A Korean wave is sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshiping South Korean actors Kin Soo hyun and Lee Min ho as demigods(偶像)．Chinese netizens(网民) always have different opinions．Over South Korean TV dramas, but there is no doubt that programs from the neighboring country are now enjoying a new round of popularity in China, And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came From The Star, the South Korean TV series which is on the air now．
You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs (继承者们) have been subjects of hot online discussions throughout Asia．Besides, the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, read by the hero You Who Came From The Star was a hard to get item on Amazon for a while．
The two TV programs have several common elements (因素)：a tall, handsome, and rich hero who loves the heroine blindly and always protects her, and an equally handsome man madly in love with the same woman．Both programs describe the purity of love, which is expressed through a kiss or a warm hug．Perhaps that’s the secret of their success; perhaps people still like Cinderella type stories．
The widening wealth gap is a matter of social concern both in South Korea and China, and the challenges that young people face in their hope for a better life might have caused many ordinary girls to dream of marrying rich, caring men．This is precisely what the popular South Korean TV drams describe．In fact, South Korean TV dramas are tailored to meet the market’s demands．
Many netizens even said at an earlier time that South Korean TV dramas had become popular because of their stereotyped (模式化的) themes: traffic accidents, cancer and other incurable diseases．But all that has changed with the success of You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs, which Chinese directors can use as examples, as well as inspiration, to improve their productions．
1. What is the main reason for a new round of popularity in China?
A．The dramas are from the neighboring country North Korea．
B．Most of the Chinese netizens have voted for them．
C．The actors in the dramas are all gods．
D．It is because of You Who Came From The Star．
2.Which is NOT included in the elements for the success of South Korean dramas?
A．Charming pure love stories．
B．A tender kiss and a warm hug．
C．Handsome and rich heroes．
D．The heroine’s blind love with the rich．
3.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that they are designed to _______．
A．develop in a large scale
B．be measured to a certain size
C．meet popular taste purposely
D．be shown in a big market
4. The main purpose of stereotyped themes in South Korean dramas is to________．
A．present an idea B．attract TV viewers
C．make them colorful D．arouse some challenges
Erica McElrath calls herself “ The Happy Lady”. And by now, you may have caught her singing and dancing with her mp3 player on any of several city street corners. “ I don’t want money,” said McElrah, 40, of St. Louis. “ I come out here to make people smile.”
McElrah lost her full-time job in January. Since then, she has spent her days doing what she loves-dancing in the street. Her message to people in hard times: do something that you enjoy, no matter what your circumstances. “ Life isn’t that bad,” she said. “ If you’re working 40 hours a week, you shouldn’t be complaining.”
McElrah graduated from parkway Central High School and has spent the past 21 years working as a nursing assistant, She began singing and dancing publicly on her days off a few years ago to help her through the pain of her second divorce.
Her favorite spot is the northwest corner of Chouteau Avenue and South Grand Boulevard near St. Louis University. McElrah’s mp3 player is loaded with hundreds of classic rock hits and 80’s pop songs, including those by Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond and Toto. But her favorite artist, by far, is Stevie Nicks.Videos of McElrah have appeared on YouTube, a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. “People think I’m crazy, but I don’t care,” She said. “ I can dance a little. I just go with the music.” Even a rude gesture from a passing motorist doesn’t bother her either. “ I just smile and wave,” she said.
McElrah’s show of bravery recently earned her a job opportunity with Liberty Tax Service, which temporarily offered her a job as a dancer Statute of Liberty to promote a new place near Grand Center starting in January.
“ Just be happy and do what you love,” she said. “The money will come.”
1. At first McElrah began singing and dancing in public in order to _____.
A．make a living B．entertain the public
C．rise to fame D．encourage herself
2.Erica McElrah was offered a job because of _____.
A．her beautiful voice B．her positive behavior
C．her lively dancing D．her competitive spirit
3.Which of the following about Erica McElrah is TRUE？
A．She doesn’t care others’ comments on her.
B．Her favorite artist is Joe Cocker.
C．She once worked as a doctor.
D．She has been divorced once.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Ways To Be Happy
B．Learn To Do What You Love
C．Happy Lady’s Singing and Dancing Life
D．What Made The Happy Lady Famous?
In April 2014，the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101 years lost in the ocean！The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.
A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel，Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside.
The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps，dated May 17，1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible（字迹模糊的），the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage.
From the address，researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard Platz，who was 20 years old when he wrote the message. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group，he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researchers began a search for any living relatives of his. Sure enough，they were able to find his 62-year-old granddaughter，Angela Erdmann，who still lives in Berlin.
“It was almost unbelievable，”Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message.“That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face."
Erdmann never knew her grandfather，who died in 1946，but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him.
The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg until May 1．After that，the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message.
Previously，the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was discovered in April 2012，according to Guinness World Records.
1.When Konrad Fischer picked up the bottle from the sea， ．
A.he thought it would bring him good luck
B.he noticed the postcard inside immediately
C.he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle
D.he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first
2.Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea?
A．He expected his granddaughter could find the postcard.
B．He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.
C．He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.
D．He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.
3. What can be the best title for this passage？
A．The finding of a floating bottle at the sea
B．A one-century-old letter to a granddaughter
C．The world's oldest message in a floating bottle
D．The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle
假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speech contest)，希望附近某 大学的外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。
英语演讲比赛
主题：人与自然
时间：6月15日下午2:00-5:00
地点：501教室
参赛选手：10名学生
联系人： 李华（电话：44876655）
短文改错
Nowadays there is a widespread concern over developing tourism. In the fact, tourism can benefit us a lot. It will help the city’s economy and people’s life improve great. We will have nice parks, the first class roads and grand building. We will get lots of chances communicate with tourists from all over the world.
But every coin have two sides. Without proper planning, tourism can be a problem. If tourism grew too quickly, people will move from their early jokes in those concerning tourism. Local industry will suffer. Too many tourists can crowd public places or cause some pollution.
I think that necessary to help tourism, but first of all we should have a proper plan so that it can developed steadily and efficiently.
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William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine_1._ their work against parasitic diseases (寄生虫病). 85-year-old Tu was awarded this prize for her contribution to_2._ (reduce) the death rate of malaria (疟疾), minimizing patients’ suffering and promoting mankind’s health. This is _3._ science is all about.
As a matter of fact, Tu has won some attention when she 4._(get) in 2011. But there is no way to compare her popularity back to the attention she is receiving today. As the first Chinese mainland Nobel Prize Winner of natural science award, Tu’s winning _5._(complete) surprised Chinese people, 6._have long been wondering when the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in natural science would appear.
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize for work _7._ (carry) out within China. She has spent 40 years’ time on scientific research. Although the Nobel Prize did not come to her until four decades later, it is definitely one of _8._most privilege rewards that recognizes Tu’s devotion and perseverance in discovering artemisinin (青蒿素). Her record-breaking winning _9._ (be) a reminder that science is never about instant success. There is no way to measure how much you spend on scientific research and compare _10._with how much reward you get.
