【推荐1】In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement day(毕业典礼)．Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming，students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths(摊位) and sell lemonade(柠檬)，apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over，the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day，but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance，and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1. The most important event of the year in American high schools and colleges is ________.

A．Homecoming	B．the football game
C．winning the game	D．graduation．

2. When do students begin to arrange everything for Homecoming?

A．Many weeks before the day.

B．The day before Homecoming

C．When the guests arrive

D．In the days before Homecoming.

3. Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming Day?

A．To see old friends.

B．To call on teachers they remember.

C．To go home to see their family

D．To watch the football game

4. Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?

A．The guest who is most popular with the students.

B．The student who is liked most by the others.

C．The student who is most liked by the guests.

D．The player who plays best in the football game.

【推荐2】So far we have focused on the textual elements of the Great Gatsby, but it's time to turn to structural concerns-the ways in which the patterns of language and imagery create the backbone of a story. I would say it's almost impossible to see these patterns in a single reading: it took me six to understand their full effects.

Where did that ending,the thinking of the green light, come from? Books have endings but a do chapters. The seeds for the ending of Gatsby are Planted at the end of chapter 1 , where Nick sees Gatsby for the first time: But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden hint that he was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could see he was trembling. I glanced seaward--and saw nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock (码头). When I looked once more for Gatsby, he had vanished (消失), and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.

It's all there:the dark water, the green light, the end of a dock, the stretching,reaching and desperate struggling-as well as the mysterious character of Gatsby.

Should a reader at the last chapter be expected to remember that scene in Chapter 1? Maybe. But perhaps the reader could benefit from a reminder. I found it in the novel's central scene in which Gatsby and Daisy are reunited after five years.

"If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay,"said Gatsby.

"You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."

Daisy put her arm through his unexpectedly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the great significance of that light had now vanished forever....Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted (看魔) objects had reduced by one.

It is important to note the repetition of key words over significant spaces of text. The word vanished echoes (呼应)the end of chapter 1, Gatsby's vanishing act. But enchanted appears before the phrase at the end of the book,"a short enchanted moment.”

It just so happened that I was visiting Long Island while I was rereading this passage, when I noticed that it fell on the central chapter. The physical,structural,virtual center of the novel.

What are we to learn from this? It should remind us that a truly great work of art is beautifully and finely created. It should reveal how purposeful the strategic vision of the author is.Whatever its effect in Gatsby, it also serves as a writing lesson for the rest of us, whether we are writing fiction, nonfiction,biography, screenplays, or poetry.

1. What is this passage mainly about?

A．Paragraph development.

B．Right words.

C．Story structure.

D．Textual elements.

2. According to the passage,“the green light”is mentioned in at least________chapters in The Great Gatsby.

A．two.

B．three.

C．four.

D．six

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．It took the writer six hours to discover the patterns of the novel.

B．The description in Para 3 has no links to the character of Gatsby.

C．The reappearance of some key words may just be coincidence.

D．The ending of the novel may remind readers of Chapter 1.

【推荐1】How to Become a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide

To become a registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide working in London, you will need to take a course and gain accreditation from the Institute of Tourist Guiding.

The Course

The course typically lasts about 18 months and involves lectures in London and practical site visits, along with periods of self-study. Its main focus is London, but it also covers the major tourist destinations across the South East, so it helps to have a reasonable knowledge of London and destinations such as Windsor, Oxford and Stratford. It can also be useful to have language skills as a large number of guides provide tours in more than one language.

Applying for the Course

There is lots of interest in the course, so candidates are assessed by exam and interview before being awarded a place. You will find further information on the course fees and timelines on the Institute's website.

Programme Content

As part of the course, you'll learn how to develop and present highlighted tours of London's major attractions, together with a City of London walk and a panoramic coach tour. The practical side is matched by lectures covering a wide range of topics related to London, the various regional sites and the techniques of guiding.

Exams

During the course you'll take a number of written and practical exams and if you're successful you'll be awarded a Blue Badge, which is the industry's recognized symbol of professionalism in tourist guiding. It is also possible to take the exams without doing the course, but there are many benefits to doing so, not least the opportunity to meet and work with guiding colleagues.

1. What can be learned about The Course?

A．Lectures and self-study make up the whole course.

B．Language skills can be of great help.

C．It focuses on the major tourist destinations.

D．It has nothing to do with knowledge of London.

2. How can you get a Blue Badge?

A．By taking exams.	B．By taking the course.
C．By having interviews.	D．By working with guiding colleagues.

3. What kind of text is it?

A．A report

B．A notice.

C．A travel brochure.

D．An advertisement.

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