Every year at Halloween, American kids of all ages go trick-or-treating.
They hope to bring home as much candy as possible. Twelve-year-old Madelynne Caralli goes trick-or-treating, too. She is happy to get candy. But she really wants food. Madelynne trick-or-treats for donations to give to hungry people.
Madelynne’s project began several years ago. When she read a book about children who volunteer in their neighborhoods, she decided to collect food for a food bank. “My mom explained to me that there are people who don’t have any food, and I wanted to help them,” she explained.
Madelynne and her mother visited the food bank website to find out what kinds of food were needed. Then they got in touch with people in their neighborhood and told them that Madelynne would be looking for donations at Halloween. She and her mother suggested things like canned soups---food that can be stored for a long time.
On the night she trick-or-treats, Madelynne puts on her costume and walks through the neighborhood collecting food. She says she has been surprised to see how much food people are willing to give. Last Halloween, “some people gave me so much that the bags are breaking,” she says.
In the past four years, Madelynne has collected a total of 645 pounds of food. That amount of food helped feed 16 families for a week! Madelynne doesn’t carry all the food herself. Her friend Jordyn helps her carry the heavy bags. After Halloween, Madelynne and her mother take the food to the food bank. There it is sorted and then given to people who need it. This year, Madelynne plans on trick-or-treating her grandmother’s neighborhood as well as her own.
The neighbors also give Madelynne candy for her own trick-or-treating bag. But according to Madelynne, her favorite part of Halloween is not the candy. It is “the feeling that I am helping people.”
21. Why does Madelynne want food at Halloween?
A. Because she doesn’t like candy.
B. Because she wishes to help hungry people.
C. Because she hopes to be different from other kids.
D. Because she wants to remind people not to waste food.
22. Madelynne started the project after she____.
A. visited the food bank website
B. read a book about some volunteer children
C. got in touch with people in her neighborhood
D. knew many people didn’t have any food at Halloween
23. This year, Madelynne plans to ______.
A. prepare more bags to hold food for hungry people
B. collect food as well as ask for candy in her neighborhood
C. ask her friend Jordyn to help her carry the food to the bank
D. look for donations in her grandmother’s neighborhood too
Talking is the most effective and satisfying way of communication with others. There are many forms of communication, ___61___ include: texting, cell phones, email, and social media. ___62___ (use) these alternative forms to communicate with others may be faster, ___63___ it lacks many qualities that a face-to-face conversation ___64___ (possess).
Facial expression and body language can ___65___ (great) affect a conversation. They can be used to give a person some information about what the other person ___66___ (think) and feeling. Facial expressions can be applied to video chatting, but body language can only be found in a face-to-face conversation. Talking in person can have physical ___67___ (feature). Giving someone ___68___ hug and holding their hand ___69___ (comfort) them can only be done in person. When you are talking to someone by texting or instant messaging them, physical touch does not exist at all, which can limit the connection ___70___ the people in the communication.
Sam：Which do you prefer，life in __61__ countryside or in town?
Ted：Honestly __62__(speak)，I prefer the latter. Living in town has an advantage __63___ living in the countryside. Don't you think so?
Sam：In many ways that's true. But I still prefer the countryside，__64__ it's peaceful and quiet，while it's much too __65__(crowd) and noisy in town. In __66__(add)，the air and water in town are usually __67__(pollute) by factories.
Ted：That's true to some degree. But in spite of this，I think that life in town is preferable. Travel is more convenient，and so is shopping.
Sam：And there are __68__(good) education and job opportunities in town than in the countryside，aren't there?
Ted：That's right. And nobody can deny the fact.
Sam：So let's say that living in town or in the countryside either has __69__ own advantages and __70__．
Ted：Exactly .
Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their diets.
Open Table
Open Table helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. Open Table is a free service that shows users restaurant availability based on where and when they want to dine. Open Table users can also make reservations directly through the app or website.
Epicurious
Epicurious is a free app and website to help users find recipes and become better cooks. The app has more than 30,000 recipes and can create a shopping list based on the ingredients in a recipe. The app rates recipes for popularity and other qualities and inform users about vegetables in season in different areas.
Happy Cow
The Happy Cow app is made freely for Vegetarians. Users can search for vegetarian restaurants and stores around the world. The Happy Cow app is based on the Happy Cow website, where users can discover places nearby or search using keywords.
