假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 Alex 来信说他最近在工作中要接触很多中国人，想向你了解与中国人闲聊时应该注意哪些礼节。请你给他回复一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 闲聊话题；
2. 交流时的倾听、回应等。注意：
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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。
Happiness is like a small stone1. (drop) into a pool to cause a circle of ripples.2. Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word “happiness”. Happy people are happy3. all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find4. (home) people, disabled people and so-called losers are extremely happy.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected gain. But staying happy is5. accomplishment, a success of soul and character. Actually it is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people6. (stay) away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone. There is, however, a cure for it: if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be.
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You will discover 7. deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will. Then the make-believe becomes a8. (real). You become really happy.
Being happy, once it is recognized as a duty and develops into a habit, 9. (open) doors into amazing gardens which are full of10. (thank)friends.
My all-time favorite movie is Cool Runnings. It is based on the true story about the Jamaican Bobsled team who_______ in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
After they_______ for the Olympics, they got three runs, on three_______ days. I am going to break these runs down for you and _______ them to everyday life.
Before the Jamaican’s first run, they_______ the Swiss team’s style and _______. They weren’t true to themselves, and as a result, the first run was a_______.
After painful_______ and pep talks(激励的话), the team went back to their roots. They were _______ to themselves and they were 100% prepared for the second run. Everything clicked and they moved into 8th place.
And the third one was when they ________. Although they were well prepared, ________, that shaky old sled they used couldn’t stop and they crashed. Everyone knows what happened next. They________ the sled and finished the race.
The runs are what real life is about. Sometimes you can be prepared. Sometimes you can go into a situation or relationship with all of the best________ in the world. But something will still go ________. That is life. However, just like those four Jamaicans, you can get up and________ the race.
1.A.succeeded B.led C.signed D.competed
2.A.run B.qualified C.made D.declared
3.A.peaceful B.depressing C.separate D.special
4.A.compare B.adapt C.insert D.add
5.A.watched B.copied C.improved D.replaced
6.A.uniforms B.words C.techniques D.requests
7.A.hint B.disaster C.tie D.hit
8.A.reflection B.injuries C.complaints D.argument
9.A.opposed B.addicted C.limited D.true
10.A.crashed B.took off C.dressed up D.abandoned
11.A.surprisingly B.deliberately C.eventually D.unfortunately
12.A.picked up B.held up C.folded up D.broke up
13.A.results B.choices C.intentions D.principles
14.A.unnoticed B.smooth C.mad D.wrong
15.A.start B.finish C.watch D.win
Ne Zha, the first Chinese 3D animated film released on July 26th, sweeps the Chinese box office.1.Please read more to find out.
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Although Ne Zha’s appearance in this film first makes a strange impression on audience, the new Ne Zha is being praised for hitting the soft spot in many hearts as cool, smart and entertaining.
The creative adaptation is not limited to Ne Zha’s appearance.3. Yang Yu, Ne Zha’s director, characterizes the role as a rebellious youth who tries his best to fight against prejudice and change his fate. Born as a ball of flesh, Ne Zha is hated, but he believes he can choose to be a monster or a god.
So this fresh reproduction of the ancient legendary figure pulls at the hearts of the young for they can see themselves in Ne Zha.
Contemporary values
The fact that the film can touch the audience comes down to the contemporary values presented in the film.
Ne Zha’s fight against prejudice mentioned above is the major value advocated by the film. Meanwhile his parents’ parenting style is another aspect.4. The importance of parents’ company during children’s growth is also discussed in the film through Ne Zha’s mother.
Fine production
In addition to the rich content, Ne Zha’s fine production, is another aspect that makes Chinese cartoon lovers proud. 5. As the most complex animated production ever made in China, Ne Zha has 1,318 special effects shots. To realize the film’s fairy tale setting, more than 1,600 people worked around the clock for three years.
Rich content, correct values and spectacular production. Cartoon fans cheered as they have every reason to be proud of Ne Zha.
A.Creative adaptation
B.Household legendary figure
C.Why does Ne Zha make such a huge success?
D.It makes people think about this question again.
E.It took the director two years to polish the script.
F.People can also see a major change in his character.
G.Many people consider it inspiring for contemporary parents.
For years, a question that human beings often ask about the universe is: “Are we alone here?” In January, 2019, the discovery of new fast radio bursts (FRBs,快速射电暴) from deep space got many to ask it again.
