Masker is one of the largest pick-it-yourself apple orchards in the New York area, with 200 acres（英畝） of land and 16,000 trees. The orchard was founded in 1913 by the Masker family. In 1969, Phillip's grandfather bought the land. His three kids and six grandkids have been running the family business ever since.

On a good weekend, there will be more than 800 customers. One of Phillip's jobs is to count the items they bought, give customers a total, and take their money. That's a lot of apples-and a lot of math! And more than 100 teens work there, too. For their hard work, the Gargiulo kids are paid﹩15 per hour. After working there for seven years, Phillip has saved﹩3,000. He's planning to use it to buy a car one day, and to help pay for college.

Having a family business means much more than making money. It also means making sacrifices.

"Growing up, it was good and bad," says Phillip's mom. She's been working at the orchard since she was 4 years old. "From August to Halloween, I would be busy. In high school, you want to be with your friends, out doing other things. That wasn't always possible when I had to be at the orchard."

Phillip, too, sees both sides. "I'm learning how to run a business, and I'm learning what hard work is really all about." he says. He admits, though, that some mornings, when his alarm clock goes off in the early morning, he'd rather be sleeping in or playing baseball with friends. "But I'm learning to do things that I will need for the rest of my life," he says. "And I'm spending time with my family. I love it."

【1】Phillip gets up early every weekend to ______ .

A.finish his homeworkB.do the work for his family

C.prepare for a soccer gameD.go for a run in the morning

【2】What does Phillip do on a good weekend in Masker?

A.To plant some apple trees.

B.To work on math problems.

C.To play baseball with friends.

D.To count apples and take the money.

【3】What can we learn from this passage?

A.Getting something probably means giving up something.

B.It's necessary to make money as early as possible.

C.Growing up means doing what you want to do.

D.There is nothing more important than parents.

Ms．Daisy, her English teacher made a_______ for the spelling tests that any child who doesn't get at least 60% correct spellings would have to correct each wrong word and copy three times for next week's spelling test. Seema, who sat next to Stuti always struggled（掙扎） in spellings. Last Thursday, she received 56% which meant she had to_______ the rest 44% words three times.

Stuti was so _______in her spelling abilities that she decided not to study for her next spelling test. The test began. Ms. Daisy pronounced each word and then repeated it. Everything was OK until she spoke "Handkerchief". Stuti scribbled（匆匆書(shū)寫(xiě)） h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h…now what? Her mind was blank.

Ms. Daisy started to move on to the next word. An idea came into Stuti's mind that Seema_______how to spell it! Seema had written this word three times.

There was wide open space between Stuti and Seema. Stuti's eyes rolled（滾動(dòng)） to the right. There it was, spelled out in Seema's handwriting. Her eyes went quickly back to her own paper and_______ the word with the letters "i-e-f".

Stuti remained nervous as Ms.Daisy read the last spelling word. She had_______just for the first time in her life. She thought, "Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater?"

Finally, she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she

knew was the wrong answer. She wrote "e-i-f". As her hands put down her pencil and passed the test up to the front, she sighed with relief（解脫）. She thought, "So, what if my perfect scores are no longer being kept? At least my_______ is."

【1】A.happilyB.easilyC.slowlyD.carefully

【2】A.planB.suggestionC.guessD.rule

【3】A.checkB.copyC.readD.pronounce

【4】A.specialB.unusualC.confusedD.confident

【5】A.knewB.provedC.foundD.wondered

【6】A.changedB.pickedC.finishedD.replaced

【7】A.cheatedB.askedC.lookedD.remembered

【8】A.choiceB.courageC.honestyD.pride

A.publishB.publishedC.is publishedD.was published

A.plantB.plantedC.haveplantedD.areplanting

Do you know the "Iron Hammer （鐵榔頭）"？ She is not a hero from a film like Iron Man 《（鋼鐵俠》）． But she is like a hero to Chinese sports fans． Her real name is Lang Ping （郎平）．請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下面相關(guān)信息寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)短文介紹郎平和中國(guó)女排精神以及你感受貼在 Twitter（推特）的網(wǎng)站上．

注意：1．詞數(shù) 90 詞左右；開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2．表達(dá)清楚，語(yǔ)法正確，適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使上下文連貫；

3．文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱．

Lang Ping， known as Iron Hammer， was once a powerful and skilled volleyball player but now is the famous chief coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team．

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I believe they are sure to give us another big surprise!

Have you or your friends ever talked about studying abroad？ It's becoming a common topic of discussion in China． More students are studying abroad than ever before．

Last year， 662，100 Chinese went abroad to study， a growth of 8.83 percent from 2017． For parents who send their children abroad to study， 43 percent of them hold regular jobs． With quick economic （經(jīng)濟(jì)的） growth and rising income levels （收入水平）， China's people have more chances to open their eyes and have more life experiences．

Seventy years ago， however， the picture was different． Thousands of students and science and technology experts（專家） had to have a competition with each other to win a chance to study abroad． It was a valuable and unusual experience for people back then．

In 1984， Wang Huiyao， who later built a non-governmental think tank （智庫(kù)） that mainly pays attention to Chinese public policy and globalization （全球化）， went to study at the University of Windsor in Canada． He found that while Chinese people knew little about the outside world， Westerners also knew little about Chinese people． "They even asked to touch my head to see if anything was different，" he said．

