Do you know sand has been used to draw pictures since ancient times? Today, sandpainting, an interesting art, will be produced to you.
Sandpainting is an art of using the sand to make a fixed or unfixed painting. Maybe we all played fixed sandpainting as we were young. We first painted a simple picture, then we brushed glue(胶水)to the section, and at last we poured colored sand onto the glue in order to make it fixed.
Unfixed sandpaintings have a long cultural history around the world. People poured sand on a surface to make paintings or use some tools to draw pictures in the sand directly. They are often temporary(临时的). Different people draw sandpaintings to express different meanings: love of nature, admiration for God or love of beauty.
Nowadays, sandpainting becomes a performance art and its popularity has risen. On the stages, sandpainting performers make a series of images(图像)by drawing lines and figures in the sand with their fingers and hands. The series of images are used to tell a story.
Kseniya Simonova, who is from Ukraine, is one of the greatest sandpainting performers in the world. People call her “The Lady of the Sand”.
Simonova said that she never dreamed she’d become a sand artist, and when she began practicing, she nearly gave it up. But she persevered, caring for a household and her baby by day and training every night. You Are Always Nearby is one of the most famous performances of Simonoova. It is a story about a young couple separated by a war in which the solider is tragically killed, but returns in spirit to watch over his wife and child. This performance makes all audience cry.
Art is everywhere and is not far away from common people. Art of painting is in our life, even in the sand.
1.Which of the following is necessary to make a fixed sandpainting?
A. Glue B. A printed picture
C. Colored paper D. Water
2.What do we know about Simonva?
A. She is the best painter in the world
B. Being a sand artist is her biggest dream
C. She once gave up performing for her family
D. Her performances are popular with people
3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A. How sandpainting is becoming popular
B. Why sandpainting is becoming popular
C. How an image is created in the sand
D. What sandpainting tries to express
4.The underlined word “persevered” can be replaced by _______.
A. set off B. gave out
C. held on D. ended up
I am not a girl who will scream “Hello” across the street if I see someone familiar, nor will I meet with a complete stranger and begin a conversation. Instead, I will just laugh lightly. I would rather the other person spoke while I listen attentively. I can’t face the fact that I’m such a girl.
After a week---long vacation, we the tenth grade students returned to school. I reached the center of the hallway where my friend was waiting for me. Coming across a bulletin(公告), I saw some letters—Poetry Slam(诗歌朗诵赛). I told my friend how interesting the event sounded. I had heard of the event before, but I knew I couldn’t do it alone. Soon my friend and I , along with twenty other brave ones, planned to take part in the poetry slam.
When the day finally arrived, I still thought I couldn’t do this. As the lights dimmed(变暗), students all sat down. I crossed my arms over my chest as my feet shook. Poets, seated in the first two rows, all held their heads high and were practicing words for he poetry slam.
“Next is Katrina with Unspoken.” Shocked back into reality, I couldn’t move. I had to gather courage and remember I had chosen what to say, how to say it, and most importantly why I was saying it.
Taking a deep breath and looking at an unfamiliar crowd, I began. “Words can’t replace fear. One can’t live with sentences alone.” Words began jumping into the minds of others.
That was my voice jumping into the ears of those who cared. Yes, I spoke and they finally listened-there is no greater reward than pouring your heart out to those who will gently hold it. Slowly but surely, my nerves turned into courage. From now on I can refer to myself as a shy, but not so quiet, girl.
1.From Paragraph 1 we can know that the author is ________.
A. brave B. smart
C. shy D. lonely
2.Why did the author go to the center of the hallway?
A. To meet her friend
B. To look at the bulletin
C. To join in the poetry slam
D. To tell her friend of the poetry slam
3.How did the author feel at the beginning of the poetry slam?
A. Hopeful B. Nervous
C. Excited D. Confident
4.What can we conclude from the passage?
