Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, ________ the old town into a dreamland.
A. turn B. turning
C. to turn D. turned
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Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, ________ the old town into a dreamland.
A. turn B. turning
C. to turn D. turned
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Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, ________ the old town into a dreamland.
A. turn B. turning
C. to turn D. turned
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Old Mrs. Lynn was working in the cottage, hanging the washed clothes on the line. What she wasn’t aware was that some children were hiding in a nearby tree watching her every move. They were sure that she was a witch and wanted to find the evidence.
They watched nervously as she took a broomstick to sweep the dirt from her stone steps. But much to their disappointment, she didn’t get on the broomstick and fly off. The old lady only looked up when her hen began to make sounds loudly — signaling that she had laid an egg in the nest on the top of the haystack. (干草堆).
The old lady put aside her broomstick and walked to the haystack, followed by Michael, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap. With only three legs, it was hard for Michael to keep up with his mistress. The cat was proof for the children that only a witch would own a black cat with three legs! Accidentally, she tripped and crashed to the ground. The children were in horror.
“Should we go and help her?” asked Mia.
“What if it’s a trick?” replied Patrick. “She probably knows we’re here. Witches know things like that!”
After thinking for a while, Julia said, “Anyway, we should go and check whether she is all right.”
Approaching prudently, they could see a wound on the old lady’s forehead. She had knocked her head on a stone and was unconscious.
“Go and get Dad,” Mia yelled to her brothers. “Tell him about the accident.”
Later, in the hospital, the old lady smiled her thanks. “I was so lucky that you lovely children happened to be passing when I fell. I must have yelled quite loudly.” The children exchanged guilty glances, but were very pleased that she was not a witch after all!
1.Mrs. Lynn stopped sweeping when ________.
A.her doorstep became very clean
B.she heard the hen making sounds loudly
C.she noticed the children in the tree
D.her cat Michael managed to get her attention
2.Why was Patrick not willing to help Mrs. Lynn when she fell?
A.He thought that she could be cheating them.
B.He was afraid of the three-legged black cat.
C.He did not think that she was hurt in the fall.
D.He knew he and the others shouldn’t have been in her tree.
3.Which of the definitions is closest in meaning to the underlined word “prudently” ?
A.Slowly. B.Hurriedly.
C.Carefully. D.Quietly.
4.What is the main idea of the story?
A.Constant dropping wears away a stone.
B.Never judge a book by its cover.
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D.A good medicine tastes bitter.
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Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.
They watched as she took a broomstick to clean the dirt from her stone steps. But, much to their disappointment, she did not mount the broomstick and take flight. Suddenly, the old lady’s work was interrupted by the cackling of her hen—a signal that an egg had been laid in the warm nest on top of the haystack.
The old broomstick was put aside as she hobbled off towards the haystack followed by Sooty, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap some time back. With only three legs, it was hard for Sooty to keep up with the old lady. The cat provided proof—the children were sure that only a witch could own a black cat with three legs.
There, standing on a wooden box, was Mrs. Tailor, stretching out to gather her precious egg. Taking the egg in one of her hands, she began to climb down when, without warning, the box broke and the old lady fell.
“We have to got and help her,” whispered Amy.
“What if it is a trick?” replied Ben.
“Don’t be silly, Ben. If she were a witch, she would have turned us into frogs already,” reasoned Meg. “Come on Amy, let’s go.” The girls climbed down the tree and ran all the way to the haystack.
Approaching carefully, they could see a wound on the old lady’s face. She had knocked her head on a stone and her ankle was definitely broken. “Go and get Dad,” Amy yelled to her brother. “Tell him about the accident.”
The boys did not need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as thy could for help, hoping that Mrs. Tailor would not wake and turn the girls into frogs.
1.Were the children hiding in the tree?
A. They wanted to watch Mrs. Tailor do her housework closely.
B. They were playing a hide-and-seek game
C. They wanted to find out if the rumors about Mrs. Tailor were true
D. They were pretending to be spies
2.Mrs. Tailor stopped sweeping when____
A. her front steps were clean B. she noticed the children in the tree
C. she was ready to take a flight D. she heard the hen cackling
3.Ben did not rush in help Mrs. Tailor because_____
A. he thought that she could be necking them
B. he knew that they could not have been in the tree
C. he did not the old lady fall down
D. he was afraid of the three-legged cat
4.Which of these old sayings best suits the story’s lesson for us?
A. Make hay while the sun shines.
B. Never judge a book by its cover.
C. People in glasshouses should not the stones.
D. A bird in the hands worth two in the bush.
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Outside her cottage, old Mrs. Taylor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children were hiding in a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.
They watched nervously as she took a broomstick to sweep the dirt from her stone steps. But much to their disappointment, she didn’t get on the broomstick and fly off. The old lady only looked up when her hen began to make sounds loudly — signaling that she had laid an egg in the nest on the top of the haystack(干草堆).
The old lady put aside her broomstick and walked to the haystack, followed by Michael, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap. With only three legs, it was hard for Michael to keep up with his mistress. The cat was proof for the children that only a witch would own a black cat with three legs! Crawling further along the branches, they could clearly see the haystack.
