“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours in a day?” complained Liu Ran in Hong Kong as mid-term exams were going on.
The 18-year-old was Shandong Province’s top scorer in this year’s college entrance examination. After graduating from Tai’an No.1 High School, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学), although both Peking University and Tsinghua University promised her a place.
“I want to experience a more international school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m majoring in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons,” Liu said.
It is two months since Liu first set foot on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.
“The canteen offers mostly Western or Guangdong food, but it’s convenient to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and almost all classes are in English,” Liu explained.
Her English and Cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment.
“I’m happy that I made the right decision to study here. With a mix of the Eastern and Western cultures, there is so much to discover and learn,” she said.
Liu has 18 credit hours(学分) of classes every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. She has signed up for four associations including the Chinese Language Debating Team and the drama club. Essays, book reports and presentations also take plenty of time to prepare. And , of course, there are various parties to attend.
“I wasn’t a party animal before, but that may be interesting part of college. I sense myself changing,” Liu said.
1.Liu Ran chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, because___________.
A. she couldn’t be admitted to Peking University
B. Hong Kong is a good place
C. she wants to be far from her homeland
D. the Chinese University of Hong Kong can widen her horizons
2.According to the last paragraph, we can infer__________.
A. now Liu Ran is an animal
B. Liu Ran hates the busy life in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
C. Liu Ran likes the food there
D. the busy and full life makes Liu Ran feel good
3.Liu Ran had to overcome the difficulties in many aspects EXCEPT_______________.
A. food B. language
C. missing home D. no friends
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Tom来信询问你最喜欢的运动项目。请你根据以下提示，通过电子邮件向他介绍你最喜欢的运动。
1．何时开始喜欢此项运动；
2．现在练习的情况；
3．给你带来的益处。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
Nice to receive your e-mail. I'd like to tell you about my favorite sport,______________________________
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Yours，
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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、删除和修改。
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. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
China has been known many inventions, including the chopsticks we use in your daily life. Although chopsticks seemed strange to use with only two sticks, they have various function like picking, moving, mixing and cutting the food while having meals. Besides, it is convenience for people to use chopsticks, which price is low as well.
Our chopsticks spread from China to another Asian countries. Wherever we are, we can see our chopsticks using widely. Therefore, Chinese people will have the feelings that they return back to the motherland. Chopsticks look small, and they are loved by many people in the world.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词活括号内单词的正确形式。
I am looking at an old friend of mine.
He has been one of my best1.(friend )for almost 12 years. He has blessed my life with his loyalty, kindness, 2.(wise) and love since the day when I first met him. 3.doesn't matter to me that he has four legs instead of two, fur instead of clothes, and barks at me instead of talking to me.
As I watch my friend sleeping4.the sun, I can't help5.(think) of all the goodness he has brought into my life. He has been with me every day through good and bad times. He has always been my protector. He has always reminded me that I am loved and showed me how 6.(love)others at the same time.
My friend has aged far 7.(quickly)than me and had more and more health problems over the years. I am not sure how long we will be together before he 8.(pass)away from this world.
This 9.(wonder)dog has helped me understand that you don't have to be perfect to be loved and10.poor health and old age might affect the body but they don't have to decrease the spirit.
Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been________ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed（诊断）with a __________ disease. There was no __________, only pain relief.
Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a __________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’(徒步旅行者）guide.
This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and __________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank. They planned to keep the __________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the __________ hamburger shop treat.
Wild camping is __________ in England. To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up __________and packed it away early in the morning. The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot ____________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor ____________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial ____________, found his symptoms were strangely ____________ by their daily tiring journey.
__________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had ____________ forever. "Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes ____________ to a thread, but we were alive."
During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, "____________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) ____________ written book. It had also given me a ____________, either to leave that page ____________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”
1.A. drawn up B. used up C. backed up D. kept up
2.A. mild B. common C. preventable D. serious
3.A. cure B. luck C. care D. promise
4.A. business B. walking C. bus D. rail
5.A. expected B. frightening C. disappointing D. surprising
6.A. budget B. revenue C. compensation D. allowance
7.A. frequent B. occasional C. abundant D. constant
8.A. unpopular B. lawful C. attractive D. illegal
9.A. soon B. early C. late D. slowly
10.A. harder B. easier C. cheaper D. funnier
11.A. rolled B. bled C. ached D. trembled
12.A. struggle B. progress C. excitement D. research
13.A. developed B. controlled C. reduced D. increased
14.A. Initially B. Eventually C. Temporarily D. Consequently
15.A. gained B. kept C. wounded D. lost
16.A. sewn B. washed C. worn D. ironed
17.A. Doctors B. Hiking C. Lawyers D. Homelessness
18.A. well B. partly C. neatly D. originally
19.A. choice B. reward C. promise D. break
20.A. loose B. full C. blank D. missing
You are one of the most familiar faces in class, not because you are funny or have great note-taking abilities but because you ask the most number of questions.1. It is important to have a good way to ask questions. Here are a few tips for improving your questioning skills:
Be clear about what you want to know.
Be clear about what you want to know and frame your question accordingly2. If you beat around the bush, your teachers won’t be entirely sure what it is that you haven’t understood, or need an explanation for.
3.
If you are uncertain about a particular subject, make it clear when it is being discussed. If you put your question in context (语境), you can be sure of it. Because questions often open up new avenues within a subject, doing this would benefit the whole class.
Don’t hesitate to talk to your teacher after class.
4. Therefore, if you feel uncomfortable about asking a question in front of your classmates, wait till the class is over. This will probably put you more at ease.
Write down your questions.
5. They may appear when you’re studying, reading or taking notes. Note them down on a piece of paper so that you won’t forget to ask them later. This can also make sure that you don’t have any unanswered questions when the exam approaches.
A. Don’t ask more questions once a time.
B. Questions may appear at any time.
C. Being curious is not a bad quality.
D. You may think it is good to ask no questions.
E. Ask questions related to the context.
F. A question needs to be easy to be understood and to the point.
G. One-to-one interactions (互动) are always much better than one-to-many.
