Usually, when you listen to music you will expect it to be enjoyable. Music is everywhere these days. It can make an experience much more pleasurable, unless we are watching a horror movie. Then, we expect something different, or something that is also horrible!
Mark Korven writes music for movies and TV. He provided the music for a successful horror movie called The Witch .Its director, Robert Eggers, asked Mark not to use any electronic music for this movie. He wanted to create a more real sound. Following this experience, Mark began to think about how a more natural sound could be made for future horror movies. He got in touch with his good friend, Tony Duggan-Smith, a musician and maker of musical instruments. Tony camp up with something great.
Tony created a special instrument that he calls The Apprehension Engine. It looks a little like a mechanic or engineer's workshop table. The handmade instrument was inspired by something called the Soundtrack Box, invented by the Oslo-based new- music technologist Koka Nikoladze. Every section of the instrument is there to create a sound or noise that can scare you.
Mark has said that his purpose when writing music for the The Apprehension Engine is to help produce sounds that are disturbing. He showed his skills recently by giving a hugely successful performance one dark evening in Brooklyn, New York on Friday 13", of course! In the shadow of candles, members of people jumped out of their skin.(吓得魂不附体)
So, is The Apprehension Engine a musical instrument, a machine, or an engine? If you believe that the purpose of music is to excite the listener, you can probably call it a musical instrument-it’s just that the sounds the instrument makes do not necessarily make you feel happy or relaxed.
1.What did Robert Eggers require Mark Korven to do?
A.To invent a new instrument. B.To avoid using electronic music.
C.To work with others to make music. D.To make pleasant music for his movie.
2.What is unusual about The Apprehension Engine?
A.It is the idea of a director. B.It was first played in Brooklyn.
C.It looks more like a machine. D.It is made up of different instruments.
3.W hat does the underlined word “disturbing”in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Disappointing. B.Surprising.
C.Worrying. D.Relaxing.
4.What's the text mainly about?
A.The advantage of music. B.A special musical instrument.
C.How to mix different music. D.How to create music for horror movies.
At just 17, McGarry is a rising star of the food world and has been dubbed(……取别名) the “Justin Bieber” of American cooking.
Flynn McGarry's cooking career started when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. “My mom didn't really like cooking, and when she did cook, I didn't really like her food. I was watching something on the Food Network channel and I thought, ‘I could do this,’ so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.”
Within a year, he had produced most of its recipes(菜谱) and was ready for a bigger challenge. He said, “I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cook for more people than just my family too.” His parents allowed him to build a test kitchen in his bedroom. “At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked if I wanted to sleep next to a stove(火炉) and I said yes ! It started off as two tables with some gas burners, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking，so I gave up the desk and got a foldaway bed(折叠床).” Then Flynn'S older sister, whose bedroom had more space, went off to college. He moved down to her room and fitted it with a large stove, four work stations, and a long area for preparing the end results on plates.
Flynn and his mother set up Eureka, a supper club pop-up business that organizes monthly events inside his room. Flynn, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says he’s not doing it for the money, but because he loves cooking. “At the point in your life where you stop caring if you,re going to be famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my gift and people recognized it. I hope to keep getting better and better.
1.Why did Flynn begin to cook?
A.His mother never cooked at home. B.He thought he might have the ability.
C.His mother suggested it as a future career. D.He saw information about a cookbook on TV.
2.Flynn's parents asked him if he wanted to sleep next to a stove, because _________.
A.they had some doubts B.they strongly disagreed
C.they were unsure if it would work D.they were angry about it
3.What's the best title for the text?
A.Eureka, A Worldwide Supper Club B.A Famous Food Network Channel
C.Meet With Delicious American Food D.The Justin Bieber of Food--Flynn McGarry
Four interesting books about adventures for children
See You in the Cosmos
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng is about Alex and his crazy life. Alex goes to a rocket festival, finds out he has a stepsister, loses his dog, gets seriously injured, and travels around the country, while recording his adventures on his iPod to send to space. Maiah Weidemann, 11, said, “This is one of the best books I've ever read, and I seriously recommend（推荐）it.”
