2015 TFK Poetry Contest
(2015 • 江西调研）Call all poets! Time For Kids (TFK) has a challenge for you: write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work. Enter it in the Time for Kids Poetry Contest! As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own, Time For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.
Contest Rules
1. How to enter This contest begins at 12:01 am on March 6,2015 and ends at 11:59 pm on July 24,2015. To enter, mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10020:(a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme; (b) entrant’s first name only and a parent’s mail address. Limit one entry per person. When entering, entrant promises that the entry is original, and has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.
2. Judging All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality (50%), use of language and rhyme (25%) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25%). The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.
3. Prizes Our judge will select four semi-finalists (半决赛选手) from which one grand prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand prize winner will receive an online class visit from Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids，approximately value at $ 275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids, and both their poems and that of the grand prize winner will be published at timeforkids.com.
4. Eligibility (参赛资格) Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry.
5. Winner’s list For names of the winner and finalists, visit timeforkids.com (after August 1,2015, available for a period of 10 days).
1.The purpose of the contest is to .
A. encourage children to learn from other poets
B. help children realize the dream of poetry writing
C. encourage children’s interest in poetry writing
D. encourage children to read more original poems
2.Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?
A. Being creative and original.
B. Using a proper number of words.
C. Using proper language and rhyme.
D. Being appropriate to the contest theme.
3.What can be known about the finalists of the contest?
A. They will get a great deal of money.
B. Their poems can be read at timeforkids.com.
C. They will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt.
D. Their poems will appear in Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry.
4.According to the contest rules, .
A. poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mail
B. all children have the right to take part in the contest
C. the number of one entrant’s poems to enter the contest is not limited
D. the result of the contest will be unknown before August, 2015
You’ve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, vocal music teachers, career counselors，psychiatrists (精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.
But there’s a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “life coach”. People who are at crossroads in their lives and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost are turning to them for help.
The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People ” came along soon thereafter.
But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法) to help others make critical life decisions.
They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.
Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s career and life outside work.
Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful — including battered women and struggling single mothers.
But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick (华而不实的) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.
1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Working Yourself Happy
B. Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions
C. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches
D. The Life-Coaching Movement
2.The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means “ ”.
A. the career counselor who teaches skills
B. the psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily life
C. the fitness coach who teaches us lessons
D. the specialist who helps us make important life decisions
3.The last paragraph is mainly about .
A. the introductions of life coach
B. the disagreements of life coach
C. the effects of life coach
D. the experiences of life coach
4.What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches?
A. Cautious. B. Approving.
C. Casual. D. Disapproving.
假定你是李华，你在国外购物网站购买的智能手机出现了故障。请你向厂家写一封投诉信，要点包括：
1.出现的故障； 2.对售后服务的不满； 3.你的要求。
注意：1.词数100左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
I have just got some good news to tell you.I win a national prize for my painting last week.My father was so pleasing that he suggested I went to England for a holiday this summer.I'd like to stay here for half a month,visiting some places of interest and practise my English as well.We have kept in touch each other for nearly a year now.I have often dreamed of talking face to face with you.I hope you'll be on the holiday at that time,but I'm sure we will have a lot to talk about.I also want to buy some souvenir for my friends at home.If I have any better ideas,please share them with me.
It was the first time that I1.(take) a trip to Shanghai with my family this summer holiday.
The views in Shanghai left a deep impression2.me. The soaring Oriental Pearl Tower, the bustling Nanjing Road, and the antique Chenghuang Temple are all features of a complex and diverse Shanghai. When night shut in, the city became3.charming paradise. I remember standing on the deck of a yacht(快艇) as the fresh wind quietly embraced us.4.(stand) against the rail, I saw sprays of the glittering Huangpu River fly along the side of 5.(we) yacht. The colorful lights on the banks were twinkling while the moonlight was dripping through the clouds. Shadows of the modern buildings were reflected on the water.6.(passenger) on the deck were deeply absorbed in the beauty of the night.
Not only the views,7.also the residents, touched me. I once found my cell phone8. (miss) during my stay in the city. After searching through every corner of my room and my pockets, I almost gave up hope. Unexpectedly, an hour9.(late) my mother picked up a phone call from a policeman who10.(say) a taxi driver had returned the phone. The policeman then returned my phone very soon.
The trip to Shanghai is one of the best in my memory.
Walking alone on a remote beach in southwest Florida, I was surprised to hear splashes coming from the water. As I walked in the _______ of the sounds, I saw a manatee(海牛) show its head out of the water, _______a great snuffling(带鼻音的) breath. It seemed that it was in _______and trying to get out of it.
I'd never seen a _______ like this before. I wanted to _______, but there was no one else on the beach. So I went into the shallow water and went toward the animal. I came _______enough to make out the manatee. Then, a second manatee, much smaller, appeared beside it. _______, the manatees were also moving toward me. Soon I was _______by several manatees. I could clearly see the larger manatee _______the little one up with her flipper(鳍状肢) and pushed it to the ________beside me.
As the two slipped underwater, two other manatees moved up from behind, one on either side, ________gently against my body as they swam past. They circled and________ the action, this time ________by the mother and her baby. I held my hand out touching their back as they passed me. Since they obviously enjoyed touching me, I began ________each of them as they swam by.
I stood there enjoying the scene, ________to move, until finally the rising tide forced me back to the shore. Later I knew exactly what took place that morning. The manatees ________me in their celebration of a birth and I was welcome to meet the ________member of their family.
During that unexpected scene, I felt more involved in the rhythms of ________on our earth than ever. Each year, I head for that ________for a quiet little birthday picnic on the shore. After all, you never know who might ________up for your party.
1.A. direction B. condition C. middle D. side
2.A. making out B. putting out C. coming out D. letting out
3.A. force B. trouble C. loss D. action
4.A. look B. feel C. sight D. smell
5.A. leave B. see C. find D. help
6.A. close B. soon C. quick D. straight
7.A. Luckily B. Personally C. Unexpectedly D. Sadly
8.A. watched B. surrounded C. attacked D. separated
9.A. turn B. eat C. throw D. hold
10.A. field B. surface C. pool D. bank
11.A. rubbing B. preventing C. surfing D. comforting
12.A. practiced B. changed C. repeated D. showed
13.A. seen B. followed C. taught D. ordered
14.A. moving B. hitting C. catching D. touching
15.A. unwilling B. ready C. unable D. afraid
16.A. invited B. protected C. included D. fought
17.A. best B. oldest C. toughest D. newest
18.A. life B. music C. world D. development
19.A. boat B. hill C. beach D. scene
20.A. build B. show C. look D. step
