Summer is the perfect time to gather with fri...

Summer is the perfect time to gather with friends and share good food. You may want to set a pretty table and create a welcoming atmosphere, but without spending weeks preparing for the big night. Follow these steps for a stylish summer party.

Choose a color plan

The season itself can inspire the color plan, such as nature-inspired hues like ocean blues and grassy greens. One item may also inspire the rest of the party, such as these napkins.1.

Use cotton for table cloth

Instead of searching for just the right table cloth, head to your local cotton store where the options are endless.　　 2.? No problem! Use pinking shears(花齿剪)to cut your table cloth and napkins to size.

Bring the inside out

Summer design tips often include the saying, “Bring the Outside In.” Well, for outdoor summer entertaining, bring the inside out! Get outside for your summer gathering.3. Create a welcoming environment by brining décor items inside your home out to your event.

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No summer party is complete without greenery. Choosing an all-green for your centerpieces provides the casual feel of summer. Grocery store Eucalyptus sprigs create the perfect summer centerpiece, but something form your yrd works just as well!

Create simple and stylish place cards

Place cards make you guests feel welcome, but you do not want to spend all day making complex name labels! Instead, choose a thick paper that fits your color plan. Cut a 4-inch square and fold it in half. 5. .

Now the table is set, the lounge is ready, and all that’s left for you to do is enjoy your guests!

A. Does it look beautiful after designing

B. Use green plants instead of flowers

C. Don’t have time or know how to sew

D. Write each person’s name in gold paint pen

E. Go to a nearby store to buy some green plants

F. Once you make a decision, begin gathering your items

G. There is something magical about entertaining out in nature

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Summer is the perfect time to relax. As you plan for your trip, here are some tips on how to protect yourself. 1.

Fight against the mosquitoes in the hot spots.

There are many mosquito-borne illnesses in tropical regions, which are traditionally vacation hot spots. Therefore, mosquito repellent（驱蚊剂）that contains DEET should be an essential item in your travel bag.

2.

In lesser-developed countries there is less equipment for clean water and public health. If you can't avoid unhealthful water, make sure you bring along a tea or coffee—making pot that will boil water for you. You’d better buy a case or two of water and check that all bottle caps are sealed to assure the bottled water isn't just a refilled bottle of dirty tap water.

Always protect your feet.

It's best to wear slippers in the shower, but if you must be barefoot, put a towel down on the floor.3.You should never walk barefoot in any area of a foreign country, including your hotel room.

Be sure to eat safe fruits.

4. They may have been washed in the same water, or wiped with the same rag used to clean work surfaces in kitchens. The best advice is to bring your own peeler（削皮器）so that you know that something clean has been applied to the fruit.

Enjoy the smell of roadside stands, not the food.

Unless the food is piping hot when served, it’s best to stay away from roadside stands, no matter how good the smell of the food might be. If you are concerned about whether a restaurant is clean, order the food to go. 5.

A.Don't trust the local water

B.Any fruit served fresh may be polluted

C.Look out for any water not served in a bottle

D.The boxes may be cleaner than the plate or fork on the table

E.You should know how to keep yourself away from dirty fruits

F.They are necessary to avoid coming back with a major illness from your trip

G.Parasites（寄生虫）can enter the skin of your feet and travel to different parts of the body

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

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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Summer is the season to dive into new activities and relax. And right now is the time to make sure that you’re ready for the great outdoors, the holiday planning and travel, and the bathing suit beach days.

If you want to lose weight before summer, concentrate on dropping no more than a pound or two a week. 1.And when you trouble yourself, sooner or later you，re going to gain it back. Operate on a 500-calorie-a-day deficit (亏损). 2. So if you cut 500 calories a day for seven days straight, you’ll lose a pound a week right there.

Operating at a decrease of 500 calories a day should involve both eating less and moving more. For example, you could consume 300 fewer calories and bum 200 extra per day.

Include both healthy eating and exercise in your weight-loss plan, and break the 500-calorie goal into small groups to make it more reachable. 3.

To cut 100 calories: 4. Have vegetable pizza instead of pepperoni (意大利辣香肠). Use our Nutritional Needs Calculator to determine how many daily calories you should consume in order to lose, gain, or maintain your healthy goal weight. Once you’ve reached your goal, recalculate your nutritional needs for keeping extra weight off all summer long.