A. The author is crazy about poetry
B. The audience praised her highly
C. No rewards were offered to the winners
D. The author changed a lot after the poetry slam
假设你是李华,你于2017年3月26号购买了一部iPhone 7手机,因有质量问题,要求该商店退换。请根据下列要点,用英文给该店经理写一封投诉信。
要点: 1. 问题: 手机无法上网,不能视频聊天;店内暂无配件,需等一个月才能修好;
2. 要求: 公司应尽快予以更换或退款。
注意: 1. 词数100左右;
2. 开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。
参考词汇: 配件 spare part
Dear Sir,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your consideration.
Yours sincerely,
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，多着（从第11处起）不计分。
The summer holiday is coming, what makes me excited. I have been looked forward to relaxing myself. I'd like to go swimming, climbing mountains and see several movies. I can play the basketball with my classmates. I am sure I'll have so a wonderful time during the summer holiday! However, my parents think different. They don't want me go out. They are afraid I will lost my way. I hate being treated like a bird keeping in a cage. If I was my parents, I would give more freedom to my children.
A robot used for housework was tested out in a family. He looked 1. a tall and handsome man with smooth black hair, 2. (speak) in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such 3. robot to accompany his wife Claire. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she 4. （agree）to it at last. At the first sight of Tony, Claire felt 5. (embarrass). Gradually, Tony began to win Claire’s trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams by making her home elegant, giving her a new haircut, changing the makeup she 6. (wear) and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore at the party all the guests 7. were invited were filled with 8. (admire) when they saw her house was completely changed. After the test, the company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had 9.（successful）made a woman regain her confidence
10. fall in love with him.
In many movies and books set in the future, robots can fly spaceships, work as maids or butlers, and even act as police officers.
The “K5” robots are part of a trial program to test a machine’s ability to ______ the duties of a safety officer. The robots are ______ with HD security cameras, alarms, etc. In addition, they have an ______ intelligence system that will act as a human security guard if they notice anything unusual.
The robots’ software can also analyze faces and ______ license plates(号码牌). The robots can check whether a plate number______ a stolen vehicle. Plus the robots’ on-board cameras are able to ______ good-quality videos in low-light conditions.
The K5 is able to move through its environment ______ using GPS as well as an internal navigation system. Each time the K5 is ______ to a new place, a human uses a wireless controller to ______ the robot around the area. This helps the K5 “learn” about its ______.
“You give it a base map ______ then it starts building from that,” says Stacy Stephens, the co-founder of Knight scope.
Unlike humans, the K5 security guards don’t need ______ — they can work almost 24 hours a day. The robots run on rechargeable batteries, and a single charge______ 24 hours. If a robot notices that its battery is getting ______, it will return to a charging port and plug itself in. It _______ only 15-20 minutes to fully recharge, so the K5s are not out of _____ for long.
____ the K5 may look friendly and does not carry any weapons, it’s not meant to be messed with. An ear-piercing alarm will sound ______ the K5 is trapped for more than a few minutes.
The robots are designed to do the kind of work a human security guard would ______ do, but they also take on the repetitive(重复乏味的) and sometimes _______ guard work, Stephens explains.
1.A. perform B. conduct C. declare D. witness
2.A. donated B. surrounded C. equipped D. decorated
3.A. adequate B. artificial C. aware D. elegant
4.A. recommend B. write C. reflect D. read
5.A. consists of B. belongs to C. settles in D. leaves out
6.A. keep B. gather C. watch D. record
7.A. with B. of C. by D. as
8.A. brought B. adjusted C. adapted D. bound
9.A. transport B. show C. carry D. guide
10.A. surroundings B. signals C. conditions D. gestures
11.A. but B. because C. and D. so
12.A. meals B. breaks C. rewards D. repairs
13.A. desires B. clicks C. drags D. lasts
14.A. old B. bad C. low D. poor
15.A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes
16.A. service B. work C. control D. order
17.A. Because B. Though C. When D. Unless
18.A. though B. unless C. as D. if
19.A. willingly B. normally C. fearfully D. occasionally
20.A. dangerous B. handy C. hopeful D. energetic
