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Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman received most of his education outside of the classroom. At the age of eleven, he worked in a law office as an office boy where he became interested in reading. He was soon reading the works of famous authors like William Shakespeare and Homer, and was well on his way to becoming one of America’s most well-known poets.
By the time Whitman was seventeen years old, he had already worked as a printer’s learner, a worker, and a learning games to help his students with spelling and maths. In his early twenties, however, he gave up teaching to pursue (追求) a full-time career as a journalist and poet.
When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet, his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy. His first collection of poems,Leaves of Grass, was so unusual that no commercial publisher would print the work. In 1855 Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of his collection of twelve poems.
Whitman’s poetic style was uncommon in the sense that he wrote poems in a form called parallelism (对句法), in which his goal was to copy the flow of the sea and the quickly-passing nature of human emotion. A common theme in Whitman’s poetry is self-realization. In his work, Whitman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique rhythm and a multi-layered, but truly American voice.
“Although Whitman was considered a revolutionary by many, there is little doubt he loved his country deeply.” In his writing, he used slang (俚语) and various images, or voices, to create a sense of national unity.
For Whitman, the “proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.” Whitman has undoubtedly become a part of the cultural history and image of America.
1.Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ________.
A.Whitman’s education
B.Whitman’s early career
C.how Whitman became a poet
D.why Whitman’s poems were popular
2.When Whitman first appeared as a poet, ________.
A.he received a warm welcome
B.his literary road was not easy
C.he became famous for his unusual style
D.his poetic style was copied by other poets
3.What was Whitman’s greatest literary contribution?
A.He expressed human emotion in his writing.
B.He showed that flow of the sea in his poems.
C.He used slang to show his love for his country.
D.He created a unique rhythm and An American voice.
Tipping isn’t a big part of British culture, unlike in North America, where waiters and waitresses are paid below minimum wage. Tips are usually appreciated, but offering a tip of some services can cause confusion.
In casual restaurants, where you pay for your order at a counter but food is brought to your table, tipping is uncommon. You are welcome to leave a pound or two if you wish. In restaurants where you place your order with a waiter or a waitress and receive your food and bill at your table, it’s customary to tip around 10 percent. In some restaurants, a service charge may be added to the bill automatically, typically 10 or 12.5 percent. In this case, you don’t need to add a further tip. When you pay by credit card, the machine may ask if you want to add a tip. Check your bill to see if a service charge has already been added before paying—if so you don’t need to add a tip on the machine. You can request the service charge be removed from your bill if you are unhappy with the service. In some cases a restaurant may print “service not included” on the bill or menu. This is a request for a tip. You’re not forced to offer anything, but 10 percent would be normal in this situation. Tipping in cafes and fast food restaurant is not expected.
If you use a taxi, round the fare up to the nearest pound shown on the meter. On a journey from or to the airport in a booked minicab you might wish to trip 2 or 3 pounds if the driver helps with your bags.
Be sure to check a country’s tipping culture before you start your tip. For more information, visit TripAdvisor.com.
1.According to the text, ________ in British culture.
A. it is necessary to tip if you are served in cafes
B. it is confusing to tip if you receive your bill at your table
C. it is customary to tip if “service not included” is printed on the bill
D. it is compulsory to tip even if the service is unsatisfying in some restaurants
2.When you pay by credit card, _________.
A. the service charge can be added on the machine
B. the service charge must have been included in the bill automatically
C. the service charge can’t be refused
D. the service charge needn’t be checked before you pay
3.If the British taxi meter shows 58.4 pounds, you are expected to pay ________.
A. 58.4 pounds B. 59 pounds
C. 61 pounds D. 64 pounds
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Introduction of TripAdvisor.com B. Occasions for Tipping
C. Advice on Tipping in Restaurants D. British Ways to Tipping
假如你是李华，你一个在英国的笔友Eric得知上月你校组织了校园义卖活动，来信向你询问活动详情，请给他写封回信，内容如下：
1、活动具体时间、地点；
2、活动过程；
3、你的感受；
注意：1.词数:100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Eric,
Very glad to know that you are interested in the Charity Sale held in our school last month.
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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。
My grandmother is 73 year old. She is a great reader, but she reads only newspapers. He has a very good habit of reading the newspaper daily. After her morning housework, she sat down to read the newspaper for at least an hour. She doesn’t like to be disturbing at that time. In fact she is so much updated that everyone else in the house depends her for the daily important news, national or international. My grandmother’s habit of reading newspapers are a great help for the other members of my house, especial my parents. As they both are working very hardly, they have very few time to read the news.
仔细阅读下面句子，根据句意及汉语或首字母提示填写出正确的单词：
提示：答案选择仅限于4模块新学单词
1.The lecturer delivered a speech, referring to the fact that smoking was harmful to health. At last, he a_______ those smoking now out of smoking.
2.The rich man went abroad with the hope of getting new chances, while the poor man was i_________ to learn some skills of earning money.
3.The boys went directly to the accident scene, and the spot _____________(挤满) with people.
4.In class, the ___________(疑惑的) problem made all the students in our class spend 20 minutes to work it out.
5.It is hard to imagine a student f_____________ his attention on the textbook while others are playing.
6.She tried to tell me that I was mistaken. What she said was so c______________ that I finally accepted what she said.
7.As a business man, you have made a lot of money in the past decade and more ____________ (幸运), you are supported by the government.
8.At last, I want to say I’m t____________ grateful for your helping me realize my dream.
9.In time of war, lots of money will be spent on ____________(保护，防御) and many measures will be taken to prevent a country from being attacked.
10.At the farewell party, she expressed the gratefulness to the teachers, ______________(代表) her classmates.
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 actress, singer and former K-pop band member Sulli, 25, was found 1.(die) in her home Monday, the police said. Sulli’s manager found her while checking her home after Sulli failed 2.(answer) phone calls, said an official from the police Department.
Sulli, 3. legal name was ChoiJin-ri, stayed on the stage as a child before she joined the girl group f(x) under SM Entertainment. She formally left the group in 2015 to concentrate on other things, including 4.(act). She 5.(appear) in several films, and this year she became a host of a Korean television show “ The Night of Hate Comments.” Sulli returned 6. music in June and released a new solo album.
Since she started her career at the age of 11, Sulli 7.(consider) as one of the most popular performers in Korea. But meanwhile, she has suffered a lot from 8. Internet for 9.(be) outspoken insistently. Why did so young and beautiful a girl choose to give up her life this Monday? Some fans of the artists suggest that critical comments online have 10.(probable) affected her mental health.
