假定你是李华，你校英文报 “外国文化”栏目拟刊登介绍美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：
1.栏目介绍
2.稿件内容
3.稿件长度：约400词
4.交稿日期：6月28日前
注意：1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
I’d like to ask you to write an article for our school’s English newspaper.
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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。
My grandfather and I enjoy fishing.
One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water. Before waiting for about half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there were a sudden pull at the pole and fish was caught. Within the next few minute, my grandfather also caught a fish.
Felt hungry, we built a fire by the lake and barbecued the fish. It was delicious.
The task of being accepted in a university begins early for some students. Long before they graduate 1. high school, these students take special courses to prepare for 2. (advance) study. They may also take one or more 3. (examine) that test how well prepared they are for the university. In the final year of high school, they complete applications and send them to the universities 4. interest them most. Some high school students may be required to have 5. interview with people from the university.6. (neat) dressed and a little bit frightened, they are determined to show that they have a good attitude and the ability to succeed.
If the new students 7. (accept), many universities will offer an instruction program for them 8. (get) to know the procedures for students’ advising, university rules, the use of the library and all the other major services of the university.
Beginning a new life in a new place can be very 9. (puzzle). The more knowledge students have about the school, the 10. (easy) it will be for them to adapt to the new environment. However, it takes time to get used to college life.
I started my travel business 6 years ago. I didn’t have a _______ budget, so I simply told everyone I was familiar with my business. _______, I had got very few clients.
Late one evening I received a call from a woman _______ about a cruise she had booked. I didn’t _______ her voice so I asked her where she lived. She replied, “Montana.” I told her that I didn’t have any clients in Montana and that she must have been _______. “Sir, I have your _______ written down right here on my piece of paper,_______ I must have booked it with you. Could you recheck it, please?” she _______ responded. _______, she had my website but I wasn’t her travel agent.
I ________ her name, phone number and sailing information and told her I would call the cruise line and see ________ I could find out. She greatly ________ my offer to help. The next day I called to tell her that I found out that one agency did have her ________ and gave her its number. The woman was very ________ with the solution. We also talked for a few minutes about her ________ and I gave her some tips while on board. She thanked me again and I told her it would be my ________ to help her any time in the future. After a few days, I completely ________ about the encounter.
Several months later, much to my ________, I got a call from the lady’s sister from Montana, who wanted to get married on a cruise ship. That’s just the beginning of the story. My little ________ to the lady in Montana brought 30 brand new clients! Time will only tell how many new clients will come my way, ________ one simple offer.
1.A. marketing B. travelling C. housing D. training
2.A. Unusually B. Unbelievably C. Unfortunately D. Unreasonably
3.A. commenting B. complaining C. debating D. asking
4.A. understand B. remember C. tolerate D. recognize
5.A. mistaken B. misunderstood C. forgotten D. amused
6.A. number B. name C. website D. address
7.A. for B. but C. so D. though
8.A. excitedly B. politely C. curiously D. coldly
9.A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. Indeed
10.A. checked out B. put down C. sorted out D. turned down
11.A. what B. how C. when D. where
12.A. rejected B. accepted C. appreciated D. weighed
13.A. application B. booking C. password D. signature
14.A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. confused D. satisfied
15.A. family B. cruise C. career D. agency
16.A. pleasure B. credit C. shame D. reward
17.A. thought B. worried C. cared D. forgot
18.A. sadness B. astonishment C. relief D. disappointment
19.A. rudeness B. generosity C. kindness D. sympathy
20.A. in terms of B. on account of C. in honor of D. on behalf of
You are one of the most familiar faces in class, not because you are funny or have great note-taking abilities but because you ask the most number of questions. 1. It is important to have a good way to ask questions. Here are a few tips for improving your questioning skills:
Be clear about what you want to know.
Be clear about what you want to know and frame your question accordingly.2. If you beat around the bush, your teachers won’t be entirely sure what it is that you haven’t understood, or need an explanation for.
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If you are uncertain about a particular subject, make it clear when it is being discussed. If you put your question in context (语境), you can be sure of it. Because questions often open up new avenues within a subject, doing this would benefit the whole class.
Don’t hesitate to talk to your teacher after class.
4. Therefore, if you feel uncomfortable about asking a question in front of your classmates, wait till the class is over. This will probably put you more at ease.
Write down your questions.
5. They may appear when you’re studying, reading or taking notes. Note them down on a piece of paper so that you won’t forget to ask them later. This can also make sure that you don’t have any unanswered questions when the exam approaches.
A. Don’t ask more questions once a time.
B. Questions may appear at any time.
C. Being curious is not a bad quality.
D. You may think it is good to ask no questions.
E. Ask questions related to the context.
F. A question needs to be easy to be understood and to the point.
G. One-to-one interactions (互动) are always much better than one-to-many.
Recently some articles claim the word “selfie” as one of the most annoying words. But I’d like to offer that maybe it isn’t not so bad.
The “selfie” is used to describe the self taken photo, often from a smart phone. Women and men alike adorn their Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts with these pictures, sometimes with puckered lips or large smiles. In fact, the selfie has become so widely known that over 31 million photos on Instagram are captioned with the selfie.
Let’s think about it. Someone takes about 10 seizes each time they do, and they only end up posting one or two of those. They pick the one that they feel makes them look the best. Isn’t that beautiful? In that one picture, someone has even him or herself confidence.
Self-image is important. In society today, we are so often consumed with what society tells us is perfect. But maybe, with that one selfie, we feel like we fit that bill. We feel handsome, beautiful, confident, smart, happy and content. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has ever happened to us is erased, because that smile or that pucker is what gives us the determination to love ourselves.
I saw a spoken word poem recently and the young man said: If I ask you what you love the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love birds, music, tattoos… Your mom, your brother, your sister, your daughter, your best friend, your dog. How long do you think you could go on and on before you said “I love myself”？
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve struggled with confidence all of my life. I still do. And in no way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway to that confidence. However, the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves. Pamela Rutledge agrees, stating, “There are many more photographs available now of real people than models.”
1.In the opinion of the writer, selfie ________.
A. is an annoying phenomenon online
B. makes a person become self-centered
C. is just a fashion among teenagers
D. gives a person a sense of confidence
2.According to the writer, we live in a society where ________.
A. being perfect is highly valued
B. people judge others by their appearance
C. confidence is based on one’s self-images
D. beauty almost decides everything really
3.The writer mentioned a poem to stress ________.
A. the power of real love
B. the need to love ourselves
C. the kinds of love we have
D. the endless love we get
4.What Pamela said suggested that ________.
A. selfie gets models to take more photos
B. selfie helps more people look like models
C. selfie provides more photos of real people
D. selfie causes models to be out of work
