When we don’t understand each other’s language, we can talk with the help of signs.
A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak English at all. One day he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers in it, and took out again. He wanted to say . “Bring me something to eat.”
The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from side to side. The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he came with a cup of coffee. But the man again refused it. He shook his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink, for drinks are not food.
When the man was going away, another man came in. This man saw the waiter , and he put his hand on his stomach. That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.
So you see, we cannot understand the language of signs as well as we can understand the language of words.
1.According to the passage, when people do not understand each other’s language, they can talk with the help of ______.
A. a waiter B. a teacher
C. an Englishman D. their hands, heads, and other parts of their bodies.
2.A Frenchman signed to the waiter_______.
A. to give him some medicine B. to bring him a cup of coffee
C. to ask him for food D. to tell him what he said
3.Another man saw the waiter, and put his hand on his stomach. He meant__________.
A. he had a stomachache B. he was hungry
C. he was very thirsty D. he was full
4.From this story we know_______
A. people can only understand the language of words
B. proper gestures can help to understand each other
C. waiters should understand body languages
D. it is important to learn foreign languages
假如你是学生李华，你校为同学们人手配备了一台平板电脑(tablet personal computer)用于课堂学习。就此现象你怎么看？请根据以下要点完成一篇短文。
1.课堂上使用平板电脑学习的利弊；
2.你的看法。
注意: 1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Friendship is of vital importance for all of us. We need help, also give help to others. In modern times, people pay more attention for relations and connections. A man of charm, who power lies in his ability, has many friends.
As life is full of conflicts, I need friends to support and help us out of difficulties. Our friends gave us warnings against danger. Our friends offer us advices about how to dealing with various situations. Closely friends share not only with our joys but also our sorrows.
With friendship, life is happy and harmony. Without friendship, life is sad and unlucky.
Three hundred years ago, Maohou or “hairy monkeys” quickly became much loved by the people in Beijing. How did people come up 1. them?
The story 2. (go) that the shopkeeper of a Chinese medicine shop often shouted at his employees. One evening an apprentice (学徒) was tidying up the ingredients (原料) 3. (use) to make Chinese medicines in the shop. To kill time, he found 4. (he) making a little figure out of the feathery flowers and the head and legs of a cicada’s (蝉) skin. The apprentice showed it to his colleagues, 5. (joke) that it looked like their bad-tempered boss.
The little thing quickly became such 6. hit that they started making more figures. Thus, Beijing’s unbelievable “hairy monkey” making came into 7. (exist).
Nowadays, “hairy monkeys” are far from the most popular children’s gifts on the market in Beijing. Mass-produced 8. (toy) have obviously reduced the demand for handmade figures. But that’s not to say that Maohou has 9. (complete) died out. Walk among the sellers at today’s temple fairs in Beijing, and you might still find a few places selling “hairy monkeys”, 10. are without doubt one of the city’s most amazing crafts.
With great beauty comes great pain. Lauren Lovette is one of the New York City Ballet’s lead dancers. And her ______ are killing her. She has injured them many times. She had an operation to ____ a bone abnormality. ______, even with daily ankle exercises, ice baths and soft creams, the 25-year-old still hasn’t made ______ with her feet.
Lovette ______ this struggle with many dancers. Their feet are seriously ______. They may ____, jump, leap and turn around like any NBA basketball star, but they do it without any foot-comfort features ______ shock absorption (减震). Most athletes get to wear shoes that are ____ of their feet, but not dancers.
Dancers ______ around the stage barefoot, in heels or in thin slippers (软鞋). Or, if they’re ballet dancers, they wear tight-fitting pointe shoes (芭蕾舞鞋). Pointe shoes may look ______, but there’s a seriousness to their purpose: helping the dancer do what no human is ______ to do.
“Generally, dancers are just as ______ as football players, ______ not stronger,” says Lisa M. Schoene, a Chicago ______. She’s also an athletic trainer who treats dancers and Olympians. Ballet dancers must ______ all of their weight on the tiniest tips of their toes, known as dancing “en pointe” (足尖舞). “______ on pointe is one of the most athletic things you can do,” Schoene says, “The feet are holding 10 to 12 times of the body weight, going up and down on that pointe shoe.”
____ a ballet dancer treats her feet is important. And it’s true for any of us. Our footwear is an essential tool no matter what we do. “Some shoes, ______ too often, can cause more pressure than pointe shoes,” the doctor ______. Wearing long lip-flops (人字拖鞋), high heels and what few dancers would ever wear outside the studio---ballet flats, does more harm than good.
1.A. dances B. shoes C. feet D. teeth
2.A. make B. affect C. observe D. correct
3.A. Instead B. Besides C. Yet D. So
4.A. peace B. compromises C. contact D. arrangements
5.A. ends B. shares C. wins D. mentions
6.A. hurt B. hit C. touched D. operated
7.A. sit B. play C. score D. run
8.A. in B. with C. like D. on
9.A. fond B. afraid C. suggestive D. protective
10.A. speak B. speed C. reflect D. settle
11.A. expensive B. tidy C. gorgeous D. tight
12.A. born B. taken C. ordered D. taught
13.A. happy B. strong C. healthy D. energetic
14.A. if B. though C. unless D. while
15.A. athlete B. dancer C. doctor D. teacher
16.A. lose B. prevent C. balance D. gain
17.A. Taking up B. Picking up C. Getting up D. Pulling up
18.A. Why B. How C. Where D. When
19.A. polished B. cleaned C. worn D. repaired
20.A. adds B. agrees C. answers D. predicts
Everyone deals with discouragement at some point in their life. 1. Discouragement, disappointment, failure, and setbacks—these are all things that can help us if we maintain an empowering mindset. So next time you start to feel discouraged, here is what you should do:
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Discouragement generally occurs when our expectations don’t agree with reality. In many cases our expectations are unrealistic, and this often has to do with how long we think things will last. If we take a longer view, and relax our expectations a little, it can really help to decrease discouragement. So be patient!
2. Think of failure as education.
When we feel like we have failed at something, discouragement often follows. However, failure doesn’t really exist, except for the meaning that we give it. We can choose to think of failure as education, and therefore good, instead of thinking of failure as bad. When we view it this way we realize that failure isn’t something that is bad, or something to be avoided. It is simply feedback.
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3. Stop comparing ourselves with others.
No doubt, if we always compare ourselves with others, we will get discouraged easily. We generally see their victories, successes, and strengths. When we do this we get discouraged and we feel sorry for ourselves. 4. We are on a unique path. Then we need to just focus on our own path.
4. Consider who we are spending time with.
If we spend all our time with people who are constantly negative, we can be influenced to see life through a similar lens. So what can we do? We can’t simply cut loved ones out of our lives.
5. Start to surround ourselves with positive people as a balance. Over time we will start to take on their mindset and this will help with any feelings of discouragement we may have.
A. So don’t compare.
B. Take the long view.
C. It may be a while before it comes true.
D. We ease discouragement when we think this way.
E. But it is not always a bad thing.
F. What we should do is simply expand our social network.
G. Don’t let our discouragement get in the way of our development.
