—Because he wished to have his father get him a new one for Christmas.
Bank holidays! We all love them!
A bank holiday is an English term for a public holiday. During the day banks and offices are closed and a lot of people have a day off work. In the UK, people only get eight bank holidays in one year.
People in Colombia are much luckier. There are twenty bank holidays for the whole country in one year! And there can be even more, depending on which region(地区) you live in. As in the UK, most of the bank holidays in Colombia exist for religious reasons.
One such example is Independence Day on 20 July every year. This is just like Bastille Day in France on 14 July. It is in memory of the day that Christopher Columbus, first reached America in the year 1492.
Bank holidays are very important for western people. They may also choose to stay at home to relax and forget about work.
A. Bank holidays are different in Colombia.
B. During the holidays, they often travel with their families.
C. This is because different regions have their own holidays.
D. And at least five of those are around Christmas time and Easter.
E. Every country on the continent of America celebrates Columbus Day.
F. Another historical bank holiday in Colombia is Columbus Day on 12 October.
G. However, some bank holidays in Colombia came into being for historical reasons.
Most of these groups graduates, but some middle school students join as well.
Ireland two parts.
Patient as he was, he wait for three hours.
The thief the policemen and ran away.
, Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened.
Two months ago, a Wuhan resident noticed her (neighbor) open window and a curtain fluttering (飘动) from it. Feb 15, she had been posting the videos of the curtain on Sina Weibo along with the daily weather and other updates from the city.
Her posts soon became widespread, with some micro-bloggers jokingly (call) it "the curtain drama". Many were worried about the house-owner. Was he safe? Was he in hospital with the virus? When will he return?
The curtain drama had a happy ending on Monday with the house-owner returning. He said he had opened the window to let in fresh air and forgotten all about it as he (flee) to the suburbs to distance himself socially. It was after reading about his curtain on social network he returned.
The woman videos have become a best account of Wuhan during lockdown might not (realize) it then. Behind the curtain drama is the (warm) and love of Chinese society. None of those who commented on the drama every day knew who the house owner was or what happened to him/her they all expressed their goodwill and prayed for his/her safety. Such is Chinese society: Never indifferent to (strange), ever generous with love.
Why play sports? You might say “to get exercise” and you'd be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more.. According to the Women's Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.
Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that playing sports will take up all your study time.. Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration (集中;专心), which can give active girls an advantage in the classroom.
Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goalsetting skills.. When you work with coaches, trainers, and teammates to win games and achieve goals, you're learning how to be successful. Those skills will serve you well at work and in family life.
Sports are good for a girl's health. In addition to being fit and keeping a healthy weight, girls who play sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, girls who exercise are less likely to get osteoporosis(骨质疏松症).
Playing sports improves self-confidence.. Why? It builds confidence when you know you can practice, improve, and achieve your goals. Sports are also a feel-good activity because they help girls get in shape, keep a healthy weight, and make new friends.
. Playing sports can reduce pressure and help you feel a little happier. How? The brain chemicals released during exercise improve a person's mood. Friends are another mood-lifter. And being on a team creates tight bonds between friends. It's good to know your teammates will support you both on and off the field!
A. Exercise cuts the pressure.
B. Sports teach valuable life skills.
C. In fact, there are at least 5 more reasons.
D. Regular exercise increases quality of life.
E. Girls who play sports feel better about themselves.
F. Playing sports offers children more than just physical benefits.
G. But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school than those who don't.
My freshman football coach in high school was the greatest teacher I ever had.
We were practicing (catch) the football. He threw me a pass and I dropped it. He started yelling at me. I went back in line embarrassed. My friend was up next. Coach threw (he) the football. He dropped it, too. Coach said nothing. (annoy), I murmured under my breath, "Why didn't he get (yell) at?" "What was that? TAKE OFF! TAKE OFF!!!" He didn't say where to take off to, and I wasn't going to ask. So, like Forest Gump, I just kept running until practice was over.
After practice he came and talked to me. "Stephen, the reason I yelled at you but not other guy is that I have more (expect) out of you. If I yell at you, then it's because I expect more out of you and know you can get (good). It's when we stop yelling at you when you mess up that you should begin to worry. Because if that day comes, it means we (give) up on you."
