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Have you ever had one of those days when all you wanted to do was read an emotionally powerful story that would cause you to tears? Most of us tend to be attracted by stories that reach us on multiple levels, including sadness. There are plenty of books that make you cry (and sometimes laugh) and that you can really sink your teeth into. Here are four of them. The Kite Runner This realistic and moving description of life in Afghanistan accounts for the people who were badly affected by the Taliban. You’ll cry as you get to know the familial relationships and cruelty involved, but you’ll also get a sense of hope as you quickly read through this appealing novel. The Book Thief Let’s put it this way: Death itself is the narrator. The story is about a young girl named Liesel who has to live with foster parents during World War II. On the way to her new home, her brother dies, setting the gloomy tone for the story. There is hope, however, when Liesel discovers her love for reading and makes a relationship with a young Jewish man she helps hide from the Nazis. The Fault in Our Stars This is probably the most likely book on the list to make you cry, as it records the experiences of teens who are dying from cancer and living their last days in love. Their lifestyle is tragic and disturbing at the same time, as we watch their health worsen. The real tragedy is the love story between the main characters, who know that their romance is fruitless. A Child Called “It” Easily one of the saddest stories of abuse in recent decades, A Child Called It is based on the true story of Dave Pelzer, a boy from California who suffered at the hands of his cruel family. The tears will come from both sadness and the inspiration tied to Dave’s fight for survival in an environment where he is believed worthless. 【1】What do the four books have in common? A. They are all about cruel wars. B. They are all about suffering children. C. They all probably make you cry. D. They are all adapted from true stories. 【2】Which book is about a young victim whose family treated him cruelly ? A. The Kite Runner. B. The Book Thief. C. The Fault in Our Stars. D. A Child Called “It”. 【3】The passage is intended to __________. A. inspire us to read more B. introduce some moving books C. explain why we love reading D. advise us to buy some books |
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For a scholar focusing on Australia's public diplomacy (外交活动), working as a recreational manager in China may never be part of his career path. But Bradley does have lots to say now about his special experience at a resort in the picturesque tropical coastal city of Sanya in South China's Hainan province. The 33-year-old Australian is actually a student in international relations completing his PhD through Griffith University. He came to Beijing for a cooperative research at Peking University less than two years ago. Such an academic life was just added color with a chance offered by the cultural exchanges project, "I'm in China". "What I liked most about the experience was it was something completely different that you would never be able to do as a regular tourist," Bradley said in an interview. Bradley was chosen to work as a recreational manager for a Chinese wedding. The film crew took them to many "amazing sites" and the staff at the resort taught them a lot about how to "incorporate modern Chinese features while still keeping traditional customs", Bradley said. "I would have to say two things stick out as the most memorable: the helicopter ride and talking with the staff at the hotel about how they organize weddings here in China," he said. That was Bradley's first time to be in a helicopter, and he was too absorbed in the "stunning" view of the beautiful coastline. "I think it is so important to show other Australians the different landscapes China has to offer. I think so many Australians, when they think about China, imagine the historical sites of Beijing and the exciting things to see in Shanghai but have no idea about other beautiful places, like Sanya or many other places people have been taken to in this TV series," Bradley said. "I'm in China" is a project sponsored by China Intercontinental Communication Centre and other institutions under the guidance of China's State Council Information Office. It invites foreign natives worldwide to experience unique jobs and participate in activities that one can find nowhere else except in China. More than 10,000 photos and articles were submitted from around the globe by over 6,00 applicants. 【1】Bradley actually is ________. A. an Australian PhD student B. a regular Australian tourist C. a recreational manager D. an Australian diplomat 【2】What does the underlined word "incarporate" in paragraph 4 mean? A. get rid of B. take advantage of C. take in D. keep off 【3】What impressed Bradley most? A. The beautiful scenery of Sanya and special activities. B. Flying in a helicopter and organizing Chinese wedding. C. Chinese traditional customs and many amazing sites. D. The historical sites of Beijing and the exciting things in Shanghai. 【4】From the last paragraph, we can infer that the project "I'm in China" is ________. A. funded by some international institutions B. special but helpless to know about China C. uninteresting and rejected by foreigners D. unique and popular with foreigners |
