Phantom Gourmet Food Festival
Saturday, September 24, noon - 4 pm
Lansdowne & Ipswich Streets
617-635-2120
Ages 21+
$40/ in advance; $50, day of event
The Phantom Gourmet presents a giant afternoon Food Festival to take place in the streets, bars, and clubs around Fenway Park. Ticket holders will have access to several food samplings, entrance to the streets and bars, and admission to nightclub parties. Drinks are not included with tickets. Also, if you want to fit in, Phantom Gourmet suggests wearing something purple.
The 4th annual Fashion Show
Saturday, September 24，8 pm
Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston 02 116
617-426- 5000
$50- $175
As part of Boston Fashion week 2011, the event presents the 4th annual Fashion Show, which will show some of the best designers in the fashion industry. Contestants, Jery Tam, Maya Luz, and Keith Lissner (The Fashion Show, Bravo TV) also plan to be present.
Regent Theatre’s 95th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, September 25, 4 pm
The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. , Arlington 02476
781-646-4849
All ages
$10/ in advance, $15 / day of show, $5 / kids under 12
The Regent Theatre presents a show in honor of their 9Sth anniversary. Entertainment for the evening will include musicians, local singers, dancers, storytellers, comedians and famous bands. The show will be hosted by Dan Foley of the Airborne Comedians.
An Evening with Donald Rumsfeld
Monday, September 26, 7 pm
The Historic Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston 02108
617-482- 6439
$50
WRKO AM680 presents An Evening with Donald Rumsfeld, featuring a talk by the former US Secretary of Defense. Rumsfeld will discuss details of his book Known and Unknown , including the events surrounding the September 11attacks and other topics involving the United States government. Tickets are $50 and include an autographed (签名的) copy of Known and Unknown.
1.If you have a ticket for the Food Festival, you can .
A. get purple clothes for free
B. drink tea or coffee for free
C. eat any food as you like for free
D. attend nightclub parties for free
2.If a couple and their 15-year-old son buy tickets for Regent Theatre’s 95th Anniversary Celebration in advance, they should pay .
A. 25 dollars
B. 30 dollars
C. 32 dollars
D. 45 dollars
3.If you are interested in the topics about the United States Government, you should .
A. go to clubs around Fenway Park
B. call 781-646-4849 for some information
C. make an appointment in advance
D. attend An Evening with Donald Rumsfeld
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On the morning of September 7th, 19- year- old Ryan Harris and 40-year-old Stonie Huffman, two Sitka, Alaska residents, took off on their 28-foot boat in search of fish. Two miles into the ocean, their boat began to have some problems. They managed to fix the problems, but decided to head back to shore anyway. However, before they could call for help or grab a life jacket, an eight-foot wave slammed hard against their boat and overturned it, throwing both men into the cold Alaskan waters.
Stranded, they beg an to look around to see what they could grab onto and saw a couple of the empty fishing boxes from the boat, floating around. Ryan managed to climb inside one. Stonie, however, was not as lucky and managed to only grab onto the lid of the box. Soon, they both started drifting apart.
While Ryan continued to bob up and down in the box, the waves started carrying Stonie away. But as luck would have it, he caught sight of one of the life suits from their boat floating in the ocean and managed to grab it. Though putting it on and hanging onto the lid at the same time was not an easy task, Stonie managed it and then began his long swim back to shore. He ended up on a deserted patch of land about 25 miles northwest of Sitka, where he had to wait until Saturday morning almost 24 hours after the fishing trip began, for rescuers to find him. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Ryan continued to drift around the ocean trying to stay alive and hoping someone would find him. The brave teenager repeated himself over and over again, “I’m Ryan Hunter Harris and I’m not going to die here.” He was sure he would be rescued.
Two hours after his friend was rescued and able to guide the Coast Guard and, 26 hours after the adventure began, Ryan was finally found and brought back to shore. What was amazing was that besides a few scratches, the youngster was in perfect health. Will he ever venture out on a fishing trip again? Only time will tell!
1.We learn that on Ryan and Stonie’s way back to shore, .
A. they had expected they would encounter danger
B. they were struck by a big wave all of a sudden
C. they tried to fix the problems of their boat
D. they were frightened by many big waves
2.What does the underlined word“Stranded” in Paragraph 2mean?
A. Trapped.
B. Injured.
C. Encouraged.
D. Puzzled.
3.Paragraph 4 shows when Ryan was drifting around the ocean, he .
A. was frightened
B. amused himself
C. became hopeless
D. stayed positive
4.The writer finds it surprising that .
A. Ryan was finally found
B. it took so long to finally find Ryan
C. Ryan was only slightly injured
D. Ryan decided to go on a fishing trip again
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The World Health Organization says that the disease polio is no longer widespread in India. In 2009，half of the world’s cases of polio were there. But In 2011, there was only one new case of polio in the country.
