Michelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming is on track to become the most successful memoir (回忆录) in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold for brand Obama.
Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German media group Bertelsmann, said the title was the book giant’s biggest success of the last year. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said.
Penguin Random House won a bidding war for the rights to Barack and Michelle Obama’s autobiographies in 2017, paying more than $ 65 million, a record for US presidential memoirs.
Becoming has been a global sales juggernaut since being launched in 31 languages in mid-November. The audio-book (有声读物), read by the former first lady, has become the fastest-ever seller put out by Penguin Random House.
Obama has been promoting her memoir with a hugely popular global tour. Her tour has also taken in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam as well as the US and Canada.
Tickets for her first live appearance in the UK, at the Royal Festival Hall in December, sold out in minutes. Overall UK sales of Obama’s book currently stand at more than 600,000, ranking it 11th on the list of the best selling memoir and biographies since sales records began in 1998, according to Nielsen BookScan.
While Becoming is proving a modern bestseller, it has some way to go to match the lifetime performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, which was first published in English in 1952 and is estimated to have sold more than 35m copies in 65 languages.
Life beyond the US presidency has proved profitable for the Obamas. Last year the former president and first lady struck a deal with Netflix to produce TV series and films for the streaming service.
1.What can we infer from Paragraph One to Paragraph Three?
A.Becoming is the most successful memoir in the publishing history.
B.Becoming is the most popular book released by Penguin Random House.
C.Michelle Obama’s autobiography gains its best sales in the UK.
D.Penguin Random House won the right for publication with its highest price for US presidential memories.
2.The underlined word “juggernaut” in Paragraph Three can be replaced by ______.
A.giant B.controller
C.leader D.operator
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.President Obamas' autobiographies. B.The influence of Michelle Obama.
C.Barack and Michelle Obama. D.A modern bestselling memoir.
假定你是李芳，你的美国好友Jane数学学得不好，对自己失去了信心，产生了厌学情绪。请你给她发一封电子邮件开导她，要点如下：
1. 没有必要过于伤心；
2. 要振作起来，尽量减少焦虑心理；
3. 和老师交流有助于你改善；
4. 探索适合自己的有效学习方式。
注意：
l. 词数100左右：
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jane,
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Yours,
Li Fang
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。
There are lots of experience in our life. The most unforgettable one for me is the speech competition holding last year. I’m interested in English. When my English teacher told me that I had chosen to take part in the speech competition, I devoted me to the preparation. I was determined to win the first prize. I was such nervous when I stood on the stage that I forgot everything. Not until I caught a sight of my teacher did I calm down. Finally, I do a good job. When I heard I got the first prize, my heart was filled in joy and tears rolled down. Through this speech competition, I understand that it is confident that makes people successfully.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容或所给单词的正确形式。
Once there lived a rich man 1.wanted to do something for the people of his town.2. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed3.very large stone. Then he 4.(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.5.man came along and did the same thing; then another came,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6.. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,7.(say) to himself: “The night8.(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9.(strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!10. the stone, he found a bag of money.
It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and the old headmaster was giving the students a speech about important things in life and about _______ourselves to what is important to us. This is_______the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he _______wake up every morning and go to the _______, where he got the train right to Central London, and then sat at the street corner, _______. He did this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was dirty, and it smelled_______. The neighbors could not _______the smell anymore, so they asked the police officers to _______the place. The officers knocked down the _______ and cleaned the house. There were small bags of ________ all over the house that he had ________over the years. The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a ________. They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more ________ he was a rich man now. He said ________at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the street and ________ to beg. ________, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything important for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying ________ the things we enjoy doing. We should remain true to our course, which may mean devoting yourselves to things that people around you may disapprove . Let nothing prevent us from being happy, let nothing else decide our fate (命运), but ________. What makes us happy is what ________ in the end…not what we gain.
This particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I don’t focus on courses, I ________ myself of this story.
1.A.attracting B.agreeing C.devoting D.believing
2.A.why B.how C.where D.when
3.A.might B.would C.should D.must
4.A.street B.factory C.airport D.subway
5.A.begging B.waiting C.attempting D.sleeping
6.A.pleasant B.delicious C.terrible D.serious
7.A.bear B.forget C.judge D.get
8.A.control B.remove C.clear D.look
9.A.old man B.door C.neighbor D.wall
10.A.rubbish B.waste C.money D.food
11.A.earned B.collected C.managed D.stole
12.A.manager B.gentleman C.millionaire D.gift
13.A.as B.unless C.until D.though
14.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
15.A.discouraged B.found C.managed D.continued
16.A.Actually B.Obviously C.Surprisingly D.Generally
17.A.focused on B.called on C.turned to D.acted out
18.A.others B.us C.some D.ourselves
19.A.considers B.matters C.achieves D.faces
20.A.reminded B.admitted C.warned D.tired
How to Sleep Better
If you’re having trouble getting good sleep through the night (turning, waking up more than once, for example), this text will tell you what you can do to ensure a peaceful night’s sleep.
1. Get up on time. Changing your sleeping time by more than an hour can severely disturb (干扰) your sleep quality. 1. For example, if you normally wake up at 6 am on weekdays to get to work, you might go to bed around 10 pm, because that’s when you start to feel sleepy, and it’s also a good time to ensure 8 hours of sleep. If, on the weekend, you sleep until 9 am, you probably won’t be able to fall asleep that night until 1 am.
2. 2. Wait at least three hours after dinner before going to sleep. Digestion(消化) slows down while asleep, and a full stomach may interrupt(打搅) sleep. Similarly, you should avoid going to bed on an empty stomach, as a completely empty stomach may equally disturb your sleeping patterns(模式).
3. 3. Exposure(暴露) to light during the time when you’re supposed to be sleeping can disrupt(扰乱) your body’s internal clock. Turn your light off, or use a very dim night light. 4.They include windows, LED clocks, computer lights and cable boxes.
4. Change your sleeping position. You may think that it’s impossible to control what position you sleep in since you don’t fully understand what you are doing, but it is possible and it can make a big difference. 5.
A. Try to avoid all sources of light.
B. Keep the room as dark as possible.
C. Make note of unusual circumstances (状况).
D. Be mindful of what you eat or drink before bed.
E. Sleep is considered to be adequate only when there is no daytime sleepiness.
F. In other words, sudden change of sleeping time will affect your “biological(生物的) clock”.
G. If you wake up in the middle of the night, make an effort to have a comfortable position.
