For teenagers, it's great fun to explore new places and it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But to make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles, the following tips may be helpful.
◆Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep the map following the direction you are traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.
◆Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass, a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies. Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The purpose of the activity is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
◆See if your school or a club organizes orienteering(越野识途比赛) activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B(and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. It enables you to be familiar with the use of maps and compass and gain some special skills. In some way, it’s not only good fun, but also a great way to keep fit.
1.When you sit beside the driver, you’d better ________.
A.look ahead to see where there is a gas station
B.move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable
C.keep looking at the map to find another place to go to
D.direct the driver when necessary
2.In the exploration, why do you need to wait for the slower friends?
A.To share the fun with him/her in exploration.
B.To tell him/her what’s going on with group members.
C.To avoid yourself or your friends getting lost.
D.To show them how fast you can go.
3.What does the whole passage talk about?
A.The fun of exploration.
B.What to bring for exploration.
C.How to prevent people getting lost in exploration.
D.The way to use a map in exploration.
假如你叫李华,你的朋友李明英语口语不好,他来信征求你的意见。请你给他写一封回信,提出以下的看法和建议:
1. 不要失去信心,不要怕出错,不要怕被别人嘲笑;
2. 争取在课内外尽可能多讲英语,孰能生巧;
3. 多与老师交流,找老师问学习方法;
4. 可以交个外国网友,通过网络用英语交流。
注意:
1. 词数:100左右
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 文章的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Li Ming,
I’m glad to hear from you. Here are some suggestions on how to learn English.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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(从第11处起)不计分。
Yesterday my English teacher asked each student write a composition title “The Greatest Achievement of My Life”. I was not sure how to write about it. I’ve thought it over for a long time. I do many things. Coming to America, get a job and meeting new people was my achievements. I think my greatest achievement is learning English. Though sometime I don’t understand everything people are saying, but each day I get better and better. I told my teacher this was difficult composition to write. Above all, it is hard to measure everything you have done.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was young, my parents and I 1. (move) to New York from China. Although we now live in the US, we follow the customs and 2. (tradition) of China. I have learned to speak several languages, English 3. (include). I eat all kinds of foods and celebrate different holidays 4. have something to do with culture.
However, there 5. (be) many disadvantages of being part of two cultures. Sometimes, speaking a language at home 6. speaking another language in school can get confusing. Sometimes, I have trouble 7. (express) my thoughts in English because they don’t understand me well. Sometimes, my culture does make me feel far away from others because I feel too 8. (difference).
I am closer to the culture of China than that of the US. I don’t listen to English music as 9. (frequent) as I listen to Chinese music. Therefore, I feel very far away 10. my friends when I don’t know what song they talking about.
Traveling in Vietnam was like visiting a mysterious neighbor. You have lived next door to each other for years but know very about what happened on side of the fence.
I travelled there last August. A(n) 180-kilometre trip from a Chinese border town to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, an adventurous eight hours. That’s the country still doesn’t have a modern expressway system. The major passage going through the country is only a two-way road. , many areas are mountainous.
Vietnamese drivers are and fearless. They compete with each other at full speeds no matter how scared the feel. When the bus shook us violently for the hundredth time, the driver made a to make us feel better. “See, this is just a(n) Vietnamese people give you, a free massage(按摩) service.”
It was midnight I reached that hotel. Switching on the television, I was by something: All the in the TV plays spoke in the same voice. , modern Korean plays and historical Chinese plays are with the Vietnamese. But it seemed they didn’t have enough to dub(为……配音)all these programs. So, the same boring woman appears every TV play to speak for the roles. The next morning when I opened the window, I found myself in a huge “ ”. The buildings in the streets were in all kinds of colors you can imagine. Vietnamese are allowed to their houses as they like. Each one was different. The large number of colors brought the city alive.
1.A. little B. much C. a lot D. few
2.A. another B. other C. either D. the other
3.A. long B. simple C. pleasant D. easy
4. A. took B. spent C. paid D. devoted
5.A. why B. when C. because D. where
6.A. Therefore B. However C. Also D. Otherwise[来源
7.A. wonderful B. impatient C. careful D. helpless
8.A. passengers B. policemen C. drivers D. passers-by
9.A. story B. joke C. promise D. statement
10.A. gift B. pleasure C. competition D. surprise
11.A. that B. until C. when D. while
12.A. excited B. embarrassed C. disappointed D. amazed
13.A. actresses B. actors C. characters D. channels
14.A. At present B. To be honest C. Sure enough D. Of course
15.A. satisfied B. received C. content D. popular
16.A. time B. budget C. people D. space
17.A. beside B. under C. over D. behind
18. A. film B. garden C. book D. cup
19.A. put B. set C. dressed D. filled
20.A. rent B. make C. live D. paint
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。
To be successful people
Here are some opinions about successful and unsuccessful people.
Make life plans and set goals
You can’t be successful without knowing where you are going. A life vision board, 10 years’ plan and daily goals are useful tools of the successful people. 1.
Keep a “To-be” list for the future
A “To-be” list is a great way to plan for the future. I want to be an elected official in the future. I want to be the CEO of a public company. 2. Unsuccessful people have no idea what they want to be. How can you achieve success if you don’t know what you want to be?
Study every day
3. Whether you are reading a magazine or a good book. You can learn and become knowledgeable as you read. While watching television may be good entertainment, you will hardly get anything out of TV to help you become more successful.
Want others to succeed
When you are in an organization with a group of people, in order to be successful, you all have to be successful. 4. If you wish for their failures, why even work with them at all?
Accept responsibly for your failures
Where there are ups, there are most always downs. Being successful persons means always having to accept responsibly for your failures. 5. It just puts other people down and no good comes from it.
A. Blaming others solves nothing.
B. Your failures help your successes.
C. I want to be a great father and husband.
D. We want to make our life plans and goal.
E. Get your vision and goals down on paper.
F. Studying everyday educates you on new subjects.
G. You need to want to see your co-workers improve and succeed.
