I've had many wonderful holidays，but my favorite memory is that of a few summer weeks spent in Italy when I was about 13.My mom had to go to a clinic there for treatment，and we all went together as a family and took the opportunity to have a beautiful vacation as well.It was the first time abroad for me and it was a vacation that broadened my perspective，taught me a lot，and helped shape a bit of who I am today.
Although we did visit many famous places in northern Italy，we stayed mostly in a little town where some friends of my parents lived.Nothing helped me understand Italian culture better than my stay in this picturesque，almost magical town that many haven't even heard of.
Thanks to the holiday spent in Italy，I，quite a shallow girl，also discovered my passion for music，which stayed alive in me to this day and will probably stay forever.My parents' friends had a son，Ricardo，who was a pianist.Dad had repeatedly but unsuccessfully tried to make me study an instrument and stick to it.However，when I heard Ricardo play，I instantly fell in love with music and felt a great desire to learn it.Ricardo taught me the first song I ever played on the piano，a silly，playful little tune that I still know by heart.
We took a short trip to the Italian Alps at some point.I had never seen such majestic beauty before! The snowcovered peaks，the intimidating rocks，the fresh，harsh air — what an experience! And what I remember impressed me the most was the fact that，although this was a popular touristic area，the region was incredibly clean，still “natural”，with places that seemed to never have been touched by humans.Then，the shallow teen that I was learned what a real treasure nature is and how important it is to protect it.
1.What was the main purpose for the author and her family to go to Italy?
A.To cure the author's mother of her illness.
B.To have a family reunion while travelling.
C.To broaden and shape the author's perspective.
D.To experience and learn from another culture.
2.What contributed to the author's passion for music?
A.Her father's instructions.
B.Ricardo's performance.
C.The piano she played on.
D.The local music culture.
3.The trip to the Italian Alps helped the author learn to ________．
A.stick to her own passion
B.balance between cultures
C.get rid of her shallowness
D.cherish and protect nature
4.What would be the best title of the text?
A.My Favorite Holiday Memory
B.A Trip Shaping My Personality
C.Lessons from a Foreign Culture
D.My Passion for Music and Nature
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假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Bob在英语学习上给了你很多帮助。他上周发来电子邮件，询问你现在的英语学习情况。请你用英文给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 感谢帮助；
2. 英语学习的进步；
3. 目前面临的问题。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bob,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
下面短文中共有10处语言错误，请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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.每句不超过两个错误；
2.每处错误及其修改均限一词；
3.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I learn so many at school. I studied a lot of different subjects. There are many interested activities, too. I really enjoy taking part art activities such as music and dance. I also get the chance to doing sports and play games on the sports ground. I am a member of the school’s volleyball team. Their teachers teach us with a great deal of cares and patience. As a result, we make a great progress. And gradual, we have more confidence in ourselves. In my class I have many good friends. We study, play but eat together. I love my school very much.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada has organized a group of doctors to help sick people in the past few months. The doctors will send patients to art galleries, instead of 1.(give) them medicine. The museum is involved in ten experiments on patients to find out how art has an effect 2. health. The patients include people with breast cancer (乳腺癌), eating disorders and mental health 3. (problem). Thomas Bastien, director of education and wellness at the museum, believes that art can heal. He said, “We saw that the museum was good for people, so we 4. (decide) to start this program with the doctors a few months ago. If you have breast cancer, you can come to the museum and you might feel much 5. (well)”.
Dr Helene Boyer, 6. has a lot of experience in helping to heal people with art treatment, spoke about its advantages. She said, “There’s more and more scientific evidence that art treatment is good for your physical health.” She said that looking at art increases 7. same kinds of hormones (激素) in 8. (we) bodies that are produced when we exercise. The museum’s director-general said, “I am 9. (complete) sure that in the 21st century, art will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century. I am very 10. (confidence) in it.”
Three months had passed since I lost my husband Willianm. I was extremely sad. My six-month-old daughter, Sienna, had lost her father before she’d even got to ______ him. I had no idea how I was going to raise her ______. I spent six months hanging out with great ______ before I knew I had to ______. I just had to work out how to start _______ my life.
Then my mind wandered back to a few years earlier, when I’d ______ boxing at my local gym. I’d really ______ the exercise and it had given me something to focus on. So I picked up ______ and called my old boxing coach, Ken. “I want to get back to the boxing ring(拳击赛场),” I told him.
I was ______ when I turned up for my first training. But my fears soon died down once I started hitting the pads (软垫). “You’ve still got it,” Ken said ______.
As I built my strength over the following months, I felt the weight of the world slowly lifting off my ______. I found myself enjoying my time with Sienna more and I really looked forward to seeing my friends at the gym. I’d been ______ for five months when Ken scheduled my first boxing match.
Jumping around the ring, I felt as though William and Sienna were ______ me on. I was really excited when I was announced as the ______. That encouraged me to study to become a fitness trainer myself.
When I ______ a job at a Maori health and well-being organization, I wanted to introduce boxing ______ so I could help others lift their spirits.
____, my classes have been a huge success and I now hold nine classes every week. More than three years have passed since we lost William and I ______ miss him every day. I often talk to Sienna about him. She’ll always know who her father was and how much he ______ her.
I have no doubt that boxing saved my life and made me a better mother. If teaching other people boxing can help them on their journey from darkness to light, it’s well worth the ______.
1.A.accept B.know C.forgive D.understand
2.A.alone B.together C.safely D.well
3.A.loneliness B.sickness C.tiredness D.sadness
4.A.try B.continue C.choose D.change
5.A.repeating B.recording C.rebuilding D.saving
6.A.taken up B.picked out C.fought against D.called off
7.A.hated B.supported C.enjoyed D.ignored
8.A.my daughter B.the phone C.the letter D.my mail
9.A.nervous B.surprised C.happy D.proud
10.A.politely B.friendly C.gently D.encouragingly
11.A.legs B.hands C.arms D.shoulders
12.A.competing B.training C.teaching D.attending
13.A.taking B.leading C.cheering D.passing
14.A.captain B.winner C.coach D.judge
15.A.got B.lost C.searched for D.gave up
16.A.teachers B.schools C.classes D.teams
17.A.Surely B.Thankfully C.Hopefully D.Strangely
18.A.already B.sometimes C.yet D.still
19.A.loved B.satisfied C.respected D.missed
20.A.visit B.loss C.fight D.money
