--I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day．
--Yes，_____ news came as _____ shock to all of us．
A．the; theB．a; /
C．the; aD．/; a
书面表达
你校正在举办英语周活动，你准备参加以Sharing为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你结一个事例，写一篇演讲稿，谈谈Sharing的作用。演讲稿应包含下列要点：
1. 有关Sharing的一个事例：时间，人物，内容，过程，影响等；
2. 你的感悟。
注意：1. 词数120左右.
2. 演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Good morning, everyone!
It’s a great honor to be here and share something with you.
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短文改错
下面短文中有10 处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个的单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
例如：
It was very to get your invitation to spend ^ weekend with you. Luckily I was the am completely free then, so I’ll to say ”yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8:00 p.m. in Friday on evening. |
An old man whose eyesight was failing comes to stay in a hotel, a bottle of whisky in his hand. On the wall was a fly he took for a nail．The moment he tried to hang the bottle on it, they fell and broke．When the landlady discovered what had been happened, she decided to do him favor．The next morning when he was out, the hotel worker hammered a nail exact where the “fly” had been．Before the old man came back, the smell of the whisky reminded him the accident．Looking at the spot what he thought the “fly” was again, he was so angry that he slapped it with all his strengths．On hearing the loud cry, the landlady rushed in．To her surprise, the poor old man was sitting on the floor with the palm of his hand bleed．
下面文章中有5位同学（第1—5题）想要搜寻心仪的大学。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各位同学要求的大学，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
It is rather challenging to make a choice on universities for school under educates, as they have to take into account the factors like majors, tuition, location and the climate,etc.
1.Annie is a top student of senior 3. She loves art and is gifted in art. She wants to learn art in a forging country which has pleasant weather.
2.Betty has just entered a university, but she wants to quit school and go abroad to learn fashion design because she is crazy about fashion and wants to become a great designer. She has to choose a college with low fee because her family is not rich.
3.Eva is an English major student in a university. She loves fashion and wants to learn fashion design in a fashion center that is filled with fashion elements.
4. Alex is college student majoring in computer science. He found animation design would be profitable industry, so he decided to learn animation design in a country where the climate is mild, not cold in winter and not hot in summer.
5. Philip is an English major college student. British art fascinates him very much so he decided to feel the rich art atmosphere and learn art in Britain.
A．University of Auckland
Programmes | Theology, Science, Art, Business, Education, Music… |
Fee | ￥60，000-80，000 a year |
Length of schooling | 3 year |
Admission criterion（标准） | 1 year preparation for students of senior 3 or graduates with an average mark of 80; regular college course for students who finish the first year in universities. |
Location（位置）and climate | Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand; comfortable climate; warm summers and mild and wet winters |
B. Istituto Maranon
Programmes | Fashion Business, Fashion Buying, Brand of Management and Fashion Promotion, Interior Design, Product Design and Graphic Design… |
Fee | ￥90,000-120,000 a year |
Length of schooling | 3 years |
Admission criterion | No language proficiency test required; able to speak English or Italian; at least 12 years schooling |
Location and climate | Milan, a global fashion centre in Italy; summers are extremely hot and humid; winters are chilly |
C. Amusement Media College, Japan
Programmes | Animation（卡通）, caricature, digital game design |
Fee | ￥90,000-120,000 a year |
Length of schooling | 2 years |
Admission criterion | 12 years schooling or above |
Location and climate | Tokyo, Japan which is a country with the most advanced animation techniques, four distinct seasons; mild spring and fall, hot summer, and winter with a few snowfalls |
D. The University of Nottingham
Programmes | Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Education |
Fee | ￥80,000-160,000a year |
Length of schooling | 3 years |
Admission | Finish senior high school with good performance or undergraduates in college |
Location and climate | Nottingham, located in Britain, wet springs, hot summers, warm autumns and icy winters |
E. University of Lyon
Programmes | Art, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Business, Spanish, Fashion design |
Fee | ￥10,000-30,000 a year |
Length of schooling | 3 years |
Admission criterion | Finish senior high school and obtain a letter of admission of a university |
Location and climate | Lyon in France; the climate is mild and sunny |
F. Ecole Superieure d Art et de Design
Programmes | Art, Animation Design, Furniture Design, Decoration and Design |
Fee | ￥100,000-120,000 a year |
Length of schooling | 2 years |
Admission criterion | Between 18 and 25, single; more than 1 year learning experience in art college |
Location and climate | Reims in France; temperature ranging from 5°C in December to 26°C in August |
“Father, do you see Mother in your dreams?” the young girl asks. “You know sometimes I do.”
