Podcasts（播客）
The B.S.Report
Designed for the sports fan with a sense of humor,The B.S.Report is hosted by the sportswriter Bill Simmons. Simmons' show is in very loose and free form and it's not uncommon for him to go almost a whole show without even mentioning sports,especially when he really gets going about movies or his ongoing enthusiasm about reality television.
Wait,Wait...Don't Tell Me
One of the most popular programs on National Public Radio,Wait,Wait…Don't Tell Me is now available as a podcast.The show is a news program in the form of a game show.Each week a group of three humorists and writers join host Peter Sagal in Chicago,where they are quizzed on the week's most important and funny news stories. Listeners also get to call in to play different news related games for a prize.
The Moth
The Moth is a weekly podcast run by a nonprofit art organization.The show is made up of recordings of "true stories told before a live audience without notes".Each week,the group releases short 10-20 minute tales told by people from all walks of life.Past presenters have included writers,comedians,scientists,and even New York City police officers.
Filmspotting
Filmspotting is a weekly podcast and is a must-listen for any movie fan.The show is focused on movie reviews, but hosts Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson do more than just tell their listeners which new movie is worth seeing.They also discuss and examine film as an art form.The show doesn't just focus on current movies,either,as the hosts frequently discuss old films as part of theme marathons.
1.Which host can you turn to if you want to win an award?
A. Bill Simmons.
B. Peter Sagal.
C. Adam Kempenaar.
D. Matty Robinson.
2.What do The B.S.Report and Wait,Wait...Don't Tell Me have in common?
A. The content
B. The style
C. The theme
D. The form
3.What can we learn about The Moth?
A. It's an art podcast.
B. It's a daily program.
C. It presents various true stories.
D. It's available only in New York.
4.Which podcast may entertain a movie fan?
A. The B.S.Report.
B. Wait,Wait…Don’t Tell Me.
C. The Moth.
D. Films potting.
假定你是李华,你的美国朋友David作为交换生曾在你家居住。近期你校要举办以“Foreigners Tell Chinese Stories”为主题的英语征文活动。请写一封邮件邀请他参加。要点如下:
1.截稿时间:2017年2月1日;
2.词数要求:500左右;
3.投稿邮箱:chinesestory2017@126.com。
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.开头结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改短文，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。
I still remember the first day I come to this new school. Everything was new to me, what made me realize I was no longer a small child. I had to depend on me. Luckily, I made several good friend. Their interests were similar with mine. I had great English teacher, Maggie. She let me know the important of English. So I decided to learn English hardly. Although it was very difficult at first, but with the help of my teacher, I made rapidly progress. Just as the old saying goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
Whenever Prince George steps out for an engagement,like on the royal tour of Canada,or poses for 1.(office) photographs,he only ever wears shorts,2.has long confused roya
l watchers.
According to William Hanson,3. expert in ceremony,there’s a very good reason for this—and it has nothing to do 4. fashion,but rather a royal tradition that 5..(date) back to the sixteenth century.A new born baby would 6..(dress) in a gown for their first year or two.Then he was “breeched(穿裤礼)” and wore articles of clothing like shorts.The usual custom is that a boy graduates to trousers around eight years old.
With time 7.. (change),middle class boys began to wear trousers but they were considered suburban(土气的) by the upper.Hanson explains,“8.. is a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts.”The British upper are always keen to h
old on to tradition,and this also 9..(silent) marks them out from “the rest”.However,as for William and Kate,the 10..(decide) to dress George in shorts is more likely down to tradition than a class issue.
Weeks ago,I was travelling by train.The train stopped at a station.The delivery man from the cafeteria ____ to deliver the pre-booked hot meals and drinks.Just behind him rushed in a 9-year-old girl,who put out her hand,____ for some food.The food supplier was ____ and pushed her out of the coach.Something in me made me ____.I stepped ____ and saw the girl still standing there and crying.I asked her if she was ____ and she nodded.So I decided to buy her food.
When I took her to the coach with the cafeteria,the people standing there had a(n) ____ expression on their faces.____ their reaction,I asked her to ____ whatever she wanted.As I pointed to each item,she kept ____.
Finally,we collected so much food.When I ____ to the cashier to pay the bill,the little girl started hurrying down the ____.The cashier shook his head ____ and said the girl must have ____ me into believing her misery.
As I returned to my coach,the cashier’s ____ made me doubt whether the girl had really fooled me.So I went down the train,following the ____ the little girl had taken.Finally,I walked to a relatively-deserted coach.Here I saw a ____ which left me deep in thought.This little girl was sitting in a circle with two other poor young boys.She had put all the ____ in the center and was putting some into the hand of a boy who was ____ blind.The little girl taught me that one can be ____ even in poverty.
1.A. came around 
B. took turns C. turned out D. looked up
2.A. looking B. begging C. caring D. waiting
3.A. annoyed B. excited C. disappointed D. frightened
4.A. wake B. understand C. believe D. react
5.A. inside B. upstairs C. outside D. downward
6.A. thirsty B. hurt C. wrong D. hungry
7.A. satisfied B. worried C. puzzled D. relaxed
8.A. Noticing B. Enjoying C. Ignoring D. Showing
9.A. choose B. eat C. enjoy D. send
10.A. refusing B. nodding C. complaining D. praising
11.A. pointed B. referred C. listened D. turned
12.A. counter B. cafeteria C. train D. road
13.A. in disbelief B. in time C. in surprise D. in horror
14.A. persuaded B. fooled C. forced D. changed
15.A. answers B. dreams C. decisions D. words
16.A. advice B. direction C. example D. trend
17.A. station B. house C. shelter D. sight
18.A. money B. waste C. food D. drinks
19.A. obviously B. heavily C. impossibly D. gradually
20.A. fortunate B. generous C. hopeless D. sad
Distance runners often worry about “hitting the wall” during training or races,when negative thoughts become so overpowering that they make it difficult to continue.1. At that time,the body’s glycogen(糖原) supplies become exhausted.As a result,many runners feel exhausted and discouraged,slow their pace,have trouble focusing and want to quit or walk.2. Here are a few sports psychologist-approved techniques to try,which could have major benefits for an athlete’s performance and well-being.
1.Make a motivational song list.Distracting(分心) yourself with some great tunes can help you make it to the finish line faster.3.
2.Try the partner system.A running partner can keep you motivated and on-track,and might even improve your performance,research shows.
3.4. A study on weight-lifters found that mental practices can be as effective as physical practice,resulting in actual muscle increases.Visualizing your if-then plan,for instance,could improve your chance of success.
4.Try “attention narrowing”.5. Last year,an NYU study found that focusing on an object on the horizon makes the distance feel shorter,and leads runners to go faster and perform better than those who let their minds wander.
With these helpful strategies,your next personal record might be just around the corner.
A.Plan what to do.
B.Visualize achieving your goal.
C.Finding ways to move past those kinds of experiences is very vital.
D.“Hitting the wall” typically happens around 20 miles into a marathon.
E.There is evidence that saying motivational things to oneself benefits a lot.
F.Runners who focus their eyes on an object in the distance get there faster.
G.Studies show athletes run,bike and swim farther and faster when listening to music.
