meaningful C. unimportant D. unlucky
13.A. morning B. night C. sky D. hole
14.A. missed B. found C. mistook D. lost
15.A. fuel B. money C. strength D. patience
16.A. comfort B. surprise C. pleasure D. danger
17.A. advised B. helped C. taught D. requested
18.A. escaped B. failed C. landed D. appeared
19.A. killed B. saved C. risked D. cost
20.A. turn B. contribute C. point D. prefer
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