“Mother comes to see me a lot, you know. We sit and talk.” The father smiles. “How is your homework coming along?”
“Why do I have to study so hard?”
“It is what your mother would have wanted!”
She regrets speaking her mind. “I’m sorry, Father, I shouldn’t have said that.” She looks up and sees his eyes well up with tears.
“It’s okay, love,” he gets up and pours himself a drink. “I’ll just sit outside for a while. You finish up your work, okay?”
“I’m sorry, Father; Mother did love you very much. She told me all the time.”
“Homework, first, eh? Then we can chat about your mother.”
He heads off outside and sits in his usual chair, looking around the courtyard. The whole area relaxes the mind and somehow soothes the soul.
“All finished, Father. May I get a drink and sit with you? I have some questions.”
She comes with two drinks one for him and one for herself. He looks surprised. She never really liked him having a drink. Although he had cut back a lot from before he brought her here, it still seemed strange.
“Mother told me all about you. That is before she passed away. We would laugh together at your love stories.”
He listens without uttering a single sound.
“Why didn’t you come and take her away with you? She really wanted that. Did you know that?”
Her father looks at his daughter lovingly. “Circumstances were difficult back then. It was just the way things were. When it came time to…” He sighs. “To visit her it was too late.”
The girl smiles. “I hope I will have the same kind of love you and mother had.”
“Without all the heartache,” her father adds.
“She always knew you loved her. She told me every day,” the child mentions cheerfully. “I saw her crying sometimes when she read your letters.”
“Did she make you promise to look after me?” She inquires.
“She asked me to take care of you.”
“You promised her, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I did.”
“It is nice out here, isn't it? Mother would have been very happy here.”
She talks with some authority. Her father remains silent. A smile comes to his weary brow. He nods his head.
“Mother wanted me to give you something. I think now the time is right.” She runs to her room. Upon returning she hands her father a book. “It’s mother’s diary! She wanted me to give it to you.”
He takes the book and holds it in his trembling hands, “Thank you.”
“Mother said you would understand things better.”
“Wise woman, your mother.”
He places the book on the table as he gets up. The girl gets up and wraps herself around her father.
“I love you.” she looks up at his face.
He picks her up and hugs her. “I love you, too.” His voice trembles.
“It’s okay, Father. We have each other now and mother is in both of us.”
He kisses her head.
“Time you went to bed,” her father softly says.
He puts her down and she scampers off to get washed and ready for bed.
Clearing up everything he checks on his daughter. She is in bed waiting for her good night kiss. He tucks her in and bids her goodnight.
Just as he is to leave she tells him. “Mother told me she adopted me when I was a baby.”
He stands at her bedroom door. Words fail him. Yes, he knew she was adopted.
“I am really lucky for being loved by my parents, even if I am not really theirs.”
“You trying to bring on the water works?” he tells her.
She giggles, “Goodnight, Father. I love you.”
“Love you, too.”
His face lights up as he wipes his dampened eyes.
The door closes and the child falls asleep dreaming of her mother.
Sitting outside he picks up the diary and opens it and reads the first line: “I love you, my dearest, if only things could have been different…”
1.Why isn’t the mother with her family?
A. She has already died. B. She is ill in hospital.
C. The couple is divorced. D. She lives in another city.
2.What can we know about the couple’s relationship?
A. They understood each other very well.
B. They quarreled a lot and are separated.
C. They used to have misunderstandings.
D. They were quite sure of each other’s love.
3.What can we learn from the story?