To burn 100 calories: spend 15 minutes biking. 5. Spend 20 minutes gardening. Keep on exercising at least 30 minutes daily a week. Reading food labels and counting calories or writing down what and when you eat can give you more control as well.

A. Here are some simple ways to get there.

B. Walk or run one mile.

C. A pound is 3,500 calories.

D. It is okay to have some snacks between your meals.

E. You should always make sure you get a lot of sleep.

F. Anything more than that usually means you’re troubling yourself.

G. Eat a chicken breast without the skin.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is rightly said one can share any secret with a true friend. He may know your deepest fears and weaknesses and yet will never take advantage of you. However, keeping a friend’s secrets to yourself and not telling the world is what makes the bond grow strong and last forever. You need to develop trust and mutual (互相的) understanding before you start sharing secrets with each other. With friends, secret talks never seem to end and it can get really amusing to know what has been going on in your friend’s mind.

There is a certain time in life especially from the teenage years when one starts having a personal periphery (界限) in life and parents are excluded (排斥) from it. It is because there are certain things that they can’t understand and we can’t discuss with them. That is when friends become the best secret sharers. They are the ones to whom one reveals one’s feelings and best kept secrets.

It is a general belief that only girls share secrets. But boys have their own secrets that they discuss with only closest friends. The secret talks can range (变化) from relationships, talks about fights with parents, secret activities and anything that is not supposed to be known to others! If you think secrets are limited to only teenagers, get your facts right! Secrets can be shared at any age and there is no hard and fast rule that secrets are shared only among youngsters.

Sharing secrets with a friend is not just fun, but it also helps to develop a lasting trust in one another. Sometimes, sharing secrets will tell you more about the person. You will come to know whether your friend is reliable and trustworthy and whether it is worth sharing your secrets with them. You can call it a test of friendship.

1.What is an advantage of sharing secrets with a friend?

A.It helps a lot in your study.

B.It leads you to a carefree life.

C.It makes you popular with other people.

D.It contributes to a long-term mutual belief.

2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly try to show?

A.Parents are always the best people to share secrets with.

B.Teenagers prefer to share secrets with their friends.

C.Parents should build trust with teenagers.

D.Teenagers grow to be independent.

3.The underlined word “reveals” in paragraph 2 can be best replaced by ______.

A.proves B.tells

C.gets D.holds

4.What can be learned about sharing secrets?

A.It’s limited to girls.

B.It follows strict rules.

C.It can happen at any age.

D.It does harm to a strong bond.

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Last summer, I cycled to a small village with my friend Mike. We had a ___ time there. However, when we were ____ a bike on a narrow road, we found a big tree lying across the road.

We had to ____ the bike. And Mike ____ complaining, ”Why did someone put a tree across the road? And why did ____ get it out of the road?” He ____ complaining. I thought he would ask me to help him get the tree out of the road, but he didn’t. __　 __ , he just stepped over it with his ____ , followed by me. And he still didn’t stop complaining, “I guess nowadays no one is ____ to do something for others.” I thought now he would ____ to remove it, but he still didn’t. He just got on his bike and was about to leave. But I didn’t follow him. Noticing I wasn’t ____, he asked me, “What’s wrong?” I said, ”Let’s remove the ____.” He looked puzzled and asked, “____should we do it? It’s not our responsibility.” But I insisted. ____, he got off his bike and we got the tree out of the road together. “You see, there are still ____ who are willing to do something for others,” after removing the tree, I said laughingly to my friend and he ____, too.

My dear friends, when something is in your ____ next time, you can choose to complain and just ____ it there. But you can ____ choose to get it out of the way. Don’t ____ for others to do that. You can be the one who does something for others.

1.A. short    B. tiring    C. different    D. great

2.A. checking    B. riding    C. pushing    D. buying

3.A. get back    B. look for    C. get off    D. look after

4.A. advised    B. started    C. stopped    D. continued

5.A.anybody    B. somebody    C. everybody    D. nobody

6.A. suggested    B. considered    C. kept    D. began

7.A. Instead    B. Therefore    C. However    D. Otherwise

8.A. books    B. clothes    C. bike    D. bag

9.A.ready    B. happy    C. surprised    D. worried

10.A. fear    B. beg    C. try    D. refuse

11.A. thinking    B. moving    C. helping    D. smiling

12.A. bike    B. village    C. stone    D. tree

13.A. Where    B. Why    C. How    D. When

14.A. At last    B. As usual    C. In fact    D. At first

15.A. people    B. villagers    C. tourists    D. students

16.A. jumped    B. understood    C. thanked    D. laughed

17.A. heart    B. house    C. way    D. mind

18.A. remove    B. leave    C. change    D. cut

19.A. hardly    B. never    C. also    D. sometimes

20.A. look    B. call    C. pay    D. wait

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Last summer, I cycled to a small village with my friend Mike. We had a ___ time there. However, when we were ____ a bike on a narrow road, we found a big tree lying across the road.

