Recently, children’s literature has become more and more popular. In fact, children’s literature has been welcomed by both children and adults. People have tried to find out why adults love children’s literature just like children themselves 1..
Children’s literature is very different from adults’ literature. Most of it is fantasy (幻想).2.. They can enjoy the fantasy world, which is never boring. The most important thing is that the world is bright and hopeful. In the fantasy world dead people can be alive again and broken legs can grow once more.3..
4. When they read, their knowledge is increased and children know more about the truth. For a child who just learns to read, understanding the meaning of a word may be greater than learning the word itself.
5. A large number of adults like it too. Not only young adults, parents and teachers, but also other people of all ages enjoys it. Both children and adults who love children’s literature can get much pleasure from it.
A. Children can learn a lot from literature.
B. But there is no final answer.
C. Right always beats wrong in the end.
D. Children’s literature is not only for children.
E. That means children can use their imagination.
F. What about the future of children’s literature?
G. Children’s literature can also influence children in education.
Many Years ago three soldiers, hungry and tired of battle, came upon a small village. The villagers, suffering a bad harvest and the many years of war, quickly hid what little they had to eat and met the three in the village square, shaking their heads and sighing, “Well, we are starving.” The soldiers communicated with each other quietly and then the first soldier turned to the villagers. “Your poor fields have left you nothing to share, so we will share what little we have: the secret of making soup from stones.”
Naturally the villagers were intrigued and soon a fire was built to the villager’s greatest pot, and then the soldiers dropped in three smooth stones.
‘“Now this will be a fine soup,” said the second soldier, “but a handful of salt and some parsley (香芹) would make it wonderful!” Up jumped a villager, crying “What a piece of luck! I’ve just remembered where some has been left!”
And off she ran, returning with parsley. As the pot was boiling, the memory of the villagers improved: soon carrots, beef and cream had found their way into the great pot. They ate and danced and sang well into the night, thrilled about the feast and their new-found friends. In the morning the three soldiers awoke, finding all the villagers standing before them. At their feet lay a bag of the village’s best bread and cheese. “You have given us the greatest gift.” said an elder, “and we shall never forget.” The third soldier turned to the crowd, and said, “There is no sccret, but this is certain: people working together can accomplish great things.” At last the light dawned on villagers. Off the soldiers wandered, down the road.
1.The villagers hid food at first mainly because .
A. they didn’t want to share their little food
B. they had a poor harvest that year
C. they had nothing to eat at all
D. they were sick of soldiers
2.What does the underlined word “intrigued” probably mean?
A. Unwilling. B. Satisfied.
C. Interested. D. Generous.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. The stones used to make the soap were magical.
B. The villagers were grateful to the soldiers at last.
C. The villagers provided nothing other than the soup.
D. The stone soup didn’t agree with most of the villagers.
4.What’s the secret of making stone soup?
A. To be patient. B. To share.
C. To be honest. D. To forgive.
Do other countries’ students also have so much homework? What do they usually do in their free time? You may feel curious about them.
On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than the stud the US (26.496), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they soon doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), china (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (走神)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercise. Most Korean students watch TV.
1.The report is about .
A. the countries B. the subjects
C. the students’ lives D. the high schools
2.What country isn’t mentioned in the report?
A. The US. B. South Korea.
C. Japan. D. India.
3. of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework.
A. 26.4% B. 8.2%
C. 5.2% D. 48.6%
4.The underlined phrase “doze off’ means .
A. be half asleep B. get up
C. eat snacks D. send emails
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jack对中国的铁路很感兴趣，想乘坐火车旅行。请根据以下要点提示，写一封书信，介绍中国铁路系统。
1.火车类型：髙铁(HSR)(G)(300 km/h)；
动车(CRH)(D)(200 km/h)；
快车(Express)(T/Z/K)(100 km/h)；
2.火车优点：安全，可以观赏沿途风景，省钱。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
I’m honoured that you show great interest in our trains.
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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；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。
I left home at 17 and pay my own way through college. In the past 20 years, I have worked for everything I needed. So it shocks me what some people in their 20s, still get their life supported by our parents. Some of these parents have difficult supporting their families.
It’s true that the job market is much more harder these days. Therefore, there are certainly some ways to make living on our own. Even if our parents is nice enough to pay for our college, we shouldn’t burden them with our problems. We should be financial responsible adults, made our parents proud of us.
Spreading an Infection
I’ve made it a habit to smile at people as often as possible, saying some kind words, “hello, thank you, have a nice day”, whatever fits. I have the right situation as I am living in 1. big city with many, many people.
I’m doing this for quite a while now, so I’ve seen all 2. （kind）of reactions, from people feeling 3. （threaten） by a friendly word, reacting 4. （angry） or even aggressively, to people 5. faces lit up with a huge smile and gave me the 6.（impress） that I’ve made this moment good for them.
Today something happened that I hadn’t yet experienced: Two people, complete strangers 7. me, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, whom I passed on the street without 8. （smile）at them, 9. with a friendly face, looked up from their inner focus, looked at me, started to smile and greeted me friendly while they 10.（pass）.
Have I started a “kindness virus”? That would be great! It makes my day, and I’m still smiling. I hope you do too!
