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When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant   41   Miller King, who was the best   42   at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for   43  .

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from   44  . He looked very   45  , but he didn^’t cry.

That season, I   46   all of Miller’s records while he   47   the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,   48   I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s   49  .

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller   50   going over a fence—which wasn’t   51   to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept   52   from. But even that challenge he accepted. I   53   him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally   54   on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did   55  . Thank you for filling in for   56  .”

His words freed me from my bad   57  . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was   58   ahead of me. I was right to have   59   him. From that day on，I grew   60   and a little more real.

41. A. cheering for             B. beating out            C. relying on            D. staying with

42. A. coach                  B. student              C. teacher               D. player

43. A. practice                        B. show               C. comfort                     D. pleasure

44. A. school                         B. vacation             C. hospital              D. training

45. A. pale                            B. calm                C. relaxed               D. ashamed

46. A. held                            B. broke                C. set                  D. tried

47. A. reported                        B. judged               C. organized            D. watched

48. A. and                            B. then                 C. but                 D. thus

49. A. decision                         B. mistake              C. accident             D. sacrifice

50. A. stuck                           B. hurt                C. tired                D. lost

51. A. steady                          B. hard                 C. fun                D. fit

52. A. praise                        B. advice               C. assistance           D. apology

53. A. let                              B. helped               C. had                D. noticed

54. A. dropped                         B. ready               C. trapped             D. safe

55. A. fine                            B. wrong              C. quickly             D. normally

56. A. us                      B. yourself             C. me                 D. them

57. A. memories                B. ideas                 C. attitudes            D. dreams

58. A. still                     B. also                 C. yet                D. just

59. A. challenged                B. cured                C. invited              D. admired

60. A. healthier                         B. bigger               C. cleverer            D. cooler

   W: What  61  wonderful place!

M: I wanted the best restaurant  62  your birthday. And I know you like French food. Let’s begin with a cocktail(鸡尾酒) and then look at the menu.

W: I don’t want to look at it because  63  always takes me a year to make up my mind. Any suggestions?

M: I’ve never been here before, but everything  64  (suppose) to be excellent.

W: They have snails(蜗牛)! But I wouldn’t dare eat them. They might make me sick.

M: I feel the same way about snails. I think I’ll have roast duck(烤鸭). It comes with vegetables and potatoes.

W:   65  (sound) good. But  66  I like seafood, I’d like  67  (begin) with some seafood. And let’s have the salad after the main course.

M: Fine. We should have white wine with dinner and champagne(香槟)with dessert since this is  68  celebration.

W: Oh, don’t forget the cheese. There’s nothing like real French cheese.

M: I can see already this  69  going to be an  70  (enjoy) and delicious dinner.     

Some residents of rural Human still believe in old-style Spring Festival celebrations but fear that traditions may be lost 61 they're protected,Liu Xiangrui reports.

Spring Festival,62  (celebrate)from the first to the 15th day of the first lunar month,is undoubtedly the most 63  (significance)cultural event in a year for Chinese.

Like in other parts of the country,preparations for the festival start early every year,with food 64 (play)a key role.In rural Yueyang,for instance,such delicacies as tofu and smoked pork are prepared a month or two 65  advance. Then,there are specific days for certain activities.People offer prayers to the Kitchen God on the 23rd of the last lunar month,so that he puts in a good word about the host family when he 66  (return)to heaven to file an"annual report"the next day.

The festival is celebrated by putting up 67  (decorate)in house,lighting firecrackers,worshipping ancestors and staying up late on the eve of the Chinese New Year.

The night before the year begins is the highlight of the festival 68 those working in faraway cities try to rush home 69 (catch)the family reunion dinner.Some families have unique menus for this special meal Fish,which symbolizes prosperity in Chinese culture,is 70 must

If Jack doesn’t come home as usual, his parents will feel ______ about him.  

A.   concerned  B.   interested   C.   tired            D.   used

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call    36   and love.

