What time does the bus leave?
A. 10:10. B. 10:05. C. 9:05.
假如你是市一中学生李华,你要向本市一家媒体写信,反映你校周边环境污染问题,呼吁有关部门采取措施,保护环境。请根据以下内容写一封100词左右的投诉信。
1.校园位于山脚下,小河边,校内环境优美；
2.附近两年前建起了一家化工厂；
3.校园环境和师生健康受到严重影响；
4.请予以关注报道,引起有关部门重视。
话题参考词汇：排放污水: drain waste water 释放有毒气体: emit poisonous gas
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Dear editor,
I’m Li Hua,
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Yours sincerely,
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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。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。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限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
To show our love for poor kids lived in earthquake-hit areas, our school hold a special activity the other day in our school lecture hall. Its purpose was to making sure those poor kids have a warm winter. All the teachers and students in our school took an actively part in this activity. We gave away 400 pieces of clothes and 200 pairs of shoe altogether. After be sorted, they will be sent to those in the need. I believe what they did will make a great difference to those poor kids. Although we all learn to care for others, the world will be more comfortable to live.
How to Survive Exam Stress
Exam time is one of the most stressful in school, whether it is high school, college or graduate school. Even the best students feel the pressure. The first sign of a problem while preparing for an exam is worry. 1. If we can get rid of worries, or at least control them, then we're in a much better position to do well on our tests. Take the following steps to survive exam stress and increase your overall performance as a result.
2. What causes you anxiety when you are studying? Too much noise? Then move to a quieter place. Delayed work? Catch up with your studies a couple nights before. That way you can save the final night before the exam to review and get a good night of sleep.
The second way to deal with worry is to displace thoughts. Suppose you wake up at three in the morning and you're worried about an exam. What do you do? 3. Doing something productive might allow you to sleep better when you finally do go back to bed.
Another way to displace negative thoughts is to do something physically active. Work out. Take a quick walk or a nice run. 4. For example, I might worry about the exam having surprise questions that I'm not prepared to answer. But I can shove those thoughts aside by reminding myself that I've taken many exams and I've handled surprise questions before.
The third option is to treat the symptoms. Keep things in perspective. Think of one final exam that causes you the most anxiety. Now think of the worst thing that could happen. If you've prepared, then likely the worst grade you could get is a C. And, if you've been applying what we've been talking about, then you'll likely to do no worse than a B. 5.
A. How bad is that really?
B. The first is to delete the causes.
C. Another idea is to think positive thoughts.
D. Worry robs us of energy, focus and motivation.
E. How about getting up and studying for an hour?
F. What we should do is to think positively and get rid of it.
G. So just face the result bravely and make an effort to improve your grade.
Baby elephant repaying her lifesaver
There’s a saying about elephants that goes, “elephants never forget.” A recent online video holds____ to this saying, as a baby elephant saved a man from drowning.
The five-year-old elephant was named Kham La. The man she “____” is Darrick Thomson, her trainer.
Darrick____to Kham La while he was in a rushing river of Elephant Nature Park, Thailand. Kham La ____to her favorite person and immediately offered her trunk when she got close to Darrick. To further ____ him from the rushing water, Kham La blocked it by putting up her left leg. Darrick ____ her trunk when Kham La attempted to bring him to safety.
____ Darrick wasn’t in danger. He pretended to be ____ to show people the close band he had formed with Kham La. The close band was formed when Darrick saved Kham La from the ____meihods used on baby elephants for tourist attractions.
“Kham La was in a really____ way when she came to us,” explained Darrick, “She had been tied up and ____ to have cruel training known as ‘crushing’ to prepare her for work. We ____ her and helped her to recover. She became really ____ to me. I went in the river to show just how close our ____is. If you show warmth and kindness to them, they’ll ____ you well, too.”
“Crushing” is a ____ method used on baby elephants. They are beaten ____ they obey their trainers.
“She’s now a(n) ____ young elephant. The video shows just how close she is to me and it’s an important lesson to be kind to ____. This really goes to show that an elephant truly never ____!” Darrick added.
1.A. necessary B. true C. special D. possible
2.A. fought B. invited C. saved D. visited
3.A. called out B. pointed out C. handed out D. reached out
4.A. rode B. flew C. rushed D. floated
5.A. Separate B. control C. lift D. protect
6.A. held on to B. kept up with C. look notice of D. broke away from
7.A. Hopefully B. Finally C. Gradually D. Actually
8.A. escaping B. researching C. drowning D. arguing
9.A. useless B. cruel C. unusual D. scientific
10.A. bad B. different C. easy D. strange
11.A. encouraged B. allowed C. forced D. reminded
12.A. followed B. freed C. accepted D. rewarded
13.A. important B. nice C. helpful D. close
14.A. relationship B. career C. concern D. service
15.A. rescue B. influence C. treat D. judge
16.A. fanning B. training C. working D. acting
17.A. since B. even if C. unless D. so that
18.A. happy B. unlucky C. naughty D. careless
19.A. friends B. classmates C. strangers D. animals
20.A. settles B. forgets C. ignores D. changes
George Gershwin, born in 1898, was one of America’s greatest composers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.
Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way — from jazz to country.
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.
In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition (作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It sill remains one of his most famous works.
George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.
1.What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?
A. He created one of his best works B. He studied with Nadia Boulanger
C. He argued with French critics D. He changed his music style
2.What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Many of Gershwin’s works were lost
B. The death of Gershwin was widely reported
C. A concert was held in memory of Gershwin
D. Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death.
3.Which of the following best describes Gershwin?
A. Talented and productive B. Serious and boring
C. Popular and unhappy D. Friendly and honest
