元旦即将来临，学生会(The Students’ Union)将举办一场英语晚会(an English Evening party)，现请你以学生会的名义发一份英语书面通知，欢迎全校师生参加，通知包含以下要点：
晚会主题：迎新春，享受英语
时间：12月31日星期五晚上8：00-10：00
节目内容：1.英语短剧(English short-play performances) 演唱英语歌曲，讲英语故事
2.邀请外国学生为我们演唱中国歌曲
其他：1.全体学生要求准时出席；
2.晚会上不要乱扔垃圾（扔垃圾：litter）；
3.欢迎大家光临晚会，玩得开心。
短文改错
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。
Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher’s office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn’t cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Fay: I can’t decide 1. to ask my son to attend a university here, or allow him to move to another city to go to school.
Mark: What does he want to do?
Fay: He’s not sure. There is an excellent pre-law program (法律预科课程) at a university in Troy, but that’s three hours away. Well, he likes 2. idea of studying there, but he has friends 3. will stay here, and his girlfriend may stay here, too.
Mark: Ha, ha. I forgot 4. complicated these decisions can be! When I went to college, the only thing my parents and I took into 5. (consider) was the program.
Fay: I know! These days young people have such involved social lives! Maybe 6. would be good for him to go to the school at Troy. He really wants to study law, and his grades are excellent. I’m sure he 7. (accept) there.
Mark: That sounds like a good plan. He’ll grow up a lot 8. (fast) if he moves away, you know! And I know your son will always stay 9.touch with his parents. He’s a fine young man!
Fay: Thanks, Mark. I always appreciate 10. (talk) to you.
Failing Successfully
Two years ago I took part in a speech competition and delivered a memorized speech. It was a hard time for me when the judge ______ the winners. At last, the moment of truth came. I got the worst.
After not being placed in the competition, I really wanted to ______ again. I realized that finding the right topic was the most important part of the whole _____. It needs to be motivational and inspirational to the ______. So I reworked my speech for the following year, ______ a different topic and spending many hours before the computer and in libraries doing research. Then I worked _____ the speech, line by line, word by word, making it ______ better.
The next year I participated in the competition again. I gave my ______ in two parts, one was about my own experience and the other was about the feelings that people usually have when giving a speech—how ______ it is, standing on a stage all alone, with everyone sitting and watching them. My speech ______ down well and I was hoping to do that a little bit better. _____, my wish didn’t come true. The competition was so fierce and again I wasn’t _____.
I was deeply disappointed, since I couldn’t accept the fact that I had ______ twice in something that I had worked so hard on. However, I knew that losing is ______ and part of life. One of the judges said to me that my speech was quite good, ______ it needed to be better if I wanted to go any further. He advised me to struggle to ______ something like some of the empty gestures. He said that I would surely succeed someday.
While I didn’t earn ______ as a result of the competition, I did gain a new viewpoint. I discovered that I could fail successfully. I think I’ll ______ to work hard and enter the next competition. Now, whenever I’m faced with a defeat, I ______ myself of what a famous person said, “The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it’s a slip and not a ______.”
1.A. interviewed B. predicted C. observed D. announced
2.A. compete B. suffer C. win D. check
3.A. range B. condition C. system D. process
4.A. companion B. audience C. director D. author
5.A. reviewing B. supposing C. picking D. comparing
6.A. during B. against C. behind D. through
7.A. increase B. occur C. expose D. flow
8.A. choice B. instruction C. reason D. speech
9.A. annoying B. surprising C. frightening D. confusing
10.A. slowed B. dropped C. went D. rolled
11.A. Angrily B. Sadly C. Strangely D. Eagerly
12.A. placed B. treated C. settled D. affected
13.A. decreased B. escaped C. struggled D. failed
14.A. flexible B. typical C. appropriate D. normal
15.A. but B. so C. for D. or
16.A. assume B. declare C. overcome D. acquire
17.A. awards B. profits C. comments D. qualities
18.A. continue B. agree C. regret D. apply
19.A. allow B. inform C. accuse D. remind
20.A. fall B. push C. kick D. walk
A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile-zone, when a police car came behind him with the light on. 1.
As the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over the limit. I was in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn't feeling too well when I left home this morning."
The policeman said, "Well, I guess so,'' and started writing something in his notebook. 2.. A few moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket was going to be as he began to look at the paper. 3.
"I had a daughter who was killed by a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got a fine, a few months in prison, and was free, free to hug two other daughters. 4.I have tried to forgive that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive him, but I have to do it again, even right now.5."
The man was very surprised and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove slowly, even a few miles under the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.
A. So pray for you, and be careful when you drive again, your daughter is all you have left.
B. I only had one and now I have to wait until I get to heaven before I can hug her again.
C. Right away the man started thinking of excuse to give.
D. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to read.
E. So pray for me, and be careful when you drive again, my son is all I have left.
F. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was still writing.
G. He was surprised it was not a ticket but a receipt(收据).
You may not be aware, but digital currency (货币) is a big part of the Internet world. QQ Coins can buy you accessories (配饰) for your QQ images. More importantly, a new digital currency, Bitcoin, is bringing the world’s commerce online.
If you’re traveling, you can spend Bitcoins at restaurants and hotels listed at BitcoinTravel.com. In China, Bitcoins can be used to buy goods at about 134 online shops on Taobao. And at a café named 2nd Place in Beijing, you can even buy fresh coffee with Bitcoins.
So what makes Bitcoin so attractive to investors?
First of all, the Bitcoin system is not controlled by anyone. One central authority cannot make policies to change the value of Bitcoins. The fixed amount of Bitcoins also means they cannot lose value through inflation(通货膨胀), as all forms of paper money have done over time.
In addition, accounts in the Bitcoin system are anonymous and transparent. Users can set up an account easily and track every Bitcoin. All of these features seem to make Bitcoins immune(有免疫力的) from loss, but that is not entirely true.
“The value of Bitcoins can vary wildly as no central government makes the price of them steady. If the value drops suddenly, investors cannot get any compensation(赔偿),” Zhao Qingming, a senior researcher at China Construction Bank, told China Economic Weekly. And Bitcoins, unlike company shares, are not backed by any tangible assets（有形资产）, which also adds to their risk.
While China will not recognize the digital currency anytime soon, Xinhua said, lawmakers and officials at a hearing on Nov. 18 in the US made positive comments about Bitcoin.
Ben Bernanke, outgoing chairman of the Federal Reserve, told the Washington Post that “these types of creations, such as Bitcoin… may hold long-term promise, particularly if its system promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.”
1.Bitcoin is ______.
A. actually exactly like QQ Coins B. only used online
C. a new currency used both online and in real life D. a country’s new digital currency.
2.We can use Bitcoin to buy the following things except ______.
A. online goods B. goods at 134 online shops on Taobao
C. books in physical shops D. coffee at a café named 2nd Place
3.What is the disadvantage of Bitcoin?
A. the value of it can rise and fall wildly.
B. It cannot lose value through inflation.
C. Every bitcoin in your account can be followed.
D. It can even be used at some specific restaurants and hotels.
