2018青岛上合组织峰会后;青岛受到国内外的关注。假如你是青岛某旅游公司的导游,正负责接待一个来自英国的旅游团,请你写一篇短文,简要介绍一下青岛。内容要点如下:
1.位于山东东部;
2.以蓝色的大海、美丽的海滨而闻名,是避暑胜地;
3.每年夏天有许多来自国内外的游客来到这里,你可以沿海漫步、游泳、观赏秀丽的景色;
4.近年来,青岛发生了巨大的变化,它在对外贸易方面起着重要的作用,青岛已成为国际港口城市。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to Qingdao.I’m very delighted to be your guide here.
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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。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 think that teenage years should be the best in everyone life because you have few problems than adults.Most teenagers have a lot of friends with whom they can discuss things they are interesting in.Teenagers have a preference to up-to-date clothes and modern music.They also like do sports and compete.Their parents are such curious about their life that they’ll sometimes enter their rooms without a permission.Teenagers stop think like children as they grow up,and their beliefs and interests changes as well.So my opinion is that teenage years are total magical and I’d like to be a teenager forever.
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。
It’s well known that pound notes show the face of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.However,something.1. (interest) about British money is that there are also faces on the back of the notes.Did you know that the picture changes every few 2. (year) to show a different famous person from British history?
At the moment,we can find the face of Charles Darwin on the £10 note.He is a(n) 3. (science),famous for his theories about evolution (进化).From 1992 to 2003,Charles Dickens 4. (be) on the banknote.He is one of the country’s favourite authors,5. novels like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield were voted as some of Britain’s best works of literature.6. (recent),it was announced that Jane Austen would replace Darwin on the £10 note.She is one of my favourite authors,7. (remember) for books like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.People think it was a very good 8. (choose) to put Jane Austen on a banknote because most of the people on British money are men.
In addition to writers,other people such 9. inventors and social reformers have also been on banknotes.By.10. (put) their faces on banknotes,the UK shows that it is very proud of all these historical figures!
The British Isles consist of two large islands. One is called Ireland and ___ Britain. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger one of these two islands, and it is ___ into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.
The United Kingdom is that part of the British Isles ___ by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the ___ of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the northern part. The ___ of Ireland is self-governing. The ___ name of the United Kingdom is ___ “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
England is____ and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,and has the most ___ of the United Kingdom, so people often use the ____ “England” and “English” when they ____ “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little ____. The Scots in particular are very ____ of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not ____ themselves as the English, and have a culture and ____ a language of their own.
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish ____ “was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. ____, Ireland was divided into two: Northern Ireland still ____ to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland ____ to found an Irish Free State,later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations. Unlike the major Commonwealth countries, it did not lift a finger to ____ British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.
1.A. the one B. the other C. another D. other
2.A. divided B. cut C. broken D. separated
3.A. watched out B. taken up C. defended against D. ruled over
4.A. half B. part C. most D. whole
5.A. smaller B. bigger C. rest D. island
6.A. correct B. true C. full D. last
7.A. so B. therefore C. likely D. perhaps
8.A. meaner B. wider C. poorer D. larger
9.A. colleges B. officials C. cities D. population
10.A. words B. names C. spellings D. pronunciations
11.A. say B. cover C. show D. write
12.A. angry B. cautious C. enjoyable D. lonely
13.A. proud B. tired C. fond D. careful
14.A. respect B. rank C. elect D. regard
15.A. ever B. even C. seldom D. never
16.A. Country B. Question C. Disease D. Republic
17.A. Finally B. However C. Meanwhile D. Instead
18.A. returns B. belongs C. refers D. adds
19.A. turned away B. run away C. broke away D. kept away
20.A. unite B. reject C. fight D. help
Should schools allow Halloween celebrations?
Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States. 1. Many schools also celebrate the holiday by having kids dress up in costumes, take part in costume shows, and join in a variety of activities relating to Halloween. On October 31, the halls of schools across the country will be filled with princes, princesses, and superheroes. In addition to costumes, school Halloween celebrations often include classroom parties and trick-or-treating.
2. They also say that dressing up in costumes allows kids to express themselves and show off their creativity.
3. Officials at many of those schools say the celebrations are too time-consuming (费时的) and take away class time. They also point out that kids who can't afford costumes or who don't celebrate Halloween for cultural reasons feel left out. For example, Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey, canceled(取消)its Halloween celebration last year. Officials at the school said that in the past, many students stayed home on that day.
4. Bree Picower, a Professor of Early and Elementary Education at Montclair State, said, “Maplewood is a wonderful example of a school being responsive to society. Many schools plan to learn from it. Schools are places where students should feel included.”
Parents in Maplewood had different opinions of this policy. Some said that the new no-Halloween policy was a welcome change. 5.
A. It brings a lot of safety problems.
B. Experts say Maplewood is not alone.
C. Many people dislike these costumes.
D. Each year there're millions of Americans celebrations the holiday.
E. But more and more schools have canceled(取消)Halloween celebrations in recent years.
F. Many teachers, parents, and students see these celebrations as a fun break from the school day.
G. And others said that it was unfair that their children are now not allowed to celebrate Halloween in school.
Sand, sun, fitness, and fun were popular at the LeapFrog’s Fit Made Fun Day event on September 6. With LeapFrog’s new LeapBand activity tracker, the event look place at Santa Monica Beach in California educate kids about staying active.
The LeapBand is Leapfrog’s newest product. It straps (用带子系好) onto the wrist, like a watch, features a virtual (虚拟的) pet that kids can care for. Kids do activities such as walking like a penguin and popping like popcorn to earn points and power-ups, which unlock new pets and rewards.
“We want to make sure kills understand that gelling up, getting active, having fun, and getting healthy tips can all be part of their daily lives,” says Greg Ahearn, who works for LeapFrog. “Our goal with the LeapBand is to get kills up and active and having fun.”
The event included creative Illness activities for kids and parents. Artie Green and Easy A. D., who are a part of an organization called Hip Hop Public Health, performed songs and taught dances. There were photo opportunities, healthy snacks, and goodie bags too.
Mia Hamm, a former member of the United States national women’s soccer team, is the official spokesperson for the LeapBand. Hamm took part in Women’s World Cups and the Olympics. When she was about 15, she knew that her sport was soccer. “I loved the way it challenged me every single day,” she said. Hamm says exercising should be fun “whether it’s playing soccer with your friends or hopping on one foot or dancing”. She advises aspiring athletes to “go for it. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s meaningful”.
Later in the afternoon, the crowd came together to try to break three Guinness World Records: the most people making sand angels, the most people hopping on one foot, and the most people doing the swim dance. Participants (参加者) enjoyed exercising together, dancing, hopping, and flapping along to music. Better yet, they broke all three records! Ahearn hopes these families and many more continue to take part in fitness activities. “Fun is the most important thing,” he says.
1.The event LeapFrog’s Fit Made Fun Day is to ________.
A.encourage participants to break Guinness World Records
B.introduce LeapFrrog’s newest product — the LeapBand
C.instruct people, especially kids to keep an active lifestyle
D.find suitable volunteers to rare for virtual pets
2.According to the passage, what can we know?
A.Kids don’t understand the value of active life.
B.The activities of the event are concerned with fitness.
C.Soccer doesn’t mean a lot to Hamm.
D.Ahearn thinks breaking all three records is the most important thing.
3.The fifth paragraph mainly intends to tell us Mia Hamm________.
A.is active in sports activities
B.was a famous woman soccer player
C.acts as the spokesperson for the LeapBand
D.calls on people to do sports activities
4.What’s the main purpose of the passage?
A.To sell a product
B.To provide information about an activity
C.To promote an activity
D.To describe an experience