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A study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important . These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion(万亿)connections in the brain of a three-year-old child. Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern"A-B-B". Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the" A-B-B"pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order. Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. "Position is key to language," she says. "If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: 'John caught the bear.' is very different from 'The bear caught John.'” Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn’t appear to be enough for children’s brain development. They carried out a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group who’d watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies －regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audio－learned nothing. 【1】What makes connections in a baby’s brain? A. Having a higher IQ. B. Experiencing new information. C. The baby’s early age. D. The connection with other babies. 【2】What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment? A. Babies can identify different sound patterns. B. Word order is relevant to meaning. C. Babies can well understand different words. D. A certain brain region processes language. 【3】What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3? A. Words have different sounds. B. Different orders have different meanings. C. Different languages have different grammar. D. Grammar is important in learning languages. 【4】What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl? A. Babies shouldn’t watch a lot of television. B. Foreign languages help babies’ brain develop. C. Listening to different languages develops babies’ brain. D. Social communication improves babies’ brain development. |
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The idea of turning recycled plastic bottlesinto clothing is not new. During the last five years, a large number of clothing companies, businessesand environmental organizations have started turning plastics into fabric to deal with plastic pollution.But there’s a problem with thismethod. Research now shows that microfibers could be the biggest source of plastic in the sea. Dr. Mark Browne in Santa Barbara, California, has been studying plastic pollution andmicrofibers for 10 years now. He explains that every time synthetic clothes go into a washing machine, a large number of plastic fibersfall off. Most washing machines can’t collectthese microfibers. So every time the water getsout of a washing machine, microfibers are entering the sewers and finally end up in the sea. In 2011, Browne wrote a paper stating that asingle piece of synthetic(合成的) clothing can producemorethan 1, 900 fibers per wash. Browne collected samples from seawater and freshwater sites around the world, and used aspecial way toexamine each sample.Hediscovered that every single water samplecontained microfibers. This is bad news for a number of reasons. Plastic can cause harm to sea life when eaten. Studies have also shown that plastic can absorbother pollutants. Basedon this evidence, it may seemsurprising that companies and organizations havechosen to turn plastic waste into clothing as anenvironmental“solution.”Even though thescience has been around for a while, Browneexplains that he's had a difficult time gettingcompanies to listen. When he asked well-knownclothing companies to support Benign byDesign—his research project that seeks to getclothes that have a bad effect on humans and theenvironment out of the market, Browne didn’tget a satisfying answer. Only one women’sclothing company, Eileen Fisher, offered Brownefunding. 【1】What has happened during the past five years? A. Fabric has become much stronger. B. Plastic pollution has been less serious. C. Many plastic bottles have been reused. D. Microfibers have been greatly improved. 【2】What does Browne think of washing syntheticclothes? A. It is adding microfibers to the clothes. B. It is worsening environmental problems. C. It is making synthetic clothes last longer. D. It is doing great damage to washing machines. 【3】What can be inferred about Browne’s Benignby Design research project? A. It has achieved great success. B. It hasn’t got anything done. C. It is known to very few people. D. It is facing some difficulties. 【4】What’s the best title for the text? A. It’s important to learn to recycle B. It’s never easy to solve pollution problems C. Recycled plastic clothing: solution orpollution? D. Are human beings moving forward orbackward? |
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Stop the Negative Talk It's easy for people to engage in self-critical conversation, and once it starts, there's often pressure for you to join in. But why is it acceptable to talk about ourselves so negatively?【1】. But before you know it, those opinions are let out of your conversations and into your life, where they start eating away at your self-confidence. With a group of your friends, it feels normal to start a conversation by criticizing yourself. But when you start talking about yourself in a negative way, you are not only affecting your self-confidence, but your friends'. So the easiest way to stop negative talk? 【2】. But what if someone else start? For example, your friend feels insecure about how well he played in his soccer game, so he puts himself down: "I did bad at soccer!" He's hoping someone will make him feel better, and because you are a good friend, you try: "No, you don't. You did great today!" 【3】, because you both know the compliment (恭维) was just a reaction to his self-criticism. 【4】. Ask him, "Do you really think that? Why?" Whatever it is, talking through the real issue will help him more than a compliment or slipping into another session of negative talk. It's important to talk to your friends about your insecurities(不安全感), but make sure you are not talking about them just for the sake of putting yourselves down. Instead of just focusing on the negative, talk about what makes you and your friends beautiful and unique, including why you love your body and what you've accomplished.【5】, you set yourself as an example, and everyone benefits from your positivity. A．Don't start it B．But it doesn't really work C．When you show yourself love D．Maybe it's because it's encouraging E．Maybe it's because "just talking" feels harmless F．You should be self-confidence and respect yourself G．Instead, see if you can get to the root of the problem |
