When Dominick Cabalo noticed four years ago that his son Nicholas, then in Grade 4, was struggling to make new friends at school, he came up with a creative way to help him “break the ice”. The graphic artist from Glendale, Calif, started creating amazing drawings on his sons brown paper lunch bags.
From Captain America to Darth Vader to Kobe Bryant, Cabalo has drawn about 400 pictures of animals, superheroes, movie characters and pop culture icons (偶像）on his son’s lunch bags. The Grade 8 student told CTV News Channel on Wednesday that he had noticed the influence his father's artwork had on social life at school.
“It would encourage a conversation. If it was a movie, then we would talk about what happened or our favorite scenes,” Nicholas said. “People I don’t talk to would start talking to me about what my father has drawn on bags.”
Although Cabalo said he couldn’t see his son’s schoolmates’ reactions to his drawings first-hand, Nicholas would often let him know which ones were hits at school. “If I do something funny or draw something quite humorous, Nicholas will report back to me and say, ‘Oh yeah, they really liked this one,’”Cabalo said.
Cabalo said his son’s favorite drawings are the ones about superheroes. He explained that, every time a new superhero movie is released (上映）,he will make sure to include that character on a lunch bag. With so many lunch bags and superhero movie series, Cabalo admits there have been a few repeated characters over the years.
1.Why did Dominick Cabalo decide to create drawings on his son’s lunch bags?
A.To become famous. B.To show his talent.
C.To sell them and earn money. D.To help his son make friends.
2.The underlined word “hits” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to drawings that__________.
A.are popular with Nicholas's classmates
B.are about the latest superhero movies
C.express deep thoughts and feelings
D.influence Nicholas's classmates greatly
3.What kind of drawings did Nicholas like most?
A.Animals. B.Superheroes.
C.Movie characters. D.Pop culture icons.
4.What would be the best title of the text?
A.A Son Learns to Make Friends B.A Son Is Influenced by His Dad
C.A Dad Creates Drawings on Lunch Bags D.A Dad's Artwork on Lunch Bags Helps His Son
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Transcription(文字记录）
This is basically the conversion of a video or an audio to text. However, transcription takes different formats that you need to learn and master to deliver your work in time. Becoming a transcriber requires nothing other than fluency of the language you are working in and a good typing speed. On average, transcribers make an average of $22 per hour of audio. Medical and legal transcriptions pay much higher than most conversations.
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Online Tutor
Many students from various parts of the world need people to help them better understand the courses they are studying. Others too need people to coach them on some extra-curricular activities. You can make a good income if you are available to offer the services. The average wage of a tutor is $25/hr.
Writers
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1.What does a transcriber require most?
A.A strong sense of duty. B.A good writing speed.
C.Fluency of the target language. D.A deep knowledge of the tourism industry.
2.What is likely to increase the demand for online writers?
A.Popularity of audios. B.Difficult school courses.
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3.Where can you probably find the passage?
A.In a journal. B.In a newspaper.
C.In a travel magazine. D.In a science fiction.
假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Mary听说了在中国抗击新冠肺炎的奋战过程中，中国的传统医学（Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM）起了很重要的作用，所以对它非常感兴趣，请给她写一封信，内容包括:
1.简单介绍一位中国古代有名的中医，
2.鼓励他学习TCM，并提出合理建议。
注意：1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Mary,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
Nowadays many young parents are addicted in their electric devices like smartphones or computers, pay less or no attention to their kids.
Then what does it come about? Admittedly, the smartphone indeed dramatically changes our life. With it, people can do nearly everything we want, such as surfing the Internet for information, watching films or video, doing some online shopping and playing games as well as. Thus, a smartphone serves as a platform for them to get fun in a comfortable and convenience way. As a result more and more young parents are being attracted.
However, nothing can replace face-to-face communication between parents and kids, what requires parents to think about the real meaning of life, spends more time with their children and have fun together. Only in this way a better parent-child relationship be developed.
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。
2019 is another milestone for China’s film industry as eight of the year’s top 10 1.(high) grossing films in the Chinese mainland’s box office charts 2.(be) Chinese films. The Chinese mainland’s box office hit an all-time high with a total of 63.7 billion yuan (around 9.1 billion U.S. dollars). It remains a difficult task，3., for Chinese films to appeal to North American moviegoers and achieve similar success 4. national borders. Chinese films have long faced 5. uphill, cross cultural challenge to break the code regarding what attracts international interest. Frequent 6.(complain) about Chinese film range from “too different to identify with,” or “too long and confusing,” or simply “too Chinese.” The difference in stories and storytelling styles is significant, because Chinese stories unique to China are 7.(familiar) in the West. Hollywood producer Jeff Most told Xinhua, “These are rich cultural traditions China wants to share but they need 8.(introduce)to Western audiences in a way 9. highlights the universal aspects of the story that everyone can all relate to, rather than the different cultural references that are 10.(confuse) to the westerners.”
Nowadays, many of us track our steps with smart watches, pedometers (计步器) or phone apps and are of course thrilled when we reach that all-important daily goal of 10,000 steps. You might_______that this number has appeared after years of research.
The_______number ''10,000'' dates back to a marketing campaign_______shortly before the start of the1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. A company began_______a pedometer called the Manpo-kei: ''man'' meaning 10,000, ''po'' meaning_______and ''kei'' meaning meter. It was hugely _______and the number seems to have stuck. Many buyers are appealed by the new device.
Since then, studies have_______the health benefits of 5,000 with 10,000 steps and, not _______，the higher number is better. But until recently, all the_______between hadn’t been studied. I-Min Lee, a professor of________at Harvard Medical School, and her team________a group of more than 16,000 women in their seventies. Each woman spent a week________a device to measure movement during________hours. When they________the women up an average of four years and three months later, 504 died. How many steps do you think the people alive had been doing? In fact, the average number for________was only 5,500 but not 10,000. Women who took more than 4,000 steps a________were significantly more likely to still be alive than those who did only 2,700 steps. It's surprising that such a small________could have consequences for longevity (寿命).
However, physical conditions________from person to person, and we should do it wisely. So count if you find it ________ you, but remember there’s nothing special about 10,000 steps. Set the goal that is________for you.
1.A.assume B.admit C.acquire D.afford
2.A.delicate B.ordinary C.abstract D.magic
3.A.recommended B.launched C.stated D.commanded
4.A.marketing B.purchasing C.manufacturing D.donating
5.A.walkers B.runners C.steps D.numbers
6.A.thoughtful B.successful C.plentiful D.powerful
7.A.identified B.displayed C.compared D.compromised
8.A.excitingly B.disappointingly C.amusingly D.surprisingly
9.A.signs B.strengths C.symbols D.numbers
10.A.psychology B.mathematics C.medicine D.philosophy
11.A.focused on B.took part in C.got along with D.thought highly of
12.A.associating B.wearing C.undertaking D.claiming
13.A.walking B.sleeping C.running D.shaking
14.A.remarked B.distinguished C.acquainted D.tracked
15.A.women B.deaths C.survivors D.people
16.A.day B.hour C.month D.week
17.A.distance B.growth C.decrease D.difference
18.A.separate B.reflect C.vary D.recover
19.A.distracts B.motivates C.indicates D.accumulates
20.A.challenging B.appropriate C.beneficial D.creative