According to Mirror, a Canadian led team of scientists found 13 FRBs with the help of a radio telescope. First discovered in 2007, FRBs are short bursts of radio waves coming from far outside the Milky Way(银河). Scientists have found over 60 FRBs so far. They last only a few milliseconds but release the same energy as the sun gives off in a day.
Among the 13 FRBs, a very unusual repeating signal was found, which came six times from the same location about l.5 billion light-years away. Such an event has only been reported once before, back in 2012. It may help scientists understand where FRBs are from and what causes them. More importantly, the new FRBs were recorded at unusually low radio frequencies. Most of those previously found have had frequencies of around l,400 megahertz (MHz), but new bursts are found at even 400MHz - the lowest frequency the telescope can discover. According to the BBC, the low frequency means that the sources of the bursts have changed. It also suggests humans can learn more about the environment where the bursts come from.
Avid Loeb, a professor from Harvard University, believes the radio waves may be evidence of alien technology. They may be “leakage from a huge, light-powered ship deep in space,” Loeb told The Independent. And even some Chinese internet users joked we shouldn't respond to them. However, most researchers believe that FRBs are formed due to the death of a star or the merging (合并) of two black holes.
“Science isn't a matter of belief, it's a matter of evidence,” claimed Loeb. So only more advanced technology and more collected data will reveal the truth about FRBs. Time will be the judge.
1.What can we learn about the 13 FRBs from the text?
A.They release less energy than the sun does.
B.They are from somewhere in the Milky Way.
C.They cover l.5 billion light-years in a second.
D.The 400MHz FRBs may help man know more.
2.What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.The year of 2012. B.The same location.
C.The radio telescope. D.The repeating signal.
3.Which statement might Loeb agree with?
A.More is needed to explore FRBs.
B.We shouldn’t respond to the FRBS.
C.FRBs are from sun-powered ships in space.
D.FRBs are formed due to the death of a star.
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A.What Causes FRBs? B.Where Are FRBs From?
C.Are Aliens Signaling to Us? D.Is Science a Matter of Belief?
The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, a treasure house of art of China, has been spanning over 1,000 years. The art inside here covers more than ten major genres, such as architecture, stucco sculpture, wall paintings, silk paintings, calligraphy woodblock printing, embroidery, literature, music and dance, and popular entertainment. But all these only existed because of one man’s vision.
In 366 A.D., a monk named Le Zun looked across the river at dawn and saw a thousand Buddhas appear on the golden cliff face of Mingsha mountain along the old Silk Road. The caves were then built by monks and mostly sponsored by people such as wealthy merchants, foreign dignitaries, as well as Chinese emperors.
But when trade in the Silk Road stopped, Dunhuang was soon forgotten and eventually, the Mogao caves were abandoned. The site however was still used as a place of worship by the local people of the 20th century when there was renewed awareness in its presence once more.
Most of the discoveries came from a Chinese Taoist monk named Wang Yuanlu who appointed himself as the guardian. The caves at that time were badly ignored, but Monk Wang recognized their value and instituted a program of restoration, funded by whatever donations he could gather.
He then made one of the great discoveries in Chinese archaeology: an amazing cache, of over 50,000 documents and paintings, which had been hidden in Mogao Cave #17. The cave #17 came to be known as the Library Cave, which was walled up sometime early in the 11th century. A number of theories have been proposed as the reason for sealing the cave. One theory was that the cave had become a waste storeroom for precious, damaged and used documents and holy equipment and then sealed perhaps when the place came under threat. Another suggestion is that the cave was simply used as a book storehouse for documents which accumulated over a century and a half, then sealed up when it became full. Others suggested that the monks hurriedly hid the documents in advance of an attack by invaders.
1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.The legend of Mogao Caves. B.The end of the old Silk Road.
C.The discovery of Mogao Caves. D.The development of the Silk Road.
2.What did Wang Yuanlu do to restore the caves?
A.He evaluated their value. B.He raised donations in different ways.
C.He sent guards to protect them. D.He persuaded government to do repairs.
3.What does “walled up” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Sealed. B.Built.
C.Hidden. D.Discovered.
4.Why is Mogao Cave #17 considered a great discovery?
A.It used to be a library for monks. B.It stored valuable historical materials.
C.It had a history of over 1000 years. D.It was deserted for mysterious reasons.
