假定你是本校学生李华。本月将有15名来自法国阿尔伯特▪加缪高中（Albert Camus High School）的学生来你校参加“游学”( Study Abroad)活动。学校现从学生中招募15个义务接待家庭。请你根据以下要点用英文给负责此项目工作的Mr. Zhang写一封申请信。
1.你的家庭情况；
2.你家的居住条件及与学校的距离；
3.你家作为接待家庭的优势。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Zhang
It is nice to learn that 15 students from France will come to our school for a Study Ab_______________
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I’m looking forward to your reply.
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: 把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(\)画掉。
修改: 在错的词下画一横线, 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。
When I first learned to write in English, I run into many difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese but tried to translate everything into Chinese. My teacher advised me to keep diaries. I followed her advices. Happily it worked. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a short story and showed to my teacher. She liked it very much that she read it to the class. Everyone said the story was the good one. I was great encouraged by their words.
Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English1.(write) ability.
2.(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes3.(little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of 4.(think) in English. If we persist in this practice, 5.(gradual) we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many6.(difficult). In the first place, 7.often happens that we have trouble finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us 8.(put) them into English properly.
As far as I am concerned, my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then look it up in our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher9.help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for10.development of our writing skills.
Recently I saw the same Cirque Du Soleil show twice. At the first show, my wife and I were ____about thirty rows back from the stage, so it was not easy to see the
____on the faces of the performe
rs. ____, what we were able to appreciate was the wonderful panorama(全景) of the ____. At the second show, we sat in the second row, just a couple of meters from the stage and we could ____the performers’ expressions carefully. Having seen the show before, we expected to see our favorite______again.
We talked about which of the two shows we ____more and whether it was better to sit closer to the stage or ___back. We agreed that both shows were equal______their spectacle(场面) and enjoyment, but from two totally different perspectives(视角). In watching the show for the second time, our ____of the brilliance of Cirque Du Soleil show was greatly deepened.
It______me that there are some similarities between the ____we had at the two Cirque Du Soleil shows and what happens in our everyday lives.
We often make a decision ____on our first impressions. For example, when we read a book for the first time, it is easy to believe that we have a _____understanding of all that we have just read. Then if we read the book again, we will ____any other important things that we missed the first time.
While we often don’t have the ____to consider an important situation for a second time______we make a decision, we should always try to make time to stand back and ____things from a distance away in order to ____a broader perspective. We would then be in a better position to make a more ____and considered decision about the action we should take.
1.A. mixed B. attached C. occupied D. seated
2.A. expectations B. expressions C. examinations D. explanations
3.A. However B. Otherwise C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
4.A. hall B. performance C. host D. appearance
5.A. figure B. check C. observe D. measure
6.A. parts B. tours C. styles D. stages
7.A. reflected B. trusted C. enjoyed D. valued
8.A. deeper B. higher C. further D. lower
9.A. in terms of B. in the control of C. in favor of D. in the name of
10.A. explanation B. connection C. introduction D. appreciation
11.A. belonged to B. turned to C. related to D. occurred to
12.A. experience B. preference C. intelligence D. exhibition
13.A. fixed B. based C. focused D. held
14.A. normal B. complete C. blind D. opposite
15.A. avoid B. ignore C. discover D. admit
16.A. way B. power C. energy D. opportunity
17.A. after B. once C. before D. unless
18.A. view B. direct C. analyse D. remove
19.A. change B. gain C. lose D. control
20.A. excited B. touched C. prepared D. balanced
Making Short Videos
“A picture is worth a thousand words or so”, they say. Well, motion (运动) pictures can contain even more memories. 1.Here are some apps you can use to make your own short videos.
Qupeiyin.cn
Reciting lines from movies is an effective and classic way to learn English. So what if you could dub(配音) recordings accompanied by movie clips(剪辑) and then share them with friends? 2.You name it. By contributing your voice, you can either mimic(模仿) the original soundtrack or create something completely new of your own.
Shorts
3.With the help of the Shorts app, you can make pictures in your album into a slide show. Choose from any of the off-the-shelf themes---“holiday”, “travel”, “friendship” and “party” for example—each matched with its own theme music and slide background. But if you’re not satisfied with the combinations, feel free to do a little change by adding text to the pictures or replacing the music with something in your own playlist.
Viva Video
Video making and editing once seemed awfully hard. 4.But this app will ease you into the field with straight-forward functions and clear direction to help you “create your own video story”. Apart from filter, stickers and text, the coolest part of this app is that you can write the narratives yourself and add your own voice to the video. 5.Viva Video requires a relatively powerful phone to run smoothly.
A. But here is a little reminder.
B. That’s why short videos are becoming popular.
C. These apps have a variety of identifications (识别).
D. This app has movies, cartoons, lectures, TV series.
E. Newbies (网络新手) and amateurs didn’t dare to even give it a try.
F. Videos and pictures aren’t only for separate purposes.
G. Video making and editing is what Apple fans want to try.
Leonardo da Vinci’s mother may have been a Chinese slave according to a new research by an Italian historian and novelist—Angelo Paratico, who has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong, researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half century.
Mr
Paratico said the documents he has uncovered during two years of research form the basis of his latest book Leonardo Da Vinci, a Chinese scholar lost in Renaissance(文艺复兴)Italy. The book, which is due to be published next year, uncovers evidence that there’s a link between Da Vinci and the Far East.
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Mr Paratico said, “I am sure that Leonardo’s mother was from the East, but to make her a Chinese, we need to use a deductive method(演绎法). One wealthy client of Leonardo’s father had a slave called Caterina. After Leonardo’s date of birth, she disappeared from the documents．She was no longer working there.’’
It is believed that his mother was called Caterina, who, according to some reports, was a local peasant. But Mr Paratico’s new work claims it is most likely that Da Vinci’s mother was a slave. Supporting his theory, he said, “During the Renaissance, countries like Italy and Spain were full of slaves from the East.”
He claimed that there were certain aspects of Da Vinci’s life and works which suggest a Chinese link. For instance, he was writing with his left hand from left to right and he was also a vegetarian, which was not common. Mona Lisa is probably a portrait of his mother，as Sigmund Freud said in 1910. On the back of Mona Lisa, there is a Chinese landscape and even her face looks Chinese.
Mr Paratico said he believes the only way to solve the mystery is to dig out some of Da Vinci’s relations in Florence and extract some DNA.
1.What is Mr Paratico’s latest book based on?
A. His research findings． B. His living experience．
C. His final visit to Italy． D. His interest in Renaissance．
2.What may suggest there is a link between Da Vinci and Chinese?
A. His working habit． B. His ways of writing．
C. His birth date． D. His father’s friend．
3.What can we learn about Da Vinci’s mother?
A. She was a slave of Leonardo’s father．
B. She quit working after her marriage．
C. She was buried in Florence after death．
D. She was probably the model of Mona Lisa．
