Signing up for a digital TV service provides you with access to over 200 channels from all over the globe. However, television today is dominated by adult language, making it hard for concerned families to find channels suitable for young eyes. Therefore, most movie channels are automatically removed form the list of TV channels for an entire family. The following are some good ones based on popularity on a global scale.
Discovery Channel
Discovery and its many channels can be considered as the founding father of informative channels on television. What National Geographic does in a scholastic(学术的) manner, Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner—educating the masses about anything and everything.
Fox Family
Finding a movie channel that broadcasts pictures suitable for teenagers and kids alike is very difficult unless your service operator offers you Fox family movies. This channel screens most movies before it broadcasts them, ensuring that no movie shows unacceptable material for young eyes.
Nickelodeon
A channel very similar to Cartoon Network, it mostly shows US programs. However, their shows are sometimes a bit more mature for younger kids and better suited to kids aged 5 and up.
ABC Family
ABC started the ABC family channel in an attempt to introduce family-centered shows and serials to the public in the USA. The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the lack of proper family type US channels.
Living
If travelling is a family hobby and better living is the motto then there is no better channel than Living. Kids can see never-seen-before sights, learning about new places while adults can practice their cooking and learn amazing things about motorbikes.
1.According to the text, most channels offered by a digital TV service ________.
A. can keep people away from TV violence
B. are welcomed by families with small children
C. are concerned about the proper use of language
D. are unsuitable for the whole family to watch together
2.Which of the following can best describe Discovery Channel?
A. Relaxing.B. Touching.C. Commercial.D. Professional.
3.If people want to know about what a traditional family is like, they can choose ________.
A. Fox FamilyB. NickelodeonC. ABC FamilyD. Living
假设你是李华，在一所中学读书。最近收到美国中学生Alex Nelson的来信。作为姊妹学校的交流生，他两个月前访问过你校，听说有个“六艺俱乐部（Liuyi Club）的学生社团。希望进一步了解有关情况。请根据以下要点，给他写一封信，介绍俱乐部的情况。
1． 成立时间：2015
2． 六艺：中国传统的文化艺术，如书法、音乐、绘画等
3． 俱乐部宗旨：宣传中国文化、交友
4． 经常组织的活动：
中国书法、绘画竞赛
免费中国书法课程
中国文化讲座
学生社团：Student society
中国书法：Chinese calligraphy
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯
3．开头语已为你写好
Dear Nelson,
I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about Liuyi Club.
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第一节 短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
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)不计分。
It is Mother’s Day today. Mom has a full-time job, so she has to do most of the houseworks. She is a great mother. Both Dad or I planned to do something on Mother’s Day. We get up early in the morning. Dad cleaned the house, and then went on shopping. While he came back, I found a bunch of flowers in her hand. I asked Mom to stay in the sitting room and I cooked dishes in kitchen. The dishes I cooked was Mom’s favorite. At dinner, we said to her, “Happy Mother’s Day!” Mom was grateful and moving to tears.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The giant panda __1.__ (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists __2.__ (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very __3.__(care) mother. For 25 days, she never left her baby, not even to find something __4.__ (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural _5.__(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. __6._ it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda __7.__ more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed__8.__ (it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother__9.__ (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, __10.__ it was also time for the young panda to be independent.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was no wonder I was not looking forward to entering the ninth grade. High school is well known for being a battleground, where everyone seems to be ________ through physical changes and emotional mood swings(情绪波动). For me, ________ was my punishment.
I had always ________ insecure and out of place as one of the ________ members of my class, standing a head above the other girls and standing at the ________ of the line to avoid sticking ________.
I especially hate being around large groups of ________, like during the social hour after services at my church. ________ the prayers were finished, I would ________ as quickly as possible so I could ________ some well-meaning congratulations, “Ruthie! Look how tall you’re getting!”
My grandfather would watch me ________ increasingly uncomfortable, but he did not ________ at my self-consciousness(自我意识) or try to comfort me. ________, he would remind me. “Stand ________ and tall,” he would say, as I ________ tried to shrink(缩) myself. Even at age 15, I understood that his advice was about ________ than just feet and inches.
My grandfather ________ in war-torn Europe. When German soldiers ________ his hometown, he joined the army to ________ his country’s freedom. “Stand straight, stand tall,” ________ something else back then.
1.A. gettingB. puttingC. lookingD. going
2.A. ageB. weightC. heightD. face
3.A. becomeB. goneC. placedD. felt
4.A. fatterB. tallerC. thinnerD. shorter
5.A. headB. endC. frontD. side
6.A. toB. offC. upD. out
7.A. peopleB. girlsC. teachersD. students
8.A. UntilB. UnlessC. OnceD. While
9.A. leaveB. comeC. stopD. walk
10.A. acceptB. receiveC. avoidD. refuse
11.A. makeB. moveC. turnD. become
12.A. lookB. stareC. smileD. laugh
13.A. InsteadB. BesidesC. HoweverD. Therefore
14.A. backB. straightC. upD. by
15.A. satisfactorilyB. happily
C. unsuccessfully D. unwillingly
16.A. otherB. moreC. lessD. rather
17.A. grew upB. workedC. diedD. travelled
18.A. helpedB. developedC. occupiedD. visited
19.A. look afterB. fight forC. work withD. stay with
20.A. meantB. advisedC. carriedD. included
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Science of Risk-Seeking
Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking. __1.__ Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work.
The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. _2._ As the quality of Risk-taking was passed from on ration to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.
So why aren’t we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. __3.__
No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. _4.__ To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well.
_5._ For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.
As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, we’ll continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.
A. Those are the risks you should jump to take.
B. It all depends on your character.
C. Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.
D. Thus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.
E. This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.
F. However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.
G. New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.
