A guide to Beijing museums during Spring Festival
The Capital Museum
The Beijing Capital Museum is presenting a special monkey-themed exhibition that decodes the cultural roots of the monkey in traditional Chinese culture. The exhibit shows more than 40 antique collections, including paintings, calligraphy, stamps, and 12 classic Monkey King pictures based on the great Chinese novel, Journey to the West. The museum also prepared a series of cultural activities for children, such as making paper-cuts for window decoration and painting monkeys.
The National Museum of China
Pasting Spring Festival couplets to doors is a traditional custom in Chinese culture. An exhibition Calligraphy Art of Couplets for the Year of the Money is ongoing, with more than 30 calligraphers’ couplet pieces on display. A major exhibition, Treasures of Romania, showcasing Romania’s history from the pre-historical period to the end of the 18th century, is still underway.
National Art Museum of China
The 2016 New Year show, National Art Exhibition of the Great Unity of China is a visual feast that will last until March 7. The works reflect the reality that people of all nationalities in China unite as one and jointly construct a moderately prosperous society. The works also highlight their positive mental attitude and present their picturesque and colorful national customs.
Zhoukoudian Relies Museum
A Spring Festival folk custom culture exhibition will introduce traditional Spring Festival customs in detail. Visitors can enjoy nearly 100 precious exhibits from the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and Minguo Era(1912-1949), including New Year paintings and musical instruments. Children can also take part in the treasure hunt games organized by the museum, watch 4D movies and experience the primitive way of hunting fishing and chipping stone tools in the science experience pavilion.
1.In which column of the newspaper may this article appear?
A. Travel.B. Business.C. Lifestyle.D. Culture.
2.Which of the following statement is True according to the article?
A. The 40 antique collections in the Capital Museum are based on Journey to the West.
B. All four museums provide exhibits of traditional Spring Festival customs.
C. Children can be involved in some activities about the primitive life in Zhoukoudian Relics Museum.
D. Visitors can appreciate exhibits of Minguo Era in National Art Museum of China.
3.Which one is the best choice among the four museums for visitors who’d like to enjoy history of both China and foreign countries?
A. The National Museum of China
B. Zhoukoudian Relics Museum
C. The Capital Museum
D. National Art Museum of China
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注意：1.词数100左右
2. 可适当增加细节，已使行文连贯。
3. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Smith,
I'm Li Hua, Chairman of the English Club of our school. ______________________________________
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Looking forward to your reply!
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。
While walking in a market two weeks before, I saw a little kid looking for his mom. However, I couldn’t find her. I decided to ignoring it and keep walking, but then I saw a person that seemed to have badly intentions. So I made up my mind to help with the little kid. We go from one shop to another to look for his mom. Eventually we entered a flower shop but found her, after nearly one and a half hour of searching. She thanked me for helping her child, which was only 6 years old. It was very happy moment.
For my 22nd wedding anniversary, I determined that I would write my wife Sheila twenty-two ________ to describe my love to her. I also decided that I would have a unique ________ to give her a great surprise.
I started out months ________, writing poems and ________ with my wife’s friends and got their help in making cards for each of the twenty-two poems.
Had I known how ________ it was to make twenty-two cards for twenty-two poems, I might have ________ a different idea. ________, by the time I was about to ________, I was encouraged by our ________, so I kept on the task.
Some good friends ________ to host the party at their house. The question then was how to get my wife to the party without raising her ________. I told my wife for our anniversary I would make a(n) ________ at a nice restaurant, so she didn’t have to ________ anything. I had prearranged with the party host to call me before the party to say that she really needed to get back a ________ that I had borrowed. In my wife’s ________, I told him that we were heading out to dinner and could drop the book off on our way.
Finally, when we arrived at the ________, I suggested that perhaps Sheila should accompany me to the door and say a quick ________. We stepped into the house where the ________ happened. One at a time, twenty-one of Sheila’s friends presented her with a card and rose. Then, I ________ a poem titled “Pure Luck”. I wanted ________ to get it right—and I did!
That was five years ago, and I can still recited the whole poem by heart.
