Usually,when your teacher asks a question,there is only one correct answer．But there is one question that has millions of current answers．That question is "What's your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct．
Have you ever wondered about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People's first names,or given names,are chosen by their parents．Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used．Some parents choose the name of a well-known person．A boy could be named George Washington Smith;a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones．
Some people give their children names that mean good things． Clara means "bright" ; Beatrice means "one who gives happiness" ;Donald means "world ruler" ;Leonard means " as brave as a lion"．The earliest last names,or sumames,were taken from place names． A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook (小溪) ;someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long,paved road． The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest．
Other early sumames came from people's occupations．The most common occupational name is Smith,which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals．In the past,smiths were very important workers in every town andvillage． Some other occupational names are: Carter-a person who owned or drove a cart;Potter-a person who madepots and pans．
The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village． The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture．Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin,or their size,or their special abilities． When there were two men who were named John in the same village,the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray． Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman． John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Light-foot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer．
Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name．English-speaking people added-s or -son．The Johnsons are descendants of John;the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert． Irish and Scottishpeople added Mac or Mc or 0． Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O'Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell．
最近，教育部对“高中是否该取消文理分科”公开向社会征求意见。 为此，某媒体做了一次民意调查，结果如图表所示。
支持分科 | 反对分科 | 无所谓 | 其他 |
43% | 50% | 6% | 1% |
支持原因 | 反对原因 | 你的观点 | |
1减轻学业负担； 2 现代社会需要专业人才 | 1人才需要有广泛的知识 2 可以培养复合型人才 | ………．． | |
注意：① 根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。②词数：120个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。③复合型人才 multi-skilled people 专业人才 expert
Should Science and Arts Education Be Separated?
The issue of separating science and arts education is getting heated up as debate spreads through the country, which attracts tens of thousands of votes……
Grandparents' Day is a warm holiday that allows children and adults an opportunity to show their appreciation for their Grandparents. Grandparents' Day and the weeks just before it are the time when children all over the country start thinking about what to get their Grandmothers and Grandfathers as presents for Grandparents' Day. Of course, giving presents is just one way of celebrating Grandparents' Day, but how to give gifts requires planning.
Choosing presents for Grandparents' Day can be a very difficult task. Because Grandparents' Day and holidays of its kind are meant to honor some of the most important people in our lives, the task of choosing presents that will be appropriate can be challenging. It can be very difficult to even consider the question of what kind of gift could show a Grandparent how much we love them and care for them. Especially for those children who do not have much money, finding the right Grandparents' Day present at the right price is a very difficult task.
One solution to the difficulty of what to buy as a present for Grandparents' Day is not to buy anything at all. Rather than buying a material item that is almost sure to be short of expressing the depth and sincerity(诚心诚意) of your feelings for your Grandmother or Grandfather, consider another kind of choice entirely. One way that you can show a Grandparent that you really care is to make them something. A handmade gift can go a long way towards expressing your love on Grandparents' Day. Of course, there are also a lot more other ways to celebrate Grandparents' Day than by just giving presents to your parents.
“Equal pay for equal work” is a phrase by the American women who feel they are (fair) treated by society.They think it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the amount of work.Some people say men have (many) duties than women.A married man has to earn money to support his family and make important (decide)，so it is right for them to be paid more.Some are even against married women (work) at all.When wives go out to work，they say，the home and children are given no attention ．If women are encouraged by equal pay to take up jobs，they will be (able) to do the things that they are best at doing：making a nice home and bringing children.Women who disagree say that they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and have freedom to choose between a job and home life， a mixture of the two.In fact women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 2. Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was 3. I've always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn't 4 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 5 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 6.
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 7 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for 8 to share by all five of us.
The big 9 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 10 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 11 back at the “Santa's Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 12 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 13. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn't say anything 14 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,15 to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking 16 thinking of what to buy, and I 17 to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.' One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 18 for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and 19 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything.”
I never felt so 20 as I did that day.
假设你是李华，于2017年2月1日搭乘国外某航空公司航班（flight number BA793）回国后， 发现遗失了一个行李箱。现请用英文给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。信件要点包括：
1）陈述写信原因；
2）简要描述该行李；
3）说明其重要性；
4）期待回复并表示感谢。
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）信件的开头已经写好。
Dear sir/Madam,
I'm Li Hua. I took the flight BA793 on Feb. 1, 2017.……
