When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to tum it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She asked, "Do you have the address? ""No, but I'll recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine. "
"Oh, stop. There it is!"
The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.
"May I help you?" a man asked. "No," I said. "We're fine." Tour guides got on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren't that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me. "Where do you think you are?" he asked. I turned sharply. "The McNay Art Museum!" He smiled, shaking his head. "Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street." "What's this place?" I asked, still confused. "Well, it's our home." My heart jolted(震颤). I raced to the staircase and called out, "Sally! Come down immediately! "
"There's some really good stuff( 艺术作品）up there." She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, "Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place." Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing. She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.
The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened.
Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place. "Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum?"
"Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone. "
"That was my home. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. I've always wanted to thank you."
1.What do we know about Marian McNay?
A.She was a journalist. B.She was a painter.
C.She was a museum director. D.She was a community leader.
2.Why did the author refuse the help from the man in the house?
A.She disliked people who were nosy.
B.She felt nervous when talking to strangers.
C.She mistook him for a tour guide.
D.She knew more about art than the man.
3.How did the author feel about being stared at by the people in the hall?
A.Puzzled. B.Concerned.
C.Frightened. D.Delighted.
4.What could we learn from the last paragraph?
A.People should have good taste to enjoy life.
B.People should spend more time with their family.
C.People tend to be blind to the beauty around them.
D.People tend to educate teenagers at a museum.
The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10 am to 6 pm (Fridays 10 am to 9 pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).
1.In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?
A.The 20th B.The 17th
C.The 18th D.The 13th
2.Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?
A.In the East Wing. B.In the main West Wing.
C.In the Sainsbury Wing. D.In the North Wing.
3.Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?
A.Charing Cross. B.Leicester Square.
C.Embankment. D.Piccadilly Circus.
假定你是李华，新华中学学生，你校即将举行本年度足球赛决赛。请写封邮件邀请在校 访问的学生Charlie —*同观看，内容包括：
1 .比赛时间、地点；
2. 参赛队伍介绍；
3. 表达期待。
注意：1. 词数100左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Charlie,
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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1。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（A）,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：在错的词下画一横线，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只限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am sorry to know that you didn't make it to the final of the Chinese Talent Show. I am told that you are in low spirit and I understand what you feel. However, I think you should cheer up.
You have tried your best, so there is nothing regret. And have you noticed that you have made a great progress in Chinese and singing since you take part in the talent show? This is what you have gained and what real matters. What's more, it's common of us to experience failure, that will encourage us to go further. Keeping on trying and you will succeed sooner and later.
I wish you happiness every day.
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。
Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. That time includes 1. （watch） videos, chatting with friends and using social media.
ul realize that I am addicted>n she said, noting she checks her phone countless times, "At night, when I can’t sleep, I can use my phone for up 2. five hours. " Tyas goes to the University of Indonesia, where a team of students 3. （recent） developed a device meant to fight phone addiction.
The students spent three 4. （month） creating the device, which can help the Internet users like Tyas reduce the time they spend looking at their phones. The device 5.（call） “Nettox”. Users wear it on their arm.
The Nettox device makes a sound when HRV （心率变异性）and blood oxygen levels fall caused by using a mobile phone for long hours, which tells wearers 6.（stop） using their phones. For people between the ages of 187. 25, the HRV should stay above 60.
Internet addiction is a growing 8. （society） problem in Indonesia. In October, two teenagers were treated for 9. （they） addiction to Internet gaming, the media reported. HRV readings can change depending on if the user is a man or woman, and 10.their body shape and health conditions are.
Cake and birthdays go hand in hand. However, on her first birthday, Akeesha Rose __ an extra special treat. Her aunt, Leah O'Brien, had placed an order for a Peppa Pig themed ___at a bakery. Little did she know that when she went to____it, another customer had paid for it and left a __ for the “birthday girl". It read： " __ what would have been my little girl’s first birthday, I have chosen to pay for your birthday cake. I am __ to buy my daughter a cake of her own today, but I hope you enjoy this one and have a fantastic birthday. Hannah's __ ."
Ms. O'Brien told BBC News NI she was "overjoyed". "I'd never heard of anything like this happening before. It was such a kind __."
Determined （坚定的）to find out more about Hannah, and to thank her dad, Ms. O Brien ___pictures of the cake and card on Facebook.
"I __ wasn't sure if the family would be happy with me doing so, but I really wanted to reach out to them," she told BBC News NI.
With thousands of people liking, __ and commenting, it wasn't too long before Ms. O’Brien uncovered the __ of Hannah's father — Gareth Bronte.
Tuesday 10 September would've been my daughter's first birthday,” he told BBC News NI. "Unfortunately, she died after eight days and I wasn't going to get the __ to buy her a birthday cake. But I wanted to share some___ about in her memory. I walked into the bakery. said I wanted to __ for someone else's birthday cake and explained the reason why. And it just so __ that there was a cake ordered for the one-year-old girl."
"Some people said my actions had restored some faith in humanity （人，性）for them, but I just___ it for Hannah."
Kristy, Gareth's wife, said she hoped his actions would open a __ for other parents who had lost children and help ___their sadness.
After Mr. Bronte's act of kindness, Ms. O'Brien felt driven to follow suit and put money towards another __ cake at the bakery.
1.A.received B.exchanged C.prepared D.eyed
2.A.bag B.book C.cake D.doll
3.A.record B.observe C.find D.collect
4.A.card B.gift C.souvenir D.cartoon
5.A.In hope of B.In memory of C.In praise of D.In need of
6.A.willing B.unable C.thankful D.uncertain
7.A.uncle B.mommy C.aunt D.daddy
8.A.gesture B.opinion C.explanation D.impression
9.A.painted B.showed off C.posted D.carried on
10.A.gradually B.similarly C.finally D.honestly
11.A.directing B.talking C.sharing D.imitating
12.A.habit B.name C.portrait D.character
13.A.preparation B.money C.chance D.permission
14.A.kindness B.sorrow C.joys D.belief
15.A.look B.order C.ask D.pay
16.A.seemed B.happened C.showed D.offered
17.A.wrote B.made C.admitted D.did
18.A.conversation B.shop C.business D.book
19.A.destroy B.reduce C.face D.explore
20.A.parent's B.friend's C.stranger's D.family's
