Auctioneer's Plan

For Personal Property,such as antiques,silver,jewelry,china,glassware,motorcycles,trucks,tractors,lawn & garden equipment,restaurant equipment,etc.

l         No trouble-simply call us and we'll handle everything for you.We can meet with you to see the items（物品）and make a recommendation on the best way to sell your items.If you need the items removed from their.current location,we can do it quickly.Once the items are sold,we'll mail you a check in three weeks.

l         You'll get top dollar by selling through the competitive market—the buyers at a Public Auction（拍卖）will assure you a fair selling price.

For Real Property（不动产）

l         You never have to show the property—we'll handle it for you.All of our efforts,and yours,are pointed to the Auction date—this is not a long,drawn out selling process.

l         You sell the property in "AS IS" condition,so no concerns about guarantees or implied.

l         Settlement is in 45 days and there is no waiting to find out if the Buyer has financing approval.You'll never have contract charges unless you want them.

l         The Buyer pays all settlement expenses and picks up all other costs from the day when the Auction takes place as well as knowing you've got the property sold.   

For Real or Personal Property,there are many other benefits we'd be happy to discuss with you.Call us for a free, voluntary meeting."A picture is worth a thousand words,"when we see what you'd like to sell,we can advise you as to the best way to get top dollar.   

21.How does the Auction website benefit you in selling personal property?   

A.It helps you quickly remove the items for free.         B.It recommends the best way for you to sell high.

C.It can decide the price before seeing the items.             D.It mails the check to you within three months.

22.What does the underlined phrase "AS IS" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A.Urgent.                           B.Random.                         C.Present.                         D.Shabby.

23.What is the purpose of this passage?

A.To introduce Auction benefits.                       B.To encourage public donations.

C.To exhibit secondhand property.               D.To introduce property varieties.

     At least eight babies in East China’s Anhui Province have died since last year. they died of serious deficiency disease which happened to them because of fake milk powders.

More than 100 other babies in Fuyang, mostly between three and five months old, are still in poor nutrition after drinking different kinds of cheap milk powders produced in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province and Beijing.

The baby victims were born healthy, but they became thinner and thinner, and had large heads for their bodies after fake milk powders were fed to them.

“My girl, the first child of mine, died when she was only four months old after drinking the ‘Haobaobei’milk powder.”said Zhang Linwei, a 32-year-old villager of the Wangzhuang Village in Fuyang.

Zhang found that his daughter got ill after the girl didn’t want to drink the milk powder any more half a month before.

“Before that , I though my daughter’s face was becoming fatter and fatter because she was fed well and grew fast.”the baby’s father said.

The girl died nine days later after she was sent to hospital and all of the family’s savings were spent on her medical treatment.

“It is like a terrible dream. I never thought that my baby would pass away like this .”he said.

Zhang said he tried to telephone and write to the producer of the milk powder by the address on the packing bag but never made it.

“The fake milk powders only have 5-6 per cent protein and the lowest is has only 1 per cent. For babies, drinking such fake milk powder is no different from drinking water,”Zhang Fangjun, said a medical expert with the Fuyang People’s Hospital.

“Such so-called milk powders cannot afford any nutrition for babies’ growth,” Zhang said.

29. The fake milk powders, which were produced in North China’s Inner Monglolia Autonomous Region, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province and Beijing         .

       A. were all called ‘Haobaobei’

       B. were only sold in Anhui Province

       C. killed at least eight babies in Anhui Province

       D. were much cheaper than any other milk powders

 30. Which may NOT be right according to the passage?

       A. The milk powders the sick children ate fail to reach the national standard of protein content for baby milk powder-at least 10 per cent.

       B. Deficiency disease is a kind of disease from the people who are in poor nutrition.

       C. The baby victims became thinner and thinner and had large heads for their bodies after drinking the fake milk powders.

       D. Fuyang is the only place where fake milk powders were found.

31. “pass away”in the passage means    ___  .

       A. move away            B. die                         C. set off                    D. lose oneself

32.  Zhang Linwei   __    .

       A. didn’t’ know what caused her first daughter’s death at first

       B. found her first daughter was killed by ‘Haobaobei’ milk powder

       C. got a lot of money from the producer of the milk powder

       D. asked the reporter to give him a hand

The Chinese women's volleyball team won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, which is the third time the team ________ Olympic gold.

A. claimed  B. has claimed  C. has been claiming  D. had claimed

A motto is a sentence or a phrase ____41____ can inspire us especially when we are ___42_____(face) with difficulties. Many of us have our mottoes, such as “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”, and so on. My motto is “God helps those who help __43______.” Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to make efforts __44______( work) hard, __45______ the moment I think of my motto I will get energetic again and devote myself ___46_____ what I am doing. I write my motto __47___ I can see it easily. Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much ____48____(confident). My motto also makes me become __49______ independent person. That is to say, I won’t rely on others easily.

