Do you want to have a nice place to spend your weekend?Here are some places for you ,which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to ‘learn from the masters’ or get more creative with paint—free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species;it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multibranched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above bluegreen leaves,and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula,a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called ‘Hissing Sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805,he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”.However,it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms.He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake,which is now known as Byron's Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside,the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don't trust me,then perhaps you'll take it from Virginia Woolf—over a century after Byron,she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
1.“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are ______.
A.common insects
B.impressive plants
C.rarely seen snakes
D.Wildlifeenthusiasts
2.We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ______.
A.to fear pet bears
B.to like walking
C.to be a heavy drinker
D.to finish university in 1805
3.In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake ______.
A.surrounded by fields
B.owned by Lord Byron
C.located in Grantchester
D.discovered by Virginia Woolf
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Some places for weekend break.
B.A way to become creative in art.
C.The colorful life in the countryside.
D.Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
假如你是李华,刚刚升入高中,开学已经两个多月了,你认识了很多老师还交了一些新朋友,其中,同桌刘佳音是你最好的朋友。请你写信给你的老同学王琳,介绍一下你现在的情况,并希望大家在高中将来的三年里都努力学习。
注意: 1. 词数80左右。
2. 开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Wang Lin,
How time flies!
Long Live our friendship!
Yours,
Li Hua
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处语言错误,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(∧),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11处起)不计分。
Dear John,
Yesterday I had read a notice on the Internet. You wanted to look for a Chinese friend online who can actual help you learn the Chinese language, cultures or customs.
I’m looking forward to be your friend on the Internet but I wonder whether or not you would like to accept me. If I become our friend on the Internet, I’ll try my best to help you for Chinese in my spare time. At same time, I’ll introduce some cultures and custom of China to you step by step.
So if you are interesting in this, please let me know your QQ number and I really expect what we can make good friends soon.
Love,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is the Thanksgiving Day . I have the strong desire to write about something to express my thanks to the people around me.
I ___1.__ ( bring up ) by my grandparents ___2._are as kind and hardworking as thousands of Chinese peasants in a distant village. They worked in the field all day long and took good care of me as well .
__3.___ ( Honest) speaking, my parents are ordinary people. But I must say that they are great educators, ____4.___ they educated me to be an ____5.___ ( dependent ) and useful man to society.
My teachers, selfless,generous, devote themselves to _ _6.__ ( help) each individual student achieve his/her ambition.
Meanwhile , I can share my happiness and ____7.___ (sad) with my peer students .I am happy to be with them because we have much __8.___ common.
I am ___9.___ luckiest and happiest person with all these loved __10._ (one) around.
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。
Years ago, I was on a long flight, during which a voice from the speaker said, “ We won’t drinks or the meal because we are facing a storm ahead. Please make your safe belts fastened.” Many passengers became , talking about it with each other. At once it became in the plane.
Soon, lighting the darkening skies, and within moments the was like a boat on waves in the storm. One moment it was up by the storm; the next, it was thrown as if it were to onto the ground. All the passengers were . Some cried. Some prayed (祈祷). The seemed hopeless. I wondered if we could it through the storm.
Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly, the storm seemed to mean to her. She was , looking through a picture book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would again, but she never showed a (n) of worry or fear. The little girl wasn’t afraid at all all the adults were scared to death. Finding me watching her, the girl smiled at me and said, “ Don’t worry. My father is the pilot. He is taking me home. Take it easy. He will take us home safely.”
When the plane was out of , I smiled at the girl and she gave me a big smile in . “I said my father would take us home safely.”
Many kinds of storms may us: diseases, difficulties… They can easily darken our skies and our planes into hard times. Let us : Love is the pilot. It will help us out of trouble. So take it easy.
1.A. serveB. take C. getD. sell
2.A.excitedB. comfortableC. happyD. nervous
3.A. noisyB. quietC. warmD. cold
4.A. broke outB. came aboutC. lit upD. gave off
5.A. shipB. planeC. train D. seat
6.A. liftedB. cutC. turnedD. shut
7.A. jumpB. flyC. landD. drop
8.A. surprisedB. scaredC. gladD. interested
9.A. weatherB. questionC. futureD. action
10.A. makeB. reachC. winD. finish
11.A. somethingB. anythingC. everything D. nothing
12.A. funnyB. frustratedC. sadD. calm
13.A. talkB. readC. playD. sleep
14.A. bookB. storyC. expressionD. impression
15.A. and B. whenC. soD. since
16.A. orderB. dateC. fashionD. danger
17.A. turnB. timeC. returnD. front
18.A. troubleB. helpC. encourageD. stop
19.A. introduceB. inviteC. throwD. change
20.A. askB. rememberC. explainD. wonder
Advice for High School Students
As a person who is graduating from high school very soon, I have some suggestions for students in high school or students who are soon going to be high school students. _1.__ I am sure others can benefit from reading them and will not make similar mistakes like me.
__2.__ Do not value first impression highly. Don’t dismiss a person or an idea too early just because you immediately get a bad impression. You will miss many opportunities because of that. Although something seems bad at the first impression, it does not mean it is bad all the time. Try to give everything a fair chance.
Don’t try to please everybody. There is no way you can please everybody or get everybody to agree with you. __3._ It is a huge waste of time.
Have respect for authority. No matter how much you may dislike them, just remember that teachers and parents care about you and they are only doing their jobs. __4.__ Don’t argue with them and just obey them.
Realize a high school is not the real world. The real world isn’t a closed environment. __5._ What is rewarded in high school such as popularity and agreement is different from what is rewarded in the real world. If high school isn’t working out for you, you may find yourself better at handling the real world.
A. Do not be too quick to judge.
B. So just learn to say the word “No” a lot.
C. Listen to their advice and consider it carefully.
D. Many of these are based on regrets that I have.
E. Bad habits are hard to break and remain with you for a long time.
F. Don’t spend any effort trying to please others who will never like you.
G. It is a free society where people accept responsibility for their actions.
