A writing club is a group consisting of writers who meet together to share and comment on manuscripts (手稿). People who write stories, poetry, or even non-fiction articles can join a writing club. But the usual site is in a library, bookstore, private home, or a school.
Joining a club allows writers to understand the challenges of being a writer. And members of a writing club can receive constructive criticism (评论) from their fellow writers so that they can learn how to make their articles stronger. Moreover, commenting on other writers' manuscripts allows them to see what makes a writing piece interesting or boring.
If a writer wants to become a member of a writing club, he can find one by contacting the public library or a local university. Many writing groups will advertise for new members in local newspapers as well.
But sometimes, no matter how a writer has tried, he may still experience extreme difficulties finding a writing group to join or finding a writing group suitable for him. He only needs to advertise for desired members by posting online, placing an ad in local newspapers, etc.
For many writers, the journey of writing is demanding. For example, writing can be troubled by lack of inspiration. So joining a group of writers can be the ideal way a writer can improve his writing skills and assist others with their manuscripts.
A. And writing can be a lonely task.
B. There are many benefits of joining a writing club.
C. Members of a writing club should know each other.
D. If that happens, the writer can start his own club.
E. Joining a writing club has advantages and disadvantages.
F. It's also possible to find writing clubs on the Internet.
G. A writing club can have meetings just anywhere.
Tipping is part of everyday life in many parts of the world. It's usually an informal charge that's paid on top of the bill to show appreciation to the person who has provided you a service.
Tipping culture can vary from place to place. In the Middle East, people who serve usually try to be more helpful. . An example is the tour guides of Egypt. When a tourist goes around a famous site in Egypt like the pyramids, they'11 often be accompanied by a very qualified tour guide. Thanks to the guide, a tourist will certainly know more about the pyramids than he or she did at the start. .
In some places, tipping doesn't exist at all. Tips aren't part of life in China, South Korea or Japan. But in other places in Asia, not leaving a tip can lead to trouble. An American travel agent told Conde Nast Traveler that in India, for example, a person who doesn't leave a tip after a meal in a restaurant will often be chased down the street. , he said.
Many people only give tips on a subjective (主观的)basis. But it's this subjective aspect to tipping that can cause problems. On the one hand, they don't want to be mean; on the other hand, they don't want to pay too much and feel that they've been cheated. .
A common solution for this problem is to offer a guideline on the check. .
This can prevent the awkwardness when it's time to pay up.
A. Tips are then given to appreciate the expertise of the guide
B. If you tip badly, people think less of you
C. They'll run after you and scream for money
D. It will suggest that a certain percentage of the bill should be paid on top as a tip
E. Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip
F. After all, a tip isn't part of the bill
G. But they may expect a little extra in return
You've heard that plastic is polluting the oceans—between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.
At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called "Strawpocalypse," a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168, 000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源)of plastic pollution, but they've recently come under fire because most people don't need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that's part of Von Wong's artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear.
In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload's worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled "Truckload of Plastic" Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10, 000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like they'd been dumped(倾倒)from a truck all at once.
Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.
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2. 可以为广大学子树立良好的榜样 |
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1. 过度的关注对状元本人有害 |
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2. 高分不一定高能 |
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注意:1)词数120左右;
2)可适当发挥,以使行文连贯。
要点如下:
1旅游中出现的一些不文明现象。
2你的建议。
注意:1词数在100左右,
2可适当增加细节以使行文连贯;
3参考词汇:吐痰 spit;树立形象 uphold animage
1)写信目的;
2)咨询内容;
3)期待回复。
Dear Dr. Bloom,
……
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
1.WewanttowelcomemoreAfrican-Americansto_________(探索)China,asthey
areoneoftheminoritiesintheUS,andusuallyknowlittleaboutourcountry.
2.AnincreasingnumberofChinesetouristshavetraveledtoBritainoverthepast
fewyears,_________(使……产生)newsourceofgrowthforBritain
3.Newshasalready__________(传播,散布)tothecitythatstrictmeasureswouldbe
takenagainstdrunkdriving.
4.AslongasJapanearnestlyfacesuptoandprofoundlyreflectsuponits
_________(侵略的,挑衅的)history,China-Japantiescandevelopinasoundand
stableway,
5.Innocasedidthesemethodsandeffortssecurealong-term____________(解决方
案)topoverty.
