My heart dropped as I forced my unwilling body into the car. It would be miles and miles until we reached the unpleasant place, where we would have to _________ Brandy, my older sister. Brandy was leaving home to serve as a volunteer in AmeriCorps.

My dad started the car and we left the house. Soon, the streets turned into highways, and with each passing mile, “_________” got closer and closer. My heart continued to drop lower.

All of the bitter-sweet(sad and happy) memories of growing up with my sister came into my _________ from when I was young and Brandy telling me that my clothes were ugly, to when I copied her every move _________ I looked up to her so much, to when the terrible teenage years came and her life was too busy for her younger sister. The anger came back to _________ too, the anger that came when my life was suddenly too childish for hers.

I didn’t understand why my sister only talked to me when I did something wrong or I made her angry. Why did her new clothes make my clothes look babyish? These questions and many more _________ in my head.

Now I knew that my time with her was very short. Throughout the ride she picked on me with _________ words, but this time I knew what they meant. They still hurt me even though I knew that this was the agonizing(折磨人的) way of pulling away from us, in preparation for her leaving us at last.

When we reached the place where Brandy was to stay, we did everything that we could to _________ the painful goodbye that waited for us, until all that was left were the real goodbyes. The tears began to run down her face as she held me in her arms and told me the words that I hadn’t heard in a long time.

“I love you, Lindsey.”

I cried and said, “I love you, too.” The family was all tears. We all got into the car and pulled away. Brandy, still _________, turned away and walked off. In that one moment, I loved her more than anything in the world. She looked like a grown-up as she walked away, but as the headlights ________ her face, I saw the little Brandy that still wanted to be my friend and still wanted to be a part of the family.

On the long drive home that night I felt as though I had left my heart with Brandy. I couldn’t imagine life __________ my big sister or the endless chatter that Brandy always supplied. Would life ever be the same?

It has taken some time, but now I know that __________ goes on, even though Brandy isn’t here. She is always with me because a part of her is in me and always will be.

1.A.lose B.leave C.satisfy D.see

2.A.goodbye B.hello C.thanks D.sorry

3.A.eye B.body C.heart D.mind

4.A.when B.if C.because D.until

5.A.you B.us C.me D.them

6.A.stayed B.disappeared C.kept D.discussed

7.A.happy B.friendly C.simple D.hurtful

8.A.put up B.put off C.set up D.set off

9.A.crying B.saying C.smiling D.working

10.A.made B.shone C.lighted D.burnt

11.A.for B.from C.with D.without

12.A.friendship B.life C.heart D.time

Greek(希腊)?Roman(罗马) Festival

Friday, April 28th

You can join one group. As a member of the group, you will take part in at least ONE of the following activities.

1Compete in an Olympic event. Remember there is only small space for each event, so don’t be late.

? Hercules Throw. Throw a football through a hoop(圈) 20 feet away.

? Three Headed Race Three people line up with touching legs tied. Then they run 100 metres in the playground.

? Toga Barrow Race This is like a wheelbarrow race. (Runners take hold of partners? feet while partners walk on hands.)

2Make Greek or Roman food. Mrs Jones has a list of recipes(菜谱) from ancient(古代的) Greece and Rome. You may make American food, but be sure to give it a special, mythological(神话的) name. For example, call your chocolate cake “Zeus’s Delight.” This is a great way to practice your skills in the kitchen.

3Create a work of art for the museum. Be sure your artwork shows ancient Greek or Roman culture. Artworks may include sculptures, paintings, mosaics, drawings or models. The museum is a great place to show off your artistic talent.

4Perform a new short performance, song or dance for the talent show. Rewrite your favorite Greek myth(神话) by using modern language, or change the words of a popular song to tell a Greek or Roman story. Send your creative ideas to your English teacher for agreement. You must first perform for a group of teachers. The teachers choose the BEST performance groups for the talent show, so be sure your group has prepared for it.

This timetable will help groups know when each event will take place and where to go.

Group Number1:00-1:251:30-1:552:00-2:252:30-3:30ⅠOlympics/

Playground Museum/Library Food Court/

Dining Hall ⅡFood Court/

Dining Hall Olympics/

Playground Museum/Library ⅢMuseum/Library Food Court/

Dining Hall Olympics/

Playground Talent Show/

School Theatre

1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Each student is made to take part in at least one Olympic event.

B.Greek myths or the songs that will be performed are rewritten by the teachers.

C.Greek or Roman names must be used for American food the students may cook.

D.Artworks shown in the museum are collected or made by the students themselves.

2.What do Group Ⅲ do right after watching the artworks?

A.Watch the talent show.

B.Prepare for a performance.

C.Taste food that students make.

D.Compete in the Olympic events.

3.For what purpose is the festival most probably held?

A.To improve students? artistic talent.

B.To make students more physically strong.

C.To make students more creative in making foods or performing.

D.To help students learn about ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

By now, most people know they should be eating more vegetables, but are there ways to get more from the vegetables you already eat? A research shows that when it comes to vegetables, it’s not only how much we eat, but also how we prepare them, that decides the vitamins(维生素) and other nutrients(营养物) that enter our body.

Many studies show that people who eat lots of vegetables have less heart disease, and eye problems and even cancer. But raw(生的) vegetables are not always best. The researchers found that 198 Germans who eat raw food were short of lycopene(番茄红素), the matter found in tomatoes and other red vegetables. “There is an idea that raw foods are always going to be better,” says Steven K. Clinton, a professor at Ohio State University. “For fruits and vegetables, sometimes a little bit of cooking can be helpful.”

