It’s that time of year again, when college graduates attend graduation ceremony, half-listening to celebrity speakers’ wisdom and advice. Here are the don’t-miss graduation speeches of 2016.
◆President Obama at Howard
At Howard University, Obama had some tough love for young people with enthusiasm, saying that’s just not enough: “Change requires more than anger. It requires a program and it requires organizing. Enthusiasm is very important, but you have got to have a strategy.”
◆Michelle Obama at Santa Fe Indian School
“ I want you to keep pushing forward. Just keep pushing forward. And I want you to reach out and ask for help. I know your teachers tell you that all the time, but please understand that no one gets through college---or life, for that matter—alone. No one. I certainly didn’t.
◆SheryI Sandberg at Berkeley
As the chief operating officer of Facebook, SheryI Sandberg is one of the most famous figures in tech. last year, her husband suddenly died. In a speech at Berkeley a year later, Sandberg spoke about his death and her experience for the first in public: “My hope for you is that you can find that thankfulness—not just on the good days, like today, but on the hard ones, when you will really need it.”
◆Elizabeth Warren at Suffolk
“Knowing who you are will help when it’s time to fight. Fight for the job you want, fight for the people who mean the most to you and fight for the kind of world you want to live in. It will help when people say that’s impossible or you can’t do that. Look, if you take the unexpected opportunities when they come up, if you know yourself, and if you fight for what you believe in, I can promise that you will live a life that is rich with meaning.”
1.Who stressed the importance of strategies in the speeches?
A. President Obama B. Michelle Obama
C. SheryI Sandberg D. Elizabeth Warren
2.If you like struggling alone, whose speech may touch you most?
A. President Obama’s B. Michelle Obama’s
C. SheryI Sandberg D. Elizabeth Warren
3.In which university did the speaker mention appreciation?
A. Howard B. Santa Fe Indian School
C. Berkeley D. Suffolk
4.What does Elizabeth Warren want to tell the graduates?
A. Fight for the job you want B. Fight for the people you love
C. Fight for the world you want D. Fight for what you believe in
假设你是李华，你的英国笔友David对中国的长城很感兴趣，来信向你询问长城的有关情况。请根据以下要点给他写一封回信。
1．长城有两千多年的历史；长城全长8 851．8千米，高6至7米，宽4至5米；
2．长城代表了中国悠久的历史；
3．如今，长城已经成为了著名的旅游景点。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear David，
How have you been lately? You wanted to know about the Great Wall in your last 1etter．_________________
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Yours,
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。
Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming increasing popular in senior high school. We also have many kind of after-class activities in our school, such as English Corner, Sunshine Radio Station, Happy Reading Club and so on.
I’m most interested English Comer, because it can not only help me make some new friends but also improving my spoken English. Beside, I’m a member of Sunshine Radio Station. On Monday morning, every student are able to enjoy my sweet voice all over our school. Here I can had an unforgettable experience and I hope my dream of be a host may come true one day. These after-class activities make me become more confidence and enrich my school life as well as.
During most of the Stone Age, people lived by hunting and gathering their food in Egypt. They traveled1. place to place in the Nile Valley, harvesting wild grasses, digging up roots, and finding bird eggs. They fished in the Nile River and gathered reeds (芦苇杆) from its shores 2. (make) baskets.
By around 10,000 BC, Egypt had gotten so3.(crowd) that people were forced to begin growing their own food. People also began to keep cows, sheep and pigs that they4.. (possible) bought from their West Asian neighbors. This is5.we call the Agricultural Revolution today.
But farming brought many other6. (change) too. Once people started planting crops, they had to defend the land7.their crops were. There was more fighting. Soon people began to band together into larger communities that could fight better. They chose leaders. 8.(see) the advantages that farming brought them, those leaders forced more and more people to start farming and settle down under their leadership.
Around 3,500 BC, donkeys9.(use) to carry ivory and gold north into Egypt, and to carry Egyptian things south to Sudan and Kenya. That made both places 10.(rich) than they were before. Together, the trade and the farming helped to start the Old Kingdom.
1.He was ____________（授予）the first prize in the competition
2.The shop tries its best to meet the needs of its ____________（顾客）.
3.My husband loves ____________（冒险的）life while I enjoy a more peaceful life.
4.Some believe in the ____________（存在）of life on Mars, while others consider it as a myth.
5.Special ____________（措施）are being taken to protect the local water supplies
6.Much to my surprise, he____________（举止）as if nothing had happened.
7.The method of ____________（减少）the teaching cost has been discussed at the meeting.
8.Such ____________（评论）seem to suggest it had a big influence on the art world.
9.He succeed in ____________（克服）many difficulties in learning English.
10.____________（扩展）your knowledge by reading more books is a wise choice.
Several years ago, I decided to change my job and attended an interview. During the interview, the interviewer covered the ______ questions about my work history, education and goals, Then, he asked, "What event or accomplishment in your life has made you the_______ ?"
I paused for a moment, and told him my proudest moment wasn’t anything I did,______ something my daughter did ten years before. Then I told him the story of Julie’ s____.
Many years earlier, my brother ______from St. Louis, telling me .that my mom wouldn’t receive her benefits several months.______ she would have to live off her small savings.
At the supper table that evening; I told my husband I was going to send Mom some______. Our conversation was cut short by a phone call. A neighbor_______ Julie to babysit.
At fourteen, Julie was always looking for ways to _____ spending money. The following morning, she______ me an envelope.
When I looked at the_______and saw it was for my mom, I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her for taking the time to______her grandma. She smiled.
A week later, my brother called again, thanking for the check and telling me how Mom cried when me she got Julie’s _______He told me Julie had ______ her grandma the five dollars she had earned babysitting .In her letter, she told Grandma to_______ it on whatever she needed
I continued. "I know that isn’t really a job_______, but that’ s what made me the proudest in my life."
A week later, I was given the job. My boss told me after hearing about my story, he ______ I was the type of employee he wanted to_______ in his organization.
This time’ I was the recipient (接受者) of Julie’ s gift. Once again, her simple act of ______ given from the heart so many years before had________
1.A. challenging B. awkward C. difficult D. expected
2.A. proudest B. strongest C. happiest D. luckiest
3.A. and B. nor C. but D. even
4.A. wish B. gift C. bravery D. secret
5.A. called B. traveled C. drove D. shouted
6.A. However B. Otherwise C. Still D. Therefore
7.A. necessities B. food C. money D. presents
8.A. wanted B. allowed C. advised D. encouraged
9.A. borrow B. save C. invest D. earn
10.A. bought B. handed C. spared D. returned
11.A. address B. stamp C. title D. message
12.A. visit B. write C. thank D. miss
13.A. picture B. story C. letter D. card
14.A. awarded B. brought C. lent D. sent
15.A. change B. put C. spend D. waste
16.A. opportunity B. accomplishment C. application D. interview
17.A. decided B. promised C. admitted D. agreed
18.A. play B. follow C. compete D. work
19.A. patience B. obedience C. love D. gratitude
20.A. come out B. paid off C. made sense D. worked out
