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Alice is a doctor in New York City. She has one week off every August for the summer holiday. Last summer she decided to take 1.________ trip to San Francisco. She didn’t want to go by air. She really wanted to see the United States, so she 2.______ the train.
The train left New York City 3.________ Monday at 10:30 p. m. During the long trip, she looked out of the window and watched the country go by. She saw large cities, small towns and the beautiful countryside. She couldn’t help singing 4.________. She took walks through the train and talked with other 5.________ from time to time.
Finally at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, the train 6.________ in San Francisco. 7._______ she got off the train, she saw a poster on the wall of the station. 8.________ said, “Wanted! Volunteer doctors in the earthquake area!” Without thinking twice, Alice went to 9.________ the injured people immediately. She was 10._______ the whole week, but she was happy.
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Franco is a waiter in New York City. He has one week __________for summer holiday every year. Last summer he__________to take a trip to California. He didn’t want to go ___________plane. So he decided to take the train from New York to California.
The train ___________Penn Station in New York City on Monday at 10:00 p.m. Franco tried to sleep that night, __________he couldn’t. He was too excited because he knew this trip was a wonderful idea.
For five days, Franco didn’t ____________the train. He often had a _________through the train and talked with the other passengers. Sometimes he walked between the cars(车厢） to get ___________fresh air. He had all his meals in the dining car.
Finally, at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, the train stopped in San Francisco. Franco was happy to leave the train. On Sunday, Franco took a flight back to New York. He ___________ out of the window of the airplane and imagined(想象) the desert, mountains, farms, and cities below. After a while, he closed his eyes and started to make plans for his __________summer holiday.
1.A. in B. on C. off D. over
2.A. has decided B. decided C. decides D. deciding
3.A. by B. on C. in D. for
4.A. got B. left C. started D. arrived
5.A. but B. and C. then D. so
6.A. get down B. got out C. get off D. get in
7.A. seat B. walk C. bed D. table
8.A. any B. every C. each D. some
9.A. saw B. looked C. noticed D. showed
10.A. first B. the last C. next D. the next
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— Listen! Jane is singing in the next room.
— It be her. She has gone to New York.
A. can’t B. must
C. shouldn’t D. can
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1.Kate’s mother has gone a_____. She is in New York now.
2.Can you d_____ what is surfing and water-skiing in English?
3.In the past, my grandparents couldn’t a_____ education for my father.
4.Keep working hard, and you will s_____ some day.
5.I’m very happy, because I live in a p_____ world, where there is no war.
6.I won’t go to Tom’s party u he invites me.
7.Yao Ming is famous, both at home and a .
8.Liu Xiang is an e runner, we are proud of him.
9.His parents are poor, they can’t a his education.
10.Please c it carefully before you make a decision.
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—Tommy is new in Jinan. How long has he_______? —For around two weeks.
A.moved to our city B.become a foreign teacher
C.been away from America D.left his hometown
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—Who s singing in the next room? Is that Mrs. Wang?
—It be her. She has gone to New York.
A.can’t B.must C.shouldn’t D.may
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--Who’s singing in the next room? Is it Lucy?
---It________ be her. She has gone to New York.
A．can’t B．must C．shouldn’t D．can
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The smallest library in the world has appeared on the streets of New York City---and it has space for just one reader at a time. The bright yellow plastic building has 40 books and its purpose(目的) is to help travelers take a break with a good story.
The Little Free Library was designed by two creative architects(建筑师) using recycled materials, with holes allowing visitors to look in before they enter the building. Architects Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente said the library creates an environment which keeps its users in the experience of reading books.
The library in Manhattan has attracted(吸引) a great deal of interest since it was set last month. “The Little Free Library idea was created about three years ago and quickly started to appear in the other places, including Europe, Africa and India,” Mr. Ertorteguy said.
He added, “With the library we wanted to create a place where to slow down, a small place in New York City’s streets where to get into a new world---the world of the book you pick.”
There are more than 5,000 Little Free Library across the U.S. and the other countries, but most are nothing more than outdoor bookshelves which cannot hold readers inside. The project is to give everyone access to reading material even if they live in areas which are not served by public libraries.
1.People use the holes on the library to ___________.
A. protect the books B. look into the library
C. relax themselves D. attract more readers
2.The underlined word “access” in the last paragraph might mean “____________”.
A. 建议 B.能力 C.机会 D.清单
3.The main idea of the fourth paragraph is ______________.
A. the address of the library
B. the purpose (目的) of the library
C. the history of the library
D. the material of the library
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Little Free Library becomes more and more popular.
B. The Little Free Library gets people into a new city.
C. The Little Free Library cost two architects a lot of money.
D. The Little Free Library has been built all over Asia.
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An old man lived in a city in the southwest of the United States. One day he 1. his son in New York.
“I hate to ruin (v. 破坏) your day, 2. I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing (divorce v. 离婚),” he said. “Dad, what are you 3. about?” the son asked.
“We are sick of (厌倦)each 4. and I'm sick of talking about this. So you call your sister in Chicago and tell her,” the old man said. The son called his sister in a 5., “Mom and dad are getting divorced,” he said. The daughter called her dad right 6., “Don't do a single thing until I 7. there,” she shouted at him. “I'm calling my 8. back and we'll both be there tomorrow.”
The old man hung up his phone and 9. to his wife. “Okay, they are coming back 10. Thanksgiving,” he said. “Now, how do we get them here for Christmas?”
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A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework.
P.S. 116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a year of analyzing (分析) studies, the school had decided that students’ after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing instead of working on homework.
Hsu’s letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的) success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.
Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who researches education, found that doing homework makes students perform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years’ worth of data on the influence of homework. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.
Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. I want my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the father of a second-grader at the school, said to the reporter.
“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a student’s grandmother told ABC news.
1. The passage is probably from a .
A. newspaper B. comedy C. cartoon D. novel
2. Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain .
A. how students should read at their own pace
B. what activities students could take at home
C. why the school gave up homework recently
D. how important the homework is for students
3. The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not ”.
A. clear B. public C. real D. special
4. What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?
A. Cooper found homework had a bad influence on students as they aged.
B. Some parents are worried about their children if there is no homework.
C. Some students are not happy with the decision to give up school homework.
D. Daniel Tasman wanted his daughter to have fun instead of working to a goal.