We often get in touch with others by phone calls,WeChat,messages or other ways nowadays.It means that we seldom write letters now.But a TV show,Letters Alive(《见字如面》),is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses,but there are no funny jokes or different competitions.Instead,it’s just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter.
The letters were written by people from different times in history.For example,in one episode(集),they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941.The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
“Every letter opens another world for us,” according to Guan Zhengwen,the director of the TV show.“It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.” Since its first episode on Dec 5,Letters Alive has been widely praised.Many audiences(观众) said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive,some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audience.They include Chinese Poetry Conference,a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers,a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.
1.Letters Alive,a TV show,invites famous people to .
A. tell audiences jokes
B. read and share letters
C. walk up to a microphone to sing
D. enter different competitions
2.According to the passage,which sentence is RIGHT?
A. We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers by reading letters.
B. Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hope for his future.
C. Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences.
D. Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles.
3.How many cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage?
A. One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
4.Chinese audiences these cultural TV shows.
A. like B. dislike
C. show no interest in D. doubt about
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Phones have taken the place of letters
B. Welcome to cultural TV shows
C. Letters encourage us to communicate
D. Letters become popular again
Everyone has dreams. Lily dreamed of being a dancer. She took _______ lessons and all her teachers thought she was an excellent student.
One day she saw a notice. It said that a famous dancing group would be performing in her town._______ thought, “I must show the leader my dancing skills.”She waited for the group leader in the dressing room. _______ the leader appeared, she came up and handed him the flowers she prepared. The thorns(刺) hurt her fingers and blood came out. But she was too _______ to care about he pain. She expressed her strong wish to be a dancer and begged(乞求) to show her dance.
“All right. You dance, ” the leader agreed. But half way through the dance, he stopped her, I’m sorry, in my mind you’re not good enough! ” On hearing this, Lily_______ out as fast as her legs could carry her. It was so hard for her to accept this. She lost heart and _______ her dream.
Several years later, the dancing group came to her town again. She decided to find out _______ the leader had told her she was not good enough.
This was his reply, “I tell this _______every student.”
“You’ve ruined(毁掉)my life!” she shouted angrily.
The leader went on, “I remember your present of _______ and how the thoms had hurt your fingers but you carried on bravely. It was a pity that you didn’t take dancing like that and stopped trying so ________. So you are still not good enough for dancing!”
1.A.singing B.reading C.dancing D.dressing
2.A.He B.She C.They D.We
3.A.When B.Since C.Before D.Unless
4.A.weak B.bored C.excited D.tired
5.A.worked B.ran C.found D.looked
6.A.got on B.went on C.picked up D.gave up
7.A.why B.how C.who D.what
8.A.on B.at C.in D.to
9.A.books B.dances C.flowers D.dresses
10.A.happily B.easily C.luckily D.safely
语法专练：句型转换
1.Light travels faster than sound.Almost all the people know.(改为含宾语从句的复合句)
Almost all the people know ________ ________ ________ faster than sound.
2.I believe there will be a bus.(变为否定句)
I ________ ________ there________ ________ a bus.
3.Robert asked his new classmate,“Do you come from Australia?”(改为含宾语从句的复合句)
Robert asked his new classmate________ ________ ________ ________ Australia.
4.He told me that__he__had__been__to__the__Singapore__twice.(对画线部分提问)
________ ________ he tell you?
5.Jodie often helps her classmates with their study.All of us know.(改为含宾语从句的复合句)
All of us know ________ Jodie often ________ her classmates with their study.
根据对话内容,从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
A: Hi,what's that in your bag?
B: A radio.
A: What?It's an old tool.1.
B: I know.But I need it to improve my English.
A: How do you use it?
B: 2.
A: Why don't you use a computer?
B: Because the radio is cheap and I can carry it easily.
A: You're right.3.
B: I want to be our school radio presenter.
A: Sounds great!4.
B: It doesn't matter.I believe that I can deal with(处理)my free time.
A: 5. Come on!
B: Thank you!
A.But it will take up too much time.
B.Few young people use it now.
C.Good luck to you!
D.What's your plan next term?
E.I use it to listen to English news and English songs.
根据汉语意思完成下列句子,每空一词
1.当你离开家的时候你有多大?
How old were you when you ________ ________?
2.商店通常在晚上10点关门。
Shops usually ________ ________ at 10 at night.
3.你想参加我们的英语晚会吗?
________ you ________ ________ take part in our English party?
4.你能同意来真是太好了。
It's really nice of you to________ ________ come.
Have you collected anything since you were young? These people have!
| Tony from Germany has collected more than 290,000 pens from 140 countries. He has collected pens for more than 10 years. The most expensive pen in his collection is made of gold! He also started a pen collecting club. |
| Angelika from the UK has collected Barbie dolls since she was a child. She has collected 1,125 dolls. She changes the dolls' clothes once a month and often brushes their hair! She also collects dolls of Barbie's boyfriend. |
| Ron from the US likes collecting key rings（钥匙扣）. He has collected twenty-four thousand key rings since he was young. His key rings are all different－that means no two key rings are the same! He has been a world record holder for 13 years. |
| Zhu Yue from China has collected erasers for 20 years. At the age of 11, she visited Shenzhen with her parents. For the first time Zhu Yue was fascinated（使着迷）by erasers after she saw them in a shop. Ever since then she has collected every new kind of erasers. Now she has collected 100,000 erasers. |
1.What does Tony collect?
A.Dolls. B.Key rings. C.Pens. D.Erasers.
2.Who collects Barbie dolls?
A.Tony. B.Angelika. C.Ron. D.Zhu Yue.
3.How many key rings has Ron collected?
A.290,000. B.100,000. C.24,000. D.1,125.
