The best thing to start your day is a good breakfast. In fact, many people believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In China, porridge with pickles (咸菜), baozi, noodles, soybean milk and youtiao are common breakfast foods. What are breakfasts in other countries like? Let’s take a look!
US
In the US, a good Sunday morning starts with scrambled eggs, crispy bacon or juicy sausages, and soft pancakes with butter and sweet syrup on top. On busy weekdays, most people in the US like to eat cereal with milk, bread and fruit for breakfast. Some people also drink coffee.
Canada
Canada is the largest producer of maple syrup. People usually have pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast. Canadian bacon is a popular dish for breakfast as well. Canadian bacon is quite unlike the crispy bacon of the United States. It tastes more like ham and is served in thin round slices.
Britain
The British breakfast is similar to the American breakfast. A basic British breakfast consists of fried eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, baked (烘) beans, and tomatoes. These foods are popular among young people in Britain. Usually, British people have coffee, tea or milk to drink. Some people also like to drink orange juice.
Japan
Most people in Japan these days – at least in big cities – eat a quick Western-style breakfast like eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Those who prefer more traditional foods are likely to have tea and miso soup with rice. Steamed rice is necessary for a Japanese-style breakfast. People also add nori seaweed or a little raw egg to their rice.
1.On busy weekday mornings, most people in the US prefer _____.
A.scrambled eggs, crispy bacon or juicy sausages
B.soft pancakes with butter and sweet syrup on top
C.ham, scrambled eggs and pancakes
D.cereal with milk, bread and fruit
2.Maple syrup is popular in _____.
A.America B.Canada C.Britain D.Japan
3.The British-style breakfast includes _____.
A.scrambled eggs, mushrooms and baked beans
B.fried eggs, sausages with sweet syrup
C.bacon, sausages, mushrooms and noodles
D.fried eggs, sausages, tomatoes with coffee or tea
假定你是李华，你的美国网友Jack来信说下个月就要参加汉语水平考试了，他感到非常紧张。请你就此给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：1. 给予安慰； 2.备考建议； 3. 你的祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数不少于100个词。
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：汉语水平考试 Chinese Proficiency Test
Dear Jack,
Glad to have received your letter!
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
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。
Dear Sir or Madam,
News came which the teachers from Asheville School in America would pay a visit to our school for communication. Having read your requirements, I am willing to be one of the volunteer.
I am Li Hua, a Senior 3 student. I think I am qualified of the job. I have a good command of orally English, which can make me to communicate with foreigners freely. What’s more, I was always ready to help others and full of spirit of devotion. Aimed to do the work well, I’d like to receive any necessary training, and do whichever our school requires. Believe me, I’ll make full preparation and there is no doubt that I will be an outstanding volunteer.
I would appreciate you if you could take my request into consideration.
Yours,
Li Hua
It was Sunday and I was returning from my sister’s place. I left_______thinking that I might get a seat in the metro (地铁) and it would be a rather easy_______. But since my bad luck was_______me everywhere, I couldn’t get a seat. I_______and made my way straight to the end of the compartment. I_______there leaning on the side rails. I was feeling very_______about myself.
After few_______I got a seat. Just then, entered a_______lady supported by the metro staff and she sat next to me. I helped her out of the wheelchair and made her sit. I_______my MP4 player and pushed the earpieces just to keep all the________thoughts from my head. Just then I heard the lady calling me. She introduced herself to me and asked about me. I________my best possible smile and answered that much only and pushed ________my earpieces.
She went on________and I had to take out my earpieces and keep them back in my bag. She told me she was a student at Ramakrishna Mission Ashram and goes there________. It gives her peace and strength. The strength to keep going________her to enjoy the human life as much as possible. She then gave me one of Swami’s________and also recited some of verses. She kept on talking for the most of the time and I was very________listening to her.
We were so busy in talking that we didn’t even________our names and I didn’t notice it until we came to our train station and we went our ways.________she left, I opened the booklet she gave and read inspirational________. There and then, I understood that whatever may come, it should not hamper our hopes and our expectations.