But today， there are fewer of these misunderstandings． With more exchange programs， Chinese students get more chances to share their life stories with people from different cultures． Ma Ying， a15-year-old Beijinger， took a short 7-day study trip to the UK． Attracted by the culture there， she decided to stay and study in the country． "I talked to my parents， and they supported my decison． I'm happy to study more English， understand their humor， and slowly go the local lifestyle，" she said．

We went to Sir Henry's hotel． Holmes asked Dr． Mortimer if anyone with a black beard lived in or near Baskerville Hall．

"Yes，" said Dr．Mortimer，"Barrymore．"

"We must send a telegram to check whether Barrymore is in London or at Baskerville Hall，"said Holmes．

Sir Henry said he wanted to go to Baskerville Hall．

"OK"， said Holmes． "But you mustn't go alone． Watson can go with you．"

Sir Henry and I agreed to take the 10：30 train on Saturday．

Holmes thought deeply on the way home： the story of the Hound， Sir Charles's death， the strange letter， the missing boot and the black-bearded man． He sat in his room all afternoon， smoking and thinking．

Just before dinner， a telegram arrived． It said，"Barrymore is at Baskerville Hall．"

"That becomes a dead end， Watson． We will have to look for another way to go forward．

Just then the door bell rang． It was the cab driver who drove the man with the black beard． "I got a message that you are asking for me"， he said． "I've never had a complaint． I came here to ask you what you had against me! "

"No， no，" said Holmes． "Instead， I'll give you money if you tell me about the man in your cab this morning． He watched this house at 10：00 and then told you to follow the two gentlemen．"

The driver looked surprised and then answered，"The man said he was a detective（偵探） and that I shouldn't tell anyone about him． "

"It's serious， my friend， and you may be in trouble if you refuse to answer．" "His name，" said the driver， "was Sherlock Holmes．"

I'd never seen Holmes more surprised． Then he laughed． "He scored against me that time， Watson．"

The driver told us everything he knew． Holmes gave him the money and sent him away． "This is a dangerous enemy （敵人）， Watson．"

-Taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles

【1】According to the passage， the underlined phrase "dead end" in Paragraph 10 means ______ ．

A.Holmes wanted to give up solving the case

B.the road in front of Baskerville Hall was closed

C.the cab driver didn't find his way and turned round

D.they didn't know who the man with a black beard was

【2】According to the passage， we can know that the cab driver ______ ．

A.was as dangerous as the black-bearded man

B.received a complaint from the black-bearded man

C.didn't know why Holmes asked for him at the beginning

D.didn't tell Holmes anything about the black-bearded man

【3】Which of the following is the correct order according to the passage？ ______

a． Holmes received the telegram．

b． The cab driver came to see Holmes．

c． Watson was asked to go with Sir Henry．

d． Holmes was surprised and then laughed．

e． Watson and Sir Henry took the 10：30 train．

A.cabdeB.ceabdC.abcdeD.acebd

① But is that really true？ Studies have found that money can， in fact， make people happier．②Instead， it's giving money to others that makes people happy．③It could be buying a present for a friend or a family member．④It could be buying a homeless person food to eat． It could be giving money to a person in need． Just think about the last time you used your own money to do something for someone else． How did you feel？ Whether it is a small or large amount of money． People feel happier when they give． This is because making someone else happy makes the giver happy， too．

This idea of joining your happiness to the happiness of others is described as a ubuntu in an African language． There is even a story about a man visiting Africa who asked some kids to race to a nearby tree． The first child to touch the tree would get a sweet treat． Surprising， all the children held hands and ran together． They all touched the tree at the same time． The man asked why they had done this． The children just said they could only enjoy eating the treat if everyone had one．

【1】Where can we best put "But its not having money that brings happiness．" in Paragraph 2？ ______

A.①B.②C.③D.④

【2】Why does the writer quote（引用） a story in Paragraph 3？ ______

A.To explain Africans like sweets．B.To show examples are not enough．

C.To make the writer's opinion clearer．D.To express happiness is from children．

【3】What does the writer try to tell us？ ______

A.Buying new things can make people happy．

B.The key to happiness is making others happy．

C.If you want to be happy， you can visit Africa．

D.People who have a lot of money might not be happy．

【1】我們已經(jīng)建成了一條連接北京和天津的高鐵．

We have built a_______________________________________Tianjin．

【2】那個(gè)小男孩寧愿把焦慮藏在心里也不愿和別人分享．

The little boy would rather_________________________________them with others．

【3】考慮再三之后，這位工程師別無(wú)他法只能改變主意．

After thinking twice， the engineer____________________________________his mind．

【4】為了讓大衛(wèi)在學(xué)習(xí)上處于領(lǐng)先地位，他的父母對(duì)他要求嚴(yán)格．

David's parents are_________________________him to make him___________in study．

【5】上個(gè)月，這些可怕的事件縈繞在每個(gè)人心頭．

These terrible accidents______________________________last month．

【6】我們自豪，在過(guò)去的 70 年，中國(guó)人民取得的多么輝煌的成就．

We are proud____________________________in the past 70 years．

【1】More attention should______（pay） to air pollution to prevent serious health problems．

【2】---Are you going to Shanghai for further study after graduation？

---Well， I______（not decide）． I am not sure．

【3】---Linda is not coming for the party tonight．

---But she______（promise）．

【4】Mr．Black walked around and offered help while we______（do） an experiment．

【5】---______the shop______（close） early at weekends？

---No，usually it is open until 10 o'clock in the evening．