Primary school students in China started using new editions of their textbooks last September, with new illustrations(插图)to go with classic Chinese poems.
With the 110 classic poems for primary school students from Grade One to Six come one hundred illustrations painted by artist Huang Guoxiang of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. The old version of Chinese was in use for more than 10 years. “Our aesthetic(美学的)tastes have changed. The illustrations in textbooks should keep up with that,” said Huang.
“An editor from People’s Education Press called me last September and asked whether I was interested –to create illustrations for three poems: Ode to Goose, Min Nong and Spring Dawn. I made it. After about 20 days, the publisher called me again and asked me to do all of them,” Huang said.
Huang also said he referred to the Chinese textbooks his son used previously before working on a new painting.
But he did not just create any ink paintings; Huang changed his style of painting a little bit for his young readers. Primary school students may not necessarily be attracted to traditional Chinese ink painting, as the stokes(笔画)tend to be thick and the colors dark. So he mixed ink painting with watercolor to make the pictures visually appealing to the young readers while fully expressing the meanings of classic poems.
“It’s not that difficult to illustrate a single poem. The hard part is: sometimes there are three poems on one page and the contents of these poems may change greatly, so it was difficult for me to express the feelings of all of them with one illustration. Sometimes I had to think with a bigger picture and create something that fits it all,” added Huang.
1.The new illustrations in primary school textbooks were created to .
A.make more money
B.keep up with the times
C.cut the cost
D.attract high school students
2.What does the underlined word “appealing” probably mean in the fifth paragraph?
A.Attractive.
B.Active.
C.Entertaining.
D.Influential.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Huang found it easy to complete the creation.
B.Huang created no more than three paintings.
C.Huang changed his painting style to suit school students.
D.The Chinese textbooks Huang’s son had used before were useless.
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A.A Great Painter
B.Chinese Ink Paintings
C.Chinese Classic Poems
D.New Textbook, New Illustration
Famous Modern Chinese Buildings
Beijing International Airport
The first place most visitors see when they arrive in China is Beijing International Airport. The airport was constructed in the 1950s. It has an indoor garden, a children’s playground, and over 70 food businesses in Terminal 3 alone.
Shanghai World Financial Center
Completed in 2008, SWFC took over 10 years to complete due to financial shortages and construction delays. Since its completion, it has won countless architectural awards.
Tourists are welcome at SWFC's viewing platform, which at 474 meters above ground is the worlds highest closed viewing platform.
The Water Cube
It was constructed for use during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Now visitors can express surprise at the architecture of the building. They can enjoy the indoor atmosphere as well.
Among the offerings of the Water Cube are a restaurant and bar, a shopping area, and Water World, a family water park
The Bird's Nest, Beijing
It was designed mainly for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It can hold up to 80,000 people and has been used for a winter theme park. Nowadays, its main income is as a tourist attraction. It draws more than 20,000 tourists every day.
National Center for the Performing Arts
It was completed in 2007. The building is surrounded by a man-made lake, requiring guests to enter via an underground hallway. It is home to an Opera Hall, Music Hall, and Theater.
1.Which of the following buildings was first constructed?
A.Beijing International Airport. B.Shanghai World Financial Center.
C.The Water Cube. D.The Birds Nest, Beijing.
2.Why was the construction of Shanghai World Financial Center delayed?
A.It needed more construction workers. B.It was short of money.
C.It added an extra viewing-platform. D.It faced too much terrible weather.
3.How does the bird's Nest operate daily?
A.By renting the winter theme park. B.By increasing its opening time.
C.By charging tourists for admission fees. D.By giving some live concerts.
4.What can you do in National Center for the Performing Art?
A.Enjoy sports events. B.Play musical instruments.
C.Attend science lectures. D.Watch different performances.
假定你是李华，你所在的城市即将举办国际青少年足球赛，组委会现面向社会招聘英语志愿者。请你用英语给组委会写一封邮件，申请成为志愿者。要点如下：
1.表达意愿；
2.说明优势；
3.希望获准。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
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(∧), 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。
Last year, my family and I decide to go to Sanya celebrate my birthday. The beach was such clean that I wanted to go there as soon as we arrived. We travelled around the island, taken a lot of pictures. We had lunch at one of the small restaurant by the sea. The food was very delicious and fresh, especially seafood. My parents gave me an ice cream cake, but my sister gave me a present that she made it by herself. Everyone at the restaurant said Happy Birthday for me. It was the very impressively birthday for me. l am looking forward to go there again.
阅读下面短文，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。
Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers.1.,if you eat the right food and exercise regularly, you can feel better, look better and have more energy. So healthy eating along with regular exercise is2.（probable）the first step to become fit.
As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy3.needs. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. The most important thing to remember when you choose food is to protect yourself from some tricks.4.number of people who want to make quick money are always fooling you into5.（believe） what they say. Don’t6.（trick）by them. What you need is just to trust a diet that is right for your body.
Exercise is also something on 7. you can depend to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. It is obvious that exercise is8.（help）to you. When you exercise, you build up the9.（strong）of your muscles and your body produces some chemicals that make you feel peaceful and relaxed.
Follow the suggestions above,10. you will look and feel much better in no time at all.
Standing in the store ’s entrance, I______this strange sight. My dad had just dropped me off to shop for Christmas______， but my brother and his friends had a more noble______for shopping,
“Do you think Caitlin will like this?” one of the boys asked. And my brother, looking rather______was standing in front of a shelf of socks. “Okay. The pink one would be a good idea,”I______He picked up one and presented it to me for______.
They used up all their______, some of which they had saved up over the course of the year for Christmas gifts. But, they had all ______to spend it on Caitlin.
Just nine days before Christmas, Caitlin's house had been ______to the ground by______. Caitlin and her parents all had escaped.______,everything in the house was engulfed(吞噬)in flames, including the Christmas presents ______to be wrapped(包装).
The school was______their books and uniforms. And all the______in Caitlin's class were taking her shopping for clothes while the boys were shopping for things like scarves and socks.
When we got home, my brother brought everything he had______for Caitlin to my room to make sure I thought she’d like everything one last time.
“I think she’ll love everything.” I said, and______him, even though he tried to push me away.I was so______of him at that moment. He______all his savings for a new skateboard______for a friend who needed a Christmas present more than he did. He had, through this act of a pure hear, captured(捕获)the true ______of Christmas.
1.A.exchanged B.observed C.repeated D.shared
2.A.dreams B.wishes C.gifts D.secrets
3.A.reason B.problem C.discovery D.holiday
4.A.ashamed B.confused C.scared D.relieved
5.A.warmed B.agreed C.doubted D.advised
6.A.approval B.relax C.change D.pity
7.A.energy B.time C.money D.patience
8.A.decided B.regretted C.failed D.happened
9.A.fallen B.burned C.moved D.exposed
10.A.nature B.hand C.mistake D.chance
11.A.Otherwise B.Instead C.However D.Therefore
12.A.waiting B.preparing C.turning D.proving
13.A.designing B.choosing C.studying D.replacing
14.A.friends B.girls C.colleagues D.parents
15.A.achieved B.accepted C.bought D.earned
16.A.pushed B.criticized C.teased D.hugged
17.A.tired B.proud C.careful D.aware
18.A.looked up B.turned up C.gave up D.made up
19.A.nervously B.fortunately C.angrily D.selflessly
20.A.spirit B.opinion C.skill D.fact