Local Eats
Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes tourists want to eat like locals. The website and app Local Eats is designed for that, which can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It lists locally owned restaurants so users can try foods from that area.
Where Chefs Eat
“Where Chefs Eat” is a 975-page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just one dollar. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3,000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app. Users can also search by region, chef, or restaurant name.
25. Which app can help people book a table for a meal in advance?
A. Local Eats B. Happy Cow C. Epicurious D. Open Table
26. Who might be interested in the app Local Eats?
A. chefs B. Vegetarians C. travelers D. App designers
27. What can we know from the text?
A. Native Americans like dinning in McDonalds.
B. Epicurious offers information about seasonal fruits.
C. Where Chefs Eats is a name of both a book and an app.
D. Happy Cow is designed for people fond of eating meat.
28. This text introduces these apps to help people to________.
A. save money B. go on a diet C. be better cooks D. eat healthily
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下便条。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Recently, our school has held the meaningful discussion on whether it is reasonable for middle school students to have classes on weekends. Some of our classmates believe we should have classes on weekends because we can make fully use of free time to review the lessons we had learnt. Some others are against the opinion, saying we had better to have a good rest on weekends so that we can work effective during the weekdays. The rest agree with neither of the opinion. They have the view which keeping the balance between work and play are important for us. They suggest one day of the weekend should used to learn our lessons and during the other day we do something interested or have a rest.
______ for the breakdown of the school computer net work , Alice was in low spirits .
A. Blaming B. Blamed C. To blame D. To be blame
假如你是李华，暑假期间你去了北京旅游，参观了长城，故宫等名胜古迹，但是所有的景点人满为患。请你用英语写一篇短文发表在校英语报上。
内容包括：
1. 旅途的经历
2. 存在的问题
3. 自己的想法及建议 注意：词数100左右
Studying Wendy’s menu, I found that many of the items are similar to _____ of McDonald’s.
A. those B. ones C. any D. all
As we know, everyone can make mistakes, but don’t worry about it. The following is what we should do when we make mistakes.
• Just admit (承认）it. Don’t think that our mistakes are caused by others. 36 Don’t blame other people, and don’t cheat ourselves, either.
• 37 .In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we don’t act and deal with the problem quickly, it’ll only make us feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it. 38 .
• 39 .Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are.
• 40 .What caused us to make the mistake? How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we don’t, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.
A. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.
B. Don’t be afraid of failure.
C. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.
D. Solve it at once.
E. So be away from stress.
F. So decide quickly and act.
G. Think about what we can learn from our mistakes.
As is known to us all, success usually results from diligence while laziness and copying others _____ can lead to losses and failure.
A. blindly B. automatically
C. awfully D. annually
There is no doubt that losing weight is much harder than gaining it. So how does one go about the difficult task of shedding (除掉) those extra pounds? 36 The tips and ideas presented to you here are meant to be the extra information you need to help you to get started off on the right foot.
37 If you really like pasta(意大利面食), there are healthy options available to you. You can replace regular pasta noodles with noodles that are made with whole wheat. Using whole wheat pasta tends to be more filling than regular pasta.
Exercise will help you lose weight.Studies show that those who exercise, not only lose weight, but keep it off more successfully than those who don’t exercise. Exercise will help raise your metabolic (新陈代谢) rate and create a calorie deficit, which helps the weight come off quicker. 38
Cut your juice with half water or club soda. 39 If you can cut them in half with something else, you will eliminate a large number of empty calories and sugar from your diet. This can help you to lose a few pounds.
You may think that you are going to benefit by skipping a meal here and there but in all honesty, you will not. 40 It will make it much harder for you to burn off the calories from the food that was in your body from the previous meal.
A. Go to bed very early for a full week.
B. For most, it can be hard to find a starting point.
C.Exercise is the most important.
D. When you are trying to lose weight, pasta can be a bad thing.
E.Keep moving to keep the weight off.
F. Many juices are filled with sugar and calories that you don’t need.
G. Skipping meals will cause your body to go into a mode for fat-storing.
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把……归类) as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky (暗中的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable actions we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.
Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
21. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our __________.
A. friendly relationship B. financial rewards
C. advertising ability D. self-respect
22. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to __________.
