My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said,"_______ my job. Family to Feed."

At this store, a ________ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a comment on how bad it must be to have to stand ________ in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to ________ something they thought our "friend" there would appreciate. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _________. I thought about it. We were ________ on cash ourselves, but.., well, sometimes giving from our need instead of our abundance(豐富的) is just what we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of _______, he lit up and thanked us with ________eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ________ his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful experience for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________! Things would have played out so ________ if I had simply said, "No, we really don't have money to give more." Stepping out not only helped a brother in need, it also gave my kids the ________ taste of helping others. It'll go a long way with them.

1.A. Lost B. Changed C. Quit D. Finished

2.A. condition B. place C. sight D. show

3.A. by B. proudly C. outside D. angrily

4.A. draw B. say C. arrange D. pick

5.A. dollar B. job C. hot meal D. gift card

6.A. easy B. low C. soft D. loose

7.A. food B. medicine C. toys D. clothes

8.A. sleepy B. watery C. curious D. sharp

9.A. whatever B. whoever C. whichever D. whenever

10.A. rely on B. respect C. learn from D. help

11.A. suddenly B. happily C. differently D. perfectly

12.A. strong B. sweet C. strange D. simple

Holiday Activities for Kids

Clay Craft (陶藝) at Art Center

This two-hour workshop teaches children to make gifts

using clay. For children aged 6 to 12.

When: Jul. 19 (1-3 pm) (Friday)

Price: $20

Go to www.skills.org/clay for more information.

Fun Cooking at Little Cook School

Children aged 6 to 10 can learn to make healthy hamburgers. Children aged

10 to 12 can learn to make delicious cake.

When: Every Wednesday (2-5 pm) in the month of Aug.

Price: $ 35

Wonder Dance Class at Emma Workshop

Learn to dance with excellent teachers. A four-week dance

course for those aged 10 to 12.

When: Jul. 11 (3-5 pm) every Thursday

Price: $ 60 for four lessons

For details, go to http://emmaworkshop.blog.com.

1.Children can learn to make clay gifts on __________.

A. Jul. 11 B. Jul. 19 C. Aug. 11 D. Aug. 19

2.At Emma Workshop, children can _______.

A. have a big dinner B. make special gifts

C. make hamburgers D. learn to dance

3.How many activities can an eight-year-old child take part in?

A. 4. B. 3. C. 2. D. 1.

Little Mike's grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady, She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons. Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very glad.

They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it grew dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile.

When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. "I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on grandma's face."

The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. "He was as lovely as Brittany." she said. Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago.

1.Little Mike went to the park and _________.

A. played with some pigeons B. fed the pigeons

C. met an old granny D. saw a friend of his grandma's

2.The old lady's smile showed that _________.

A. she had hoped to meet the boy B. she wanted to get some drinks

C. she missed her grandson D. she liked the little boy

3.Mike felt very glad because _________.

A. he gave the granny food and drinks B. the old lady was as kind as grandma

C. he had seen his grandma D. the old lady liked him

4.What can we learn from the story? ________.

A. When one feels unhappy, he must go to a park.

B. Old people are always kind and happy.

C. Children and old people should get on well with each other.

D. When people are kind to each other, they will feel happy.

We've reached a strange-some would say unusual -point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It's the good life that's more likely to kill us these days.

Worse, nearly 18 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. What's going on?

We really don't have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through-up to a point.

In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.

Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the world's most body-conscious country.

We know what we should be doing to lose weight-but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.

Others blame good food. They say: it's just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds lave piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.

Some also blame their parents-their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because they're normal in

It's a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say-not as I do.

1.What is the "strange" point mentioned in the first sentence?

A. Hunger is taking more people's lives in the world.

B. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.

C. WHO report shows people's unawareness of food safety.

D. Overweight issue remains unsolved despite WHO's efforts.

2.Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?

A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.

B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.

C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.

D. There are too many overweight people in the world.

3.The example of Finland is used to illustrate ________.

A. the cause of heart disease B. the fashion of body shaping

C. the effectiveness of a campaign D. the history of a body-conscious country

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Actions or Excuses? B. Overweight or Underweight?

C. WHO in a Trouble D. No Longer Dying of Hunger

While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor (監(jiān)控器) a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.

Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer's Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Interact access was locked - remotely - to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?

In the battle against cheating, this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid - that students haven't just searched the Internet to get the right answers.

Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses." Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.

Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students' identities using personal information, such as the telephone numbers they once used.

Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.

1.Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?

A. To correct her typing mistakes.

B. To find her secrets in the room.

C. To prevent her from slowing down.

D. To keep her from dishonest behaviors.

2.The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___.

A. advanced technique B. sharpening tool

C. effective rule D. dividing line

3.Some programs can find out possible cheaters by _______.

A. producing a large number of questions B. checking the question answering speed

C. scanning the Internet test questions D. giving difficult test questions

4.Which of the followiny is the best title of this passage?

A. The Advantages of Online Exams

B. The High-tech Methods in Online Courses

C. The Fight against Cheating in Online Education

D. The War against the Booming of Online Education

Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries. Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and check the origins (來源) of the food. Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt. You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate. This journey, from "field to plate", is called "food miles". A food mile is the distance that food travels from the farmer's field to the person who buys the food. Nowadays, food often travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer (消費(fèi)者). Why is this, and what are the effects (影響) of these long distances?

Traditionally, farmers sold their food in the local market, so the food didn’t have to travel very far. The consumers also did not travel very far because they went to their local market to buy the food. This was a good system for farmers and consumers. However, there were some disadvantages. For example, consumers could only buy food that farmers produced locally. In addition, they could only get food that was in season. Now, because of modem technology, food comes from all over the world. We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes. They are available in winter if we want.

Some countries have to import (進(jìn)口) most of their food. This is because they have difficult climates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), for example, gets 85% of its food from other countries. Even food made in the UAE often uses imported materials.

What's wrong with "food miles"? Is this not a good way of increasing international trade? I believe these miles are worrying for a number of reasons. First of all, because food travels such long distances, we need more planes, lorries, and ships to move the food. This means we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global (全球的) warming. In addition, food that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty. Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and stored for their long journeys. For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer. Local food has a better taste, and it also reduces the amount of global pollution. We need to buy more local food.

1.What is "a food mile"?

________________________________________________________________________

2.Where could the consumers buy the food traditionally?

________________________________________________________________________

3.Why do some countries have to import most of their food?

________________________________________________________________________

4.What are disadvantages of "food miles'?

________________________________________________________________________

5.What is the passage mainly about?

________________________________________________________________________

完成句子。

1.學(xué)習(xí)是一生的旅程，因?yàn)槊恳惶於紩?huì)帶來新的東西。

__________________, because every day brings something new.

2.我們以善良和溫暖對(duì)待他人。

We treat ___________________________.

3.你想象不到成功之路有多么困難。

You can never imagine___________________________.

4.中國(guó)每個(gè)不同的地方都有自己獨(dú)特的傳統(tǒng)文化。

Each different part of China has___________________________.

5.從她身上我體會(huì)到打敗困難的唯一方式是不斷努力而不是抱怨。

From her I learned the only way to ___________________________ instead of complaining.

6.在過去幾年里，我的生活已經(jīng)改變了很多。

My life ____________________________________.

從下面兩個(gè)題目任選一題，根據(jù)中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50詞的文段寫作。文中已給出內(nèi)容不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。所給提示詞語僅供選用。文章中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)校名和姓名。

題目①

假如你是李文，正在倫敦參加一個(gè)交換生項(xiàng)目。今天上午你應(yīng)邀到英國(guó)朋友John家參加他的生日聚會(huì)。請(qǐng)用英語給接待家庭的女主人Mrs. White寫一個(gè)留言條，告訴她你要去哪里，去做什么，以及你返回的時(shí)間和方式。

提示詞語：cinema, restaurant, by taxi

提示問題：•Where are you going?

•What are you going to do?

•When and how will you get home?

Dear Mrs. White,

My friend John asks me to take part in his birthday party.

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Li Wen

生活中總有一些人會(huì)對(duì)你產(chǎn)生重要的影響。這個(gè)人可能是你的父母、老師或朋友。假如你是王林，請(qǐng)用英語寫一篇隨筆，談?wù)勔晃粚?duì)你有重要影響的人，他(她)做了什么事情影響了你，以及你想學(xué)習(xí)他(她)的什么優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)?

提示詞語：help, encourage, respect, give up

提示問題：•Who has greatly influenced you?

•What did he/she do?

•What good quality do you want to learn from him/her?

--I found _____ID card on the desk.ls this your ID card？…No, it isn’t ____.

A. an, my B. a, my C. an, mine