I looked out at the smiling faces in the school auditorium. The applause filled my ears. I had really done it!
Just a few months earlier I would never have ______ myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. But when the time came, I got up on stage and ______ one of my greatest fears. I found a new person inside me, a much more ______, outgoing person who had been hidden all along, just waiting for the opportunity to come. If not for my teacher, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that ______.
I was extremely ______. I had friends, but it just wasn’t in my personality to be very outgoing, even when I knew someone well. I was even ______ with strangers.
One day, Mrs. Sather ______ that our class was going to perform a play. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy,” she said. “Anybody want to try?” A few ____ hands shot up—mine, of course, was not one of them.
After class Mrs. Sather came to join me. “Dallas, I was thinking you would be the person for Dorothy. But I was ______ you didn’t raise your hand.”
Was she ______? Me, the lead? I was ______ just thinking of standing on stage in front of a lot of people.
“Dallas, you’re great at ______ things, so you won’t worry about lines. And you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy!” She said.
Mrs. Sather stared into my eyes as if seeing my inner self locked away inside. “I’d love you to give this a ______ for me. But if you really don’t want to, I won’t make you. It’s your ____.” Mrs. Sather wanted me in this role. She ______ me. I realized it was time to ____ my shy cloak (披风).
Fast-forward through five months of practicing, we were ready. ______, I was as nervous as I had ever been. I proved to myself that I could do it in practice, ______ could I prove it to everyone else when it really mattered?
“It doesn’t matter how you do tonight,” said Mrs. Sather, ______ reading my thoughts when she came backstage for a final check. “You have already shown yourself how wonderful you are.”
At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were not just cheering for my performance that night, but for the performances they knew would come in later years because of my newfound ______.
1.A.praised B.agreed C.pictured D.remembered
2.A.expressed B.faced C.discussed D.shared
3.A.energetic B.daring C.generous D.sincere
4.A.story B.method C.solution D.opportunity
5.A.shy B.slow C.curious D.patient
6.A.colder B.calmer C.quieter D.happier
7.A.realized B.repeated C.found D.announced
8.A.firm B.excited C.powerful D.friendly
9.A.surprised B.annoyed C.amused D.embarrassed
10.A.objective B.crazy C.reliable D.nervous
11.A.ashamed B.regretful C.doubtful D.terrified
12.A.analyzing B.observing C.memorizing D.predicting
13.A.plan B.try C.guess D.promise
14.A.choice B.destination C.suggestion D.interest
15.A.reminded B.challenged C.trusted D.shocked
16.A.throw off B.keep off C.knock off D.call off
17.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Instead D.Still
18.A.but B.so C.or D.and
19.A.in case B.ever since C.as if D.even though
20.A.popularity B.ambition C.advantage D.confidence
To shoot a scene of people eating food, you need two different perspectives (角度). To record a bus journey to school, you need three quick cuts. To complete this short, morning rush-hour video blog – or “vlog” – you need four pieces of music. 1.
With more than 90 million vlogs available online, and 2,000 posted every hour on the YouTube video-sharing site, CBS News says they are mainstream with people born after 1995.
2. More young Chinese people have become inspired to grab a camera and recount the details of their day on Sina Weibo, Bilibili or WeChat Moments.
“The most important thing about vlogging is to tell a good story. Other visual effects are auxiliary (辅助的),” wrote US vlogger Casey Neista, who has almost 10 million subscribers on YouTube.
Chinese vlogger Wang Xiaoguang is an example of a good storyteller. In one of his popular vlog posts, Wang tells the story of traveling to Japan. While there, he took a ride in the wrong direction and got lost. Worse, he forgot to bring a phone charger. 3.
Another key aspect of vlogs is that the content is based on everyday life, according to Ouyang Nana, 18, a young Chinese musician. She documents her life at Berklee College of Music. Ordinary as vlogs are, as many as 15 million fans share her wows and woes (喜怒哀乐) on a daily basis.
4. Peng Yixuan, a news reporter with China Daily, recorded her first experience attending and reporting on the two sessions in March of this year. With a relaxed, chatty and personal approach, she presented the conferences, “bringing more warmth” to the grand political event, according to People’s Daily.
There are popular vlogs for beauty, gaming, fashion, food and travel. Vloggers are learning new ways to experience the thrill of them. 5. Then what are you waiting for? Grab a camera!
A.They come from all walks of life.
B.However, he didn’t take the number of his hotel.
