Enter The Guardian young critics competition 2019
Review one of The guardian children’s fiction prize 2019 longlisted books as an individual or a school book group and be in with a chance of winning books, gift cards and an invitation to the award ceremony in November!
If you are aged 18 or under on 18 November 2019, attend a school in the UK or are home educated in the UK and love reading, then you should enter The Guardian’s young critics competition — and here’s how?
All you need to do is submit a review (no more than 500 words) on one of the books (click here for more information) longlisted for The Guardian children’s fiction prize 2019. Make sure your review reaches us by 30 October 2019. 10 winning individual entries and one winning school entry will be selected. When picking the winners, the judges will be looking for the most interesting, entertaining and thought-provoking (发人深省的) book reviews.
There are two ways to enter:
1.You can enter on your own by filling out the form (click here to download the form) including your review of a longlisted book.
2. You can enter as part of a school group if you and at least three other students from your school all submit reviews.
The prizes:
The 10 individual winners will each receive a complete set of eight longlisted books, plus a￡20 gift card and an invitation to attend the award ceremony at The Guardian on 19 November 2019.
The winning school will be invited to spend a day at The Guardian Education Centre: up to 30 students from the winning school will have the chance to edit and print the day’s news at The Guardian Education Centre in London. In addition, the winning school will receive 10 complete sets of the eight longlisted books, a ￡150 gift card as well as an invitation for up to 20 pupils to attend the ceremony in London on 19 November.
Good luck!
If you have any questions about the competition or how to enter, please email childrensfictionprize@theguardian.com.
1.Which requirement should one meet if he or she wants to take part in the competition?
A.Being under 18 years old. B.Being educated in the UK.
C.Being part of a school book group. D.Being a winner of the fiction prize.
2.What’s the deadline for the entries?
A.30 October 2019. B.31 October 2019.
C.18 November 2019. D.19 November 2019.
3.What prize will group winners get?
A.A ￡150 card for each student.
B.Eight copies of the longlisted books.
C.The chance to produce the newspaper.
D.An invitation for 30 students to attend the ceremony.
由于新冠疫情严峻，目前学生都在居家学习。假如你是高三学生李华，你收到新西兰笔友 Bob 的电子邮件，对你居家学习情况表示关心。请根据以下要点，给他写一封回复邮件。
1. 感谢对方的关心；
2. 介绍居家学习情况：面临挑战；目前的学习方式（至少两种）；
3. 表达信心和愿望。
注意: 1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：新冠状病毒 novel coronavirus
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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。
Dear Ashley,
You ask me how to protect your eyesight at your last letter. I am writing to give you some suggestion. Firstly, you shouldn’t keep your eyes work for a long time. After you have studied for an hour or so, you’d better to have a rest and look out of window. Secondly, while reading a book, you should keep your eyes about a foot away from them. Thirdly, keep it in mind what you shouldn’t read in poor light, in strongly sunlight, on a moving bus or in bed. Lastly, doing eye exercises every day help you protect your eyesight.
I hope my advice will be of help to you.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Small talk changes 1. (slight) when you're with strangers as opposed to people at a business function or party. Chatting with strangers gives you practice for those times in life 2.you’ll need to make a really great3.(impress). If you’re used to4.(talk) with people on a routine basis, you won’t make mistakes when you’re nervous. Here are some icebreakers.
One skill to open up small talk is to praise the accessories(配饰) someone5.(wear). Avoid making6.comment about someone's clothing as if you are hitting on him or her. Making a sincere comment about an accessory is much more7.(accept).
You can also ask someone if they can suggest a good restaurant for lunch or dinner. Say something like, “I’m taking my friend to lunch for her birthday tomorrow. Do you know a good place? ”8.“We need to find a fun but reasonably 9. (price) place to take my mom out for her birthday. Do you have a suggestion?”
They might recommend a restaurant and then add, “We go there all the time!” or “We just took my aunt there last week and she loved it.” You can ask them more questions 10. (base) on what they say, and this will help you continue the conversation.
