--Does the young man standing there ________ the company.
-- No, the company is _____his father.
A.in possession of; in the possession of
B.have possession of; in the possession of
C. take possession of; in possession of
D. have possession of; in possession of
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Mrs. Taylor has __________ 8-year-old daughter who has __________ gift for painting -- she has won two national prizes.
A. a; a B. an; the C. an; a D. the; a
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The little girl stood close to the wall, ____________ herself against the cold.
A. hugging B. hugged C. to hug D. having hugged
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If Masaccio ______alive, he ______be amazed at how artists paint today.
A.is; was B.were; could C.is; can D.was ; would
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If you are able to talk to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close __________ the actual distance is not shortened.
A. even if B. so long as C. if D. as
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I wish I _____him the news yestaday.
A. had not told B. did not tell
C. was not told D. have not told
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In America, it is often the judges, rather than the politicians __________ make the big decision __________ will effect people’s life.
A. which; that B. which; which
C. that; who D. who; that
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Our team was ahead during the first half, but we _____ in the last ten minutes.
A. were won B. were lost
C. were beaten D. Won
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If you _______hard then, you ______ in the comfortable officer now.
A. had studied;would be sitting
B. study;are
C. have studied; would be sitting
D. studied; are sitting
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If only she ______his advice !
A..had taken B.has taken C.will take D.takes
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For her, happiness ________ helping those in trouble.
A. consists of B. consists in﹙在于﹚
C. makes up D. lie in﹙在于﹚
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__________ to our small flat, Bill’s house seemed like a palace.
A. Compare B. Compared
C. To compare D. Having been compared
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The expression on her face suggested that she _______really interested in what we were doing.
A. shouldn’t be B. isn’t
C. wasn’t D. not be
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The childern are allowed to do ________they like.
A. however B.whatever
C. no matter what D. no matter how
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_____ everybody enjoys fresh cut flowers﹙插花﹚ around his house, few people know how to keep them for as long as possible.
A. Because B. Since C. While D. If
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My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree _____ some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they _____ Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football_____ scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or _____ we are uncertain, but we all, my friends _____ I, consider this _____ .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness _____ nonsense. As an old saying _____ :“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not _____ anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that _____ one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say _____ about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, _____ in deep thought, we can find that the things _____ us to be in truth happy, sad or moved _____ a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial things, _____ we will find that we have not really gained anything _____ our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant _____ we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is sign of great _____ .If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it _____ us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have _____ .
1.A. to B. on C. in D. at
2.A. learn from B. learn C. know D. know about
3.A. rather than B. except for C. except D. apart from
4.A. with which B. about that C. about which D. which
5.A. not B. as well as C. rather than D. but
6.A. one of life’s pleasures B. pleasures of life C. one of life’s sorrow D one of life’s
7.A. nor B. and C. or D. or else
8.A. speak B. talks C. tells D. goess
9.A. take B. judge C. accept D. conclude
10.A. makes B. causes C. builds D. creates
11.A. more B. much C. worse D. less
12.A. fell B. fallen C. falling D. fall
13.A. that move B. that moves C. move D. moves
14.A. lack B. have C. include D. cover
15.A. in fact B. indeed C.in a while D. sooner or later
16.A. so B. even thoughC. because D. although
17.A. even if B. although C. unless D. if
18.A. joy B. progress C. effort D. work
19.A. cares B. pains C. worries D. minds
20.A. come B. made C. had D. become
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Norah has a cottage on a cliff above a big bay. In winter it could be very nasty﹙令人讨厌的﹚ because of strong winds and sea spray. In fact, when a gale﹙风﹚ was blowing, Norah and her husband got used to sleeping in a small room downstairs, because their bedroom upstairs, which faced the gales, had a very big window, and they were afraid that an extra violent gust ﹙强风﹚might break it and blow pieces of broken glass over them.
Also, the salt spray from the sea put an end to many of the colorful plants Norah planted in the garden. She tried putting up a fence to protect them, but the wind just hit it, went up over the top and then down the other side, so in the end she filled the garden with trees and bushes that liked salt.
But most of the summer Norah enjoyed her cottage and garden very much. At weekends she could sit out-of-doors in the sun, looking at the beautiful view, with interesting ships and boats passing by, and she could very easily cycle down to the sea for a swim.
Now, Norah and her husband had plenty of friends and relations. In the summer most of them used to come to enjoy the beautiful place, and in the end it really became quite annoying for Norah and her husband. When they were at home, they found friends and relations arriving, expecting to be given unlimited drinks and meals, and to sit in the sun for hours, talking as if Norah and her husband had nothing else to do but entertain and listen to them.
