I cried the first time I saw the Notre Dame（巴黎圣母院）years ago. I'd waited my entire life to see this great French architecture, and experienced it in its full glory on a bright sunny day. Last night, I again cried for the centuries-old church while watching it burn.
I hadn't expected to spend my evening that way. My friend and I were having dinner at a cafe a block or so away from the Notre Dame, choosing to skip going inside with the intention to go back the next day.
However, we heard that it caught fire, so we left the cafe and ran towards the church, following heavy smoke from it, and soon we joined a nearly silent crowd. Some were praying, some were crying, but most were staring in disbelief at the disaster happening before us. The fire continued to get worse. About 400 firefighters were working to control the fire. We could see their flashlights shining as they inspected the front from a balcony.
The Notre Dame is part of the heartbeat of Paris, I reflected on the experiences I've had there, from attending a bread market out front to admiring the beautiful windows and architecture inside. It is a spot that helps make Paris magical. And here we were, watching it burn down. It was too much to handle, but it was impossible to look away.
About 9：30 pm, the gathered crowd spontaneously（自发地）began to sing Hymns（圣歌）to the church. We sang along with the group, feeling at once less like tourists and more like members of them. I hadn't imagined all that before.
For hundreds of years, the Notre Dame has seen the most joyous and the most terrible moments in the lives of both France and her people. And when everyone was able to become one emotional force, it showed that even in her darkest hour, the Notre Dame was still there to bring us all together.
1.Why did the author cry for the Notre Dame for the first time?
A.She was touched by its greatness. B.She was sorrowful to watch it burn.
C.She was regretful for missing its glory. D.She was excited about French cultures.
2.What was the author doing when the Notre Dame caught fire?
A.Heading for a faraway cafe. B.Visiting a church with a friend.
C.Eating nearby with a friend. D.Wandering along the street alone.
3.What can we know about the fire scene?
A.People expressed their sadness in different ways.
B.People were nervously rushing in different directions.
C.Hundreds of volunteers joined in putting out the fire.
D.Firefighters kept people away with shining flashlights.
4.What impressed the author most?
A.The church allowed visitors to gain great experiences.
B.Many foreign tourists became members of the church.
C.The church survived disasters for hundreds of years.
D.People were brought together to sing to the church.
Guide to Stockholm University Library
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2～3 people and others can hold up to 6～8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
1.What is the library’s upper floor mainly for students to do?
A. Read in a quiet place. B. Have group discussions.
C. Take comfortable seats. D. Get their computers fixed.
2.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?
A. A group must consist of 8 people. B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum.
C. One should first register at the university. D. Applicants must mark the room on the map.
3.A student can rent a locker in the library if he ________.
A. can afford the rental fee B. attends certain courses
C. has nowhere to put his books D. has earned the required credits
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Betty最近在学习汉语，她给你发来一封邮件，询问如何提高汉语口语水平。请给她回一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 提出建议（至少两点）；
2. 表达祝愿。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Friday I took the subway home as usually. Since our physics teacher had just teach us in class that the escalator（自动扶梯） worked, I decided to see how fast the escalator went. To my surprise, it went a speed of about 40 m/min. The next day, I went to a department store with her cousin Emily. I times the escalator here too. I found that it was much slower, going about 30 meter every minute. Why? I check on the Internet and found the reason. Stores slow down escalators on a purpose, allowing customers more time to looking at their products.
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。
A college student who shows great courage in fighting severe kidney (肾脏) disease while following his dreams in scientific1.(invent) has inspired many people.
Zou Yongsong, 27, is a student at Changsha University of Science &Technology in Changsha, Hunan Province. At 2.age of four, Zou caught a high fever, and poor medical treatment in the village left his kidneys3.(serious) damaged. Since then he has suffered kidney problems and has had to take medicine daily4. (fight) the disease.
Though he suffered the pain5.(bring) by the disease, he didn't give up attending school. After years of hard work, Zou6.(admit) to Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology. In 2017 his condition became7.(bad) and he had to receive dialysis (透析) treatment. However, the physical suffering did not stop him8.(dream) of a career in science. Even during his stay in hospital, he insisted9.working on patent (专利权) applications. Over the last two years, six of his patents and copyrights have been approved.
10.he shows courage and optimism when facing difficulty and misfortune, Zou was awarded the Touching Hunan award in November.
Nineteen-year-old Beau Jessup is studying Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She started her own business ______ she was just 15. She is paying her way through college by helping Chinese ______ find names for their children through her ______ Special Name.
In a TED Talk in 2016, Jessup ______ that during a trip to China about two years ago, one of her father’s colleagues asked her to ______ an English name for her daughter. Based on the ______ from her father of the young girl’s personality, Jessup picked a name that ______ the colleague. This experience ______ her to build the Chinese-language website specialname. cn to ______ Chinese parents pick English names for their kids.
Jessup ______ a database of 4,000 names for the website with five characteristics. Each name ______ what that name means. After parents enter the gender（性别） and characteristics of the child, the website will recommend three ______ and provide examples of famous people ______ to each name.
“The parents involve their family and friends in the final ______, making their chosen name both appropriate and special,” Jessup explained.
Jessup at first provided the service for free, but after naming 162,000 babies, she ______ customers for a fee.
“Most of my customers are parents who ______ that their children will study abroad... The English names used by our Chinese friends are ______ names which is used primarily to help them fit in ______ stand out when they study abroad.”
“The first time a parent sent me a photograph of their baby, a beautiful little girl ‘Ellen’, the mother ______ me for giving her an English name and she said that she hoped this name would help her ______ friends in the future.”
1.A.until B.when C.so D.that
2.A.parents B.friends C.relatives D.colleagues
3.A.website B.phone C.college D.magazine
4.A.learned B.whispered C.explained D.added
5.A.announce B.present C.call D.pick
6.A.imagination B.description C.direction D.income
7.A.annoyed B.defeated C.delighted D.worried
8.A.inspired B.discouraged C.commanded D.advised
9.A.hear B.see C.help D.feel
10.A.sold B.collected C.proved D.built
11.A.likes B.requires C.hopes D.represents
12.A.companies B.names C.destinations D.patterns
13.A.related B.invited C.returned D.compared
14.A.hobby B.point C.decision D.practise
15.A.paid B.charged C.cost D.provided
16.A.hope B.find C.confirm D.complain
17.A.family B.professional C.additional D.exact
18.A.other than B.rather than C.but also D.even if
19.A.thanked B.influenced C.greeted D.changed
20.A.answer B.show C.take D.make
