In many countries, it is important to have many children In the US, a few religious groups emphasize the importance of large families, but most people think one or two children are enough, and many couples have no children. 1. Having many children would restrict the freedom and individualism of the parents as well as the other children in the family.

Parents teach individualism by the way they raise their children 2. Parents begin teaching this self-reliance early, asking the child to do things on her own and praising her when she does.

3. They bring their children with them to church, to sporting events, to stores, and to social events. However, many places, such as expensive restaurants and live theatre productions, do not welcome children. Most formal social gatherings those with written invitations do not welcome children either.

Children，especially boys are expected to be energetic and assertive(果敢的).

4. Parents are expected to keep their children under control at all times, particularly in public places and in the homes of others. When a child misbehaves only the child’s patents may discipline him. 5. Most patents discipline their children by rewarding good behaviors, not by punishing bad behaviors. while a spanking，a slap to the child’s buttocks(屁股), is acceptable to some people, any punishment that wounds the child or leaves a mark is considered child abuse and is against the law.

A. The relationship between American parents and their children is harmony

B. That doesn’t mean, though, that they are allowed to “run wild” in public.

C. Because taking care of a child is very costly, financially, emotionally, and socially, many couples view large families as a disadvantage.

D. Others adults should not interfere (干涉) unless the child is doing something which may be harmful to himself

E. American children are expected to accept invitations to a formal party.

F. Many parents want to expose their children to a variety of situations.

G. They want to create a self-reliant, independent child, who can make it on her own by age eighteen.

One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go _______ with some friends in Hawaii.

As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old, shy and old American girl was planning to become a _______ surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly-a big shark _______ her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away—but it took her _______ away with it. _______ it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn’t even _______.

As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the _______ and rushed to help.

Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany’s _______ was a miracle(奇迹), according to doctors. But she wanted to do _______ just survive.

“It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,” she recalled later. “I wondered whether I would actually be ________ to do it or not. But ________ I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.”

With the support of her family, Bethany ________ to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(划水) through and into waves.

When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was ________ in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit. She tried using an artificial arm, but it turned out to be ________ while surfing.

After ________ in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything, Bethany ________ her decision to give up the sport she loved and ________ to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all her struggles and efforts ________when she won in a world championship years later.

She also received several ________, including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006. Her ________, true story gained wider attention with the release(发行）of the film Soul Surfer.

1.A. swimming B. boating C. sailing D. surfing

2.A. professional B. free C. dream D. special

3.A. touched B. struck C. bit D. took

4.A. arm B. surfboard C. friend D. hand

5.A. Strangely B. Especially C. Surprisingly D. Fortunately

6.A. think B. fight C. scream D. escape

7.A. shark B. blood C. attack D. scene

8.A. survival B. courage C. accident D. injury

9.A. rather than B. more than C. better than D. other than

10.A. suitable B. lucky C. strong D. able

11.A. while B. after C. before D. until

12.A. hoped B. managed C. agreed D. offered

13.A. caught B. noticed C. lost D. driven

14.A. helpful B. useless C. wonderful D. meaningless

15.A. training B. setting C. traveling D. volunteering

16.A. reconsidered B. remembered C. recognized D. recalled

17.A. refused B. started C. decided D. continued

18.A. paid out B. paid for C. paid in D. paid off

19.A. gifts B. honors C. rewards D. praises

20.A. exciting B. dangerous C. inspiring D. adventurous

Travel can be stressful, so it is not unusual for airports to offer a room for relaxation. 1. San Francisco Airport has taken 2. idea one step further, offering a yoga room for passengers in need of a good stretch before their flights.

With blue walls and rule of silence, the room in Terminal 2 3. (design) at the suggestions of a passenger during an open meeting. Airport yoga lovers are directed to the room 4. the usual means — a picture, one 5. features a figure 6.(seat) in a full lotus position.

Airport director, John L. Martin, called the room, which opened last week, “another leap forward in providing our travelers with the opportunity and space to relax and reduce pressure on 7. own terms.”

The architects set the lights low and warm, and constructed a floating wall 8. (symbolize) “a light spirit and enlightened mind”

Yoga teacher, Tamal Dodge said, “How amazing it will be to stretch out 9. you get on a plane for a 12-hour flight! You are now given the opportunity to 10. (real) relax and prepare your body for something as tiring as sitting in an airplane scat for hours on end.”

1.It is universally _________________(承认) that great changes have taken place since the new policy.

2.Professor Watson is leaving the _________________(学术的) world to take a job in industry.

3.Certain courses are compulsory; others are _________________(选修的).

4.He set up a new business _________________(事业) when he was 30 years old.

5.There were over 500 _________________(申请人) for the job.

6.It soon became_________________(显然) to everyone that he couldn’t sing.

7.When they faced such a difficulty, no better plan _________________(出现，想出）to them.

8.As students, we are _________________(禁止) to bring mobile phones to school,

9.By investing wisely, she_________________(积累) a fortune.

10.Fashion_________________(不同，相异)from country to country.

be occupied with keep it up fit in take in cast down in favor of in vain

1.He was _____________ when he heard about his failure in the exam.

2.I am _____________ what you said because it is quite reasonable.

3.Our club plans to _____________ 20 new members. Are you interested?

4.If you still can’t _____________ with the life here, you have to return to your country.

5.Since he _____________ work now, you’d better talk with him later.

