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    American cities are 1 other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 2 of the culture. Cities contain the very 3 side of a society: opportunities for education, employment and so on. They also 4  the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimination and poverty. American cities are changing, just 5 American society.

    After World War Ⅱ, the population of 6 large American cities decreased; 7, the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities 8 population increased. These population moving to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.

    During this time, in the 9 1940s and early 1950s, city people became wealthier. They had more children. They needed more  10. They moved out their flats in the city to buy their own houses. They bought houses in the 11 , areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house on the outskirts.

    Now things are changing. The children of the people who 12 the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, 13 their parents, want to live in the cities. 14continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are 15 and the population is increasing in 16 states as Texas, Florida and California. Others are moving to more 17 cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.

Many young professionals, doctors and lawyers are moving back into the city. They prefer the city 18 the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just 19 the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities—a wealthier, 20 mobile class.

He is not the sort of man to c such a cruel crime.

I'mwhat you said is quite right.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. The water  (be) sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder  had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man (go) home with a happy heart.  

    After the student left, the teacher let student taste the water. He spit it out, (say)it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like?" The teacher replied, "You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be(sweet). "We understand this lesson best when we receive (gift) of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

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    Facebook CEO Zuckerberg just had a baby girl named Max, and to honor the occasion, he's giving away the majority of his wealth. In the letter   (write) by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to     (they) new baby girl, he announced the birth of his first child and the     (create) of the Chan Zuckerberg Fund,      will focus on curing disease, connecting people and     (build) strong communities.  

    "For your generation to live in      better world, there is so much more our generation can do, "Zuckerberg wrote." Today your mother and I are committed to spending our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. "The couple     (donate) nearly all of their Facebook stock to the cause." We will give 99% of our Facebook shares—currently about 45 billion—to advance this      (value) mission, "he wrote." We know this is a small contribution compared      all the resources and talents already working on these issues. But we want to do    we can, working along with many others."

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阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
    “How does the yard look?” My father asked, with his eyes shining. I could tell he was eagerly waiting for my 1. “Wonderful!” I replied after I gave it a thorough 2 . Then I recited all the changes I had 3 in his yard and he smiled contently.
    When I was young, my mother 4 in a car accident, leaving my father alone to 5 their three young daughters. At the beginning, life was not always6and my younger sisters usually complained. However, Dad always 7 us to believe that life was good. Meanwhile, he tried his best to 8that belief.
    In 1972, my dad developed a piece of waste land that had been9 on Okaloosa Island. Every year at the first sign of 10 , he would begin spending countless hours working there to make it be bursting with colors. Through his continuous hard work, the land 11turned into a beautiful garden with different types of flowers and other unique plants. While our friends were enjoying their vacation through traveling to different places, we were 12 working with my dad in his yard, watering the flowers, weeding or cutting off the branches. Sometimes, our friends were envious of our working vacation, and we would 13 them. Dad made his yard very 14 so that it became our vacation paradise during our childhood.
    For so many years, when we were 15 , we liked to visit Dad's yard, because it could 16us of Dad's belief. It was Dad and his yard that gave us 17 that enabled us to survive and 18 major challenges in life. One day, it shocked us that Dad said he would not 19 the yard. Then he explained, “Twenty years ago I decided to start my work in that yard to tell you life is good. Now my work is done.” We were sitting in 20, recalling what we had experienced. Life was good. Dad was right.

The popular star stood there,_______by many students.

Studies have long shown that our heart rates and anxiety levels rise and fall ______ on the speeds of the music we hear.

He admitted that when ______ comes to repairing a computer, he had little knowledge of it.

I'm afraid I d with you on the matter.

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    Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight began. What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, the disputants sit down with peer mediators(同龄调解者). Peer mediators are students with special training in this kind of problems.

    Peer mediators help the disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use:

1) Put what you think clearly but don't say anything to hurt the other. Begin with “I feel…” instead of “You always…”

2) Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don't stop the other person's words.

3) Keep looking at the other person's eyes when he or she talks.

4) Try to see the other person's side of the problem.

5) Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You are foolish” makes the talk difficult. 6) Try to find a result that makes both people happy.

    Peer mediators never decide the result or the winner. They don't decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, they help the two students to find their own “win-win” result.

— Why not meet Diana today?

— I am sorry to tell you that she has been ________ from our company.

阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

    “When should I begin to acquire good habits?”a young boy asked his teacher.

    “How old are you?” asked the teacher.

    “Eight years old, sir.”answered the boy.

    “Then you have just lost eight years,”the teacher replied.

    There is no doubt that habits are formed at a very early age. When one is young, it is easy to acquire good habits.

    Good habits are practices that help us in our daily life. The habit of brushing one's teeth in the morning, for instance, keeps one's teeth clean and prevents a bad smell which is unpleasant to others. Bad habits such as sticking one's tongue out, biting one's fingernails and picking one's nose, are undesirable ways of behaving in front of others. If we want people to enjoy being with us, we should try to develop habits that are pleasant.

    It is said, “We sow an act; we reap a habit. We sow a habit and we reap a character.” The habits we formed at an early age shape our character. Habits are like tributaries(支流) which flow into a river. The river is made up of all its tributaries; a person's character is made up of all the habits that he or she has acquired over the years.

【写作内容】

1）以约30个词概括本文内容；

2）以约120个词谈谈你对好习惯养成的看法，并包括以下要点：

①你认为好习惯重要吗，为什么？

②你身上有哪些好习惯，它们对你的学习或生活有什么影响？

③怎样才能养成良好的习惯？

【写作要求】

1）作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

2）作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

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The place ________the bridge is supposed to be built should be ________the cross river traffic is the heaviest.

New Zealand consists of two large islands.

New Zealand two large islands.

He is a v who has spent much of his life trying to help those who are homeless.

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A:  tomorrow?

B: I'm going to buy a gift.

A: ?

B: I'm going to give it to my mother.

A: ? 

B: I'm going to buy a bunch of flowers.

A: ?

B: I'm going to buy it in the Flower World.

A: Are you going there alone?

B: No. with my sister.

A: Your mother will be happy.

— How do you find the British Museum?

— Great! It's ________worth________.

Do you still remember the exhibition farm we visited three months ago?