6.Peoplewith______________(残疾)canplaykeyroleinsustainabledevelopment。
7.Inthefuture,houseswillbebuiltbyrobotsusing____________(材料)notyet
inventedthatarecheaperandmoreenergyefficient
8.Iwanttoimprovetheq_________(质量)oflifeofmyfamily,butIcan’t
becausemysalaryislow.
9.Theworksofartproducedinthisfactoryaremainly________(出口)toEurope,
NorthandSouthAmerica,butafewaresoldonthelocalmarket.
10.RussianPresidentVladimirPutinhopesKerry'svisitwould____________(缩小,使
变窄)gapsbetweenRussiaandU.S.
What is a port city?
The port city provides a rich understanding of the movement of people and goods around the world. We understand a port as a centre of island-sea exchange and a major force for cultural mixing.
Ports and harbours
Harbor is a physical concept, a shelter for ships; Port is an economic concept, a centre of land-sea exchange which demands goods for export and import. Some ports were developed from poor harbours which were improved with breakwaters( 防水堤 ) and dredging( 清淤 ). Madras and Colombo are examples of harbours expensively improved by enlarging, dredging and building breakwaters.
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Port cities become industrial, financial and service centres and political capitals because of their water connections and the urban concentration which draws to it railways, highways and air routes. Water transport means cheap access, the chief basis of all port cities. Many of the world’s biggest cities, for example, London, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and San Francisco began as ports-that is, with land-sea exchange as their major function. Although their port functions are no longer dominant now, they remain different kinds of places from non-port cities and their port functions account for that difference.
International city and trade
Port functions, more than anything else, can make a city more international. A port is open to the world. In it races, cultures, as well as goods from a variety of places, mix and enrich each other and the life of the city. But much domestic port trade has not been recorded. What evidence we have suggests that domestic trade was greater at all periods than foreign trade. Shanghai, for example, did most of its trade with other Chinese ports and inland cities, Calcutta traded mainly with other parts of India and so on.
Position of port city centre
Cities which began as ports keep the chief commercial and administrative centre of the city close to the waterfront. The centre of New York is in lower Manhattan between two river mouths, the city of London is on the Thames, Shanghai along the Bund. This is also true of Boston, Bombay, Madras, Bangkok and Singapore, where the commercial, financial, and administrative centres are still grouped around their harbours even though each city has expanded into a big one. Even a casual visitor cannot mistake them as anything but port cities.
1 . Which port city is changed from a harbour by improving the facilities?
A . Singapore. B . Bangkok. C . New York. D . Madras.
2 . Which would be the best heading for Paragraph 2?
A . Good ports, huge profit centres.
B . Once a port city, always a port city.
C . Water transport, basis of port cities.
D . Port functions, a feature of big cities.
3 . What can we learn about port cities?
A . They have water connections.
B . They don’t trade with inland cities.
C . They are easily mistaken for harbours.
D . They moved their chief centres away from waterfront.
People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the it is to do so, in theory it is that, , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的) of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work .So spending money to help learn English may up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ,the more you are let down.
The daughter of one of my friends English in primary school, her foreign teacher’s blindness psychology. She did not want to go on English until middle school, a college student studying English slowly her interest in the language.
It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, find that despite(尽管) their excellent , many students have mand of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children
classical Chinese prose(散文),rather than them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may let go the best time to
the language ability of their mother tongue.
41.A. easy B. difficult C. easier D. more difficult
42.A. but B. however C. though D. yet
43.A. opinions B. regards C. requests D. expressions
44.A. directly B. orally C. properly D. indirectly
45.A. people B. girls C. children D. boys
46.A. begin B. start C. finish D. end
47.A. pay B. get C. buy D. take
48.A. loved B. liked C. disliked D. learned
49.A. because of B. because C. instead of D. instead
50.A. of B. at C. in D. to
51.A. learning B. to learn C. with learning D. for learning
52.A. while B. where C. when D. as
53.A. introduced B. practiced C. explained D. developed
54.A. in B. to C. at D. of
55.A. He B. I C. She D. They
56.A. pronunciation B. phrase C. language D. writing
57.A. few B. less C. little D. fewer
58.A. write B. do C. remember D. memorize
59.A. have B. let C. cause D. make
60.A. study B. improve C. learn D. master
— So many tourists pour into such beautiful places.
— I think it necessary that they _____ be well preserved.
