When ______ by the teachers, a student tends to study harder than usual.

A. to be praised                 B. praising            C. praised                           D. to praise

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

    One morning, Jim was on the bus to school, occupied a “special seat”. Though an elderly man stood in the front of him, he pretended not to see him. He turned on his mobile phone to surf on the Internet, regardless the other passengers’ stares.

    However, something which happened later changed him. In the afternoon, he was played basketball when suddenly he was knocked down and hurt his ankle.

    Late that day, on another crowded bus, he had to stand under a crutch supporting him. Luckily, a girl seating before him looked up and noticed him.She quick stood up to give up her seat to Jim. Suddenly, he began to regret his behavior in the morning, but thought he would never be selfish again.

Everything has a name. All people, places and things have names. For example, Jenny is the name of a student from England. England is the name of her country. Cities and towns have names, too. Schools and office building also have names. All things have names. Names are important.

Names are different all over the world. In Jenny’s class, Jenny must learn the names of students from all over the world. This is very difficult because the names are different.

In the USA, most people have a first name, a middle name, and a last name. Parents choose the first and middle names for their baby. There are names for boys and names for girls. For example, John, Peter, Tom and Mike are all names for boys. Elizabeth, Betty, Susan, and Mary are all names for girls. The last name is the family name. Usually it is the father’s family name. In a family, the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name.

Names are different all over the world. They can be long or short, but they are always very important.

4.  Why does everything have a name? Because ______.

       A. it is very interesting to have a name           

B. it is very easy to be remembered

       C. it is very easy to be told from others           D. both B and C

5.  It is difficult to learn names all over the world because ______.

       A. there are many different languages

       B. the names in different countries are different

       C. some names are very short, some are very long

       D. there are many names all over the world

6.  Which of the following is true?

       A. It’s difficult to learn the names because they are different

       B. There is no difference between girls’ names and boys’ names

       C. Jenny doesn’t want to learn the names very well

       D. It’s easy for Jenny to learn the names of her classmates.

7.  What names are for girls?

       A. George, Linda, Susan             B. Tom, Jill, Candy

      C. Elizabeth, Betty, Mary        D. Peter, Jeff, Jack         

    假如你是李华，你国外的好友Alice 给你发了封e-mail，说她将在校联谊会上作为学生代表发言，她对公开发言感到很紧张，想请你给她提供一些克服怯场的方法。请根据下面的要点，给Alice回一封电子邮件。内容包括：

1.你对怯场的认识；

2.应对怯场的办法。

注意：1.词数100左右2.参考词汇    怯场 stage fright

Dear Alice，

   I’m glad to receive your e-mail and thank you for your trusting me.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                      Yours ,

                                                                      Li Hua

Although travelers can try dishes from around China and the globe in well-known food cities like Beijing and Shanghai, it is outside these major metropolises where a world of exciting Chinese cuisine(中国菜) awaits the true foodie(美食家). With this in mind and after three years of living in China and writing about Chinese food, I started a six-month journey with my husband and two daughters.

Here are four of the eight most amazing Chinese food cities I’ve come across so far. The list is in no particular order. 1. Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Crowned as Asia’s first UNESCO City of Gastronomy(美食学) in 2010, Chengdu is best-known for its fiery hot pot and spicy dishes, which are characterized by the use of Sichuan pepper and are usually layered with salty, sour and sweet flavors. There are also dishes that aren’t spicy at all, such as beer-braised duck.

Hot pot is as ubiquitous in the city as the smell of chili. At Zigong Delicious Hotpot, the house specialty(招牌菜) tiaoshui wa is a cauldron(大锅) of fiery chili(辣椒) to which vegetables, noodles or other meats can be added.

For a real taste of Sichuan’s signature（招牌）pepper, hua jiao, spend a morning at the Chengdu Spice Market where the locals sell and buy it by the sack.

2. Lanzhou, Gansu Province

Synonymous in the minds of food-lovers with hand-pulled beef noodles, Lanzhou also has one of the liveliest street food night markets in China.

Just west of the city center, the buzzing Zhengning Road bazaar（集市）houses more than 100 street food stalls. Available is a broad selection of hot and cold dishes with emphasis on local Hui cuisine.

No trip to Lanzhou is complete without feasting on noodles at Wumule Penhui, the 2012 winners of Lanzhou’s annual pulled noodle competition. The halal restaurant makes noodles spicy enough to satisfy even the most hardened heat-seekers.

