Here’s the news from BBC. Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, sends her wishes to those who celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year at Chinese New Year Reception 2017.
"I would like to start by welcoming everybody here to Number 10 Downing Street — my office but also my home. And it’s wonderful to see so many people here and to see the building so beautifully decorated, actually, for Chinese New Year. And I'm delighted that Chinese New Year is an annual celebration in this house just as it is across Britain and across the world.
Today is the beginning of the Year of the Rooster, more specifically, the Year of the Fire Rooster, which I’m told comes every 60 years. Our ambition is to make Britain a country where whoever you are, whatever your background, you can go as far as your talents will take you. And I think that in the British Chinese community, we have an excellent example. Ever since the first Chinese settlers came to this country, in the port cities of Liverpool, Cardiff and London, you’ve been a model of integration(融入) and success. Chinese enterprises, from food to finance, manufacturing to the arts, is a successful support of the British economy.
We want to follow that example, to ensure that whoever they are, they're able to reach their potential.
So as we end the Year of the Fire Monkey, a year in which I was born, let us welcome the Year of the Fire Rooster, approach it with that openness, confidence, hard work and leadership, build that Global Britain, growing our relationship and our strategic(战略的) partnership with China as we do so. And let me wish you and your families a very happy and healthy New Year."
1.Why did Theresa May deliver the speech?
A. To honor some successful oversea Chinese.
B. To celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
C. To forecast the Year of the Fire Rooster.
D. To welcome students studying in England.
2.What can we infer from the text?
A. All oversea Chinese celebrate the New Year.
B. The Year of the Rooster comes before the Year of the Monkey.
C. Chinese enterprises make great contributions to the British economy.
D. Everyone can reach their potential in England.
3.What’s Theresa May’s attitude towards Chinese working in England?
A. Appreciative. B. Negative. C. Casual. D. Ambiguous.
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More and more people, especially in developed countries, arc becoming older. In the United States there are currently over 40 million people aged 65 and over, more than 10 million are over 85. Caring for these senior citizens is becoming a necessity, and a big industry.
Traditionally, care for the elderly has taken place in an extended family, where grandparents live at home and are helped by other family members. However, as more and more young people enter the work force full time they cannot care for their parents or grandparents any more. There are more than 10,000 organizations that provide care for the elderly. More than 1,000 were founded last year alone. Ordinary people quit their jobs and start private care centers, where they offer senior citizens their services.
One of the most difficult aspects of such an organization is finding the right people to do the job. Caring for the elderly is not an easy task. It requires skill and patience. Among daily tasks are preparing meals, washing older people, or simply keeping them company. Many care workers quit because they find it very depressing(令人沮丧的). It is important to help the elderly stay mobile as long as possible. When they cannot walk or climb stairs they need more help: thus costs become higher. Care workers concentrate on exercises to help them stay mobile. In many cases assisted living replaces round-the-clock health care. Elderly people need help with some daily tasks but can mostly live on their own. It also costs less than full nursing care.
While wealthy Americans turn to private care centers, those who are poorer cannot pay for the services because Medicare does not cover it. Not all countries offer health care provided by the state. In Asia and Africa, for example, older people are cared for by family members.
1.Why are more and more private care centers started?
A. Many people can't find other jobs. B. Caring for the elderly is an easy task.
C. Many young people take full time jobs. D. Care workers can get well paid.
2.Who pays for the service in the care center?
A. Medicare. B. The state. C. The family. D. Care centers.
3.What is the third paragraph in the text mainly about?
A. Reasons to start a care center. B. Skills that care workers need.
C. Costs for nursing care. D. Difficulties in running a care centre.
4.How many daily tasks for nursing care are mentioned in the text?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
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The world’s longest 3rd deepest railway underground passage, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, opened on 1 June 2016 after many years of construction. Trains can travel at speeds of up to 250 km an hour through the 57 km long tunnel. It took 17 years to complete and cost $12 billion. A total of 2,600 workers involved in building the tunnel had to excavate more than 28 million tons of rocks. Nine people died during the construction. The engineering milestone will bring southern Germany and northern Italy closer together.
