Christmas is a time for eating great food, giving and receiving presents, and most importantly spending time with your family watching some classic Christmas movies.
The Grinch (2000)
This is a Christmas must-watch and one of Jim Carrey's best performances. It was also originally a nursery tale book written by Dr Seuss. It's the story of a green monster who wants to ruin Christmas but who in the end discovers the power of love and generosity. I promise it's a great film with plenty of laughs along the way.
Love Actually (2003)
While this is not a personal favourite of mine, people in the UK absolutely love this film. It has many featuring actors and actresses. It might be a little difficult to follow as there are complex plots, so I recommend watching a translated version or enabling subtitles (字幕) in your native language. However, the heart-warming elements of the film make it worth watching.
Home Alone (1990)
This amusing masterwork is one of my favourite films of all time. It tells the story of a boy, Kevin, who is left alone in his house when his large family forgets to take him on vacation with them. While the families are away, burglars try to rob the house and Kevin must protect his home by setting traps. The trips, falls and traps will have you laughing out loud as you watch a 10-year-old boy beat two grown men.
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
You can't have Christmas in an English-speaking country without watching this movie. It's not funny like Home Alone or The Grinch, but it is incredibly touching. It's about a man who claims to be Santa, but nobody believes him except a lawyer and a little girl. The story-line may seem a little childish but you can enjoy it at any age.
1.Which film is adapted from a fairy tale?
A. The Grinch.
B. Home Alone.
C. Love Actually.
D. Miracle on 34th Street.
2.What is Home Alone mainly about?
A. An unsuccessful family vacation.
B. A boy protecting home by himself.
C. A terrible suffering to a little boy.
D. A 10-year-old boy's practical jokes.
3.Why is Miracle on 34th Street so popular?
A. Owing to its moving plots.
B. Because of its funny story.
C. Due to its childish storyline.
D. For its famous actors and actresses.
近年来，习近平总书记在国内外不同场合，不止一次讲述过他的读书故事，也每每在演讲中引经据典、信手拈来，让听者叹服。习总书记对读书的热爱掀起一股全民读书热潮。我校决定也借此机会鼓励同学们开展读书周(Reading Week)活动。假如你是我校学生会主席李华，为配合学校的这次活动，你打算倡议同学们多读书，读好书。根据以下提示给同学们写封倡议信。
1. 读书周活动的目的； 2. 读书的好处； 3. 你的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。
Dear friends，
I'm Li Hua, president of the Students' Union.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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（Λ），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。
Every high school student want to get into famous universities and they spend most of their time review lessons. Nowadays, many graduates find it hard to be admitted to famous universities. To be honest, only the small number of students can get such golden chances. I have a strong desire to enter for Beijing University to study. To make your dream come true, I have to know my advantage and disadvantages. However, I must work hard or put all my time and energy into study. Most important, I must arrange my time properly. I was approaching my dream university with every effort.
单句改错
1.I’d like to study law at university, when my cousin prefers geography.
2.Comparing with conducting an interview by QQ online, a face to face interview in person can provide people with more reliable details.
3.The music is dull and uninspiring, and the same is true to the acting.
4.I take for granted that I can pass the exam without difficulty.
5.It’s not a good idea to play trick on our teacher.
6.Mary was heard sing beautifully next door yesterday afternoon.
7.So absorbed was he in our talk as my brother took a wrong turn on the way to the airport.
8.If your father keeps working so hard, he’ll break off sooner or later.
9.The moment when I saw her, I told her the good news.
10.It used to be in possession of my uncle, who left it to me in his will.
11.I have some doubt that he will pass the driving test.
12.In class I answered the question with hesitation, for which the teacher praised me.
13.The number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.
14.We sincere hope that this is the beginning of a long and pleasant business relation.
15.Scarcely had she finished her homework than she went out.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
How do learning habits influence learning results? It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous 1. (say) “Good habits lead to good endings”, which shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” also 2. (show) a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge 3. (include). At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitude 4. the content of our learning. 5. (obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits --- keeping 6. learning diary every day. We can start the habit by 7. (write) a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind, 8. gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What's 9. (much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits 10. well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
Be a Traveler, not a Tourist
Last summer, I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I packed all the necessities —except the _________.
While the convenience of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my _________ not to take with me the few expensive kilograms of out-of-date information, this was not the only reason why I decided to fly alone.
To be honest, my main _________ with the guidebook is that I find it _________ the pleasure of a journey—like bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do, _________ she doesn’t always know what is the best.
Experience has taught me that there is an obvious _________ between a tourist and traveler.
While waiting in a queue, I met a man who had a checklist. He showed me his list of “Top 20 Things To Do in Italy” and _________ off in a loud American accent that he’d seen everything Italy has to offer in just four days.
The problem I had with this man’s _______ to travelling was that he was too _______ information provided by his guidebook. He was lost in the __________ attractiveness of the “must-sees” and ________ to all the wonders and adventures that might happen during the ________ trip.
So, ________ any guidebook, I traveled to Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia. In the __________ of advance plans as guidebooks would suggest, I had no choice but to turn to some friendly faces for advice. I __________ myself first and then asked them what was happening around the town. When this __________ an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I __________ a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿浴), __________ picked forest-mushrooms and the good __________ of our five newly-found Estonian friends, I was most glad that I had left my “bossy __________” at home.
1.A. magazine B. guidebook C. cash D. map
2.A. excuse B. goal C. decision D. mistake
3.A. problem B. suggestion C. dislike D. connection
4.A. annoys B. increases C. removes D. limits
5.A. as if B. even though C. as though D. as long as
6.A. similarity B. difference C. misunderstanding D. competition
7.A. cut B. showed C. put D. gave
8.A. way B. determination C. approach D. confidence
9.A. cautious about B. amused by C. surprised at D. focused on
10.A. likely B. seeming C. lovely D. orderly
11.A. deaf B. dumb C. blind D. eager
12.A. real B. imagined C. guided D. paid
13.A. except B. beyond C. without D. unlike
14.A. face B. control C. loss D. absence
15.A. calmed B. warned C. introduced D. enjoyed
16.A. resulted in B. put in C. broke in D. cut in
17.A. found B. bathed C. ordered D. enjoyed
18.A. locally B. nervously C. rarely D. secretly
19.A. experience B. time C. opinion D. company
20.A. mom B. master C. aunt D. book