A. lying B. cheating C. stealing D. advertising
23. How will we feel if we let the clerk know the mistake?
A. We’ll be very excited. B. We’ll have a sense of honor.
C. We’ll feel unfortunate. D. We’ll feel sorry for the clerk.
24. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Happiness through Honorable Actions B. Importance of Peacefulness
C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect D. How to Live Truthfully
Lydia thought it would be a a worthwhile mission(任务). When she wanted to build a playground for kids with disabilities, she knew it wouldn’t take long to 41 interest in the project. But she 42 expected that a third of the town would 43 their sleeves to bring her goal to life! It was really beyond her wild expectation! “A lot of learning comes 44 play,” said Lydia, a special education teacher, “But my 45 students (with special needs) are too often left out because 46 playgrounds will stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.” The city committee agreed to 47 a piece of land for the playground. First, the Kid Caring Club came through with $7,000 and that’s 48 the grassroots movement really got started. Then small businesses were giving some money. Soon the local Philip Education Foundation 49 to donate half of the remaining $170,000 balance. Finally Lydia raised a 50 amount of money that could 51 the construction materials. What Lydia needed was 500 volunteers who could work six 12-hour days. On the first day of the construction, a lot of people came. Two women heard about the 52 on the way to work and took the day 53 to help. A couple drove the tool truck. Families brought pieces of wood for the fence and bricks for walkways. “It was truly a(n) 54 week,” said Lydia proudly and keenly. 55 with construction experience became organizers. Those who could operate power tools formed a separate group. One team served meals 56 from local churches, and 57 organized activities for children of volunteers. Today Possibility Playground is one of the most popular 58 in the county. The finished wonderland sits on a cliff 59 Lake Michigan. There’s a rocking ship, a climbing wall, high and low rings, and monkey bars. All children play shoulder to shoulder on the same playground having fun whether they are able-bodied or disabled. It’s 60 what Lydia imagined. Her dream was really realized!
41. A. accept B. inspire C. gather D. take
42. A. always B. usually C. often D. never
43. A. break up B. take up C roll up D. bring up
44. A. off B. for C. on D. through
45. A. disabled B. disappointed C. disconnected D. disordered
46. A. traditional B. convenient C. suitable D. regular
47. A. leave out B. make out C. bring out D. mark out
48. A. why B. when C. where D. what
49. A. offered B. demanded C. refused D. required
50. A. respectful B. rewarding C. considerable D. generous
51. A. cover B. make C. spend D. afford
52. A. agreement B. project C. event D. decision
53. A. away B. out C. off D. down
54. A. interesting B. amazing C. shocking D. attracting
55. A. Youths B. Children C. Citizens D. Volunteers
56. A. permitted B. separated C. donated D. presented
57.A. another B. all C. the other D. each other
58. A. aims B. objects C. destinations D. centers
59. A. overlooking B. watching C. viewing D. glancing
60. A. hardly B. probably C. properly D. exactly
We high school students do have some growing pains，but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely.61.____，some of us are upset 62.____ our body styles and looks. It's unnecessary and it's not important at all.We needn't care about it.It is one's inner beauty 63.____ matters. Second，we sometimes seem to be misunderstood 64.____ our teachers，parents and classmates. 65.____ (face) with this，we can find a proper time to have a hearttoheart talk with them，trying to remove the 66.____ (understand)．Some of us have fewer friends.I think being openminded and friendly will do us good. Third，we may fall behind others, 67.____ makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage 68.____ to work efficiently，full of 69.____ (determine)． At last，some of us don't have much pocket money，so we feel unhappy. Isn't it strange? So long as we have some，that's enough. And we can learn 70.____ to spend money.
Many young people, most ______were well-educated, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.
A. of who B. of them C. of whom D. of those
A Deed a Day
It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder
and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat 41 we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit 42 that dinner was not on the table.
That night, I had a heavy 43 , thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线). We had become too 44 in our own tasks and not very considerate towards
those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would 45 our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.
I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a 46 for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our 47 . And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.
I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually 48 than it seemed because it had to be something 49 what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not 50 .
We had a rough 51 . On some days, someone would forget to 52 a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to 53 what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to 54 me the good deed they had done.
Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a(n) 55 in our lives. Instead of always 56 what the day will bring for us, we think about what we can do for someone else.
Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so 57 ? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only 58 by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in 59 . So, when someone does return the favor, it is an enormous and positive 60 .
41. A. before B. while C. though D. unless
42. A. embarrassed B. frightened C. annoyed D. puzzled
43. A. heart B. shoulder C. foot D. stomach
44. A. successful B. absorbed C. confident D. interested
45. A. repeat B. recall C. refocus D. relate
46. A. task B. copy C. job D. kindness
47. A. home B. town C. school D. room
48. A. stranger B. harder C. bigger D. sweeter
49. A. between B. beyond C. about D. from
50. A. matter B. happen C. last D. count
51. A. time B. start C. idea D. life
52. A. praise B. record C. do D. check
53. A. describe B. explain C. remember D. decide
54. A. bring B. tell C. offer D. teach
55. A. effort B. fortune C. difference D. choice
56. A. forgetting B. believing C. knowing D. wondering
57. A. tiring B. rewarding C. surprising D. moving
58. A. experience B. exchange C. predict D. imagine
59. A. silence B. order C. time D. return
60. A. effect B. contribution C. bonus D. attitude
When Julie Jones and Caroline Atkin were schoolgirls, they promised to be best friends for ever. Years later, Caroline died from a brain tumor at the age of 45, leaving five children. In her last weeks, she asked Julie to raise the children as her own. Julie, a single mother of three with a small income, didn’t hesitate.
“I held her in my arms and said ‘You’ll be OK’, but I knew I was losing her.” She says.
“The hospital rang me and I rushed there, but Caroline had just gone,” she says. “I went to her house. The children arrived home from school in a taxi and I gathered them in my arms and said: ‘Mommy has gone to Heaven.’”
“Michael, who was 11, left the room. Kieran, ten, sat in great surprise; James, nine, broke down; while Emma, seven, and Chantelle, five uneasy. I brought them home.”
Julie, mother of Adam, 20, Peter, 19, and 14-year-old Christian, moved the table from her dining room to turn it into an extra bedroom for the girls.
She says “I put a tent up in the garden, and the children took turns to camp outside. We turned into a game. The children were terribly hurt by losing both their parents. But now, despite our lack of space and money, we have become one happy family.” The table in the kitchen is so small that Julie had to cook Christmas dinner in two sittings. Her eldest son has left for university and his bedroom is used by the younger boys.
Julie had to work 50 hours a week and runs the home on her salary.
“The children aren’t quiet anymore. The house is filled with screams and shouts and laughter.” she says. “They say ‘Julie, you make us so happy,’ but the truth is that they’re the ones who make me happy. I’m not extraordinary. I’m just a mum.”
21. What can we know about Julie from the text?
A. She had lived a rich life before the adoption.
B. She promised to adopt Caroline’s children as a schoolgirl.
C. She blamed Caroline’s husband for taking no responsibility.
D. She had to work very hard to support the large family.
22. Which one is NOT what Julie did to support the large family?
A. Using the dining room as a bedroom.
B. Putting a tent up in the garden.
C. Persuading her eldest son to leave for university.
D. Cooking Christmas dinner in two sittings.
23. From the last paragraph, we can know that Julie is _______ .
A. annoyed B. tired C. modest D. energetic
24. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A mother to five orphans B. Five lucky children
C. Caroline’s death D. Troubles of raising children
He was very busy yesterday．Otherwise he_______ to our get﹣together．（ ）
A．came B．had come
C．would have come D．will come
Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water 61 (use)on coastal farms. As a result, farmers are 62 (gradual) unable to use fields close to the sea. However, Marc Van Rijsselberg, a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a 63 (mix) of sea and fresh water 64 (grow) healthy and tasty vegetables.
He teamed up with scientists from the Free University and divided a farm 65 eight negated areas. Separate pipes pumped fresh and sea water, and a computer program created water with eight levels of salinity (含盐度).
The water levels and the levels of salinity was 66 (control) by computerized measuring devices called “sensors”. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said he was able to harvest vegetables from most of the eight testing areas. He said the vegetables were smaller than 67 grown in fresh water. But he said they also had more sugar and salt, so they tasted much 68 (good).
He found that potatoes grew better than the other vegetables in the combination of sea and fresh water. Mr.Van Rijsselberg said four kinds of these potatoes would be sent to Pakistan 69 thousands of hectares of land 70 (damage) by salinization last year.