Gattardino shuttle trains will be running between the two endpoints of the tunnel and make a stop at Sedrun, a mountain station in the middle. 65 passenger and 240 freight(货物) trains are expected to travel through the tunnel every day. The Gotthard Base Tunnel will reduce the time it takes trains to pass through the Alps, which have been a natural barrier to travel. In the past traders and merchants had to use mountain passes to travel from north to south. The first Gotthard rail tunnel opened in 1882, but as time went on, it could not handle the growing traffic.
In the 1990s, Swiss citizens approved of a government plan to build a new tunnel. The main purpose of the Gotthard Base Tunnel is to increase local transport capacity(容量) through the Alpine barrier, especially for freight. This not only significantly reduces the danger of deadly road crashes involving trucks, but also reduces the environmental damage caused by the ever-increasing amount of freight carried by heavy trucks. The new tunnel is expected to reduce road traffic crossing the Alps as more and more truck companies will put their freight on Swiss trains.
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “excavate” in Paragraph 1?
A. bury B. wash C. weigh D. remove
2.What is the main purpose of building the tunnel through the Alps?
A. To allow more trains to pass through. B. To enlarge the mountain passes.
C. To control the growing road traffic. D. To reduce the cost of truck companies.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. Gottardino shuttle trains will run through the tunnel without stopping.
B. More passenger trains will travel through the tunnel than freight trains.
C. Constructing the tunnel can be hard and dangerous.
D. There is only one rail tunnel running through the Alps.
4.Where is the text probably taken from?
A. A travel guide. B. A fiction story. C. A fashion magazine. D. A news report.
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2015 was an extremely dangerous year for journalists. 69 media representatives lost their lives around the world. 28 of them were killed by Islamic terrorist groups close to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. 8 journalists were killed in January, when the office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo was attacked in Paris.
The Committee to Protect Journalists(CPJ) has reported that Syria was the most dangerous place for journalists in 2015. 13 reporters were killed in a state that has been suffering from civil war. Sudan, Bangladesh and Brazil are among other countries in which journalists were killed. Many of them were sent to cover civil wars, corruption and human rights issues.
In addition, several journalists were kidnapped(绑架) and are still being held in prison. The most typical is a Washington Post journalist who has been imprisoned in Iran for over one and a half years On Wednesday he will spend his 527th day in prison, taken away not only freedom but also justice. At the end of 2015, 199 journalists were held in prison in 28 countries around the world, including Egypt and Turkey.
Media experts believe that criminals and militant(激进的) organizations are becoming more and more threatening towards journalists. In the past vehicles that were marked with a PRESS sign got more protection and were not targeted. Although western countries are strongly against it when something happens to journalists, there is often nothing they can do about it. Warring sides sometimes use kidnapped journalists to get media attention.
1.How many journalists died during the attack on Charlie Hebdo?
A. 8. B. 13. C. 69. D. 119.
2.Which of the following is True according to the text?
A. Most journalists were killed in Sudan.
B. A committee has been found to protect journalists.
C. The Washington Post journalist was kidnapped three years ago.
D. Western countries work well in protecting journalists.
3.Why did people mark a PRESS sign on their cars?
A. To be better protected. B. To draw media attention.
C. To show their anger. D. To call for help.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Fighting for Terrorist Groups B. Keeping off the Killings
C. A Dangerous Year for Journalists D. Dangerous Places for Journalists
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Maybe you often have arguments with your parents about clothes, homework, friends and many other personal things.1.Most teenagers must be sorry or even frightened when their parents fight. They might think their parents don't love each other any more and that it would result in divorce.
2.They might disagree about important things like jobs or major family decisions. They might even disagree about little things that don’t seem important at all—Like what’s for dinner or what time someone gets home. Maybe sometimes parents can feel so strongly about their differences that it may lead to arguments. However, these arguments are often over quickly.3.
As a family member, you should find out what it really means when your parents fight. When your parents get upset with each other, they might cry or say things they don’t really mean. Most people lose their cool now and then, so if your parents arc fighting, don’t worry too much about it.4.
If your parents' fight really bothers you, you might find it hard to sleep or go to school.5.They may not even realize how upset you are until you tell them how their arguments affect you. You can also tell other relatives, a teacher or a friend.
Just remember that no family is perfect and arguments are common in every family.
