--- Hi,Tom.Does John have any hobbies?
--- _______,swimming will appeal to him most strongly.
A. If anything B. If ever
C. If any D. If so
近年来大城市交通拥堵严重,影响了人们的生活和经济发展,对此人们十分抱怨。假如你是李华,请根据以下要点用英语给报社写封信。
1.交通现状及影响;
2.提出改进建议;
3.希望建议被采纳。
注意:4.词数100左右;
5.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
6.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。
Dear editor,
I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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,每句最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),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。
The Magic Tree House series are among the most popular book series ever writing for children. It tells a story of two kids, Jack and his sister Annie, seem to be very excited about finding a tree house in the woods. A tree house is magic and can transport him to various places and various times in history. It turned out that King Arthur from Camelot needs help. However, Jack’s head librarians, Morgan le Fay, sends him and Annie to help. They end up go to many different places and time periods through history on their adventures, which attract to readers a lot.
The series so far has had over 40 books and is likely to grow.
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My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was .Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to whether I had done perfectly. Then, , the applause (掌声) came.
“Thank you… so much,” I said, to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me.“You’ve been an student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop .”
I leaned forward, I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.
As it , the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the , I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. , it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was inside of me. I was empty inside.
One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.
“Are you taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.
“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.
“That’s a ,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was .”
Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a what to do.I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew what I was doing.
As the music , a familiar feeling rose inside me.
1.A. showed B. sat C. stood D. looked
2.A. light B. quiet C. colorful D. nervous
3.A. expect B. remind C. know D. doubt
4.A. immediately B. successfully C. hopefully D. suddenly
5.A. turning B. waving C. running D. pointing
6.A. easy-going B. imaginative C. amazing D. honest
7.A. practising B. learning C. competing D. gaining
8.A. telling B. promising C. admitting D. speaking
9.A. carried on B. brought up C. turned out D. taken in
10.A. performance B. final C. presentation D. play
11.A. Soon B. Besides C. Thus D. Instead
12.A. lectures B. parts C. lessons D. pieces
13.A. disappointing B. pleasing C. inspiring D. puzzling
14.A. beating B. rising C. changing D. shining
15.A. still B. even C. much D. yet
16.A. shame B. relief C. pleasure D. deal
17.A. challenging B. breathtaking C. demanding D. embarrassing
18.A. time B. heart C. dream D. loss
19.A. normally B. exactly C. unclearly D. badly
20.A. ended B. hit C. covered D. spread
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
After the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge, another challenge now is hot in India. Indians give rice to their poor neighbors for a charity (慈善) which is called “Rice Bucket Challenge”.1.It is about giving a bucket of rice to someone who is in need and taking a picture named “Rice Bucket Challenge” to share online. The aim of the activity is to help the poor and hungry people in India, and the movement’s Facebook page has so far clocked up more than 50,000 likes.2. The activity was started by Manju Latha Kalanidhi, a 38-year-old journalist, who thought the Ice Bucket Challenge was a little strange. She said, “Hunger is a disease anybody would connect.” The challenge has gained a lot of support with students signing up in Indian Institute of Management, and more and more people join in it.3.
India is the world’s second-biggest rice consumer, with a storage of 21.2 million tons of the grains.4.It has suffered with mass hunger, and last year was ranked 63rd of 78 countries on the International Food Policy Research Institute’s global hunger index. How to participate in this activity? First, pick up a bucket of rice from your home and give it to the neighboring people who are in need.5. At last, invite online all your friends and ask them to take up the challenge.It is important to post back on Facebook because it will inspire all your friends to come forward. All the people get together and make a difference!
A. Besides, hand the rice bucket over to other people who are in need.
B. It is not an activity involving dumping a bucket of rice on someone’s head.
C. The activity raises the public awareness and charitable donations to agriculture.
D. The AirAsia India airline says its staff including senior management will join.
E. Then, take a picture and post it on facebook with “Rice Bucket Challenge”.
F. But it is far from enough for this country.
G. The initial inspiration came from the ice bucket challenge.
Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass. But 1.(strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass2.their stomachs are filled up.
A classmate of 3.(I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel’s appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草).I asked him 4.camels eat hay, not green grass. He said the camel is a kind of animal with 5.strong sense of suffering,6.(fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant7.green grass.
The camel has the best tolerance. Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel’s outstanding performance, but few understand its 8. (prepare) made for it.
Life, 9. a camel traveling through the desert, 10.(need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.