Her attractive lips seemed to speak words of kindness, while her eyes appeared to seek(寻找) out the good in people. “You have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” She used to say.
It was for this rare charm and inner beauty that British movie star Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) was named the most naturally beautiful woman of all time in June, 2004.“Her skin looks fresh in all her films and her warm and lively personality really shines through,” said one beauty expert.
Life was never easy for Hepburn. Shortly after her parents’ painful divorce when she was nine, she found herself in the Netherlands at the start of World War II. Hepburn watched helplessly as several of her relatives were killed. She survived by eating tulip bulbs and carried secret messages for the resistance in her ballet shoes.She dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer but was told she was too tall and not talented enough to be a success.Hepburn then turned to musicals and spent most of her time as a chorus girl (舞女). She had some small movie roles but it was not until Roman Holiday (1953) that she became a star. With her good manners and delicate figure, she was perfect in the role of a European princess. She took the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.In 1988 Hepburn began her most important role—as a Goodwill Ambassador(大使) for UNICEF(United Nations Children’s Fund). She traveled to the poorest places, doing her best to provide care and create awareness of the difficult situations in which some children live.
When Hepburn passed away, a message displayed at her funeral read, “In losing Audrey, the world not only lost a movie star, we lost a princess, an angel, a person who inspired us all and whose selfless and loving examples shall always be remembered.”
1. When Hepburn began to act as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, how many years had passed since her parents’ divorce? _________
A. 50B. 52 C. 38D.46
2.What is the purpose of the last paragraph?_________
A. To tell readers about Audrey Hepburn’s death.
B. To think highly of Audrey Hepburn’s whole life.
C. To tell readers the message displayed at Audrey Hepburn’s funeral.
D. To say goodbye to Audrey Hepburn.
3.Which of the following best describes Audrey Hepburn’s life? _______
A. Difficult and lucky.
B. Miserable and smooth.
C. Hard and successful.
D. Easy and smooth.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?_______
A. Beauty Is Not Just Skin Deep.
B. Beauty Is Just Skin Deep.
C. Beauty Never Stays Forever.
D. A World-famous Beauty expert
假如你是新华中学的学生李华,得知某英文报社招聘兼职记者,你有意应聘,请按下列要求给报社写一封自荐信。
内容要点:
1. 表示感兴趣
2. 说明优势:知识面,英语水平,合作精神,相关经历
3. 希望得到回复
注意:1. 词数: 100左右
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯
Dear Sir or Madam,
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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(\)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。
Long ago, an Ojibway Indian naming Wenibojo went on a long trip to the forest. When he got hunger, he dug up the roots of a bush and ate them. The roots were tasted good, but they made him sick. Wenibojo looked for everything better to eat. Suddenly he heard the sounds of ducks nearby. He followed the sounds from a beautiful lake, which the ducks were eating plants. Wenibojo tasted one. To his surprise, it was wild rice! He returned his village to tell the people there about the special food. Nowadays, the Ojibways still harvests rice, but only as many as they need. They always left some rice on the farm so that the ducks can eat.
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。
Jonny:Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太极).Would you like to join me?
Peter:I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?
Jonny:It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.
Peter:OK. Don’t laugh1.me. I may look funny.
Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturallyand2. (gentle). Try to keep your body straight. Move slowly , then be sure to keep your balance and don't let your body shake.
Peter:I cannot control my body well. My legs become3. (pain).
Jonny: Keep 4.(hold) your position for a while. It helps develop your strength and flexibility. Raise your leg and let 5. stay in the air for seconds.
Peter:I feel my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.
Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi6. (call) “shadow boxing” in English. It asks you to act like water: to be flexible as well7.strong. In real competition, a Tai Chi master borrows the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back. The harder you try to beat him, 8.more likely you will get hit. He controls you!
Peter:Unbelievable! Oh..., 9. you don’t mind, I’ll stop and take a deep10. (breathe) .
阅读下面的短文,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。
One day a mother brought home a small and gave it to her little girl on her birthday. She told her little girl that the jar was , and that she could write to her mommy about anything in the world and then put it in the jar. And , in its place, there would be a for her. Soon the jar became a special part of their lives.
The little girl loved to get from her mommy. They always told her how she was. Sometimes, too, there would be a little in the jar with a note telling her how her mommy was of her. She all of her mommy’s letters in a pretty box by her bed.
The mother each of her little girl’s letters, too. As the years went by, that little girl into a young lady and then got married and started a of her own. For the first time, the jar sat . The mother dusted the jar every day and sometimes looked inside, sadly that the magic jar years had to end.
One day the young lady came to her mother. She went straight to her mother’s room, opened the chest at the end of her bed, and found what she was looking for. She a piece of paper and put it in the jar, and it to her mother. The mother opened the magic jar and there was that note from so long ago, “You’re going to be a !”
And when that baby boy was born months later, there was the jar in his nursery(育儿室) with a blue ribbon tied around it, and a note that read, “Magic jar years never : they are always just beginning.”
1.A. jarB. boxC. bottleD. vase
2.A. dangerousB. magicC. beautifulD. mysterious
3.A. thusB. somewhatC. laterD. anyway
4.A. dollB. toyC. bookD. note
5.A. lettersB. sweetsC. flowersD. gifts
6.A. fatB. specialC. ordinaryD. wise
7.A. airB. loveC. presentD. money
8.A. ashamedB. afraidC. tiredD. proud
9.A. keptB. hidC. buriedD. forgot
10.A. marketB. treasuredC. countedD. numbered
11.A. developedB. turnedC. grewD. fell
12.A. businessB. factoryC. shopD. home
13.A. empty B. uprightC. fullD. whole
14.A. judgingB. rememberingC. realizingD. knowing
15.A. treatB. awardC. visitD. notice
16.A. designedB. cutC. preparedD. folded
17.A. handedB. fellC. postedD. sent
18.A. heroB. grandmaC. actressD. mother
19.A. hangingB. placingC. sittingD. lying
20.A. disappear B. sellC. breakD. end
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。
Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 1.But it seems that many people don’t cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn’t difficult. 2.This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.
3.Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh. 4.When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as tasty as the fresh one.
There are many common methods used to cook fish. 5.First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices(调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it’s ready to serve.
A. Do not buy it.
B. The easiest is to steam it.
C. This is how you can do it.
D. It just requires a little knowledge.
E. The fish will go bad within hours.
F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.
G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.