Stella, a 25-year-old American woman, was known as a brave survivor. Despite suffering from four cancers, she_______fought against the diseases and_______money for herself and others. Last October Stella and supporters_______an organization called Change for a Cure, which called out people to donate their_______change so she could donate the money to the University of Alberta for_______research. She opened Facebook and Twitter accounts for the _______ as well, whose motto is “Together we can change the world one penny at a time.”
Earlier this week Daisy_______she never had cancer. She had_______her head and eyebrows to fake the signs of chemotherapy (化疗), and had spent much of the money given to her on personal _______. She was arrested and has been ________with four counts of cheat. ________ a few of her friends and supporters have cast her as a victim, most have written on blogs about their ________of being cheated. Many patients had ________Daisy because they, too, were dealing with cancer and had________their personal stories with a person who had lied to them from the start.
In 2018 Cindy, a divorced mother, told her friends and family she had suffered from stomach cancer. Like Stella, she updated everyone on her________through blogs, and many people shared her grief and________money for her treatments. Earlier this year________discovered it was all a trick.
Cindy had ________to be sick for over three years; she was charged with theft, and is________waiting for sentencing.
People lie about having cancer and other ________diseases for various reasons. But most just love the attention and sympathy, the constant stream of well-wishes and gifts.
1.A.always B.bravely C.constantly D.often
2.A.rose B.spent C.earned D.raised
3.A.managed B.began C.started D.produced
4.A.full B.enough C.spare D.more
5.A.theory B.cancer C.illness D.technology
6.A.organization B.patients C.volunteers D.relatives
7.A.explained B.realized C.knew D.admitted
8.A.comforted B.touched C.shaved D.scratched
9.A.materials B.accounts C.problems D.expenses
10.A.charged B.accused C.sentenced D.punished
11.A.When B.However C.Therefore D.While
12.A.attitudes B.feelings C.enthusiasms D.pains
13.A.supported B.opposed C.disliked D.agreed
14.A.accompanied B.talked C.shared D.communicated
15.A.articles B.treatments C.cases D.misfortune
16.A.donated B.contributed C.devoted D.searched
17.A.friends B.police C.family D.patients
18.A.considered B.suffered C.convinced D.pretended
19.A.currently B.immediately C.temporarily D.permanently
20.A.cautious B.ordinary C.serious D.common
Healthy eating habits have positive effects on everyone. However, students can especially benefit from meeting the particular nutritional demands of the school day. To be good academically, children must be physically able to attend class and focus on the tasks at hand. Math, language study, reading and creative thinking also require physical support from food energy and nutrients. 1.
Attendance:2.Getting enough nutrition keeps you from taking sick days and missing out on daily lessons. Eating a healthy breakfast makes you more likely to achieve your daily nutritional goals. This keeps your body strong and less likely to fall ill.
Focus: School is a social network that requires cooperation from students, teachers and staff. 3.Hunger makes you hard to focus and easy to get angry. In contrast, eating a healthy breakfast keeps you focused and cheerful. A 2019 study proved these findings.
Thinking: Food energy and nutrients serve neurological(神经的) as well as physical body functions. The same 2019 report concluded that eating breakfast regularly affects the brain's blood sugar requirements and nutritional support. 4.Let alone, these skills are vital to learning and achieving high grades.
Test scores: Balanced nutrition plays a part in testing well. 5.Healthy eating also contributes to better performance on vocabulary tests. You can improve your test scores by eating right every day.
A.You can focus on the test papers.
B.This improves the memory, problem solving and concentration skills.
C.Students who eat breakfast work faster with fewer math and number errors.
D.You can't keep up with homework and tests if you aren't in school every day.
E.While the education individuals receive influence intelligence, so does their food.
F.And your behavior in this environment depends partly on getting to school well fed.
G.A healthy diet can improve your performance in school’s social, physical and mental aspects.
