At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have．I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us．About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special．He told me that it was Elvis’wavy hair and the way he moved his body．
About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut．That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get．
A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him．
When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.
We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him，with a big smile on my face．“Let's just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said．I was so happy when he started to cut my hair．Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing．She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her“No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts．Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor．
1.In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_________．
A．disgusting B．admirable C．ambitious D．dynamic
2.From the passage，we can know that______________．
A．Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley
B．An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money
C．The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut
D．The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut
3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______．
A．excited to have an Elvis hair cut
B．worried to think about the secret
C．anxious to remove the ton of bricks
D．careful to seize the chance
4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?
A．Delighted． B．Guilty．
C．Self-satisfied． D．Depressed．
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Instagram is a fast，beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family．Take a picture or video，choose a filter to transform its look and feel．and then post to Instagram—it's that easy．You can even share to Facebook．Twitter and more．It’s a new way to see the world．So many photos of food are contained on Instagram—now a pop-up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks．
I always thought people’s taking pictures of their food was kind of silly, but at this new pop-up restaurant in the UK，I’d probably do it too．“The Picture House”is the world’s first pay-by-photo restaurant—you order， click a photo of the food，share on Instagram and eat for free!
The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye，who came up with the idea to cash in on people’s addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online. They conducted a survey and found out that more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their meals．So they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range．
The pop-up diner was open in Soho，London for three days in May，and is now moving to other major UK cities．They serve two-course meals that customers don’t have to pay for, if they photo and instagram it．
The restaurant is a part of Birds Eye’s“Food for Life”campaign，a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food．“Taking photos of food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime moments—from the everyday to the special，”said marketing director Margaret Jobling．
The reaction to The Picture House has been great so far And the pay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective way．Alternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businesses．Last year in a cafe in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there，not by what they eat．
1.Instagram probably is______．
A．a restaurant free of chmge
B．a campaign of“Food for Life’’
C．a program used to share photos
D．a new marketing project
2.What’s the author’s attitude to this new trend?
A．Confused B．Unconcerned C．Opposed D．Interested
3.“The Picture House”encourages sharing photos of its food to_____．
A．raise the price of frozen food
B．attract more customers
C．create a new social media trend
D．reward the regular customers
4.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?
A．Pay by Picture B．The Pop-up Diner
C．No Need to Pay D．Food for Life
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They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配饰)．Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies．A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age．
Professor Julia Twiggy, a social policy expert，said，“Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more requently than they did when they were young in the 1960s．In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter．It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to．Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly．” Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—about 5 or 6 percent of spending，the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply．
The professor said，“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East．In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from，but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere．Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them．’’
Fashion designer Angela Barnard，who runs her own fashion business in London，said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years．She said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties，they want to follow them．Older women are much more aware of celebrities．There’s also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look，and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties．When I started my business a few years ago，my older customers tended to be very rich，but now they are what I would call ordinary women. My own mother is 6l and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago．”
1.It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because___________．
A．they get tired of themselves more quickly
B．TV shows teach them how to stay in shape
C. they feel much younger now
D．clothes are much cheaper than before
2.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?
A．They are often ignored by fashion designers．
B．They are now more easily influenced by stars．
C．They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion．
D．They are more interested in clothes because of their old age．
3.Which is the best possible title of the passage?
A．Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans．
B．The More Fashionable，the Less Expensive．
C．Unexpected changes in Fashion．
D．Boom of the British Fashion Industry
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What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示)at the entrance? Or the soft background music?
But have you ever notice the smell? Unless it is bad，the answer is likely to be no．But while a shop’s scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds，it is certainly there．And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase．
A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance，via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air．One sports goods company once reposed that when it first introduced scent into its stores，customers’ intension to purchase increased by 80 percent．
When it comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs，scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales．That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be．
Some years ago，the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’disproving attitude and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t afford displays．Now the rise of electronic commerce(e-commerce)has opened up famous brands to a wider audience．But while e-shops can use sights and sounds，only bricks-and-mortar stores(实体店)can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave．Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop，but rather a destination．And scent is just one way to achieve this．
Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department，and coconut(椰子)scent in the swimsuit section．A department store has even opened a new lab，inviting customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books，pots and drawers，in search of their perfect scent.
1.According to the passage，what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand store?
A．Friendly assistant． B. Unique scents．
C．Soft background music D．attractive window display．
2.E-shops are mentioned in the passage to_____．
A．show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores
B．urge shop assistants to change their attitude
C．push stores to use sights and sounds
D．introduce the rise of e-commerce
3.The underlined word“destination”in Paragraph 5 means_____．
A．a platform that exhibits goods
B．a spot where travelers like to stay
C. a place where customers love to go
D．a target that a store expects to meet
4.The main purpose of the passage is to________．
A．compare and evaluate B．examine and assess
C．argue and discuss D．inform and explain
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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。
The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet，chat and go where we’ve never been before．But just as in face-to-face communication，there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when on line． 1. __ Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes．
For anything you’re about to send：ask yourself,“Would I say this to the person’s face?”If the answer is no，rewrite and reread． 2.___
If someone in the chat room is rude to you，your instinct(本能)is to fire back in the same manner．But try not to do so． 3.___If it was caused by a disagreement with another member,，try to fix the situation by politely discussing it．Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room．
___4. Offer advice when asked by newcomers，as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate．When someone makes a mistake，whether it's a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer，be kind about it．If it’s a small mistake, you may not need to say anything．Even if you feel strongly about it，think twice before saying anything．Having good mariners yourself doesn’t give you license to correct everyone else．___5. At the same time, if you find you are wrong．be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended．
It is not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age，sex and marital status．Unless you know the person very well，and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information，don’t ask such questions．
A. It's natural that there are some people who speak rudely or make mistakes online．
B．Repeat the process till you feel sure that you’d feel comfortable saying the words to the person’s face．
C．Everyone was new to the network once．
D．You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages.
