--- Our new house was completely in_______ mess after the party was over.
--- Don’t worry. We can clean it by_______ means of our robot.
A. a; / B. the; the C. the; / D. a; the
高中生在成长的过程中会碰到一些烦恼。就这一话题你班正积极筹备召开一次主题班会。请你依据下表进行必要的思考，并用英语准备一篇发言稿。
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Pains |
solutions |
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相貌、体形不美 |
不必在意 |
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不被他人理解，朋友少 |
加强沟通 |
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学习滞后，压力大 |
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零花钱不多 |
？ |
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… |
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注意：1.词数：100左右；开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2．语言通顺，结构严谨。
Boys and girls，
We high school students do have some growing pains，but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely.________________________________________________________________________
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英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。共有10处错误，每句最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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仅限一词。
2 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。
3 必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。
I saw an accident happened on my way to home this afternoon. A girl was crossing the
street on a zebra crossing while a young man drove a motorbike towards her. The young
man saw the girl and tried to stop, and he drove too fast to stop. He hit the girl and fell
off her motorbike. The girl was badly hurt and couldn’t move. The young man didn’t
know how to do. I ran to a phone box nearby and dialed 110. Soon the police reached.
They sent her hospital at once. One of the policeman talked to the young man and wrote
something down while was talking. I think it is very dangerous to drive very fast.
1. Just accept them for who they are and give them e_________ to live as rich and full a life as you do.
2.Yao Ming is generally a________ as the best basketball player in the world.
3. At weekends she often a_________ her mother to the shops to do some shopping.
4. He has been working so hard, so he is b_________ to pass the test.
5. She was s________ to death when hearing the sound of explosion.
6. Most parents are not a__________ of the danger of their babies’ eating jelly（果冻）, which causes most unfortunate incidents to happen.
7. You’d better give me my book. O________ I’ll fail my test
8. Sometimes I wonder how r_________ chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8.
9. The teacher r____________ us to buy an English-Chinese dictionary, which would be a great help to us.
10. His v_______ description of his adventure in the forest made us want to have a try ourselves.
阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
_____ 1. Miss Wang is now working in a joint venture (合资企业) as a business woman. Her major work is to contact the foreign businessmen through emails, calls and letters. She has no trouble communicating with the English-speaking people face to face. However, when it comes to business writing, she is not sure about the grammar and the form.
_____ 2.Mr. Zhang taught himself English. Three months ago, when he was required to work as a sales representative in Britain, he had trouble in communicating with his English customers. The problem is with his pronunciation and intonation (语调). He wants to find some websites offering spoken English teaching with correct pronunciation and ideal sound effects.
____3.Ms. Wilson is now teaching English in China. She has found that the major problem with her students’ reading comprehension lies with their limited vocabulary. However, memorizing a list of 10-20 new words every day is a boring task for the students. She wants to find some games from the internet, so that her students may have interest in learning and using the words.
_____ 4. Li Yue is not interested in reciting English texts. He says it is boring. He is more interested in practicing his newly learned English expressions in classroom activities. But when he is at home on holiday, he has no one to talk to in English. His mother suggests him looking for interactive websites from the Internet.
_____ 5.Zhang Ming is going for his undergraduate study in America. His friend has rented a room for him from an old American couple. This is his first time to go abroad and stay with the natives. To get along well with them, Zhang Ming is eager to learn English idioms and everyday topics. So, he searches the Internet for some useful websites.
ELT Website Review
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☆http: // www. putclub.com
PUT stands for postgraduate plus undergraduate plus teachers. It provides various listening materials for students of English at different levels, including news and articles for academic purposes. It also has some instruction on how to improve listening skill. There is also a forum (论坛) for you to share your English learning experiences with other.
B
☆http: // www. oup. Com / elt / products / students/
This site offers interactive games and exercises to help learners practice English in an entertaining way. Resources are organized at various levels and cover all the four basic skills. The exercises include three levels: primary, secondary and adult. You can choose an exercise of your own level.
C
☆http: // www. focusenglish. com / dia / co. html
Do you sometimes get upset when you’re unable to express yourself clearly? This website focuses on idiomatic and everyday expressions that can help learners deal with daily conversational situations. Each dialogue is accompanied by carefully designed exercises so you can follow the steps and practice at your own pace. From this you will know how native express things.
D
☆http: // writing. englishclub. com / s-talk / htm
You can find tips on how to start writing memos (备忘录), to send emails or to write business reports for your company. There are exercises at different levels and in different forms. If you register (注册) as our member, send us your writings. Our language experts will emails you in reply and offer free instructions within seven working days.
E
☆http: // esl. About. com / cs / pronu / a / astress. htm
English is considered a stressed language. This means we stress certain words while other words are quickly spoken. When you speak English, the words you stress can change meaning in a sentence. This website provides examples and exercises to help you improve your pronunciation through correct word stress.
F
☆http: // www. vocabulary. Com
This vocabulary puzzle and activities site helps you learn vocabulary in an interesting and innovation (有创意的) way. The activities come at 3 levels of difficulty, with 20 thematic topics on various subjects such as Wizards, Elections, Holidays, Character Education, Science Shakespeare, and Fitness.
Any foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand. And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challenges.
Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese. Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience，researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the same parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch(音调)．
One of the study’s authors，Nina Kraus，said the findings suggested that studying music “actually tunes our sensory system”．This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs，Dr.Kraus said. She said music training might also help children with language problems.
Mandarin(普通话)speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding(编码) of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do. This is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages，pitch plays a central role. A singlesyllable word can have several meanings depending on how it is intoned.
For this study，the researchers looked at 20 nonChinese speaking volunteers，half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six years.
As they were shown a movie，the volunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word “mi” in three of its meanings：squint，bewilder and rice. The researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the sounds. Those with a music background showed much more brain activities in response to the Chinese sounds.
The lead author of the study，Patrick C．M.Wong，said it might work both ways. It appears that native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments.
1.When learning Chinese，a foreigner will find ________.
A．he has a difficult time learning music at the same time
B．he has an easier time learning music at the same time
C．it is hard to master the tones required to speak and understand
D．it is easy to use the brain to help him discover changes in pitch
2.Why does Chinese learning have something to do with music training?
A．Because there is the same difficulty in learning Chinese and music.
B．Because skills to learn the two make use of the same parts of the brain.
C．Because music training might help people with language study.
D．Because people who do well in Chinese study do well in music.
3.The underlined word “intoned” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by the word “____”．
A．created B．spelled
C．seemed D．pronounced
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Mandarin Speakers Are Smarter than English Speakers
B．Skilled Ear for Music May Help Language Study
C．Pitch Plays a Central Role in Chinese Learning
D．Schools Need to Develop Music Programs
