Long ago, there was a rich man, who had a very big house with a lot of treasures and many servants. One day, two silver saucers were stolen from the cupboard. After a few days, another two saucers were stolen again. The rich man was very angry. He thought, “Someone must have stolen them. I must catch the thief, or another two saucers would be stolen in a few days.”
Then he had an idea. He called in all his servants and said. “Some of my silver saucers have disappeared. Someone among you must have taken them. Who has taken them?”
The servants looked at one another and kept quiet. Then the rich man said, “I shall catch the thief myself. I am giving each of you a stick. Look, all the sticks are of the same length, Keep the sticks. Bring them back tomorrow. The thief’s stick will two centimeters longer.”
That evening, Salleh, one of the servants, went home sadly. His wife asked him, “Why are you so sad this evening?”
“This stick will grow two centimeters longer tomorrow because I have taken the silver saucers,” he said.
“Oh, don’t worry. Cut off two centimeters from the stick,” his wife said. “In other words your stick will be of the same length as any of the other sticks.”
Hearing this, he was very happy. At once, he cut off two centimeters from the stick with a knife.
The next day, each of the servants brought back his stick. The rich man then measured each of the sticks. He found Salleh’s stick shorter by two centimeters. Salleh was the thief. He was caught and put in prison. The rich man got back the stolen saucers.
1.The silver saucers were kept in____
A. a cupboard B. a box
C. the kitchen D. the bedroom
2.The rich man found _____ silver saucers were stolen
A. two B. four
C. six D. three
3.The next day, the rich man knew that Salleh was the thief because Salleh’s stick _____.
A. remained the same length
B. was shorter by two centimeters
C. was longer by two centimeters
D. broke in two
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Salleh’s wife told him to return the stolen saucers
B. Salleh’s wife was angry with him
C. Salleh brought back the stolen saucer himself
D. Salleh did as his wife told him to.
La Tomatina, Spain
Tomato juice flows through the streets of Bunol on the last Wednesday of August as the world’s largest tomato fight happens. Festivities begin in the town square where there is a huge pole covered in soap and with a leg of ham at the top. Participants try to climb up the pole to get the ham as watchers throw buckets of water to them. After a gun is fired to signal the beginning of the fight, people catch the tomatoes and throw each other in the streets until the gun sounds again, marking the end of the event.
Holi, India
This spring festival is celebrated throughout the country in late February or early March. The two-day event celebrates the legend of Prahlad, who escaped unharmed from the fire of the evil Holika Dahan. People mark the event by lighting fires and throwing colored powder on one another. Children load colored water into toy pistols called pichkari and take aim at passers-by. Holi is known as a happy celebration of the triumph of good over evil.
Burning Man, Nevada
This infamous festival began in 1986 with the burning of a large figure to mark the summer solstice(夏至). It’s since grown into a week-long annual event that draws more than 48,000 people to the Black Rock Dessert. It is held during the week before Labor Day. Participants set up camp in the desert to celebrate art.
Songkran, Thailand
This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses and water guns to celebrate the event.
1.The following celebrations are related to water EXCEPT_________.
A. La Tomatina B. Burning Man
C. Holi D. Songkran
2.The underlined word “pichkari” is probably_______.
A. a kind of gun B. a bad man
C. fire D. powder
3.If you want to experience the hottest season in a country, you can choose to visit______.
A. Spain B. Nevada
C. India D. Thailand
4.The text is written mainly to ______.
A. encourage people to travel
B. introduce some interesting festivals
C. advertise the world’s biggest parties
D. show the most famous performances
假如你叫李华,你校于4月27日组织了一次校园合唱节活动。请你根据以下要点,给你的美国笔友Jack写一封电子邮件,告诉他此次活动的有关情况。
1.活动的目的; 2.活动的时间、地点和方式; 3.你对本次活动的感悟
参考词汇:校园合唱节Campus Choral Festival
Dear Jack,
I am Li Hua, ...
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely Yours,
Li Hua
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。
A man requested on a wise man to help his son quit his bad habits. The wise man took the boy for walk in a garden. Suddenly he stopped to ask the boy to pull out a tiny plant there. The boy hold the plant between his thumb and forefingers and pulled it out. The man then asked him to pull out another plant what was a little big. The boy pulled hardly and the plant came out. “Now pull out that one,” said the man point to a bush. The boy tried his best but couldn’t pull it out. “So it is the same with bad habits” said the wise man. “When you are weak, it is easy to pull them out, though when they become strong, they can’t be rooted.”
What is the most popular communication tool today? 1.your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you’re a bit old fashioned. Today, a new form of communication “Wechat”, which2. (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and voicing tool all over the world.
What advantages does Wechat have? First, Wechat is3.relatively cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next, we can know4. is going on at any time. And we can have 5. (easily) access to information available than other messaging tools.
What roles does it play in our daily life? According to the latest report, the number of the 6. (register) users on Wechat platform has topped 200 million and it has expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone ‘app’ works so 7. (power) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? Wechat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world. A large number of people have become “Wechataholic”, which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can’t live 8. it.
However, while enjoying its great 9. (convenient), people should not ignore the danger of 10. (cheat), for information on Wechat is publicly known.
“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” I______picking them up. _______later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I _____ ,“Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper silently floating ______ from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.
“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re______.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.
He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and_______answers a question, especially when he’s _______attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked,_______around. Every time Paul _______five or more words together, my heart says a _______of thanks. But lately he seems to _______that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are________of the effort.
Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to_______them from the garbage,_______them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them________again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his_____ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul _______me to look up at ______instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my _______to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s ______ we look at it. Now, I look up.
1.A. laughed B. shouted C. amazed D. sighed
2.A. Moments B. Years C. Days D. Weeks
3.A. got in B. turned up C. called out D. added to
4.A. up B. away C. down D. off
5.A. planes B. butterflies C. leaves D. papers
6.A. frequently B. rarely C. willingly D. eagerly
7.A. devoted B. depended C. addicted D. focused
8.A. showing B. playing C. looking D. drawing
9.A. spells B. puts C. pushes D. accumulates
10.A. prayer B. remark C. report D. sound
11.A. refuse B. realize C. mind D. hear
12.A. worthy B. aware C. fond D. typical
13.A. hide B. rescue C. destroy D. remove
14.A. tore B. cut C. dusted D. seized
15.A. throw B. flow C. land D. fly
16.A. schoolwork B. masterpieces C. inventions D. imagination
17.A. permitted B. forced C. intended D. reminded
18.A. beauty B. weaknesses C. mistakes D. scenery
19.A. amusement B. homework C. communication D. housework
20.A. when B. how C. where D. whet