I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room---if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her anties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
1.Why did the author shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C. He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary.
2.What made the author laugh?
A. His own behavior.
B. His wife’s suggestion.
C. His changeable feelings.
D. His wife’s sweet kiss.
3.What does the underlined word “anties” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Angry words B. Unusual actions
C. Surprising looks D. Anxious feelings
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Clara Barton，founder of the American Red Cross，gained worldwide honor for her dedication to easing human suffering and earned the nickname “Angel of the Battlefield.”
Barton was born into a liberal (开明的) freethinking family in 1821. Her elder brothers and sisters happily tutored her in math and reading, so when she entered school at three years old, she could read and spell three-syllable words. ____1.____
Concerned about Barton's difficulty in making friends, her parents sent her to a boarding school, hoping it would make her more comfortable with her peers. __2.__ Barton lost her appetite and cried constantly. After only one term, she had to be brought home. Then, Barton stayed out of school to nurse her older brother through a serious injury and also volunteered to care for poor families during a smallpox (天花）outbreak.
In 1861，the Civil War broke out. The sight of wounded soldiers touched Barton deeply. She began to collect and distribute food, bandages, medicines, and other supplies for the Union army.
__3.__ There, with little concern for her own safety, she cooked meals, assisted surgeons, and comforted wounded soldiers.
Eventually，because of working too hard，Barton collapsed，ill with typhoid fever (伤寒症). __4. ___ It was there that she learned of an organization based in Switzerland --- called the International Red Cross, whose work mirrored her own.
Shortly after Barton arrived back home in 1873，her sister died. ___5.___ When recuperating (休养）at a health facility in New York，she began planning for the establishment of an American wing of the International Red Cross. Although at first the government resisted，her efforts finally paid off. The American Red Cross was officially organized on May 21, 1881. Her influence lives on today in the work of the organization she founded.
A. Barton fell into a deep depression.
B. Unfortunately, it had the opposite effect.
C. Many people felt sorry for the loss of her sister and her own health.
D. Barton risked her life to transport wagonloads of supplies to the front lines.
E. When she recovered, her doctors prescribed (指示) a long, restful trip to Europe.
F. Barton spent the following several months learning basics about Swiss Cross.
G. She easily kept up with the older children academically but did not fit in socially.
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________ only by exam results, the school is the best one in our city.
A. JudgeB. JudgingC. JudgedD. To judge
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Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering
33 million square miles. The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization. Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness. It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.
“Storm at Sea”, a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankind’s earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.
When the wind is from the west
All the waves that cannot rest
To the east must thunder on
Where the bright tree of the sun
Is rooted in the ocean’s breast.
As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull. It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly. It makes all kinds of noise-it is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling.
It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath-perhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean, but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach. It mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature. It is filled with symbiotic existences, too: unimaginable quantities of creatures, little and large alike, mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub-ocean vitality. And it has a psychology. It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking.
1. Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is __________.
A. always energetic B. lacking in liveliness
C. shaped like a square D. favored by ancient poets
2. What is the purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage?
A. To describe the movement of the waves.
B. To show the strength of the storm.
C. To represent the power of the ocean.
D. To prove the vastness of the sea.
3.What does the underlined word “symbiotic” mean?
A. Living together. B. Growing fast.
C. Moving harmoniously. D. Breathing peacefully.
4.In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to __________.
A. a beautiful and poetic place
B. a flesh and blood person
C. a wonderful world
D. a lovely animal
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1.We couldn’t get to the destination on time because our car _______ _______(坏掉) halfway.
2.The government ________ _______ (呼吁)all to pay more attention to environment protection.
3.Scientists have _________ ________(提出) theories about how the universe came into being.
4.An investigation group _________ ________(由…组成)five men and two women has been sent to the spot to look into the matter.
5.More time should be ________ ________(挤出)for your English study.
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I was wandering around the Albuquerque airport. My flight had been , and I heard a(n) : “If anyone near Gate A-4 Arabic，please come to the gate immediately." Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman was , sitting on the floor. In her Arabic dress, she reminded me of my grandmother.
“ to her,” the flight agent urged. “We told her the flight was going to be late, and she did this."
I spoke to the woman in Arabic while putting my arm around her. She crying. It turned out that she thought the had been canceled. She planned to be in New York for some medical treatment the next day. I comforted her and suggested her family.
We telephoned her son. In English, I told him that I would with his mother until we got on the plane. Then his son was . Next we called my dad. They spoke for a while in Arabic and that they had ten shared friends. After that, I called some Arabic friends I and let them talk to her.
She was in a mood by then and took some homemade — little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar 一 from her bag and them to the people near the gate. To my amazement, no one . It was like a party. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all smiling, enjoying the same .
I looked around and thought, this is the world I want to live in. One with no . Everyone can be happy anywhere.
1.A. booked B. bought C. canceled D. delayed
2.A. announcement B. noise C. argument D. dialogue
3.A. likes B. accepts C. understands D. studies
4.A. reading B. weeping C. thinking D. begging
5.A. traditional B. long C. strange D. expensive
6.A. Write B. Sing C. Apologize D. Explain
7.A. quickly B. suddenly C. softly D. loudly
8.A. started B. stopped C. kept D. avoided
9.A. flight B. plan C. performance D. meeting
10.A. saving B. calling C. showing D. punishing
11.A. live B. work C. play D. stay
12.A. in action B. in charge C. in relief D. in trouble
13.A. made sure B. found out C. agreed with D. gave up
14.A. knew B. missed C. helped D. met
15.A. serious B. changing C. confident D. cheerful
16.A. chocolates B. wine C. bread D. cookies
17.A. offered B. sold C. lent D. returned
18.A. wasted B. refused C. ate D. saw
19.A. custom B. language C. apple D. sugar
20.A. war B. argument C. worry D. quarrel
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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。每处错误仅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：在错的词下画一横线，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10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
It has been a long time since I did anything good for the environment. Feeling responsible to protect the environment, I decided to take the action again. I told my idea to my friends and we planned to plant tree on the hill in the countryside. We came to the foot of the hill and selected a place where looked suitably and settled down. We spend a few hours digging holes and placing the young seedlings. Then we wrote our wishes on cards one to one and buried it deep down the roots of the trees. We also took a lot of pictures. We were such busy that we didn’t realize that it was time to go back. I felt really glad that we made difference to the environment.
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It was raining heavily. Little Tom felt cold so she stood ______ to her mother.
A. closely B. closed C. closing D. close
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is not a secret 1. trees are vital to our life. They provide us with food, wood and most 2. (important), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.
The discovery 3. (make) by a team 4. (consist) of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students 5. were seeking a natural water filter(过滤)—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have 6. (accessible) to modern water filter systems.
The 7. (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn8.______ trees for help, because they could allow liquid to flow through, while blocking out air bubbles.
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