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My Favourite Books Jo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co-author of the This Book Will series(系列)of lifestyle books. Here she picks her top reads. Matilda Roald Dahl I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words. Matilda's battles with her cruel me parents and the bossy headmisres，Miss Trunchbull，are equally fumy and frightening，but they're also aspirational. After Dark Haruki Murakami It’s about two sisters-Eri，a model who either won’t or can’t stop sleeping，and Mari, a young student . In trying to connect to her sister. Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse ”night people” who are hiding secrets. Gone Girl Gillian Fynn There was a bit of me that didn't want to love this when everyone else on the planet did but the horror story is brilliant. There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust. It's a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what's going on is horribly enjoyable The Stand Stephen King This is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around. After a serious flu outbreak wipes out 99.4% of the world's population, a battle unfolds between good and evil among those let. Randall Flagg is one of the scariest characters ever. 【1】Who does "I" refer to in the text? A. Stephen King. B. Gillian Flynn. C. Jo Usmar. D. Roald Dahl 【2】Which of the following tells about Mari and Eri? A. Cosmopolitan. B. Matilda. C. After Dark. D. The Stand. 【3】What kind of book is Gone Girl?) A. A folk tale. B. A biography. C. A love story. D. A horror story. |
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If Albuquerque Police Officer Ryan Holets had his way, this story would never have got so much attention. CNN would not have learned that Holets, while on duty, had agreed to adopt a baby from a homeless drug addict. Holets values his privacy and didn’t do it for the attention. He did it just because he knew it was the right thing to do. On Sept. 23, Holets responded to a call about a possible theft from a convenience store in Albuquerque. By the time he arrived, the thief was no longer there, but Holets spotted a woman in a grassy area behind the store about to inject a needle into her companion’s arm. The woman, Crystal Champ, was eight months pregnant. After a short conversation, he learned Champ longed for her child to go to a good family. Holets offered to do just that. When Sergeant Jim Edison learned what Holets did, he was floored. In his 10 years as a police officer, he has seen many “heroic acts” but none like what Holets did, Edison said. Edison awarded Holets for his outstanding service for the city, but felt that wasn’t enough. It’s his job to reward his officers and encourage them to do the right thing, so Edison signed Holets up to do an interview for CNN’s “Beyond the Call of Duty”series without telling him. “Every day Edison calls me to ask for forgiveness.” Holets said laughing, “And I keep assuring him that we're fine. We didn’t quite realize it would get this response, and neither did he. But we all realize it’s a really good thing, and some really good things can come of it.” One of Holets’s conditions when he agreed to CNN’s interview was that his superiors would not set up a GoFundMe page for his family. “We don’t want anybody to say we've used this occasion to enrich ourselves,” Holets said. He instead urges those who want to offer support to donate to a local drug recovery center or adoption organization. 【1】What was Holets doing when he met Champ? A.He was on his way home. B.He was looking into a theft. C.He was making a telephone call. D.He was buying things in a store. 【2】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to? A.the encouragement B.the telephone C.the interview D.the forgiveness 【3】Why did Edison call Holets to ask for forgiveness? A.He did wrong to Holets. B.He didn’t keep his promise. C.Holets didn’t get promoted as expected. D.He made Holets become the focus of attention. 【4】What did Holets expect people to do? A.Raise money for families like his. B.Support the police’s routine work. C.Make donations to adoption organizations. D.Set up an organization to help the homeless. |
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The meaning of silence carries among culture groups. Silence may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, uneasiness, or, worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap(间隙) with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person’s needs. Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be implied(暗示) is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these cultures, silence is a call for reflection. Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority, persons in Asian culture may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority. Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patient’s silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing(治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures. 【1】What does the author say about silence in conversations? A. It implies anger. B. It promotes friendship. C. It is culture-specific D. It is content-based 【2】Which of the following people might consider silence as a call for careful thought? A. The Chinese. B. The French. C. The Mexicans. D. The Russians. 【3】What does the author advise nurses to do about silence? A. Let it continue as the patient pleases. B. Break it while treating patients. C. Evaluate its harm to patients. D. Make use of its healing effects. 【4】What may be the best title for the text? A. Sound and Silence B. What it means to be silent C. Silence to Native Americans D. Speech Is Silver; Silence Is Gold |
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As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the youngers. Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet. Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities. 【1】Many scholars are making efforts to ________. A. promote global languages B. rescue the disappearing languages C. search for language communities D. set up languages research organizations 【2】What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Having first records of the languages. B. Writing books on language searching. C. Telling stories about language users. D. Linking with the native speakers. 【3】What is Turin’s book based on? A. The cultural statics in India. B. The documents available at Yale. C. His language research in Britain. D. His personal experience in Nepal. 【4】Which of the following best describe Turin’s Work? A. Write sell and donate. B. Record, repeat and reward. C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report. |