A. Try to find a good way to solve it.
B. Parents might fight over small things
C. You should never argue with your parents.
D. But what’s going on when your parents fight with each other?
E. In fact, it is normal for parents to disagree and argue from time to time.
F. If this happens, try talking to one or both of your parents about their behavior.
G. Parent may apologize and make up and the family gets back into its usual way.
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It's not unusual to be caught in your life. When you get caught in a moment, you should remember that somewhere out there, someone always comes along with a pocket full of_______.
Yesterday I spent all my coins and dollar _______ on little deeds I had _______ breakfast because I got up late. Because of the mad rush, I forgot my _______.When 1 was on my way to _______ my lunch, a person in need asked me if I could _______ him some cash, so I decided to lend him first.
So, then later in the evening, I was heading home _______waiting for dinner. _______, I got a call from my mum saying that she was to work _______and wouldn't be able to prepare dinner for me.________there was no food in the house. I told my mum not to worry ________ I would surely find myself something to cat.
While I was still________ this sudden set of changes in my food options for the day. I passed a young man with a broad smile ________ samples(样品) of cookies at a supermarket, he gave me a packet and said. "How about you ________some more for school tomorrow ________ that. I returned a warm ________ to him and opened up my bag. He gladly filled it with 20 packets. I was ________.
Whether you call it luck or fortune, I ________wanted to say that somewhere out there somebody came along carrying a pocket of hope in his ________ and shared a piece of it with me! Somebody out there will one day do________ for you!
1.A. Hope B. chance C. luck D. food
2.A. Checks B. cash C. bills D. change
3.A. Had B. skipped C. left D. taken
4.A. bag B. keys C. purse D. lunch
5.A. Serve B. cook C. buy D. prepare
6.A. give B. spare C. pay D. show
7.A. disappointedly B. gratefully C. anxiously D. willingly
8.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Instead
9.A. Well B. late C. hard D. alone
10.A. Since B. As if C. When D. Even though
11.A. because B. so C. before D. after
12.A. processing B. introducing C. nuking D. seeking
13.A. finding out B. handing out C. putting up D. using up
14.A. adopting B. exchanging C. supplying D. taking
15.A. Contrary to B. Opposed to C. Owing to D. In response to
16.A. smile B. welcome C. laughing D. affection
17.A. confused B. worried C. excited D. puzzled
18.A. seriously B. nearly C. normally D. simply
19.A. coat B. mind C. heart D. packet
20.A. a lot B. the same C. much D. some
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Today we are going to celebrate the coming of winter with an adventure story.
Our story begins on a distant mountaintop. It is in the coldest part of winter, with the wind1. (howl) outside. Snow mixed with freezing rain has wiped out the 2. (safe) of the roads for travel. Even walking outside is dangerous. So, the four chandlers of our story, as well as a small group of other travelling bird-watchers, 3. (stick) indoors at the Ice Castle Inn. 4. the name suggests, the inn, located at a remote mountaintop, is an old castle that is now a vacation spot for bird-watchers.
These four people are total 5.(strange). The only thing they have in common is a 6. (share) interest on snow birds. But for now, they all have to postpone their plans 7. the winter storm passes. What they don’t know is that the 8. (violence) storm outside is just the tip of the iceberg. More danger exists, but they cannot see 9..
As the days go by, the snow only falls harder 10. the Ice Castle Inn. The land line phones no longer work. Neither do cell phones. No rescue vehicles have come to clear the roads. They are truly snowed in.
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假定英文课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，如你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
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.每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Nowadays there are some students use cellphones to copy teachers’ lecture notes. They think that taking notes with cellphones instead of by the hand can save time, that can be used in studies.
In my opinion, cellphones are either good nor bad. It depend on how we use it. We should make properly use of cellphones. Cellphones are much easy for us to copy notes and more convenient to search what we need. However, we should remember that cellphones in the classroom can lead to lazy.
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假如你是李华，3月1日在英国某网站购买了一本英文原版小说Pride and Prejudice。收到货后，你发现书封面破损并存在缺页现象，请你就此向网站客服写封电子邮件投诉。
注意：1.词数100左右，文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam，
I'm sorry to trouble you but
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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