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Do you have a hobby? Something you look forward to spending your time with? Something you love to do? 1. Or making model airplanes. Or making useful things out of waste materials. It could be a musical instrument that you love playing. Or singing and dancing.
There are many things that a hobby can give you, apart from an enjoyable time. Sashay was a shy boy but through his interest in model airplanes he learned the value of sticking to a task until it was finished. 2. His model airplane club brought him to get into touch with similar persons.
Having a hobby helps you relax and get away from the routines of school. 3. It gives you focus, self-dependence, confidence and builds your personality and this is an opportunity to lose yourself in an enjoyable activity, away from the pressure of school, so at the end of it, you feel relaxed and yet, mentally charged.
Your hobby defines(确定; 解释) you. 4. And it also shows you what you are good at, and how far you can go, when you apply yourself.
So go ahead. 5. For a hobby is: Happiness: something which you look forward to doing. Opportunity: to develop your special and unique skills and celebrate them. Believe in yourself: makes you understand your strong advantages and improves your confidence. Best in you: brings out your best – for in each one of us there is a best that is only ours. YOU! gives you a unique character, and makes you YOU!
A. Develop a hobby.
B. It proves your ability.
C. It gives you a break.
D. It could be collecting something.
E. Hobbies show your character.
F. It shows your special skills.
G. He learned to make friends for the first time.
Oliver Radtke believes Chinglish mistranslations may be fun, but are not to be made fun of. “My message on Chinglish is: It should be conserved (保存). It shouldn’t be treated as a cheap joke for foreign tourists to laugh at but as a cultural treasure,” said the 32-year-old multimedia designer, who frequently visited China for almost a decade before moving to Beijing in 2007.
“I’m trying to challenge the idea that there is only one type of standard English — the English that’s spoken in America or in the British Isles — which is shortsighted, because Chinglish is already being used by millions of people to communicate with one another.”
So, since 2005, he has collected more than 5,000 examples of “the wonderful results of an English dictionary meeting Chinese grammar” on his website www.chinglish.de and has published two books on the subject.
“The two books are unique in that they talk about the academic value of Chinglish, the creative combination of English and Chinese, and why we should keep it,” Radtke said.
Patricia Schetelig, who works for the German Embassy in Beijing and regularly contributes to www.chinglish.de, said she appreciates Radtke’s approach to Chinglish.
“What’s important to me is that he’s not making fun of the way things are translated,” said she. “There are other websites doing similar things, but they’re making fun of Chinglish or saying it shouldn’t be done this way.”
Part of his mission, Radtke said, is to conserve rapidly disappearing Chinglish examples.
He was disappointed while watching the government replace Chinglish signs with standard English ones in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. “That was a sad day for me and a sad day for Chinglish,” Radtke said.
But American David Tool, who has been closely involved in cleaning up Chinglish in Beijing since 2001, disagreed.
“Chinglish takes away from the aesthetic (美学的), educational and cultural value we want these signs to provide,” said Tool, “We get distracted when we’re trying to explain something. It’s not dealing with the issues with respect.”
1.Which of the following statements does Radtke agree with?
A. Chinglish will gradually disappear as years go by.
B. Chinglish is invented to amuse foreign tourists.
C. Chinglish will be treated as a cultural treasure.
D. Chinglish is actually a variety of English.
2.The two books are unique because it involves the following EXCEPT ________.
A. the academic value of Chinglish
B. the creativity of the Chinese people
C. the meaning of keeping Chinglish
D. the creative combination of English and Chinese
3.It can be inferred that David Tool and Radtke ________.
A. disagree on Chinglish signs
B. have both lived in China for nine years
C. once argued face to face about Chinglish
D. both have much knowledge of Chinese culture
Camp memories last forever! We make sure they are unforgettable!
Shadow Ridge Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for campers to do. Unlike other camp programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge horses are the program! We are 100% horse from stable(马厩) management, nature walks, and track rides to bedroom furnishings.
Horses help us achieve many of our aims. Girls can learn to develop responsibility, self-confidence and personal connections in their lives while having fun. Using horses as a wonderful tool for education, our camps offer an interesting place for growth and learning.
