We all like fantasy stories, and grow up reading and listening to fantasies. These tales fuel our imaginations, and satisfy our longings for adventures. The most interesting thing about fantasies is that their plots involve magical beasts and heroes，animal creatures talking like humans，and other things we can’t see in real life. Also, fantasies have a distinguished writing style, with freedom of expression.
Toy Fantasy
In toy fantasy stories, narrators(叙述者)bring their beloved toys to life that can live, talk, think，breathe and behave like human beings. You would see modern toy fantasies in a picture book format. Representative works are A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh and Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio.
Animal Fantasy
The animal fantasy tells tales about animals behaving like human beings, experiencing emotions, and having the ability to talk. However, animals in fantasies hold their various animal characteristics, too. Examples include The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter which influences children around the world.
Magical Fantasy
In a magical fantasy, you see a character having magical powers, or a strange magical object becomes the subject of the story. Stories of this type began widely spreading long ago, including Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and William Steig’s Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Modern Folktales
Modern folktales are types of fantasy that narrators tell in a traditional tale accompanying some typical parts, such as strong conflict, little description of characters, and sometimes magical elements. These tales come before all others and are popular, as authors throughout history, have written them. Hans Christian Andersen has written several tales of this category including The Nightingale, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Thumbelina.
1.What is the common feature of the fantasies?
A.Their characters are highly popular.
B.Their events occur in the unreal world.
C.Their writing styles show desires for freedom.
D.Their plots encourage people to have adventures.
2.Who made a great contribution to the animal fantasy?
A.Carlo Collodi. B.Beatrix Potter.
C.William Steig. D.Hans Christian Andersen.
3.Which type of fantasy has the longest history?
A.The toy fantasy. B.The animal fantasy.
C.The magical fantasy. D.The modern folktales.
假定你是李华，是你校学生会主席，暑假将带队去英国友好学校交流。请你给对方负责人Mr. Smith写信洽谈相关事项。内容包括：
1.访问的具体时间；
2.希望参加的活动（参观历史博物馆、会议交流、游览著名景点）。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply!
Yours,
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。
As it is known to all, the Great Wall is the most famous places of interest in China. Everybody wants to go there, but I am no exception. Then, this summer vacation, the day I have been looking forward to coming at last. I got up very early that day and set off with my brother Tim followed behind. After two hours’ bus ride, we arrived at what looked like the large market, which there were millions of people talking, pushing and photographing. At that, my enthusiasm immediate disappeared. Indeed, the Great Wall is really something must be experienced with a little ease and privacy.
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。
Zhao Zong, a 26-year-old man from Central China’s Henan province, recently became 1. hit on the internet for pushing his 97-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair around during a tour of Xian, Shanxi province. The behavior was pretty 2. (admire) and received numerous thumbs ups (点赞) on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
3. (depart) for the destination on Sept 1, Zhao spent nearly a week taking his grandmother to the popular sites, like the Terracotta Warrior. He didn’t want his grandmother to be tired 4. the trip, so two weeks before the journey he bought a foldable wheelchair for her.
Zhao 5. (raise) in his grandparents’ home. When he was 3, his parents couldn’t take care of him for a 6. (vary) of reasons, and from then on, he lived with his grandmother. “That’s 7. I have deep feelings for her.” Zhao explained. “It 8. (be) my dream to take my grandmother on a trip since I was in college. Now I feel so excited that my dream 9. (eventual) came true.”
As long as conditions allow, Zhao next arranges 10. (tour) Qingdao with his grandmother to see the sea, and hopefully more places in China.
There is an old suitcase in my house which represents the dreams and hopes of my family.
I’m always taking photos of the little _________ I find in the world around me. A few weeks ago, I visited my parents. My father was an _________ when he was young. I took a photo of something that I would _________ as a pretty big wonder. At first _________ it might not look like much. It was just a _________ brown suitcase with two silver locks up on the top. But to me, it’s _________ what a miracle (不可思议的东西) looks like.
That suitcase is the very one my dad brought with him when he _________ to the U. S. from Turkey in 1965. He was just a 19-year-old boy at the time who didn’t know a _________ of English. He _________ all his fiends and family, __________ that he would become an excellent engineer one day. That suitcase carried my dad’s most valuable __________ — many black-and-white photos from home and his science and math textbooks, etc.
As a kid, I was __________ aware of the suitcase. It lived on the top of my bookcase. I never __________ to it, though. It wasn’t until I got __________ that I actually asked my dad about it. Looking inside, I found tons of photos and the __________ my parents wrote to each other, back and forth between the U. S. and Turkey.
That’s when I __________ how beautiful that dirty old suitcase actually was. It’s a __________ of not only the hardships my parents __________, but also all the wonderful things they __________, how they found love, how their dreams __________ and how they got through them all.
1.A.secrets B.numbers C.wonders D.treasures
2.A.artist B.architect C.author D.engineer
3.A.see B.act C.use D.work
4.A.thought B.time C.light D.sight
5.A.lovely B.common C.special D.strange
6.A.possibly B.exactly C.normally D.quickly
7.A.turned B.wrote C.moved D.returned
8.A.word B.name C.card D.sign
9.A.left B.missed C.refused D.called
10.A.fearful B.hopeful C.proud D.grateful
11.A.achievements B.prizes C.things D.lessons
12.A.unsuitably B.undoubtedly C.uncomfortably D.uncleanly
13.A.paid much attention B.paid a visit C.belonged D.talked
14.A.stronger B.thinner C.older D.braver
15.A.books B.letters C.papers D.reports
16.A.showed B.praised C.admitted D.realized
17.A.reminder B.source C.result D.cause
18.A.got B.suffered C.won D.deserved
19.A.wanted B.found C.expressed D.experienced
20.A.disappeared B.ended C.came true D.woke up
The "Greener Grass" Syndrome
Have you ever met the situation where you kept thinking that there are better opportunities out there compared to your current one you are having? This is the syndrome when one is always looking at the other side of the fence and thinks that the grass is greener there.1.
Why are you like this? Uncertainty and curiosity play a big part in creating the "greener grass" syndrome.It is because we arc uncertciin of whether what we arc holding onto now is the best for us and whether there are any better choices out there.
2. In fact, it sometimes does us more harm than good because often looking out for the "greener grass" will exhaust our energy and attention and finally we can grow even angrier, or at least more dissatisfied.3. We mostly prefer new over old because new things arc fascinating and our curiosity keeps reminding us to explore the other side of the grass.These are the two factors that cause us to feel dissatisfied with what we have and always thinking of finding the greener grass at the opposite side.
If you have this syndrome, chances are you are missing out lots of things you currently have now. So what can you do to cure the greener grass" syndrome? The first thing is to recognize that your current job is your best choice right now..4.
Secondly, always apply your best efforts to your current job. Otherwise, what can you make out of your job when you hardly devote any effort? Last but not least, always keep this truth in mind.The grass is always greener on the other side, and the other side is always greener no matter which side you arc at.5.
A.Try to focus on "what is" instead of "what if".
B.Such uncertainty causes us to keep looking into alternatives.
C.Humans are also curious by nature and we love new things.
D.Focus on "what if” and seek for the best choice.
E.Choose a side, stick to it and make the best out of it.
F.This is what I call the "greener grass" syndrome.
G.It has its own origin, primarily rooted in fantasy and fear.
