A young boy were walking with his father along a country road. When they came ____ a large tree branch(树枝) on the ground in front of them, the boy asked his father,“Do you think I could __it?”

His father replied, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”

The boy tried his best to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t move. ___, he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it.”

“Try again,” his father said.

Again, the boy tried hard to push the branch.

He did his best but it stood___. “Dad, I can’t do it. ” said the boy.

“Try again. You can’t __ you use all your strength.” his father said.

This time, as the boy struggled, his father __ him. Together they pushed the branch aside.

“Son, I advised you to use all your strength. You didn’t –You didn’t ask for my help.”

This is a valuable __. There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get __ done. We are not alone. Around us there are family and friends.

We haven’t used all our strength until we’ve realized the strength and support from the outside. Our real strength includes inner resources such as faith, courage, and even love. It also includes outer resources such as support, help and encouragement. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.

To ask for support when we need is not a sign of__, it is a sign of wisdom. When we ask for help and we are __, it just means we have to ask another time, another way, another person.

1.A.across B.through C.down D.along

2.A.carry B.lift C.move D.throw

3.A.Excited B.Surprised C.Expected D.Disappointed

4.A.still B.straight C.alone D.close

5.A.if B.although C.unless D.because

6.A.taught B.encouraged C.praised D.joined

7.A.story B.love C.lesson D.experience

8.A.it B.them C.us D.ourselves

9.A.weakness B.success C.strength D.knowledge

10.A.stopped B.refused C.helped D.understood

My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside, her native place. Recently parents brought her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use dirty words when she was unhappy and even hit others when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to roll on the ground, which shocked all people around. Her parents tried to educate her by beating and kicking. However, it just made the problem more serious. Finally they became completely disappointed with her.

One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher, gave the girl a beautiful snow-white dress. It immediately caught the girl's eyes and made them shine brightly.

The girl put on the dress and became quite another person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others, and even less rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not suitable for her in such a beautiful dress.

Since then the girl had been gentle, neat and lovely.

Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress hidden somewhere in his or her heart. However, he may not know about it, forget it or give it up. Beauty is a powerful force—that's something unrealized by many of us. It can recall fine qualities that humans are born with, but have so far hidden somewhere.

根据材料内容选出最佳答案。

1.Where did the girl live before eight?

A.She lived in the town with her parents.

B.She lived in the town with her grandparents.

C.She lived in the countryside with her parents.

D.She lived in the countryside with her grandparents.

2.How did her parents feel when the girl rolled on the ground?

A.Shocked but sorry B.Worried and sad

C.Sorry but disappointed D.Shocked and angry

3.Why did the woman teacher give the girl a snow-white dress?

A.She thought the girl might like the dress.

B.She wanted to teach the girl in a proper way.

C.She didn’t want the girl’s parents to beat her.

D.She liked the girl and wanted her to be beautiful.

4.What can we know about the woman teacher according to the story?

A.She knew the best way to teach a kid.

B.She knew what could catch girls’ eyes.

C.She didn’t like wild and uneducated kids.

D.She was a beautiful and outgoing teacher.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.A wild girl B.A clever teacher

C.A great change D.A beautiful dress

When your pen is broken, the battery in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover food. What do you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all of these pieces of trash need to be sorted separately. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it.

Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a“ green account(绿色账户)”service for people. Account holders get points by correctly sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its people to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet waste is also known as household waste. “They are things you don’t want but that pigs can eat,” Guangzhou Daily explained.

Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.

Harmful waste includes things like medicine batteries and fluorescent bulbs(荧光灯泡).

Finally, any waste that’s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the “dry waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.

China is improving its waste-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it’s never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment.

If you don’t sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

根据材料内容选出最佳答案。

1.How is Shanghai encouraging people to sort their garbage?

A.By paying people to sort their trash correctly.

B.By providing its people with guidebooks to help them.

C.By allowing people to exchange garbage with each other.

D.By creating a “green account” service with the help of Alipay.

2.Which of the following would be sorted as wet waste?

A. B. C. D.

3.What does the underlined word “landfill” mean?

A.里程碑 B.地下水 C.填埋场 D.风景区

4.What do we know about garbage sorting in China?

A.It started its garbage sorting system in 2012.

B.There is still a lot of work to be done in this area.

C.Landfills are a great method of dealing with garbage.

D.Students have to take waste-sorting classes in school.

5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Where we can deal with our waste.

B.Why we should sort our garbage properly.

C.What kinds of waste can pollute the environment.

D.How some kinds of waste can be reused and recycled.

根据材料内容选出最佳答案。

1.If you bought three tickets for the Tree Town Music Festival ahead of time, how much would you pay for?

A.$30 B.$60 C.$90 D.$120

2.If you were a fan of Chris Kroeze, which festival would you go to?

A.Kick' n Up Country B.Tree Town Music Festival

C.Key West Songwriters Festival D.Country Thunder Craven

3.When will Country Thunder Craven take place?

A.May 8 to May 12. B.May 23 to May 26.

C.June 12 to June 15. D.July 11 to July 14.

4.Why shouldn’t the people spend the last $20 on beer?

A.The gas is expensive and hard to find.

B.Drinking too much beer is bad for health.

C.Waiting in the car line may run out of gas.

D.There is no gas station on the way to the Music Festival.

5.Which of the following is a tip given in the text?

A.Don’t drink beer at music festivals.

B.Do not bring glass bottles with you.

C.Bring a strong umbrella in case of heavy rain.

D.Set up your tent on a high spot except on a sunny day.

I really enjoyed my experience as an English language assistant in Barcelona. Coming to the end of my assistantship, I start to think about what the future might hold.

1. When I first arrived in Terrassa I was excited and nervous about the life in a country I love.

2. It wasn’t powerful but enough to make me spend some nights thinking about family and friends back home.

All that started to change after meeting some new friends. I spent good time with them.

3.I visited home for Christmas in December. When I came back, it was like returning to a second home. Things got even busier and more people came into my life.

4. Should I return home to Scotland, or stay here much longer?

To travel and visit other places is one of the most wonderful things we can do in life. Learning about the world is such an important thing to do.

5. You may find somewhere you were always supposed to be.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A. Now, looking forward, there are some decisions to make.

B. After a couple of weeks, the excitement started to disappear. However, homesickness started to set in.

C. So my opinion is to travel and try new things whenever you get the chance.

D. It’s been seven months since I arrived here and things have changed so much in such a short period of time.

E. I suppose we should never forget how important it is to have good people in your life, because they can make such a difference.

书面表达

生活中有许多事情需要我们自己做出决定。请以“I made my decision”为题，并根据要求和要点，用英语写一篇短文，介绍你所做出的决定。

1. 要点：1.你遇到了什么事情；

2.你做出了什么决定；

3.做出决定后的感受。

2. 要求：（1）文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；

（2）80词左右。

I made my decision

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选出划线部分读音与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项

lake

A.c ake B.w atch C.j acket D.tom ato

选出划线部分读音与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项

fine

A.th is B.mus ic C.k ite D.f ish

选出划线部分读音与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项

please

A.h ead B.r ead C.sw eater D.br ead

选出划线部分读音与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项

those

A.d ollar B.l ove C.c ome D.ph oto