WOW. That single sentence by a football coach taught me more about life in one sentence any other teacher o class ever had.
If you are given only 1 yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It seems this may be a little difficult. But students from Xi'an did it.
On April 10, more than 60 students from the Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnic University took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. The charitable organization for teenagers called Imperceptible Education held this activity. Students not only have to live, but they also have to deal with a lot of hard tasks. It has happened in eight cities and is going to four others, including Beijing, in June.
To make money, many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was. Zhang Queue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one chance. “We were sad when they said no. But gradually (逐渐地), we got used to it,” he said. After being a waiter for an hour, he got 25 yuan.
Some made use of their talents by singing and dancing in parks or shopping malls. Many people who walked by took notice and helped them. Zhao Jincheng, 14, drew pictures and made paper crafts(手工). “This showed it's important to learn a special skill,” he said.
Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn't any easier. They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time. The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth thousands yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. “We learned how to persuade others. From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt (酸乳) … after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive necklace,” he said. They will give all of the money they made to poor schools in Tibet.
a. adults can join this activity
b. students are given a little money
c. students have to do hard tasks
d. twelve cities have joined this activity
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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:把多余的词作斜线(\)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。
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your offer of invite me to the summer English course in your school. As for your choice between the two courses, I prefer the four-week course for 60 hours of study. Because of this would allow me more times to do some travelling and make a few new friends either. Of all the subjects I'm learning at school, I like English best. I had been learning English for 6 years but my spoken English remains poorly. So I hope to take this chance to improve it. If is possible, I'd like to stay with a family for a couple of days in order I can know some customs in England. I believe I will have wonderful time this summer.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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JAY Chou, S.H.E. and Happy Boys? They are some of the singers who keep your music world busy. But Peking Opera? Is it only the favorite pastime of your grandfather?
Now, you have the chance to get to know the real beauty of this traditional art. This term, a Peking Opera project is starting in 200 schools in 10 provinces and municipalities (直辖市). It will involve 15 works of Peking Opera, both classic and modern.
So how much do you know about this 200-year-old art? Peking Opera combines instrumental music, singing, dancing, acting and acrobatics (杂技). Full of Chinese cultural elements, Peking Opera presents to the audience an encyclopedia (百科全书) of Chinese culture with unfolding stories, beautiful paintings, wonderful costumes and graceful gestures.
The art form has created many "firsts" in Chinese dramas: the abundance of repertoires (曲目), the number of artists and opera troupes and audience. So it is called the national opera of China.
There are five main roles in Peking Opera: sheng, dan, jing, mo and chou. Sheng is the leading male actor. Dan is the female roles. Jing refers to male roles with colored face paintings who represent warriors (战士), heroes, statesmen, adventurers and demons(魔鬼). Mo is a minor male role. Chou is a male comic character with a white patch on the nose. They play roles of wit and humor. It is these characters that keep the audience laughing to ease tension in some serious plays.
1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
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2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Is it only the thing that your grandfather like best to kill time?
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3.Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.
(Please answer within 10 words.)
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4.What's your opinion about the Peking Opera project started in schools?
(Please answer within 30 words.)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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I’ll tell you _____ he told me last week.
A. all which B. that C. all that D. which E. what
“I have a lot more strength and am ready to move forward with a normal life,”Lauren says,five years after the Sept.11 Attacks.
That day as she 36 the building,a fireball raced down the elevator and blasted her back out, 37 more than 82% of her body.Doctors gave her just a 15% chance of surviving. 38 25 surgeries, including skin grafts(移植)and scar revisions to her 39 ,face,and hands,she finished her five-year 40 last month.Now, she has to learn how to sit,walk and drink from a cup.Susan,one of her doctors,says,“Lauren was 41 badly burned that it's a miracle she 42 has hands at all.Still,she 43 you in the eye and says,‘I don't have bad days.’”
Recently,Tyler,Lauren's son,has made his own 44 of what his mom went through that 45 day.He watched his parents appear on the Today Show and asked his mother why she ever went into the building“I 46 you hadn't been hurt,Mommy,”he said.
Lauren and her husband work 47 to give the little boy the right 48 ,“We tell him some bad guys did a bad thing,and that's how Mommy was 49 ,”says Lauren.They 50 Tyler reassurances(肯定)that it's not going to happen to him,and that his parents will protect him no matter what happens.
