假如你是王昆.你的美国网友Tom对中国的传统节日‘.春节”非常感兴趣,请你以“My Favorite Festival”为题.写一封E-mail.,给他做一介绍。
1.要点包括:节日简介、节日准备、节日活动等;
2.字数要求:10。字左右。
3.提示:the Spring Festival, traditional, get together, clean up, be dressed in...
△Subject: My Favorite Festival
From: Wang Kun
Dear Tom,
Wang Kun
33-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history----she is China's first teacher in space.
Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment(失重环境).
She prepared for the lecture for a long time. Wang. born in January 1980, is from east China's Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (空军)with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.
The world's first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States, but the Space Shuttle Challenger(挑战者号)disintegrated(崩裂) after 73 seconds into flight on Jan.28, 1986. McAuliffe and other six members were killed.
"Wang's lecture was a pleasant surprise,”said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut(宇航员) in the three members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. “ (她无论做什么从不放弃). Sometimes we'd like to give her a helping hand, but she just would not take the handin help," said Nie Haisheng.
Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said," We are all students in facing the university(宇宙).We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical(神秘的)and beautiful universe."
(一)请根据短文内容,简要回答下列问题。
1.Who did Wang Yaping give the lecture to on physics problems in space?
2.What was Christa McAuliffe?
(二)请根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。
3. she does,she never .
(三)请把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。4.
(四)请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。5.
1.早晨不会有人叫醒你。(wake up)
2.虽然他们爱我,我觉得他们有点不高兴。(although)
3.白求恩医生研制出了新方法照料病人。(Dr Bethune, take care of)
4.她不仅是一位出色的运动员,而且还是一个好学生。( as well as )
Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. 1. (recent)Twenty-four young singers from all over China 2. ( enter) a competition by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked 3. (comfort) the stage. Although some of them took part in the competition for the 4. (one) time were able 5. ( sing) English songs just as well as native speakers.
The winner of the 6. ( men) competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi'an am winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both of 7. (they) were very modest and they didn’t think they were 8. ( good) than the other singers. Jiangmei the winner of the women’s said studying English helped her win the prize and she would have to study hard.
This kind of competition encourages people 9. (speak) English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it’s a good idea to have fun with English.
Maybe you 10. ( hear) of The Chinese Speak English program before. If not, why don’t you find out about it? It suggests lots of ways for us to take an interest in 11. ( learn) English.
Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. If you look hard enough, you 12. (find) a good way to learn English better.
Share and Read
Do you have any books on your bookshelf for many years? Instead of throwing them away,here is another way for you to consider. If you have books that you do not read anymore,you can share them with others.
You can take the books to Share and Read. Share and Read offers used books in different categories(类别),such as storybooks, children books,language books,cook books and computer books,etc. All the books are sold at low prices. Share and Read also aims to help poor children in China. The money raised will be given to help build schools in the rural area.
We welcome all quality books. We do not want textbooks,magazines and dictionaries. Just make sure that your books are in good condition before giving them to us.
Address:201 Riverside Main Street
Working hours:Saturdays to Sundays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Hotline: 7654-4321
We look forward to seeing you at Share and Read!
1.What is this piece of writing?
A. A postcard. B. A poem.
C. A diary. D. An advertisement.
2. What do we know about Share and Read from this piece of writing?
A. It buys and sells books like other bookstores.
B. It collects old books and uses them to help others.
C. It buys books and gives them to schools in the countryside.
D.It invites parents to read books together with their children.
3. What does Share and Read want us to do?
A. To buy new books for them.
B. To give our used books to them.
C. To sell our old books to them.
D. choose good books for them.
4.Which of the following will be accepted by Share and Read?
A. Textbooks. B. Magazines.
C. Dictionaries.D. Storybooks.
5.If you don't have used books but still want to help,you can ____.
A. buy books from them
B. get in touch with them online
C. visit them on weekdays
D. collect broken books for them
No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5 (World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, " If we drive for one less day , we can have one more nice day. "
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. "We can't control the weather, but we can choose not to drive, "said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
1.The first No Car Day fell on _______.
A. February 2nd B. June 5th
C. July 5th D. September 22nd
2.______ was the first city to have No Car Day in China.
A. Beijing B. Chengdu
C. Shanghai D. Wuhan
3.What does the underlined word" slogan" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. 目的 B. 原因
C. 意义 D. 口号
4. How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?
A. 63. B. 52.
C. 41. D. 238.
5.Which of the following statements is true?
A. China is the first to start No Car Day
B. No Car Day is World Environment Day.
C. No Car Day has been supported by over 1,000 cities around the world so far.
D. Much of the dust in the air comes from cars.