My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog's food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father's dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn't hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song "Love Is Not a Fight" Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, "And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door." Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.
1.How was the dog when found?
A. Too weak to walk. B. Thin and worn out.
C. Unable to eat food. D. Homeless but gentle.
2.We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. the writer had his own pet dog
B. the dog didn't go with the writer
C. the dog didn't eat any of the food
D. Julie bought some food for the dog
3.The underlined part "our problem" in the passage refers to the fact that ____.
A. an old black dog appeared in front of them
B. the writer didn't want to take Julie's advice
C. the couple had some trouble with their marriage
D. Julie disagreed with the writer's travel on business
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Helpful Couple B. A Famous Song
C. Saving the Dog D. An Angel Dog
科目：高中英语 来源：内蒙古2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is also the most neglect (忽视). Common reasons for not eating breakfast include having no time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike and dieting. Breakfast simply means “break the fast’’. Your body spends at least 6 to 12 hours each night in a fasting state. In the morning your body needs energy for the day’s work ahead.
A good breakfast should provide 1/3 of your total calorie(卡路里)needs for the day. On average, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesn’t appeal (吸引) to you in the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half of your dinner for breakfast in the morning. If you still aren’t hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or toast or have a nutritious (有营养的) mid-morning snack (小吃) later when you are hungry. So, you say you are on a diet. Some people fear that eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more. It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day. That is because your body is working correctly. Although you may feel as if you are eating more all day long, in reality you are probably not.
Not eating breakfast can also cause you t overeat, since a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel very hungry later. To make matters worse, since your body is in a slow state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories very efficiently (有效). If you feed your body healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you are less likely to become hungry and stuff (填饱) yourself as soon as you begin to eat. Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, choosing the right food is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits ,juice, lean meat and grain products such as bread, rice, noodles and cereals.
1.If you don’t want to have breakfast in the morning, according to the writer’s suggestion, you should________.
A. see a doctor to have an examination
B. have a little supper
C. go to a restaurant to enjoy a good meal
D. have a good supper
2.Eating breakfast, in fact, makes your body_________.
A. work out of order
B. produce too much energy
C. work well
D. feel hungry quicker
3.Not eating breakfast will_________.
A. save a lot of money
B. do harm to your health
C. do good to your health
D. help you keep in shape
4.In the last paragraph the writer mainly_________.
A. persuades us to have a good breakfast
B. tell us what food isn’t suitable for breakfast
C. describes when and how we should have our breakfast
D. tell us what food we should have for breakfast
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
We used to go into different chat rooms on different websites. If you wanted to meet someone on the Net, you had to go into the same chat room. But now regular Net surfaces chat in OICQ. OICQ is an online chat software which is invented by Tencent Computer System Company of Shenzhen in February, 1999. Since then it has swept the country. Its symbol is a penguin wearing a red scarf(围巾).
Net friends can be divided into a buddy list (for good friends), a stranger list (for people you don't want to talk with at once), or an ignore list (for people you want to avoid on the Net). You can also build up family lists, co-worker lists, etc.
You can know whether listed friends are online as long as you use it. The cartoon portrait(画像)of the person turns bright if he is online. And the portrait turns dim if he is not there.
Traditional public chat rooms are often chaotic. It is difficult to focus on a conversation. OICQ can conduct a focused talk without interruptions by other chatters.
OICQ acts as a regular daily communication tool. "What is your OICQ number?" has become a modern topic.
1.OICQ is .
A. a special chat room for all cyber citizens (网民)
B. a cartoon portrait to recognize friends on the Net
C. an online chat software that helps you talk on the Net more freely
D. a modern phone number used by more and more people
2.OICQ has been well received .
A. since long ago B. for many years
C. for several years D. since nine years ago
3.With the help of OICQ, if you don't want to chat with someone, you can put him in .
A. a buddy list B. a strange list
C. an ignore list D. a co-worker list
4.In the fifth paragraph, the underlined word "chaotic" means .
A. crowded B. dark
C. dirty D. disorderly
5.The passage mainly tells us .
A. how to chat with people in the Net
B. how to use OICQ
C. how to choose a regular daily communication tool
D. some advantages about OICQ
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科目：高中英语 来源：安徽省蚌埠市2017届高三7月月考英语试卷 题型：七选五
Nowadays, more people lose their jobs and the prices of goods and services steadily increase. 1.. But where do I start? Everything I’m paying for is necessity. There’s nothing I can cut down on.
But if you take a careful and objective look at your bills and all the “stuff” you’re paying for, you actually do not need a good majority of them. I’ve put together 5 tips that you can follow right now to reduce your costs.
1.Cut Back on Eating out.
Maybe you didn’t notice eating out is one of the things at your budget and you can save so much money just by reducing the number of times you eat out. 2.It’s so much cheaper preparing food at home and healthier too. This does not mean that you should never eat out. You can choose special days to eat out like birthdays or anniversaries.
