If you hear the word“Castle” or the word“palace”，you may picture the same kind of building for both：large，made of stones，probably with a tower. And，of course，you're not entirely wrong，as those are features of both palaces and castles.
So then hay bother to visit one royal building in the United Kingdom Buckingham Palace and another the same country Windsor Castle?It turns out there is a difference，and you
can find it pretty plainly in these two popular buildings.
The Case for Castles
Castles were residences for royalty.But they were also intend as defensive seats. Say you're a king who has taken a particular area over.Now you have to hold it. castle and staff it with soldiers to defend your conquered territory and ensure it remains part of your kingdom.
Castles were built throughout Europe and the Middle East primarily for protection of the king and his people.Some common features of castles include：
●thick walls and heavy gates to keep invaders out
●protective low walls for archers to shoot with cover
●high towers for keeping a lookout over the surrounding
●gate houses for admitting allies instead of allowing enemies into the castle
The Place for Palaces
Palaces， on the contrary， had no defensive purposes.They were first meant for showing off the great victory of the war.Palaces were where the spoils(战利品) of war might be displayed,along with grand architecture,massive banquet halls,golden table settings and maybe even hundreds of luxuriously decorated rooms.
While kings certainly took up residence in palaces as well as castles,nonmilitary royals might also have lived in (or still live in)palaces. Ministers could live in castles to show the power of their riches rather than their nonexistent military power. The term comes from Palatine Hill in Rome.
1.Which of the flowing is one feature of castles?
A.Low towers surrounding castles.
B.Defensive low walls for shooting.
C.Gatehouses allowing enemies into the castle.
D.Thick walls and heavy gates to lock invaders in.
2.Why were palaces first built?
A.To accommodate ordinary soldiers.
B.To defend the king's conquered territory.
C.To show off the art of royal painting,
D.To display huge success of the war.
3.What is the main purpose of the next?
A.To list the reasons for kings living in palaces.
B.To make a comparison between castles and palaces.
C.To talk about The value of castles in modern times.
D.To show palaces are more popular than castles.
假定你是李华，下月你所在的城市将举行旅游节（the Tourism Festival）,组委会想招聘一些英语 导游, 请你用英语写一封100字左右的应聘信,内容包括:
1. 写信目的. 2. 你的英语水平. 3. 你的特殊优势.
注意院开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数.
Dear Sir/Madam,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
LiHua
下面短文中有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:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),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.
On Friday, our teacher told us there will be an English corner in our campus. Hardly had I finished the last class than I set off there.
To my joyful, the English corner had just been on for a few minute. I joined them on their talk. At the first, I was afraid that my English was too poor to make myself understand. I was also afraid of laughed at. But a smiling face here or an encouraging nod there soon put me at ease. Though I spoke to them only in simply English that day, I believe I will make greater progress in the future.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词冤或括号内单词的正确形式)
Trash is a big problem. You do your part to reduce, reuse and recycle it. 1. is it enough?
I do my part to recycle things and bring my bags for purchases, but I am far 2. producing zero waste. Recently a family of four in California talked about their zero — waste lifestyle on a television show which 3. (great) inspired me to some extent. The family live in a wealthy country. While 4. (raise) two children, Bea Johnson, the hostess 5. (determine) to live a zero ---waste lifestyle since then.
Her children just pack their 6. (lunch) in bags which they can reuse the next day. They have simplified their lives so completely that they are able to pack up easily and spend 7.(extend) periods of time travelling and doing things they love. They are able to pay for the trips because they spend 40% 8. (little) on living expenses. They also rent their home while they are gone and give detailed instructions to the renters on 9. they can create a zero-waste lifestyle.
I'm happy about the achievement that they have gained; meanwhile I 10. (encourage) by their example to do more in the future.
Many of us have characteristics coming from our families. Maybe we have our father's eyes or grandmother's hair color. But there are still other elements of our personalities picked up by ___our parents, such as our mother's love of cleaning or our dad's __ of humor.
Researchers learn there are usually three kinds of people from their __.
The first kind of people are the job-oriented （以求职为目的的）who __ to regard a job as simply a way to make money. They __ to working day after day and don't think it interesting for them to do anything else. If you have a job-oriented father, you may __ work this way. However, you'll not __ hold the viewpoint if you grow up close to your job-oriented mother.
The second are the career-oriented who see their jobs as a place to gain ____ . They don't mind working overtime. In fact, some __ their jobs so much that they are feeling more
comfortable in the __ than at home. They are always __ of making progress in their work. Being close to a career-oriented father __ you'll carry on your father's. ___ enough, having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little __ .
The third are the calling-oriented who consider their jobs as a way to have a __ effect on the world. They are more __ improving the world around them than __ a large salary. These people usually come from homes __ both parents have abilities. This __ that adolescents need the support of both parents in order to have the confidence.
The good news is --- we still have our_______ to find a career that suits us.
1.A.inviting B.nursing C.protecting D.modeling
2.A.scene B.sense C.right D.gift
3.A.study B.university C.academy D.classroom
4.A.attempt B.manage C.tend D.offer
5.A.are supposed B.are opposed C.look forward D.are linked
6.A.view B.think C.believe D.imagine
7.A.frequently B.constantly C.probably D.potentially
8.A.explanations B.expressions C.directions D.achievements
9.A.addict B.value C.devote D.contribute
10.A.club B.office C.cinema D.pub
11.A.sad B.curious C.proud D.afraid
12.A.equals B.means C.demands D.shows
13.A.Worriedly B.Surely C.Carefully D.Strangely
14.A.influence B.evidence C.justice D.performance
15.A.negative B.side C.bad D.positive
16.A.disappointed at B.concerned about C.puzzled at D.confused at
17.A.paying B.raising C.earning D.making
18.A.where B.whose C.which D.that
19.A.suggests B.insists C.recommends D.convinces
20.A.advice B.difference C.change D.choice
Life Lessons Everyone Learns the Hard Way
No matter how much we try to be intellectual, life has its own ways of teaching us the valuable lessons. Though initially we are hurt and very shocked, we eventually learn from those experiences, and mature. 1. And we learn to be always optimistic and happy with the way it is.
Lying is harmful. Everyone at some point in life must have definitely realized that lying is a very dangerous thing for the mind, which ultimately affects health, too. Lying makes a man lose the trust of others. 2.
Sometimes moving on is the only option. Some things are very dear to us, and we can't imagine life without those activities or people. But sometimes, circumstances and situations arrange in such a way that it is better to leave something and move ahead. 3. At times, it is better to move on with the memories, rather than stay there and live in a blank space with no possible future.
4. In the race of being a perfectionist and an ideal grown-up, every mistake committed by us becomes a mistake in our minds and we become annoyed with ourselves. It is rightly said, "To err （(犯错) ）is human." We are all humans, so nobody knows everything, and it is fine to forgive ourselves for the things that went wrong. 5.
A.It is natural to make mistakes.
B.Happiness is the care of everything.
C.It is wrong if some things don't work out.
D.We understand that life is beautiful with its own flaws （瑕疵）.
E.And he would finally lose confidence and trust on his own self.
F.Everything has its tenure （保有期限）, and it is the beauty of it.
G.What we should do is try to avoid repeating them or doing any wrong intentionally.
