Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom: education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games; where a boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team, instead of working for oneself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That’s why it is every school’s game in England.
1. In passage 1, by “this” the author means ________.
A. people often go to football games.
B. people, rich and poor, young and old, play football
C. football is the most popular game in England
D. people usually shout at each other in a football match
2.In England school boys seem _________ about football games.
A. not to know much B. to know a great deal
C. know little D. know nothing
3. In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often ________.
A. three or four times better than that of adults
B. worse than that of adults
C. as good as that of adults
D. worth considering three or four times than adults
4. In England, education means_______.
A. filling a boy’s mind with stories
B. more than the teaching of knowledge
C. the teaching of knowledge only
D. training character by means of football games
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There is one holiday in the year which is completely American, Thanksgiving Day. It is the day when everyone goes back home to spend the day with his family, to have the traditional Thanksgiving dinner of roast turkey, to talk about old times.
This is a story of Thanksgiving Day and of one man's efforts, under rather special circumstances, to carry on these traditions.
Old Pete took his seat this day on his usual bench in Union Square. Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, Pete had taken this same seat exactly at one o'clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened. But this time Pete had come here more from habit than from hunger.
Certainly today Pete was not hungry. He had just had a dinner so enormous that he could hardly breathe. The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst. He was so full of soup, oysters, roast turkey, apple pie, ice cream, and a dozen other rich foods that the November breeze and the first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face.
The meal had been completely unexpected. He had been passing one of the large homes on Fifth Avenue, where there lived two rich old ladies. It seems that it was their custom each Thanksgiving to place a servant at the front entrance with orders to bring in the first hungry looking person that passed and then give him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat. On this particular Thanksgiving Day, Pete had passed, the servant had brought him in, and, before Pete knew it, he was being served like a king with more food than he could eat.
Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move. He happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the Old Gentleman coming toward him. He wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food that he stayed right there. Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, the Old Gentleman had come here, and found Pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a Thanksgiving dinner. It was a kind of tradition which the Old Gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue. The old man was tall and thin and sixty years old. He was aristocratic looking and he always dressed in black. His hair was whiter and thinner than it had been the year before, and he leaned more heavily on his cane than he used to.
"How do you do!" said the Old Gentleman. "I am glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world."
Each time the Old Gentleman had said exactly this same thing. It was part of the tradition. Old Pete, too, began to feel as though he himself was now a part of the tradition, and he therefore did not have the courage to tell the old man that he had already eaten. This dinner seemed to mean so much to the Old Gentleman.
"Thank you, sir," said Old Pete at last. "I'll go with you gladly. I'm very hungry sir."
Together the Old Gentleman and Pete walked south to the same restaurant where each year Pete had his Thanksgiving dinner. They sat at the same table. The Old Gentleman seemed pleased and happy. When the waiter brought dish after dish of food to Pete, the Old Gentleman sat quietly and smiled. Under the circumstance, Pete had to eat. It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero. Soup, oysters, roast turkey, pie, he ate everything, although when he entered the restaurant even the smell of more food almost made him sick. At last Pete leaned back with the battle won.
"Thank you sir," he said, with some effort, " for a fine dinner."
They parted as they did each year at the door, the Old Gentleman going south, Pete north.
Around the corner, Pete stopped for a moment, felt a terrible pain in his stomach, then fell to the sidewalk unconscious. A little later an ambulance came. In the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion.
An hour later, another ambulance brought the Old Gentleman to the same hospital. At first they thought it was also indigestion but later one of the nurses said,
"That nice old gentleman over there-- you wouldn't think that it was a case of starvation. Proud old family, I suppose. He told me that he hadn't eaten a thing for three days.”
1.This year Old Pete came to the Union Square because ______.
A. he was hungry and expected to find some food
B. he had nowhere to go on the Thanksgiving Day
C. he wanted to meet the Old Gentleman and check his health
D. it was a convention for him to accept the Old Gentleman’s dinner
2.Why didn’t Old Pete refuse the invitation from the Old Gentleman?
A. Because he felt he had more room for food.
B. Because he realized he was involved in the tradition.
C. Because he felt moved by the Old Gentlemen’s generosity.
D. Because he didn’t dare to tell the old man he had already eaten.
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Only the Old Gentlemen observed Thanksgiving Day traditions.
B. The two gentlemen were both hospitalized because of hunger.
C. The Thanksgiving dinner offered by the Old Gentleman is more than dinner itself.
D. The food in the restaurant tastes better than that in large homes on Fifth Avenue.
4.What can we learn from the two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen?
A. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
B. They are really gentlemen true to their word.
C. They are too vain to express their true feelings.
D. The conduct of the two gentlemen is really absurd.
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完形填空
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Rudolph, a violin player, was not valued too much. One day, he traveled in a boat and was in a storm. An old lighthouse(灯塔) man rescued him and led him into the lighthouse. After he had a long with him, Rudolph learned more about the old man. Then in the storm and the lighthouse and the old man lifted Rudolph from his usual everyday . He was filled with understanding and love. He was lifted to a he had never known or . He wanted to play music that showed the power of and stars just for the old man. And the storm and winds to join him, he stood and played the Kreutzer Sonata(奏鸣曲) of Beethoven.
The moments . Moments that were days in the birth of fire and stars, moments of the of all men, and finally moments that showed the of all human spirit. Never had Rudolph played with such power. , waves and winds beat the lighthouse with giant hands. Above, the strong light its life-saving beams across the dark and angry seas. Rudolph dropped his head to his chest, breathing . The ocean threw its water over the land with the sound of many voices.
The old man sat without moving, his wide old hand on his knees. He thought about the storm outside--- music made by God. He thought of Rudolph and his music --- were part of the works of nature --- both were works of . He nodded his head up and down, then turned to Rudolph.
“Yes,” he said… “That is !”
1.A. arrested B. seen C. met D. caught
2.A. quarrel B. speech C. talk D. argument
3.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
4.A. off B. away C. up D. down
5.A. feelings B. savings C. activities D. routines
6.A. country B. earth C. globe D. world
7.A. felt B. rose C. returned D. turned
8.A. water B. fire C. hire D. planet
9.A. as B. with C. for D. without
10.A. passed B. lasted C. froze D. increased
11.A. hope B. wish C. peace D. struggle
12.A. greatness B. smallness C. gentleness D. witness
13.A. before B. after C. below D. again
14.A. Into B. Inside C. Outside D. Outward
15.A. came B. went C. threw D. fixed
16.A. softly B. hard C. hardly D. easily
17.A. grasping B. shaking C. resting D. laying
18.A. none B. both C. all D. neither
19.A. wonder B. doubt C. artist D. author
20.A. wrong B. right C. false D. true
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When high school started, Becky and I became best friends. We ______ many interests and quickly became inseparable. When high school ended, we both cried because we would attend different colleges in the fall.
Our first term of university life was_______. We had a huge telephone bill and our e-mails were incredibly long. In the second term, l found some new friends wih whom I felt very_______. These were friends with whom I could be myself and _______ out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Becky.
When Becky finally visited me at my school, we were excited. She brought a toy bear as a present and told me about her college life. However, something unexpected happened when I ______ her to my new friends. Her eyes grew dark and l could see the ______ within them. My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Becky seemed ______ to accept it. I didn’t understand why the people l loved most couldn’t love each other.
Becky left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. After many unanswered questions, I understood that she was ______. She saw me with my new friends and regretted that we longer shared the same experience. She saw all the fun l was having ______ her and wished she could be a part of it. She wished she could be in their _ ___.
I wrote a letter to Becky________ she’s always my best friends. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life’s greatest ________ . Becky wrote me back soon. She was in ______ and felt sorry about what she had done.
I think Becky and I both learn an important lesson from it. _______ can influence our friendship and change the experience we’ve shared. We are now walking on two different paths of life while new friends are special and exciting, old friends are always there, ________ to share their heart and soul, no matter how far apart.
1.A.showed B. shared C. protected D. developed
2.A.hard B. peaceful C. modern D. normal
3.A.anxious B. strange C. familiar D. comfortable
4.A.pour B. make C. figure D. hold
5.A.admitted B. referred C. mentioned D. introduced
6.A.concern B. hurt C. curiosity D. doubt
7.A.unwilling B. cautious C. ashamed D. calm
8.A.aggressive B.jealous C.proud D. discouraged
9.A.without B.from C.for D. acorss
10.A.expectation B.relation C. reception D.position
11.A.recognizing B.explaining C. assuming D. predicting
12.A.achievement B.spirit C.gift D.sign
13.A.sympathy B.confusion C.surprise D.agreement
14.A.Something B. Anything C. Nothing D. Everything
15.A.waiting B. planning C. choosing D. demanding
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语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Rose: Dave, I’m going to pick up food and drink for Saturday’s picnic. Any 1. (suggest)?
Dave: Well, everyone has been talking about 2. (have) a barbecue(烧烤), so3. not pick up some hamburger meat and hot dogs?
Rose: Okay, but do you know how 4. hamburger meat we are going to need? And hot dogs too?
Dave: Uh, how about three pounds of hamburger and a couple of packages of hot dogs?
Rose: Oh, that's not going to be enough. Do you remember the last picnic we went on? Jim, your roommate, ate about ten hamburgers by 5. (him)!
Dave: Yeah, I remember that. Then seven packages of hot dogs should b enough. And you can pick up some chicken for those who don’t like hamburgers 6. hot dogs.
Rose: Okay. How about five or six bags of potato chips?
