In Europe, many people make friends between their countries through town twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to become “twins” with a sister city relationship.
The people find pen friends in the twin town. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town for celebrations. Ordinary people travel to the twin town, too, but not very often if it is far away.
Sometimes, schools even exchange their classes for two or three weeks! For example, German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain, staying with British families. A few months later, their British friends come to study in Germany.
Many British towns are so pleased with the results of the twinning that they set out to find more than one twin town!
Tonbridge, a small town in Kent, for example, has twin town in both Germany and France. Richmond near London has relationships with Germany, France and even a town in a Balkan(巴尔干半岛的) country!
Town twinning can help make friends. It helps students improve their language skills, and also helps people to understand the differences between nations.
1.Twin towns develop ______.
A．between European countries and China
B．in the English-speaking countries only
C．in the same country
D．between different countries
2.How many countries are mentioned in the passage?
A．4 B．5 C．6 D．7
3.One of the advantages of town twinning is _____.
A．to earn more money
B．to set up schools
C．to improve students’ language skills
D．to develop industry and agriculture
As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England. That’s where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.
If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands--one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.
Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?
In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in these different countries spoke different languages. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.
There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?
1.English was first spoken in ____.
A．Britain B．England C．Great Britain D．Ireland
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A．Wales is the richest of the three.
B．Scotland is the largest of the three.
C．Sometimes England is used instead of Britain.
D．Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles.
3.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is _____.
A．part of Britain
B．part of British Isles
C．the official name of the whole country
D．the largest country of all mentioned in the passage
4.Which of the following is the best title?
A．Students of English
B．Different Names of England
C．Different Languages Spoken in England
D．The Republic of Ireland
根据句子意思和所给中文或首字母提示，写出单词的正确形式。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.You must tell us ______ (确切地) how much money you will need besides that sum.
2.Chairman Mao compared ______ (青少年) to the rising sun in the morning.
3.Although she is Chinese, she can speak English, French and German ______ (流利地).
4.The boy is afraid of the dark, so he likes sleeping with ______ (窗帘) pulled and the light turned on.
5.Go ______ (径直地) ahead until you come to a bank. You won’t miss it.
6.I said Hello to her, but she i______ me completely.
7.He still didn’t r______ from the death of his mother.
8.Police are trying to discover the i______ of a baby found outside their offices.
9.She is no longer u______, because her problem has been solved.
10.Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, and the l______ is a nurse.
假设你是李明，刚从学校安排的“澳大利亚行”返回北京。请给在澳大利亚时借住的家庭写一封信，信的内容主要包括：
1．你已安全返回北京
2．感谢他们的热情接待
1）去机场迎接
2）Jenny陪伴游览名胜古迹
3．希望他们有时间来北京游览
Dear Mr and Mrs Johnson,
I’m writing to tell you that________________________________________________________
Best wishes,
Li Ming
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(＼)划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(八)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
An old gentleman was invited at his old friend’s home for
dinner one evening. He was struck by the way in that his
friend spoke to his wife by calling him “Honey” or “My
Love”. The couple had married for almost 70 years, but they
are still deeply in love with each other. When the wife
was not in the kitchen, the gentleman said to his friend,
“I think it’s wonderfully that, after all the years you’ve
been married, you still call her those loving name.”
The old man lowered his voice. “To tell a truth”,
he said. “I have forgot her name about ten years ago.”
用英语介绍美国当选总统巴拉克.奥巴马 。
|
姓名 |
巴拉克·奥巴马 （ Barack Obama ） |
|
出生时间 |
1961年8 月4日 |
|
出生地点 |
夏威夷(Hawaii) |
|
家庭 |
父亲是肯尼亚(Kenya)黑人，母亲是美国白人 |
|
小时梦想 |
当总统 |
|
教育 |
1988考入哈佛法学院(Harvard Law School),1991年获博士学位 （doctor’s degree） |
|
职业 |
毕业后当律师、讲师（lecturer），后来从政(take up politics)。2008年11月4日，在大选（ the general election ）中击败(defeat)麦凯恩（John McCain ），成为首位黑人(African American)总统。 |
写作要求: 只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。
评分标准: 句子结构的准确性，信息内容的完整性和连贯性。
