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USA TODAY 10Best's Readers Choice Awards are currently on hold.We asked our readers to vote for the top events across six categories:music,general food,specialty food,film,cultural and emerging industries(founded in the past five years).These are some of the winners: Kutztown Folk Festival The nine-day Kutztown Folk Festival is the nation's oldest continuously operated folk life festival,drawing visitors from around the globe.A celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch culture and heritage,the event includes America's largest quilt sale,200 craftsmen and folk artists,local food and family friendly entertainment. Water Lantern Festival The Water Lantern Festival is all about connections.Magical nights in cities across the US include food,live music and the beauty of thousands of lanterns decorated with letters of love, hope and dreams floating on the water. Carnaval of Quebec The Quebec Carnaval is a 10-day festival of winter,the world's largest,complete with nighl parades(庆祝游行），ice skating,snow sculptures and a towering ice palace.Other highlighls include ice canoe racing,a sugar shack and iconic Caribou drinks. San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade San Francisco has celebrated its Chinese heritage during its annual Chinese New Year Festival&Parade since just after the Gold Rush.The parade ranks among the best in the world, with 100 units,fancy costumes,fireworks and a 268-foot Golden Dragon,which takes a team of 100 men and women to march through the streets.It has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world,drawing some three million spectators and television viewers. 1.What can you see during Kutztown Folk Festival? A.Modern arts. B.Quilts for sale. C.Traditional weddings. D.Shows on stage. 2.Which festival is meant to promote interpersonal relationships? A.Kutztown Folk Festival. B.Carnaval of Quebec. C.Water Lantern Festival. D.San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. 3.Carnaval of Quebec and San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade both... A.include special food B.relate to parades C.take place only at nights D.have sculpture exhibitions
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I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime! And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities? Did I get high? Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza (狂欢)? Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book—it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises—and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting in a classroom taking another biology exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates (异乡客). I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role –as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student— in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved. Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect. 1.Why did the author skip school on that day? A.Because her parents left home early. B.Because it was a cold winter morning. C.Because she was fascinated by a novel. D.Because she hated to take the biology exam. 2.What did the author think is the source of true joy? A.Reading by the fire. B.Travelling in Spain. C.Breaking the regulations. D.Being occupied by one’s passion. 3.Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph? A.Entering. B.Destroying. C.Mending. D.Blocking. 4.What can we infer from the passage? A.I was tired of my real-life roles. B.I learnt how to write on the internet. C.Hemingway’s style influenced me a lot. D.Becoming a writer was my childhood dream.
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I had always heard that North Americans value independence, and that Europeans value, togetherness. But I never fully understood it until 2 months ago, when I left my Ph.D. lab in Canada for a 4-month research in a lab in France. On my first day, Pierre — a Ph.D. student whose desk is across from mine — tapped me on the shoulder and asked: "Coffee?" I nodded and followed him down the hallway to the common room, where other grad students were filing in. I sat there, cautiously sipping the bitter liquid five times stronger than my normal Americano and trying hard not to reveal my uncultured tastes, while lab chatter（闲聊）filled the air. Coffee breaks are a routine part of work life here. The chatter sometimes turns to serious scientific topics. But mostly, the meetups offer a chance to unwind — to share stories about life inside and outside the lab and to connect with people who understand what you're going through. The lighthearted atmosphere and sense of community is a welcome contrast to my life in Canada, where I spent most of my workdays all alone. I went into the lab each morning with set goals for my day. At lunch, I'd keep my eyes glued to my computer while I shoveled（大量送入）forkfuls of salad into my mouth, trying to power through my to-do list. Our lab held weekly meetings where we'd take turns presenting our latest, work and getting feedback from colleagues. But we didn't take daily coffee breaks. My labmates and I were too busy collecting data and publishing papers. Looking back now, I realize how much we were missing. Researchers need community because good ideas don't just come from reading literature and thinking deep thoughts; it's helpful to bounce ideas off others, particularly in a nonthreatening environment. It's also helpful to have a spot to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student. How else are you supposed to know that you're not the only one suffering from challenges like anxiety? 