The Cricket in Times Square
The Cricket in Times Square is a 1960 children's book by George Selden and pictured by Garth Williams. It won the Newbery Honor in 1961. The story is about a cricket（蟋蟀）who got lost and ended up in Times Square, New York. He makes friends there that are kind and loving. The question is: Does he get back home?
A Year Without Autumn
A girl named Jenni and her family go on their yearly trip to Riverside Village. Jenni meets up with her best friend, Autumn, at Riverside Village. But when Jenni goes to visit Autumn's apartment and takes an unfamiliar lift, it transports Jenni one year into the future. She works to return to the present, Liz Kessler tells us a story about what true friendship is all about.
The Mysterious Benedict Society(series)
This exciting series by Trenton Lee Stewart is an adventurous story about a group of four kids who are on a mission（使命）to save the world. Each of them has been through lonely times, but they’re working together to save their lives. Nothing is safe, not even their homes. They have to leave their loved ones behind and go into dangerous places undercover. This is a time to remember, and it will change their lives forever.
1.Who is the main character in See You in the Cosmos?
A.Alex. B.Jack.
C.George. D.Maiah.
2.What is The Cricket in Times Square probably about?
A.War. B.Space.
C.Future. D.Friendship.
3.Which novel is set in dangerous environment?
A.The Mysterious Benedict Society. B.The Cricket in Times Square.
C.A Year Without Autumn. D.See You in the Cosmos.
假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Linda在北京某所中学做交换生。最近她因考试成绩不理想而情绪低落。请你用英语给她写封邮件表示安慰，要点如下：
1. 对她的情况表示理解；
2. 建议她找出原因并吸取教训；
3. 鼓励她树立信心。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
修正：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。
Last weekend I travelled by the air for the first time in my life. I usual travel by train or bus. In comparison, it’s all cheaper and safe. But to fly in the sky was something new to me. In the beginning I feel a little nervous. But very soon I became excited when I found myself high up in the sky among the clouds. I also found that mountain, fields, rivers and so on was interestingly small. I enjoyed the frightened but comfortable journey very much. So now, with my opinion, it is more interesting take a plane than to take a car.
Mike had many bookmarks (书签). He had _________ them over the years. He was _________ and weak and would celebrate his 80th birthday.
Trying to find out what to buy Mike was a(n) _________ task as he always asked for little. He love to _________, and had many books. But, to buy him a book seemed impossible _________ I did not know what books he had. So, when I found a special custom bookmark, I thought it was _________; it might be different from what he had collected.
The custom bookmark had the following _________ written on it: To live is to function (起作用). When Mike opened the _________, he smiled. Then he told me it was _________ by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It was just part of Mr. Holmes’ __________. He then went and got a newspaper clipping (剪报) that had Mr. Holmes’ words written in his nineties.
I felt __________. At 80, he immediately __________ the author of the saying on the bookmark. To my greater __________, he even had the newspaper clipping. Mike then told me he read these __________ words by Mr. Holmes every year on his birthday. He said, “The words __________ me that no matter how old you are, there is a reason why you are here. And, you need to have __________ no matter what your age.”
As I __________ Mike’s house, I thought how true those words are. I __________ some people who were much __________ than Mike but achieved so little. Mike was at 80, still setting his goals, still aiming to __________ himself and to help others! What a great man!
1.A.sold B.collected C.examined D.made
2.A.humorous B.successful C.busy D.old
3.A.difficult B.pleasant C.simple D.important
4.A.swim B.write C.read D.talk
5.A.though B.and C.but D.as
6.A.cheap B.perfect C.useful D.real
7.A.joke B.story C.saying D.note
8.A.present B.pocket C.door D.book
9.A.discovered B.passed C.appreciated D.written
10.A.life B.roles C.words D.advice
11.A.excited B.happy C.worried D.amazed
12.A.liked B.recognized C.guessed D.affected
13.A.surprise B.knowledge C.delight D.mind
14.A.soft B.great C.secret D.foreign
15.A.warm B.promise C.tell D.ask
16.A.goals B.friends C.ideas D.abilities
17.A.found B.entered C.left D.built
18.A.thought of B.depended on C.picked up D.played with
19.A.more active B.younger C.richer D.more outgoing
20.A.express B.help C.follow D.improve
