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Green travel means responsible travel! Leave as little influence as possible on the places you visit and protect the environment both at home and during your trip. Think “Green” when you pack and when you travel. You’ll help prevent long-term effects on the communities you leave and visit!
Here’s some advice on how to do that.
Before you leave
◆ Tum your water heater to its lowest setting.
◆ Turn off your water from the outside.
◆ Pack suitable clothes in your luggage, none of which is to harm the environment.
While you travel
◆ Try products made from recycled materials.
◆ Don’t buy souvenirs produced from endangered species (物种).
◆ Carry a reusable bottle for water and refill it as you go.
◆ Use the bathroom in the airport, NOT on the plane. The fuel used for a single flush (冲洗) could run a car for six miles.
1.What do green travelers care most about?
A.Flights. B.Prices. C.Pleasure. D.Nature.
2.What are the readers advised to do during their trip?
A.Use environment-friendly products. B.Take as much water as possible.
C.Pack as few things as possible. D.Learn about adventure travel.
3.Where can we most probably read the text?
A.In a travel magazine. B.On a travel website.
C.On an environmental poster. D.In an environmental research paper.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
As a teacher we all have those memories of students—we wonder if we were able to teach or reach those students who had a need to get out of their seats every five minutes or so.
I recently received an e-mail from one such student, Paco. Paco’s e-mail brought back memories of one particular (特别) class.
In our high school’s first year, our classes were 80 minutes long instead of the traditional 40 minutes. On this particular day, I was being observed by two college professors. Of course, I was proud of the fact that the class was conducted entirely in Spanish and the students felt comfortable expressing themselves in Spanish.
On that day, Paco came running through the door with a toasted cheese sandwich in hand, saying “Senora Mike. I’m hungry and I hope you don’t mind if I just quickly eat this great toasted cheese sandwich.” I said, “Go ahead, Paco.” Paco sat down and finished his sandwich. Paco had now noticed our two visitors. Of course, our two visitors noticed Paco the minute he ran through the door.
The lesson was going along quite well, and all the students were working in their groups. Suddenly, Paco raised his hand and said, “Senora, esta lloviendo en mis pantalones.” (“Mrs. Mike, it is raining in my trousers.”) Now, being Paco’s Spanish teacher, I understood what he wanted. I knew that it was his way of requesting to go to the bathroom. You could just imagine the laughter from the other students.
I always wonder just how much Spanish Paco learned in that class, but I know he learned more than just Spanish based on an e-mail he recently wrote to me:
I know I didn’t behave myself but you actually cared. You knew I had potential (潜力). So even though I messed up a lot, you never gave up... I’m deeply thankful to you for everything you taught me about Spanish. My attitude and life will stick with me the rest of my day...
You see, Paco was my student ten years ago.
1.What can be inferred about Paco?
A.He did well in his lessons. B.He didn’t behave well enough.
C.He didn’t see the two professors. D.He showed no respect for his teacher.
2.Why did Paco raise his hand in class?
A.To have his classmates laugh. B.To give a suggestion.
C.To answer a question. D.To make a request.
3.Why did Paco write an e-mail to the author?
A.To express his thanks. B.To ask for help.
C.To make an apology. D.To tell him his success.
4.What does the author intend to tell us by writing the text?
A.How to teach a successful lesson. B.How to get on well with students.
C.A teacher’s influence on students. D.Students’ attitude to their teachers.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Last night, I found my mother sit with her legs crossed on the sofa, looking through her iPhone with her glasses. This is not the first time I have caught her like this. My father once tapped (敲) away on his phone with a serious look on his face, saying the “I’ll be with you shortly” line. I have learned by now that this is to tell me to leave him alone for the next 10 minutes. Although they don’t like admitting it, both of my parents couldn’t go without their phones as I do.
Growing up, we are repeatedly reminded that we are those who prefer to text our friends in the same room rather than make eye contact with them. We are ruining the English language because we like using heart-eyes emojis (表情符号) instead of spelling it out. And even though I can recognize myself as a social media (媒体) addict, I think parents should at least consider that not only the young generation (代), but also they like phones.
I get upset when I receive the “I’ll be with you shortly” line from a parent. But, at the same time, leaving the room to wait until my father is finished with his “serious business” has now become the norm.
Whether you want to escape your noisy children for a while, or want to stay up late tapping through Twitter, all of these are common. But you should fully understand it. We—your children—know how addictive it can be and how difficult it is to turn it off. So before calling us out and telling us to “put our phones away at the table” or even worse, saying how damaging social media can be to us, maybe you should lead by example and consider how much time you spend on the phone as well as how this is influencing your children and your relationship with them. Maybe in this way we can work on our addiction together.
1.What can we learn about the author’s parents?
A.They become addicted to phones like him.
B.They’ve been forced to use phones by him.
C.They like buying their phones online at home.