3. Guangzhou, Guangdong Province

The birthplace of Cantonese food, Guangzhou is thought by many as the best place to eat in China. The city of 12 million has a passionate food culture, with equal excitement reserved for the opening of a hole-in-the-wall congee joint（粥店）and a high-end restaurant.

The local cuisine is characterized by fresh clean flavors（口味）, seafood, barbecued meats and the wonderful tradition of yum cha, which is tea drinking accompanied by dumplings and small dishes.

Congee is the way locals love to start their day, and one of the most popular vendors is Ru Xuan Sha Guo Zhou. Here, one can get a bowl of signature seafood congee any hour of the day.

Roast meats are Bing Sheng’s most popular order—their roast goose is marinated（腌制）with five-spice, boiled, air-dried, then roasted by a flame oven to give a crisp skin.

For something more home style and removed from the madness of downtown, head to Ji Cun for steamed chicken and simple farmer-style dishes.

4. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province

This ancient canal city is home to huangjiu, an amber-colored rice wine that’s important in Chinese cooking.

Open since 1894, the dining chain is known by almost every Chinese for its appearance in early 20th century novels by Chinese literati Lu Xun.

Xianheng’s delicacies（佳肴）include crispy-skinned chicken, smoked red dates in rice wine, beans flavored with fennel(茴香), and crispy bream in rice wine.

Fried fermented（发酵的）tofu is also a local specialty, which is available all over town at small street stalls including one just outside Xianheng.

46. The writer’s purpose of the passage is to ____________.

   A. share her story and impression on Chinese cuisines

B. tell readers how to comment on amazing Chinese food cities 

C. talk the readers into enjoying the signature food such as hand-pulled noodles                                    

D. express her preference for fiery hot pot and spicy dishes in Chengdu.

47. The underlined word “ubiquitous” can be replaced by ____________.

   A. charming and attractive                  B. smelly and disgusting

C. common and popular                    D. fiery and spicy

48. If a fresh clean flavor is to a foodie’s taste, which couple of cities is he likely to make a trip to?

   A. Chengdu, Lanzhou                      B. Lanzhou, Guangzhou 

C. Guangzhou, Shaoxing                   D. Shaoxing, Chengdu

49. According to the writer, what message of food culture is brought out in the passage?

   A. Cantonese food is characterized by a sea of marinated dishes.

B. Huangjiu is widely believed to be essential in Chinese cooking.

C. Pepper, chili and huajiao play an important role in all Sichuan dishes.

D. Hand-pulled beef noodle is a speciality in local Hui cuisine.

假设你是李华。为响应国家厉行节约的号召，请你以“厉行节约——为资源、为环保”为题，向某英语报社编辑写信，表达你对厉行节约的看法，提出你的建议。该英文信应包括以下内容：
1.节约的好处：例如，节约资源造福后代；节约可以环保等；
2.举例说明中学生该如何厉行节约；
3.如何保持节约的优良传统。
注意: 1.词数:100字左右 ；
     2.不要遗漏要点，注意行文流畅。

Dear Editor,
    I’m Li Hua . I’m writing to share my opinions about trying to save both for natural resources and the environment….

 Seeing everything________, the professor left the lab happily.

A.done         B.did       C.do               D.doing

Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone’s life? If yes, don’t care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you’ll make it!

Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant

(No Pay with Free Meals)

Place: Manchester

Hours: Part Time

We arc now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!

Role:

You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.

Skills and Experience Required:

You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.

1. The text is meant to ______ .

A. leave a note                                            B. send an invitation

C. present a document                                 D. carry an advertisement(广告)

2. What docs the underlined part mean?

A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.

B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job.

C. You'll earn a good salary from this job.

D. You'll succeed in getting this job.

3. The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ .

A. to get some financial support                   

B. to properly protect themselves

C. to learn some new living skills                 

D. to realize their own importance

4. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?

A. The one who can drive a car.

B. The one who has done similar work before.

C. The one who has patience to listen to others.

D. The one who can use English to communicate.

  In 1970, a cyclone(旋风)hit the southern coast of Bangladesh(孟加拉国). So severe and deadly were its effects that it’s  16  listed as the world’s worst-ever reported natural disaster. The  17  had a big impact on two Swedish men from Mission Aviation Fellowship(MAF). They traveled  18   to Bangladesh for the purpose of seeing what they could do to  19  . They journeyed south by boat for several days, throughout the country’s vast   20  network to reach the worst-affected area and began to envision(预想)MAF using an aircraft that would  21  direct access to large areas of the country that were almost out of   22  .

