Coin confusion

Rachel looked through troubled eyes at his sister and said, “1 wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief. His sister Sarah replied, “Whoa, that's a    accusation to make against your best friend!”

         Rachel remembered two days ago when he had brought out his coin collection for Eric to    .At the end of that day, Rachel's mother had asked him to do her a favor，so he had asked his friend,“1s it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric had said, "Go ahead. I'll clean up here,"      at the piles of coins on the floor.

         When Rachel had returned, it never occurred to him to    his coins until two days later that he realized some quarters were     .

         Sarah said, “Why don't you just ask him?”

         “Ask him what? Hey, Best Friend, did you     my coin collection?” Rachel thought for a moment,     if that would be a good idea. The theft of his collection left him with a feeling of    .“How could I have misjudged my friend's    ?"

         The next day Rachel went over to  Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be    . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed （产生）as  Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind,     Eric had obviously stolen from him. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric    ,“I can't stand it anymore!” Rachel was astonished at hearing his own      burst forth from his friend! Only, instead of sounding     , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.

         "Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait1” Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the     . Laid out in front of him were all of the quarters from his coin collection. Each quarter was in its own    in a new collection case.  Each quarter shone like it was new.

         Rachel felt     rush over his neck and ears. He    said, “Thank you this means...a great deal to me.” He was grateful that Eric had cut him     before he said something he would      . Eric was exactly the type of person he wanted as a friend !

1.A. repeated   B. false      C. baseless         D. serious

2.A. clean B. store     C. choose D. see

3.A. working      B. gesturing       C. playing  D. glaring

4.A. seek  B. select    C. check    D. collect

5.A. destroyed          B. messed C. missing D. decreasing

6.A. replace      B. steal      C. pick       D. remove

7.A. deciding     B. knowing         C. asking   D. minding

8.A. stupidity  B. abandon        C. failure   D. betrayal

9.A. decision     B. character      C. appearance           D. method

10.A. still  B. confident      C. generous       D. silent

11.A. when        B. so C. after      D. if

12.A. expressed       B. condemned          C. yelled   D. argued

13.A. purpose   B. choices C. desire   D. thoughts

14.A. shocked   B. curious C. guilty     D. cruel

15.A. jar    B. box        C. can        D. bag

16.A. spot B. form      C. condition       D. style

17.A. air    B. heat      C. wind      D. sweat

18.A. absently   B. unwillingly     C. weakly  D. fearfully

19.A. off              B. down    C. in  D. up

20.A. suspect          B. explode         C. tolerate         D. regret

In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity. Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans（退伍老兵）.

The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries（手术）at UCLA（University of California at Los Angeles）thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.

“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”

In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.

Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.

Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program. “My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”

1.Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.

A. he benefited from Operation Mend                             B. he was afraid of burned faces

C. he thought they deserved help                        D. he didn’t know how to spend money

2.Operation Mend was founded after ________.

A. Neidorf donated part of his birthday money

B. the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”

C. Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran

D. Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.

B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.

C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.

D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.

4.The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.

A. the process of Mankin’s surgery       B. how Operation Mend was set up

C. how Katz became famous            D. veterans are respected by people

1.According to the text, the film Forrest Gump is aimed at improving the viewers’ _____.

A. teamwork     B. self-confidence     C. imagination   D. friendship

2.How much do they have to pay if eight-year-old Jason goes to see the film Dumbo with his parents?

A.      $ 10.          B. $ 20.     C. $ 30.     D. $ 45.

3.Who are the main target audience of the movies mentioned in the text?

A.      Parents.    B. Teachers.       C. Children.       D. Clerks.

4.What emotions have appeared in the film Toy Story EXCEPT__________?

A. friendship     B. love     C.   leadership    D.  Generosity

A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism（网瘾）, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit.  They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.

     Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. Such behavior has seriously affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log(写日志) on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

     They become hooked（着迷） on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.

     They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.

     Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.

1..The main idea of the passage is about__________.

A. the cause of weboholism                          B. the advantage of weboholism

C. the popularity of weboholism                      D. the effect of weboholism

2.. We can infer from the passage that_______.

