A Good Heart to Lean (倚靠) On
More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.
When I was young, I didn’t want to be seen with my father. He was short and crippled (瘸), and when we _________ together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would look at us. It was _________ to coordinate (协调) our steps, and we didn’t _________ much as we went along, just keeping silent _________ as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace (步伐). I will try to stay with you.”
In my memory, my father went to work every day, rain or shine. He almost never _________ a day, even if others could not. Meanwhile he had to _________ the unkind laughter from others. When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much _________ it must have taken him to make a living under such _________. Although disabled, my father still tried to take part in activities in his own way. When a baseball team didn’t have a manager，he kept it _________. He was a knowledgeable baseball fan and often took me to the __________. He also liked to go to parties, where he could have a good time __________ sitting and watching.
I now __________ that he took part in some things through me, his only son. He __________ me all the time. When I played ball, he “played” too. When I joined the Navy, he “joined” too. He was __________ to spend all his time staying with me.
He never talked about himself as an object of __________, nor did he show any envy (嫉妒) of the more fortunate. What he __________ in others was a “good heart’’, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper rule by which to __________ people, even though I still don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is. Sometimes I wonder if he __________ my unwillingness during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, and how I __________ it. At such times I would put my hand on his arm to get my __________, and say, “You set the pace. I will try to stay with you.”
1.A.called B.walked C.listened D.laughed
2.A.dangerous B.popular C.strange D.difficult
3.A.try B.mix C.say D.act
4.A.But B.Nor C.So D.Unless
5.A.covered B.shared C.enjoyed D.missed
6.A.lose B.bear C.send D.earn
7.A.talent B.luck C.courage D.duty
8.A.stress B.power C.loss D.fun
9.A.lasting B.going C.waiting D.pushing
10.A.projects B.offices C.matches D.stations
11.A.still B.even C.seldom D.just
12.A.understand B.compare C.promise D.declare
13.A.checked B.followed C.searched D.reasoned
14.A.crazy B.sorry C.eager D.nervous
15.A.love B.fear C.hope D.pity
16.A.looked for B.gave up C.heard of D.worried about
17.A.imagine B.judge C.control D.attract
18.A.mentioned B.treated C.sensed D.passed
19.A.doubted B.avoided C.confirmed D.regretted
20.A.balance B.challenge C.advantage D.position
近期，21世纪英文报开展了征集英文感谢信活动，以致敬奋战在抗击新型冠状病毒一线的医护人员。假定你是李华，来自于阳光中学，请你写一封感谢信参与投稿，内容包括：
1. 表达谢意；
2. 个人感受；
3. 表达信心。
注意：1. 词数100-120；
2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：传染病epidemic；新型冠状病毒novel coronavirus
Dear medical workers,
I am Li Hua from Sunshine School.
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Yours sincerely,
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。
Volunteering has a positive affect on our community. It benefited us in several ways. First of all, volunteering can help us learn much about society and gain value experience. Secondly, volunteering provides us a good opportunity to put what we have learned to a good use. I hope more and more students will join the voluntary club of your school. Let’s express our concern for the old and disable people around us but offer a helping hand. Let’s clean the parks near our home. Let’s go to nursing homes to bring love to those who is in need. Remember, we can make a difference to society if we are willing to lending a helping hand, so let’s act now.
In such a small town as Hampton there was never a single man of importance who would dare to have housekeepers younger than sixty, for fear that people might say he was a(n) _________. However, when I needed housekeeper I _________ a girl called Bella Casey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village up the coast. But I _________ my choice carefully. I drove out there one day when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a _________ with her mother and a cup of tea, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was _________. I knew if there was anything Bella did not do _________, her mother would not _________ long to correct her. After that there was only one _________ to raise.
“Have you a _________, Bella?” said I.
“No, doctor, I have not,” said she with a simple expression that did not __________ me a bit. As a doctor you soon get used to innocent __________.
“Well, you’d better __________ and get one.” Said I, “__________ I’m not going to take you.” __________ this she laughed. __________ what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at house. She proved to be very __________ and efficient. Of course she was so good-looking that people who came to my house used to pass __________ about us. But that didn’t matter. They did not dare to hire a pretty girl themselves for __________ of what people would say. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of __________ to look after she would give me no __________. And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.