Dave: Hmm. It might be 7. (well) to make that eight.
Rose: Okay. Uh, we will need some soft drinks. How about ten of those 2-liter bottles?
Dave: 8. (sound) fine, but be sure to buy a variety of drinks.
Rose: Okay. And what about dessert(甜点)?
Dave: Well, maybe we could ask Kathy 9. (make) a few cherry pies like she did last time.
Rose: Great! I’ll give her 10. call right now.
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完形填空（共1小题）
The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community．As a result, all students must sixty hours of service learning, they will not receive a diploma．Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community． of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student． a service experience, students must keep a journal（日志）and then write a about what they have learned．
Supporters claim that there are many of service learning．Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think their own interests and become of the needs of others．Students are also able to learn real-life skills that shouldering responsibility, solving problems, and working as part of a team． __ , students can explore possible careers _ service learning．For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month．
there are many benefits, opponents problems with the new requirement．First, they that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills．Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend time studying the core subjects．Second, they believe that forcing students to work without goes against the law．By requiring service, the school takes away an individual’s freedom to choose．
In my view, service learning is a great way to to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers． , I don’t believe you should force people to help others – the to help must come from the heart．I think the best _ is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service．Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely．
1.A．complete B．save C．spend D．gain
2.A．but B．and C．for D．or
3.A．Procedures B．ideas C．Examples D．Subjects
4.A．With B．During C．Before D．After
5.A．note B．diary C．report D．notice
6.A．benefits B．challenges C．courses D．features
7.A．over B．beyond C．about D．in
8.A．proud B．careful C．aware D．tired
9.A．include B．apply C．possess D．develop
10.A．Luckily B．Gradually C．Hopefully D．Finally
11.A．of B．through C．across D．on
12.A．Thus B．So C．While D．Since
13.A．point out B．look into C．deal with D．take down
14.A．overlook B．doubt C．admit D．argue
15.A．more B．less C．full D．much
16.A．cost B．care C．pay D．praise
17.A．appeal B．attend C．belong D．contribute
18.A．Otherwise B．However C．Besides D．Therefore
19.A．desire B．courage C．emotion D．spirit
20.A．result B．purpose C．decision D．solution
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短文改错（共1小题）
假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅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( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As is often the case, when people are attending to meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find them addicting to their phones, completely ignoring others．
This is really a common phenomena in our life．The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games and kept in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat．Therefore, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of health．Moreover, people involved in phones fail to communicate well with these around them．
As far as I am concerned, people should wisely make use of their phones to help their work and study．Meanwhile, care much about their family and friends rather than mobile phones．
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【2016模拟题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
With his unique black mane (鬃毛)and impressive stature(身材), 13-year-old Cecil was a popular tourist attraction at the 3.6 million-square-acre Hwange National Park(万基国家公园) in Zimbabwe (津巴布韦).
Cecil was head of a pride of lions that includes 12 cubs(幼崽), but the well-known lion was shot and killed in early July by American dentist Walter J. Palmer.
Cecil’s death has already sparked an international outcry (强烈抗议) with many calling for an end to hunting endangered animals and for Palmer to be extradited(引渡) to Zimbabwe to stand trial.
Professor David Macdonald, the head of the Oxford University research program that monitored the daily movements of Cecil and dozens of other lions, is deeply saddened by Cecil’s death. Macdonald hopes the death can inspire the public to take an interest in lion conservation.
Macdonald says many of the lions tracked by the program have been shot and killed. “The background to this story is that there is a crisis for lions throughout much of Africa.” He says.
African lion populations have fallen almost 60 percent over the past thirty decades, and as few as 32,000 of them remain in the wild, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare(国际爱护动物基金会).
“And as troubling as it is, the rarer these hunted animals become, the more hunter s are willing to pay to kill them,” said Jeff Flockedn, the fund’s North American regional director.
In addition to excessive hunting, lions throughout Africa also continue to face threats that include conflicts with local farmers, loss of habitat and risk of traffic and railway collisions(碰撞).
1. Internationally, people’s attitude towards Walter J. Palmer’s behavior is ________.
A. Understandable B. Unpardonable
C. Unpredictable D. Uncontrollable
2.According to the text, how many African lions lived in the wild thirty years ago?
A. 80,000 B. 48,000 C. 53,000 D. 60,000
3.African lions are facing the following threats except ________.
A. their conflicts with local farmers.
B. the loss of their habitats
C. people’s excessive hunting
D. the increase in the number of their natural enemies
4.The best title of the text might be ________.
A. The Death of Cecil-an African Lion
B. The Current state of All African Lions
C. The Threats Facing African Lions
D. The Appeal for an End to Hunting Endangered Animals
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A woman with a bleeding hand hurried in and asked, “Is there a hospital around _____ I can get some medicine for my wounded hand?”
A．that B．which
C．where D．What
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