My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them funny, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He asked us to keep journals. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven away my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or self-defeating.
1.The passage mainly discusses _____.
A. teaching B. literature
C. knowledge D. humor
2.The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.
A. inspiring B. tiring
C. funny D. brilliant
3.With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that _____.
A. his teacher was very learned
B. his teacher was very humorous
C. few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others
D. the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous
4.The English teacher the writer disliked most _____.
A. was not able to make students laugh B. had no sense of humor
C. didn’t let his students do the grading D. hurt his students’ feelings
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假设你是李华，昨天收到某报社编辑王先生的邮件，得知自己在本报社主办的英语征文大赛中获得了一等奖，他代表报社邀请你参加今年八月份举办的英语夏令营。
请你根据以下要点用英语给王先生写—封邮件：
1.感谢他的邮件通知；
2.接受邀请，期待参加夏令营；
3.咨询夏令营的具体相关信息（如费用、注意事项等)。
要求：1．语言通顺连贯，可以适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。
2．100词左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr.Wang,
My name is Li Hua.
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Yours truly,
Li Hua
翻译句子
1.只有用这方法你们才能把他从火灾中救出。(rescue)
2.毫无疑问他已经丧失了信心。(doubt)
3.大量的学生愿意回到汕头工作。(number, willing)
4.杰克坚持要我们建立新俱乐部。(insist)
5.我不喜欢你跟我说话的方式。(用上定语从句)
语法填空
1.It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to______ I went for advice.
2.We have reached a stage ______ we have almost no rights at all.
3.He was generous with his time, for ______ I was grateful.
4.Those ________ are not fit for the work should leave office at once.
5.Look out! Don’t get too close to the tower (塔) ______ top is under repair.
6.They talked for about an hour of things and persons ______ they remembered in the school.
7.The reason ______he was late was that he had taken a wrong bus.
8.Jane is the only one of the students who ______ (know) a little Chinese and is one of my friends who _____ (be) studying in China now.
9.I can never forget the day ______ we worked together and the day ______ we spent together.
10._____ we know, Taiwan is part of China.
11.We were put into a position _____which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government.
用所学单词的正确形式填空
1.In the accident, only two people __________（存活） at last.
2.Most of the buildings were completely d ____________in the earthquake.
3.Can you give us your o________ about this matter?
4.It is our belief that everybody is born e________.
5.The boss was ________(抨击) by the newspapers for not caring for the workers.
6.A $1,500________(奖金)has been offered for the return of the necklace.
7.They should have paid more attention to________(质量)．
8.The army organized teams to b________ the dead.
9.The whole city lay in ____________ (废墟) after the earthquake.
10.I agree that the book is well ________(值得的)reading.
11.After he has retired(退休)，he will d________ himself to gardening.
12.He is ________(积极的)；you are passive.
13.He is a r________ person. You can depend on him.
14.He managed to e________ from the big fire.
15.We were s_____ when we heard of the news that the beautiful girl would marry that bad boy.
