My People, My Country, an epic seven-part anthology(选集) to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, records the nation's greatest technological and cultural achievements.
Each part focuses not on the heroes of the hour, but on everyday people and how their lives connect personally with China's advancement.
The opening part by Guan Hu, The Eve, sees an engineer, played by Huang Bo, race against time to perfect an automatic flag-raising mechanism before the ceremony in 1949 to mark the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The second story, directed by Zhang Yibai, is about a scientist working on China's first atomic bomb who had to bid farewell forever to his lover in the 1960s.
In Xu Zheng's lighthearted offering, The Champion, a young boy must secure a TV aerial(天线) to the roof of his home so his neighbours can watch the Chinese women's volleyball team play in the 1984 Olympic final.
Going Home is about Hong Kong's return to China in 1997. It focuses on a Chinese soldier tasked with hoisting the national flag on the stroke of midnight.
Hello, Beijing, is about a taxi driver who gets a ticket of the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympics. Though he planned to give it as a birthday gift to his son, who had been away from him for a long time, the good-hearted man gives the ticket to another child suffering from Wenchuan Earthquake.
One for All, directed by Wen Muye, focuses on a top female fighter jet pilot who helps her fellow pilots complete a smooth aerial performance, part of the military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 2015.
1.What does the underlined word “hoisting” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A.mending B.buying
C.raising D.making
2.What do we know according to the passage?
A.The engineer finally got the mechanism working successfully.
B.The young boy watched the national volleyball team play.
C.The taxi driver didn’t give the ticket to his son because of lack of love.
D.The male fighter jet pilot finished the performance with team members.
3.Where does the passage probably come from?
A.a book review B.a film review
C.an ad D.a magazine
假定你是李华。最近 China Daily 就“如何看待中国传统文化”面向社会征稿。请你用英语给编辑写一封信，谈谈你自己的想法。要点如下:
1) 表明自己的立场(传统文化应该得到保护和传承)；
2) 给出你的理由；
3) 呼吁社会共同参与。 参考词汇:传承 inherit
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改英语作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词；
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉；
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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(从十一处起)不计分。
I’m glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on what to learn Chinese well. Here are few suggestions. First, it is important to taking a Chinese course. Then you’ll be able to learn from the teacher and practice with you fellow students. Then, it also help to watch TV and read books, newspapers and magazines in Chinese whenever possibly. Besides, it should be a good idea to learn and sing China songs. By doing so you’ll learn or remember Chinese words more easily. You can also make more Chinese friend. They will tell you a lot about China and help you learn Chinese. Try and write to me in Chinese at next time.
单词填空
1.The editor __________(评论) that article was well written.
2.Through these websites, I can read some __________(经典的) English passages, poems and novels.
3.The two sides haven’t reached a __________(妥协；和解) and they are in need of more time to think about the situation.
4.We must try every means to __________(使成熟) the late crops more rapidly.
5.It is urgent that we should carry out the __________ (供选择的) plan.
6.There was a time when I was so proud that I o__________ my peers.
7.Einstein is a b__________ man but he was ahead of his time and his theories were rejected by people at that time.
8.The bell indicating the end of the period rang, i__________ our heated discussion.
9.He was a__________ for spreading rumors on the Internet.
10.With three goals in the first period they had a promising victory, but s__________ they lost.
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。
Why do many of us find 1. difficult or impossible to fall asleep in a bed other than our own? Is it because the bed is 2.(comfort)? According to a new study published in Current Biology, a significant reason is 3. the scientists call “first night effect”. They believe that one side of the brain acts as a “night watch” to warn us about potential dangers. It forces us 4.(stay) awake on the first night in a new environment.
For the study, 35 young volunteers 5.(ask) to sleep in a sleep lab for several days. Meanwhile, researchers watched their brain activities.
According to the researchers, on their first night, the left brains were 6.(active) than the right brains and people had a hard time sleeping. However, left-brain activity decreased as days went by, 7.(fall) even to the point of complete calm. In this process, the participants got an increasingly better sleep experience.
The 8.(finding) suggest that the different rhythms of the sides of the brain affect our sleep. When the two sides work 9.(different), the balance between them is broken. Thus, the brain can’t relax and is sensitive to anything strange in the surroundings, just 10. it is in the daytime.
In the summer before I entered middle school, I read the book They Cage the Animals at Night. It’s a story about Jennings, a boy living in various orphanages（孤儿院）with only his stuffed animal（毛绒玩具）, Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would _______ my life and the lives of others.
One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) _________ came to me. I would _________ stuffed animals for children like Jennings. _________ , I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly _________ children’s spirits.
I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and school newspapers, _________ donations of the “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone _________ ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my _________ , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I _________ the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too ____________ to look but shaking with excitement.
Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to ____________ . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been ____________ to agencies worldwide. Simon, a seven-year-old boy in an African Children’s Home, couldn’t sleep at night after he lost his parents. When asked to choose his “buddies”, Simon ____________ a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would ____________ this way.
Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to ____________ the project. The response was ____________ . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies ____________ were established across the nation.
This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how to ____________ impact a life. I will go to college with these ____________ in mind and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I ____________ a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.
1.A. touch B. risk C. lead D. save
2.A. chance B. idea C. explanation D. word
3.A. display B. repair C. purchase D. collect
4.A. Previously B. Occasionally C. Immediately D. Gradually
5.A. capture B. reflect C. lift D. record
6.A. putting aside B. turning down C. asking for D. getting back
7.A. delayed B. kept C. stopped D. meant
8.A. knowledge B. taste C. regret D. delight
9.A. delivered B. applied C. rented D. returned
10.A. shy B. content C. weak D. eager
11.A. reform B. expand C. dominate D. divide
12.A. produced B. adopted C. sold D. donated
13.A. picked out B. came across C. showed off D. brought up
14.A. decline B. work C. increase D. react
15.A. promote B. start C. evaluate D. examine
16.A. confusing B. amusing C. automatic D. enthusiastic
17.A. companies B. committees C. branches D. institutes
18.A. financially B. positively C. socially D. physically
19.A. plans B. images C. lessons D. motives
20.A. work out B. keep off C. rely on D. engage in
