At any given time, hundreds of postcards are in transit (运输中) across the world as strangers communicate through a movement called Post-crossing.
Emma Delaney says it’s a sad day when there isn’t a postcard in her mailbox. She doesn’t have a bunch of friends travelling overseas at the moment —— she’s just really active in the underground hobby of Postcrossing.
“I’ve sent over 3,000 postcards, but I’ve been doing it for close to seven years,” she says. “My husband, generally appreciative of my hobby, is sometimes frustrated by the amount of cardboard hanging around the house or in my car.”
Postcrossing is a hobby where strangers send each other postcards across the world. You register on the website, list your interests and preferences for postcards, then receive an address of a stranger on the other side of the world to send a postcard to.
“I tend to send a lot of postcards of the local area because people are interested in where you’re from and what you do,” Emma says.
From Uzbekistan to Belarus and Kazakhstan to Moldova, Emma has a growing collection of photos from around the world. The postcards have helped shape her international travelling too. “I didn’t travel overseas until I was 32 and a lot of the locations we chose for our honeymoon were selected because of the postcards I’d received.”
“Some people see sending mail as being a bit boring and unfashionable, but Postcrossing is popular and lots of people are fascinated that I do it.,”
The Postcrossing project has just celebrated its eighth birthday and has over 400,000 active members in 215 countries. The group says they’ve delivered over 18 million postcards.
And while postal workers aren’t supposed to read people’s postcards, Emma says she’s happy for them to do so at her post office in Shellharbour. She even encourages her correspondents to say hello to the Australia Post staff.
“It’s a hobby that I continue to do because I find it enjoyable and relaxing.”
1.Emma Delaney’s friends .
A．do a lot of travelling.
B．send her lots of postcards.
C．share the same hobby as her.
D．aren’t active in travelling abroad.
2.What’s Emma’s husband’s attitude towards her hobby ?
A．Somewhat annoyed.
B．Totally unconcerned.
C．Deeply disapproving.
D．Strongly supportive.
3.What’s the benefit of being involved in Postcrossing according to Emma Delaney ?
A．Broadening the mind.
B．Deepening the mind.
C．Giving others a helping hand.
D．Bringing her family more happiness.
4.The Postcrossing project .
A．delivers both postcards official letters.
B．was set up a couple of years ago in Australia.
C．has granted membership in 215 countries all over the world.
D．receives more public approval compared with sending mail.
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年浙江杭州七校高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Mr. White was born in a small village. His parents worked hard on their farm but they couldn’t get enough food for the family. Of course, he couldn’t be sent to school and his uncle who worked in a school taught him at home. And he learned a lot before he left there. When he was sixteen, he found work in a factory. As an abled worker, the boss liked him and seven years later the boss married his daughter to him and with his help, Mr White had his own factory after another seven years passed.
Mrs. White liked her husband very much. So she was always afraid he loved the other women. She often asked him a lot of questions. He wouldn’t make her angry and was more careful.
One evening Mr. White was very busy and he told his secretary to help him. When they finished the work, it was ten in the evening. He had to see her home. That night his wife felt unwell and told him to take her to a hospital. He helped her to get on the car and started. But soon after that he found there was a shoe in the car. He had a look at his wife. The woman seemed to be asleep. He picked it up gently and threw it out of the window.
Soon they got to the hospital. As he was going to help her to get off, suddenly the woman called out, “Where’s my shoe?”
1.Why could Mr. White not be sent to school?
A. His parents were both farmers
B. He was born in a poor family
C. He could learn all subjects by himself
D. They were often worried about food
2.How old was Mr. White when he had his own factory?
A. sixteen B. twenty-three C. thirty D. forty
3.Mr. White tried to be careful,because he was afraid .
A. he would be sent away
B. his wife wouldn’t help him
C. he would be busy
D. his wife would be unhappy
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆八中高二下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Do you know a child who has used first aid to save a life or help an injured person?
St. John Ambulance is seeking young people who have acted quickly, calmly and effectively at a real emergency for its annual Young First Aider of the Year awards.
The awards are open to all those under 18, and the closing date for nomination (提名) is April 30, 2016. The winners will be invited to attend a special ceremony in June, 2016.
“St. John Ambulance believes it is essential for young people to learn first aid so that they can help anyone who is injured,” said Sandra Stocker, director of St. John Ambulance Awards Committee. “The Young First Aider of the Year is a wonderful way to celebrate their bravery and quick-thinking.”
Nomination for the Young First Aider of the Year is now open. Please complete and return the nomination forms as soon as possible and certainly no later than April 30, 2016. The committee will decide which of the nominees will receive the Young First Aider of the Year awards by considering the actions of the nominees along with their ages and other factors. You should send any evidence you have with the nomination form, showing the nominees’ actions.
Examples of evidence could include:
◆ Newspaper clippings (剪报) of the incident.
◆ Police incident record numbers.