This went on for several years. Norah did not wish to appear rude by refusing to let her friends and relations in, but on the other hand, she was getting tired every summer.
Then one day Norah was complaining about this to her hairdresser while she was doing her hair. “You’re disturbed by too many uninvited guests, are you?” said the hairdresser. “Why don’t you try my way of escaping?”
“What’s that?” asked Norah.
“Well,” the hairdresser answered, “when the bell rings, I put on my coat and take my shopping bag. If it’s someone I don’t want to see, I say innocently, ‘I’m sorry, but I’ve got to go out. But…’”
1.We can infer that .
A. a lot of friends came to visit them in winter
B. few friends came to visit them in winter.
C. Friends came to visit them only for drinks and meals
D. Norah was a good cook
2.The best title for the passage might be .
A. A Good Place of Enjoying the Sea
B. A Warm-hearted Couple
C. A Clever Way of Escaping
D. A Visit to Norah
3.What the hairdresser is likely to continue to say in the end is “ ”
A. If I am tired, I say, ‘Sorry, can you come next time?’
B. If it’s someone I like to see, I say, ‘How lucky! I’ve just come in!’
C. If it’s someone I like to see, I say, ‘How happy to see you! I was going shopping, but now I’ve changed my mind.’
D. If it is fine that day, I say, ‘I am tired, but I’ll show you around the place, anyhow.’
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To be sure, only children﹙独生子女﹚ experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.﹙只以父母为楷模﹚
In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter ﹙反驳﹚the myth﹙不真实的说法﹚ that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a computer engineering student. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”
Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears a terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security﹙安全﹚. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.” ﹙责无旁贷﹚
In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is .
A. critical﹙批评的﹚ B. objective﹙反对的﹚
C. hostile﹙不友善的﹚D. unjust﹙不公正的﹚
2.It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should .
A. find a support group for their only children
B. do volunteer work to help their only children
C. let their only children make all the decision alone
D. set good examples for their only children
3.Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he .
A. is the only one who cares about her
B. doesn’t want to leave her alone
C. wants to share the responsibility with her
D. is worried about her safety
4.It is quite usual now for a working mother to .
A. spend all her time and money on her only child
B. be responsible for bringing up her only child
C. have and bring up only one child
D. devote all her energy to her job
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Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay in.
Mr Smith wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 414, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men agreed. Mr Smith told them that the room would cost $30: $10 for each. Each of them gave Mr Smith $10, and they went up to the room.
Mr Smith soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is too much for that small room,” he thought. He called one of his men over and said, “Here is $ 5. Bring it to the man in Room 414. I’ve asked too much money for their room.”
The worker took the money from his manager. While he was on his way to Room 414, he started to think, “How can I divide $5? Well, I’ll give each of them only $1 and I keep $2. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll make a little money and Mr Smith will never know.” So he returned $1 to each man.
You see, there come a problem, each man had at first paid $10. After the worker returned them $1 each, each man had paid 9. There were three men, $9 x 3 = $27. The worker kept $2 —$27+$2=29. Where is the missing dollar?
1.Which of the following is True?
A. The large meeting was held in this hotel.
B. The three men stayed together in one room.
C. Each of the three men got a small room.
D. Room 414 was the office for Mr Smith.
2.Where was the missing dollar?
A. There wasn’t any missing dollar at all.
B. It was taken by the worker too.
C. It was taken by the manager Mr Simith.
D. It was taken by the three men themselves.
3.Put the following sentences in correct order.
a. Three men went into the hotel for a room.
b. Mr Smith felt sorry to have asked for too much.
c. They paid 30 dollars altogether for one room.
d. The worker gave one dollar back to each of them.
e. Mr Smith thought of a small room, still empty.
f. The worker was given 5 dollar to return to them.
A. c→b→e→a→d→f B. c→d→f→e→a→b
C. a→c→b→e→f→d D. a→e→c→b→f→d
4.What is the best title of this text?
A. The Kind Manager
B. Three Men Came to the Hotel
C. A Strange Maths Problem
D. $27 + $2 = $29
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As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!
Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教学大纲), with her peers﹙同学﹚ teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.
I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible﹙令人难以置信的﹚ composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly﹙非常﹚ happy.
She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel﹙善长﹚ at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!
1.The writer is probably a teacher .
A. in a language training center
B. in a private language school
C. in a state school
D. in a key public school
2.The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was .
A. incredibly dull B. hard to cope with
C. far too lovely D. pretty confident
3.The girl came to the school because .
