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Epic Fails: The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12. The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued: the quests to fly. Authors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes, such as when the Wright brothers crashed their glider over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina; it took them two more years to get it right. |
Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12 Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He made it look easy, but America’s journey to the moon was anything but simple. Our first attempt was a failure. Still, we didn’t give up. We tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better. |
Fantastic Failures: True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First By Luke Reynolds. Ages 6 to 12. Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick, impossibly perfect version of one person’s life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goals. In this book, Reynolds writes about various common men, women and children. |
Cyrus Field’s Big dream：The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable By Mary Morton Cowan. Ages 6 to 12. In 1853，it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic Ocean. Cyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission（传送）time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cable. In this book，Cowan describes many failures Field suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough. |
1.Who are the four books intended for?
A.Children. B.Teenagers. C.Adults. D.Old people.
2.What do we know about Fantastic Failures?
A.It was written by a famous actor. B.It tells stories of ordinary people.
C.It is about science fiction stories. D.It is a picture book by a teacher.
3.What lesson can we learn from the four books?
A.All roads lead to Rome. B.Failure is the mother of success.
C.An early bird catches worms D.Actions speak louder than words.
假定你是李明，你们班正在为即将举行的英语戏剧节 (English Drama Festival) 排练节目The Million Pound Bank Note，请你给外教Mr. Green写一封电子邮件寻求他的指导和帮助，要点如下：
1. 排练时间、地点；
2. 请他指导台词；
3. 表示感谢。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：排练 rehearsal [n.]；台词 line [n.]
Dear Mr. Green,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Ming
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。
Great changes have been taken place in my village. Ten years ago, the small and low houses of my village lie on the north of a lake. The villagers produced much waste. As result, the lake was serious polluted. To the west of the village was a sandy field, where was the source of much dust.
Now the poor house have been replaced by green trees. Beside, the sandy field that the villagers used to plough has been covered of fruit trees. On the lake, now clean and clear, the villagers often spend their spare time fish.
In a word, their village has become a green one.
根据首字母及汉语提示拼写单词或在空白处填入一个合适的词。
1.Many of the rebels were captured and t____________ (折磨) by secret police.
2.I’ve got a r____________ (大致的) idea of where I want to go.
3.There is convincing e____________ (证据) of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
4.He smiled i____________ (讥讽地) .
5.We searched until we knew it would be p____________ (没有意义) to continue.
6.He’s getting a phone i____________ (安装) tomorrow.
7.A plastic bag was f____________ (漂浮) in the water.
8.Habits and skills in our past experiences are the b____________ (基础) for the decisions we make.
9.The house had many drawbacks, most n____________ (尤其) its price.
10.Special m____________ (措施) are being taken to protect the local water supplies.
11.Only the timely __________ (arrive) of the police prevented the situation from becoming worse.
12.His ideas were clear and ___________ (logical) presented.
13.The manager suggested that this work ____________ (finish) tomorrow.
14.John wants to be famous—he is tired ____________ being nobody.
15.Are you familiar __________ this type of machine?
Painting
The art of creating pictures using colors, shapes and lines is called painting. Museums and galleries show the paintings of professional (专业的) artists. But painting is also a popular form of entertainment and creative expression.
1.. Experienced painters usually use a brush to apply oil paints to a canvas cloth surface. Young painters usually use watercolors on pieces of paper. Very young children may use finger paints to create paintings.
Painters can use their art to express devotion to a religion, to tell a story, to express feelings and ideas, or simply to present a pleasing picture. Religious paintings often show a god or a scene from a sacred text (圣典). Other common subjects have been famous legends and events in history, as well as scenes from daily life. Artists also paint portraits (画像), or pictures of people.2.. All of these types of paintings show the human figure in some way.
Some kinds of paintings do not focus on people. In landscape (风景) painting the focus is on scenes from nature. Artists also paint still objects such as fruits and vegetables.3.. Some artists communicate their ideas through pictures that do not represent any object.
4.. Paintings dating back 15,000 years have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain.
5. Samples of painted pottery (陶器) from at least 5,000 years ago have been found in China and Iran. The ancient Egyptians decorated their temples with beautiful paintings. People in ancient Greece painted decorative objects such as vases in addition to the walls of temples.
A.These works are called still-life paintings.
B.These works can communicate a special feeling.
C.Humans have been making paintings for thousands of years.
D.People of all ages create pictures using a variety of materials.
E.Cave paintings generally show animals that early humans hunted.
F.The design of a painting is the plan of its lines, shapes and colors.
G.Sometimes artists make portraits of themselves, which are called self-portraits.
Have you ever felt so tired after staying up for a night that even coffee doesn't give you the energy that you need? You may have an energy drink, but the benefits of drinking one arc heavily outweighed by the risks.
In the past years, more and more studies have found the deadly effects of energy drinks on our bodies. The sugar, caffeine and energy supplements (补充)in energy drinks make up a deadly mixture of ingredients that can affect your heart function and send you to the hospital!
A study by the University of Bonn, Germany found that frequent consumption of energy drinks can greatly change the way our heart functions. The study went on to say that consuming energy drinks often causes significantly increased heart contractions in adults, which has the potential of putting you at risk for irregular heartbeats.
It is possible that many people are unconscious of the alarming side effects of energy drinks because of the way they are labelled. Most energy drinks contain between 80 milligrams to over 350 milligrams of caffeine, sugar and energy supplements. When an energy drink is marketed as a diet supplement, it may be distributed without a "nutrition facts" label, which would show the harmful supplements that are in the drink. However, even if energy drinks are Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, they don’t have to show the number of supplements.
Energy drinks may be widely available but they aren't the healthiest or safest choice for your body. To stay naturally energized, get organized and stay on top of your work so that you aren't having to stay up all night to complete assigned tasks. If you'd like a natural energy boost, you could make time for a short workout, which will give you all of the energy you need!
1.Which of the following is the side effect of the energy drinks?
A.Making people thinner.
B.Making people's heart bigger.
C.Making people run a risk of falling ill.
D.Making people suffer from heart attack.
2.Why are many people unaware of the harmful effects of energy drinks?
A.Because they don't read the label carefully.
B.Because FDA thinks they are healthy drinks.
C.Because the harmful materials are not labelled.
D.Because factories of energy drinks lie to drinkers.
3.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A.The benefits of doing exercise.
B.The better choice of right drinks.
C.The way to have enough energy.
D.The effects of energy drinks.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Don't Drink Energy Drinks
B.Many People Enjoy Energy Drinks
C.The Materials Energy Drinks Contain
D.Energy Drinks Could Send You to Hospital
