A wedding(婚礼) Invitation  You’re invited to the wedding of Carrie and Henry at St John’s Church(教堂), on Saturday January 24th at 3:30 p.m. and dinner at the Blue Sky Restaurant, at 6:00p.m.                                         R.S.V.P: December 29th

 

Dear Joe,    I’m so excited and I have to enjoy the news with you. Today is December 23rd, I got a very special invitation from Carrie before Christmas Day(圣诞节). Do you remember the party for the Sydney group at Henry’s house? And do you remember my best friend, Carrie? Well, guess what? Carrie and Henry are getting married? It’s so romantic! Love is here!   Carrie and Henry are having a big wedding at St. John’s Church. Monica and James are going to their wedding. Oh, I can’t wait to enjoy it. I got the invitation and it is for two people. Can you come to the wedding with me?   Carrie and Henry are going to Suzhou for their honey moon(蜜月). I’m buying them a camera for their wedding. But before the wedding, I’d like to get my hair cool and buy a pink dress first.   Call me at 9:00 a.m., on Friday, January 23rd, OK?                                                     Maria

1. Maria got this wedding invitation from          .

   A. Carrie.           B. Joe.            C. Monica.             D. James

2. Monica and James are taking part in the wedding on          .

   A. Friday morning.    B. Friday afternoon.   C. Saturday morning.   D. Saturday afternoon.

3 . What does “getting married” mean in Chinese?

   A. 参加聚会        B. 过圣诞节        C. 做礼拜           D. 结婚

4. The friends to the wedding party are going to have dinner         .

   A. in Suzhou.        B. at Henry’s house    C. at St John’s Church  D. at the Blue Sky Restaurant

5. From the invitation card, we know that         .

   A. Monica is having fun in Suzhou.           B. they are having the wedding in January.

   C. Monica is going to buy a camera for Joe     D. the wedding dinner starts at 7:00 p.m.

 

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，每空填一词

1.我们学生必须理解学习的重要性。

We students must understand    1      2      3   study.

2.吃饭前不洗手是不健康的。

It’s ____4____ to have meals without ___5__ your hands.

3.我父母通常周末在公园里跟老朋友打牌、下国际象棋。

My parents usually ___6___ ___7___ and ___8___ with their old friends in the park at weekends.

4.这是我买过的最好的一本书。

It’s the __9__ book I ___10___   11     12 .

5.这个机场已经投入使用有十年了。

The airport    13      14      15       16   for ten years.

6.当迪士尼人物游行开始时，孩子们忍不住拍手和尖叫。

When the parade of Disney characters began, the children   17    18   19  and   20 .

 

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much．One day while she was walking in the forest，she found two birds．She took them home and put them in a small  1 ．She was happy to have two“friends”．She  2 them with love and the birds grew strong．One day the girl forgot to close the door of the cage．The   3 of the two flew out of the cage．The girl was afraid that it would fly away．She caught it quickly．She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away．Suddenly she couldn’t  4 a sound from the bird．When she opened her hand，the bird was already（已经）dead．Her  5 killed(杀死)the bird! Then she saw  6 bird jumping up and down  7 the cage．She could feel its great need for freedom．It wanted to fly into the blue sky．So she let it fly away  8 ．The bird circled(转圈)once，twice，and three times．The girl  9 as the bird flew．She didn’t care about losing the bird any more．She wanted it to be happy．Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder．It sang the  10 song she had ever heard(她所听过的)．
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly，and the best way to keep love is to give it wings．

【小题1】

A．box B．basket C．cage D．bag

【小题2】

A．looked for B．looked at C．looked after D．looked over

【小题3】

A．stronger B．lazier C．weakest D．smallest

【小题4】

A．listen B．make C．describe D．hear

【小题5】

A．love B．joke C．luck D．wish

【小题6】

A．one B．the other C．another D．other

【小题7】

A．outside B．inside C．beside D．behind

【小题8】

A．sadly B．happily C．loudly D．highly

【小题9】

A．watched B．saw C．looked D．heard

【小题10】

A．worst B．oldest C．newest D．sweetest

Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳过) the rest,” she says.
While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.
“Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.
Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.
It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.
“If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.
US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.
Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.
“If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”
【小题1】The comparison（对比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

A．introduces the wave of future

B．adds a lot of fun for readers

C．explains what deep reading is

D．calls attention to deep reading

【小题2】What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

A．The fast pace of modern society.

B．The lack of desire for knowledge

C．The weakening ability to concentrate.

D．The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

A．A deep relationship.	B．A complex idea.
C．Slow reading.	D．A preferred style.

【小题4】According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

A．it makes sure you a better paid job

B．it makes you a better writer

C．it is better than travelling

D．it helps build better family relationship

【小题5】What is the main point of the article?

A．The importance of deep reading.

B．How to improve reading skills.

C．The benefits of different reading styles.

D．The secrets of a knowledgeable person

Nothing beats sitting down in front of the TV with some delicious candy or tasty French fries.
Recently, an online list of favorite snacks in China became popular. It says that peanuts (花生), walnuts (核桃) and chocolate are good for our health, but jelly (果冻), potato chips and lollipops (棒棒糖) are “bad” for us.
Kids, though, hardly care if the snacks are good or bad for their health. They love them either way. Some snacks often have special importance in a certain country or culture.
Potato chips and French fries are very popular in the US. They are cheap and tasty. People don’t need to wait for a long time to eat it. Popcorn is another common snack. People love eating it when they are watching sports games or visiting the amusement park. Most cinemas sell it to attract customers.
In the UK, kids often sit down for snacks after school. They call this “afternoon tea”. A traditional afternoon tea includes biscuits (饼干) and tea. People also have scones (烤饼) with jam and cream, which is probably the most classic English snack.
In South Korea, Choco Pie is one of the most popular snacks. It’s also a favorite of soldiers. The sweet snack makes them happy and helps them get through hard times.
However, it is not just about what you eat as a snack – it’s how much you eat and when. Chips and French fries are high in calories(卡路里) and eating too much may make you fat. Sweet snacks like candy and chocolate are high in sugar and eating a lot may give you bad teeth.
【小题1】From the passage, we can know popular snacks in different countries except_______.

A．China

B．Canada

C．America

D．England

【小题2】The Chinese meaning of the phrase “get through” in this passage is probably________.

A．通过

B．完成

C．熬过

D．穿越

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The snacks including peanuts, walnuts and jelly are bad for our health.

B．People love to eat popcorn when they are watching movies.

C．A traditional afternoon tea includes pies and tea.

D．If you want to have good teeth, you can have more candy and chocolate.

【小题4】According to the passage, we need to care about ____________
A. why we eat snacks                      B. where we eat snacks
D. who we eat snacks with                   D. how much snacks we eat