Liu Huan is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics. He is also a noted musician and popular singer in the Chinese mainland.
Born on Aug. 26, 1963 in to a teacher’s family in Tianjin, Liu enrolled at the University of International Relations in Beijing in 1981, majoring in French literature. He was retained at the university as a faculty member(教职工)after graduation in 1985. He won two first prizes in Beijing’s first-ever university English and French singing contests in 1985. To help promote local education by teaching music, he lived in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in 1985~1986. He was appointed a professor at the University of International Business and Economics to teach the history of Western music in 1991, and has been working at the university for more than 20 years.
As a professor, Liu is invited every year to colleges and universities in Beijing to teach music courses. As a famous musician, when asked if his classes differ from other teachers’, Liu simply said, “Nothing different. While standing on the platform, I am just a teacher. Everything outside has nothing to do with me at that moment. ”
Since becoming a professional singer in 1985, Liu’s singing has been widely welcomed across the country. He won many national awards, including the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country in 1988, in 1990 and in 1992. On Aug. 8, 2008, Liu sang a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, reaching the top of his singing career. In addition to singing, Liu Huan also creates original scores for film and TV. His works have been well received by both audiences and his peers in the industry.
Therefore, Liu is chosen to act as one of the four judges on “The Voice of China” , a surprisingly popular singing talent show which has been aired on Zhejiang Satellite TV since July 13, 2012. At the same time, his fellow judges are Na Ying, Yang Kun, and Harlem Yu. (322W)
1. What does the underlined word “noted” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Famous. B. Skilled. C. Gifted. D. Important.
2.Liu Huan used to live in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to_____
A. learn about their customs and cultures
B. improve his ability of composing music by living in the village
C. help promote local education by teaching music
D. find some talented students in music
3. When he reached the top of his singing career, he was .
A. 45 B. 22 C. 28 D. 49
4.Which is NOT true of the description about his musical achievements?
A. He has won the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country three times.
B. He succeeded in singing a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
C. He creates many original scores for film and TV.
D. He is the only one who acts as a judge on “The Voice of China”.
A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag with some potatoes. Each potato would be given a name of a person that the child hated, so the number of potatoes in his/her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated. Some children had two potatoes, some had three and others had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag wherever they went for a week. After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten potatoes when they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said,” This is the same when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will pollute your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime?”
1. In the game, the students should _________.
A. keep the bag of potatoes in the classroom
B. carry the bag of potatoes everywhere they go
C. leave the bag of potatoes at home
D. count the bag of potatoes every day
2.The underlined word “rotten” most probably means ___________ in Chinese.
A. delicious B. fresh C. sweet D. bad
3.According to the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A. potatoes are very important to the students
B. hating others can make the life unhappy
C. the smell of hate is good for our health
D. the students like to carry the bag of the potatoes
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. An interesting game
B. Carry the smelly potatoes
C. The rotten potatoes
D. To excuse others is to excuse yourself.
假设你是李华，你所在的学校英文报刊向全体高二学生征稿，主题是“环境保护”，你有意参加此次活动。请根据下列要点完成一篇英语作文。
1、 低碳生活对我们的好处。
2、 日常生活，我们可以做些什么。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。
短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假如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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）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。
Great Britain consists of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. On the 13th century Wales was linked to England. In 1603, they were joined to Scotland. They were united in peace instead of by war. Furthermore, just as they were going to get Ireland connecting to form United Kingdom, the southern part of Ireland was broke away, so only Northern Ireland joined with England.
England is the larger of the four countries and for convenience it was divided into three zone: the South of England, the Midlands and the North. Most of the population are settled in the South, and most of the industrial cities is located in the Midlands and the North.
London is the capital city with the great historical treasures, that has the oldest port built by the Romans in the 1st century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo Saxons in the 1060s and oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.
1.Cholera was such a d________ （致命的）disease that many people died of it.
2.After they had studied for years, they a____（宣布）with certainty that they found out the reason.
3.She was c________ （谨慎）to avoid making her father angry.
4.School must meet the c________ （挑战）of the new technology.
5.Loose clothing can give you greater freedom of m_______ （移动）.
6.The scientists are doing s___________ ( science) research on the rats.
7.Everyone should c______ (捐献,贡献) what he or she can afford to help the poor.
8.All the other candidates were d_______ (击败) by him in the election. So he won the election.
9.It is a great ____________( convenient) to have a cell phone.
10.To be honest， I can't tell what the ________ ( attract) of this famous painting has.
11.I want to c________ (澄清) my reasons for not having attended the meeting.
12.He ___________ (constant) suffered from lack of preparation.
13.There were so many carriages that I lost s________of (看不见)Wang Ping.
14.Animals in zoos are not in their natural s_________(环境).
15.The new teacher made a good i__________ (印象) on the students.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
The passage is about a letter written by Li Qiang who is taking up the prize that ___1.___ won last year. At first he was nervous and ____2.___ (certain) about the journey. However, with Wang Ping’s guiding, Li Qiang __3.____(transport) into the future safely. Hit by a lack of fresh air, his head ached and he tried to make the necessary ___4.___ (adjust) to this new situation. Soon he was back ____5.___ his feet again ___6.__ flew after Wang Ping in a hovering carriage ___7.____ (drive) by computer. Arriving at Wang Ping’s house, Li Qiang was shown into __8.___ large room with a green wall made of trees, ___9.___ leaves provided the room with oxygen. ___10.___ (exhaust), Li Qiang slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
