We enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with enough careful attention. You must see that it keeps no dirty or destroyed pages.
But books are for use, not for show, you should own no book that you are afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the important sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once walked in.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; this habit can here be developed with every advantage. The best wallpaper is books; they are more varied in color and appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and if you sit alone in the room in the firelight, you are surrounded (包围) with close friends. The knowledge that they are there in common thought is both encouraging and refreshing. Books are of the people, by the people, for the people. They are part of history; the best part of personality.
Book-friends have this advantage over living friends; you can enjoy the most truly great society in the world whenever you want it. The great dead are beyond our physical (身体的) reach, and the great living are usually almost as too far to reach. But in a private library, you can at any moment talk with Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their best. They “laid themselves out” they did their best to entertain (娱乐) you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their inside heart of heart.
1. The underlined word punctiliousness refers to _________.| A．expectation | B．admiration | C．great care | D．nice view |
| A．walking into an old forest | B．treating a guest in the house |
| C．showing out a private library | D．talking to great dead and living |
| A．colors | B．books | C．library | D．friends |
| A．easy | B．nice | C．hard | D．common |
One of my favorite high school teachers was Mrs. Ide. She was my
Mrs. Ide always had
Mrs. Ide believed in our musical talents. She taught us to be self-confident with our voices and how to use different skills to
I can say that Mrs. Ide was the best teacher and she
| A．music | B．history | C．science | D．language |
| A．know | B．join | C．visit | D．help |
| A．interesting | B．serious | C．useful | D．difficult |
| A．tried | B．kept | C．finished | D．practiced |
| A．change | B．improve | C．find | D．check |
| A．tastes | B．cultures | C．traditions | D．abilities |
| A．hardly | B．finally | C．truly | D．already |
| A．allowed | B．chose | C．forced | D．encouraged |
3 . Body language is an important social skill to show what we want to share. It can make your words clearer and help get better results. There are many kinds of body language. They mean different things.
 | Facial expressions We can show a lot of feelings with our faces, like happiness, sadness, surprise, excitement, fear and so on. They are almost the same in different cultures. They can help us decide if we can trust a person, or make them trust us. |
 | Gestures Gestures are the signs we make with our hands while talking. People use them mostly when they try to make a point or argue with others. However, some gestures can mean different things in different cultures. So you should be really careful with them. |
 | Movement Movement is the way people walk, stand, sit, or hold their head. And when people talk with others, they also need to shake hands or hug them. They can tell a lot of information. They show people’s manner, behavior, character and level of education. |
 | Eye contact This is the way you look at someone. How much eye contact you make can tell a lot of things about you and what you are trying to say. But remember not to stare (盯) at others all the time. It will make them feel upset. |
| A．Facial expressions. | B．Gestures. | C．Movement. | D．Eye contact. |
| A．When we show feelings with our faces. | B．When we try to make a point. |
| C．When we shake hands with others. | D．When we look at others. |
| A．Happy. | B．Fearful. | C．Excited. | D．Upset. |
4 . My name is John. My arms are shorter than others’, but I never think I’m different. I don’t think of myself as a “disabled” person because I feel like I can do anything I want. With the help of my parents, friends and a special program for young people with disabilities. I know how to fight for myself and how to be strong. That doesn’t mean it is always a piece of cake. I had some bad experiences, such as the way people looked at me, although most people were friendly.
When I was three, my family moved to New York where there are first-class hospitals. I missed some school because of operations. I had to work harder than others.
When I went to the seventh grade, I recovered a lot more. I also made some friends and we had a great time together. As classes got harder, life became more difficult for me. I had to spend more time remembering things, taking notes and preparing for exams. Luckily, I never failed any exams.
When I was at college, I wrote something about myself for a newspaper. It helped more people know me. Many people wrote to me. They thought I was strong to recover from over 10 operations. And I was happy to make friends with them.
1. John’s family moved to New York probably because he could _________.| A．go to a better school | B．join a special program |
| C．forget some bad experiences | D．go to a better hospital |
| A．failed an exam | B．wrote something for a newspaper |
| C．had over 10 operations | D．helped a lot of disabled people |
| A．Shy. | B．Careful. | C．Proud. | D．Strong. |
5 . One day, I was told that I had a baby sister. I had a selfish thought—the kind all kids have when a new baby is born: Mum and Dad are going to be with the baby all the time and buy her all kinds of toys. The next day my dad told me that my sister had hearing loss.
I didn’t think much about communicating with my sister that first year because she was a baby and babies don’t do much talking. My family and I went to a good hearing-center for several times. But the treatment didn’t work. So my family began learning sign language. But I didn’t like it, so I did my own things. My parents spent hours with my sister teaching her and themselves by playing sign language games.
