Let’s look back all these years you’ve gone through, what have you done for your life? Are you spending your time wisely to make your life worthwhile? Neal Wu shared some ways we should do to make our short time of life meaningful, find out what you need to do next:
a. Make friends as opposed to networking
Your friends will go a lot further than the professional contacts you make, especially since only one of the two groups is invested in your personal happiness.
b. Become an expert by learning as much as you can and deeply seeking out the things you are curious about
Find the things you enjoy and practice the skills you want to develop. If you can achieve expertise then it will be easy to obtain an audience.
c. Volunteer to help out those less fortunate
In the process you will gain a ton of new perspective and will better understand other people’s real problems. In a society that always looks upward, these people are being forgotten easily.
d. Become as independent as possible
Even though you work in a big company, you should constantly make small steps to reduce your dependence on your job. Write a book, build an app, or start a small business on the side. Release your inner entrepreneur.
e. Don’t spend too much time worrying about your personal brand
Accomplish(完成) things, and the recognition will follow.
f. Stop treating life as a competition and do things for their own sake
Genuine(真正的) interest should be what drives you to improve yourself, rather than a desire to beat others. Find a community of people who are interested in the same things as you do, and drive each other to keep improving.
1.How many ways to make life meaningful did Neal Wu share?
A. 4 B. 5
C. 6 D. 7
2.To make your life meaningful, you are advised to __________.
A. protect yourself and hardly help others
B. communicate more with the experts than your friends
C. rely more on your families than friends
D. explore the aspects of life you are interested in
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined words personal brand?
A. one’s particular interest shown in some aspects
B. an impression in the mind of others about an individual or group
C. something you are concerned about
D. private possessions
4.Where can you most likely to find this article?
A. The News of the World B. The New York Times
C. Life D. Scientific World
Gemini Television is a large independent broadcaster（广播公司）. They have had success in television with mini-series and situation comedies. Recently the company has decided to move into film--making.
They have received some film projects from directors working in different countries.
Title: Hands up for Happiness
Genre (类型): Romantic(浪漫的) comedy
Plot(情节): Two pairs of twins, one Italian and one Russian, meet and start relationships. They have problems telling the difference between each twin. Will they end up with the right person?
Cast(演员阵容): Unknown actors as need to be real twins.
Special features: Very romantic locations, e.g. Venice, St. Petersburg.
Budget: $40-50 million at most.
Audience: 20-35 year olds.
Title: Alien Attack
Genre: Science fiction
Plot: Story takes place 500 years in the future. The Earth is attacked by aliens. A small group survive the attack and try to save the planet. Will they succeed before the aliens reproduce?
Cast: To be decided (by the director) .
Special features: Shocking special effects, exciting visually.
Budget: $60-80 million at most.
Audience: 15 upwards.
Title: Exit Strategy
Genre: Thriller
Plot: A woman picks up the wrong bag at an airport and is mistaken for a foreign agent who has secret documents. She is tracked around the world by criminals, government agents and the real owner of the bag.
Cast: Major Hollywood star as lead actress (undecided).
Special features: Many locations around the world, lots of twists and turns in the story, strong possibility for a follow-up, and for turning the lead character into a female James Bond (a character from serial films).
Budget: At least $100-120 million.
Audience: 15 upwards.
Title: Midnight Sun
Genre: Action / Adventure
Plot: A story of family honour, revenge(复仇) great love and of good vs. bad. A young Japanese man brought up in the USA returns to the country of his birth. He discovers the dark secret of the family, and the reason he was brought up in the USA. His search for the truth leads him to the Philippines and to the beautiful princess Satsuki.
Cast: Young, unknown actors.
Special features: Excellently designed fight scenes.
Budget: $50-70 million at most.
Audience: Worldwide, but probably over 18 due to violence.
1.What are specially needed to produce Alien Attack?
A. Two pairs of twins.
B. Impressive fight scenes.
C. Amazing special effects.
D. Very romantic locations.
2.Which of the following films may be turned into a series?