A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers

B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life

C. people are addicted to games on the Internet

D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive than real life.

3.. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?

A. It contributes to the development of the web.

B. The chat room language may change social culture.

C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later.

D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.

Writer Jean Stafford scoffed, “Happy  people don't need to have fun,” but studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn’t enough to make you feel good；you must try hard to find sources of feeling good. Research shows that regularly having fun is a key factor in having a happy life；people who have fun are 20 times more likely to feel happy.

    Recently, I noticed a pattern among activities that people find fun：Have a mission. There’s something about having a playful purpose，of trying to achieve something that makes an activity more fun.

    For example a friend told that she loved visiting flea markets（旧货市场）and antique stores to look for old globes-not fancy ones，but cheap ones. She has a rule that she'll never pay more than＄20. She’s the kind of person who loves wandering around in those kinds of shops in any case，but having a mission makes it more fun, less aimless.

   For that matter，having a collection of any sort is a very popular way to have a mission. You get satisfaction whenever you find another piece of blue sea glass on the beach or another out-of-print book by Charlotte Yonge in an old bookstore.

   Taking photos is a common way to incorporate(使并入) a mission into traveling. Not only does this help keep memories vivid, it also makes you more attuned（协调一致）to your environment while traveling. For example，during my most recent visit to New Haven，I had a lot more fun wandering around once I set myself the mission of taking tourist photos of my own romance.

    Why is this true? The First Splendid Truth holds that to be happier，you have to think about feeling good and feeling right，in an atmosphere of growth. The more I’ve thought about happiness，the more surprised I’ve been at the importance of the “atmosphere of growth.” I think this is a huge engine of happiness, and when you have a mission, you create an atmosphere of growth whenever you pursue that mission.

    Have you found a way to have a mission? What is it and does it boost your happiness?

1.. According to the author, happy people____

A. don't need to have fun

B. don't have to be occupied with work

C. can have 20 times more fun than others

D. are always finding sources of feeling good

2.. What does the underlined phrase “Having a mission" mean in paragraph 2？

A. Have fun.                                          B. Join in an activity.

C. Find something interesting to do.                D: Hunting for a job.

3. The author explains the key factor in having a happy life by____.

A. making a comparison                         B. presenting numbers

C. stating common sense                      D. using examples

4.. What will be probably the best title?

A. How to live happily

B. Where to look for fun

C. The importance of feeling good

D. Having a mission can make you happier

   1.  Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.

 The ridge （隆起） structure on a person's fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by a new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern.    2.  Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.

 Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer’s ink. They can be recorded easily.     3.   Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain.      4.   . When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye.   5.    Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.

A. Special techniques are used to “develop” them.

B. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all parts of the finger.

C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.

D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time.

E. A latent print is the chance reproduction of the friction ridges deposited on the surface of an item.

F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.

G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.

Once a man got on a bus for New York. He hid in∧ toilet, because he did not want to pay. But a passenger saw her. She tapped the person in front of her on the shoulder and say, "There's a bum(流浪汉) in the toilet. Tell the bus driver." The message was past from person to person. But anywhere along the way, it changed. The bus driver was told that there was a bomb in the toilet. He immediate stopped the bus and telephoned the police. When the police came in, they told the passengers to get off the bus or stay far away. Then they closed the highway.  This soon caused a 15-miles-long traffic jam. Under the help of a dog, the police searched for two hours. Of course they found no bomb!

假设你是星光中学的李华，将参加主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛。请撰写一份演讲稿，主要内容可包括：目前汽车带来的空气污染、交通堵塞等问题；

骑自行车的益处，如节能环保，有利健康

         参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carton life）  节能（energy  saving）

         注意：1.词数：120词左右；演讲稿开头和结尾已给出，该部分不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone,

         I am Li Hua from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.

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Thank you for listening!

—Would you like         , sir?

—No, thanks. I have had many.

A．some more oranges         B．any more oranges

C．some more orange          D．any more orange

All possible means ____ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.

A. is used        B. has been used        C. are use          D. have been used