   Throughout the 1980s, MAF Australia, along with other MAF groups, sent staff to  23   assistance and their patience and dedication  24  since they built trust in the countries that had been  25 .

   In 1997, MAF could  26  start a flight program within Bangladesh. At that time, besides transporting doctors to hospitals located in  27  parts of the country, MAF also  28  an on-call emergency medevac(前线急救直升机)service in Bangladesh.

   On November 15, 2007, Cyclone Sidr hit southern Bangladesh. MAF’s   29   response and emergency procedures were seriously  30   as the office received over 200 phone calls in one day from aid agency personnel in urgent need of  31  to and from the disaster zone. For the next two months, MAF  32  solidly, seven days a week. The float plane became known by  33  locals as “The Sea Angel(天使)”---the only aircraft in the country of its type having such a(n)   34  .

In 2009, “The Sea Angel” was sent again for rapid assistance  35   Cyclone Alla struck. Today, in Bangladesh, MAF makes over 750 flights and transports around 2,500 passengers annually.

16. A. just                 B. still                 C. soon                     D. often

17. A. history             B. failure             C. burden                  D. event

18. A. separately      B. occasionally  C. immediately           D. fortunately

19. A. help                 B. limit                C. research                      D. avoid

20. A. air                    B. bus                 C. river                      D. rail

21. A. reduce             B. prevent          C. change                 D. enable

22. A. focus                      B. danger           C. order                     D. reach

23. A. seek                       B. provide           C. promise                 D. receive

24. A. ran out                    B. came back     C. paid off                 D. kept on

25. A. noticed            B. untied             C. assisted                       D. traveled

26. A. properly           B. secretly          C. suddenly                      D. finally

27. A. secure             B. crowded                C. remote                  D. coastal

28. A. request            B. began            C. restore                  D. continue

29. A. rapid                       B. natural           C. appropriate           D. unexpected

30. A. followed           B. tested             C. forecasted            D. established

31. A. transport                B. message               C. funding                 D. encouragement

32. A. accelerated     B. flew                       C. appealed                     D. searched

33. A. reasonable             B. grateful          C. outgoing                      D. respectable

34. A. destination      B. application     C. decoration            D. reputation

35. A. once                       B. if                     C. when                     D. until

Weather experts said this year could be one of the strongest EL Nino events in recorded history. El Nino means severe weather conditions in parts of the world. In eastern Africa, for example, Kenya and Uganda are preparing for possible flooding. Yet South Africa and Malawi are already dealing with extremely dry weather.

El Nino is Spanish for “the child”. It usually begins in December, near the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. In fact, the weather event was named in his honor. El Nino develops when winds off the west coast of South America weaken. This permits warm water in the western Pacific to expand toward the east and the Americas. At the same time, clouds and rain over the warm water move east, too. El Nio conditions normally appear only about twice every 10 years. Usually, El Nino conditions continue for about 12 to 18 months. They bring warm weather to some areas. These areas become wetter than normal, while others become drier.

The United Nations Children’s Fund warns that many people are at risk from hunger, disease and water shortages resulting from El Nino. In the east and southern Africa up to 11 million children could be affected. East African countries usually experience heavy rainfall during the El Nino. Southern Africa usually has little rainfall which may lead to wildfires or drought(干旱).

Weather changes caused by El Nino depend on the strength of the condition. In the early 1980s, strong El Nino was linked to dry weather in Australia and Asia, rain and flooding in South America and high temperatures in many parts of the U.S. The years later, smaller El Nino caused trouble in parts of the U.S. It caused severe floods in the Southeast and the Middle West. Tom Di Leberto is a meteorologist(气象学家) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, D.C. He said this year could be the third strongest El Nino on record. But we will not know for sure until all the weather records are examined.

12. The author writes the text to tell us_________.

A. many countries are preparing for the coming floods

B. Africa will probably suffer a lot form this year’s El Nino

C. this year could be one of the strongest El Nino on record

D. 11 million children could be affected by this year’s El Nino

13. The second paragraph is mainly about ____________.

A. what El Nino actually means

B. how El Nino comes into being

C. when El Nino will occur next time

D. why El Nino causes weather changes

14. Which of the following countries often suffers from flooding caused by El Nino?

A. Kenya    B. Malawi

C. Australia    D. South Africa

15. The author mentioned the 1980s’ El Nino and the 1990s’ El Nino to ______ .

A. explain why so many countries were affected by El Nino

B. prove weather changes caused by El Nino depend on its strength

C. argue that El Nino conditions usually appear about twice every 10 years

D. show scientists doubt whether this year will have the strongest El Nino

美国某刊物向你约稿，请你用英语写一则笑话，字数100-120。笑话大意：有人穿错一双靴子，一只底厚一只底薄，走路一瘸一跛。他想：“奇怪，我今天怎么一条腿长一条腿短呢？可能是路不平吧。”有人说：“你是把靴子穿错了吧？”他低头一看，果然如此。就叫仆人回家另取一双，一会儿仆人空手而归，说：“家里那双也是一样，所以我没有拿来。”

     参考词汇：1. 靴子 boot;

2. 瘸或跛 limp（n./vi）; lame (adj./ vi.)

