请你针对当前电视剧中插播太多广告的现象，用英语向“China Daily” 的编辑写一封120词左右的信，反映群众的呼声，指出其弊端，如：浪费观众的时间、破坏故事的完整性、影响大家看电视的乐趣，并呼吁相关部门予以解决。
注意：可以适当增减内容，使全文连贯；开头和结尾已给，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：插入—insert, 相关部门—relevant department, 中断—interrupt
破坏—spoil, 影响—ruin, 充分考虑—allow for
Dear editor,
I’m writing to give you my opinions about the problem of too many advertisements being inserted in TV plays,____________________________________________ __________________
Truly yours,
Lee Hua
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示（1）括号内汉语提示；（2）该词首字母提示；（3）上下文语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确，形式符合英语表达习惯。（10分）
It is important for us to have a good mood in our daily life.
If you own a good mood, you will find everything around is ________(精彩) 76 ________in the world. M______ importantly, you will have an optimistic effect77 ______________ people about you. Certainly, we will live a harmonious and happy78 ________life. It is also good for your own h________. However, sometimes when you79 ________meet some ________(困难), when you quarrel with some others or when you80 ________________(失败) in doing something, you may have a terrible mood. If so, you81 ________should get _______of such a bad mood as soon as possible.82 ________ ______ is known to all, every coin has its two sides. So you should 83 ________think more about the b________ side. We are sure that everything will be all84 ________right with time p________ by. Remember—only you can make yourself feel85 ________happy.
I hope that everyone has an excellent mood every day!
As soon as you meet, or even see, a person, you form an impression of him based on his posture, gesture and facial expressions. This is why it is important to make a good first impression on the person who will be interviewing you. Within the first 60 seconds of meeting you, the interviewer will have formed an impression about what type of person you are and what kind of employee you would become, and 55% of this will be based only on your body language. Here are some tips to make you that impression a good one.
First of all, relax. Think positive thoughts and you are more likely to come across as a positive, confident person during the interview. Dress smartly, as your appearance is one of the first things an interviewer will notice you. Stand up straight, and walk in with your shoulders back and your head up. Try to avoid slowing down as you walk into the room because this suggests fear and uncertainty. Shake hands with the interviewer firmly. You should have a positive handshake and a warm smile. Open your coat or jacket as you sit down shows that you, too, are open.
Posture is important. You should be sitting well back in your seat. Sit up straight and lean forward slightly, but not too much. Sitting at too much of an angel expresses discomfort and distrust. Two of the most common defensive(防卫的) signals are crossing your arms and legs, so try to avoid them.
Another important issue is eye contact. Looking someone in the eye shows confidence in yourself and trust in the other person. However, don’t overdo it, as too much eye contact or starring will make the other person uncomfortable. Use more eye contact when listening than when talking, and when you look away, look down. Looking up at the ceiling will make you seem bored and rude.
1.The purpose of the first impression is to tell readers __________.
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A．what a good first impression is |
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B．how to make a good first impression |
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C．how long it takes to make a first impression |
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D．the importance of making a good first impression |
2.Which of the following does the author advise you to do when you are being interviewed?
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A．Cross your arms or legs |
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B．Open your coat or jacket when sitting down |
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C．Go into the room more slowly than usual |
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D．Avoid looking at the eyes of the interviewer directly |
3.If you lean forward too much, it means __________.
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A．you are very bored |
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B．you are too nervous |
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C．you don’t have confidence |
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D．you don’t trust others |
4. What is the best title for the passage?
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A．How to use body language to win an interview |
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B．How to answer questions in an interview |
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C．How to understand body language |
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D．How to deal with an interviewer |
My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
1.The writer kicked her husband because __________.
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A．she didn’t like him |
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B．she didn’t like stories |
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C．he was telling a story he had told before |
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D．the story he told was not interesting |
2.What can be inferred from the text?
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A．Micheal was kicked three times. |
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B．Micheal kicked the boss. |
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C．The boss was kicked twice |
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D．The boss kicked the author. |
3.They all chuckled because __________.
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A．they kicked each other |
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B．they changed the subject in the end |
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C．they were all satisfied with the dinner |
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D．they all thought each of them had done something interesting |
4.It took Micheal so long to stop his story because __________.
