Some Music Festivals
Pitchfork Music Festival
Anyone who adores indie (独立的) music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is a wonderful festival that explores more underground and less-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.
Date: July 14〜16
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Music Type: Indie
Price: $ 75〜$ 365
Essence Music Festival
No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place to be if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of great artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Mary J. Blige.
Date: June 29〜July 2
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Music Type: R&B, soul
Price: $ 126〜$ 2,700
Sziget Festival
Budapest knows how to organize a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to watch favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco appearing on the stages here during this seven-day festival.
Date: August 9〜15
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Music Type: Eclectic, indie, rock
Price: $ 70〜$ 96
Flow Festival
The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly attitude.
Date: August 11〜13
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz
Price: $ 106〜$ 199
1.Where can you enjoy a music festival lasting a week?
A. In Chicago. B. In Budapest
C. In Helsinki. D. In New Orleans.
2.Which music festival will be held in Finland?
A. Flow Festival. B. Sziget Festival.
C. Essence Music Festival. D. Pitchfork Music Festival
3.What is special about Pitchfork Music Festival?
A. It is more independent. B. It is held underground.
C. It focuses on unknown bands. D. It is more famous than other festivals.
假如你是李华。你在一份英文报纸上看到某动物保护组织发起的“Give Homeless Dogs A Home”的活动，你很想收养其中名为Lucky的小狗。请用英文给此组织负责人John写份申请，内容主要包括：
1.你的优势；
2.你准备怎样爱护Lucky；
3.期望能够得到这个机会。
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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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 a close friend Rex, who I take as my better friend in this school for foreign students. I met him when I arrived on a first day, and he was helping with new students to find directions. I remember clearly he gave me a broad smile, and our friendship began. He is very humor, and he has endless interesting stories they make me amused. Besides, he is very understanding. He，s always comforting me when I in low spirits. He even invites friends live nearby to play with me to overcome my homesickness. Rex teach me much about my country’s language and culture. Although I am to stay there for just a year, I will treasure the friendship forever.
Over and over again I meet babies desperately 1. (try) to “read” a magazine with fingers. I am constantly shocked: How can these parents stay at ease when their kids 2. (harm) so much from technology? How on earth can they not know what a magazine is in other ways?
Researchers from Canada looked at this. The results were not good, especially for younger children. They found that parents that used technology too much negatively affected their 3. (children) sense of security. Besides, babies need imagination, not instant satisfaction, which is 4. screens often provide. “Babies are often distressed and put into bad mood when they turn to their parent 5. a connection and discover the parent is uninterested,” they wrote.
Being involved in too many electronic devices (设备)6. (be) bad. But the idea that parents should spend all of their free time ensuring kids are well-developed is actually a modem concept – and an 7. (absolute) unrealistic one. Our kids will just be fine if we hand over the iPad at a restaurant to have a grown-up conversation.
I’m certainly not arguing that hours upon hours of screen time is a good idea for kids, 8. that we shouldn’t try to have their view 9. (broad). But who among us didn’t give our parents 10. much-needed weekend break by sitting in front of Saturday morning cartoons?
I first discovered Cafe Gratitude several months ago. My friend Dr. Heather invited me to ______ her for lunch. Heather had ______ moved to Los Angeles, and we would discuss the project we were doing. As we sat down and were ______ the delicious vegetarian menu, the server who came to take our ______ asked us the question of the day, “What are you grateful for?”
I felt a familiar stir (震动) in my chest, and my eyes began to water. ______ a pause, Heather ______ her hand to me and said that it was with me. I expressed my gratitude to be with her ______, enjoying this moment of our shared ______ and her new start in Los Angeles. After a delicious lunch, I decided to stay a while longer ______ the question had inspired me to meet the co-owner, Ryland. Pauses or ______ in life are a very good time to listen to what’s ______ inside of our hearts.
When Ryland came over to my ______ with his big smile, his title of Chief Inspiration Officer seemed very ______ for his personality. He gave me his ______ attention as he opened his heart to listen. I told him how I wanted to help him open more ______ so there could be more places to eat and help spread this ______ of “being generous and grateful every day.” Since that ______, Cafe Gratitude is my favorite place to eat.
What a rewarding and meaningful experience! And I’ve since learned that Cafe Gratitude ______ business through what they call “Sacred Commerce” where they provide “inspired service, and express ______ for the richness of our lives.” A simple question that day ______ me down new paths and gave me new friendships.
1.A. attend B. accompany C. involve D. join in
2.A. even B. ever C. seldom D. just
3.A. looking B. testing C. planning D. studying
4.A. space B. time C. order D. place
5.A. Without B. Despite C. In terms of D. Regardless of
6.A. reached B. shook C. clapped D. stuck
7.A. either B. as well as C. also D. too
8.A. project B. seat C. honesty D. friendship
9.A. for B. as C. if D. before
10.A. actions B. delays C. hurries D. dreams
11.A. looking on B. insisting on C. going on D. agreeing on
12.A. company B. table C. house D. car
13.A. suitable B. ready C. eager D. longing
14.A. simple B. full C. urgent D. regular
15.A. hotels B. schools C. clubs D. restaurants
16.A. lesson B. note C. message D. lecture
17.A. meeting B. performance C. act D. vacation
18.A. trains B. practices C. reviews D. concludes
19.A. explanation B. appreciation C. consideration D. application
20.A. surprised B. led C. returned D. held
I always used to think that the drive across a four-kilometer stretch from my house to the main road was a pain. Almost everyone in the world seemed to want to go somewhere at the same time. And exactly at the moment when our car inched towards the front, the lights would turn red again. 1.
Then one day something magical happened. The fact is my neck was a bit stiff that morning. 2. Beyond the pavement a gulmohar (凤凰木) tree with a vivid crown of bright red and orange blossoms in bunches. The small leaves were equally beautiful. I racked my head for expressions to describe them.
The gulmohar’s small neighbor was cooler. I recognized it as an Ashoka tree. I felt that the Ashoka did not have a private music collection of its own. My gaze shifted to its neighbor. Now this one was a beauty in its own way. They seemed to be friends. 3. The Ashoka looked like their parent or guardian content to be in its own world.
Suddenly the trees seemed to be moving away from me. Had they set out on their outing already?4. The traffic lights had turned green and we were on our way. For the first time I felt the traffic signal was not such a bad sort. 5. Did that feel good!
A. It had got me new friends.
B. Then I realized what it was.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. It was a clear five-minute wait there.
E. The red light is always attractive to me.
F. As I moved my head to the left I saw it for the first time.
G. Rather, they seemed like two young girls planning a happy outing.