1.A. lettersB. poemsC. booksD. stories
2.A. partyB. mealC. programmeD. feeling
3.A. for instanceB. on purposeC. at mostD. in advance
4.A. arguingB. fightingC. dealingD. consulting
5.A. specialB. valuableC. difficultD. enjoyable
6.A. pay attention toB. looked forward to
C. come up withD. made up with
7.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. OtherwiseD. Moreover
8.A. go onB. give upC. come outD. show up
9.A. lifeB. prideC. loveD. honesty
10.A. refusedB. hesitatedC. pretendedD. volunteered
11.A. wishesB. worriesC. doubtsD. enthusiasm
12.A. effortB. reservationC. decisionD. call
13.A. planB. shareC. missD. explain
14.A. bookB. cardC. bikeD. flower
15.A. performanceB. influenceC. presenceD. absence
16.A. dinnerB. houseC. meetingD. competition
17.A. goodbyeB. pityC. yesD. hello
18.A. accidentB. surpriseC. quarrelD. trouble
19.A. recitedB. readC. wroteD. sang
20.A. responsiblyB. thankfullyC. sensitivelyD. desperately
It is extremely difficult to get rid of deep anger and bitterness. ___1.___ It could result in depression or even substance abuse（药物滥用）. You must rid yourself of these poisonous feelings before your life is ruined. You owe it to yourself to get over the anger and bitterness and find peace in life.
●Stop making excuses for your feelings. You can't overcome your anger or bitterness if you keep yourself stuck in it and making excuses about why you are angry and bitter. ___2.___You’re in control of your life and you can get rid of the anger and bitterness. When you start feeling bitter or angry, make a conscious effort to stop.
●Forgive those who have caused you anger. ___3.__However, it is a necessary part of healing and moving on with life. Speak to the person who hurt you and tell him you forgive him. Alternatively, write a letter to the person who hurt you. Whatever you do you must forgive so that you can move on with your life.
●Find ways to be grateful for what you have. Look around you and count your blessings. ___4.__ Make thankfulness and gratefulness a part of your everyday life. Keep a journal and write about the ways in which you’re grateful. Your anger and bitterness will eventually disappear as you become happier and more content with life.
●__5.___Perhaps you have kept it bottled up for years. You need to let it go, so talk to family or friends. You can even talk to a professional when necessary. The point is to talk about your feelings so that you can move on from the anger and bitterness.
A. This is not an easy thing.
B. Swear to move on from the past.
C. Perhaps you own a loving family or a good job.
D. Offering forgiveness can lead to less anxiety and stress.
E. You could spend years carrying these feeling inside you.
F. Express your deep-rooted feelings of anger and bitterness.
G. Recognizing signs and causes of bitterness is a healthy start.
AC/DC have postponed their US tour after singer Brian Johnson was warned by doctors that he was at risk of “total hearing loss”. This is unsurprising, given the decades that the Australian band has been pumping out the hard rock decibels(分贝). But deafness isn’t only a concern for rock musicians. In recent years it has become clear that anyone around music a lot has reason to be equally worried.
When exposed to music, risk to hearing arises from a combination of how loud the sound is and how long you’re exposed to it. If you visit a nightclub that is thumping out (响亮地奏出) music on the dance floor at 100 dB, then after only 10-15 minutes the exposure is potentially damaging. In a quieter part of the club, but where the music is still loud enough that you have to shout at your friends, then you could be there for a couple of hours before having to worry about your hearing. Of course music frequently exceeds（超过） 80-85 dB, but what counts most in assessing the risk to hearing is the average exposure.
Exposure to high noise levels often causes temporary deafness — something many people have experienced after going to a nightclub. While hearing usually recovers after a few hours or days, repeated loud exposure leads to permanent hearing damage. Initially, this damage is subtle and unlikely to be noticed by the listener. Problems only becomes significant in middle age when the noise-induced hearing loss combines with the natural loss of hearing due to ageing.
Improved technology means that the number of musicians having to give up performing could decrease, but student musicians need to be educated about the dangers of noise-caused hearing loss. The increasing use of headphones will also work against this — for musicians and everyone else. Unless people are careful with the volume（音量） level on their portable music players, hearing loss caused by music will increase.
（http://theconversation.com/highway-to-hearing-hell-musicians-and-the-danger-of-deafness-55983）
1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly aim to tell us?
A. Musicians tend to be victims of music.
B. It is helpful to check hearing regularly.
C. Being with music isn’t necessarily beneficial.
D. Deafness has become musicians’ major concern.
2.What’s the most important factor considered in the assessment of risk music has to hearing?
A. Its decibel.
B. The average exposure.
C. Its playing environment.
D. The listener’s sensitivity to sound.
3.People who go to nightclubs frequently tend to ________.
A. suffer from temporary headache
B. have their hearing damaged forever
C. experience natural hearing loss earlier
D. have a clear sense of their hearing damage
4.Which of the following best reflects the author’s opinion?
A. Improving technology can prevent hearing damage.
B. Students musicians are main sufferers of hearing loss.
C. Using headphones helps reduce hearing loss to a degree.
D. We can never be too careful with the volume level of music.
