Places to Spend Christmas in Canada
Quebec City
Quebec City would be a great place to spend the holidays, with stone streets, soft white snow, and some of the most historic and striking architecture in Canada. And there's a lot going on in the capital of La Belle Province, including an authentic German Christmas market where you can drink hot wine and look for gifts, and the chance to meet Santa Claus himself at Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac Hotel.
St. John's, Newfoundland
In St. John's, Newfoundland, people would disguise （伪装）themselves in whatever small objects they could find in their homes and show up on their neighbours doorsteps singing, dancing and celebrating—and not removing their masks until the neighbours correctly guessed their identities. This fun and festive tradition lives on with an annual Christmas festival, complete with workshops and a big parade that shows these simple disguises.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
The illumination （照明）of the magnificent waterfalls is part of Niagara Falls' annual Winter Festival of Lights, which sees more than three million lights lighted throughout the city. There are also weekly fireworks over the falls during the whole festival, and a number of other festive events, including musicals, shopping fairs and concerts.
Saskatoon
There are few bigger thrills than being a kid at Christmas, especially if you live in Saskatoon. A recent study by the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management found that Saskatoon has the highest number of candy and toy stores, in the country, and a very good probability of having snow on December 25. It's the perfect combination for a magical Christmas! Grown-ups will also appreciate the booming food scene.
1.Which place will you go if you are interested in historic buildings?
A.Quebec City. B.St. John's.
C.Niagara Falls. D.Saskatoon.
2.What is special about Niagara Falls, Ontario during Christmas?
A.Market. B.Wine.
C.Light. D.Snow.
3.Who will be the most excited at Christmas in Saskatoon?
A.Babies. B.Children.
C.Grown-ups. D.Senior citizens.
假定你是中学生李华,你的加拿大朋友Lily也是一名中学生，她想知道你将如何度过 这个寒假。请用英语给她写一封邮件，介绍你的假期计划。内容包括：
(1)锻炼身体(跑步、打球等)；
(2)做家务(洗衣服、扫地等)；
(3)学习(完成作业、阅读等)。
注意：(1)词数100左右，开头与结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Lily，
I'd like to share my plan for the coming winter vacation with you.
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I'm looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
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。
College students have a little ways to pay their college fees. Many students have their parents to pay the fees. Some students may apply to a bank loan and others will try to find part-time jobs in or out of the campus. Apart from this, many good student can win a scholarship. By this way they can pay at least' part of the fees. As to me, I will let my parents pay half of their fees because they are rich enough. Beside my study, I will take up a part-time job by teach some high school students math, physics, chemistry and English, as I'm very good at these important subjects. Of course I will also work very hard at my lessons in order to I can easily win a scholarship.
语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment1.(late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me2.the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man3.(seat) at the front. He4.(pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be5.(mental) disabled.
Behind him were other people to6.he was trying to talk, but after some minutes they walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed.
I didn’t want7.(laugh) at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him8.his own either. After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had9.amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I’m glad I made a choice. It made10.of us feel good.
I believe different people have experienced different adolescence. I must admit I was still an angry __ in my first year of college. My ______ was that my parents didn't please me at all.
Our finances were ______, so I chose to go to a (n) _______ college and take a bus to classes every day. One day I had a (n) _______ fight with my father. We both exploded into shouts. I __ out of the house and missed my bus to school.
I rushed all the way to school. As I ______ across the campus toward my class, I suddenly realized I didn't have the ______ that was due: a thought card. My professor asked us to ______ an index card with our names and the dates every Tuesday. ________what was on the rest of the card, we could write a thought, a question or something else.
Now, outside the door, ten minutes later, I took an index card. Desperate to write something __ it, I could only think about the ______ I'd just had with my dad. I wrote "I am the son of an idiot!” , then _______ into the room, and handed it to our professor.
Next day, our professor ______ the thought cards and I ______ he wrote, "What does the 'son of an idiot' do with the rest of his life?" The professor's innocent-seeming question ______ me to the issue: whose problem is it? _______ , my thinking began to shift. I realized that I had created a life ______ I was not a central figure!
The ______ of growth wasn't easy or fast. _______ later, from a struggling student, I became a successful student and then a successful teacher.
1.A.child B.adult C.adolescent D.student
2.A.temper B.anger C.mood D.pain
3.A.limited B.special C.practical D.fantastic
4.A.ordinary B.private C.local D.state
5.A.serious B.boring C.unfriendly D.anxious
6.A.stormed B.wandered C.slipped D.stepped
7.A.leaped B.walked C.ran D.headed
8.A.duty B.homework C.commitment D.material
9.A.take up B.put down C.hand out D.bring along
10.A.Due to B.Because of C.As for D.Thanks to
11.A.with B.on C.about D.to
12.A.issue B.conversation C.debate D.fight
13.A.poured B.entered C.dashed D.approached
14.A.gave back B.checked out C.put away D.passed on
15.A.explored B.recognized C.discovered D.ignored
16.A.awoke B.forced C.scared D.adjusted
17.A.Slowly B.Rapidly C.Generally D.Swiftly
18.A.what B.in which C.which D.that
19.A.process B.progress C.period D.challenge
20.A.Weeks B.Terms C.Months D.Years
Stay on the brighter side of life
One very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fact, there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of well-being. Appreciate all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what you’re grateful for. 1.
Feeling down? Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to throw you a bone, try acting like you’re happy—even if you aren’t. A sincere smile and a forced smile will cause the same chemical reactions in your brain, so you can actually fool your mind into feeling better by making it react chemically as if things were going well. 2. Reassure yourself that everything is good—even if you don’t feel it.
“3. If you’re stuck in traffic, then everything else must be going horribly too,” says Anne Parker, a wellness counselor. By blowing negative events out of proportion, you’re setting yourself up for feeling down all day. Instead, acknowledge that you’re stuck in traffic, but also bring to mind something good, like the beautiful scenery outside the window. That way, you’ll get in the habit of forbidding negative circumstances from blanketing your whole day.
Swearing to lose 20 pounds or to run a marathon seems like goals leading to happiness, but they take time to achieve. 4.You may even end up admitting that you have been defeated. However, if you focus on the small milestones that occur along the way, you will feel positive about your progress, which will give you the strength to keep going.
5. Try making someone else’s day better. A report by United Healthcare and Volunteer Match found that volunteers are 72% more likely to characterize themselves as optimistic compared with non-volunteers. Plus, 89% of volunteers say that volunteering has improved their sense of well-being, and 92% say that it enriches their sense of purpose in life.
A. Try to help someone in need.
B. Want to give your attitude a lift?
C. People tend to think in an either-or way.
D. Act in an optimistic way—smile, laugh, tell a joke.
E. You’ll fail to appreciate more important things in your life.
F. By focusing on not having accomplished them yet, you will start to feel down on yourself.
G. By remembering the pleasant things in your life, you can actually turn a negative attitude around.
