Mark Twain,the famous American writer and a great master of humour,liked to play jokes on others.But once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town.At lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.The young man said that he had an uncle with him.He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled,and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
“You bring your uncle to my talk this evening,” said Mark Twain.“I’m sure I can make him laugh.”
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front.Mark Twain began to speak.He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh.But the old man never even smiled.Mark Twain told more funny stories,but the old man still kept quiet.Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories.Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later,Mark Twain told another friend what had happened.“Oh,” said his friend,“I know that man.He’s been deaf for years.”
1.The writer wrote the passage mainly to .
A. tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes
B. tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain
C. tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer
D. tell readers how to tell a funny story
2.Why did Mark Twain ask the young man to bring his uncle to his talk?
A. Because he thought he could make the old man laugh.
B. Because he wanted to get to know the old man.
C. Because the old man could tell stories.
D. Because he wanted to learn from the old man.
3.Mark Twain couldn’t make the old man laugh because .
A. his jokes were not funny
B. the old man wasn’t interested in the jokes
C. the old man could tell more funny jokes
D. the old man was deaf
Tourism probably started in Roman times.Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire.But when the empire broke down,this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century,the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born.Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel(英吉利海峡).They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time,including Paris in France,and Rome and Venice(威尼斯)in Italy.Their tours lasted for two to four years,and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city.The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.
In the 18th century,tourism began to change.For example,people in the UK started to visit some towns,such as Bath to “take the waters”.They believed that the water there was good for their health.So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century,travel became much more popular and faster.When the first railways were built in the 1820s,it was easier for people to travel between towns,so they started to go for holidays by train.And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger,noisier and dirtier.
Travelling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built.People began to travel more to far away countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people.Planes were made larger,so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.
Thus tourism grew.In 1949,Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays.The company organises everything—plane tickets,hotel rooms,even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home.The package tour and modern tourist industry was born.
The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take off until 1978.In 2002,the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.
1.In the early times,the travellers .
A. all came from Roman
B. were very young and strong
C. had lots of money
D. travelled by boat
2. played the most important role in the tourism development.
A. Education B. Money
C. Transportation D. People’s ideas
3.Modern tourism was born .
A. in 1949 B. in Roman times
C. in the early 17th century D. in the 19th century
4.The underlined phrase “take off” means “ ”.
A. a plane rising into the air
B. develop very fast
C. remove hats and clothes
D. bring down the prices
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place.Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom,and the capital,Buenos Aires,attracted many people.Farmers,as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy,came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs.These jobs didn’t pay well,and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city.As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city,the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes.It was danced in the bars and streets.At that time there were many fewer women than men,so if a man didn’t want to be left out,his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women.Gradually,the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.
In Europe at this time,strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning.This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris.Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters.After tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe,they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes.Though not everyone approved of the new dance,saying it was a little too shocking,the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.
The popularity(流行) of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world.Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War Ⅰ brought the tango to North America.It reached Japan in 1926,and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador,and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.
1.The origin of the tango is associated with .
A. belly dancers
B. American soldiers
C. a Spanish city
D. the capital of Argentina
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the tango?
A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.
B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most.
C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning.
D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.
3.Before World War Ⅰ,the tango spread to .
A. America B. Japan
C. France D. South Korea
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. How to Dance the Tango
B. The History of the Tango
C. How to Promote the Tango
D. The Modern Tango Boom
（题文）假如你是李华。来自澳大利亚的交换生Kenton首次离家来中国读书，因生活上和语言交流上有困难，他萌生了回家的念头。不知如何是好的他在某网站上发帖求助，请你据此给他回帖。
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3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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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:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
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注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
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Social work is the quite new and growing career in China. It involves improving society, solve problems in relationships between people and helping people improve their lives. One thing that social workers do is to work with family members do not get on well along with each other. In the past, there are not many social workers in China. Therefore, the fast economic growth in China has caused society to change quickly, and China needs more social workers to help people deal with these change. In respond to this situation, many Chinese universities are introducing courses in social work. Social work is a very interesting and necessity career. Whether you enjoy helping people, this might be the career for you.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
We have to admit that happiness and work do not tend to go hand in hand. A 2016 Gallup study(民意调查),1.reported some relative data from more than 180 million people, found that just 13% of us consider ourselves to be “happily engaged at work”.
2.(compare) with unhappy people, happy ones are six times more energetic. The good news is that just 50% of happiness3.(influence) by genetics, and the rest is up to you. When it comes4.making yourself happy, you need to learn5.works for you. Once you discover this, everything else tends to fall into place. And making yourself happy not only improves your6.(perform), but is also good for your health.
7.important skill that happy people tend to have in common is emotional intelligence(EQ). At TalentSmart, we’ve tested the EQs of more than a million people and know what makes high EQ people. So, we will keep8.(dig) until we find the ways that emotionally9.(intelligence) people create10.own happiness at work.