We had to ____ the bike. And Mike ____ complaining, ”Why did someone put a tree across the road? And why did ____ get it out of the road?” He ___ complaining. I thought he would ask me to help him get the tree out of the road, but he didn’t. ____ , he just stepped over it with his ____ , followed by me. And he still didn’t stop complaining, “I guess nowadays no one is ____ to do something for others.” I thought now he would ____ to remove it, but he still didn’t. He just got on his bike and was about to leave. But I didn’t follow him. Noticing I wasn’t ____, he asked me, “What’s wrong?” I said, ”Let’s remove the ____.” He looked puzzled and asked, “____should we do it? It’s not our responsibility.” But I insisted. ____, he got off his bike and we got the tree out of the road together. “You see, there are still ____ who are willing to do something for others,” after removing the tree, I said laughingly to my friend and he ____, too.

My dear friends, when something is in your ____ next time, you can choose to complain and just ____ it there. But you can ____ choose to get it out of the way. Don’t ____ for others to do that. You can be the one who does something for others.

1.A. short　　 　　 B. tiring　　 　 C. different　　　 D. great

2.A. checking　　　 B. riding　　　 　 C. pushing　　 　 D. buying

3.A. get back　　　 B. look for　　　 C. get off　　　 　 D. look after

4.A. advised　　 B. started　　 C. stopped　　　 　 D. continued

5.A.anybody　　 　 B. somebody　　　 C. everybody　　　 D. nobody

6.A. suggested　　 B. considered　　 C. kept　　 　　　 D. began

7.A. Instead　　　 B. Therefore　　 C. However　　　 　 D. Otherwise

8.A. books　　　 　　 B. clothes　　　 C. bike　　 　　　 D. bag

9.A.ready　　 　　 B. happy　　　 　　 C. surprised　　　 D. worried

10.A. fear　　 　　 B. beg　　 　　　 C. try　　 　　　　 D. refuse

11.A. thinking　　 B. moving　　 　 C. helping　　　 　 D. smiling

12.A. bike　　 　　 B. village　　　 C. stone　　　 　　 D. tree

13.A. Where　　　 　 B. Why　　 　　　 　 C. How　　 　　　　 D. When

14.A. At last　　　 B. As usual　　　 C. In fact　　　 　 D. At first

15.A. people　　 B. villagers　　 C. tourists　　　 D. students

16.A. jumped　　 B. understood　　 C. thanked　　 　 D. laughed

17.A. heart　　　 　 B. house　　 　　 C. way　　　 　　　　 D. mind

18.A. remove　　 B. leave　　 　　 C. change　　 　　 D. cut

19.A. hardly　　 　 B. never　　 　　 C. also　　　 　　　 D. sometimes

20.A. look　　　 　　 B. call　　 　　 C. pay　　 　　　　 D. wait

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I want to share a moving story with you. A friend, who started up and ran her own youth ____ group, lost her husband because of cancer 2 years ago. Almost after he ____, she found out that she had ____, too. She is still going strong and her ____ is working well for now. She always has a smile and kind words for everyone, just as she usually did during the ____ days.

One of the ____ I have had over the years is to -take photographs, ____ candid(偷拍

的) shots of people laughing and smiling. I have a great headshot of the fried and her husband, from about a year or 2 before he died. They ____ have the loveliest smiles in the photo. An idea came into my mind when I ____ the photo. So I ordered a(n) ____ of it and put it into a nice frame for her. I gave it to her last night at a meeting of the theater group. I didn’t know if she would like it, so I was very ____ of how it might go. ____ there were floods of tears from her and a few other friends, we all had lots of hags and ____. It was a friendly and warm ____ that I hadn’t had for many years.

My friend said, “It is one of the nicest ____ I have of him and, though I normally ____ pictures of myself, I love this one.” She couldn’t ____ me enough and was really shocked that I had done such a(n) ____ thing for her. I felt it was only a ____ effort on my part, but it ____ an amazing result.

