Shakespeare City Walk
This 90-minute leisurely walking tour does not go to the Globe Theatre (because everyone already knows it), but instead uncovers less known monuments and locations in the City of London with connections to Shakespeare’s life, his friends, his loves and his works.
The Shakespeare City Walk takes place on Fridays at 11 am. at Temple tube station.
Address: Temple tube station, London
Telephone: 44(0)790-574-6733
Camera Trails
Learn how to take better photos as you explore London with a professional photographer on a Camera Trails tour. Walk around Brick Lane and Spitalfields on the Urban East tour, or take photos of Elizabeth Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral on the South Bank tour.
Address: Trafalgar Square, London
Telephone: 44(0)798-957-9336
The Celebrity Planet
See celebrity (名人) homes, famous film locations, music landmarks and places linked to pop history on a Celebrity Planet tour. Find out about stars in Notting Hill, Mayfair, Primrose Hill or Chelsea, or try a Harry Potter, James Bond or Beatles tour.
Address: 40 Porchester Square, London
Telephone: 44(0)20-7193-8770
Email: info@thecelebrityplanet.com
Sandemans New London Tours
Sandemans New London Tours offer a completely free tour of Royal London, including the Changing of the Guard. There’s also an Old City of London Tour, and a Grim Reapers of London Tour. Our expert guides are all graduates of the world’s leading universities, including Yale, Cambridge and Oxford. As guides work for tips, you are guaranteed the best tour of London. Our walking tours are healthy and environmentally friendly, so you won’t contribute to the pollution problem of London’s cars and buses.
Email: info@neweuropetours.com
1.What is TRUE of the Shakespeare City Walk?
A.It takes place five days a week.
B.It consists of not so many famous destinations.
C.It lasts about half a day.
D.It includes a visit to a famous theatre.
2.If you want to take some wonderful photos of Elizabeth Tower, you may ________.
A.receive some professional training B.go to Temple tube station
C.join the South Bank tour D.join the Urban East tour
3.Sam is a movie fan. He will probably ________.
A.call 44(0)798-957-9336 B.call 44(0)790-574-6733
C.go to 40 Porchester Square D.email info(@neweuropetours.com
（情况一）假定你是李华，这次期末英语考试考得好。请给你的英语老师Mr. Wang写封信。信的内容包括（考得好）：
1.答题感受；2.表示感谢；3.邀请放假一起出去看电影。
（情况二）假定你是李华，这次期末英语考试考得不好。请给你的英语老师Mr. Wang写封信。信的内容包括（考得不好）：
1.答题感受；2.表示遗憾；3.请老师分析试卷并咨询寒假英语自学方法。
注意：1.字数100字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Mr. Wang,
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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。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。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am glad to get the news from the local newspaper that some volunteers are recruit for the Expo this year. I am really so interested in it that I’d like to apply it.
First, allowing me to introduce myself please. My name is Li Hua, a student from one of the best senior high school in Lanzhou. I have ever visited to some English countries, therefore I am very good at spoken English and pretty familiar with English traditions or customs. On the other hand, I have been a volunteer for Lanzhou International Marathon in the last 3 years, so I am really experienced in being a volunteer.
I would appreciate if you could give me a chance. Looking forward to hearing from you letter.
Your sincerely,
Li Hua
根据课文内容填空
Frederick William Ⅰ, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined 1. his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an 2.(amaze) history. This gift was the Amber Room, 3. was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which 4.(select) had a beautiful yellowbrown color like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure 5.(decorate) with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years 6.(make).
In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. 7., the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to 8. the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. 9. return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as a small reception hall for important 10.(visit).
阅读下面句子，在空白处填入一个单词或所给单词的正确形式。
1.When the head teacher suddenly appeared at the door, the naughty students pretended____(read) the text aloud.
2._____ great fun it is to have a warm drink around the fire with friends or family members on such a cold day!
3.You can rely on _____ that Baker is sure to come on time and help you with your maths.
4.Some animals, in order to stop themselves ____(attack) by the enemies, go out for food at night.
5.I have all kinds of reasons to believe that your practical advice will be ____ great importance to our success.
6._____ the help of local government, the beautiful land has become a well-known scenic spot for people to enjoy the colourful flowers.
7.The manager requested that all the business invitations ______(send) out before tomorrow.
8.With so many things _____(fill) my mind, I felt very anxious and almost broke down.
9._____ time went by, I was getting older and older and at the same time I wanted to leave home to earn my living.
10.What a bargain! The price of the coat is not half as much as _______ of the evening dress.
Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of _______. Apply these _______ in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have _______ that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to _______ two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep _______ one and then the other, it will take a long time, _______ one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and _______. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your _______, make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get _______ one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.
The stress of work is now ________ almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that formerly would have been ________ among all the relatives is now ________ on the individual partner.
If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not ________, then it’s not because the day has too ________ hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that ________ people tend to forget. The ________ is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.
“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more—until one day they ________. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can ________. These signs come from various ________ of life. You are ill, or your work efficiency is ________.
If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”
1.A.bringing up B.taking up C.giving up D.speeding up
2.A.principles B.advantages C.operations D.relations
3.A.appetite B.gift C.energy D.excuse
4.A.carry B.fetch C.bring D.take
5.A.pushing B.enjoying C.grabbing D.exchanging
6.A.and B.because C.so D.but
7.A.running away B.turning off C.catching up D.lying down
8.A.labor B.strength C.power D.force
9.A.another B.others C.other D.the other
10.A.small B.true C.great D.wrong
11.A.shared B.given C.realized D.influenced
12.A.contracted B.concentrated C.constructed D.congratulated
13.A.enough B.short C.important D.proper
14.A.little B.much C.few D.many
15.A.overslept B.overdeveloped C.overcrowded D.overloaded
16.A.answer B.destination C.problem D.solution
17.A.break through B.break down C.break out D.break off
18.A.put with B.deal with C.suffer from D.come with
19.A.qualities B.quantities C.areas D.stages
20.A.improved B.advanced C.increased D.affected