Mrs. Taylor was standing on a wooden box with the new-laid egg in one hand. Placing the egg in her pocket, she readied herself to climb down. Then, without warning, the box broke under her and she crashed to the ground. The children were in horror.
“Should we go and help her?” asked Mia.
“What if it’s a trick?” replied Patrick. “She probably knows we’re here. Witches know things like that!”
After thinking for a while, Julia said “Anyway, we should go and check whether she is all right.”
Approaching prudently, they could see a wound on the old lady’s forehead. She had knocked her head on a stone and was unconscious.
“Go and get Dad,” Mia yelled to her brothers. “Tell him about the accident.”
The boys didn’t need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Taylor would not regain consciousness and turn the girls into frogs.
Later, in the hospital, the old lady smiled her thanks. “I was so lucky that you lovely children happened to be passing when I fell. I must have yelled quite loudly.”
The children exchanged guilty glances, but were very pleased that she was not a witch after all!
1.Mrs. Taylor stopped sweeping when ________.
A. her doorstep became very clean
B. she heard the hen making sounds loudly
C. she noticed the children in the tree
D. her cat Michael managed to get her attention
2.Why was Patrick not willing to help Mrs. Taylor when she fell?
A. He thought that she could be cheating them.
B. He was afraid of the three-legged black cat.
C. He did not think that she was hurt in the fall.
D. He knew he and the others shouldn’t have been in her tree.
3.Which of the definitions is closest in meaning to the underlined word “prudently”?
A. Slowly. B. Hurriedly. C. Carefully. D. Quietly.
4.Which of these old sayings best summaries the lesson from story?
A. Make hey while the sun shines.
B. Never judge a book by its cover.
C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D. People in glasshouses shouldn’t throw stones.
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完形填空。
The long line of rush hour traffic wound its way down the rainslick(湿滑的) street as I glanced nervously at my watch.5：30! Nothing had gone right all day.This traffic jam seemed the perfect ending to a(n) ______ day.
I sighed loudly，______ there was no one to hear.Lately my life seemed ______ more than a neverending ______ of regular tasks.Surely there was more to living than this.I guess I was simply too tired to look for it.
And then, looking ______， I saw him.
The lone(孤零零) flagman was standing ______ the street，______ directing four driving ways of traffic as they ______ into one.But there was something ______ about this flagman, and as my car ______， I realized what it was.
Standing among dozens of impatient motorists, he was smiling and ______ at every driver that passed.
As I sat waiting my ______ in my warm car, I began to feel ______.If this man, who did nothing all day but watch one car after another______， could stand in the cold rain hour after boring hour and still have a friendly ______ for every single person who passed, what right did I have to ______ my life?
It was ______ my turn to pass the flagman.“Thank you，” I mouthed ______ the window.He smiled and nodded and I drove on, spirits lifted，______ changed.And in the rear view mirror(后视镜) I could see him, raising his hand and ______ to every car that passed.
1.A．dangerous B．enjoyable C．horrible D．interesting
2.A．though B．so C．if D．when
3.A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
4.A．cycle B．discovery C．expectation D．sacrifice
5.A．right B．left C．backward D．forward
6.A．next to B．in the middle of C．away from D．ahead of
7.A．wisely B．eagerly C．patiently D．calmly
8.A．exchanged B．combined C．crashed D．jumped
9.A．common B．wrong C．outstanding D．unusual
10.A．approached B．started C．stopped D．passed
11.A．shouting B．staring C．aiming D．waving
12.A．order B．turn C．request D．fortune
13.A．annoyed B．delighted C．ashamed D．disappointed
14.A．go by B．go up C．get along D．get through
15.A．glance B．gesture C．move D．treat
16.A．set aside B．burst into C．look down upon D．complain about
17.A．certainly B．luckily C．finally D．merely
18.A．through B．from C．off D．in
19.A．anxiety B．attitude C．experience D．doubt
20.A．talking B．explaining C．whispering D．greeting
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Eco-friendly Vauban, lied in the southwest part of Germany, has everything－tree-lined streets, perfect houses－but it’s missing one urban feature of the last 100 years or so: the car. And Vauban residents(居民) don’t mind one bit. Vauban doesn’t ban cars entirely. Rather, it just tries to reduce the use of cars by creating “parking-free” and “car-free” living. In Vauban, parking spots are a no-no private property(私人财产). Cars can only be parked in public parking lots, so living without a car saves residents the cost of parking in the public lot. Cars also are prevented from using certain roads and must stick to strict speed limits. With these limitations, fewer than 20 percent of residents own cars. Without cars, bikes are almost religion in this small town. Kids pick them up even before they can ride one. Vauban is about much more than just using two wheels instead of four. In Vauban , residents ride bikes and even receive money from the electric company for selling electricity back to the power grid (电网系统). It’s an environmentally-friendly city of the future, with organically grown food, renewable energy, and carbon-neutral homes. And now, with a population of 5,500, it’s attracting attention from around the world. Can an eco-friendly city like Vauban be a model for Americans to stop their over-reliance on the cars?
