文化意识——中外文学作品
It is believed that Huck Finn is based on a childhood friend of Mark Twain's. In fact, Twain was not alone in basing a fictional character on a reallife person.
Severus Snape/John Nettleship
Severus Snape is a skillful teacher teaching magic in Harry Potter. The writer, J．K. Rowling, once said that the character was based on a teacher of hers.
The teacher turned out to be John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry. At first, Nettleship felt surprised. “I know I am a strict teacher，” he said. “But I don't think I am as bad as Snape！” On second thoughts, however, he said that he was so illtempered that most of his students avoided making him mad. Also, he used to wear long hair and have an untidy lab. That sounds familiar to Harry Potter fans.
Alice/Alice Liddell
Famously, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is based on Alice Liddell.
Carroll was close to the Liddell family. One day, tenyearold Alice asked Carroll to tell her a new story. Carroll began to create his famous tale of Alice and what happened after she fell through the rabbit hole. The little girl liked the story so much that she asked him to write it down. And the rest is history.
Dill/Truman Capote
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee based Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote. Capote once said, “Lee was my best friend. Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? I'm a character in that story! The story takes place just in the town where we lived！”
1.Snape and Nettleship have something in common INCLUDING ________．
A.their subjects B.their looks C.their hobbies D.their experiences
2.What does the underlined word “illtempered ” mean in Chinese?
A.沉着冷静的 B.优柔寡断的 C.脾气暴躁的 D.幽默风趣的
3.What made Carroll decide to create Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A.Alice Liddell's requirement.
B.His great interest in rabbits.
C.His experience of travelling.
D.His teacher's encouragement.
4.Being a character of To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote felt ________．
A.proud B.unsatisfied C.surprised D.nervous
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.The purposes of writing fictional stories.
B.The introductions to famous writers' childhood friends.
C.The characters of fictional stories from reallife persons.
D.The introductions of some famous fictional stories' characters.
生活中有很多令人难以忘记的人或事。你有什么难忘的人或事呢？请以“My unforgettable ________”为题，写一篇英语短文，叙述你难忘的事。
要求：1. 请补充标题，如travel, festival或experience等；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 词数100左右。
My unforgettable________
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Last winter holiday, I visited a village with only 11 houses. Although the village 1. very small, I spent a whole day in it.
The village became popular because of Grandpa Huang's hard work. He bought a house there over 30 years ago, but in 2010 the village was to be pulled down. In order2. save the old village, Grandpa Huang painted on the walls of his own house and other houses. He painted things that he liked.3. most popular paintings for visitors were of famous people. One of them was a picture of Andy. I liked him so much that I asked a visitor to take a photo of that painting and me. On the ground of the village, Grandpa Huang 4. painted a lot of wellknown Chinese sayings.
I really had 5. good time in the village and wished to visit it again.
When I was 13 years old, my only dream was to become the star on our school football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best _____ at our school.
Football season always started _____ September, and so all summer long vacation I worked out. I carried my football everywhere I went for _____．
Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right_____. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very _____， but he didn't cry at all.
That season, I_____ all of Miller's records while he watched the games from the bench at home. We beat the other team 10－1 in the final _____ and I was named the most valuable player. _____ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's accident.
One afternoon, while I was crossing the field to go home, I saw Miller was stuck going over a fence—which wasn't _____ to climb if you had both arms. I was sure I was the ______ person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I ______ him move slowly over the fence. When we were ______ safe on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn't tell you this during the season, but you did fine. Thank you for filling in for ______．”
His words______ me from my terribly crazy dreams. I ______ to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. I was right to have admired him. From that day on, I became a little more real.
1.A.coach B.student C.teacher D.player
2.A.on B.in C.at D.from
3.A.practice B.show C.joy D.help
4.A.leg B.foot C.arm D.hand
5.A.pale B.calm C.relaxed D.ashamed
6.A.held B.broke C.set D.tried
7.A.test B.match C.trip D.task
8.A.And B.Then C.But D.So
9.A.easy B.hard C.fun D.fit
10.A.first B.second C.next D.last
11.A.let B.helped C.had D.noticed
12.A.finally B.normally C.slowly D.usually
13.A.us B.you C.me D.them
14.A.pushed B.freed C.carried D.finished
15.A.thought B.told C.decided D.asked
From a young age, I've had a really deep connection with being outside. I've been skiing since I was eight or nine years old. I've been on expeditions in many places like China, Pakistan and so on. 1.
It was April 1, 2011. I was skiing in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier. That day, I was the last person to ski. They were watching me from a safe area. Suddenly, I heard someone cry loudly. I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. 2. The kind of avalanche can destroy trees, cars, buses, even houses! Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow pushed me forward, hundreds of meters, and then covered me. 3. And then it pushed me forward again and up, out of the snowpack. I looked around and for a few seconds, I actually stopped being terrified. I had a moment to pause and to look at the power of the avalanche.
4. I could see trees that were 30m tall because I was so far away. They looked so small to me. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain another 450m. I thought the force of the snow would destroy me, because it was powerful. But in the end, I felt the avalanche slow down.
5. They couldn't believe it when they saw me. I was so lucky. Has the experience changed me? Do I think about life differently? I don't know, maybe. But I know that it's important to live your life with meaning. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.
A.It was a massive avalanche.
B.It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe.
C.I looked down into the bottom of the valley.
D.It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me.
E.But I came closest to death in my home country, the USA.
文化意识——中国传统文化
Cinyee Chiu, an artist from Taiwan, is always happy to try something new. Her amazing works won lots of prizes. Among them, “24 Solar Terms” is the most popular.
Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather. It's the 24 solar terms. But not everyone knows them well. Cinyee Chiu put the 24 solar terms in pictures to help people understand them better.
Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal. But these animals are not just animals. You can also find seasonal fruit, vegetables or beautiful flowers on them.
When spring comes, water gets warm and fish start to swim around. So Cinyee chose fish as a symbol of Start of Spring. Also, she drew spring vegetables, Chinese chives on the back of the fish.
White Dew falls on about Sept. 8. It shows the beginning of the cool autumn. There are colorful leaves and cooler nights at this time of year. As the temperature falls, white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night. For White Dew, Cinyee chose a raccoon—a small animal with thick hair. She drew white spots on the raccoon to show dew. And she used the dragon fruit to show the rich colors in autumn.
The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look.
Word Bank
Solar Terms 节气dew露珠 spot小圆点
1.A year is divided into 24 parts based on________.
A.the changes of the weather
B.seasonal fruits and vegetables
C.colourful leaves
D.different kinds of animals
2.How many examples are given to show Cinyee's “24 Solar Terms” in the text?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
3.From Paragraph 5, we know that ________.
A.a raccoon likes fish
B.Start of Spring falls on about Dec.8
C.White Dew shows the end of the autumn
D.Cinyee used white spots to show dew
4.According to the text, Picture ________ can't be from Cinyee's “24 Solar Terms”.
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Why Cinyee made herself known.
B.Who divided a year into 24 parts.
C.How Cinyee showed the 24 solar terms.
D.What Start of Spring and White Dew mean.