I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did

    37   the water. Any kind of    38   ride seemed to give him pleasure.    39   he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being

    40   the water, moving through it,    41   it all around me. I was not a strong

    42   , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my    43   . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and    44   those summer days with my father, who    45    come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the    46   person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go    47    his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me    48   anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk    49    he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _50   . But my father always    51   and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s    52   .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get    53    an ice cream.

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is    54   .”

And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but    55   , in that childhood, look at us.

21.    A. desire                  B. joy                            C. anger                         D. worry

22.    A. avoid                   B. refuse                        C. praise                        D. love

23.    A. boat                    B. bus                           C. train                          D. bike

24.    A. But                     B. Then                         C. And                          D. Still

25.    A. on                       B. off                            C. by                             D. in

26.    A. having                 B. leaving                       C. making                      D. getting

27.    A. swimmer              B. rider                          C. walker                       D. runner

28.    A. hopes                  B. faiths                         C. rights                         D. fears

29.    A. spending              B. saving                        C. wasting                      D. ruining

30.    A. should                 B. would                        C. had to                       D. ought to

31.    A. next                    B. only                          C. other                         D. last

32.    A. away from           B. out of                        C. by                             D. inside

33.    A. put up                 B. break down                C. play with                    D. work out

34.    A. the moment         B. the first time              C. while                         D. before

35.    A. fishing net            B. office things               C. wooden chair              D. lab equipment

36.    A. stood up              B. set out                       C. showed up                 D. turned out

37.    A. fine                     B. strange                      C. terrible                      D. funny

38.    A. the student           B. the assistant                C. myself                       D. himself

39.    A. memory               B. wealth                       C. experience                  D. practice

40.    A. which                  B. who                          C. what                          D. whose

﹣﹣﹣Did Susan visit you again ________ following year？

﹣﹣﹣No，it was almost ten years  she came to see me a second time．（　　）

A．the； since B．the； before      C．不填； since     D．不填； before

According to a news report, a certain private school in Victoria, recently was faced with a problem.

   A number of Grade 12 girls were beginning to use lipstick (口红) and put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put it on, they put their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the dustman would remove them and the next day, the girls would put them back.

   Finally, the principal (校长) decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the dustman. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for him who had to clean the mirror every night. To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirror, she asked the dustman to show the girls how much effort was required.

   He took out a long-handled squeegee(橡皮拖把), dipped it in the toilet(厕所,马桶), and cleaned the mirror with it.

   After that, there weren’t lip prints left on the mirror any more.

56. The Grade 12 girls in a private school in Victoria caused a problem  because they _________.

 A. were beginning to use lipstick

 B. would put lipstick on in the bathroom

 C. left dozens of little lip prints on the mirror of the bathroom

 D. drew pictures on the wall of the bathroom with their lipsticks

57. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. The dustman would remove the lip prints every morning

   B. It was great fun for the dustman to clean the little lip prints

   C. The teacher decided  to do something to prevent the girls from leaving little lip prints

   D. The principal asked the dustman to clean the mirror with a long-handled squeegee dipped in the toilet

58.We can infer that the girl stopped leaving the lip prints on the mirror mainly because_______.

   A. the principal told them not to do so

   B. they saw the mirror cleaned with a long-handled squeegee dipped  in the toilet

   C. they wanted to make the dustman’s work easier

   D. they wanted to make their teachers satisfied

Having just quit a highly moneymaking job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States，where he’d made millions working as a program manager，Patrick Awuah would wake up once in a while wondering if he’d done the right thing．

 What Awuah wanted was to create a university in his native Ghana．a state-of-the-art education centre that would help educate the country’s next generation of leaders．Awuah moved with his family，back to Ghana．There，he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University．

“Africa needs to have a renaissance(复兴),” says Awuah as he explained what drove him to

take the risky decision．“The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people like me need to be part of the solution；I need to be really actively involved in helping to drive this change in Africa‘‘

