Welcome to the home page of the Photography World website．We offer a range of useful services for photographers and photography lovers．
Camera Club
Join our club and enjoy a range of benefits．You’11 get invitations to our regular events，such as members’film shows，exhibitions and talks by experts．You can apply for Full membership，Asso-date membership or Junior membership．Full membership includes free entry to all events and 10％discount when ordering equipment online．Associate membership gives you half-price tickets to events．Junior membership(proof of age required)allows youngsters to enjoy the benefits of Full membership．Costs(per year)：Full membership 20，Associate 12，Junior 10．Most new members joined as the result of recommendations from current members．
Advice Center
Take advantage of our Advice Center．Ask our panel of experts your questions about cameras and photography．Whether you’re looking for solutions to problems or fresh ideas for interesting photos，you’11 get response here．Simply email your questions to advice@cameraclub．com or leave a recorded message On 0800—565656．We guarantee to send you a reply by email within five days．Please note that since we can’t provide information about repairs to cameras，you should contact the manufacturer about these．
Competition
Our competition is held every year and is a great chance for new and experienced photographers to win one of our great prizes，which range from albums to keep your photos in to one-day courses or a set of state-of-the-art camera equipment．Entries can only be accepted from members．They can be sent in prints，on a CD or memory stick，or by email．Please note that photos can’t be returned，so make sure you have copies．The topic—for example，wildlife，transport，people—is announced each year here on the website when the competition opens．
1.Which of the following is a proper price list for an event organized by Camera Club?
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2.Which of the following CANNOT be obtained from the advice center?
A. Solutions to problems about photography．
B. Fresh ideas for interesting photos．
C. Response to club members’questions．
D. Information about repairs to cameras．
3.What’s the requirement of the competition?
A. Competitors must be experienced．
B. Competitors must have membership．
C. Competitors’works must be sent by email．
D. Competitors must have spare copies of their photos．
一个英文网站面向中学生征稿。请你写一篇英文稿件，介绍“清明节（the Qingming Festival）”及这个节日里的主要活动。
写作要点：
1. 它是中国传统节日之一；已有2500多年历史，每年阳历4月4-6日的一天。
2. 扫墓（do tomb-sweeping）祭祖；寻根认祖；
3. 春游踏青，植树，放风筝等活动；
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使用文连贯。
The Qingming Festival
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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。
People used to communicate with each other through letters and public phones. So nowadays they use mobile phones and the Internet instead of. This change in communication have good effects on our works and life. Comparing with letters and public phones, mobile phones and the Internet are fast and much more convenient. If you missed your grandmother, you just lake out your phone and say “hello” to him. And she will be happy to hear your voice. If you want to place order with a foreign company, you can e-mail the message. It’ll be minutes after you get their reply.
He was a professor. At the age of 90, he still worked eight hours every day regardless1.the weather.
His secretary said, “He was extremely old, but he forced himself to walk from his living place to the office through two blocks2.would lake him an hour to do so but he insisted because it made him get a sense of3. (succeed) .”
One day, a university student4. (step) out of his office with a pile of books. He complained. “He always answers my questions with just a yes or no. However, he always gives me dozens of books and suggests me5. (find) the answer on my own.”
By chance, the professor knew6.the student complained about. He explained to him with a smile, “This is the method I have learnt—the7. (hard) you work independently, the better solutions you will find. If you can make full use of the books, you will8. (probable) become a good lawyer in the future.”
This 90-year-old man was Pound,9.was the president of Law College of Law College of Harvard. He believed “all slopes are easy10. (go)”, of which he often reminded his students.
As everyone grows, they realize there will always be someone who is better. I learned this ____ in the second year in high school. The shock this experience brought was so great that I felt my ____ was left on the side of the road for dead. That was all it took: one year and one person ____ everything.