A number decide how the vegetables do good to people’s health before they reach the table, including where and how they were grown and stored before being bought. No single cooking way is best. Some nutrients are easily lost in cooking if they are cooked in different ways.

Vitamins C and B are often lost. In January, another report said that boiling was better for carrots than frying(油炸) or serving them raw. Frying was the worst way to cook.

What cooked with the vegetables can also be important? When the vegetables are cooked with fat, the diners can get more nutrients. Fat can also make the taste of vegetables better, meaning that people will eat more of them. Putting some other things will make it taste better — a little salt — can make the food taste better.

1.The people who eat the raw vegetables for a long time will __________.

A.have the eyes problems B.have heart disease

C.be in need of lycopene D.hate eating tomatoes

2.The following decide how the vegetables do good to people EXCEPT __________.

A.the place where the vegetables are grown B.the way how the vegetables are stored

C.the way how the vegetables are prepared D.the price at which the vegetables are sold

3.From the last paragraph, we can know __________.

A.it’s better to cook vegetables with the fat

B.the more fat in the cooking, the fewer vegetables people will eat

C.it’s better to cook the vegetables without salt

D.the fat will increase the nutrition of the vegetables

“BANG!” the door caused a big noise. It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed Father. With tears in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I walked aimlessly.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

But now ... I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions and rules of behaviour on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never allows it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I walked in the streets, without a place in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to accompany me. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

I thought to myself: “Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, Dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can’t stand his words: “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”

All the lights were off except Father’s.

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any pity or any moments of feeling sorry. After an argument he has the habit of appearing silently in my sleep and then helping me under the covers.

This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.

The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe ... With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my face. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist(存在) at all. Love — is second to none.

1.Which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage?

a. I opened the door and entered the house.

b. Sadly I ran out into the street.

c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.

d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.

e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A.b—e—d—c—a B.b—e—c—d—a C.b—e—a—c—d D.b—e—c—a—d

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The father treats his son in an unfair way. B.The father is actually kind to his son.

C.The father is neither kind nor rude to his son. D.The father is always finding his son wrong.

3.This passage is mainly about ___________.

A.how the boy understand his father’s love B.where the boy went

C.what made a father angry D.why the boy left home

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain isdamagedwhen they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he/ she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

1.How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A.Less than one sixth.

B.More than a half.

C.About 40%.

D.The passage doesn’t tell us.

2.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “damaged” in this passage?

A.knocked B.changed C.broke D.harmed

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B.Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

C.Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D.Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

4.The best title for this passage is _______.

A.Scientists’ New Inventions

B.Left-handed People

C.Which Hand

D.Different Brains, Different Hands

阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上，每个空格里只填一个单词。

Happy people are healthier; they get sick less often and live longer. They have more friends. They are more productive at work.

Happiness doesn’t come easy, but you can develop it with practice. A simple way to start developing happiness is by recognizing good things. For this, each evening, you can write down three things that went well and add some details about each, including how they made you feel, and why they happened. Also you can take a 20-minute walk and pay attention to the sights, sounds and smells you meet with. Each time you notice something positive; take time to think about why you enjoy it.

Another simple way to develop happiness is to find meaning and purpose. For example, look out for whatever makes your life meaningful. We can also develop happiness by fostering(培养) a sense of purpose, and here is one way to do that. You imagine for 15 minutes an ideal future in which everything is going as well as possible, from your family and personal life to your studies and health. This exercise motivates(激励) you to make changes, rather than reminding you — how imperfect and meaningless your life is now.

In addition, you can develop happiness by putting more time and attention you’re your strengths. Each day for a week, choose one strong point and make a plan to use it in a different way. You can focus on the same strength for a week or work on different strengths each day. At the end of the week, synthesize(综合) the experience by writing about what you did, how those exercise made you feel, and what you learned. This exercise will help you feel happier and less sad.

Lastly, connecting with people around you is also one of the surest ways to happiness. To achieve this, you just need to help a friend or do something for your family. You can also do something for those who you don’t know. In this way, you can surely achieve happiness.

根据所给中文完成句子翻译

1.他对自己如此严格以至于他在英语上取得了更大的进步。

He is______________________________________________________ his English.

2.老师昨天鼓励他把这本书翻译成汉语。

The teacher _____________________________________________________.

3.你没有放弃工作去旅行,真是太明智了!

How_______________________________________________________!

4.我的朋友们经常建议我接受挑战前要三思。

My friends_________________________________________________________.

5.高标准地工作能使你更容易取得成功。

______________________________________________________________ success.

6.你认为谁会现场直播这场比赛?

Who_________________________________________________________________?

我们在学好英语、了解世界的同时，更要传承和发扬中华民族的优秀文化。假设你是阳光中学的学生李东。你的美国笔友Chris正在学习汉语，他得知“中国诗词大会”在CCTV 播出，非常感兴趣，便写信给你，希望了解中国文化，也希望你能介绍了解中国文化的方式。请根据以下提示给他写一封回信。

注意：

1.词数不少于100；

2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：

中国诗词大会 Chinese Poetry Competition 古诗词 ancient poetry

Dear Chris,

I’m glad to hear that you are interested in the programme Chinese Poetry Competition on CCTV 10.

_______________________________________________________________________________I hope you can come to China as soon as possible!

Yours,

Li Dong

Look! It's ________UFO in the sky（天空）!

A.a B.an C.the D./

—Is this _______ruler?

—No. ________is in the bookcase.

A.her; Her B.hers; Her C.she; Hers D.her; Hers