 Located about an hour's drive from the capital Accra，Ashesi，which appropriately translates to “beginning,” is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach．Its campus，set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso，was designed to be inspiring for the more than 500 young Ghanaians studying there．

  “So when I look at universities I see Africa fast—forward 30 years．When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s，that person is going to be a leader．”

Today Ashesi，which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year，offers degrees in business，

information systems and computer science．There are plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future．The school’s graduation rate is between 70％and 90％，according to Awuah．

In our last freshman class，50％ of the students paid full tuition(学费)，25％were on full

scholarships and 25％on partial scholarships ,”he said．“The reason why variety is so important is that the most important conversation on campus is a conversation about the good society—what is the good society we would like to see in Africa? That conversation is a lot more interesting if you have variety in the classroom，”adds Awuah．    。

1．In Awuah’s opinion，Africa should be changed by

A．investing more money for development

B．developing computer science

C．training future leaders for development

D．founding more universities

2．The underlined sentence in the first paragraph infers that “_____”.

A．Awuah regretted that he had once worked with Microsoft

B．Awuah would doubt if he should resign from Microsoft

C．Awuah wondered whether it was right to invest for a university

D．Awuah felt it wrong that he had refused a job with a large salary

3．The university founded by Awuah_____.

  A．came into being 10 years ago    B．was named with “beginning”

  C．is located in the capital of Ghan  D．will be run for 30 years

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Ashesi has offered five degrees since it was founded．

  B．Ashesi had earned millions of dollars before he left Microsoft．

  C．50％ of the new students in Ashesi receive education for free．

  D．Awuah was the only investor in setting up Ashesi University．

  随着我国经济的发展与对外开放程度的提高，越来越多的学子走出国门留学深造。根据下面的提示，请你以“Studying Abroad”为题，写一篇100左右的演讲稿。

内容提示：

1. 出国留学的优点：开阔视野；体验当地的风情；交更多的朋友；更快更好地掌握一门外语。

2. 出国留学的缺点：语言障碍不利于学习；费用高昂；而花大量时间打工又会影响学习。

参考词汇:语言障碍language barrier；足够的adequate

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In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

This is the only Ezra Pound poem that many people will read in their lives. Why? One obvious reason is that it’s just two lines long. The poem, which can be understood as “A man sees a bunch of faces in the subway and thinks they look like flowers on a tree branch,” is an exercise in shortness. Pound wrote it after having a spiritual experience in a Paris metro (subway) station.

In 1916, the US poet originally thought he could best describe his vision in a painting. Unfortunately, he wasn’t a painter. So he wrote a thirty-line poem, which he didn’t like. He dropped the long version in the waste bin. Six months later, he wrote a shorter poem, but didn’t like that one either. Finally, a full year after the experience, he had been reading short Japanese poems called haikus, and he figured he would try this style. The result, which was published in 1913, is one of the most famous and influential works in modern poetry.

This poem is one of the monuments (纪念物) of the 20th-century artistic movement known as “Imagism”. Basically, Pound and his friends thought that images (意象) weren’t just decoration: they were the highest form of speech. By finding the right image, the poet can express the true, spiritual reality of a thing, which is more important than using a bunch of adjectives to describe its physical appearance. Thus, “In a Station of the Metro” is a poem that consists of one image expressed with absolute (绝对的) exactness and nothing else.

To the imagists, the best way to describe an experience is not to use more and more words; the best way is to find exactly the right words. Have you ever told a beloved one that “words can’t express” how much you love them? Well, Pound would say that you’re just being lazy. In his view, words can express anything, even if it takes an entire year to find the right ones.

