Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.

As is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I ________ pride and pleasure to ________ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a ________ way: changing the dishes color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the ________ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “________” job, I was often rewarded by their ________ of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.

________ something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was ________ with my work.

When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked ________ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their ________？” they asked，“It’s terrible!”

________ or terrible？I can’t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the ________ part of fish; in ________ only the important guest can have the ________ of enjoying it.

Another ________ thing is: the American friends often said to me“________ ”as they ________ home fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ________ actually helping myself to any of the food. ________, I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ________ hesitated (犹豫)to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.

1.A. tookB. sharedC. heldD. had

2.A. leaveB. fetchC. cookD. buy

3.A. simpleB. newC. sameD. magic

4.A. importanceB. joyC. troubleD. way

5.A. newB. dailyC. goodD. hard

6.A. smileB. flowersC. talkD. expressions

7.A. HoweverB. ButC. SoD. And

8.A. surprisedB. pleasedC. strictD. proud

9.A. worriedlyB. excitedlyC. surprisedlyD. happily

10.A. headsB. skinsC. tailsD. bones

11.A. ParticularB. WonderfulC. ComfortableD. Beautiful

12.A. biggestB. bestC. dearestD. lightest

13.A. the WestB. ChinaC. USAD. the East

14.A. abilityB. safetyC. chanceD. honor

15.A. enjoyableB. excitingC. interestingD. common

16.A. dear meB. excuse me

C. help yourselfD. enjoy yourself

17.A. collectedB. wantedC. boughtD. brought

18.A. andB. butC. withoutD. not

19.A. In returnB. Above allC. After allD. At last

20.A. alwaysB. oftenC. neverD. usually

Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife Doris lived __1._(happy) together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy visited _2.__.

“Fred, you’re a good farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.

“A wish?” said Fred.

Fred and Doris smiled __3. each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We’re very healthy and happy.”

“You work very hard _4. _ you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.

“We’re poor, but we have enough food __5.__(eat).” replied Fred.

“You can use the gold coin to buy __6._ clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.

“__7._we haven’t got many clothes, we’ve got enough.” said Doris.

“Well, what about 8. nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.

“Thank you, but I love my small old house very much. I __9. _(live) here since I was born. We don’t need a new house,” said Fred.

“You’re quite different _ 10.__ others. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happy forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.

短文改错

文中共有十处错误,每句中最多有两处,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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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；

2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

May I have your attention, please?

In Saturday, July 27th, there will be a few visits to different places. Everyone is welcomed. All the visitors will be dividing into four groups. Each group of visitors can visit to one of the places—a factory, a farm, a school and a hospital. Please sign your name(签名) at the Service Desk before 9:00am. and say which places you wish to visit. We’ll set up after breakfast at 8am. and we would return in the afternoon. We’ll have lunch at place we visit at about 12:30pm.

We wish you a pleasantly journey. That’s all.

Thank you.

假如你是学生叶子，你的网友Peter听说美国第一夫人米歇尔(Michelle Obama)访问了你的学校，他想了解当时的情况。请按照以下要点给Peter回一封邮件。

1. 具体情况：1）发表演讲并与学生互动；2）与40名学生上了一堂英语课；

3）参与了一节太极课。

2. 发表自己的感想。

注意：1．词数100左右； 2．可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头语已为你写好； 4. 参考词汇：太极------ Tai Chi

Dear Peter,

In the last letter, you’d like to know something about Mrs. Obama’s visit in our school. _____________________________________________________________________

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Yours sincerely,

Ye Zi

Founded in 1764 by French traders, St. Louis today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the United States. There are many attractive destinations for tourists.

American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

Dog lovers who visit St.Louis won’t want to miss this 14,000-square-foot museum. Inside are over 500 paintings, prints, watercolors, and a variety of other dog art objects.

The Museum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM，and Sunday 1 PM to 5 PM．Admission is ＄5 for adults， ＄2.50 for teenagers aged between 15 and 18, and ＄1 for children up to 14.

Anheuser Busch Brewery

The Anheuser Busch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House. Then the tour continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale stables. The tours are always free.

Gateway Arch

Designed by Eero Saarinen and Hannskari Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the country’s National Monuments. The Arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the Arch，where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city．

St. Louis Zoo

First version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair, but in the century since it has grown into one of the foremost zoos in the world．The Zooline Railroad passenger train takes visitors around the Zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species．

The Zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year, with summer hours of 8 AM to 7 PM, and hours the rest of the year of 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission to the Zoo is free.

1.If a 16-year-old student plans to visit American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog with his parents and his five-year-old brother，he has to pay ________.

A．$8.5B．$12C．$13.5D．$16

2.If you are interested in how to make beer, you can visit ________.

A．St．Louis Zoo

B．Gateway Arch

C．Anheuser Busch Brewery

D．American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

3.If you plan to visit St. Louis Zoo, you can go there ________.

A. on New Year

B. on Christmas

C. at 5:30 pm in autumn

D. at 8:30 am in summer

Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat (微信) without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers (低头族).

Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie (自拍) in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1.For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Para. 2?

A. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.

B. To advertise the cartoon made by students.

C. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.

D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.

2.Which of the following is NOT a risk(危险）a phubber may have?

A. His social skills could be affected.

B. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.

C. He will cause the destruction of the world.

D. He might get separated from his friends and family.

3.Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing?

A. Supportive.B. Opposed.C. Optimistic.D. Objective.

4.What may the passage talk about next?

A. Advice on how to use WeChat.

B. People addicted to phubbing.

C. Measures to reduce the risks(危害) of phubbing.

D. Results of phubbing.

It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day. On April 1 each year, people play tricks on each other. These tricks are usually silly rather than mean. Classmates sometimes tie each other's shoelaces to their chairs.Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realize it's only a joke. Newspapers announce fake(假的) contests (such as "Win an elephant!") and report on fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City).