Polio is caused by a virus. It spreads very quickly from one person to another. Victims often lose the use of their arms and legs. In the most serious cases, polio can kill a person.
Twenty-five years ago, polio affected about 200, 000 children in India each year. The United Nations children’s organization, UNICEF, sent teams. of health workers into local villages. Team members told families in their neighborhood about the importance of giving liquid medicine to children to protect them against polio.
But it was not easy at first. A member said, “They used to think that our children will not be able to have children when they grow up if they get the drop. They used to think like this. But now they don’t. Now they allow their kids to get the drops.” Now things have changed. Asma Khatun is a mother in the town of Ghaziabad in the northern state of Utter Pradesh. She said, “Whenever anyone comes, we get the children vaccinated(接种疫苗). Even if nobody came to our house, we would send our children to a clinic to get vaccinated.
A local Muslim leader says the vaccination campaign has been successful because it is supported by religious leaders. He said, “The polio vaccination campaign has been successful here because our Muslim scholars are with us.
With their support, we are able to make people understand that giving children the vaccine is beneficial and crucial.”
The Indian government has now launched a new campaign to vaccinate 170 million children under the age of five. The campaign will target newborn babies, migrants and people living in poor, crowded areas where the disease spreads more quickly.
1.What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To tell the world how to fight against polio.
B. To tell us good news about fighting against polio in India.
C. To prove that with good methods polio can be prevented.
D. To explain why people in India are no longer afraid of polio.
2.We learn that when parents in India were first advised to get their children vaccinated, they .
A. didn’t believe it could prevent polio
B. became relaxed and believed it would work
C. were afraid it would do harm to their children
D. were afraid it would make their children die
3.What is Muslim leaders’ attitude towards getting children vaccinated now?
A. Supportive.
B. Negative.
C. Uncaring.
D. Worried.
4.We know from the last paragraph that the new campaign .
A. was started by the World Health Organization
B. is successful mainly because of Muslim scholars
C. aims at 170 million children under the age of five
D. mainly targets people living in poor and crowded areas
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The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.
Some people have a great fear of losing. In fact, fear is not the best description of what they have. It is more like a crazy phobia(恐惧症) that they cannot keep away from. Day after day, these people allow their fear of losing to control everything in their lives. They are so afraid of losing that they try to keep away from losing without considering the cost of doing so.
When things start to get out of control, fear begins to come in. As the fear of losing or getting hurt overwhelms(充溢) them, they quickly look for excuses, rather than fight back or find a way to deal with their fear. They never realize that losing is just as common as eating and breathing.
If one is given a choice, who wouldn’t prefer winning over losing? After all, winning is exciting and winning is what living is all about. Although we might try hard all the time, we’re not going to win every time. In fact, most of us are going to lose a lot more often than we win and, believe it or not, it’s not all bad.
In order to make the most of our abilities ，we have to take risks every now and then. When we take risks, we might get knocked down, or even knocked flat, but with each failure and each loss, we have an opportunity to get better and get closer to the life we expect.
1.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. The Bad Effects of Losing
B. Make the Most of Every Success
C. We Win Some and We Lose Some
D. Winning Is the Main Purpose in Life
2.By saying the underlined sentence “They are so afraid. . .” in paragraph 2, the author means .
A. one should avoid losing by using any kind of means
B. one is too afraid to deal with losing properly by himself
C. one is so afraid of losing that he can’t step forward at all
D. one should make efforts to deal with losing rather than avoid it
3.We can know from the passage that .
A. fear works most when one is eager to win
B. losing is a common part of our daily lives
C. one should avoid losing without considering the cost
D. the more losing one experiences, the stronger one will become
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Losing is of great value to success.
B. The more we fear, the better we will perform.
C. Only when we improve our abilities can we win.
D. Only through experiencing losing can we get what we want.
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The beginnings of the Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre is one of the most well-known theatres in the world. In 1996, it was voted for the “best attraction in Europe”. However, this version of the Globe, completed in the mid-1990s with funds from the Shakespeare Globe Playhouse Trust, is not the original Globe built in the 1500s.
During the 16th century, plays were popular entertainment among all kinds of people from wealthy nobles to the working class. 1. Actors performed in small hotels throughout the countryside and in London. James Burbage, an actor and painter, build the first public playhouse in England called The Theatre because it was the first ever built in London. Now the audience could come to the actors rather than the other way around, 2..
When Burbage died, his sons Cuthbert and Richard, took over The Theatre. The Land, however, on which the playhouse was built was not owned by Burbage. 3. The actors decided they would build their own theatre. They rented land near another theatre, The Rose, and used wood from The Theatre to build the first Globe Theatre. It was here that Shakespeare’s famous plays were performed. 4. The actors’ love for the Globe was so strong that when it burned down in 1613, they pooled their own money to rebuilt it, making it even better than before with beautiful decorations and details adorning(装饰) the stage. 5.