21. In the short poem, Ezra Pound         . 

A. tells us one of his painful experiences              

B. compares the passengers’ faces to flowers

C. describes a man walking among the crowd      

D. shows a wet, black tree branch in a metro station

22. According to the text, “In a Station of the Metro” was         . 

A. based on one of Pound’s paintings                          B. first discovered in a waste bin

C. influenced by haikus                                                D. completed in 1916

23. Pound and his friends         .

A. stressed the importance of using adjectives            

B. were good at describing abstract images 

C. decorated their poems with pictures                 

D. used images to express their ideas 

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   Native speaker of English

   BA Degree or higher (English and Education major preferred)

   Teaching experience is preferred, but not required.

   Must be a citizen of one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, the United States, or the United Kingdom.

Pay to be offered                                                   

    From ＄1,800 to ＄2,300 a month depending on conditions and experience

    Pays differ depending on schools. Benefits differ between employers, but the following benefits must be offered:

    FREE apartment with furniture

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21. One who gets the job will teach ______.

   A. French            B. German           C. Chinese               D.English

22. We can learn from the passage that a Japanese ______.

   A. can’t apply the job                     

   B. can apply the job at any time

   C. can get more benefits from the job           

   D. can get more medical insurance from the job

23. If you get the job and take the vacation for ten days, you will ______.

A. be fined                        B. be paid as usual

C. not get paid                   D. be paid with overtime pay

24. Where is the passage most probably taken from?

   A. A newspaper.     B. A magazine.       C. The Internet      D.. A dictionary.

Top Ways to Spend the Holiday Season with Pets

    Taking a nap is a great way to refresh during the holidays, and a nap with your dog or cat (or both） is an excellent bonding opportunity.

    Holiday time is here. The decorating, the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning, the wrapping...    16    In the season’s craziness, our furry family members tend to get ignored or over-stimulated (过度刺激的）.    17    But they don’t have to: be sure to pay attention and give them a break from the activity when they need it and add them to the fun when they don’t.

    ● Rest time.

    If your pet seems stressed, have a safe place for him away from activity. Cats should have a quiet, cozy spot to sleep with food, water, and their litter box.    18    Be sure to have a soft area for sleep, a toy or two, water, and some food. But you might need a nap, too, to refresh for holiday festivities. So use this time to take one together.

    ●    19  

    Many Christmas tree farms welcome pets on a leash (皮带). Your pet will just love being with you outdoors while you share one of the season’s most honored traditions—picking out the perfect tree. Just be sure to call the farm first to confirm that pets are welcome... and you have a new annual tradition.

    ● Go have a catch.

    Give your pup a good run and wear him out ahead of when company visits.    20    This way, he’ll be happy and relaxed when greeting guests. Dog parks are ideal as pups can run, chase tennis balls, and socialize with others. Always remember to walk to and from the park with your pup on a leash and poop bags in hand.

A. Keep pets on a leash.

B. Dogs love playing catch.

C. Dogs might also need one.

D. But where do our pets fit in?

E. Pick out the family Christmas tree.

F. As a result, pets can experience restlessness and anxiety.

G. Many pets would love to be included in some of the activities.

Question: I have been learning English for about 7 years.    16    And I still can’t make myself understood in English. However, I love learning English. How can I learn English well? Please help me.

Answer: Many people have asked me this question.    17    Here I will give you several tips for learning English.

●    18  

First of all, you must want to learn. If you are not interested in learning English, no class will help you and no book will help you. So you have to be honest with yourself. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to learn English?” If you can’t answer “yes” to this question, it is better for you to set English aside until you’re ready and willing to learn.

● Set goals (目标).

To learn English well, you must set some goals.    19    It will also help you to see your progress. Ask yourself, “What are my goals? What areas would I like to improve?” Think about what your goals are, and review once in a while to see that you are making progress toward your goals.

● Practice, practice, and practice.

After you have set your goals, you have a better idea of what you need to practice. Just like the athlete whose goal is the Olympics must train daily, you as a language learner must practice language every day to make progress toward your goal.    20  

A. Want to learn.

B. I think it is not easy to learn it well.

C. Make friends with some Americans online.

D. Reading is a very good way to learn new words.

E. The answers are as different as the people asking the question.

F. The more you practice, the more progress you will make.

G. Having goals will help you remember what areas you want to work on.

A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. The bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.