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Every act of kindness starts with something small, something we all can and should do every single day. I’m Will Ruhio, one of the _______ of BYUtv’s Random Acts show. We take hidden cameras to unexpected places to _______ random acts of kindness. We’ve filmed acts _________ from building disabled-friendly facilities(设施) for those who are badly _______ them but can’t afford them to returning a lost wallet. On Random Acts, it may be a neighbor or a colleague who recognizes a need and _______an incredible chain reaction of service._______ the story of Emmalene Meyers for example. Like many young girls, Emmalene was_______to be a ballet dancer, but her physical disability makes even everyday tasks a(n)_______. Instead of seeing a limitation, Emmalene’s friend Lily _______________ an opportunity. Lily imagined Emmalene’s dream being brought to life onstage and persuaded Random Acts to help make her plan __________. So, where can you start? The key is to be like Lily: look for an opportunity to make a__________ to those in need, and then take action to make it happen. Being __________ and involved in service is __________ like any other goal you want to achieve. You have to __________ it. After two seasons of hosting Random Acts, the joy of __________ burdens and brightening lives doesn’t fade. I sometimes __________Random Acts might lose its feature eventually, but that couldn’t be further from the __________. When I finally meet the people we’ve been working to __________ and see their genuine shock and appreciation, it __________ me in the feel every time. I cry more than anyone else on the show. Be that person doing acts of kindness out of the __________ of your heart—be the nice you want to see in the world! 【1】A. photographers B. actors C. viewers D. hosts 【2】A. expose B. conduct C. arrange D. advocate 【3】A. changing B. counting C. ranging D. transforming 【4】A. in search of B. in need of C. in defense of D. in favor of 【5】A. sets off B. sets aside C. keep off D. take off 【6】A. Retell B. Take C. Create D. Explain 【7】A. anxious B. proud C. afraid D. unwilling 【8】A. exception B. dilemma C. competition D. challenge 【9】A. provided B. seized C. spotted D. missed 【10】A. successful B. acceptable C. reasonable D. available 【11】A. choice B. difference C. promise D. decision 【12】A. generous B. caring C. ambitious D. sociable 【13】A. never B. even C. still D. just 【14】A. put up with B. make up for C. work at D. take in 【15】A. bearing B. carrying C. reducing D. overcoming 【16】A. admit B. realize C. remember D. assume 【17】A. truth B. deadline C. destination D. boundary 【18】A. entertain B. surprise C. locate D. please 【19】A. relieves B. discourages C. hits D. satisfies 【20】A. whisper B. curiosity C. faith D. goodness |
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 The falling stars challenge, which began in Russia, invites participants【1】(share) their best fake fall and recommend their friends to do the same, and people have been going to make their falls as dramatic as possible. At first, the falling stars challenge【2】(regard) as a way for the wealthy to show their【3】 (possession). People were photographing themselves falling from cars, boats and even their own private jets,【4】(lie) face-down with luxurious jewelry, expensive items from high-end brands surrounding them. However, as the challenge spread, it transformed from being a way of showing off to a creative way to show【5】people consider important in their lives. The social media craze soon made【6】(it) way to Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. A major difference with the Chinese version of the challenge【7】(be) that professionals from different industries participated to show their daily routine. These include a firefighter lying in front of a row of fire trucks and【8】officer at an emergency call center on the ground with documents thrown in all directions. While some pictures are intended【9】fun online, Chinese authorities are taking it【10】 (serious). Some people who have participated in the trend have received tickets for breaking traffic laws to get the perfect photo. |
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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限一词。 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Welcome to the Great Wall. Measured more than 6,000 kilometers in length, the Great Wall is known as the long wall in the world. It has a long history of more than 2,000 years. What is amazed about the Great Wall is that it is main made of stones and bricks, and all the construction was done by hand. Though it was used to protect the country from foreign invaders, every few hundred meters along with the Great Wall, there was a watchtower. Now, as symbol of China, the Great Wall had become one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. There is no wonder that the Great Wall attracts thousand of foreign tourists every year. |
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Cemail变为email 假设你叫李华，你的美国朋友Mike正在北京大学学习汉语，他对中国古诗词很感兴趣。中央电视台将举办《中国诗词大会》比赛，请cemail他告知此事，主要内容包括： 1、节目简介；2、建议并鼓励他参加；3、预祝他取得好成绩。 注意:1、词数100左右；2、可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 Dear Mike, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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