A. The girl was adopted because the couple couldn’t give birth.
B. Father looks after the girl just because the girl is alone.
C. The girl feels unfortunate that she was adopted.
D. Father was not very close to the girl before she moved in with him.
4.Why didn’t father bring mother home when she was ill?
A. Because he was too busy with his work
B. Because he didn’t know he was wanted
C. Because he was too poor to afford the medical fees
D. Because he didn’t know she was in hospital
5.What does the sentence “You trying to bring on the water works?” mean?
A. You want another cup of water?
B. Are you kidding me?
C. Are you trying to make me cry?
D. Are you thinking about the water factory?
6.Which word best describes father’s feeling at the end of the story?
A. Regretful B. Satisfied
C. Confused D. Doubtful
Reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils, and increasing numbers of "time poor" parents are dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children once they start school.
Research presented to a conference last week found that, while parents read to preschoolers , this later tails off, and by the final year of primary school only around 2% read to their children every day. Once children can read skillfully, parents tend to step back, and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight. The report also found that 820-/o of teachers blame the government's " target-. driven" education policies for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure.
They believe that a straitjacket (束缚) of strictly organized schooling is containing young people's ability to read more widely. Two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they lacked time in the school day to introduce a variety of books and that this was a " major obstacle to being able to develop a level of reading". Teachers also cited as main factors the reduction in the number of school librarians, who could put interesting books before children, and the rise in "screen time", switching children from reading to playing games.
The majority of teachers said the curriculum's (课程) " emphasis on reading as a skill to be mastered" was increasing the pressure. This was compounded by parents who saw reading just as a focus of learning, a skill critical to career advancement in a competitive world.
Reading habits and the digital revolution in publishing were key topics of debate at the conference. The theme of the lack of British culture was supported by children's writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the scripts(手稿 ) for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics.
“We discovered the whole nation had forgotten that they did the industrial revolution," he said.
"Books are so central to it; books can be written by anyone. A lot of the pleasure of a book is listening to somebody read it to you. "
"We found a real love of reading al110ng teachers, and a strong desire ,to encourage more children to read for pleasure ,”said Rob Cheney," However ,the teachers also had an overpowering sense of frustration with their situation." "Touch-screen phone and tablets are naturally attractive to children," the survey said, and predicted a period of awkwardness as everyone else adapts. By 2018, children's television will have adopted the presence of this second screen ,and it "will be strange not to have children ,at home drawing along on tablets and then having these appearing live in the show ".
The hope is “that user-friendly screens could, if material is adapted and downloaded easily, present an opportunity for more ambitious publishing - for example, books children can either read or choose to have read to them; or digital books with moving pictures instead of photos to clarify factual and scientific points. Parental controls that are easy to use would be key, the conference was told, such as "a warning for when devices use the Wi-Fi, especially after bedtimes", to allow parents to shut off access to children in the home.
1.What leads to parents' dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children?
A. Children have less time to spend with their parents after they start school.
B. Parents chink it unnecessary to do so when children can read themselves.
C. The government’s education policies have placed much burden on children.
D. Children don't like parents reading stories to them when they are seven or eight.
2.Which of the following is not teachers' point of view?
A. Children are prevented from reading widely enough in school.
B. Schools pay attention to reading skills instead of reading for fun.
C. Playing video games reduces children's time spent on reading.
D. School libraries can't provide good books for lack of money.
3.The word "compounded" (Paragraph 4) most probably means ______.
A. worsened B. preserved C. reduced D. improved
4.It can be inferred from the article that _____
A. children don't like reading because books are not attractive
B. British people enjoyed reading books very much in the past
C. teachers forbid their students co read more books for fun
D. children should enjoy more freedom to use the Wi-Fi at home
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Parents should set a limit to their children's using electric devices at hoI11e.
B. Children are encouraged to read as l11any interesting books as they can.
C. Children miss out on pleasures of reading a good book in modern life.
D. Experts appeals to the government to reduce the heavy burden on children.