They're enjoying 51 they have.It's the unplanned pleasures they truly 52 .Tyler has gotten into playacting, and he'll suddenly 53 a script(剧本).“You'll be the princess.” he'll say to Lauren,“and I'll be the knight(骑士).My dog can be the dragon.”
Lauren 54 as she tells the story.“Life doesn't get 55 better.”she says.
36.A reached | B.entered | C.left | D.saw |
37.A.burning | B.killing | C .striking | D.ruining |
38.A.Within | B.During | C.After | D.Before |
39.A.body | B.head | C.eyes | D.back |
40.A.receptions | B.treatments | C.observations | D.movements |
41.A.such | B.too | C.so | D.as |
42.A.also | B.therefore | C.otherwise | D.even |
43.A.looks | B.scans | C.greets | D.watches |
44.A.invention | B.discovery | C.invitation | D.imagination |
45.A.wonderful | B.pitiful | C.terrible | D.desirable |
46.A.think | B.expect | C.wish | D.hope |
47.A.hard | B.once | C.only | D.again |
48.A.news | B.sentences | C.contents | D.messages |
49.A.tricked | B.injured | C.fooled | D.laughed at |
50.A.offer | B.supply | C.afford | D.equip |
51.A.that | B.which | C.when | D.what |
52.A.choose | B.demand | C.intend | D.value |
53.A.suggest | B.write | C.read | D.find |
54.A.screams | B.cries | C.smiles | D.yells |
55.A.very | B.any | C.quite | D.fairly |
Once upon a time, a poor traveller stopped under a tree. From his bag he took out a bowl of
16 (boil) rice and started to eat. Nearby was a small shop, where a woman was selling fried fish to travellers able to pay for 17 . When the man finished eating and got up to leave, she shouted, “You have not paid me for your meal!”
“But I ordered nothing from you!” he said.
“Everyone can see that you 18 (enjoy) the smell of my fried fish with your rice,” argued the woman. “If you hadn’t smelt the fish, your meal would not have been so 19__ (please)!”
Soon a crowd gathered. 20 they supported the traveller, they also agreed that the wind was blowing from the shop to the place 21 he had eaten, carrying the smell of the fried fish to him.
At last, the woman took him to a judge and after 22 (tell) the judge the story, she insisted that 23 the man had enjoyed her fish smell, he should pay 25 cents. After hearing the evidence, the judge asked the man to drop 24 25-cent coin on the ground. “Here is your payment, the sound of 25 cents 25 the smell of the fried fish.”
I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, dark eyes, and lovely
21 her shiny pink nightgown ( 睡裙) .I wanted to say, “Maya, you’re so 22 !
Turn around and model that pretty gown for me. You’re beautiful!” But I didn’t.
“Maya,” I said, 23 into her eyes, “it’s very nice to meet you.”
“ Nice to meet you, too.” She said, in that 24 , talking-to-adults, good girl voice.
“Hey, what are you reading?” I asked. Her eyes got bigger, and the practiced, polite facial 25 gave way to real excitement over this 26 . But she seemed too 27 to answer me.
“I love books,” I said. “Do you?”
Most 28 do.
“Yes,” she said. “And I can 29 them all by myself now!”
“Wow, 30 !” I said. And it is, for a five-year-old.
“What’s your favourite book?” I asked.
“I’ll go and get it! Can I read it to you?”
Purplicious was Maya’s 31 , and a new one to me, as she sat next to me and 32 read aloud every word. Then I told her that I’d just 33 a book, and that I hoped she’d write one, too, one day. She was crazy 34 that idea. We were both sad when Maya had to go to bed, 35 I told her next time to choose another book and we’d read it.