Once a nomination form is received, the nominee or nominator may be approached for further details of the incident. For further information please get in touch with Sandra Stocker by email or on 020-73244082 or 020-73244083.
Find out who our winners will be for 2016.
1.What does the St. John Ambulance Awards Committee intend to convey?
A. Learning first aid can help young people win an award.
B. Young people should learn first aid to help the injured.
C. The injured are encouraged to act quickly and calmly.
D. St. John Ambulance gains its name by training first aiders.
2.If you suggest someone for the awards, you should ______.
A. provide some evidence of the incident
B. make a speech introducing yourself
C. attend the awards ceremony on time
D. have a good knowledge about first aid
3.Who might win the Young First Aider of the Year awards?
A. A child using first aid to save his father.
B. A child witnessing a girl save the injured.
C. An adult working in the emergency room.
D. An adult helping the injured with first aid.
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Demand for First Aiders
B. Importance of First Aid
C. Young First Aiders of the Year
D. St. John Ambulance Awards
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根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Shyness can have a huge effect on your life. It can stop you from making any progress. 1. .
Make eye contact with everyone you talk to. It is so easy to look at the floor, the ceiling, anywhere but into the other person’s eyes. Looking directly at someone makes them see you in a different light. If they think you are confident, you will become more confident! If you find it really hard , at the very beginning, look just above the eyes, they will never know. 2.
Start a conversation with a new person every day. Think of four or five things you could start a conversation with and then find at least one opportunity each day to talk to a new person. 3. Just exchanging a few words will get you used to talking to new people and you can gradually deal with it well as your confidence grows. Asking people something about themselves is often a good opener as it encourages them to talk!
4. Your body language has a huge effect on both how you feel and how other people perceive(认为) you. Walk around your home or garden as if you are the most important person in the world. Then go out and continue that; you really are the most important person in the world.
All in all, never give up, keep practicing and soon you really will be a different person. 5. You need to take action to increase your confidence and beat shyness.
A. Just reading tips will not help.
B. It will reduce your embarrassment.
C. Be aware of your body language.
D. The tips below can help overcome your shyness and improve your life very much!.
E. Many young people are actually shy in public.
F. You don’t need to have a deep conversation.
G. You can have a talk with your parents if necessary.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are 1. (patient). They never get angry and are always kind to the students. That’s 2. the children can always get on well with their robot teachers.
English teaching robots 3. (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December. 4. (equip) with a microphone and video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English-teaching robots helped raise students’ interest in the language and build up their5. (confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 6. can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.
Many people think these robot teachers should be used 7. faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. 8. (give) rural school children more learning chances, the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 9. (develop) these robots.
No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 10. (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows ?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林长春外国语校高一下第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Read the advertisements, and then choose the best answers.
Driver Wanted
1. Clean driving license(执照)
2. Must be of smart appearance.
3. Aged over 25.
Apply to(申请)：Capes Taxis, 17 Palace Road, Boston
Air Hostesses(空姐)for International Flight Wanted
1. Applicants(申请者) must be between 20 and 33 years old.
2. Height 1.6m to 1.75m.
3. Education to GCSE standard.
4. Two languages.
5. Must be able to swim.
Apply to: Recruitment office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West HR37KK
Teachers Needed
For private language school. Teaching experience unnecessary.
Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Language Ltd, 279 Canal Street
1.What prevent Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis?
A. Punished for speeding and wrong parking.
B. Fond of beer and wine.
C. Not having college education.
D. Unable to speak a foreign language.
2.Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college and can speak two foreign languages. Which job might be given to him?
A. Driving for Capes Taxis.
B. Working for Southern Airlines.
C. None of the three jobs mentioned above.
D. Teaching at Instant Language Ltd.
3.If Mary wants to work for Southern Airlines, she must .
A. be over 25 years old
B. have some similar working experience
C. speak another language besides her own
D. look smart and beautiful
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In American schools there is something 1. (call) Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be an 2. (importance) event of the year except graduation ceremony——students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance. Several days before Homecoming，students start to 3. (beautiful)decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years 4. their graduations.
The members of school clubs build booths（摊位）and sell apples and 5. (sandwich). Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers 6. they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and talk about their happy years in school.
Everyone watches the football game. When the game is half over，the band（乐队） 7. (come) onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is 8. honour to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day but it is not perfect 9. the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth 10. (remember).
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北沙市高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错
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。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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
What can we prevent ourselves from getting low scores in exams? Here, one of our teacher gives us some useful suggestions.
It's important to have a correct attitude toward exams, which purpose is to see how we're getting on with our study. So it is no need to worry about the results.
Before exams, control our test anxiety by listening some light music. Besides, learning from the past-exam mistakes is also a effective way. While taking exams, we'd better plan your time careful. And then we should spare a few minutes to check that what we had done to avoid silly mistakes.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏扬州中学高三4月质量监测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Martin Luther King, Jr. put it that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means ______ we arrive at that goal.
A. that B. where
C. by which D. with which
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