A. Alien Attack. B. Exit Strategy.
C. Midnight Sun. D. Hands up for Happiness.
3.The four films mentioned in the text.
A. are of the same type
B. all have fight scenes
C. haven’t decided on the actors
D. are all intended for teenagers
假设你是红星中学李津，你的美国笔友John发来邮件，他对天津流行的一种共享单 车"mobike"很感兴趣，并希望你能简单介绍．请你根据以下提示，给John写一封回信． 要点包括：
1．使用方便（APP査看车辆，扫二维码开锁）
2．容易找到 便于存车
3．其它优点（该部分内容自拟至少两点）
注意：短文字数不少于100词
参考词汇： 智能手机 smart phone 扫二维码 scan the QR Code
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Yours sincerely
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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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
It isn't hard to grow up into a responsible member of the society.I can well remember an incident that happens on a rainy Sunday afternoon.I was on my way to a bookstore and was waiting for the green light at a crossing when a girl of about ten was knocked by a passing car,that drove off quickly.A man immediately rushed to the girl to give him first aid and I joined in with hesitation.Luckily,she was not bad injured and we send her to the nearest hospital. Comparing with the escaped driver,I am proud of what I did.As a member of the society,I am aware of that being responsible is that it takes to make a better society.
About six years ago I was having lunch in New York City1.a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn't help2.(overhear) parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked,"So,how have you been?"And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied."3.(frank),I've been feeling a little depressed lately."
This incident4.(impress) me most because it confirmed my growing5.(believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember,my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed"6.we were in high school.
Undoubtedly,7.change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don't seem childlike any more.Children speak,dress and behave more like adults8.they used to.
9.this is good or bad is difficult to say,but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer10. (exist).
It was 7:00 am in Paris,France,and the taxi company had just called a second time to say they couldn't find my house.Once again I spelt out____even a blind person could follow.I glanced____at my watch,and waited.Only two hours remained____my flight left—and it was one and a half hours'____to the airport.
Outside,heavy rains were____.My house was so far north in the city that buses____only three times a day.
The telephone rang again."Terribly sorry,"began the man at the taxi company.Then I realized that the taxi company,flooded with calls,could only____in-city runs.I had heard this happens when the____gets bad.I____ into the phone that I had a____to catch and I would meet the taxi outside my house.
Standing in the wind-driven rain,I looked____the road.No taxi.A car went by,the driver and passenger staring at the____foreigner in the downpour.
____a white car appeared and____to a stop.A young man threw open the door,waving to me to get in.Shaking with cold and____,I climbed in.
In the most____French,the man said he was called Will,with whom I had spoken three times that morning.He had left his post in the office and____here in his personal car.He___ _again,but didn't explain why no taxi would pick me up____me straight to the airport,he refused the 2,000 franc I pressed into his hand.
A few hours later,as the storm-delayed plane____,I opened the newspaper.On the second page my eyes caught the headline of a short article: Taxi Strike Begins This Morning in Paris.
1.A. house B. directions C. surroundings D. field
2.A. aimlessly B. hopelessly C. cautiously D. impatiently
3.A. before B. after C. unless D. when
4.A. visit B. experience C. ride D. distance
5.A. falling down B. pouring down C. putting down D. turning down
6.A. pass B. rush C. take D. travel
7.A. allow B. permit C. offer D. afford
8.A. climate B. condition C. season D. weather
9.A. whispered B. threatened C. shouted D. forced
10.A. ship B. plane C. train D. bus
11.A. again and again B. now and then C. up and down D. here and there
12.A. crazy B. amazing C. awesome D. energetic
13.A. Immediately B. Finally C. Permanently D. Constantly
14.A. arrived B. pushed C. continued D. pulled
15.A. curiosity B. fear C. excitement D. anger
16.A. fluent B. usual C. polite D. formal
17.A. fled B. escaped C. attempted D. raced
18.A. commented B. apologized C. admitted D. insisted
19.A. Fetching B. Bringing C. Delivering D. Driving
20.A. took off B. set off C. broke off D. knocked off