Sometimes when I watch a news report what’s in the back of my mind is what isn’t being reported or stressed. While this eco-friendly city is inspiring in that it shows residents getting exercise and fresh air through the majority use of bicycles, as well as good old fashioned walking, common sense would tell you that even for a place like Vauban, Germany, it owes its existence to the cars.
Do you think that bicycles were able to transport all the construction materials that were needed to build and maintain the eco-friendly homes and businesses in Vauban? It took cars to help build this utopia. It’s one of the paradoxes of life that sometimes in order to get away from relying on something like the car, you actually have to rely on that very thing at the beginning and into the foreseeable future to some degree.
I myself haven’t owned a car for more than 14 years, and mostly get around town running, walking, or using public transportation. There are times I wish I had one, since it would make many things easier, but overall I’m glad not to have to deal with the headaches of owning a car, which caused me to get rid of it in the first place. And all the walking and running has helped to keep me fit and healthy.
To get even close to being like eco-friendly Vauban, Americans will need to absolutely change the way they live. Commuting( 乘车上下班) patterns will have to change, public transportation will have to be invested in, and so on. And though ending our love affair with the car will be impossible during my lifetime, we may at least start to see more Vauban-like areas in the USA.
We can hope that Americans will consider using their feet more to get around, cutting down on pollution , and giving themselves some more exercise.
1.Why don’t over 80% of the residents in Vauban own car?
A. The streets there are very narrow B. There are many limitations on the use of cars.
C. The government limits the number of cars. D. Most cars belong to their public property
2.The underlined word “paradoxes” in Paragraph 3 probably means_____.
A. opposite things B. big shortcomings C. great strengths D. firm bases
3.How does the writer feel of not owning a car?
A. Curious B. Proud C. Grateful D. Regretful
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Every weekday, shortly after 11 a.m., a line forms at the Broadway and 38th Street location of Sweetgreen, the eco-conscious salad chain. By noon, the line has usually tripled （三倍）in size.
The scene is similar at the Chop't, or the Dig Inn, or the Just Salad one block south. Greens, once so unattractive that parents all over the country had to beg their children to eat them, have never been hotter.
At Sweetgreen , the appeal is partly ethical . The ingredients are sustainably farmed, sourced from trusted partner and served with transparency. There are vegetarian, gluten-free and “warm bowl” options. There are raw beets and organic carrots. It's enough to make the most wasteful among us feel satisfied . It is any wonder that Sweetgreen is the fastest growing salad chain in the United States?
The moral overtones extend even to the trash. As customers pay and head back toward their various workplaces , they pass an often Overflowing garbage bin with a proud sign above it that says that all of the company’s utensils, napkins, bowls and cups are plant-based, "which means they go in the compost bin（堆肥箱），along with any leftover food." "Nothing from inside Sweetgreen goes to the landfill（垃圾填埋）,” the sign declares further, virtuously.
But that's far from the truth, although it,s not the chain's fault.
Zara Watson, a lawyer who eats at Sweetgreen three times a week, throws the waste from her healthful lunch directly in the trash because she does not have to compost at her office. So does Sam Hockley, the managing director at the software company Meltwater, who is willing to eat a Sweetgreen bowl for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Salad is appealing not only because the food is healthy for us but because it's healthy for the world. But even as Sweetgreen and its marvelous effort, the compostable（可降解的） containers the chain puts such care into providing are, more often than not, going to a landfill.
Eric Goldstein, the New York City environment director, said that it typically takes a city about a decade to transition to successful composting. Now New York faces several challenges, one " which is educating people on how to compost in the first place. u!f you were to stop a person in the street, 1 don't know how many people could even tell you what composting really is," he said. "We need a large-scale program to let New Yorkers know why this is important and how to participate in the program .”
And of course, composting itself is not the gold standard of eco-conscious lunch disposal, “it's still best to use reusable things, even before composting and recycling,” Mr. Goldstein said. "But composting is an extremely valuable thing to do."
1.The reasons why Sweetgreen is so popular include all the followings EXCEPT _________.
A.the ingredients it uses are safe and reliable
B.The products it offers are attractive to children
C.The products it offers meet the needs of different customers
D.there is a growing trend toward eating green
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the sign above the garbage bin at Sweetgreen?
A.The shop encourages customers not to waste food.
B.The containers that Sweetgreen uses are reusable.
C.The leftover food from the shop will be sent to landfill.
D.The tableware that Sweetgreen uses is environment-friendly.
3.why does Zara throw the waste in the trash after eating Sweetgreen's salads?
A.Because composting is unnecessary where she works.
B.Because she thinks it is wrong to compost waste.
C.Because the material Sweetgreen uses isn't compostable.
D.Because she is unwilling to walk to the compost bin.
4.What can we learn from Eric Goldstein's words?
A.The biggest challenge in composting is the objection from customers.
B.Most Americans have realized the necessity of garbage classification.
C.The transition to successful composting in New York is a tough task.
D.The best way to deal with leftover food is to turn it into compost.
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The main street is lined with small stands and shops _____ sell almost anything you can imagine.
A. what B. where C. who D. which
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The main street is lined with small stands and shops _____ sell almost anything you can imagine.
A. what B. where C. who D. which
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