3. (鞋)底 bottom-pad

4. (路)不平 not even / uneven

It was a city in Hubei Province. On International Children’s Day, some orphans(孤儿) from the Wuhan Welfare Institute for Children ___61___(take) to the park. An elderly westerner was with them. The children love the man very much and call ___62___ Grandpa without doubt. This man was Professor William Dorrity, from Florida, the USA. In 2003, ___63___ Professor William Dorrity and his wife retired, they came to Wuhan and started to work as volunteers at the Welfare Institute.

The Dorrities have been working hard ___64___(improve) the conditions at the Welfare Institute since they came. They often take children on day-trips, ___65___(bring) them all kinds of food for the kids to enjoy. They recently bought audiphones(助听器) for four orphans ___66___ hearing problems. They also bought ___67___ wheelchair(轮椅) for ten-year-old Tan Jun, ___68___ suffers from a brain problem. The Dorrities said “we love China and we love children, ___69___ we are happy to do this. ___70___(Hope), there will be more people to give their love to those children.”

I am Henry Jekyll. I was born in the 1800s. I inherited(继承) a large fortune, a healthy body and an excellent mind. I was naturally hard-working and soon I was very successful in my job. So the outside world saw a serious, hard-working, successful doctor. Behind this quiet character, however, was a wild, fun-loving, irresponsible young man. Both of them were me. They lived together in the same body.

    “Was it possible,” I wondered, “to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body?”

    After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer. I had read many scientific books and spent many hours in my laboratory, searching for the right mixture of chemicals to make my drug. At last I got everything ready.

Late one night, I mixed everything together and prepared my drug. I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as its color changed from red to purple and at last to green. Then, bravely, I drank every bitter drop.

I felt a violent sickness in my stomach and a terrible pain in all my bones. The room seemed to turn round and round and I trembled with fear. Then the fear and pain disappeared and a strange, sweet feeling took its place. Wild thoughts danced through my mind—the wild passions of an evil and cruel stranger. But inside myself I felt younger, lighter, more carefree than ever before. “If this is pure evil,” I thought, “I like it.”

    I stood there, enjoying these strange new thoughts and passions and suddenly realized that I was shorter. So I decided to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there. As I came into my room, I saw Edward Hyde for the first time.

    At that time, the good side of my character was stronger than the evil side. Henry Jekyll had his faults, but he was mostly a good, kind man. I believe that is the reason why Edward Hyde was so much smaller than Henry Jekyll. But that was not the only difference between the two men. Henry Jekyll had a kind, open, honest face. But pure evil stared out of Edward Hyde’s eyes. I felt no dislike, however. Indeed, I welcomed him. Edward Hyde was me, young and strong and full of life.

21. In others’ eyes, the writer was ______.

A. wild and successful                                        B. fun-loving and responsible       

C. quiet and irresponsible                                   D. serious and hard-working

22. The writer wanted to find a drug to ______.

A. discover the right mixture of chemicals            B. create separate bodies for both sides

C. observe the change of the chemicals                D. make himself smaller but stronger

23. From the passage we can learn that the writer ______.

A. felt quite delighted right after taking the drug   

B. preferred kind Henry to pure evil Edward

C. was very sick of the shorter Edward Hyde             

D. was satisfied with both of his bodies

Making words shorter is a common habit of English speakers today.

It seems that most sayings or popular words have their own abbreviation. 36.        For example, LOL stands for “laughing out loud”，IMO is “in my opinion” and BTW is “by the way”. US technology website Lifewire made a list of the most common abbreviations in 2016.

Simple ones you may already know - like BTW, IMO and IDK (I don’t know) made the list. 37.        They include TFW (that feeling when), and FTW (for the win). TFW is sometimes used along with a funny photo to describe your feelings, while FTW is a kind of internet cheer used to express happiness. 38.        You can use this one before you tell someone what you think about something.