A. The Theatre was a huge success.
B. This theatre could hold several thousand people!
C. Queen Elizabeth I of England had a great love for plays.
D. When one enters the Globe Theatre ，one is in the greatest theater.
E. A man named Giles Allen owned the land and didn’t want to rent the land to them.
F. Success was immediate and the Globe Theatre was a favorite of audiences and actors alike.
G. Even though this version of the Globe Theatre didn’t survive through the century, its influence lives on.
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These days my work is mostly on the Internet. However, there is one ______ that I use nearly every day. And I learned it from my dad almost 40 years ago in a very different ______.
My father ran a plumbing(水管) shop. I had to ______ him with his work. One day, I was asked to work ______ a concrete floor. It wasn’t the kind of work I ______. The work was physical work which involved ______ a chisel(凿子) and swinging a five- pound hammer at it really ______. Often, my aim was bad ______ the hammer missed the chisel and ______ my wrist. After ten minutes, my dad came, expecting to find the job completed. Actually, it wasn’t. He asked, “Son, have you been doing it all the time?”“Well dad,” I told him ______, “I figure out a good way to do this more ______. I just tap the chisel and move it. I’m generating a circle of shock wave down into the concrete. That way, it’ll break along the lines and I won’t hurt my wrist again.” Dad gave me a ______ look. He said, “Son, just hit the thing.” Then Dad ______ me his hand. I saw many scars on it .He told me, “If you stick to the work, you’ll ______ it sooner. “ Well, I did hit it then. And the job only took five more minutes to finish. ______ enough, even though I hammered my ______ two or three times, I was proud that I’d just done it.
Today, nearly 40 years later, when I ______ any difficulty in work I still hear my father’s voice, “Son just hit the thing.”I feel ______ because I know he’s still urging me to take action, go ahead, get the job done, and never ______ the scars. And that’s not a bad ______ to carry through life.
1.A. reason B. principle C. measure D. plan
2.A. life B. moment C. job D. occasion
3.A. help B. leave C. bother D. provide
4.A. sweeping B. building C. designing D. breaking
5.A. enjoyed B. heard C. found D. avoided
6.A. finding B. making C. holding D. choosing
7.A. frequently B. fast C. exactly D. hard
8.A. so B. but C. or D. when
9.A. missed B. destroyed C. hit D. pressed
10.A. sadly B. proudly C. rapidly D. loudly
11.A. safely B. quickly C. normally D. funnily
12.A. satisfied B. tired C. funny D. serious
13.A. gave B. lent C. posted D. showed
14.A. repeat B. improve C. finish D. know
15.A. Lucky B. Strange C. Peaceful D. Happy
16.A. face B. foot C. leg D. hand
17.A. get on B. make up C. meet with D. find out
18.A. hesitant B. worried C. comfortable D. encouraged
19.A. check B. mind C. develop D. put
20.A. lesson B. arrangement C. attitude D. situation
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Day after day, a small blue truck speeds along the streets of Funen. A dog sits beside the driver, looking at him as if 1. (listen) to his order. Whenever the truck goes by, the people of Funen tum and stare, some in wonder, others in admiration; for on its sides 2. (print) the words TRACKER DOC and a telephone number.
Yes, the passenger in the blue truck is a dog that 3. ( be) used to find lost things or follow the tracks of persons and animals. Within seven years, the dog and his 4. (own) Anderson have found lost things worth nearly $400,000，among 5. are watches, jewelry, money, cows, pigs, and other dogs. Of course, the secret of the dog is his sensitive nose.
Each year the dog and Anderson answer about 700 calls 6. help. Four out of five times they find what they are asked to look for. Whenever the phone rings in Anderson’s house, the dog is 7. (immediate) excited. He quickly runs to the truck, eager to be off in search of the 8. (lose).
On the way, Anderson repeats again and again the namesof 9. they are looking for. So by the time they arrive, the dog is ready 10. (get) to work. He circles here and there until he picks up the smell of an object in a place where it doesn’t belong.
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假如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。
Some days before, I decided to leave my bike at home and take the bus instead. On the bus, I pull my cap off. When I reached my stop, I got off the bus. While cross the street, I realized something were missing. My cap! I turned around, running to the bus, and the bus pulled away from the stop. Just then, a bus stopped a short distance away because a red light. While I sadly looked at the bus, the door was opened. A man stood near the door and looked around. Seen me, he waved something: It was my cap. I barely had time to grab them and say thank you before the door closed again.
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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jack想过一个特殊的周末, 你打算带他去农村一日游。请你用英语给他写封邮件，内容包括:
1. 地点;
2. 活动:采摘蔬菜、钓鱼、看农村歌舞等。
注意:1. 词数100 词左右，开头和结尾已为你写好;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 不出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Jack,
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Looking forward to your replay.
Yours,
Li Hua
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