A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired, “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied,“It seems strange, doesn’t it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one in France and the other in Italy. We have made an agreement that every time we go to pub, each of us will order two extra beers and it will help keep up the family bond ”.

Soon all the town had heard about the man’s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity( 名人). Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists

and even invited them to that pub to look at Three-Beer Man.

However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with a bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news. Some people prayed for the soul of one of the brothers and others quietly grieved.

When the man came to the pub next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender told him, “I would like to offer sympathy to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied, “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”

24.    The man ordered three beers all the time because             .

A.   he was fond of drinking beers in this pub

B.   he missed his two brothers living abroad very much

C.   it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond

D.   this would help him become a local celebrity

25.    We can infer from the passage that          .

A.   the man’s brothers liked drinking beer very much

B.   the man became famous in the town as a heavy drinker

C.   the man was strong-minded to give up drinking

D.   news traveled fast in the town.

26.    The bartender served the man with a bad feeling because              .

A.   he thought one of the man’s brothers had passed away

B.   he thought the man should order three beers

C.   he would earn less money than before

D.   the man decided to give up drinking

27.    When seeing the man order 2 beers, the bartender felt        ..

A.   grateful                 B. angry                    C. sympathetic           D. surprised

Five Things Ambitious People Never Say

1.“I can’t do this—it’s too hard.”

Ambitious people never limit themselves or undervalue hard work with these words. _______36________

2.“I’m not good enough.”

Ambitious people never say they are not good enough. Saying you are not good enough holds you back and makes you vulnerable to quit when things get a little rough. And quitting when things get a little rough is never a good thing. The most successful people in the world are not quitters. _______37________Be confident and believe in yourself, or no one else will.

3. “I won’t make it through the obstacles.”

Challenges and obstacles are tests of your resolve and desire to succeed. _______38________They say they will make it because they know better things lie ahead—the sun always shines after the storm.

4. _______39________

The only time people won’t take you seriously is if you don’t take yourself seriously. Insisting that people won’t take you seriously is an excuse not to do what you know you should do. Ambitious people never say these words. They respect themselves and honor their work and that earns people’s respect. Start respecting yourself and honoring what you do and people will respect and take you seriously.

5. “I’m going to fail for sure.”

 _______40________It can teach you valuable lessons and redirect you to the right path. Ambitious people don’t say they are going to fail and let that stop them from trying. They defy the fear of failure by taking calculated risks because they know the only time you are truly defeated is when you don’t try at all. Jim Carrey says it best: “You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”

A. People won’t take me seriously.

B. They tell themselves they can do it.

C. They are hard workers who believe in themselves and their abilities.

D. People take it for granted that it is impossible.

E. Ambitious People never say they can do everything well.

F. Ambitious people never say they won’t make it through the hard times.

G. Failure is not entirely bad.

假定在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。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l0处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Help others not only brings happiness to others but also helps us achieve goals. Often there are some cases where we help ourselves indirect in helping others. Last week, Tom asked for me something about English. In order to help him, I go over the textbook again and again. During a process, I found some points that were once hard to me became so clear. From the experience, he realized that we could benefit helping others. Sometimes, happiness has nothing to do with which you accomplish. It is about what you do for others, So when others are in troubles, never hesitate to help them.

The Belt and Road Initiative is viewed by many as a history-making project,         applauded by the Chinese and those along the route as well.

A. one    B. one that

C. the one    D. the one that

 ---Who won the election for mayor?  ---A man _____ to represent every minority group in the city.

   A. claiming               B. claims               C. is claimed         D. having claimed

I would be glad to                        your child from school on my way home from work if you are not free by five.

A. turn up                      B. pick up                      C. give up                      D. take up