1.What can we learn about the author from the first paragraph? A.He has a European dependent personality. B.He was ill at ease in the new environment. C.He was ashamed of his uncultured background. D.He is too vain to work with other grad students. 2.The author takes coffee breaks as a way to . A.break away from his work life in Canada. B.get involved in serious scientific topics. C.relax and exchange ideas with people. D.collecting data from his colleagues. 3.Which of the following best describes the authors work life in Canada? A.Demanding but satisfactory. B.Impersonal but efficient. C.Challenging and tiresome. D.Stressful and independent. 4.What is the best title for the text? A.Why Scientists Should Take Coffee breaks? B.Coffee Inspires Creativity in Scientists C.Lighthearted Atmosphere Counts D.North American Life VS. European Life
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Tuition and fees for a four-year private college averaged $35,830 in 2018-19; at four-year, in-state public colleges, it was $10,230, according to the College Board. And that’s not even adding in room and board or other expenses. By the end of last year, the amount families actually paid was $26,458, on average, according to Sallie Mae’s 11th annual “How America Pays for College” report. That’s up from $23,757 in the year earlier. Income and savings from parents and students combined covered nearly half, or 47 percent of that amount in 2017-2018, up from 44 percent the year earlier, the education lender found. “Some families do pay 100 percent out of pocket while some others do get a full ride, which means their children gain a full scholarship,” said Marie O’Malley, the senior director of consumer research at Sallie Mae. “Typically, though, people rely on a number of different resources to pull it together.” Scholarships, in fact, were the single most-used resource to pay for an undergraduate’s college bill. The share of college costs covered by scholarships and grants - money that does not have to be paid back - accounted for 28 percent of the total expense. The average total award among those who used one or more scholarships was $7,760, Sallie Mae said. Of course, many families also borrow to pay for school. Borrowed money, or loans, covered nearly a quarter, or 24 percent of the bill, down from 27 percent the year before. Contributions from grandparents or other relatives or friends paid for the remainder. The report surveyed about 800 parents of children aged 18-24 enrolled as undergraduate students and nearly 800 undergraduate students aged 18-24 online. 1.How much did the typical American family pay last year for college on average? A.$35,830 B.$10,230 C.$26,458 D.$23,757 2.Which of the following best explains “out of pocket” underlined in paragraph 3? A.borrowing from others B.at their own expense C.free of charge D.with nothing rewarded 3.What kind of American college tuition has decreased in percentage compared with the year earlier? A.loans B.savings C.scholarships D.parents’ income 4.What contributes to the most part of the college expenses except the income and savings? A.borrowed money B.money from relatives C.money from banks D.scholarships
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How Do Languages Die? How many languages do you think there are in the entire world? Altogether, people around the world speak about 6,000 languages. Does that surprise you? 1. Today, about half the world’s spoken languages are endangered. Experts say that another language becomes extinct (灭绝) every two weeks. How do languages die? They die when people stop using them. But most people don’t just stop speaking their native language. It’s more complex than that. More often, they’re either pressured or forced to do so.2.They’re often pressured to speak the area’s main language instead of their own. This leads many immigrants to stop using their native language. They might not even teach it to their children. Slowly, the native language dies out. Sometimes, languages shift or develop instead of becoming extinct. Have you ever heard that Latin is a dead language? In a way, it is. No one today speaks Latin as their native language.3. People still use Latin in many ways. Scientists use it to name plants and animals. 4. That means the death of a language hurts people’s ability to take part in cultural traditions. They might lose access to stories and knowledge that were passed down for many years. This is one reason why many people today are working to save dying languages. How can languages be saved? Some young people learn the language of their ancestors as adults. Linguists travel the world to record the last native speakers of dying languages5.They do so in hopes that future generations will bring the languages back to life. Many educational programs today also work to help preserve native languages and cultures. A.There used to be many more! B.You may have used it in school. C.Language is extremely closely tied to culture. D.But that doesn’t mean it disappeared completely. E.One example is when people move to a different country. F.Some native speakers write dictionaries in their language. G.There are plenty of things to do to help protect languages.