Imagine each girl having her very own horse to spend time with and a best friend to love and take care of. Each camper is responsible for a horse for the week. Our riding program provides a lot of riding and lesson time. Campers will learn how to take care of the horse and the tack(马具), as well as how to ride. Days are filled with horse-related activities to strengthen the connection between each girl and horse, as the girls learn to work safely around the horses.
At Shadow Ridge we try to create a loving, caring family atmosphere for our campers. We have “The Bunkhouse” (4 girls), “the Wranglers Roost” (4 girls), and “The Hideout” (2 girls) in our comfortable 177-year-old farm house. All meals are home cooked, offering delicious and healthy food for the hungry rider.
Our excellent activities create personalized memories of your child's vacation. Each child will receive a camp T-shirt and a photo album (usually 300~500 pictures) of their stay at camp.
Our camps are offered during June, July and August 2007, for small groups of girls aged 13~16 years, not only from Canada but also other parts of the world.
We will send you full program descriptions at your request.
1.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To attract people to the camps.
B. To talk about camping experiences.
C. To describe the programs of the camps.
D. To explain the aims of the camps.
2.What do we know about the camp programs at Shadow Ridge?
A. Campers are required to wear camp T-shirts.
B. Horses play a central role in the activities.
C. Campers learn to cook food for themselves.
D. Horse lessons are offered all the year round.
3. The programs at Shadow Ridge mainly aim to help people .
A. understand horses better
B. enjoy a family atmosphere
C. have fun above other things
D. achieve an educational purpose
4. Which one of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A. The time of the camping.
B. The cost of the camping.
C. The advantages of the camping.
D. The effect of the camping.
In a book called Magnificent Obsession，by Lloyd C．Douglas，a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly.When difficult problems worried an individual，friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solution without the individual knowing their actions.When a solution was agreed upon，one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problems secretly，to the great delight of the worried individual.The helpers would stand by privately，contented with their success.No reward was given to the problem solvers，not even a sincere “thank you”，because they were never known.
This concept is popular today but in a different way.The phrase “pay_it_forward” is now used when one person helps another.However，the person being helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them.So rather than return the favor to their helpers，they are supposed to help someone else in the future，which means they pay it forward.It is the sense of responsibility that makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us.But，in this case，the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.
Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling.She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much.Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.
You may never be able to repay her for such a gift.However，she not only gave you some money，but she provided you with an example that you should also help other people who need it.
People with serious needs are everywhere.Many are children who need better clothes，more books and even better schools.Some are elderly people who can’t afford their medicine or a doctor’s care.Consider how you can “pay it forward”rather than pay money back to your grandmother.
1.The helpers in the book Magnificent Obsession were not rewarded because________.
A．they hadn’t solved the problems thoroughly
B．they had solved the problems secretly
C．they were friends of the worried individual
D．they expected to be paid back in the future
2.The underlined words “pay it forward” in Paragraph 2 mean________.
A．to repay someone who has helped you
B．to pay someone else who needs help
C．to help someone who has helped you
D．to help someone else who needs help
3.What does the writer suggest with the example of “your elderly grandmother”？
A．We should learn to respect our grandparents.
B．We should work hard to get a good education.
C．We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help.
D．We should never forget to repay people for their help.
4.By writing the passage，the author wishes people in the world to be________.
A．unselfish B．mysterious
C．honest D．Unforgettable
There is no doubt about it．The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously．I don’t mean while you’re unconscious．I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.
That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue．I just pick them up．But some of them may be misunderstood．Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand．To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.
The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt．Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.
Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning．They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game．“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say．“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”
This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work．It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.
And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves．Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings．A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.
Don’t guess! Look it up!
1.It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.
A．to learn them by oneself
B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently
C．to guess them from the context
D．to get more separate meanings of each word
2.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.
A．the 30,000 words B．English teachers
C．misunderstood words D．frequently used words
3.Which of the following is most likely NOT true?
A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.
B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones．
C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known.
D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.
4.It can be inferred that _________.
A．when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart
B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them
C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context
D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well
假设你是李华，将参加主题为"Let's Ride Bicycles"的英语演讲比赛。请撰写一份演讲稿，主要内容包括：
1.目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；
2.骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。
参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carbon life）；节能（energy saving）
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
Good morning, everyone,
I am Li Hua. The topic of my speech is "Let's Ride Bicycles".
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Thank you!