A. can B. shall C. should D. may
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。每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。
Some of us is having problems with our parents, as they often look for our school bags. I fully understand when we are not comfortable about it, but there is no need to feel too sadly. Our parents check our bags to make it sure we’re not getting into trouble. They had probably heard some horrible stories about other kid and think we might do the same. Or perhaps they just want to connect with us and are doing it all wrong. I suggest that we telling them we want them to trust us as much we’d like to trust them.
These people are studying English. However, they are now facing some problems.
| I am Pablo. I work 50 hours a week as a taxi driver, so I talk to people all day. They understand me, but I know I make a lot of mistakes. No one corrects me. My vocabulary is strong. Grammar is my problem. I'm trying to change little by little. For example, I don't use the past tense (时态). I always say, “I drive him to the office this morning” instead of “I drove him to the office this morning”. |
| My name is Maria Luisa. I'm teaching myself English, and I'm good at grammar. However, it's really difficult to find ways to practice English. I live in an area where everyone speaks my language. My neighbors and friends speak Spanish. I can speak Spanish in the supermarket and at the post office. |
| I am Li Ping. I understand the grammar and the readings in my class and I think my writing is good, but I'm very nervous when I speak English. I don't want to make any mistakes because I'm afraid people will think that I'm stupid. Also, my pronunciation isn't good. When I speak, people often say, “What? Say that again”. |
| I am Yoshi. I have been in the United States for one year. I'm studying hard and I know grammar well, but the vocabulary is very difficult. When I listen, I don't understand many of the words. When I try to read, there are three or four new words in every sentence. I feel discouraged. |
21. Who may say, “I go to bed late last night”?
A. Pablo. B. Maria Luisa. C. Li Ping. D. Yoshi.
22. What would be the best advice for Maria Luisa?
A. Try to have a wide vocabulary.
B. Develop a good knowledge of grammar.
C. Read as many English books as possible.
D. Make friends with English-speaking people.
23. Why do people find it hard to understand Li Ping's English?
A. She can't pronounce words in English correctly.
B. She speaks at a very fast speed.
C. Her grammar is terrible.
D. Her voice is very low.
24. What can we learn about Yoshi?
A. He was born in the United States. B. He has a very small vocabulary.
C. He has learned English for years. D. He is very good at listening.
Two of the greatest teachers in my life are my children. My lovely daughter offered
a lesson today on the way home from school. We have two dogs. Both of our dogs are
always eager to escape at any given opportunity I have to keep them chained and ruy
yard is fenced,so that I do not have to pay any fines for recovering them from the city
pound(狗收留所).
This morning I made the silly mistake of waiting until the last possible minute to
put the dogs out. As I was walking the first one out,the second rushed past rne
surprisingly and she was gone.
I called for her to return,but my efforts were in vain. I decided not to bail(保释)
her out if the puppy pound put her away.
Anyway,when I picked my daughter up from school I just happened to mention
that Cady might be rnissing or if she has been caught by the K9 cops(警察),I will not
be paying her fines this time.”
"Why not?”my daughter demanded.“Is it just the money?”
"Well,partially it’s the money. But mostly it is because I am angry with her.,,I
insisted. I noticed that my daughter had her head turned away from me and had not said
a single word for over 5 minutes. So,I asked,"Are you mad at me?"
“Yes,I am.,, She replied,looking at me with tears streaming down her face.
I could not imagine that the thought of losing Cady would be so painful. In my
imind I have given Cady。nice home with。。abundance of food,good water,and even
her own doggy bed for over two years now.
With tears welling up in my eyes,I heard my daughter's voice,“Dad,you just
don’t understand. If Cady is at the pound,no one will adopt her. Who would pick
her? She is three years old and not even pretty like Casey.”My heart softened. I felt
sad for having been so callous. As we pulled into the driveway,there stood Cady in the
back yard,tail wagging and ready for some supper. I will make every effort to prevent
any future escapes,
56. Why are Cady and Casey eager to escape?
A. They don't like being fenced in home.
B. They like very much staying in the city pound.
C. The author makes, silly mistake of walking them one by one.
D. The author doesn't provide them with enough food and water.
57. The main reason why the author decided not to bail' Cady was that__________.
A. he couldn’t afford to raise Cady any longer
B. he had no time to spare to walk Cady.
C. he was very annoyed with Cady's escapes
D. he was sure the puppy pound would adopt her
58. The underlined word "callous" in the last paragraph means_.
A. heartless. B. kind. C. cool. D. angry.
59. What would be the best title?
A. Cady, a lovely dog? B. Daughter, my greatest teacher.
C. A disappointing father. D. Unexpected escapes.