My friends, what is your motto If you still haven’t got a motto, please choose _50_______ because a motto can have a great effect on you.

假设你是李华，你的美国笔友Jack的爸妈因为工作调动（job transfer）要到你所在的城市工作，他们计划搬到你所在的小区住，Jack写信询问小区情况，请你根据以下提示给他回信。要点如下：

      1．表示欢迎； 

2．你所在小区适宜居住的理由（至少三条）。

注意：1．词数100左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数； 

      2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

   I am so pleased to receive your letter.

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                             Yours,                                               

 Li Hua

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that  it is stupid.”

-Albert Einstein

If you have a kid with special needs in the school system, chances are you’ve come across that saying hanging on a classroom wall. My five-year-old daughter Syona has cerebral palsy (a medical condition affecting someone’s control over their movement ) and it means ,combined with her communication challenges and sight problems , that standard assessments (and by “standard”, I mean the ones used to assess kids with special needs ) aren’t always an accurate measure of her abilities.

By now you have probably heard about Chris Ulmer, the 26-year-old teacher in Jacksonville, Florida ,who starts his special education class by calling up each student individually to give them much admiration and a high-five (a gesture of greeting or congratulation ). I couldn’t help but be reminded of Syona’s teacher and how she supports each kid in a very similar way. Ulmer recently shared a video of his teaching experience. “I have seen their confidence and self-worth increase rapidly,” he said . All I could think was: How lucky these students are to have such inspirational teachers.

Syona’s teacher has an attitude that can best be summarized in one word: awesome. Her teacher doesn’t focus on what can’t be done—she focuses on what can be done. Over the past several months, my husband Dilip and I have seen Syona’s confidence increase tenfold. She uses words she wouldn’t have thought of using before. She recently told me about her classmate’s trip to Ecuador and was very proud when I understood her on the first try.

I actually wonder what the influence would be if we did something similar to what Ulmer does with his students in our home .We’ve recently started our day by reminding each other of the good qualities we all possess. If we are reminded of our strengths on a regular basis, we will become increasingly confident about progress and success.

Ulmer’s reach as a teacher goes far beyond the walls of his classroom. In fact, he teaches all of us to take a moment and truly appreciate the strengths of an important person in our lives.

1. What does the author think of Einstein’s quote?

A. Funny

B. Strange

C. True

D. Confusing

2. What can we learn about Chris Ulmer?

A. He is Syona’s favorite teacher.

B. He praises his students one by one

C. He use videos to teach his students

D. He asks his students to help each other

3. Syona felt very pleased because_____.

A. she has developed a cool attitude

B. her mother knew what she expressed

C. her progress was appreciated by her parents

D. she had been to Ecuador with her classmate

4. What change has taken place in the author’s family?

A. They give each other praise every day

B. They visit Ulmer’s classroom regularly

C. They feel grateful to people in their lives

D. They invite Ulmer’s students to their home

   The question “Who is your hero?” is a difficult one to answer. So many people have done heroic things 61.________it is hard to choose just one. In addition, there is 62.________(many) than one type of hero.

First , we have 63._________(hero) in popular culture: in books, films and cartoons, etc. Superman and Batman are two famous heroes. Second, there are many real-world people who are 64._________(know) around the world for their heroic deeds. People like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King 65.________ (consider) to be heroes. There are also unsung heroes. They 66._______(usual) do good things ---yet don’t expect to receive praise for 67._______(they)actions. Unsung heroes are everywhere ----teachers, firemen, police officers, soldiers, doctors.

No matter what type of hero these people are, they all have something 68._____ common. They often have to overcome many difficulties 69._______(achieve) their dreams. They do things for the benefit of society without 70.________(seek) any reward for their actions.

近来，越来越多的家长在学校附近租房陪读。21世纪报“Your Opinions”栏目近期就“Should Our Parents Accompany Us in Studying at School?”进行征文，请根据下面的要求写一篇英语短文。内容包括：1．描述陪读现象；

2．分析陪读现象产生的原因；

3．就陪读现象作简短的评论并给出你的建议。

注意：1．词数100字左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Should Our Parents Accompany Us in Studying at School?

__________

That’s all. Thank you!

.His little daughter was so ___________ that he could easily pick her out in the crowd.

A. personal       B. unique      C. pure      D ordinary

   W: Hi, John.

