Where are the speakers talking?
A. At a railway station. B. On a plane. C. On the phone.
假设你是一名高三学生李华。你班的交换生Jim对中华传统文化感兴趣，准备下学期选修一门相关课程，向你征询建议。请给Jim写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 推荐一门选修课；
2. 说明推荐的理由；
3. 提出学习这门课程的建议。
注意：1、 词数100左右；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、不得透漏学生及学校真实信息。
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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(∧)，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。
I was walking my dog around my local streets last Sunday when I meet a new couple. They liked my dog but gave it a sandwich. I thanked them and had a happily chat with them. They said they had just been moved into this community. Unfortunate，they had a troublesome neighbour, that was rather noisy at night, making it hard for them to fall asleep. “Oh，it's great pity. I think I'm quite lucky to have kind neighbours,” I said.
Say our goodbyes, we separated. As my dog and I was near my home, I was embarrassed to see that my new friends were walking towards the house next to me. I was the noisy neighbour!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
On May 28th, we observe World Hunger Day. It is an effort to focus attention on 1.fact that despite there being enough food globally, some 21,000 people die every day from hunger.
People do not go hungry because the world does not produce enough food for everyone. According to the world Hunger Education Service, recently the percentage of people 2.cannot get enough food chronically（长期地）has reduced from 34% to 15%. The main problem is that many people in the world still do not have resources3. (purchase) or grow enough food.
Indeed, hunger4. (be) a result of poverty, and also one of its causes. Hunger exists because many countries lack social safety nets; because in many countries women, although they do most of the farming, do not have as much access 5. men to training or land.
Over the past decade, a global push to reduce hunger and extreme poverty6. (mark) some significant successes, partly thanks7. the efforts of many international8.(organization). But on world Hunger Day, let us not forget that with over 815,000 people still9. (live) in daily food insecurity, we still have a long way to go before we can 10.(safe) say that no child goes to bed hungry most nights.
Failing Successfully
Two years ago I took part in a speech competition. It was a hard time for me when the judge______ the winners. At last, the moment of truth came. I got the worst.______ not being placed in the competition, I really wanted to _______ again. I realized that finding the right topic was the most important part of the whole _______. It needs to be motivational and inspirational to the _______. So I reworked my speech for the following year,______ a different topic and spending countless hours _______ the speech, line by line, word by word to make it _______better.
The next year I participated in the _______ again. As was expected, my speech ______down well and I was hoping to do that a bit better this year._______, my wish didn’t come true. The competition was so fierce that again I didn’t _______it.
I was deeply disappointed, since I couldn’t accept the fact that I had _______ twice in something that I had worked so hard on. However, I knew that losing is _______ and part of life. One of the judges said to me that my speech was quite good,_______ it needed to be better if I wanted to go any further. He advised me to struggle to_______ something like some of the empty gestures. He said that I would surely succeed some day.
While I didn’t earn _______ in the competition, I did gain a new viewpoint. I discovered that I could fail successfully. I think I’ll _______ to work hard and enter the next competition. Now, whenever I’m faced with a defeat, I _______ myself of what a famous person said, “The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it’s a slip and not a_______.”
1.A. announced B. predicted C. observed D. interviewed
2.A. Unless B. Once C. Though D. Since
3.A. suffer B. compete C. win D. check
4.A. range B. condition C. system D. process
5.A. audience B. companion C. director D. author
6.A. reviewing B. supposing C. picking D. comparing
7.A. appreciating B. making C. reciting D. polishing
8.A. increase B. flow C. expose D. occur
9.A. competition B. party C. examination D. invitation
10.A. wrote B. sounded C. went D. slowed
11.A. Angrily B. Sadly C. Fortunately D. Eagerly
12.A. settle B. hate C. make D. pass
13.A. decreased B. escaped C. struggled D. failed
14.A. flexible B. normal C. appropriate D. typical
15.A. but B. so C. for D. or
16.A. assume B. declare C. overcome D. acquire
17.A. profits B. awards C. comments D. qualities
18.A. continue B. agree C. regret D. apply
19.A. allow B. inform C. accuse D. remind
20.A. kick B. push C. fall D. walk
Three Ways to Self-fund College
The idea that parents should pay for their children’s college education is a nice one, but it’s far from a reality for many students. 1. Whatever the case may be, it’s time to take a good look at your options for funding college on your own.
Turn over every stone.
If you’ re not a straight-A genius who could easily win college scholarships, there’s good news:2. Check out these popular College Confidential threads to see which awards average and above-average students are aiming at. Are your parents retirees? Are you a first-generation student? Is your family attached to any church or community groups? (Seriously, there are scholarships for all those things.) The secret to scoring major cash is following every possible source of funding.
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Instead of going straight to a four-year institution, many students are choosing to start out at an affordable community college and transfer later.4. If these are options that could work for you, just be sure you have a solid plan in place, and don’t let yourself get sidetracked from your goal of earning a college degree.
Take what you can get.
Remember that not all valuable contributions are monetary（与钱有关的. It’s time to sit down with your parents and have a serious talk about other expenses they might be able to help you with.5. You can save several thousand per year on housing. What about books, meals, and other expenses? Even relatively small savings can be a huge leg up in the long run.
A．Take an alternative route.
B．You don’t need to be a genius to qualify for scholarships.
C．If they’re fine about letting you live at home, that’s great.
D．Think about if you can afford a price of around $10,000 per year.
E．Recent studies show a widespread lack of understanding of the real cost of college.
F．Similarly, some choose to take a year or two off after high school to save up as much as possible.
G．Some parents believe the responsibility of paying for college should fall on the person seeking a degree— that’s you.
