My home is no more than one mile from the school and there aye many trees(). A.f
My home is no more than one mile from the school and there aye many trees().
A.for many
B.among them
C.in between
D.from each other
My home is no more than one mile from the school and there aye many trees().
A.for many
B.among them
C.in between
D.from each other
听力原文: My first semester of college was the worst I've been through. I had made plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. But before we moved in,problems started developing.
One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college。 However,a week before we were to move in,she found out that she didn't get the job. She is forced to live at home and look for work. The rest two of us lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn't make it with the higher monthly rent payments. I started looking around.
I found another apartment and the rent wasn't bad. The place was noisy,but it was the best I could afford for the time. However,one day when I returned,I saw smoke coming from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire,and my room was a burned mess。I was once more out of a place to stay.
I finally gave up looking around and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day,so I almost spent as much on gas as I would have on lodging. I was very bored I almost lost the will to study. It had been really a bad semester!
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A.To look for two of her close friends.
B.To stay at home and study.
C.To share an apartment with friends.
D.To move out and live alone.
Danny: Sure.(1)_________.
Janet: Well, let me check the Internet. What about the Interstellar?
Danny: Wow, I learn that it stars Anne Hathaway, my favorite actress.
Janet: Well,(2)_________, but I am more interested in the film director.
Danny: Who is it?
Janet: Christopher Nolan, a British-American film director. You must have watched the Inception, one of his masterpieces.
Danny: Absolutely, that movie took my breath away and I must admit that its director is brilliant.(3)_________.
Janet: Obviously it is a sci-fi film, which features a crew of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.
Danny: (4)_________.
Janet: The screenplay was written by Christopher and his brother Jonathan Nolan.
Danny: You are such a great fan of sci-fi movie.
Janet: Yeah, I am really into this. So let’s go to this movie and see what exciting experience it will bring to us.
Danny:(5)_________.
A.she is amazing
B.What about the screenplay?
C.Can’t wait to watch it.
D.So could you tell me more about Interstellar?
E.What’s playing?
My home is no more than one mile from the school and there are many trees ().
A.for many
B.among them
C.in between
D.from each other
It was strange to feel my past life almost __6__ away as I entered this brand-new phase of my life. I didn’t know how to __7__ myself during my first couple of months at Penn because everything that defined me was back in California. I felt __8__ from my college friends because they only knew the college me. How could they really know me without knowing what Mission Boulevard looked like late at night with the Niles hills in the background? How could they know me without knowing the friends who I had __9__ to Japan with or the friends I had gone to school with since kindergarten? How could they know me if they hadn’t met my family? How could they know me, or I them, if we didn’t know one another’s __10__ experiences?
A. drop B. journeyed C. unique D. define
E. complex F. realizing G. disconnected H. self-defining
I. drifted J. lying K. transition L. adjusted
M. fast-moving N. transported O. lack
I don't remember my reply, but I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me.I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was birds in flight or children playing.But now she was noticing suffering and poverty.She wasn't even four.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who delivered meals to elderly people.The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and delivered it to an elderly person.I signed us up.Nora was excited about it.She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how valuable our job was.When Sunday came, we picked up the package and phoned the elderly person we'd been assigned.She invited us right over.
The building was depressing.When the door opened, facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress.She took the package and asked if we would like to come in.Nora ran inside.I reluctantly followed.Our hostess showed us some photos of her family.Nora played and laughed.I accepted a second cup of tea.When it came time to say good-bye, we three stood in the doorway and hugged.I walked home in tears.
Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something enjoyable that's good for yourself as well as for others? Indeed, the poverty my daughter and I helped lessen that Sunday afternoon was not the woman's alone — it was in our lives, too.Now Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless.Yet, as I've watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder — which of us has benefited more?
26.The man Nora noticed on that evening was probably ______.
A.asking for food
B.one of those homeless
C.taken home by the author
D.buying a newspaper
27.The author had a sudden heavy feeling (Para.2), because ______.
A.his daughter had noticed the dark side of life
B.he did not want to take the guy home
C.he felt a deep sympathy for the guy
D.his daughter was afraid of what she saw
28.Their volunteer job was to ______.
A.visit poor homes
B.serve meals at a nearby school
C.pick up packages for poor, elderly people
D.deliver food to needy, elderly people
29.The word “us” in the last paragraph refers to ______ .