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In this day and age, having solid English skills is a must. But if you’ve been learning for a while and don’t find yourself communicating with ease, how do you get around learning slump? Find native English speakers. In certain areas hardest thing to do, but it’s the best use of your time. Talking to actual native speakers is the most effective way to improve your English skills, speaking or otherwise. 【1】. Watch people.Watch how their mouths form the words. Watch how emotion is communicated. Watch where emphasis goes on certain sentences and how that provides context. 【2】, take notice of the humor and the feelings, and the formality they employ. Slow down.Above all, if you want to be understood, slow down. 【3】. It’s tempting to get nervous and want to speed up to get it all over with, but you can’t do that! Clarity is the key--for some native English speakers, too Speak English at home. Talk to yourself in English. Narrate your actions. While you’re washing dishes, say what you’re doing, thinking, or feeling. 【4】, but it keeps your brain thinking in English before your first language. Once you can do that, the rest is just keeping it up. Create opportunities. 【5】. That’s the lazy way of looking at it! English speakers are everywhere, and you have to come to them. Call an English hotline. Call up Nike and ask about their sneakers. Start a blog. There are always opportunities to be had. A.It sounds a little silly if you get caught B.Apart from just understanding their words C.In addition to imitating the gestures they use D.They will be patient with you―don’t worry E.Your progress will be faster this way than any other F.It’s easy to complain you’ll never be exposed to an authentic language environment G.The more clearly you speak, the better chance your listener has of understanding you. |
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A job vacancy (空缺) for a professor was advertised by University of Sanford. Hundreds of people applied for the position, but only fifteen applicants got the opportunity to be interviewed, of whom Sear was a lucky one. Located in a small town, the university had only one hotel around. When Sear arrived there, he found only a twin room was available. So he had to share it with a young man named Adam. The next day the president of the university and a group of experts gave an interview to all the fifteen _______. They couldn’t _______ whom to choose between Sear and Adam. So they required the two interviewees to make a speech the following day. Sear took it seriously and prepared for it _______ until late into the night. Adam, on the other hand, _______ himself in the night club. The next morning, after the president _______ that the speech would be made in the alphabetical order of _______ names, Adam walked to the front _______ and began his speech fluently. To Sear’s _______, Adam was _______ exactly the same speech draft that he had carefully prepared. He didn’t find his draft was ________ by Adam until then. Next, it was Sear’s turn to give a speech. He was so nervous that the speech paused occasionally and was in ________ English. After what seemed like a century, the president and experts came back from their discussion. The president said, “We have decided to ________ Sear.” Everyone was surprised. The president continued, “Adam did give a wonderful ________, but don’t forget that he was just reading his speech. Sear, ________, could repeat Adam’s every single word from ________. What we need is just such a talent!” 【1】A.applicants B.teachers C.professors D.students 【2】A.desire B.determine C.consider D.declare 【3】A.awfully B.sharply C.carefully D.financially 【4】A.abandoned B.relaxed C.wounded D.urged 【5】A.predicted B.yelled C.reflected D.announced 【6】A.your B.their C.our D.his 【7】A.confidently B.proudly C.vividly D.successfully 【8】A.sorrow B.astonishment C.excitement D.anger 【9】A.reciting B.repeating C.reading D.writing 【10】A.seized B.burnt C.distributed D.stolen 【11】A.broken B.pure C.standard D.fluent 【12】A.employ B.criticize C.praise D.fire 【13】A.talent B.signal C.affection D.speech 【14】A.thus B.meanwhile C.however D.additionally 【15】A.awareness B.memory C.recognition D.imagination |
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假定你是李华，你打算国庆节期间去武汉旅游．请你给来自新西兰的交换生Terry发邮件邀请他与你同游，内容包括： 1. 邀请Terry与你同游； 2. 你的旅游计划； 3. 邀请理由； 注意：1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯． Dear Terry, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。 It was a moral lesson on Tuesday afternoon. Jodie hadn't really heard anything, maybe a whisper (低语), but when she turned around, the girls in the back row of the class were looking at her, trying to hide smiles. Mr Smith was talking about people's jobs. He also wanted to find out what his students wanted to do when they grew up. He called on Billy Mitzer first. 'My daddy works in a bank,' Billy Mitzer said. 'I want to work in a bank too. There's lots of money in the bank.' 'My parents have a grocery store,' Emmy Disalvo said. 'But I want to be an airline pilot.' Jodie liked it when Mr. Smith asked them questions like this. Mr. Smith was about to call on Jodie when the girls in the back row started laughing. Shirley Danes shouted, 'Jodie's daddy is a garbage man!' Everybody in the class laughed out loud except Jodie. She felt embarrassed and her face turned bright red. She looked around the whole classroom. Everyone was laughing. Some kids were even holding their noses. Mr Smith was angry. He seldom raised his voice, but at that time he did. 'Silence! I want everybody to be quiet,' he shouted. The laughter stopped immediately. The sound of cars and people going by on the street came through the windows. 'You should feel sorry for yourselves,' Mr Smith said. 'Being a garbage man is a difficult and greatly useful job. We should be grateful to Jodie's father. Where would we be without him?' A few kids started laughing again. 'It's not funny,' Mr Smith went on. 'Garbage is a serious matter. I think you all should say sorry to Jodie. And after that, you're all going to write Jodie's father a nice letter to tell him how much you appreciate what he does for all of us—in other words, keeping our city clean.' Paragraph 1: Everyone did as Mr Smith asked them to. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Jodie started crying out. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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