假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。每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:把多余的词用斜线划掉。

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。

Hello, boys and girls! Today, I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off. If you hear the alarm, stand in line at the door and wait your teacher to lead you outside. Stay close to your teacher and classmate. Don’t panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly. Soon the firefighters will come and put out a fire. If it’s a false alarm and there is no fire, your teacher will lead us back to the classroom. If you notice that when someone is missing and hurt, tell your teacher immediately.

假如你是李华曾经是一名失学儿童，你有幸得到在中国工作的Mr Brown的资助，可以重返校园。你给Mr. Brown写了一封信，内容如下：

★收到钱和书后能重返校园，非常感激；

★在老师的帮助下，学习有了很大的进步，受到老师的表扬和鼓励；

★决心更加努力学习，取得更大的进步；

★盼望见到Mr. Brown，希望他寄来一张照片。

注意：书信应包括以上所有要点，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

Dear Mr. Brown

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Forget Cyclists, Pedestrians are Real Danger

We are having a debate about this topic. Here are some letters from our readers.

■Yes, many cyclists behave dangerously. Many drivers are disrespectful of cyclists. But pedestrians are probably the worse offenders.

People of all ages happily walk along the pavement with eyes and hands glued to the mobile phone, quite unaware of what is going on around them. They may even do the same thing while crossing a road at a pedestrian crossing or elsewhere. The rest of us have to evade (避让) them or just stand still to wait for the unavoidable collision.

The real problem is that some pedestrians seem to be, at least for the moment, in worlds of their own that are, to them, much more important than the welfare of others.

——Michael Horan

■I love the letter from Bob Brooks about cyclists (Viewpoints, May 29). I am afraid they seem to think they own the roads.

I was walking across Altrincham Road one morning when a cyclist went round me and on being asked what he was doing he shouted at me.

The government built a cycle lane on the road but it is hardly used.

The police do nothing. What a laugh they are!

The cyclists should all have to be made to use the cycle lanes and wear helmets, fluorescent (发荧光的) jacket and lights at night and in the morning they should pay some sort of tax and be fined for not wearing them.

——Carol Harvey

■Cyclists jump on and off pavements (which are meant for pedestrians), ride at speed along the pavements, and think they have a special right to go through traffic lights when they are on red.

I was almost knocked down recently by a cyclist riding on the pavement when there was a cycle lane right next to him.

Other road users, including horse riders, manage to obey the rules so why not cyclists?

It's about time they had to be registered and insured, so when they do hit a pedestrian or a vehicle, or cause an accident, at least they can be treated and there might be an opportunity to claim.

——JML

Write to Viewpoints of the newspaper.

1.Michael Horan wrote the letter mainly to show that _______.

A. drivers should be polite to cyclists

B. road accidents can actually be avoided

C. some pedestrians are a threat to road safety

D. walking while using phones hurts one's eyes

2.Carol Harvey suggests that cyclists should _______.

A. be provided with enough roads

B. be asked to ride on their own lanes

C. be made to pay less tax for cycling

D. be fined for laughing at policemen

3.The underlined word "they" in the third letter refers to ______.

A. accidents B. vehicles

C. pedestrians D. cyclists

4.The three letters present viewpoints on _______.

A. real source of road danger

B. ways to improve road facilities

C. measures to punish road offences

D. increased awareness of road rules

In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck. An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, "No, thanks. I've got a good horse under me."

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage (排水) system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.

An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the city's streets by as much as 12 feet.

This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into main floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like Tremont Hotel, which was a six-story brick building?

That's where George Pullman came in. He had developed some house-moving skills successfully. To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews (螺旋千斤顶) beneath the building's foundation. One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews. At Pullman's sign each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time, thereby raising the building slowly and evenly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn't even notice anything was happening. Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicago's early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem. Now that Chicago's waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River, the city's next step was to clean the polluted river.

1.The author mentions the joke to show ________.

A. horses were fairly useful in Chicago

B. Chicago's streets were extremely muddy

C. Chicago was very dangerous in the spring

D. the Chicago people were particularly humorous

2.The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to ________.

A. get rid of the street dirt

B. lower the Chicago River

C. fight against heavy floods

D. build the pipes above ground

3.What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel?

A. It went on smoothly as intended.

B. It interrupted the business of the hotel.

C. It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews.

D. It separated the building from its foundation.

4.The passage is mainly about the early Chicago's ________.

A. popular life styles and their influences

B. environmental disasters and their causes

C. engineering problems and their solutions

D. successful businessmen and their achievements

Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected at any time — with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keeper sometimes had advance notice.

Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.

Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. He never did.

One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. "He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight," Glenn late wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.

1.What does Paragraph I tell us about the inspection at the light station?

A. It was carried out once a year.

B. It was often announced in advance.

C. It was important for the keeper's fame.

D. It was focused on the garage and yard.

2.The family began making preparations immediately after ________.

A. one of the members saw the boat

B. a warning call reached the lighthouse

C. the keeper put on the dress uniform and cap

D. the inspector flew special flags in the distance

3.Mrs. Byrnes put the dishes in the oven because this would ________.

A. result in some fun

B. speed up washing them

C. make her home look tidy

D. be a demand from the inspector

4.The inspector waved his arms ________.

A. to try his best to keep steady

B. to show his satisfaction with the floor

C. to extend a warm greeting to Glenn's mother

D. to express his intention to continue the inspection