2.Reduce Your Electricity Consumption
3.This will help reduce your electricity consumption. With CFLs(节能灯)you save so much on power. Also unplug appliances(家用电器)that you’re not using.
3.Cut Back on Magazine or Print Subscription(订阅费)
Magazines are great but sometimes they come with articles that you don’t really care about so you don’t bother reading them. 4.Review your magazine or print subscriptions to determine which ones to unsubscribe from. You can also draw out a list of topics or categories you like reading about and search for free online alternatives where you can read about the topic of your choice.
4.Cancel Your Gym Membership or Go for a Pay-Per-Use Plan.
Exercise is important to stay healthy. In fact, you save more money when you stay physically fit than if you are in poor health. But there are more affordable ways to keep fit, if you exercise for health’s sake and no as a body builder or something.
Exercise at home or jog around your neighborhood. If you can’t work out without an exercise trainer, try searching for exercise routines on You Tube. If you want to u se gym equipment, then you can convert your gym membership style to pay-per-use. 5.
Of course, you don’t need to practice all of these at once, but if you are really willing to cut down on those costs, then one of these will surely come in handy.
A.Start by turning off the lights you’re not using.
B.They’re so simple but the results are impressive
C.As an alternative, make more home-cooked meals
D.It’s time for you to take action and do something about your bills
E.That way you pay only when you come to the gym to use the equipment
F.Invest in gym equipment to cut down recurrent costs of gym membership
G.These days most of the information or news is available on the Internet for free.
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科目：高中英语 来源：内蒙古包头市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：短文填空
Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire, 1.(destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food that I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt 2.(embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.
I went home, very upset. 3.(actual) , I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do 4.(much) for them. I called a friend of mine about this,5. responded, “ These people mean a lot to you and I want to help them.” Since he had never met them, he requested me 6.(go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.
We were walking away 7. I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “ How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around, thanked the kind man and 8. ( tell) him everything. He explained that he understood as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again. 9.tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such10.wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.
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科目：高中英语 来源：黑龙江省2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t _________. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could _________ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister __________ talent.
I was better at my _________. My teacher had told my parents that I had great __________. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to _________ me. But the only time he was _________was Saturday afternoons at 3 P. m. Back then, I was _________ about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was ________ every Saturday at 3 P. p. m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour . So I _________ this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a ________ in my house.
My sister became an engineer, but she _________stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched （转换）_________. She went back to college, got a _________ in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never _________.
Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital（音乐独奏会）. A big crowd of friends and family _________ for her. As she played, I looked around at the _________. Everyone was _________enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly _________ sounds and knew how far she had come, despite _________.
Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.
1.A. admit B. advance C. quit（停止） D. improve
2.A. attend B. join C. leave D. visit
3.A. admired B. lacked（缺乏） C. had D. instrument（仪器）
4.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument
5.A. ambition（雄心 ） B. patience C. enthusiasm D. potential（潜力）
6.A. examine B. train C. Correct D. challenge
7.A. available（有空的） B. punctual（守时的） C. skillful D. occupied
8.A. sensitive B. serious C. crazy D. particular
9.A. aired（播送） B. filmed C. Designed D. commented评论
10.A. grasped B. valued C. waited for D. turned down
11.A. book B. play C. piano D. violin
12.A. already B. even C. never D. once
13.A. attitudes B. careers（职业） C. plans D. positions
14.A. degree B. chance C. scholarship D. sponsor赞助商
15.A. expected B. provided C. imagined D. received
16.A. paid off B. showed off C. stayed up D. turned up
17.A. audience B. students C. spotlights D. platform
18.A. appropriately（适当地） B. anxiously C. obviously D. desperately绝望地
19.A. sweet B. awful C. powerful D. unique
20.A. everybody B. everything C. something D. somebody
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科目：高中英语 来源：陕西省延安市大学区校际联盟2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试（B）英语试卷 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的写下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处错误。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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；
只允许修改 10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Editor,
I’m a middle school student naming Li Ming. I’m writing to tell you something. Recently I’ve notiecd many of my classmates often to go to the cyber cafe （网吧） near our school. The other day I went here, too. I was surprised to see many students played computer games, seeing films or chatting. Some students were even talking about love affairs online. On my opinion, cyber cafes should be a place which we can find much useful informations. Internet should be a window to the outside world rather than a place for games. Internet is good if we make good use it. Otherwise, it will do us great harm. So the local government should take measure to make sure that students use cyber cafes positive.
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科目：高中英语 来源：福建省宁德市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中联合考试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，最近你发现在英语写作方面有着许多困难。就此请你写封邮件给你的美国朋友Andy，主要内容如下：
1.描述该情况；
2.表达想改变的愿望；
3.征求他的建议。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Andy，
How are you getting on?
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Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省如皋市2016-2017学年高二选修六 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you 课时练习 题型：单项填空
As he wasn’t at the scene, the policeman couldn’t decide for a moment who ________ for the serious traffic accident.
A. blamed B. would blame
C. to blame D. was blamed
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