39.        Terry Wood, a foreign language teacher from Leonardtown, US, says the habits have lowered his students’ writing abilities. “They do not capitalize (大写) words or use punctuation anymore,” Wood told US News. “40.       ”

A. The list is meant to be good fun.

B. Another interesting learn is IMHO (in my humble opinion).

C. But there were lots of other more difficult ones on the list, too.

D. This happens a lot when they are used on social media or in a text message.

E. Any word longer than one syllable (音节) is now abbreviated to one.

F. Researchers identified several ways in which teens changed language while speaking online.

G. However, some people believe these abbreviations are also causing problems.

Today’s workplace is unique in history. Never before have we seen people working together who represent such different backgrounds and experiences. This difference of age, race, gender, and work style makes it very difficult to organize and run a company.

As a result, companies are looking for individuals who can manage a wide range of employees effectively. Increasingly, managers are discovering that age differences among workers are a major cause of concern.

This has been an important realization. The management difficulties and challenges have led some experts to study intergenerational differences for an understanding of problems in the workplace. What they have discovered is interesting and may provide ways of improving working conditions in companies that employ individuals from different generations.

The first thing to realize, they say, is that differences of opinion about the importance of work and how to get work done are not a coincidence. That is, it is not an accident that young employees will be different from older employees. In fact, if employers do not pay attention to these differences, it is possible that anger will build up between people and lead to difficulties in the company.

Resentment (仇恨) between members of different generations, if not attended to, can lead to extreme anger and unhappiness and even lasting enmity if people are not careful. That individuals from different generations should come to view each other as if they were from different sides of warring countries should not be surprising.

It is natural for individuals from the same generation to form alliances (联盟), to come together for protection. Different generations represent different experiences in life, and these lead naturally to different opinions about oneself and one’s approaches to work.

If you were raised in a time of plenty, when products were readily available and relatively inexpensive, you would believe that prosperity is natural and expectable. If, on the other hand, you were raised in a time of scarcity, you would always be careful not to waste things for fear you would not have enough. You would make angry people who seem to believe that problems will always solve themselves. Such optimism in the face of difficulties would be a source of unhappiness between you and them. It is difficult, in such circumstances, to achieve a happy, agreeable atmosphere in the workplace.

32. According to the experts, employers should realize ______ if they want to avoid anger

between employees.

A. the different understanding of problems in the workplace

B. the different views on value of work and working methods

C. the different genders of employees in the workplace

D. the different ways of expressing anger in the company

33. The word “enmity” is closet in meaning to ______.

A. hatred                 B. sorrows            C. ignorance                 D. forgiveness

34. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Employees in some companies regard each other as mere enemies.

B. Employees’ attitudes towards life are related to the time when they grow up.

C. Employees who are raised in a time of scarcity tend to be angry with others.

D. Achieving a harmonious atmosphere in the workplace is the main task for employers.

35. What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?

A. Employees should be cooperative and friendly with each other.

B. It is difficult for employers to have workers work in a friendly way.

C. The weakness of human nature causes the anger between employees.

D. The generational differences cause the disharmony among employees.

What is the difference between happy people and unhappy people?  36   Read the following list of things that HAPPY people do differently from UNHAPPY people and you will know.

Well, I can tell you surely that those people who are really happy, fear less and love a lot more. They see each moment, each challenge（挑战）, each person as an opportunity（机会） to discover more about themselves and the world around them.   37   

Happy people understand that you can’t really change a situation(境况) by resisting（反抗）it. But they can feel better by understanding that there might be a reason.   38  But , they ask themselves questions like: What can I learn from this? How can I make this better? They always seem to be pleasant and hopeful no matter .

They do the things they do because of the meaning it brings into their lives and because they get a sense of purpose by doing so.

  39   They care more about living a life full of meaning rather than, what in our modern society we would call, living a successful life. The fact here is that most of the time they get both, success and meaning, just because they choose to focus on doing the things they love the most.

  40   They make sure that their actions bring meaning and happiness in the lives of many. They look for ways to give and to share the best of themselves with the world and to make other people happy.

A. They have an ideal（理想的） living and a balanced life.

B. What are these two kinds of people do differently?

C. They are kind to themselves and others and they understand the power of love.

D. The things happy people do are not for themselves, but for the good of others.

E. They are ready to embrace （拥抱）everything in front of them.

F. They understand that “Doing what you love is the most important for living a full life”.

G. When something unpleasant happens to them, they don’t try to fight it, bacause this will make the situation even worse.

