Looking for Canadian culture? Just put your eyes on the ice rink. “We love hockey,” says Marion Alexander, a Canadian English teacher in Beijing. “It really is Canada’s sport.”
There is no other sport so close to the hearts of Canadians and no other sport in which Canadians have been so successful. But how much do you know about hockey?
Hockey is played on a court of ice called a rink. Each team has six players: a goalie (goal keeper), a centre, two defensemen, and two forwards. All of them wear ice skates.
Instead of a ball, hockey uses a puck, which is a small black object that looks like a small, flat round cake made of rubber. Each team tries their best to hit the puck with their hockey sticks into the other team’s goal. The team which scores the most goals at the end of three periods is the winner.
“Hockey has a lot of rules,” says Alexander, “but once you are used to it, it seems very natural.”
In Canada, hockey is part of the national identity. Many Canadians play youth hockey when they are growing up, and many Canadian families make a tradition of watching the games.
“I played goalie when I was younger,” remembers Alexander. “My family would always watch the Calgary Flames (a team in the National Hockey League) play on TV.”
Hockey doesn’t just unite families. It also brings the whole country together, especially during the Olympics. “Canada is a diverse country that doesn’t have a strong unified culture like China. That is why hockey is so important. Supporting the national team brings all of Canada together,” says Alexander.
1.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the origin and development of hockey B. Canadians’ diverse sports culture
C. Marion Alexander’s view of hockey D. the role of hockey in Canadian culture
2.Hockey is important to Canadians for all of the following reasons except _____.
A. it is Canadians’ favourite sport B. it is an event at the Olympics
C. it is part of the national identity D. it helps unite the whole country
3.What does the underlined sentence imply?
A. Canada is more diverse than China.
B. Canadians are not as united as the Chinese.
C. There are not many things that bring all Canadian people together.
D. There are not so many sports in Canada as in China.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Hockey Brings Canadians Together B. How to Play Hockey
C. The National Identity for Canadians D. Finding Canadian Culture
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1.Which category (类别) does the book，English Speaker's Guide to Living in Mexico belong to?
A. Road logs.
B. Fiction.
C. Health and medical care.
D. Work and retirement.
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Sleeping With Pancho Villa?
A. It is an interesting story that happens in Mexico.
B. It tells the story of a Mexican painter, Jake.
C. It is mainly about Mexican politics and economics.
D. It reveals the political and economic situation of Mexico through a story.
3.What does the underlined word，“It” in the last part，probably refer to?
A. Mexican.
B. The book.
C. Your lifestyle.
D. Your education level.
Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.
Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料). Don’t eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein (蛋白质), like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins (维他命) and minerals. However, don’t overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.
Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don’t get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (人的个性). Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.
Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命). Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shape: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.
If everybody were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.
1.According to the passage, _________.
A. we should always keep fit
B. if we were healthy, we could spend our days in doing things with less sleep
C. one can eat a lot to stay in good shape
D. one needn’t take any exercise if he is healthy
2.In order to keep good health, _________.
A. we should eat a lot of sweets
B. one needs a large amount of fat
C. people should eat according to the foods nutrition
D. we must try to sleep now and then
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Eating too much sugar and fat is not good for our health.
B. We have no energy if we don’t have enough sleep.
C. If we sleep five hours each night, we will feel strong.
D. Exercise is good for our body.
4.The title of the article should be _________.
A. Eating and Exercising B. How Vitamins Work in Man’s Body
C. Staying Healthy D. Sleeping Well
People have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition(营养) and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.
President Thomas Jefferson, however, know that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honoured guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honoured guests about the fact.
1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
2.Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ___________.
A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy
C. because his parents told him so D. from books
3.From the passage we know all the honoured guests invited by Jefferson were ___________.
A. people from other countries B. from France
C. people of his own country D. men only
4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President party was made of tomatoes.
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.
C. President Thomas Jefferson knew that tomatoes were good to eat and not poisonous at all.
D. All of the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honoured guests poison apples.
假设你是李华，暑假参加了为期两周的“美国夏令营” 活动。期间你住在Richard夫妇家中，他们为你提供了吃、住、行及旅游方面的帮助。请写一封电子邮件感谢他们。内容需要包括以下要点：
已安全回到中国的家；
参加此次活动的收获；
3．感谢Richard夫妇的帮助。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．开头结尾均已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Richard，
How time flies!
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Best wishes to you.
Yours sincerely,
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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，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：在错的词下画一横线，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 dream school starts at 8: 30 a. m. and ends at 3:30 p. m. They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We didn’t need to do so many homework. Therefore, we have more time with afterschool activities. For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and play sports for one hour every day.
My dream school look like a big garden. There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the classroom buildings. We can lie on the grass for a rest, or sat by the lake listening music. The teachers here are kind and helpfully. They are not only our teachers but also our friends.