1.A. theater　　 B. painting　　 C. science　　 D. literature

2.A. escaped　　 B. died　　 C. recovered　　 D. approached

3.A. energy　　 B. cancer　　 C. creation　　 D. wealth

4.A. schedule　　 B. method　　 C. treatment　　 D. arrangement

5.A. meaningful　　 B. joyful　　 C. precious　　 D. previous

6.A. hobbies　　 B. collections　　 C. advantages　　 D. achievements

7.A. suddenly　　 B. fortunately　　 C. approximately　　 D. particularly

8.A. both　　 B. never　　 C. neither　　 D. rather

9.A. took　　 B. sent　　 C. scanned　　 D. described

10.A. meal　　 B. enlargement　　 C. ticket　　 D. celebration

11.A. frightened　　 B. nervous　　 C. proud　　 D. doubtful

12.A. Because　　 B. Unless　　 C. Although　　 D. Once

13.A. smiles　　 B. plans　　 C. friends　　 D. messages

14.A. weather　　 B. reception　　 C. scene　　 D. color

15.A. presents　　 B. relations　　 C. memories　　 D. pictures

16.A. recall　　 B. design　　 C. store　　 D. dislike

17.A. thank　　 B. teach　　 C. bless　　 D. forgive

18.A. expensive　　 B. complex　　 C. equal　　 D. thoughtful

19.A. continuous　　 B. tiny　　 C. special　　 D. final

20.A. gave up　　 B. looked for　　 C. brought about　　 D. waited for

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

1.至少伤病让我有时间与我的朋友和家人呆在一起了。

At least the ______ gave me time to be with my friends and family.

2.发烧是生病的症状。

A fever is a ______ of illness

3.未经允许看别人的私人信件是不合法的。

It's ______ to read people's private letters without permission.

4.那位音乐家利用业余时间作诗。

The musician spent her spare time _______ poetry.

5.受伤的人不省人事但仍活着。

The old man is unconscious but still_____.

6.他注意到一个陌生人在商店附近闲逛。

He ______ a stranger hanging around the store.

7.他因作伪证而受到惩罚。

He was punished for giving false ______.

8.请接受我最衷心的祝贺。

Please accept my sincere _______.

9.他不是我们的亲儿子－－他三岁时我们领养的。

He's not our natural son we _______ him when he was three.

10.圣诞节时吃火鸡是英格兰的传统。

It's _________ in England to eat turkey on Christmas Dayhttp:///

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Christmas in the United States is traditionally a time of gift-giving and family gatherings. But small towns across the country have their own traditions.

Middleburg, a small town in the state of Virginia, is known for its horses. For more than 50 years, Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade. Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields. They follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild fox. But first, these hunters ride in the yearly parade, wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hats.

John Hale, a citizen of Middleburg says many city people visit his town. “We have a lot of people from an urban area that come to visit, but it incorporates a lot of the old traditions.” The night-time hayride is one such tradition. Small groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon (四轮马车) filled with hay (干草). The passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fields.

There are some newer traditions, too. Trey Matheu works at the nearby Salamander Resort. He says a visit to Middleburg is a chance to slow down for a day. He says Middleburg can be a calming, peaceful place without tension.

“Middleburg is an opportunity to take a step back, to take a deep breath, and understand that even though life is moving on at a very fast pace, there’s really an opportunity where you’re allowed to step off for a little bit.”

Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below freezing weather. But if you ask, you will hear many different reasons why people come to watch the parade:

“I come here because I’m from a small town. I like how everybody comes together.”

“I live right down that street, right there. And that’s my dog.”

Middleburg looks its best at Christmastime. That may be why so many people return each year.

1.At Christmas, people in Middleburg usually ________.

A.visit friends and families B.ride in the annual parade

C.feed farm horses with hay D.hunt for dogs in the woods

2.According to Trey Matheu, why do people visit Middleburg?

A.To enjoy the fresh air. B.To escape competition.

C.To relax themselves. D.To challenge themselves.

3.What do we know about the small town Middleburg?

A.It attracts many people each year. B.It makes a large money from tourism.

C.It doesn’t respect Christmas traditions. D.It is a good place for family gatherings.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.Middleburg’s Christmas Parade B.A Small Town Known for Horses

C.Newer Traditions at Christmastime D.Christmas Traditions in Middleburg

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