你们学校在为一批来自英国的交换生征询为期两周的住宿家庭。假定你叫李华，你有意申请，请写一封信给校长申请接待来自英国的交换生。信的内容需包括：

1. 说明你申请的理由

2. 你家所具备的接待条件。

注意：

1.词数100左右

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3.开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。交换生exchange students 住宿 accommodation

Dear Sir/Madam,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                             Sincerely yours

                                                                               Li Hua

What do you think of his proposal that we ____(put on) a play at the English meeting

    Peugeot is a French car maker originally founded in 1810, before the automobile was invented. Currently, Peugeot is one of the Europe’s most popular car brands, and the company sells several types of cars with the city driver in mind.

    One of the most important parts of any vehicle’s interior is the floor mats. Even though we routinely overlook these seemingly insignificant parts of our cars，the tact is that floor mats help protect our cars and keep them looking new for years. Without protective floor mats, your car will quickly pick up dirt from your shoes and cargo. And this debris (碎屑）will eventually get into the fibers of the carpeting and decorations. After some time, this dirt will be very  difficult to remove, causing permanent damage to the vehicles.

    However with tailored (定做的）Peugeot car mats, you can protect your car's interior and maintain its  value for a longer period of time. Tailored Peugeot car mats are designed  specifically for your vehicles, meaning that they will fit perfectly into the carpeted areas. Not only will this protect your cars from dirt, but they will also make the inside  of your vehicles look more beautiful. In addition, tailored car mats make it possible for you to find your vehicle and truly make it  your own. This is because you have a wide selection of mats to choose from. For example， if you plan to use your car mainly in the city, you can purchase cloth car mats that make the car seem more luxurious and comfortable. However, you can quickly and affordably swap your cloth mats for heavy-duty rubber mats  that are easy to wash and clean, All—weather rubber mats are great for use  in places where your car may get muddy ,or if you plan to use your car to transport tools, bricks, and other objects that could tear or damage traditional cloth mats.

25. What is the purpose of this text?

A. To introduce tailored Peugeot car mats.

B. To show us the history of Peugeot.

C. To inform us of which vehicle mats to choose

D. To tell us the importance of vehicle mats

26. What is the function of vehicle mats?

A. Make the vehicles look more beautiful.

B. Help increase the sales of vehicles.

C. Keep the floor tidy and clean.

D. Protect vehicles and help them look new.

27. What is the advantage of tailored Peugeot car mats?

A. They help the vehicles to sell better than expected.

B. They fit perfectly into the carpeted areas of the vehicles.

C. They make the vehicles much shinier than before.

D. They can help save more gas in their daily routine.

28. If you often run your car on muddy roads, you are supposed to purchase       .

A. cloth car mats

B. tailored cloth mats

C. all-weather rubber mats

D. traditional cloth mats

Nearly two years ago, Lauren Kornacki, a recent college graduate, walked outside her family’s home in Glen Allen, Virginia, USA, to ask her dad if she could use his car. As she rounded the corner from the front yard into the garage, Lauren, then 23, saw her father, Alec, was lying under the 1995 BMW and unable to move. The car had fallen off the jack (a piece of equipment used to lift a car) while he was doing repair work under it.

Lauren shouted inside to her mother to call an ambulance, and then ran to the car. “I thought, I’m going to lose my dad,” she says. Unsure of what to do, she immediately stuck both hands under the wheel hub(轮毂) where Alec had removed the tyre and pulled up with all her strength. To her surprise, she lifted the car. Then she held it up with one arm and, with the other, pulled her father out from under the car by his trouser leg.

Alec wasn’t breathing, so Lauren began performing chest compressions (胸外心脏按压). Within seconds, Alec took a breath and opened his eyes. “Stay with me,” Lauren said to her dad as they waited for the ambulance. “Just keep breathing.” Two months later, Alec was able to return to his job. Lauren, now a computer engineer, says she didn’t stop to think. “Everyone has a basic instinct(本能) to help the ones they love,” she says.

28. Why did Lauren walk into the garage?

A. to try to borrow her dad’s car      B. to see what happened there

C. to help her dad fix car            D. to look for her mother

29. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. It’s important to act quickly.            B. Lauren almost lost her dad.

C. Lauren did her best to save her dad.      D. It is dangerous to work alone in a garage.

30. Which of the following words can best describe Lauren?

A. creative and confident         B. clever and friendly

C. careful and honest            D. calm and brave

31. What can we learn from the story?

A. Love is power.              B. Seeing is believing.

C. Love me, love my dog.       D. It is never too late to learn.