This year’s winners of the Wenjin Book Award, announced by the National Library of China on April 23, are from three main categories — children’s books, popular science and social science titles.
The annual awards announced on World Book Day are meant to build a bridge between readers, writers and publishers to create a conductive feeling for reading books and fulfill the duty of libraries to promote culture and educate the people.
Started in 2004 and first celebrated in 2005, the award’s group of judges is drawn from a pool of great scholars and journalists.
Zhang He, a senior culture reporter from the People’s Daily, says the awards are considered the most honorable in China’s book world because it fully focuses on the quality of the books.
Every year, the award selects 10 books from those published within the past 12 months, covering three areas: humanities and social science, popular science and children’s book. The judging group also makes dozens of book recommendations for the public.
From 2005 to 2014, with a break in 2012, judging groups selected 99 books and recommended some 421 others from a pool of 6,000 titles.
Critics (评论员) praised the winning books, especially Zhongguo Gudai Wuzi Wenhua, or Tangible Culture in Ancient China, published by the Zhonghua Book Company in July 2014. Based on a series of the writer Sun Ji’s lectures on Chinese culture, the book has 10 chapters that attempt to answer people’s questions about various aspects of ancient Chinese people’s lives. Chen Li, a writer and one of the judges says that the book has the “newest, most comprehensive and systematic description” on Chinese culture.
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1.According to the passage, all of the followings are TRUE except ________.
A. There is a competition for the Wenjin Book Award every year.
B. World Book Day dates back to the year 2005.
C. It was because the award focuses on the quality of books that made it the most honorable in China’s book world.
D. The awarded books are about humanities and social sciences, popular science and children’s books.
2.Which of the following about Wenjin Book Award is RIGHT?
A. The books have to be written in the past years.
B. Themes of the books include humanities and social science as well as natural science
C. In the past decade, about one hundred books have won the Wenjin Book Award.
D. The award’s judges are from great scholars and writers.
3.Where can you probably read this passage?
A. On a website. B. In a magazine.
C. In a textbook. D. In a guidebook.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Winners of Wenjin Book Award. B. World Book Day.
C. Work on Wenjin Book Award. D. Best-sellers on World Book Day.
假设你是王明，近日，英语协会与校学生会联合发起了“强健身体，从我做起”的活动，作为学生会主席，请你就此写一封英文倡议书发表在校报上，号召大家锻炼身体，保持健康。
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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。作文中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：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。
Be abroad, you may find many things are different—the food, the customs, and the language. The last of these are the most important, as you need to be able to communicate in order to make the most of your stay. So I advise you to find the good school, and the school good academic atmosphere will help you improve your language skill. I found things got a lot of better for me once I’d joined a local tennis club. I really enjoyed it, and I made plenty of friends here. I am not homesick any more but I began to find my way around. All to all, I’d say it’s essential to maintain a positive attitude, and you’ll certainly enjoy yourself.
Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses and homes 1. (protect). Crimes go up 2. (rapid) during the winter and summer holiday seasons. Here are some things 3. you should keep in mind when you go on holiday.
Always give 4. (strange) the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow 5. (clean) off your stairs or out of your driveway during the winter season. You might ask someone to park 6.car in your driveway.
Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home.7. (have) a pile of newspapers and other mail on your doorsteps tells people that you are not at home, so you could also have a neighbor or a relative get your mail every day.
Fix a timer(定时器) in some of your rooms turns lights on and 8.during different time of 9. day. Some TVs also come with a timer that you could set to be turned on during certain time. Have motion(运动)sensitive lights outside your house that keep thieves away 10.you are not at home.
The young seal couldn’t have been more than two days old, and yet he was all alone. Sometimes he would swim _______, but he always came back. At first we thought it was _______ that he kept swimming back to us, until we noticed that he obviously had been _______ and had nowhere else to go. We called him “Curious George”.
Without his mother’s _________, George appeared very weak with his eyes closed. I jumped into the water and swam up to him, _______we could be close enough. My heart went out to George and I just hoped that he had the _______to interact (互动) with me. Suddenly he _______ his eyes and immediately he jumped up between my arms, putting his head against my chest. It was a(n) _______ moment. But I knew that George wouldn’t _______ without some help.
We ________ the local conservation volunteers. They were concerned that in the __________ of his mother, he had developed a close __________ with us. They promised they would bring him to an area with ________ people living there and keep an eye on him. Even though it hurt to see him ________, we knew that he was in better hands.
The next day we ________ the conservation volunteers and asked how George was doing. ________ the volunteers informed us that he was too close to humans, we realized that was probably our ________! They decided to bring him to a small island wildlife reserve with a lot of seals in the area, where they could better ________ him.
A week later, we called again, and were informed that George was ________in the water swimming with other seals. George was alive and back to his ________. And he will always swim in my heart.
1.A. aside B. around C. ahead D. away
2.A. annoying B. satisfying C. amazing D. embarrassing
3.A. hurt B. abandoned C. ignored D. avoided
4.A. love B. comfort C. protection D. milk
5.A. so that B. now that C. as if D. even if
6.A. energy B. ability C. time D. chance
7.A. turned B. raised C. narrowed D. opened
8.A. anxious B. magical C. quiet D. important
9.A. survive B. grow C. go D. swim
10.A. cared about B. worried about C. got in touch with D. got along well with
11.A. presence B. care C. absence D. charge
12.A. connection B. relationship C. friend D. curiosity
13.A. foolish B. young C. enough D. few
14.A. fight B. cry C. leave D. suffer
15.A. visited B. called C. found D. invited
16.A. When B. Before C. Unless D. Until
17.A. choice B. duty C. excuse D. fault
18.A. examine B. instruct C. observe D. control
19.A. spotted B. treated C. protected D. followed
20.A. mother B. zoo C. family D. world
How to Win a High School Election
If you plan on running for student office, you want to know how to win a high school election. 1. You need to consider the following key elements (要素) of an election
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* Learn About Your School .
Before you can be an official for your class, you will need to know about your class and the school as a whole. You can’t make a difference if you don’t know what to change. 2.
* 3.
If you want to make changes to some of the rules in the school’s policy, you will have to get on the administration’s good side. Ask to join in on meetings with school officials. It’s also a good idea to get to know some of the parents of the students who will vote for you. You can do this by attending PTA meetings. While at these meetings, don’t be a passive attendee. Ask questions and voice your opinion so you stand out.
* Get to know your voters.
4. And try to make good first impressions on them. Be careful, though. You don’t want to seem fake (假装的) because then people won’t vote for you. Simply say hello and let people know you are running for whatever office you choose. If they seem interested in you, continue the conversation. If not, back off. Being pushy is another thing that will lose your votes.
Let yourself shine
Just as confidence is essential during your presentation, it’s also important every day. 5. Have fun with your election because students want someone who is real and friendly.
A.Stand tall, smile, and be friendly.
B.Meet as many high school students as possible.
C.Get involved before winning the election
D.Get started on how to win a high school election.
E.Write a speech about what you would like to see change.
F.Read the student guidebook about the history as well as present rules for the school.
G.Putting up posters and relying on your popularity isn’t enough to guarantee you a win.
