Chinese writers seldom win a big prize in the world. One of those prizes is the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, the highest honor in the world that can be given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. No Chinese writer had ever won it, until April 4, 2016, when 62-year-old Cao Wenxuan received the prize. Cao received the honor at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.
Patricia Aldana praised Cao’s “deeply humanistic” books. These novels admit that life can be sad for children.
Instilling children with good virtues for the sake of humankind is something that Cao stresses. He said, “It’s time for us to alter our understanding of reading. Books should bring not only joy to young readers, but also have their ideas about life.”
That feature of his works has touched many adults too. “The common choice of the judges, Cao writes beautifully about the lives of children facing great challenges,” said Aldana.
After his success, Cao praised good translation for bringing attention to his work. Chinese children's literature could get high honor in the world if it were correctly translated in a style that could be easily understood, he said.
Other writers, including Jin Bo, have also blamed poor translation as the reason why Chinese literature fails to get honor in the world. Jin was named for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in 1992, but at that time, he had to translate, in a hurry, several paragraphs from his book to give to the judges. "On one hand, the jury has little knowledge of Chinese authors. On the other hand, it is we ourselves who didn't introduce our work and promote (促进) ourselves enough," he said in a class in 2013.
1.According to the passage, Cao was awarded, because ________.
A. the children in his books are poor
B. he wrote books for children
C. his books are about human kindness
D. he came to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2.According to Cao, reading should ________.
A. change the ideas of children on books
B. help kids kill time gladly
C. bring more joy to children
D. make children think actively about life
3.The last paragraph suggests that most Chinese writers ________.
A. poorly translate their books into English
B. failed to get to know the judges
C. didn’t try to introduce their books to foreigners
D. didn’t know how to introduce themselves
随着人们生活水平的提高，越来越多的家庭有了私家车，你班同学就私家车的问题进行了讨论，提出了两种不同的观点和看法，请你根据讨论的结果向报社编辑写封信，客观的介绍这两种看法。
支持者认为：
1. 方便，快捷，舒适的交通工具。
2. 反映出人们生活富裕，国家富强。
3. 带动促进其他行业的发展。
反对者认为：
1. 废气污染严重。
2. 过多的影响交通，导致更多事故。
3. 停车问题日益突出。
要求字数：100左右。（私家车：private cars交通：transportation)
Dear editor,
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Yours truly,
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。
Now I’d like to tell you something that took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon we had held a grown-up ceremony for our come 18-year-old birthday. At first we made an promise that as grown-up we should have a sense of duty for our society from now on. Then we expressed our thanks to our parents which had gone through hardships to bring us up and our teachers who had been educating us patient. And our teachers also gave them cards expressing their good wishes. Finally we put on wonderfully performances, singing or dancing. We learned a lot from the activity. I think it is of great important for us. I will never forget that day in my life.
The story happened in ancient times. A king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test 1. his men were reliable.
One day, he had a huge rock 2. (place) on a roadway at night. Then he hid 3. (him) nearby and watched carefully to see if anyone would remove the big rock. Some 4. (wealth) businessmen and high officials came by, but they simply walked around it. Many of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them would bother 5. (get) the big stone out of the way.
Then a villager came along carrying a load of vegetables. On 6. (approach) the big rock, he stopped and laid down his burden, trying hard to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing, he 7. (final) succeeded. As the villager picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock 8. (be). The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king, saying that the gold was for the person 9. removed the huge rock from the road.
The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents 10. opportunity to improve one’s condition.
When my oldest son was in high school, he planned to _______ a Christian contemporary concert with the youth group from our church. To my _______, Aaron invited me to go along. I _______ accepted; however, by the time the date of the concert arrived, my youngest son had been ill, and I was _______ about him. I hesitated (犹豫). Then my husband _______ me to attend the concert, promising he would take care of our youngest.
Finally, the _______ was made. Aaron was sixteen years old. How many _______ would I have to do something fun with him _______ he went away to college? And how many youths actually would _______ their mothers to attend a concert with them that was clearly for teens? I would not miss this opportunity.
At the concert, I ________ with Aaron in the third row, putting cotton in my ears to block out the ________, ear-splitting music of the first performer. I stood when the kids stood, clapped when they ________, and never let anyone know how ________ I was to feel the floor shaking beneath my feet. Aaron and his friends were ________ at my enthusiasm (激情).
By the time we left the concert, my ears were ringing, but it quickly passed. ________ did my son’s teenage years. ________ he was in college and away from home. I missed him more than I could say. Whenever I felt ________, I would think back to the concert we attended and be thankful once again that I didn’t ________ an opportunity to spend time with my son.
Aaron is now grown and has a family of his own, but he often calls just to ________ and tell me about his day. I drop everything and ________ the moment.
1.A. join B. take part C. join in D. attend
2.A. argument B. agreement C. amazement D. disappointment
3.A. hardly B. hurriedly C. suddenly D. happily
4.A. crazy B. concerned C. patient D. merciful
5.A. prevented B. refused C. stopped D. encouraged
6.A. concert B. decision C. problem D. promise
7.A. festivals B. years C. opportunities D. months
8.A. after B. before C. when D. since
9.A. permit B. advise C. invite D. promise
10.A. sat B. stood C. lay D. jumped
11.A. loud B. pleasant C. wonderful D. sweet
12.A. cried B. stood C. clapped D. laughed
13.A. excited B. surprised C. curious D. nervous
14.A. amused B. confused C. puzzled D. disappointed
15.A. So B. Neither C. Such D. Either
16.A. At a time B. In time C. In no time D. By the time
17.A. tired B. lonely C. upset D. worried
18.A. have B. grasp C. obtain D. miss
19.A. chat B. notice C. talk D. communicate
20.A. wait B. enjoy C. listen D. spend
It’s reported that a male waiter recently poured boiling water over a female customer at a hot pot restaurant after the woman was caught complaining about the waiter’s bad service online. 1.
The female victim, surnamed Lin, reportedly got into an argument with the waiter, surnamed Zhu, when Zhu refused her repeated request for additional soup for her pot. Lin was rushed to hospital and was diagnosed with severe bums on up to 40% of her body. 2.
Many netizens criticized the waiter for being too impulsive and ignoring the possible consequences, but some also accused Lin of being too picky. Meanwhile, some came up with a question worthy of discussion: 3.
Many tragedies are caused by arguments and if the victim can control his or her anger and try to reach a compromise, the tragedies could possibly be avoided. Sometimes so-called “cowardliness” can be a form of self-protection, especially when you are faced with strangers and you know little about their personalities.
4. When they calm down afterwards, they would regret their “ridiculous” behavior and have to pay the price for the consequences.
In May, a male driver in the southwestern city of Chengdu was captured on film intercepting a woman’s car and dragging her out of her seat, throwing her on the ground, before cruelly kicking her several times on the head, simply because the woman suddenly changed lanes in front of his car.
5. Forgive others’ mistakes and avoid fueling others’ anger. Accordingly, you may be less likely to suffer from unexpected troubles.
A. Will the situation be out of control because of your anger?
B. Intolerance has contributed to lots of violent incidents.
C. How to keep ourselves safe when we argue with others?
D. The waiter has been arrested for further investigation and trial.
E. This incident caused an outcry among netizens and opinion leaders.
F. But it is difficult to control our anger when we have conflict with others.
G. So next time you deal with conflict, it is. mere advisable to control your temper and say “sorry” with a smile.