1.A.inclusion B.conclusion C.exception D.intention
2.A.chose B.married C.fired D.met
3.A.made B.offered C.regretted D.settled
4.A.deal B.talk C.quarrel D.journey
5.A.pretty B.clever C.fit D.busy
6.A.quickly B.immediately C.secretly D.properly
7.A.expect B.pay C.cost D.take
8.A.report B.test C.question D.statement
9.A.girlfriend B.boyfriend C.wife D.husband
10.A.interest B.cheat C.encourage D.notice
11.A.feelings B.looks C.sounds D.voices
12.A.hurry up B.turn up C.take up D.come up
13.A.or B.but C.and D.so
14.A.At B.On C.To D.For
15.A.Until B.After C.While D.Since
16.A.young B.strong C.able D.gentle
17.A.letters B.notice C.information D.remarks
18.A.fear B.horror C.reason D.cause
19.A.herself B.her own C.himself D.his
20.A.service B.luck C.trouble D.notice
Brain fitness has basic principles: variety and curiosity. 1. If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain. Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help improve your mental fitness.
1. Learn a New Skill
2. Your memory comes into play, you learn new movements and you associate things differently. Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an airplane out of toothpicks all will challenge your brain and give you something to think about.
2. Tell Good Stories
Stories are a way that we strengthen memories, interpret events and share moments. 3. Some basic storytelling techniques will go a long way in keeping people’s interest both in you and in what you have to say.
3. 4.
Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats. Focus on fish oils from wild salmon, nuts such as walnuts, and seeds. Eat more of these foods and less saturated fats (饱和脂肪).
4. Read Something Different
Books are portable, free from libraries and filled with infinite interesting characters, information and facts. Branch out from familiar reading topics. If you usually read history books, try a contemporary novel. Read foreign authors, the classics and random books. 5.
A.Eat for Your Health
B.Eat for Your Brain
C.Not only will your brain get a workout by reading different time periods, cultures and peoples, you will also have interesting stories to tell about your reading.
D.Practice telling your stories, both new and old, so that they are interesting and fun.
E.When anything you do becomes your second nature, you need to make a change.
F.Learning a new skill works multiple areas of the brain.
G.There are formal courses, websites and books with programs on how to train your brain to work better and faster.
First and foremost, “The Great Salmon Run (鲑鱼洄游)” looks amazing. It is beautifully filmed, done in completely natural and sometimes friendly way and never looking still. The editing is always brief and smooth and the scenery is pure magic. A wide diversity of the different landscapes are included rather than just one habitat. The music fits very well, beautiful and appropriate.
Again, like so many Attenborough’s nature/wildlife documentaries, “The Great Salmon Run” fascinates, teaches, moves, entertains and attracts. In terms of the facts there is a very good mix of the known ones and the unknown. Some facts are familiar to us while some are going into details about the different animals, their challenges and some truly amazing wildlife events in their struggles for survival and interaction with other animals whether prey (猎物) or predator (捕食者).
Certainly the salmon are a thing of beauty but the brown bears similarly have impressive moments as well. It may not be novel territory for Attenborough, but animals are what one can’t get enough of. Besides, there is so much freshness to the material that it won’t make one feel going round in circles but absorbed.
Narration (解说) by Attenborough helps significantly. He clearly knows his stuff and knows what to say and how to say it. He delivers it with his usual richness, soft-spoken enthusiasm and sincerity, never talking down to the viewer and keeping them wanting to know more. Viewers care for what goes on in front of and behind the camera.
At no point does “The Great Salmon Run” ever feel like just a series of scenes. Instead, it feels like its own story and journey, with real, complex emotions and conflicts and animal characters, all of which are developed in a way a human character would in a film.
Overall, amazing.
1.The writer thinks in narration, Attenborough ________.
A.changes his usual style
B.keeps the viewers interested
C.ignores what the viewers want to know
D.thinks what to say is more important than how to say it
2.According to the passage, what do we know about The Great Salmon Run?
A.It not only entertains.
B.It is set in only one main habitat.
C.It is Attenborough’s finest work.
D.It focuses on the struggle between the salmon and man.
3.What is the writer’s attitude towards The Great Salmon Run?
A.He considers it average. B.He is negative about it.
C.He holds an objective view. D.He thinks highly of it.
4.The passage is probably a ________.
A.journal B.travel guide
C.film review D.science report
