A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized (强调) the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don't say!” “You don't say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic (适当的话题). “Well, I'd better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall？ By the way, have you ever been there？” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it..” Soon I was interrupted again by his words: “You don't say!” I couldn't help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it？" "Well, I didn't request you to do so, " he answered, greatly surprised. I said, "Didn't you say' you don't say？”Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “‘You don't say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
1.A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______.
A. English idioms were not important
B. I was not careful with English idioms
C. my teacher didn't emphasize the importance of them
D. I had no interest in them
2.At first, on hearing "You don't say," I thought the foreigner meant _______.
A. he was not interested in the topic
B. he was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D. I had to stop talking
3.The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means _______.
A. interesting
B. important
C. terrible
D. unlucky
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage？
A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
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George Bernard Shaw(1856,07-1950,11) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than sixty plays. He was uniquely honored by being awarded both a Nobel Prize(1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar(1938) for Pygmalion. Shaw was a free-thinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate of equality of income.
George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, where he grew up in something close to genteel poverty. His father, George Carr Shaw, was in the wholesale grain trade. Lucinda Elisabeth Shaw, his mother, was the daughter of a landowner. She was 16 years younger than her husband. George Carr was a drunkard -his example made his son become a teetotaler(禁酒主义者). When he died in 1885, his children and wife did not attend his funeral. Young Shaw and his two sisters were brought up mostly by servants. Shaw's mother eventually left the family to teach music, singing in London. When she died in 1913, Shaw confessed to Mrs. Patrick Campbell: "I must write to you about it, because there is no one else who hates his mother."
Boy and man, he was always bitterly opposed to schools and teachers, saying "Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which and by whom children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning (陪伴) their parents."
1.What did Shaw do about his father’s behavior?
A. Shaw’s father set a good example to him
B. Shaw hated his father’s behavior and didn’t drink any wine.
C. Shaw followed his father and drank wine every day
D. His father’s behavior made Shaw think drinking was a good thing
2.By Shaw’s words according to the passage, we know ________.
A. he really hated his mother
B. his mother really loved her children
C. he really loved his mother
D. finally, he forgave his mother
3.The underlined word “turnkeys” in the last paragraph means ________.
A. someone who guards prisons
B. a prison house
C. a teaching house
D. someone who was put into prison
4.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. As a boy Shaw liked to go to school.
B. Shaw highly praised schools and teachers.
C. Shaw thought schools were prisons where children couldn’t be with their parents.
D. When Shaw grew up, he began to hate schools and teachers.
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For 26 years, the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) has featured (放映，上演) thoughtful, memorable, meaningful and culturally diverse children's movies. This film festival in 2009 ran from October 22 to November 1 and featured more than 200 films. It is the largest annual film festival in North America and the only Academyqualifying children's film festival in the world. Winners in the short film category go on to compete in the Oscars！The films came from more than 40 countries. More than 25,000 people attended.
TFK Kid Reporter Meghan Pfau was there. “We don't just show kids movies. We ask kids to think about what they are watching,” CICFF Director Nicole Drieske told TFK. “Five minutes before the lights go down we have a talk with everybody. We talk about what's going on in our minds when we are watching a movie,” she explains. “Movies teach us so much. If we're not paying attention to what we are watching, we aren't learning as much as we could.” Viewers vote to give their opinions at the end of each movie. The CICFF staff wants kids to feel like they are an important part of the festival.
Kids can also attend interactive (互动的) workshops led by filmmakers, media professionals and celebrities. And young talent takes part in the CICFF. Elevenyearold Shiropa Purna wrote and directed Our Boat is Our Address，which is featured in the festival. “My dad is a director and he taught me many things，”Shiropa says.
A “children's jury” meets in August to watch more than 100 movies that will appear in the festival. They rate the films based on plot, character, setting, acting and sound. The jury awards more than a dozen prizes. The awards are announced at the festival's Closing Night Award Ceremony.
1.According to the passage, the children's jury ________.
A. announces the awards at the festival's award ceremony
B. awards about twenty prizes
C. rates the films based on their own experience
D. watches more than 100 movies before the festival
2.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. some of the films were made by kids
B. the films are from more than 200 countries
C. the CICFF in 2009 lasted half a month
D. the CICFF is held every three years
3.It can be inferred(推断) that Shiropa Purna learned a lot from ________.