Try this the next time you meet a little girl. She may be 36 and unsure at first, because few people ask her about her 37 , but be patient and stick with it. Ask her what she’s reading. What does she like and dislike, and why? You’re just 38 an intelligent (明智的) conversation that respects her brain. Tell her about your 39 and accomplishments, and your favourite books. Set a good example for her of what a 40 woman says and does.
| 21. A. on | B. in | C. at | D. with |
| 22. A. clever | B. honest | C. cute | D. brave |
| 23. A. turning | B. getting | C. looking | D. putting |
| 24. A. strange | B. polite | C. different | D. frequent |
| 25. A. expression | B. attention | C. devotion | D. decision |
| 26. A. outline | B. title | C. topic | D. headline |
| 27. A. shy | B. difficult | C. confident | D. easy-going |
| 28. A. books | B. adults | C. women | D. children |
| 29. A. recognize | B. study | C. read | D. understand |
| 30. A. amazing | B. amusing | C. frightening | D. pleasing |
| 31. A. friend | B. dislike | C. pick | D. question |
| 32. A. surprisingly | B. sadly | C. entirely | D. proudly |
| 33. A. bought | B. written | C. sold | D. started |
| 34. A. over | B. for | C. about | D. to |
| 35. A. but | B. though | C. since | D. because |
| 36. A. worried | B. surprised | C. exhausted | D. uninterested |
| 37. A. mood | B. face | C. mind | D. head |
| 38. A. producing | B. accepting | C. educating | D. escaping |
| 39. A. events | B. disadvantages | C. ideas | D. sufferings |
| 40. A. speaking | B. thinking | C. confusing | D. living |
You may open your electronic mail and find information about how to buy medicine, cheap airline tickets, books and, of course, computers and computer products. There may also be offers for investment(投资)deals, bank loans and special holidays. However, to many computer users, this use of electronic spare to sell products has become a major problem as it makes computer communication more difficult.
Many companies who want to send a great deal of advertising might use the services of a
"spammer". A spammer is a person or company that uses computers to send out millions of copies of the same sales information. Spammers find e-mail addresses from websites, news groups and
" chat rooms" where people send messages to each other. Most spare is sent by companies who are trying to get you to buy their products. Some of these are honest companies that offer good products or services for a fair price. These companies can offer their products at a cheaper price than you might find in a store. However, much of the spam on the Internet is sent by criminals who are trying to sell products that do not exist or offer services they will not provide. They are only interested in stealing your money. When you answer their spam, you find you are expected to send them money and receive a gift. One country in Africa has become famous for the number of criminals who try every known trick to separate people from their money.
1.What does the underlined word " spam" probably refer to?
A.Companies that send out millions of copies of the same sales information.
B.Advertisements sent out by companies who want to sell their products.
C.Computer virus that causes computer communication difficulties.
D.Unwanted electronic information that reaches computer users.
2.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A.Companies who advertise a lot are referred to as spammers.
B.Spammers are people who receive spam on their computers.
C.Spammers are people who collect many e-mail addresses from websites.
D.Either individuals or organizations can be spammers if they send out spam.
3.Which is the possible suggestion from the writer concerning spam?
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A.Look out for any spam that reaches your computer.
B.Spam is sent out by those who want to separate you from your money.
C.Spam is very helpful in providing you with useful information about product sales.
D.Spam helps companies to sell more of their products so it should be valued by people.
●Does failure really exist?
If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t. 36 The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.
● 37
Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down. Don’t do that! 38 Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.
●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.
It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control. 39 If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.
●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.
Difficulties me
an only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet. That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals. 40 You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.
A. Never give up on yourself.
B. Failure only exists in your own mind!
C. That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.
D. It simply means you have not done enough yet.
E. You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.
F. Instead, make up your min
d to make your goal happen, no matter what!
G. Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.
When I was thirteen, my parents and I visited an eye doctor. After the examination, __61__ doctor said with coldness that I had an eye disease. I had inherited it, __62__my brother’s eyes seemed to be fine.
Fifteen years after that, my father began to lose __63__sight and I did, too. I fixed all my attention __64__the effects of my own darkness. My world seemed __65__(break) down and it destroyed all my dreams.
__66__, I learnt new things from my father. Twenty years later, I look back at what he has given me. He taught me the determination to move forward __67__ facing difficulties. His journey taught me valuable lessons for my own path in the darkness. He had held onto his faith and moved from his comfortable hometown to this unknown land.
I did the same as I stepped into the strange _68__(sight) world. Later I gained confidence and learned the language of thankfulness. With great appreciation for my father’s example, I learned the powerful combination of faith and insistence and __69__(perform) my own different roles. Luckily, __70__ I inherited from my father helped me see my life differently.