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A．he wanted to finish the whole story |
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B．he got a kick only after a long while |
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C．he didn’t understand at once why he was kicked |
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D．the two kicks given were not heavy enough |
Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith(金匠)，took what has already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Johann Gutenberg made the invention, but once books became less expensive, more Europeans could read and write.
Block printing existed long before Gutenberg. The Chinese had been using wood blocks to print books as early as 868, but a new set of woodcuts(木刻印版) had to be made for each book. Producing one book was not easy; producing all kinds of books was more difficult.
Writing ink dates from about 2500 BC in Egypt and China. Johann Gutenberg use an oil-base printing ink that would last longer than other inks used in his time. We don’t know much about Gutenberg because he was not famous during his lifetime. He was born in Germany about 1400. In 1448, Gutenberg developed signatures for each number, letter, and punctuation mark(标点符号). He then built the molds (模型) to hold the signatures in place. Johann Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book: a 1,282 page Bible. To this day, more copies of the Bible have been printed the any other book.
Copies of Gutenberg’s invention spread throughout Europe, but the German goldsmith did not get rich from his invention. Some officials denounced the invention of printing because they feared that it would spread bad ideas. By 1500 there 1,700 printing presses in Europe. The presses had already produced about 20 million volumes of 40,000 different books.
1.What happened after Johann Gutenberg’s invention?
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A．People could afford to read books. |
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B．People became interested in inventing. |
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C．It was still difficult to print all kinds of books. |
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D．Punctuation mark began to be used in printing. |
2.Compared with block printing in China, Johann Gutenberg’s method __________.
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A．was difficult to run. |
B．needed harder paper |
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C．used a new kind of ink |
D．was put into use earlier |
3.The underlined word “denounced” in the paragraph means __________.
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A．fought against |
B．accepted |
C．laughed at |
D．supported |
4.What is the best title for the passage?
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A．A famous 1,282 page Bible |
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B．The life of a famous inventor |
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C．An invention that changed history |
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D．The development of printing |
Many people say pennies are not worth saving. After all, a penny is only worth a cent. But one unusual penny turned out to be worth a lot more when a coin collector paid $1.7 million for it earlier this month.
The coin is one of a kind. It is the only penny that the Denver mint(铸币厂) made out of copper, instead of steel, in 1943. Because it is unique, it is also very valuable. No penny has ever sold for so much money.
The Changing Penny
The Lincoln penny first appeared in 1909. For 34 years, the one-cent coin was made out of copper. Then, in 1943, the penny changed. World War II was going on, and copper was needed for equipment. So for one year, pennies were made out of steel instead. At least most of them were.
Only a few coins were made out of unused copper. There are three main mints, or places where coins are made, in the United States. Of the known copper pennies from 1943, twelve were made in the Philadephia mint, and five were made in the San Francisco mint. Only one was made in the Denver mint.
Nobody knows for sure why a copper penny was made at the Denver mint in 1943, coin dealers Andy Skrabalak told Time for Kids. “There is a rumor that a mint employee made the coin in the middle of the night.”
A Special Set
The coin collector who bought the $1.7 million penny wants to remain unknown. But the reason for the trade is known. He already had two copper pennies from 1943 – one from the San Francisco mint and one from the Philadephia mint. To complete the set, he needed the Denver penny. The three coins will go on display at a coin exhibition in Tampa, Florida.
The collector who sold the penny is also keeping his name a secret. It took four years to convince him to give up the rare coin. Now that he has finally donating all of the money to charity.
1.Why is the Lincoln penny worth over one million dollars?
A. Because it has a history of thirty-four years.
B. Because it was made out of a rare material.
C. Because it was made on one night of 1943 by the Denver mint.
D, Because it was the only coin Denver mint made out of copper in 1943.
2.Before the Lincoln penny was sold, people thought one-cent coins __________.
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A．were worth collecting for selling later |
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B．were surely valuable if not made out of steel |
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C．wouldn’t be sold for large amounts of money |
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D．were only useful for some coin museums |
3.At least how many copper coins were made in 1943?
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A．Five |
B．Twelve |
C．Seventeen |
D．Eighteen |
4.What can we learn about the collector who sold the penny?
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A．He already had two copper pennies from 1943. |
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B．He wanted to complete the set of copper pennies. |
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C．He didn’t want to sell his penny in the beginning. |
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D．He was a well-known coin dealer in Tampa, Horida. |