Her name is Jenny. She was the girl who ____ raised her hand and had useful comments about everything. When teachers needed challenging problems answered, they ____ her. And if students needed ____, they went looking for her. I didn’t ____ her, but I admit her presence annoyed me. In the first year, as a model student, I was the person everyone ____ and all the teachers trusted. Then she came out of ____! We also had two classes ____. There I got to see what everybody thought of her. When an exam finished, it became a ____ that she got the top grade and it didn’t ____ to my classmates whether I was right there, ____ I also got excellent grades. They would cross a desert and ____ her! I was left being denied my presence. ____, I felt like not trying anymore.
I stopped trying to put on a show because no one was ____ anymore. Later, I volunteered at the graduation ceremony. She was called to make a(n) ____ and discussed their difficulties. I realized all her hard work got her there, not her desire to ____. It finally hit me that Jenny ____ the attention she got. She showed me how big the world is and how ____ a world I used to live in. I’ll do my best because I know it will pay off.
1.A. lesson B. course C. plan D. excuse
2.A. sympathy B. trust C. respect D. pride
3.A. proved B. remembered C. changed D. checked
4.A. only B. still C. never D. always
5.A. called on B. interrupted C. supported D. cared about
6.A. friends B. answers C. news D. money
7.A. hate B. hurt C. slop D. follow
8.A. protected B. noticed C. missed D. served
9.A. somewhere B. everywhere C. nowhere D. anywhere
10.A. first B. again C. alone D. together
11.A. standard B. challenge C. fact D. chance
12.A. return B. mailer C. happen D. occur
13.A. even if B. as if C. once D. since
14.A. ask B. help C. remind D. control
15.A. Frightened B. Confused C. Bored D. Heartbroken
16.A. laughing B. chatting C. watching D. hosting
17.A. decision B. attempt C. speech D. appointment
18.A. break up B. give up C. lake off D. show off
19.A. loved B. deserved C. needed D. escaped
20.A. lonely B. small C. peaceful D. dark
I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to be in and out in a short while. Yet, I ____ myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway. I had never seen so many people there on a weekday. It seemed someone might have made an announcement, welcoming customers to carry as many ____ as they could and bring them in when I needed to have my own package ____. The queue moved very slowly. My patience ran out and I got ____. The longer it took, the angrier I became. When I got to the counter finally, I finished my ____ quickly and briefly, and then walked past the queue that was now extending past the front door.
“Excuse me,” I said, trying not to be too pushy. Several people had to move ____ to make room for me to get to the ____.
I stepped out, complaining about the ____ conditions. Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I headed into the parking lot.
A woman was coming across the lot in my ____. She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very heavy. I ____ that she looked as if she could breathe fire. It stopped me in my tracks. I ____ myself and it wasn’t pretty. Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a ____ day. My anger melted away. I wished I could wrap her in a hug but I was a ____. So I did what I could in a minute ____ she hurried past me—I smiled. In a second everything changed. She was astonished, then somewhat ____. Then her face softened and her shoulders ____. I saw her take a deep breath. Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other.
I continued to smile all the way to my ____. Wow, it’s amazing what a simple smile can do.
From then on, I became aware of people’s ____ and my own, the way we show our feelings. Now I use that ___ _ every day to let it ____ me that when facing the world, I can try a smile.
1.A. found B. helped C. troubled D. enjoyed
2.A. things B. packages C. chances D. dollars
3.A. lifted B. cashed C. weighed D. carried
4.A. pleased B. disappointed C. delighted D. annoyed
5.A. business B. choice C. situation D. attitude
6.A. away B. about C. along D. aside
7.A. counter B. cashier C. exit D. entrance
8.A. weather B. service C. work D. shopping
9.A. satisfaction B. decision C. direction D. imagination
10.A. announced B. discovered C. proved D. noticed
11.A. trusted B. recognized C. hid D. persuaded
12.A. rough B. bright C. big D. nice
13.A. gentleman B. stranger C. customer D. passenger
14.A. until B. though C. before D. since
15.A. attracted B. frightened C. cheered D. confused
16.A. trembled B. raised C. relaxed D. lightened
17.A. car B. office C. home D. doctor
18.A. appearances B. reactions C. behaviors D. expressions
19.A. treatment B. awareness C. conclusion D. achievement
20.A. remind B. show C. give D. tell
