Visit Nashville, Tennessee, the capital of country music and the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Forty -day bus tour starts from Pittsburgh.
Departures August 23, September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25.
$185 per person based on double occupancy. Includes private motor coach from Pittsburgh, hotel rooms, reserved tickets for the Grand Ole Opry. Country Festival Friday and Saturday nights, sightseeing tour of Nashville, admissions to places of interest.
For information, free booklets, and reservations, call 4212 — 6060. Travel and Tours, 2245 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219. 14-day advanced booking required. Visa and Master Card payment welcome.
1.Why is Nashville an interesting city to visit? Because it is ________.
A. easy to travel around B. famous for country music
C. an old city D. a beautiful city
2.If you plan to join the tour on September 27, on what date should you book your ticket?
A. August27. B. October13.
C. September13. D. September 26.
3.Visa and Master Card are most probably the names of _________.
A. newspapers B. clubs
C. telephone cards D. credit cards
假定你是李华，你的朋友Mike要来中国学习，想在就读的学校附近租房子。现在你已经为他找好了房子，请你给他回一封email，向他介绍该房子的情况。
内容包括：
1. 房子基本情况(位置、大小、设施及租金等)；
2. 房东要求。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
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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 have two pets, Polly and Sally. They are green-and-blue parrot. Their home is a shady tree in the garden where they are freely to fly from branch to branch. There has a wooden box for them in a tree. This is their nest, where they sleep at night there and take shelter whenever it rain. Every morning, after clean their nest, I feed them with some seeds and give them a bowl water to drink. They are pretty and lively birds. This is really interesting watching their movements, because I never feel dull spending my time with them.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
With the 1.(invent) of personal computers, the Internet and cell phones, people now have more immediate access to others and information 2. any time in history. Losing that access can lead to “disconnect anxiety’’, 3. is a psychological term used to describe the 4. (anxiety) feelings that people experience when they are unable 5. (use) their cell phones or cannot log on to the Internet. Some people 6. (affect) by disconnect anxiety may start to feel upset when 7.cannot reach their friends online. Others get really worried when they are not able to respond to emergencies, and this makes them feel 8.(help). Still others are so dependent on their cell phones that they are frightened of missing any phone calls. Cell phones and the Internet 9.(become) the most important technological tools to these people, who cannot afford to live 10.these things.
A boy guarded the barrel(桶) in his father’s winery. Every morning he ______ up every barrel with a piece of cloth, and then put them in ______ row upon row. To his ______, the wind blew the barrels here and there ______. The boy was so angry that he wrote a letter to the wind, “Please don’t blow down my barrels.” After ______ that, his father asked the boy with a smile, “Can the wind read your ______?” The little boy said, “I don’t know, but I have no way of dealing with the wind.”
The next morning, when the little boy ran to look at the barrels, he found that the wind had ______ his request, still blowing the barrels here and there. The little boy felt ______ and burst into tears. His father stroked his head gently and said, “Son, don’t be sad. We can’t deal with the wind, but we can think of our own methods to ______ the barrels.
Then the little boy ______ his tears and sat near the barrels to think over and over. After thinking half a day, he finally ______ a way. He ______ some water from the well and poured it into those ______ barrels. At ______, the little boy got up in a rush, ran out and saw the barrels still ______ in good order. He smiled happily and told his father, “We do have a way to ______ the barrels from blowing down. It’s a very ______ way, that is, to add weights to the barrels.” The little boy’s father smiled ______.
We can’t change many things, but we can add the weight of our own ______, so that we can stand ______ in the world not to be knocked over.
1.A. wiped B. picked C. built D. took
2.A. use B. need C. order D. charge
3.A. anger B. sorrow C. amusement D. confusion
4.A. generally B. slowly C. suddenly D. overnight
5.A. discussing B. saying C. seeing D. writing
6.A. demand B. request C. decision D. sign
7.A. shared B. answered C. ignored D. considered
8.A. nervous B. sad C. scared D. touched
9.A. control B. blow C. make D. arrange
10.A. squeezed B. dropped C. showed D. dried
11.A. put up with B. put through C. came up with D. came through
12.A. sprayed B. drank C. poured D. collected
13.A. broken B. empty C. clean D. neat
14.A. daybreak B. noon C. dusk D. midnight
15.A. placed B. thrown C. moved D. spread
16.A. save B. separate C. free D. stop
17.A. important B. natural C. necessary D. simple
18.A. anxiously B. excitedly C. approvingly D. hesitantly
19.A. wealth B. mind C. responsibility D. pressure
20.A. straight B. firm C. hard D. high
How to persuade people
Convincing people that your way is the best way is often very difficult —especially when you’re not quite sure why they’re saying no. The trick is to get them wondering why they’re saying no. 1..
Understand how timing is everything. Knowing how to persuade people isn’t just in words and body language — it’s also in knowing the right time to talk to them. 2., you will most likely achieve faster, better results.
Get to know them. A large part of whether or not persuasion is effective is based on the general relationship between you and your client/son/friend/employee. If you don’t know the person well, it’s vital to start building this relationship immediately — find common ground as soon as possible. Humans, in general, are more fond of people that are similar to them. 3..
4.. People are more persuaded by a fast, confident talker than accuracy. The faster you talk, the less time your listener has to process what you’ve said and question it. You may create the feeling that you truly grasp the subject by running through the facts at warp speed, confident of them all.
Create urgency. In order to get people to act in the moment, you have to be able to create a sense of urgency. 5., it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds in the future. You must persuade people in the present; it’s all that matters.
A. Talk fast
B. Communicate with others
C. If someone is aware of this
D. And with the right tricks, you can do it
E. So find parallels and make them known
F. If they’re not motivated enough to want whatever you have right now
G. If you approach people when they are more relaxed and open to discussion
