— This is _______ India film I’ve introduced to you several times.
— It’s so great. I’ve never watched ________ more attractive one.
A.an; a B.the; a C.an; the D.the; the
我市正在积极开展“创建文明城市”的活动，你们班准备出一期以“To make our city more beautiful”为题的英文小报，你打算积极投稿。请根据以下思维导图的信息提示用英语写一篇短文，和同学们谈谈你对此项活动的想法。
To make our city more beautiful
the importance of the activity ●improve living standard(水平) ●make the city more beautiful
the problems we ●not obey traffic rules ●throw rubbish everywhere ● ......（至少一点）
the action we should take ●......●......（至少两点）
要求：
1.短文必须包含图表所提供的主要信息，可以适当发挥；
2.词数：80词左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数；
3.文中不得提及具体人名、校名及地名。
To make our city more beautiful
Our city is actively developing the activity of “building a civilized city”. I’m glad to write something about it. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In a word, if everyone pays more attention to our city, we’ll have a better life. Everybody, let’s take part in this activity actively to make our city more beautiful.
根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的句子补全对话。
A: Linda, what’s your favorite color?
B: 1.
A: Why do you like it so much?
B: 2. It can always make me feel relaxed.
A: I hear you also like red. 3.
B: Yes. Red is a strong color. Wearing red makes it easier for me to take action. It helps a lot when I have difficulty making a decision.4.
A: I like warm colors like orange and yellow.
B: In what ways do they help you?
A:5.When I’m sad, I usually wear orange, because orange clothes can cheer me up. When I take an exam, wearing yellow helps me feel confident.
A. Is that true?
B. Warm colors make me feel warm and comfortable.
C. I think I like blue best.
D. By the way, what colors do you like?
E. Because it brings peace to my mind and body.
Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us make regular contact(联系) with others. 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 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 Zhangwen, 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 December 5, “Letters Alive” has been widely praised. Many audiences 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(诗词大会), 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 feeling are becoming our interest.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
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.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.“Letters Alive” is not popular enough to attract audiences.
B.Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hope for his future.
C.We can experience the real lives and feeling of the writers by reading letters.
D.Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles.
3.How many cultural TV shows are mentioned in 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.A popular director
D.Letters become popular again
Joe moved to Canada with his family at the age of 41. There were many stressful days for them in the beginning. Since Joe had no job, the savings(存款) they brought with them were diminishing rapidly.
One day, Joe went out to look for a job. As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people threw away. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why would people throw away such things?” he asked himself. Joe saw a “new” television and decided to take it home to see what the problem was.
Since he was 12 years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics(电子产品). As a teenage boy, he began to repair radios, TVs and so on.
Joe brought the television home and turned it on. There were pictures on the screen, but there was no sound. He opened the back cover. Before long, Joe found the problem. The loudspeaker(扬声器) was broken. He went out again. Among the garbage on the street, he found a toy piano. He carried the piano home. Luckily its loudspeaker worked. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both pictures and sound.
Joe began to question people about why they were throwing away electronics. The answer was the same from everyone: getting them repaired was too expensive. People would rather(宁愿) buy new products.
Joe decided to open an electronics repair shop that would offer fair prices.
Today, Joe has been very successful in his new country. Instead of losing hope, he chose to make the best out of a difficult situation.
1.The underlined word “diminishing” means “ _______” in Chinese.
A.增加 B.减少 C.节省 D.饱和
2.How did Joe feel when he saw the things thrown away by people?
A.Surprised. B.Angry. C.Upset D.Excited.
3.What was Joe mainly interested in when he was a teenage boy?
A.Watching TV. B.Playing the piano.
C.Listening to the radio. D.Repairing electronics.
4.Why did Joe bring the toy piano home?
A.To play it for fun. B.To put it in his shop.
C.To repair the television. D.To sell it for money later.
5.When something was wrong with electronics, people would rather buy new products than get them repaired because _______.
A.the people there were really wealthy
B.they wanted to offer Joe some help
C.the government asked them to do so
D.the cost of getting them repaired was too high
London Transport Museum was set up in 1980. It brings to life the history of London’s public transport network(公共交通网络)－its buses, trains, undergrounds and taxis, from the 19th century to today.
The museum has two sites(地点) in London. The main site in Covent Garden is open to the public every day. It reopened in 2007 after a two-year repair(修理). The other site, in Acton, is known as the London Transport Museum Depot and is open on visitor days all the year round.
Opening times (the main site)
●Museum galleries(展览馆)
Open daily 10:00－18:00 (Last entry 17:15)
●Museum shop
Sunday－Tuesday 10:00－18:30
Wednesday－Saturday 10:00－19:00
Museum tickets (the main site)
●Adult(成年人): ₤17.5
●Children and young people aged 18 and under: free
Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied(陪同) by an adult.
You can save by booking your ticket online at ₤16.
For more information, visit https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk.
根据材料内容，选择最佳选项。
1.London Transport Museum has a history of _______.
A.12 years B.39 years C.about 80 years D.over 100 years
2.What can we know about the main site of London Transport Museum?
A.It’s in Acton.
B.It’s closed on Mondays.
C.A two-year repair will be done there.
D.Visitors can’t enter its galleries at 17:20.
3.How long is the museum shop open on Saturday?
A.7 hours. B.8 hours. C.8.5 hours. D.9 hours.
4.Who can enter the museum alone and without paying?
A.8-year-old Tom B.12-year-old Andy
C.18-year-old Peter D.20-year-old John
5.If you buy three tickets online, you can save _______.
A.₤ 1.5 B.₤ 4.5 C.₤ 16 D.₤ 17.5