Years passed. One day my mother asked me to sign something, and I failed. My mum was almost in tears. She was very sad that I didn’t care enough about my sister. This hit me deeply, knowing how selfish I had been. I needed to talk to my sister, but I couldn’t even sign basic phrases like, “Where are you?”. My family and I started attending sign language classes at my sister’s school. We sat down as a family watching sign language movies and playing sign language games.
Today I can communicate very well with my sister. It brings a smile to my face when my sister signs something to me. I have realized it was no fun not knowing what my family was saying. So if you have a family member with special needs, put this person on your mind first.
1. Did the writer feel happy when he was told he had a new baby sister?2. Why didn’t the writer talk a lot with his baby sister the first year?
3. When did the writer’s family begin learning sign language?
4. Where did the writer and his family learn sign language?
5. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
6 . 根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作，所给提示词语仅供选用，请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
假如你叫李明，你的美国朋友Betty想了解你对英语学习的看法，在英语学习中存在什么问题，你通过什么方法解决问题的。
提示问题：
1. What do you think of learning English?
2. What problem(s) do you have in learning English?
3. What do you do to improve your English?
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 Beijing has become the first city ever to hold both Summer and Winter Olympic Games after winning the 2022 Winter Olympics bid with co-host city Zhangjiakou. That brings snow and ice sports into public spotlight. Unlike the hugely popular Summer Olympic events such as tennis and badminton, winter sports have limited fans in China. ②However, Beijing and Zhangjiakou’s success in holding the Winter Olympics has … Let’s take a look at the present and the future plans of the ice and snow sports.  |
1. How many cities held the 2022 Winter Olympics?
2. What sport is more popular, ice sports or snow sports?
3. 根据材料内容，补全①处画线标题。
4. 根据以下所给单词提示，将材料②处画线句子补全，使上下文语义通顺、连贯、语法正确。（词数不限）make, more, interested, sports
5. 根据材料内容，完成以下折线图表（画出2020-2025的Development plan）。
Life in Outer Space
Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu carried out the Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission (任务) that started on Oct. 15, 2021. This mission lasts 6 months, which was also a national record. Zhai is the commander (指令长) who performed China’s first spacewalk in the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008. Wang, who was in the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013, is the first Chinese woman astronaut to visit China’s space station. Ye is a new comer to space.
The trio had carried out two spacewalks and completed more than 20 scientific tasks. Besides their tasks, they had also given two live lectures from the space station, showing the students their living and working areas at the Tianhe core module and several scientific experiments under zero-gravity conditions and answering real-time questions from students.
The trio also became the first Chinese to spend the nation’s most important festival — the Chinese Lunar New Year — in outer space.
They returned to Earth on April 16, 2022 and made Shenzhou-13 mission a great success.
阅读以上新闻稿，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
1. How long was the mission that was carried out by the taikonauts?
| A．13 months. | B．10 months. | C．7 months. | D．6 months. |
| A．A group of two. | B．A group of three. | C．A group of four. | D．A group of five. |
| A．Paragraph 1. | B．Paragraph 2. | C．Paragraph 3. | D．Paragraph 4. |
| A．Commander Zhai held a pair of couplets and wished the Chinese people good health. |
| B．Wang, with a red balloon in hand, wished children across the country healthy growth. |
| C．Ye held a sticker with the Chinese character “ fu, ” and wished the Chinese people a happy Lunar New Year. |
| D．The taikonauts have put up red lanterns, Chinese knots and paper-cut craft to celebrate the Chinese New Year. |
| A．All the three taikonauts had been to the space before. | B．Zhai Zhigang is a commander. |
| C．The trio gave two live lectures from the space station. | D．They returned to earth in mid-April. |
Dear Kimmy, Guess what, we have a class pet! It’s a hamster. Miss Lee showed us how to take care of our new furry friend, Tobin. She explained that her own hamster had given birth to three pups and Tobin is one of them. Needless to say, we were delighted and promised to be responsible pet owners. Well, till next time. PS: It’s a picture of our new pet. Do you have a pet? Your pen-pal, Andrew |
1. It’s a letter from Kimmy to Andrew.
2. Andrew’s class pet is furry.
3. Miss Lee took Tobin to the class.
4. Tobin’s mother gave birth to four pups.
5. Andrew is sure that his pen-pal has a pet and loves animals.
A: What’s the matter, John?
B: I’m thinking about going somewhere nice after the exam with my parents.
A: Why don’t you go to Dunhuang?
B: We went there last summer. We also went to Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring and Yumen Pass.
A:
B: It’s a lovely place, but it’s a bit far away from here.
A: Well, you’d better find some advice for a short trip in a travel guide.
B:
A: You’re welcome.
| A．You can go to the Mogao Caves. |
| B．Do you have any ideas? |
| C．I don’t feel like it. |
| D．What about Qingdao? |
| E．That’s a good idea. |
| F．Why don’t you go skating? |
| G．We want a short trip. |