D.They often communicate with him by phone.
2.What is the young generation’s weakness according to paragraph 2?
A.Having fewer chances to learn social skills.
B.Failing to express themselves in a right way.
C.Getting angry easily when facing their parents.
D.Giving up the ways of communicating directly.
3.What does the underlined word “norm” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Fixed tradition. B.Accepted behavior.
C.Expected decision. D.Unforgettable experience.
4.What advice is given to parents in the last paragraph?
A.Behaving well in front of children. B.Putting the phones away at the table.
C.Taking more time to stay with children. D.Having good communication with children.
难度: 困难查看答案及解析
When talking about colds (感冒), maybe some people say it is very common. During the cold winter days, many people will complain the cold winter makes them catch a cold, and what they feel upset about are not only the headache, cough but also the runny nose. It is so embarrassing when they forget to take tissue (纸币) along with them.
Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
“It seems that positive (积极的) feelings may reduce the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen has interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers that they were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical: that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried about your health, look on the brighter side more often.
1.Which can replace the underlined part in Paragraph 5?
A.got sad B.were clever C.were outgoing D.got thoughtful
2.What did the study find?
A.People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses.
B.People with good feelings became ill more easily.
C.People’s feelings didn’t influence their health.
D.People who felt happy never got ill.
3.According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?
A.Sleeping. B.Eating. C.Crying. D.Laughing.
4.What is the best title for this text?
A.Causes of colds found B.Smiles can fight colds
C.The ways of preventing colds D.How people get sick
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. 1. There was a woman living there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. 2. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my apartment, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise ! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). 3.
Then I came to understand that I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
4. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点)?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” 5.
A.Her window was clean!
B.She got on quite well with her neighbors.
C.I should respect others’ opinions and beliefs.
D.That was quite an important lesson for me.
E.Everything was unclear through the dirty window.
F.The next building was only a few feet away from mine.
G.I try to clean the window of my own world to see the world about me more clearly.
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Mike had many bookmarks (书签). He had _________ them over the years. He was _________ and weak and would celebrate his 80th birthday.
Trying to find out what to buy Mike was a(n) _________ task as he always asked for little. He love to _________, and had many books. But, to buy him a book seemed impossible _________ I did not know what books he had. So, when I found a special custom bookmark, I thought it was _________; it might be different from what he had collected.
The custom bookmark had the following _________ written on it: To live is to function (起作用). When Mike opened the _________, he smiled. Then he told me it was _________ by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It was just part of Mr. Holmes’ __________. He then went and got a newspaper clipping (剪报) that had Mr. Holmes’ words written in his nineties.
I felt __________. At 80, he immediately __________ the author of the saying on the bookmark. To my greater __________, he even had the newspaper clipping. Mike then told me he read these __________ words by Mr. Holmes every year on his birthday. He said, “The words __________ me that no matter how old you are, there is a reason why you are here. And, you need to have __________ no matter what your age.”
As I __________ Mike’s house, I thought how true those words are. I __________ some people who were much __________ than Mike but achieved so little. Mike was at 80, still setting his goals, still aiming to __________ himself and to help others! What a great man!
1.A.sold B.collected C.examined D.made
2.A.humorous B.successful C.busy D.old
3.A.difficult B.pleasant C.simple D.important
4.A.swim B.write C.read D.talk
5.A.though B.and C.but D.as
6.A.cheap B.perfect C.useful D.real
7.A.joke B.story C.saying D.note
8.A.present B.pocket C.door D.book
9.A.discovered B.passed C.appreciated D.written
10.A.life B.roles C.words D.advice
11.A.excited B.happy C.worried D.amazed
12.A.liked B.recognized C.guessed D.affected
13.A.surprise B.knowledge C.delight D.mind
14.A.soft B.great C.secret D.foreign
15.A.warm B.promise C.tell D.ask
16.A.goals B.friends C.ideas D.abilities
17.A.found B.entered C.left D.built
18.A.thought of B.depended on C.picked up D.played with
19.A.more active B.younger C.richer D.more outgoing
20.A.express B.help C.follow D.improve
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
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。
修正：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 weekend I travelled by the air for the first time in my life. I usual travel by train or bus. In comparison, it’s all cheaper and safe. But to fly in the sky was something new to me. In the beginning I feel a little nervous. But very soon I became excited when I found myself high up in the sky among the clouds. I also found that mountain, fields, rivers and so on was interestingly small. I enjoyed the frightened but comfortable journey very much. So now, with my opinion, it is more interesting take a plane than to take a car.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Linda在北京某所中学做交换生。最近她因考试成绩不理想而情绪低落。请你用英语给她写封邮件表示安慰，要点如下：
1. 对她的情况表示理解；
2. 建议她找出原因并吸取教训；
3. 鼓励她树立信心。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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难度: 中等查看答案及解析