A trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. To get the most out of your visit, read our tips below：
Visit at Night
Riding up the Eiffel Tower at night and looking out over the streets of Paris, you’ll see why Paris is known as the “City of Light”. At street level，the spotlights on the top of the Tower zoom across the Paris skyline, and the reflections of the Tower in the Seine are sights not to be missed.
Purchase Your Ticket in Advance Online
Bypass the long ticket lines at the Eiffel Tower by purchasing your ticket online from the Eiffel Tower website. You’ll pick a time to visit, and then select whether to print out the ticket or display it on your phone or iPad a convenient option if you buy your ticket in Paris without easy access to a printer.
Don’t Bring Valuable Objects with You
Before entering the Eiffel Tower, your bags will be examined by a security officer. If an item you are carrying sets off the metal detector, the officer will take you away from the line for further inspection. We’ve stood in line for hours behind people who missed their chance to go up the Eiffel Tower.
Have Drinks and Snacks at the Eiffel Tower
If you’re like us，after an exciting trip to the Eiffel Tower，you’ll be ready to rest your legs and have a relaxing snack and a drink in a Parisian cafe. Across the Seine in the Trocadero area, there are many elegant cafes. The atmosphere is great，but the prices are in the stratosphere. Actually, the perfect place for common visitors to eat and drink is on the Eiffel Tower itself.
1.Why does the author suggest visiting the Tower at night?
A. Because you can see the Seine as clear as possible.
B. Because you can avoid the crowds and enjoy it peacefully.
C. Because you can have a special sight of the city of Pairs.
D. Because you can stand on the top of the Tower.
2.What does the underlined word “Bypass” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Control. B. Avoid.
C. Stand. D. Remember.
3.Why did some people fail to go up the Eiffel Tower?
A. Because they had a quarrel with the officer.
B. Because they lost valuable objects.
C. Because they set off the metal detector.
D. Because they didn’t seize the chance.
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The author recommends tourists have snacks at the Eiffel Tower.
B. You spend more if you have snacks at the Tower.
C. The author prefers to eat across the Seine.
D. The Eiffel Tower provides expensive foods and drinks.
近年来，随着网络的普及，学生的汉字书写能力下降。为了保护传统民族文化—汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提示，以学生会的名义为你校的同学们写一封英文倡议书。
1. 少上网，多读书；
2. 养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3. 少发电子邮件，尽量动手给亲朋好友写书信。
注意：短文词数不少于100（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
参考词汇：汉字 Chinese characters
Dear friends,
In recent years, many of us have spent a lot of time on the Internet with its popularity. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，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. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last month, I had a unpleasant holiday. Having visited the Australian mainland before, I planned to going to the Solomon Islands. With my disappointment, the guide cut my holiday shortly by 2 days. He also sent me to the same places I had visited them the year before. In addition, the holiday I go on included none of the activities mentioned in the travel plan. To make matters bad, I had to share a double room with someone I did not know, despite the fact I had paid for a single room. Last but not least, my luggages arrived a week late because of the delay causes by the travel agency.
读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
China is a big old country and it has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of1. (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world 2. (great), for example, the thought of Confucius. As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays 3. important role in the world, more and more 4. (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter 5. kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose 6. (faithful) in traditional culture and they are crazy 7. the western culture. They follow the western fashion, 8. (think) we are the old style. But someday, they 9. (realize) they are wrong 10. (abandon) traditional culture.
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they ______ Socrates (苏格拉底) for advice on where happiness ______. But ____ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a _______ first. The group of guys had to ______ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, digging out the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then ______ together in it, singing with ______.
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We ______ be happier!” Socrates ______ , “That’s it! _______ you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness ______ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through ______ work and creativity. We may have to ______ pain in our daily life and in the process of ________ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in ______ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long-term happiness, ________, comes from within our _______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into ______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of _______ , and I ________you all a life of happiness.
1.A. pointed to B. turned to C. referred to D. returned to
2.A. stood B. belonged C. lay D. laid
3.A. instead of B. apart from C. other than D. regardless of
4.A. house B. boat C. bridge D. school
5.A. set out B. set down C. set about D. set up
6.A. sat B. lay C. rowed D. got
7.A. hope B. sorrow C. curiosity D. joy
8.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
9.A. added B. thought C. declared D. assumed
10.A. Unless B. However C. Until D. Whenever
11.A. always B. never C. ever D. seldom
12.A. cautious B. endless C. hard D. simple
13.A. experience B. avoid C. enjoy D. deny
14.A. searching B. looking C. seeking D. improving
15.A. spiritual B. material C. new D. nice
16.A. therefore B. however C. furthermore D. moreover
17.A. body B. part C. soul D. head
18.A. praising B. blaming C. ending D. cursing
19.A. time B. method C. fact D. choice
20.A. promise B. wish C. request D. require
Small talk is the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers. 1. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.
1. 2.
If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that.
When you are sharing the same experience with someone, it’s easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and comment on what’s going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.
2. Ask open-ended questions
These types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. 3., the conversation will go on longer.
3. Become a student
Nobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the other person become the teacher. 4.. It’s a win-win situation.
Like anything, getting good at making small talk takes practice. 5., you might become happier. If you are making small talk using English, you will most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.
A. Have some conversation starters ready
B. If you make small talk in your native language
C. However, some people are not good at small talk
D. If you ask questions that need more details to answer
E. You can talk about something that you recently learned
F. Many people find these small conversations about random topics easy
G. They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something