1.A. carefully B. early C. slowly D. luckily
2.A. tour B. voyage C. travel D. journey
3.A. approaching B. attending C. following D. attacking
4.A. entered B. remained C. stayed D. insisted
5.A. left B. lay C. sat D. stood
6.A. low B. confident C. proud D. special
7.A. points B. passages C. stops D. seats
8.A. wealthy B. crippled C. learned D. stubborn
9.A. searched for B. pulled off C. picked up D. took out
10.A. positive B. objective C. negative D. valuable
11.A. forced B. changed C. created D. offered
12.A. up B. ahead C. down D. back
13.A. questioning B. talking C. arguing D. quarreling
14.A. constantly B. commonly C. instantly D. regularly
15.A. forbids B. warns C. helps D. reminds
16.A. gifts B. books C. records D. pictures
17.A. attentively B. angrily C. nervously D. anxiously
18.A. remember B. explain C. understand D. exchange
19.A. Since B. After C. Before D. When
20.A. letters B. notices C. messages D. purposes
Ways To Reduce Food Waste At Home
The Environmental Protection Agency's goal is to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. It's an extreme goal. However, the change starts at home and luckily there are countless easy ways to help.
1.How many times do you do a shopping before checking your fridge first? Over time I've learned that nothing feels as good as using up every single thing in my fridge. So, always do a quick check before shopping. Even better, make a list of what food needs to buy.
2.We love a good deal, but when it comes to food shopping, don't overload your cart with what you don't need. Remember that five dollar bag of apples is only a steal if you use them all up before they go bad.
Store your food properly. Rotten or spoiled food is very unpleasant. The easiest way to avoid food waste is storing your produce in ways that preserve freshness. If you have extra fruits and vegetables, freeze or preserve them so you can keep their deliciousness for weeks. 3.
Cook smarter. Does your recipe only call for half an onion? 4. Secondly, save the other half for other dishes. That many carrots from the farmers' market? Save the tops and make a salad.
Compost. Compost refers to organic material that can be added to soil to help grow plants. What do we mean by organic material? Fruit and vegetable peels, eggshells, tea bags, fruit pits, and the like. 5. Just freeze them and find a local compost drop, like a community garden or farmers market.
A.Check your fridge.
B.Quit buying a lot.
C.Look in your trashcan(垃圾桶).
D.Foods that rot easily should be eaten first.
E.You can take note of all the food you waste.
F.First of all, that recipe needs to get its act together.
G.In another word, everything you're used to throwing in the trash.
A new app aims to help parents interpret what their babies want based on the sound of their cry. The free app ChatterBaby, which was released last month, analyzes the features of a baby's cry, to help parents understand whether their children might be hungry, fussy (大惊小怪) or in pain. While critics say caregivers should not rely too much on their smartphones, others say it's a helpful tool for new or tired parents.
Ariana Anderson, a mother of four, developed the app. She originally designed the technology to help deaf parents better understand why their babies were upset, but soon realized it could be a helpful tool for all new parents.
To build a database, Anderson and her team uploaded 2,000 audio samples of baby cries. She used cries recorded during ear piercings and vaccinations (接种) to distinguish pain cries. And to create a baseline for the other two categories, a group of moms had to agree on whether the cry was hungry or fussy.
Anderson's team continues to collect data and hopes to make the app more accurate by asking parents to get specific about what certain sounds mean.
Pediatrician Eric Ball pointed out that evaluating cries can never be an exact science. ''I think that all of the apps and technology that new parents are using now can be helpful but need to be taken seriously, '' Ball said. ''I do worry, that some parents will get stuck in big data and turn their parenting into basically a spreadsheet (电子表格) which I think will take away the love and caring that parents are supposed to be providing for their children.''
But Anderson says the aim of the app is to have parents interpret the results, not to provide a yes or no answer. The Bells say it's a win-win. They believe they are not only helping their babies now but potentially others in the future.
1.How does the app judge what babies want?
A.By collecting data.
B.By recording all the sounds.
C.By analyzing the sound of their crying.
D.By asking parents about specific messages.
2.Who was the app designed for in the beginning?
A.Deaf parents. B.All new parents.
C.Ariana Anderson. D.Babies often crying.
3.What can we know according to Ball?
A.Parents should use the app wisely.
B.The app can provide an accurate result.
C.Parents and babies are addicted to the app.
D.The app makes babies love their parents.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.App Knows Why Babies Cry B.App Prevents Babies Crying
C.Parents Build Babies' Database D.Parents Overrely on Smartphones
