An artist in Oakland, California is using his skills to help the homeless. Greg Kloehn builds very small shelters that make life on the streets a little more comfortable. The structures offer the homeless some safety and protection from bad weather. Each little house also has wheels on the bottom so it can go wherever its owner goes.

Greg Kloehn has given away at least 20 tiny houses. Several are on the roadside near an active railroad. On a recent day, Mr. Kloehn stops at one to visit Oscar Young. The two men hug. Inside his little shelter Mr. Young gets relief from cold nights on the streets. Mr. Kloehn also visits Sweet-Pea, another friend who also lives in one of the little homes the artist built. She says it keeps her safe and protects her belongings.

In the mornings, Mr. Kloehn searches the streets for building materials. He gathers what he can and takes it to his studio. There, he puts the houses together. Empty coffee bags become roof material. A washing machine door and refrigerator part become windows. Nails, screws and the sticky glue hold all the pieces together. The artist also attaches a small electrical device to the house. The device is powered by the sun.

Some of the people living on the streets once had normal houses of their own. But some of the people say they have learned to live with less and they are thankful to that man.

Mr. Kloehn says his work is not a social project. He says he is just someone using his skills to help his homeless neighbors.

1.The following are the advantages of the small shelters EXCEPT ________.

A. saving power and energy

B. decorating the streets where they are

C. protecting possessions of the homeless

D. keeping the homeless safe and comfortable

2.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. An act of kindness has made people simple and grateful

B. Greg Kloehn has sold at least 20 tiny houses

C. The shelters are immovable

D. The government has got involved in the action

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. A more comfortable shelter on the streets.

B. An artist creates homes for the homeless.

C. A successful social project in Oakland.

D. An artist makes a living by designing small shelters.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Pronunciation Tips

These English pronunciation tips will help you get the most out of your Pronunciation Power program.

★ 1.

For example, “threw” and “through”, although spelled differently, are pronounced the same. Also, identical（相同的） letters or letter clusters（字母組合） in words do not always produce the same sound. For example, the “ough” in “though” and “through” represents a different sound in each word. 2.

★ Imagine a sound in your mind before you say it.

Try to visualize（想象)）the positioning of your mouth and face. 3.

★ Listen to and try to imitate the Pronunciation Power instructor.

In addition to listening for specific sounds, pay attention to pauses, the intonation（語(yǔ)調(diào)） of the instructor's voice and patterns of emphasis. 4.

★ The English language has many different dialects, and words can be pronounced differently.

It is important, however, that you pronounce words clearly to ensure effective communication.

★ Finally, the Pronunciation Power program is a tool to help you.

But you must practice what you are learning! Remember that you are teaching your mouth a new way to move. You are building muscles that you do not use in your own language. 5. Use the program to exercise your mouth a little bit each day.

A. Read these words over and over again and try to learn them by heart.

B. This can be just as important as the pronunciation of sounds.

C. Learn to practice what you hear, not what you see.

D. So you should force yourself to do what you really don’t like to do.

E. Do not confuse pronunciation of words with their spelling!

F. It is like going to the gym and exercising your body.

G. Think about how you are going to make the sound.

書(shū)面表達(dá)

最近，你們班召開(kāi)了以“我的中國(guó)夢(mèng)”(My Chinese Dream)為主題的班會(huì)活動(dòng)。請(qǐng)寫(xiě)一篇日記，記述班會(huì)情況及自己的感受。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：1.每位同學(xué)都暢談了自己對(duì)中國(guó)夢(mèng)的理解；

2.你談到了自己的夢(mèng)想；

3.如何實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想。

注意：1. 總詞數(shù)100左右。

2. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

May 8 Wednesday Sunday

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Have you ever run out of coffee or tea? Found no eggs in the fridge? No bread for the sandwich and the nearest shop is too far away? Well, all that can change in the future.

If all goes well, the intelligent future kitchen will soon help solve all your problems. In the future, all kitchen units will be connected to the Internet. The intelligent future kitchen will give wise advice on planning your menu for the day. Worried about your weight? — It will tell you the right diet and what is good for your health. It will even keep in mind your likes and dislikes!

Designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this smart kitchen promises to pay attention to all your needs. The computer’s system will help keep an “eye” on the fridge. If the fridge is empty, the kitchen will automatically call and place an order at the local supermarket. So you don’t have to worry about it at all.

You get home late, and don’t know what to make from the collection of ingredients (原料) in your fridge. A while back you might have ordered a take-out but now, instead of worrying about eating a collection of this and that, you’re excited. You can pull out each vegetable, and pass each one in front of a web camera next to your fridge. A few moments later, a screen on your fridge would display a tasty recipe.

After dinner, you take your plates to a box next to the sink. You don't have to clean them, your machine does. It produces new plates every time you need to eat. Later in the evening, you phone your other half, who is on a business trip half-way around the world. As you drink your cup of hot coffee, it makes your other half’s cup change color on the other side of the world, another special way to keep in touch.