M: Hi. Lucy.    16    

W: Yes. I'm required to tell a story in English before the lesson begins.

M: Oh, I see.   17  

W: You're right. I need to practice on the stage before they all come.

M:   18   

W: Yes, here, in my pocket...Oops, where is it?

M: Don't worry,    19  

W: ...No, not in the bag, either. I'm afraid I left it at home.

M:    20  

W: Aha! It's just the key to the classroom! Thank you so much.

Andy never wanted to go to bed on time. His parents had explained to him how important it was to go to bed early and get a good rest. But Andy paid no attention to them, and they didn't know what to do until one weekend when they were visiting Andy's grandparents.

Grandpa Peter heard all about it and said, "This sounds like a job for Tubby." They loaded the cat onto the car and returned home.

That night, at bedtime, the same problem arose. Andy didn't want to go to bed, and even though his parents waited a while to see if Tubby would solve the problem, nothing happened. Andy's father began to complain.

Hours later, Andy finally decided to go to bed. But what a surprise when he entered his bedroom! Tubby was in his bed, pot-belly in the air, sound asleep.

Andy tried to move the cat, but there was no way. That night he hardly slept, lying on one tiny corner of his bed.

The next day the same thing happened, even though Andy was much more tired from not having slept. When the third day arrived, he had understood that if he wanted to sleep in his bed, he would have to get into it before Tubby did. That night, when his parents only started hinting (暗示) at the topic of bedtime, Andy rushed upstairs and dived into bed. His parents couldn't believe it. They knew nothing about Tubby in the bed, nor did they understand why Andy went to bed on time, without complaint. They were so happy about this that they stayed up quite late, celebrating.

1. By saying "This sounds like a job for Tubby", Grandpa Peter means that Tubby______.

A. has the same problem as Andy      B. can help solve Andy’s problem

C. often stays up late on weekend      D. always likes playing with small boys

2. Andy's parents' attitude towards his change can be described as______.

A. uneasy       B. ridiculous        C. cautious        D. joyful

3. What is the author's purpose of writing this text?

 A. To tell us a fun life story.             B. To teach us how to keep pets.

   C. To advise us to make friends with pets.  D. To encourage us to form good habits.

Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. 　  (  41  )  　 this, one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and 　   ( 4 2  )  　 him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt 　  (  43  )  　 immediately, saying, “Dear friend, thank you for your letter to 　  (  4 4 )  　 me. I am all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three 　  (4  5  )  　: Firstly, the thief only stole things from me　  (  46  )  　 did not hurt me at all; 　  (  47  )  　, the thief has stolen some of my things 　  (  48  )  　 all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man 　  (  49  )  　 me who became a thief.”

It is certainly 　  (  50  )  　 for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had three reasons to be 　  (  51  )  　. This story tells us we should learn to be grateful in our life. There is a 　  (  52  )  　 from Mahatma Gandhi—Live as you were to die tomorrow; learn as you were to live forever. Great people are always 　  (  53  )  　 their love to the world, just as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and so on. How about us?

You can not do 　  (  54  )  　, but still you can do something. So, be grateful to your life, all the people and the things in your life.

Be grateful to nature, for the fresh air you 　  (  55  )  　, the clean water you drink, and the beautiful flowers you smell.

Be grateful to your parents, for they 　  (  56  )  　 to you and told you right from wrong.

Be grateful to your 　  (  57  )  　, for they taught you with great patience.

Be grateful to your friends, for you have known 　  (  58  )  　 since you were 9 or 10 and faced the 　  (  59 )  　 together for so many years.

　  (  60 )  　 I want to say: being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life. Why don’t we have a try?

Let’s get it started!

The work is not very profitable ________ cash，but I am getting valuable experience from it．（　　）

A．in terms of   B．in need of

C．in charge of D．in recognition of

假如你是李华，学校因为担心同学们浏览不健康的网站，关闭了教室内电脑的网络，你们感到很难过。请你用英文给校长写一封信，劝说校长同意开通教室内的网络。从以下几点着手：

1. 有利于查找资料；

2. 浏览新闻，了解信息；

3. 作为高中生，我们正在形成自己的判断力

注意；

1. 词数：100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Headmaster,

   I’m writing to persuade you to let us surf the Internet in the classroom.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Looking forward to your reply.

                                                           Yours,

                                                        Li Ming

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：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出增加的词；

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。

只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Bobby was a dog that went every morning to a baker shop to fetch twelve bread rolls for its

owner. However, when Bobby returned back one day, it had only eleven rolls. Bobby’s owner

wants to know what had happened, but he followed Bobby to the bakery the next day. Instead

taking the road home as usually, Bobby took another road and went up to a farm. There was

a poorer little dog with a broken leg. Bobby was offered a roll. The owner was very proud of

Bobby and rewarded itself with a nice big bone. Later, the owner’s family never grew tired of

tell everybody how kind and clever Bobby was.

Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball(化装舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a special entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!

41. The text is mainly about ____________.

A. a strange man

B. an unusual party

C. how roller skating began

D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

42. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he__________.

A. often gave others surprises    B. was a gifted（天才的）musician

C. invented the roller skates    D. was full of imagination

43. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to________.

A. impress the party guests    B. arrive at the party sooner

C. test his invention    D. show his skill in walking on wheels

44. What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?

A. The roller skates needed further improvement.

B. The party guests treated Merlin as a fool.

C. Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.

D. Merlin got himself into trouble.

45. It is clear that Merlin was a _______.

A. a dreamer    B. a violin

C. a farmer    D. a maker of musical instrument

   Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. “Dad, there’s a deer there!” Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp antlers (角) on each side of its head.

   As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer’s head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. “I knew I was in trouble,” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.

   When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman’s terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the woman.

   Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue’s injured leg. “We’re going to get you to a hospital,” Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer’s head and neck, but the blows didn’t scare it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more strikes, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it.” Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer’s neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.

   After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. “You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help,” she says, “not to beat up a deer.”

24. What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?

   A. She was driving home.                         B. She was taking exercise.  

   C. She was resting on the road.               D. She was feeding wild animals.

25. What did Alexis do to save Sue?

   A. She pushed the deer away.                  B. She beat the deer with a hammer.

   C. She drove the car to hit the deer.        D. She hit the deer with her feet.

26. Which of the following words can best describe Alexis?

   A. Strong.                     B. Cruel.                     C. Energetic.               D. Brave.

27. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. A Woman Was Seriously Injured                 

   B. A Dangerous Deer Attacked a Woman

   C. A Girl Rescued Her Father Successfully            

   D. A Teenager Saved Others from a Deer Attack

 I am dying ____ the result of the exam.

A. know    B. to know

C. knowing    D. known

    According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to help care for them in old age should hope they have daughters because they are likely to be twice as attentive as sons overall. 
    The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, a sociologist at Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members. 
    Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 older Americans concluded that gender(性别) is the most important predictor(预示物) of whether or not people will actively care for elderly parents. 
    In a paper being presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men statistically likely provide less care. 
    Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over-50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours. 
    “Whereas the amount of elderly parent care daughters provide is associated with limitations they face, such as employment or childcare, sons’ caregiving is associated only with the presence or absence of other helpers, such as sisters or a parent’s spouse(配偶),” she explained. 
    “Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.” 
    “This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters.” 
    In the UK, the 2011 census(人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities – a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade. 
    But many are doing so at the risk of their own health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full- time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts(相对应的人) who are not carers.

12.What’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?
   A. Gender.     B. Education.     C. Career.    D. Family networks.
13.The US study finds that _______.
   A. sons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old age
   B. having a sister makes men less likely to do their fair share
   C. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents
   D. sons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibilities to female family members
14.What does the author stress in the last paragraph?
   A. People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.
   B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.
   C. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.
   D. Many care providers have potential health problems.
15.The author develops the text by _______.
   A. explaining social networks of careers 
   B. describing people’s experiences
   C. analyzing various research and data 
   D. comparing different gender behavior

People eat different things in different parts of the world.

In south China we eat rice every day. Sometimes we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper. We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetable.

The Japanese eat rice, too. They also eat a lot of fish. They sometimes eat raw（生的）fish. In Africa, maize（玉米）is the most important food. People there make maize into flour（面粉）.From this flour they make different kinds of bread and cakes.

In western（西方的）countries such as Britain, Australia and the U.S.A, the most important food is bread or potatoes. People there usually make their bread from wheat flour. They cook the potatoes in different ways. In England the most popular food is fish and chips. Sometimes people cook this food at home, but usually they buy it at the shop. They eat this food at home, in their work place, in the park or on the road. People call it "take-away" food.

31. This passage is about ______.

A. food    B. drink

C. clothes    D. ways of life

32. Who sometimes eat fish when it isn't cooked?

A. People in China    B. People in Japan

C. People in Africa    D. People in Britain

33. The most important food for African people is ______.

A. rice    B. fish

C. Maize    D. vegetable

34. Which of the following countries is called " a western country"?

A. One of the countries in Africa    B. Japan

C. China    D. Australia

35. People eat "take-away" food ______.

A. at home    B. on their way to school

C. in their offices    D. A、B and C