Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinesestyle spelling bee (拼写大赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.
Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy(书法) to be one of their primary contributions. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet (字母). The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It’s possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.
But there’s still hope for the paint brush. China’s Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.
In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of sixyearolds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples before carefully trying to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. “If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?” we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. “The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture,” she reasons. “Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.
1.What can we learn about the Character Hero?
A.It draws great public attention across the country.
B.It’s the mostviewed TV programs in the world.
C.It means to spread Chinese culture to the world.
D.It’s open to people of all ages and all walks.
2.Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?
A.Chinese people don’t refer to dictionaries very often.
B.Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.
C.Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters.
D.Chinese people needn’t write by hand as often with the help of technology.
3.According to Shen Bin, being able to write characters by hand is ________.
A.necessary for adults to survive in China
B.a requirement made by the Education Ministry
C.helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive
D.an ability to be developed only when you are students
假定你是李华， 正在你校做交换生的英国好友Bruce 发邮件说他打算参加你校“Chinese Art”兴趣小组，有两门课程可以选择:剪纸(paper-cutting) 和京剧 (Beijing Opera)，希望你能给些建议。请你给他回一封邮件，内容包括:
1. 你建议的课程；
2. 你的理由；
3. 你的祝福。
注意:1.短文词数不少于100。 2.内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。
Dear Bruce,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
文中共有10处语言错误，错误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（∧），并在其下面写出修改后的词。
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. 每处错误仅限1词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
During the winter vacation I went on a trip, that was wonderful because I tried something I have never experienced before. One morning when we were walking along the beach, enjoyed sunshine, someone strongly advised that we went water skiing. However, we didn’t dare to face the challenge because that seemed dangerous to do it. My friends all encouraged me, so I finally joined in them. At last, I couldn’t stop screaming in fright. Later I felt that it was an amazement filling with fun. From an experience I learned that we should be brave enough to try something new. Only in this way we find a better self to meet any challenge.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, 1. (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got to death. 2. severe was the situation that there was no time to debate who was 3. (blame). The most important thing for the government to do was find out the cause of this 4. (dead) disease. They invited all the top experts in this field to have a discussion and quite a few 5. (suggestion) were put forward. Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see whether they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient 6. was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine 7. (test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, telling him the exciting news. For 8. (convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. 9. wasn’t long before the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally. If no efforts 10. (make), China couldn’t have defeated SARS.
I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 on Newport and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have ________ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said “Sure.” In case of __________ , anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to ___________ somebody else.
Mike hung up the phone and ___________ the lifebuoy(救生圈). Then he realized that these two kids had been _________and that there was a great tendency for them to be ________ by the wave. ___________, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I __________ the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt(跪) down on the beach with ___________ .
When I dropped my binoculars(望远镜) and reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, __________ the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, “Hey, it’s OK. They are safe.” I saw the terror started to _________. Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of ______ washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids’ lives. She snatch(抢) her kids without __________ .
Mike had some seemingly ______behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar(伤疤). Maybe he had no ___________ manners, but his lifesaving ability ____________ his unsatisfactory skills in PR(public relation). In the mother’s __________ , Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn’t change the fact that he had just______her kids.
Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I promised myself I’d never let my own ___________ prevent me from ___________ a hero when I meet one.
1.A.saved B.spotted C.teased D.exchanged
2.A.emergencies B.disasters C.statements D.punishment
3.A.assist B.inform C.confirm D.consider
4.A.repaired B.provided C.seized D.sponsored
5.A.struggling B.laughing C.quarreling D.trembling
6.A.supported B.directed C.prevented D.swallowed
7.A.Still B.Instead C.Therefore D.Indeed
8.A.explored B.noticed C.reached D.scanned
9.A.noises B.screams C.beliefs D.gestures
10.A.hiding B.counting C.beating D.carrying
11.A.disappear B.refresh C.exist D.strengthen
12.A.surprise B.regret C.panic D.doubt
13.A.presentation B.appreciation C.expectation D.contribution
14.A.stubborn B.desperate C.mysterious D.boring
15.A.gentle B.positive C.unpleasant D.aggressive
16.A.give in to B.live up to C.make up for D.put up with
17.A.judgement B.experience C.description D.application
18.A.comforted B.rescued C.transformed D.frightened
19.A.decision B.request C.prejudice D.commitment
20.A.rejecting B.representing C.remembering D.recognizing
If you need to interview someone for an article but you have never interviewed before, it can be frightening. Here are some tips for preparing for and conducting a successful interview.
1. If the person is a known author or speaker, take the time to read or listened to his/her work, or at least get familiar with his/her most recent or most important work. If the interview will cover events, review whatever is known publicly about those events..
Being a recording device(录音设备). You can use your phone or an audio recorder. In this way you needn’t struggle to write things down. 2. And this will make it easier to include direct quotes when you start writing.
Remember to make it a conversation rather than a list of questions. Prepared questions are just a guideline. 3.. You can also try to ask your interviewee about his/her personal thoughts and reactions to events and people they deal with.
Appropriate feedback(反馈) is also important. Feel free to say words that show you are listening, like “yeah” and “Mmmm”. 4. You can also give more facial feedback like smiling.
5. If the interviewee changes suddenly from one line of thought to another, lead them back to the area you are focusing on. Guide the interview but don’t keep interrupting with many questions.
A. Politely ask if you can interview them.
B. Do your homework before you pick up the phone.
C. Then you can focus all your attention on the interview.
D. Consider how all the questions can be asked in a short time.
E. Nodding your head can be an encouragement to the interviewee.
F. In order to get the information you need, you should guide the interview.
G. You can try to ask questions based on what they have said to you in previous responses.