C.Vlogging has taken China by storm over the past year.
D.Some other popular vloggers choose to show their careers.
E.Vlogs pave the way for future advertising and sales campaigns.
F.Luckily he was able to borrow money from a stranger and escape trouble.
G.Vloggers have these techniques in mind as they film their daily activities.
Chinese consumers' crazy appetite for luxury goods and services appears unstoppable,with just 2 percent of the Chinese population responsible for one-third of the world's luxury items.
As China's economic miracle develops,the market opportunities for all sorts of luxury goods and services are increasing.Luxury consumption in China now extends ways beyond well-known car,clothing and jewelry brands.For example,the luxury jet market in China is the fastest-growing in the world,even outstripping that of the United States, with a market share of 25 percent.This trend appears to continue,with 20 to 30 percent growth expected in China, compared with only 2 to3 percent in the US.But more importantly,China's luxury jet market growth represents a major development in the private consumption of luxury items.
China's high-quality red wine market also provides evidence of the growth in private consumption of luxury goods.In 2013,China became the largest market for red wine in the world,even overtaking France,with l.86 billion bottles consumed in China last year.Over the past five years,China's red wine consumption has grown 136 percent.
According to my ongoing consumer research in this area while working at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing,public consumption of such expensive global luxury brands such as Prada and Armani is easily explained by the desire to "gain face" and publicly display social climbing through material possessions.On the other hand,it is "self-reward" that lies behind consumer motivation in this area.Chinese consumers who have experienced rapid financial and economic gains appear particularly prone to the need to reward themselves for their success.But this has little to do with "gaining face" and impressing others and much more to do with the need for personal contentment.
Finally,the growth in private luxury consumption in China is set to continue in part due to the maturity of the Chinese consumer and advancement of Chinese consumer culture generally.
1.What do you think the author would most probably be?
A.A news reporter. B.An accountant.
C.A professor. D.A conductor.
2.The underlined word "outstripping" in Paragraph 2 probably means" ".
A.falling far behind of B.going out of
C.going far ahead of D.keeping pace with
3.What can we learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A.China's luxury jet market growth is only 2% to 3%.
B.France was once the largest market for red wine in the world before 2013.
C.The luxury jet market in the US shares 25%of the jet consumption in the world.
D.China's red wine consumption has increased to 1.86 billion bottles since 2013.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Future Private Luxury Consumption in China
B.Chinese Appetite for Luxury Goods and Services
C.The Potential Luxury Jet Market in China
D.The Maturity of the Chinese Consumers
A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.
The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends near his grandmother's house in North Carolina. When the other children returned but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.
Police formed a search team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and—no Casey.
Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. He was in good health.
Casey told the rescuers he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend".
The police officer Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he could survive in the woods for two days in the cold, rainy weather. "However," the police officer said, "he did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear with him."
Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, police and members of the army. Doctors at the medical center gave Casey some examination. He was then sent to his family on January 25.
His mother talked with reporters and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. "We just want to tell everybody that we're very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey," said his mother. "He is up and talking He's already asked to watch cartoons."
1.When did Caseyget lost?
A.On January24.
B.After a 911 call.
C.Before his playmates returned home.
D.After he left his grandmother's house.
2.What can we know about the boy?
A.He survived with the help of a bear.
B.The rescuers rescued him from a bear.
C.Someone offered key information to find him.
D.He was eventually found by officer Hughes.
3.Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph?
A.To report the detailed situation.
B.To show her gratitude and relief.
C.To invite everyone to watch her child.
D.To appreciate searchers and the bear.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A newsreport B.A guidebook.
C.A diary. D.An adverisement
假设你是某中学的学生李华，你校拟选拔一批优秀学生，利用暑假到某小学为学生辅导英语，你希望参加此活动。根据以下提示，用英语给校评选小组写一封申请信，要求如下：
1. 此活动对自己，对辅导学生的好处。
2. 个人优点，如性格、语言能力。
3. 你的辅导计划。
4 . 字数：不少于100。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua from Class One, Senior Two .____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely
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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
When I was in high school,each of my friend had a bicycle.I hoped I could also have it.One day I saw a second-hand bicycle,that was only one hundred yuan.I asked my father the money.And he said he could only give me half of the money.I should find the other half myself.So I went to sell newspapers after the school.My father was pleasing when I showed him the money a month after.He gives me the other fifty.You can imagine how happily I was when I rode to school on my own bicycle.
