Your car is a necessary part of your life. You use it every day. Of course, you want to hold on to it so you make sure it has the latest alarm and immobilizer(防雷控制系统). But despite all these, cars like yours are still stolen every day. In fact, in this country, one car is stolen almost every minute! And if your car is stolen, you only have a 50:50 chance of seeing it again.
Each year, car crime costs nearly £3 billion. Of course, if you’re insured, you won’t lose out, or will you? Firstly, you will have to pay extra insurance later on, and then you may not be offered the full amount by the agent. You will probably have to hire a car and you will also lose the value of the contents and accessories (配件) in the car.
Now comes the solution. An RAC Trackstar system, hidden in one of 47 possible secret locations in your car, is the key of our system. If your car is stolen, radio signals are sent at twenty-second intervals from the car to the RAC Trackstar National Control Center via a satellite network. Then a computer gives the vehicle’s exact location, speed and direction.
The RAC Trackstar National Control Center, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will immediately inform the police in the area where the car is located. Because the police receive information every twenty seconds, they will always know the vehicle’s location. Once the thief has been arrested, your car will be returned to you.
RAC Trackstar is unique in being able to provide the National Control Center with details of the exact location of your car, its speed and direction. And speed is the key to successful recovery of a stolen vehicle. RAC Trackstar Control will immediately tell the police if you report your car stolen and under the 24-hour Guardian Option. It will also tell you if your car has been stolen. RAC Trackstar’s constant updates mean the police are kept informed of the car’s location. All these greatly improve your chances of seeing your car again.
1. If your car is stolen, you will have to ______.
A. hire a new car
B. pay more insurance
C. buy a RAC Trackstar system
D. inform the National Control Center
2.The Trackstar system can tell the police ______.
A. how the car is stolen B. who the thief is
C. what brand the car is D. where the car is
3.The underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. the local police station
B. the Guardian Option
C. the insurance company
D. the RAC Trackstar Control
4.According to the passage, people with RAC Trackstar ______.
A. automatically find directions
B. seldom get their vehicles damaged
C. have less chance of being in an accident
D. are more likely to get the stolen cars back
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Dietland, by Sarai Walker
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Orhan’s Inheritance, by Aline Ohanesian
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
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1.What does Plum Kettle want before she joins the women in the adventures?
A. Natural beauty.
B. A large sum of money.
C. A healthy lifestyle.
D. A slim shape.
2.What puzzled Orhan after his grandfather’s death?
A.Their house was given to a stranger.
B.His grandfather’s business was such a success.
C.He had to take care of the 87-year-old woman.
D.The 87-year-old woman was one of his relatives.
3. What’s the most interesting in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ?
A. The advanced society. B. The rise of humans.
C. The development of biology. D. The cultural wonders.
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Without his illness, our English teacher _______ to the zoo with us last Sunday.
A. had been B. would have been
C. had had been D. will have been
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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(不多于3个单词)。
Billy: Hello, Jennifer. I haven’t seen you for months. What have you been doing?
Jennifer: Oh, I was occupied 1. ________ job-hunting. It was really tiring.
Billy: How did it go?
Jennifer: Finally, I am going to be employed by a foreign company.
Billy: Oh, that’s good. Why not take a little trip to relax before 2.________ (start) your new job?
Jennifer: 3.________ (actual) I’m thinking of going to Guilin and staying there for a few days. I heard you’ve been there before.
Billy: Yes, I have. The famous boat trip down the Li River is very impressive. You can also take 4.________ short bamboo raft (筏) ride on a calm, shallow part of the river. It is great fun and peaceful 5. ________ (surround) by those towering peaks.
Jennifer: Wow, it sounds great! But I think the rafts are not safe.
Billy: Well, at first, I felt the same way, but everyone on the rafts seemed so content and 6. ________ (comfort) that I decided to do it. I’m glad I did as it was even better than I7.________ (imagine).
Jennifer: Oh, I’d like to try it. I saw a picture of Elephant Trunk Hill in my guide book, 8. ________ looks exactly like a big elephant!
Billy: You’ll see many other interesting mountains. And I recommend you to book a hotel room in Yangshuo, 9.________ you can enjoy an impressive musical outdoor performance on the river with the peaks as a backdrop (背景) at night. I do believe it will meet your demanding10.________ (require).
Jennifer: Thanks for your advice.
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假定你是李华,下周六是你的生日,你准备在家开一个生日party ,并邀请部分同学和外国朋友参加,party 7:30开始。你家住在民族街656号,乘23路或40路公共汽车在一中站下车。你家就在车站对面,房子是红色的,门是白色的,很容易找到。请根据好友信息,给你的朋友写一封邀请信。
注意:不得写出真实班级和姓名;可以适当增加情节,使行文连贯;词数100左右,给出的开头和结尾不计入总词数。
656 Minzu Street
November 2, 2015
Dear Jack,
Next Saturday will be my birthday. ______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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Best wishes.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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1.Mr. Zhao is ______ _______ _______ (主管) this company.
2.PRC (代表) the People’s Republic of China .
3.He studied hard,and (结果), he passed the exam.
4.How are you going to (处理) such problems?
5.The children are (在危险中) if they get close to the tiger.
6.Too much sunlight does (对…有害) this plant.
7.You should (注意) your handwriting.
8.The teacher has borrowed the books.(把此句改成被动语态)
The books by the teacher.
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She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, and not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother can’t help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early for a girl of her age? After all, she is reaching the “dangerous stage”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother’s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. As this was the first time, her mother agreed, but she couldn’t help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine and decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had happened. “Mom, I’m back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?” “Yes, oh, that… who’s that boy?” The daughter was silent for a moment. “Ah. It’s my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mom, I’m going to bed.” “All right. Go to sleep early.”
Next morning when the mother went to the daughter’s room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left at her pillow. Finally she opened it. It read: Mom, it’s love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn’t.
Holding the diary, the mother fell into thought.
1.Which is the correct order according to the story?
a. She took a lift back in her monitor’s car.
b. She went to see a film with her schoolmate.
c. She wrote in her diary to tell her mother.
d. Her mother worried about her daughter’s returning late.
A. b,d,a,c B. d,b,a,c C. b,a,d,c D. b,d,c,a
2.Which of the following is true according to the story?
A. The girl knew her mother wouldn’t ask her the question about the boy.
B. What the daughter did recently had worried her mother.
C. The mother didn’t read her daughter’s diary the next day.
D. The girl’s diary was always unlocked.
3.The main purpose of this article is to show that parents should______.
A. care about what their children really think and feel
B. talk with their children about their early love
C. not give much freedom to their children
D. keep silent about their children’s early love
4.From the diary, we can see the daughter ______.
A. thanked her mother for asking her
B. thought her mother cared about her very much
C. thought it was her mother's duty to ask
D. thought her mother's understanding is better than simple love
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Paris has some great museums _____ visitors can see fine works of impressionist painters.
A. that B. which C. when D. where
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书面表达
假如你是高中生李华。因担心同学们浏览不健康的网站,学校关闭了电脑教室的上网功能,同学们感到很郁闷。请你用英语给校长写一封建议信。内容包括:
1. 无法上网给学生带来的不便;
2. 网络的必要性(帮助解决学习难题、获取最新消息……)
3. 就老师的担心发表你的看法。
注意:
1. 词数不少于100词;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 信的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear headmaster,
I’m writing to request you to allow us to surf the Internet in the computer classroom._______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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