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JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one. When one boy _______ him, Jayce felt very sad. He returned home with _______ : Why am I different? Why? "He _______ told us he was mad at God for making him that way, " Lewis, his mother says. "That was a huge knife to the _______." Lewis _______ she didn't know what to do at that point. One day, when Jayce was 12, Lewis _______ the TV to a news story about Trashaun, an eighth grader from Washington, Trashaun, then 14, two years older than Jayce, had become an Internet sensation after _______ videos of his slam dunks(灌篮). Like Jayce, he was _______ most o£ his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He watched _______ dunk after mazing dunk. It seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n) ________ moment for Jayce—he'd see a surprising role model with a similar ________. Had it stayed just that; Lewis would have been ________. Little did she know that a family friend had already ________ the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce's ________. The boys met on a Saturday afternoon two months later, in April 2017. The day was not spent being buried in self-pity—it was devoted to ________ , They rode bikes around, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and ________ baskets. Trashaun ________ their left arms. He told Jayce not to let words ________ his confidence or anyone dray him down,________ that he was perfect the way God made him. Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a pronounced ________ in her son. 1.A.hit B.teased C.praised D.attacked 2.A.questions B.anxiety C.requirements D.surprise 3.A.hardly B.casually C.gradually D.actually 4.A.head B.hand C.heart D.back 5.A.admits B.agrees C.notices D.accuses 6.A.got to B.came to C.looked at D.turned on 7.A.purchasing B.posting C.attracting D.donating 8.A.considering B.using C.missing D.observing 9.A.hopefully B.thankfully C.carefully D.excitedly 10.A.interesting B.boring C.thrilling D.inspiring 11.A.disability B.height C.strength D.idea 12.A.tired B.worried C.happy D.hopeful 13.A.ordered B.entered C.asked D.left 14.A.ambition B.confidence C.business D.house 15.A.fun B.talk C.work D.study 16.A.shot B.grasp C.caught D.took 17.A.put up B.waved down C.lay down D.talked about 18.A.increase B.shake C.build D.lose 19.A.but B.so C.because D.or 20.A.achievement B.difficulty C.difference D.help
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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。 Britons are well known 1. the amount of tea that they drink. The average person in the UK consumes around 1.9kg of tea annually. Tea 2. (drink)by all sections of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. The vast majority of tea is grown in India and China. At the beginning of the 1700s，the amount of tea 3. (arrive)in Britain increased gradually. At first people drank the tea 4. (exact)as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar，giving the drink a special British characteristic. In the 1800s tea was still a product 5. (enjoy)only by people with money. At this time they began to have“afternoon tea”. This involves drinking tea with a snack around 4 p.m. to avoid feeling 6. (hunger) between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today 7. has become less popular in recent times. Tearooms—shops 8. you could buy and drink tea—started to appear across the country. At 9. start of the 20th century，Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. 10. (kettle)became essential in every kitchen.
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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（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删减：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下面划一横线，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。 It was a Sunday afternoon. My parents and I were watching TV excited when suddenly I spotted the pigeon on the balcony. It was a white pigeon with a ring around one of its foot. It rested there quietly, refuse to fly away. Realizing it must have been lost its way back home, I managed call the Pigeon Association up for help. In the same time, my parents brought the pigeon inside and gave it some bird food, what helped refresh it. Before long, the owner got the message but came to take the pigeon back. He thanked us a lot. My parents and I both felt happy for what we had done.
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假定你是李华，学校每年传统的“英语话剧比赛”因新冠疫情 (Coronavirus epidemic) 改为下周六在线举行，请你写邮件邀请外教Mike在线担任评委，内容包括： 1. 比赛的安排； 2. 比赛的意义； 3. 邀请及感谢。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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