Forget gifts, songs and special foods—those are for the other holidays of the year. On April Fool's Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble).

One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers. They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria. The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying everywhere.

Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them. Finally, they caught four of them. But the chickens were wearing numbered tags (商标) around their necks, and the teachers discovered that they had only caught chickens No.1, 2, 3, and 5.Where was chicken No.4? The teachers looked and looked. They couldn't find another chicken. After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place! They've been tricked by the numbers on the chickens.

It's been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool's Day remains one of my favorite memories from those years.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph on April Fool's Day?

A. Everyone is hard to avoid being fooled on April Fool's Day.

B. Students play jokes on teachers on April Fool's Day.

C. Teachers play tricks on students on April Fool's Day.

D. Newspapers often cheat people.

2.Why did students set chickens free?

A. They wanted to let chickens free.

B. They wanted to let chickens run all round the school.

C. They wanted to see feathers flying.

D. They wanted to play a trick on teachers.

3.How many jokes did the students play on teachers?

A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.

4.What's the title of the passage?

A. An unforgettable April Fool's Day

B. April Fool's Day

C. The origin of April Fool's Day

D. What do people do on April Fool's Day?

At first, the earth’s surface(表面) layer (层) was made up of huge blocks of hard, solid rocks. Then slowly, the rocks broke up into smaller and smaller pieces. Finally stones, pebbles (卵石) and grains of sand were formed. Many sorts of plants and animals lived and died on the surface of the earth. Their remains mixed up with the stones, pebbles and formed soil. The outmost layer of the earth is soil.

There are many ways in which large pieces of rock break into smaller ones. Wind, water, heat and cold help to break up rocks. When winds blow grains of sand against a large rock for a long time, the softer layers of the rock are slowly worn away. These leave holes and cracks (裂缝) in the rock, which become bigger and finally the rock breaks up into smaller pieces.

The moving water of streams and rivers also helps to break up rocks. As the water moves along, it carries with it small pieces of rock. These rub the larger ones. Thus, the larger rocks are worn down to smaller pieces.

The heat of the sun is also helpful to breaking up rocks. When the sun shines, the rocks become very hot. If these rocks are suddenly cooled, they may crack. Ice also plays a part in making soil. Water in the cracks can turn into ice in cold weather. As this happens, it becomes bigger and the cracks become wider, and finally break into smaller pieces.

1.According to the passage, soil ________.

A. forms very slowly

B. is a mixture of stones, pebbles and sand

C. makes up the layers of the earth

D. is becoming smaller and smaller

2.How many factors are mentioned in helping break up rocks?

A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. More than five.

3.Which of the following speeds up(加速) the breaks of rocks most?

A. Hot weather.

B. Cold water.

C. Sharp changes in temperature.

D. More dead plants in the cracks.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The remains of many plants and animals formed soil.

B. If a large rock never moves, it will never break up.

C. Even if a large rock never moves, it will break up.

D. Ice in the cracks helps to break up rocks.

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。

The Winner’s Guide to Success

How do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. 1.

Be responsible for yourself

Sometimes you may want to blame(责备) others for your failure to get ahead. 2. You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”

Live life “on purpose”

Almost all successful people live life “on purpose”— they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you’ll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.

Write a plan

It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. 3. A good plan is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.

Be willing to pay the price

Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.

Never give up

4. When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.

5.

Once an American writer was writing a novel. He could not have a good ending for his book until one night when he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. “I’ve got a perfect idea,” he said, “I’ll put it down later and show it to you.” But he never did, because he died that night. His book was left without a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.

A. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away.

B. It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.

C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work.

D. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power.

E. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.

F. Don’t delay.

G. Here are some keys to success that they give.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

A little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, ________ he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his ________.

When he had gone about three blocks, he ________ an elderly man. The boy sat down next to him and ________ his suitcase. He was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked ________. So he offered him a drink.

The man ________ it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he ________ him another one.

The man ________ smiled at him. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy ________ it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he ________, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man ________ him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy ________ home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of ________ on his face. She asked him what made him so happy.

He replied, "I had lunch with God, and God's got the most beautiful ________ I've ever seen!"

Meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. His son was ________ by the look of joy on his face and asked him the ________ question as the little boy's mother. The elderly man replied, "I ate and drank in the park with God. " However, he ________, before his son responded, "you know, he's much ________ than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the ________ of a touch, a smile, a kind word, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. We should treat the people we meet ________；they come into our lives for a reason. Embrace all equally!

1.A. ifB. soC. butD. or

2.A. workB. studyC. journeyD. exploration

3.A. came acrossB. picked upC. learned fromD. took away

4.A. hidB. openedC. examinedD. ignored

5.A. worriedB. anxiousC. thirstyD. tired

6.A. refusedB. avoidedC. receivedD. accepted

7.A. lentB. boughtC. madeD. offered

8.A. againB. stillC. onlyD. just

9.A. imaginedB. realizedC. announcedD. pretended

10.A. played aroundB. sat around

C. turned aroundD. got around

11.A. gaveB. promisedC. suppliedD. begged

12.A. leftB. calledC. missedD. returned

13.A. joyB. confidence

C. disappointmentD. horror

14.A. drinkB. foodC. faceD. smile

15.A. sadB. nervousC. amazedD. excited

16.A. sameB. strangeC. uniqueD. unusual

17.A. repliedB. addedC. remindedD. thought

18.A. braverB. shorterC. youngerD. cleverer

19.A. powerB. qualityC. favourD. difficulty

20.A. differentlyB. proudlyC. calmlyD. kindly