1. The problem mentioned in the first paragraph will be solved ______.

A. by the intelligent kitchen itself

B. by finding a good housekeeper

C. after you call the supermarket

D. after you buy great amounts of food

2.The kitchen of the future may help you ______.

A. lose weight fast B. keep a healthy diet

C. cook delicious food D. clean fridge in time

3.The underlined word “automatically” in the third paragraph means ______.

A. in secret B. by chance

C. by itself D. again and again

4.The fourth paragraph tells us that the smart kitchen ______.

A. will order a take-out for you if you get home late.

B. has a big color television and some web cameras

C. can pull out all the vegetables from you fridge

D. can give a suitable recipe according to your ingredients

單詞拼寫(xiě)

根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語(yǔ)提示，用正確形式的單詞填空。并把完整單詞填寫(xiě)在答題卷相應(yīng)的位置上。

1.To deepen reform is the most ___________ (緊急的) task.

2.Yesterday our class ___________ against (與……比賽) Class One in the last match.

3.Everyone ___________ (欽佩) the way he deals with problems.

4.The higher the price is, the better the ___________ is (質(zhì)量).

5.We should do more to care for the sick, elderly and ___________ (殘疾的) people.

6.The loss of 100 lives in the aircraft crash was a great d___________.

7.The People’s Republic of China was f___________ in 1949.

8.P____________, I prefer the second choice. What is your opinion?

9.I’m sorry, and I d___________ a wrong number.

10.It’s t_____________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

單句改錯(cuò)

每句中只有一處錯(cuò)誤，每處錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫(huà)一橫線，并在改詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意： 1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改僅限一詞； 2. 每句只允許修改1處，多者不計(jì)分。

1.Following the road and you will find the store.

2.He told me that how important it was to learn English.

3.Now people get a lot of informations from TV.

4.The truck was moving so fast that the driver couldn’t control.

5.We decided not to climb the mountain because it was raining hardly.

6.If it won’t rain, we will go to visit the zoo.

7.Tom, together with Mary and Alice, are going to swim this afternoon.

8.This question is much easy than that one.

9.The computer is an useful machine.

10.They only have a little room to live.

1. Both the printing companies ______.

A. are well-known all over the world

B. require at least three years’ experience

C. offer excellent pay and sick pay

D. prefer to hire a man manager

2. According to the first advertisement, the applicant living in a small village will ______.

A. get in touch with the Personal Manager by telephone

B. get the result on TV

C. be interviewed in a city

D. write to Box 3526 to get more information

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（一個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式

Bill：I heard that the tea culture of China is 1. (amaze). Could you tell me something about it.

Ann: Of course. Tea drinking in China is very complicated（復(fù)雜）. It starts with the environment. In the past, tea drinking took place in a setting(背景) 2._________“spring water ran on marbles” or “ in the woods during sunset.” . 3.______ present, in order to recreate such an atmosphere, teahouses 4.__________ (decorate) with traditional paintings and furniture. Besides, there is always a 5.________(perform) of a traditional Chinese musical instrument, such as the guzheng.

Bill：How about the water?

Ann: In the old days, the water that came from melted snow was regarded as the best. Today no one collects snow any longer because of pollution and 6._____ people use is bottled water.

Bill：Is there any difference in the tea?

Ann: Generally 7.______ (speak), there are four kinds of tea: red tea, green tea, Oolong tea and Pu’er tea. The first three types of tea are processed using similar methods but Pu’er tea uses a 8.______ (total) different method.

Bill：Is tea drinking in a teahouse very expensive?

Ann: Yes. As 9.____ matter of fact, it is a commercialized hobby now. Many people nowadays go to expensively-decorated teahouses 10._____(talk) business.

Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.

One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face…I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”

I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (殘疾的) from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”

On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蠣) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.

In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.

1.Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?

A. Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.

B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.

C. Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.

D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.

2.How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?

A. About 1 hour. B. About 2 hours.

C. About 3 hours. D. About 4 hours.

3.From the text we can know that __________.

A. the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man

B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family

C. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live in

D. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors

4.The author’s family were grateful to know the man because __________.

A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden

B. he paid them money for his staying

C. he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint

D. he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good. 1.

When people think of carrots, they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long, thin and orange. 2. And not all carrots are orange. For example, Paris Market carrots are about five centimeters around. Rome carrots are thin and about twenty-five centimeters long. And Belgian White carrots are, as their name suggests, white.

For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The soil also should have no rocks. To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil, loosen it and turn it over. Then, mix in some plant material or animal fertilizer (肥料).

3. Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.

Carrots need time to develop their full sugar content. This gives them their sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground. 4. Usually, the brighter the color, the better the taste.

5. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way as during the summer months. If the ground does freeze, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw. This will prevent the ground from freezing.

A. But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes.

B. They are economic crops.

C. The best time for planting carrots is during the winter months.

D. Weather, soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste.

E. The best way to judge if a carrot sis ready to be harvested is by its color.

F. And they contain a lot of carotene (胡蘿卜素), which the body make into vitamin A.

G. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months.