You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind. First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.
Let’s start with the wind blowing from behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle (角度) the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.
If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45° angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn’t flap (摆动). It shouldn’t look like a flag on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.
Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can’t go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking. When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.
1.What should you consider first while sailing?
A.Wave levels. B.Size of sails.
C.Sailors’ strength. D.Wind directions.
2.What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.The boat. B.The wind.
C.The sail. D.The angle.
3.What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?
A.Tack the boat. B.Lower the sail.
C.Move in a straight line. D.Allow the sail to flap.
4.Where can you probably find the text?
A.In a physics textbook. B.In a tourist guidebook.
C.In a popular magazine. D.In an official report.
假如你叫李华,是中牟三高一年级的学生。请你给你校的外教 Ms Tyler 写一 封信，就英语学习方面向她请教。
1.词汇；
2.语法。
注意：1.字数在 90 词左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Ms Tyler，
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Sincerely 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：在错的词下面画一横线，并在改词下面写出修正后的词。
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 11 处起）不计分。
I was leaving the book store this afternoon when I saw a poor family— a mother and her four kid sitting in the cold, that brought back memories to my childhood. The little girl, who was about 13, told me he liked my sweater. I said “Thank you” her. When I was walking to my car, I was started to feel sad. After I put the books in my car, I sudden thought the little girl might need a sweater at the school. So I went back to find the little girl, take my sweater off but gave it to her. I knew she would get much use out of it than me.
Reading didn't really change my life until I saw it change a child‘s Marcus was a quiet boy who lived with his mother in a _________ for the poor. Because he was the _________ reader in his class, he became one of my Reading Help students. When I _________to his mother that I was going to work with him one-on-one every day, tears filled her eyes. She _________my arm firmly, softly _________, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Marcus knew letters but _________ not read at all. However, as we worked together, he caught on _________and grew in ability. I gave him some books to take home every night _________ he could read them with his mother.
One day, Marcus didn't bring his books back. He looked so _________that he was about to cry. When asked why, he said that he had put the books __________his bed for safekeeping, but someone had taken his book bag during the night. I put my arm around his shoulder and __________ that I would give him more __________to take home. "Maybe the person who took your books," I said, "will become a good reader just like you."
A few weeks later, I learned Marcus and his mother were being moved to a different shelter across town for safety. I began to __________ what his future would be if he couldn't finish the program. Marcus' mother was worried too; so worried that she put him on public transportation every day and sent him all the way across town, so he could continue to __________ with me.
Marcus finally graduated from the __________as a strong reader. We had a small celebration and I gave him a book to keep. I'll never __________his ear-to-ear smile. That was the last time I saw Marcus. Although I may never see him again, I'm certain that learning to read __________his life forever. The experience certainly changed mine. Since then, I've taught many struggling readers, from ages 5 to 75. Each student has increased my __________ for teaching reading. Each one reminds me what a/an __________it is to be a teacher working with struggling readers, and what a __________ it is to see lives changed forever by the simple joy of reading.
1.A.hall B.house C.shelter D.apartment
2.A.weakest B.shortest C.happiest D.youngest
3.A.apologized B.explained C.admitted D.reported
4.A.held B.raised C.removed D.settled
5.A.crying B.weeping C.shouting D.repeating
6.A.must B.need C.could D.should
7.A.quickly B.certainly C.carefully D.seriously
8.A.since B.when C.though D.unless
9.A.energetic B.reliable C.angry D.sorry
10.A.over B.above C.under D.below
11.A.warned B.allowed C.reminded D.promised
12.A.books B.beds C.bags D.persons
13.A.know B.think C.worry D.wonder
14.A.live B.meet C.play D.share
15.A.village B.school C.town D.program
16.A.mind B.notice C.forget D.mention
17.A.saved B.changed C.damaged D.destroyed
18.A.love B.choice C.courage D.power
19.A.pity B.honor C.doubt D.action
20.A.trick B.wonder C.benefit D.pleasure
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time.1.
He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the languages he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people‘s.
2.They learn to do without being taught--to walk, run, climb, whistle, and even ride a bicycle. They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes and correct them for himself.3. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants, what this word says, what answer is to that problem, and whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book.4.
Why should we teachers waste time on such daily work？ 5. Let the children learn what all educated people must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
A.We do it all for him.
B.Point out his mistakes.
C.Let him correct his own papers.
D.If corrected too much, he will stop talking.
E.We allow him to learn from other children.
F.Children learn to do all the other things in the same way.
G.We can only help the child when he has no way to solve a problem.
Daban town is famous for girls and windmills, while Loulan is a mystery in the desert. Two thousand years ago, beside the beautiful Luobu Lake, there lay Loulan ancient city of the Silk Road. Businessmen from every country gathered there with lots of dancing parties. Everything shows that people in Loulan lived a rich life at that moment.
However, two thousand years later, this rich land suddenly disappeared from the map of China. It became an area covered with sand and dead tree trunks (树干).
Loulan was first “discovered” by a Swedish man named Sven Hedin in 1900, and people from America, Britain, Japan and Sweden all set foot here. Then in the 1930s, a Chinese named Huang Wenbi came to Loulan for the first time. He visited and studied this area and found many relics that were beautifully and carefully made.
It is recorded that the ancient city of Loulan was the capital of the Loulan Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties, and covered an area of some 10, 000 square kilometres. Inside the city, there are the ruins of government offices, temples and other old buildings. Outside the city there are some dried-up rivers and much farmland. In the past century many things have been dug up there including Han Dynasty coins, mirrors and many others of Greek and Roman times. All these things show that a lot of business between the East and the West once took place there.
Lying on the northwest of the Lop Nur area, the Loulan Kingdom is now a lifeless area with endless “forests” of mounds which aren‘t easily seen in other parts of the world. Its mystery has been attracting many people from many countries all over the world.
1.Who was the first person to set foot in Loulan in the 20th century?
A.A European. B.An American.
C.A Chinese. D.A Japanese.
2.While Loulan still sat there, _____________.
A.there was no government or officials living in that area
B.people from America, Japan and even Oceania had been there
C.many businessmen from the East and the West went through there
D.a lifeless area with sand and dead tree trunks could be easily seen there
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A.Loulan was destroyed by the terrible weather there.
B.Wars between the countries made Loulan disappear.
C.Too many people gathered in Loulan and destroyed it.
D.How Loulan ancient city disappeared is still unknown to us.