E. When you send short messages to a person online， you must say something beautiful to hear．
F. You should either ignore the person，or use your chat software to block their messages．
F. If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake．point it out politely．
G. The basic rule is simple：treat others in the same way you would want to be treated．
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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。
I’ll never forget the kindness offered by strangers. Last year, two days before Christmas, my friend Harry _______, saying that their kitchen had caught fire,______ everything in their kitchen, including all their food. Harry and his wife are ______ from Mexico with four children, and I knew they always had a(n) ______ harvest from their farm every year. After putting down the phone, I drove to their house, taking some _____ I had.
When I arrived there, I found that they had all their belongs _____ in their front yard. They were so._____ to see me, because they knew I could help them. Then I _____back, but I was very _____, knowing I was really in a hard place financially and was _____ to do more for them.
I told a friend of mine about the story and asked if he could give a hand. He immediately_____ and said, “I know these people mean a lot to you and I want to _____ them.” You know, they had _____ met before. He asked me to take Harry to buy some necessities. Of course, he would _____. At the check-out counter of a supermarket, I noticed we had chosen too many items, so I had the _____ take some back. As we were walking away, I_____ heard a voice behind me, “Wait, I want to pay for them.” I turned around, thanked the man _____, and told him that my friend’s house had been burned. He said he _____ because he had lost his job but was now working again. We went away with tears in our eyes. It was such a wonderful _____, seeing folks stepped up when someone needed help, even for a_____ stranger.
1.A.visited B.called C.explained D.questioned
2.A.destroying B.changing C.breaking D.cooking
3.A.workers B.teachers C.farmers D.drivers
4.A.common B.entire C.hard D.poor
5.A.tools B.food C.medicine D.clothes
6.A.burned up B.carried away C.collected up D.sold out
7.A.excited B.surprised C.fortunate D.calm
8.A.walked B.ran C.flew D.drove
9.A.nervous B.upset C.regretful D.disappointed
10.A.unwilling B.unable C.unnecessary D.unafraid
11.A.went B.prepared C.agreed D.apologized
12.A.interview B.save C.teach D.help
13.A.never B.seldom C.still D.ever
14.A.select B.pay C.shop D.exchange
15.A.mom B.clerk C.friend D.manager
16.A.suddenly B.frequently C.luckily D.immediately
17.A.kindly B.indirectly C.informally D.patiently
18.A.admitted B.complained C.understood D.tired
19.A.feeling B.idea C.incident D.performance
20.A.sick B.pitiful C.foreign D.total
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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。
You may like reading novels for fun．But you need to get ________1.(organize)if you are reading a novel for schoo1．Here _______2. (be)a few tips．
First，pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything 3. ________is about a character can help us to understand him，from his ____4.____(appear)to the kind of food he eats．
Besides，the order of the story and the plot are _______5.___(equal)important．Make sure that as you read，you make_________ 6.quick note of what happens in each chapter．This will help you bring the things you have noticed about the character，setting，language and so on together．It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it．
Next，themes．They are ideas that a novel explores．______7. is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel．Perhaps love is a major theme，or justice，or _______8.(survive)．
Furthermore，novels are made up____9. language．Writers use language in a special way _____10. (make)their novels work．They may use metaphors，invent symbols，or show different characters’ personalities through their speech styles．
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短文改错
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l0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限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从笫11处起)不计分。
I’d like tell you something about your life in this boarding schoo1．I stay in a dormitory with three other girls，all of them are kind and nice．We get on well to others and have become good friends．Living in a boarding school make me independent．I am confidence to take care of myself，wash the clothes，and clean the rooms，which I never did when at home．The classes here are very interesting and challenged．I’m still feeling a little dissatisfied with some other thing．The living conditions are not as good as it at home and the chance to get in touch with the outside world is limited．Anyway，I’ll get used to living here and hope everything will be more better soon.
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书面表达
近来，中国游客在海外的不文明行为倍受争议。假设你是李华，一名国际旅行社的导游，就此写一篇短文在一份英文报纸上发表自己的观点。请根据下面的提示完成作文。
1、列举不文明行为： 2、指出其影响： 3、提出建议。
注意：1、词数100左右；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、首句已给出，不计入总词数。
As a tour guide of an international travel agency，I find it so embarrassing to see many Chinese tourists behave badly abroad．
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