A. she had some special skills
B. she was good at writing poems
C. she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school
D. she is poor at her pronunciation
4.We can conclude that the author .
A. learned something from the girl student
B. focused on how to improve oral English
C. failed to approach the withdrawn student
D. wasn’t experienced in teaching English
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七选五：下面文章中有5处需要添加小标题。阅读下列材料，请从所给的七个选项(A、B、C、D、E、F、G)中，选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有两项是多余选项。
A．Help the people around you smile．
B．Appreciate life's perfect moments．
C．Become addicted to constant self- improvement．
D．Celebrate your existence．
E．Live and breathe the truth．
F．Spend time with positive people．
G. Help the people around you cry
Some Habits of Super Positive People
Life is full of positive experiences．Notice them．Notice the sun warming your skin, the small child learning to walk, and the smiling faces around you．Smell the rain, and feel the wind．Live your life to the fullest potential by enjoying the beauty of these experiences, and letting them inspire you to be the most positive version﹙看法﹚ of YOU．
Living a positive life is all about creating positive habits to help you focus on what truly matters. This is the secret of super positive people．Here are some simple ideas to help you follow in their footsteps．
1._________
Life's too wonderful to waste time with people who don't treat you right．So surround yourself with people who make you happy and make you smile．People who help you up when you're down．People who would never take advantage of you．People who genuinely care．They are the ones worth keeping in your life．Everyone else is just passing through．
2._________
Your life isn't perfect, but it does have perfect moments．Don't let the little things get you down．You've got plenty of reasons to look up at the sky and say, "Thank you, I will do my best to make this a great day．" So slow down and pause for a moment to stand in awe of（敬畏） the fact that you are alive, and that you have the ability to rediscover life as the miracle it has always been．
3._________
It doesn't have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make good use of your life．Every day is a new day to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets, and move forward．Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to adjust who you are, and build on the lessons you have learned．It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life．Using today wisely will always help you create a more positive tomorrow．
4._________
It's the most positive, stress-free way to live, because the truth always reveals itself eventually anyway．So don't aim to be impressive, aim to be true．Those who are true are truly impressive．Being true means having integrity; and integrity is doing the right thing even when you know nobody is watching．
5._________
Today, give someone one of your smiles．It might be the only sunshine they see all day．Sometimes just a single genuine smile or praise can lift a person's spirits to new heights．At the right time, a kind word from a stranger, or unexpected encouragement from a friend, can make all the difference in the world．Kindness is free, but it's priceless．And as you know, what goes around comes around．
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语法填空
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。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1. (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 2. too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 3. not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very 4. (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 5. had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 6. a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 7. the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 8. (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 9. very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10. (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
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单词拼写
1.The Jeans are not ______﹙适合﹚for the formal party.
2.Nowadays,most people want to look for a ______﹙永久的﹚job.
3.It is ______﹙典型的﹚of him to be late for school.
4.He works as a ______﹙图书馆馆长﹚in the library.
5.The officer was arrested because of _____﹙滥用﹚his power.
6.The cigarette end thrown away by a careless farmer ______ ﹙导致﹚the big forest and brought us great loss.
7. _____ ﹙尽管﹚the high price, demands for these cars are very high.
8.No matter how I tried to read it, the message did not ______ ﹙讲的通﹚to me.
9.Children usually ____ ﹙偏爱﹚sweet food .
10.Have you seen the famous film star_________﹙本人﹚?
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短文改错
Hi, Sarah，
It's been a month since I came to this new school and I really want share with you some of the problems I have been experiencing.
As I tell you last time, I made three new friend here. We hang out﹙玩耍﹚ together during lunch and after school. We've been spending a lot of time sing in karaoke bars. It's been three Saturdays now and it really costs me many money. And I started to see this as a timewasting activity! In fact，I don't like to go anymore, so I'm afraid I'll lose their friendship. How do you think I should do? If you are me，would you talk to him?
Please help with me and give me some advice.
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书面表达
请根据以下提示要点，写一篇题为“我们的班长”的短文。
1. 她叫李敏，个子高，身体好，很活泼。她各科成绩都好，既喜欢体育活动，又能歌善舞。
2. 她刚进校时，在英语学习上遇到不少困难。但她不怕苦，不怕难，努力把英语学好。
3. 她严于律己，乐于助人，是大家学习的好榜样。
4. 谈谈自己的看法。
参考词汇: 1.班长monitor 2.树立好榜样sets us all a good example.
注意：
1) 介绍需包括所给内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。
2) 字数：100词左右。
3) 书写规范整齐.
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