假定你是李华，一名高中学生。为了让更多的人了解中国优秀的传统文化，你校近日将举办中国传统文化展(The Traditional Chinese Culture Fair)。请给你的外教Mr. Smith写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加。
内容包括: 1. 展会的宗旨、时间、地点以及参加人；
2. 展出内容：相关书籍、图片、视频等。
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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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。
I often go to a weekend school. So did many of my classmates. This seems popular among students. Good weekend schools have excellent teachers which help us improve our studies. Besides, we get to know students from another schools and learn about their campus of life.
So every coin has two sides. Our school work is already a heavy burden. Extra lesson often take up too much of our time. In addition, pay lots of attention to the extra lessons will affect their school subjects. We may also find ourselves very tired on Monday to concentrate on the lessons in our own school. We should think serious about this issue and make the best use of our time.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is a disease sweeping the word today1.is killing far more people than any other, including AIDS or SARS. That disease is obesity. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that of the 56.5 million2.(dead) per year around the world, over 50 percent 3.(cause) by diseases associated4.unhealthy diets and lack of exercise, and that many of these could5.(prevent). In the face of these6.(shock) statistics, the WHO announced a plan to fight obesity. It invited governments around the world 7.(join) in the campaign to encourage its citizens to adopt8.sensible diet 9. to take up some forms of physical activities. As part of their plan,the WHO asked governments to consider the bad effect of food advertisements on encouraging people to eat10.(healthy) food.
One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to____me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done____and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to____your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me____for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the____decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d____wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her____and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large____apartment, I became____how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then____I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on____family and work.____difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a____attitude.
Back home , I____myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she____to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be____. I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable____.
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the____has really taught me. Sacrifices____in the end. The separation between us has proved to be____for me.
1.
A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise
2.
A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3.
A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive
4.
A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
5.
A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough
6.
A. eagerly B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
7.
A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence
8.
A. Comfortable B. Expensive C. Empty D. Modern
9.
A. Interested in B. aware of C. doubtful D. satisfied with
10.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
11.
A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
12.
A. Depending on B. supplied with C. Faced with D. Insisting on
13.
A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
14.
A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded
15.
A. managed B. offered C. attempted D. expected
16.
A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical
17.
A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals
18.
A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
19.
A. pay off B. come back C. run out D. turn up
20.
A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
While you are traveling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between individuals.1.
●Touching Someone
2. In Mediterranean countries, if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don’t greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you’ll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背) someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you'll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.
●Talking Over Dinner
In some countries, like China,Japan and some African nations, the food’s the thing, so don’t start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner.3. It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.
● Removing Your Shoes or Not
Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.4.
Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior.5. And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.
A. Personal space varies as you travel the globe.
B. Asians consider removing shoes impolite at home.
C. Never be completely surprised by anything.
D. The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his idea.
E. Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.
F. If not, keep the shoes on.
G. You'll be likely to meet with silence.
The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main point to remember is that the British often use understatement.
Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, “It’s a little damp (潮湿的) outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, “She isn’t exactly friendly.” Understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly. Understatement plays an important part in British humor.
Another key to understanding British humor is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidentally falls over in the street. They also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society. They like to make jokes about their accents, the way they dress and the way they behave. What’s more, the British love to watch comedies (喜剧) about people who do not know how to behave in society. The comedies series Mr. Bean is a good example of this kind of humor.
Mr. Bean is the character created by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean doesn’t talk often, and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps what makes Mr. Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do. Mr. Bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humor. Because of this, many people have become familiar with the British sense of humor.
1.Why is it difficult for foreigners to understand British jokes?
A. The British often enlarge the fact.
B. British jokes are connected with many different cultures.
C. British jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries.
D. The British try to make out that something is less important than it is.
2.The author explains understatement by _______.
A. describing a process B. making comparisons
C. following time order D. using examples
3.Mr. Bean makes laugh by ______.
A. using his body movement and facial expressions
B. making jokes about others’ accent
C. copying how others behave
D. telling funny stories
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. British Humor in Comedy B. Humor in Different Cultures
C. Understanding British Humor D. Developing Your Sense of Humor