A.the author and the old woman
B.the giver and receiver of the help
C.the author and his daughter
D.the author and the guy in the box
30.The best title for this passage might be “______.”
A.A Loving Kid
B.A Lesson in Caring
C.Volunteers at Work
D.How to Help the Needy
A.Lucy often listens to music
B.We do sports every day
C.on’t take away animals’ home
D.Who took my schoolbag
An Extraordinary Change of Direction
Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.
As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team
She got married, and after she had chi ldren she retired from show business to bring them up.They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.
She says,"When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was borerd because the children had left home.He was also worried because I had never sailed before I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race.They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia.I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.
Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn' t prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced.She tells one story."One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold.I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck.One of the men couldn' t move because he had broken his leg.They were taken to hospital by helicopter.That was the worst time.
By the end of October last year, she had raised more than $50, 000 for charity.
She says, "Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it' s the same as being a dancer.Before I left on trip, I had trained hard.I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely.Then on the trip I was simply a good team member."
21.What does the word"extraordinary" mean in the title? ()
A.Very ordinary
B.Very unusual and surprising.
C.Not special
22.The sentence“…… my husband thought I was bored……” in Para.4 meant that my husband thought I felt ()
A.dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home
B.annoyed because I had to wait long for my children to come back home
C.happy because I could do something I was interested in instead of taking care of children
23.The word"section" in the fourth paragraph probably means()
A.group of people
B.part of the training
C.part of the route of sail
24.Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to “ rough” in the sentence“ One night the sea was very rough……” in Para.5? ()
A.not exact
B.difficult
C.not smooth because of huge waves
25.The last paragraph suggests that()
A.the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer.
B.many years of dancing had already prepared her for the sail completely, so she needn' t do any thing before the journey
C.she should be kind to other team members during the trip
Both Matti Dog and Yellow Dog were strays of unknown history.They both showed signs, curling up at sharp voices and fast movement, of having been beaten in their past homes.We got Matti Dog at the pound (走失家畜认领栏), where she was known as Lady.Yellow Dog appeared while my wife and son were traveling in Utah.
In spite of their backgrounds they are simply wonderful dogs.Both stay at home, without requiring a chain, or fence.We don’t need a leash(皮带)on our walks, they stay close to me, and come immediately when I whistle.If I ask them to sit, they do and they stay until released.Yellow Dog does tend to find and carry dead animals on our walk — but hey he is a dog…
Training Matti Dog and Yellow Dog to behave this well took love and 3-4 weeks of daily half-hour exercises of basic obedience(服从).Not much effort but apparently more than many are willing to give.
On this 3-mile walk, we pass about 8 other houses and 15 other dogs.Folks in my neighborhood like dogs! But what is troubling is that 6 of these dogs appear to be chained all the time.I don’t monitor this, but I have walked by at various times of the day and they were always chained.
These poor dogs are castoffs(被抛弃的狗), perhaps a Christmas present now ignored, or maybe they just behave so “badly” that their humans gave up.What does it say about owners that they can’t spend 2-4 weeks half an hour daily to teach their dog how to behave in a way that permits the dog freedom and that helps that dog be a better companion?
I do know some of these folks.They seem decent enough, but here for all passers to see is the failure of their relationship with man’s best friend.
Your dog is a great billboard.The advertisement is about you.
1.What do we know about the two dogs?()
A.They behave badly at home
B.They were Christmas presents
C.They are dirty and ill
D.They were picked up by the family
2.The writer treats his dogs ____________.
A.cruelly
B.with love
C.with a leash
D.strictly
3.The writer thinks the neighbors’ dogs poor because they __________.
A.don’t have freedom
B.are always hungry
C.like to attack people
D.behave badly
4.The writer believes the owners of those poor dogs _____.
A.are poor people
B.don’t know how to train dogs
C.don’t really love their dogs
D.are too busy to care for dogs
5.“The advertisement is about you” means _________.
A.a lot can be learnt about you from your dog
B.an advertisement is made about you
C.you should know a lot about your dog
D.you make an advertisement for your dog
—That's a beautiful cat. I wonder whom it belongs to.—().
A.It belongs to the Browns
B.The cat is my favourite too
C.Mind your own business
D.I can’t say anything more