Since the day it was founded , the Venus Orchestra , known as the “the most beautiful orchestra in the world ”, has _________ the attention of professional critics , music lovers , and a wide range of audience.
A. approved B. assumed C. accumulated D. Arrested
________ is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.
A. Prejudice B. Dimension
C. Compliment D. Symptom
When you come across a new word , you should learn to guess the meaning of the word according to the ________ clues , which may be in the sentence that comes before the word.
A. criterion B. caption C. context D. Category
书面表达
学校将组织一次志愿者活动，现有两种方案，一种是去故宫博物院（The Palace Museum）当解说人员（narrator），一种是去儿童福利院（children’s welfare institution）当服务人员。假如你是李华，请你用英语给组织活动的陈老师写一封100~120个词的信，内容包括：
1、选择其中的一种方案，或者自己另选一个方案
2、陈述理由
3、相关准备
注意：信的开头已给出（不计入词数）。
Dear Mr. Chen ,
I’m writing to recommend
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Yours ,
Li Hua
短文改错
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：在钷的词下画一横线，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。
Long long ago , there lived a famous beauty , who named XI Shi . Since she suffered from heartburn , she would often frown in front of all neighbour .
A ugly girl—Dong Shi , lived in the same village . She noticed this , thinking it very charmed , also put her hand to her breast and frown in front of everyone . When the rich saw her ,they closed their doors and would come out . But for the poor , they ran across , taking their wives and children . Poor thing ! She should admire Xi Shi’s frown , but did not know why she was beautiful .
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。
Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression , 1. new study has suggested . The more time is spent 2. ( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online , the more likely volunteers were 3. have the blues .
Monitoring people’s comings and 4. ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood . Spending most of your time at home was also 5. ( link ) to depression , as was having an 6. ( regular) daily schedule , such as unusual shift patterns . “ 7. people are depressed , they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things , ” said senior author David Mohr . “ The data 8. showed depressed people tended not to go many places 9. ( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression ”
“ The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity of those symptoms 10. asking them any questions . Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users . ”
