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What are some tips on becoming a writer?
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Most writers read whatever books they can find because they love to lose themselves in them. They like the sounds of language and the way that reading a good description can feel as satisfying as winning a baseball game or eating a banana split.
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It’s easy to forget a good idea if you do not write it down immediately. If you get in the habit of carrying a notebook with you everywhere you go, you can write down anything you want to remember. When you are talking to friends in the cafe or waiting for the bus, something might spark an idea for a character or a scene in a story.
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Nearly all writers agree that writers must write. It doesn’t matter if you feel like you have nothing to say; the important thing is that you write every single day. Sometimes, you need to give yourself permission to write things which won’t be your best work.
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Do you have any friends who enjoy writing? Think about starting a writing group with other people who have similar interests. It helps to have the support of other writers. You will also receive valuable feedback, or suggestions, about how to make your work better.
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If you decide that you would like to send your work for publication, make sure to do your research. If you are sending your writing to a magazine, look through old ones. Does it seem like your writing fits in with the other stories or articles? That is the homework for you after writing.
A. Join or start a writing group.
B. Read everything you can.
C. Write every day.
D. Keep a notebook.
E. Stay active.
F. Do your homework.
九年级英语补全短文7选5中等难度题查看答案及解析
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---I like musicians ________ can play different kinds of music. How about you?
---Oh, I like all musicians.
A．who B．when C．where D．how
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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—_____ they are very tired, they feel happy because they’ve finally finished their project.
— Great.
A. Once B. So C. Although
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Jazz is a type of music. Some people say that jazz is America's only true art form. That's because it began here. Hundreds of years ago, black people worked as slaves (奴隶) and made up songs to pass the time. It wasn't called jazz then, but the way the slaves were playing and singing music was special.
The music of America's black people began to be called jazz in the early 1900s.
What makes jazz special is improvisation (即兴创作). That means making the music up on the spot (当场). No music in front of you. No long discussion with other people in your band.
"It's free. It's beautiful," says Geoffrey, a sixth-grader at Stratford Landing Elementary School. Geoffrey is such a good musician that he has performed at the Kennedy Center.
Geoffrey says, "It's easy to express your feelings through jazz. You are more focused on being creative and using your imagination in jazz."
Washington DC is a very important place in the history of jazz. It has a famous jazz piano player: Duke Ellington.
Born in Washington in 1899, Ellington as a child wanted to play baseball instead of the piano. But his parents played the piano, so he started playing the piano when he was seven years old.
In 1920, he played small shows at the Howard Theatre. When he was 24, he moved to New York, but he didn't forget his hometown. He called his band the Washingtonians and later he returned to perform at the Lincoln Theatre.
1.Did the music of America's black people begin to be called jazz in the early 1900s?
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2.What does jazz improvisation mean?
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3.What should you focus on when you play jazz according to Geoffrey?
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4.Who is Duke Ellington?
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5.What is the main idea of the passage?
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Superstars should pay more attention to their behavior because what they do can have a great ________ on teenagers.
A. change B. surprise C. progress D. influence
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Superstars should pay more attention to their behavior because what they do can have a great ________ on teenagers.
A．change B．surprise C．progress D．influence
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Some people are great at remembering faces. Once they meet you, they never forget how you look. For some people, remembering a face can be difficult. You may have to meet them several times before they can recognize you. For others, remembering a face is simply impossible. Such people have a condition of the brain called “face blindness.” Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short.
Experts say there are great differences between patients. In less severe conditions, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe conditions, people cannot even recognize their own kids in a group photograph.
Many people who have DP show no clear signs. Dacia Reid is one of them. If you met her, you probably would not know that her brain got injured as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her a second time. She would not remember how you looked. Reid has mostly got well from her injuries. But now, she suffers from face blindness.
The latest study on face blindness come from the Prosopagnosia Research Centers at Dartmouth College in the United States. The researchers studied how people recognize faces. They compared 22 patients with DP to 25 other people. The researchers showed them videos of faces, bodies, physical objects and other things. They found that people with DP may not have been able to remember faces, but they could recognize scenes, bodies and other things.
The researchers say this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a deeper understanding of how we all remember the world around us. “We hope that by really developing and understanding face processing itself — that will provide us with a model for understanding how other parts of the brain work.”
1.The underlined word “severe” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A.important B.serious C.popular D.different
2.The writer explains the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 by _______.
A.making a research B.having a discussion
C.giving an example D.doing an experiment
3.From the passage we know patients with DP _______.
A.can easily keep everything in memory
B.have trouble in remembering faces
C.are unable to remember anything they’ve seen
D.never forget how you look once they meet you
4.The writer wrote this passage in order to ________.
A.introduce DP and the research about it
B.describe how to avoid suffering from DP
C.encourage people to help patients with DP
D.explain why people suffer from face blindness
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
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People shouldn’t ______ the sharks, because they are in great danger now.
A. protect B. visit C. kill
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Bees are insects. Bees are special insects because they can fly! They can move through the air like an airplane! Bees can fly because they have wings. They use their wings to fly. Bees can fly fast. Bees can also fly slow. They can fly up and they can fly down. They need to fly to get to the flowers!
Bees can have three colors. They can be yellow, red and orange. All bees are black in some places.
Bees have three main parts. They have a head. They have a body. And, they have a stinger. The stinger is used to defend against enemies. They also have six legs. They use their legs to stand and climb. They also use their legs to eat and collect pollen.
Bees live in many places. They live in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The only continent that bees do not live on is Antarctica! I understand why they don’t live in Antarctica. It’s too cold!
Most of the time, bees are nice to humans. If you do not bother them, they will not bother you. Have fun watching the bees this summer!
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They will have to close the theatre_______ they can find some more money
A. if B. because C. unless D. when
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