A. her father B. media professionals
C. viewers D. celebrities
4.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. 100 movies in CICFF
B. A film festival for kids
C. The largest film festival in the world
D. Film festival secrets
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Since my childhood, I always dreamed of becoming a full - time writer. Two years after my graduation, I ______ my job and made up my mind to realize my _______
No one could tell me ______ I would succeed or not. I rented a cold storage room in a building, set up a used desk and ______ to write. I had too many things to write and I had to write because the _______ was full of my heart.
After a year or so, however, I began to doubt myself. I found it _____ to earn my living by selling what I wrote. I can’t remember how many times my novels were _____ during that year. But I _____ to put my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of _______I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the _____ .
During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to _____ me, “Yun, come to our company, and we will _____ you 2,000 yuan a month.” 2,000 yuan was really a big ______ at that time. It would enable me to live _______ As the money were dancing in my _____, something cleared my senses. Hadn’t I dreamed of being a writer A full - time writer.
“Thanks, but no,” I said _______ , “I’m going to stick to writing.”
Again and again, I said to myself, “I will be _______ . People will love my novels.”
Finally my first novel was ______ in 1991. I had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever __________.
Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has lasted. Now I often ___ the time working in that cold storage room. I will say, “Anyone with a dream, courage and persistence will be successful.”
1.A. attained B. quit C. paused D. seized
2.A. project B. glory C. dream D. liberty
3.A. whether B. what C. that D. when
4.A. gave away B. settled down C. put down D. took over
5.A. principle B. justice C. career D. enthusiasm
6.A. difficult B. Changeable C. permanent D. sceptical
7.A. Adjusted B. attacked C. Registered D. rejected
8.A. pretended B. determined C. waited D. agreed
9.A. anxiety B. prejudice C. failure D. opportunity
10.A. intelligence B. fantasy C. reputation D. goal
11.A. persuade B. donate C. inform D. require
12.A. sponsor B. assist C. pay D. earn
13.A. account B. money C. scale D. fortune
14.A. steadier B. handier C. better D. happier
15.A. hand B. head C. table D. wallet
16.A. doubtfully B. eagerly C. firmly D. consciously
17.A. successful B. lucky C. creative D. confident
18.A. sold B. advocated C. published D. allocated
19.A. experienced B. adopted C. associated D. deposited
20.A. understood B. recalled C. reminded D. assumed
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Humans like to live and work in groups. Language is the “cement(胶合剂)”1.holds these groups together. Language is part of culture. Culture, in this sense, 2. (mean) all those customs, skills, and attitudes that are part of the behavior of a 3. (particularly) group. What you think 4. what you want in life are all affected by the culture of the group in which you 5. ( raise). Groups of people live in different ways. They may have different skills, organizations, and art forms. Their family life may be completely different from yours.
Human beings are inventive animals. They can decide to change their cultures in order to meet various 6.(situation). Of all living things, human beings are the 7.(clever). They can choose 8.(live) in many environments and in a wide variety of ways. Only human beings can choose where and how they want to live and then improve the physical environment to help 9.(they)realize these choices.
Acquiring the wisdom to make wise choices 10. (be)the lasting challenge of being human.
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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。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。
Yesterday I stepped into a restaurant for lunch. As I was waiting my order to come, I noticed the old man in a wheelchair roll himself over to a table. No one and me seemed to notice him. I got up and go over to his table and asked if that I could get him something to drink. He smiled and said,“Thank you. You are generously. I’d like any orange juice, please.”When I was getting ready to leave, I walked by the old man’s table to saying goodbye. He thanked me again and told me I had made his days, coming over and helping him out. I gave him a hug and told him he had made my day, either.
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假如你是李华，是华文中学的学生会主席，为了丰富同学们的业余生活，提高同学们的英语水平，学生会组织了一个English club，请你写封邀请信，邀请同学们参加，内容应包括：
1. English club设立的目的
2. English club 要开展的活动
3. 邀请大家参加 English club
注意：开头、结尾已给出；
字数100词左右; auditorium 礼堂
Boys and girls,
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