1. 举办美食节的目的:1. 提高动手能力;2. 丰富校园生活
2. 时间:下周五晚上7:00-9:00
3. 地点:学校广场
4. 活动:1. 品尝美食2. 参与制作当地美食。
注意:
词数100左右、可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:动手能力DIY ability 丰富enrich v.
Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. 印象,感想 n.
2. 好处,益处 n.
3. 庆祝,过(节日、生日) v.
4. 好奇的adj.
5. 事实上,实际上 adv.
6. 提醒,使…想起 v.
7. turn up
8. come across
9. thanks to
Jack,
But one day Jack said
6 . Dalton Shaffer ran a pizza shop in Battle Creek, Michigan. One day he got an unusual call from someone in Indianapolis, over 225 miles away.
Julie and Richard Morgan had once
As a birthday celebration, they had
Julie’s father called Steve’s Pizza, talking about Rich’s
Shaffer was greeted with open
Talking about his good deed (行为), Shaffer said, “I made the midnight
A.performed | B.lived | C.trained | D.travelled |
A.safe | B.missing | C.tight | D.enough |
A.tried | B.sent | C.cooked | D.served |
A.hated | B.needed | C.offered | D.loved |
A.took | B.planned | C.recalled | D.joined |
A.journey | B.party | C.contest | D.flight |
A.naturally | B.unwillingly | C.unexpectedly | D.occasionally |
A.best | B.excessive | C.secret | D.last |
A.door | B.phone | C.question | D.letter |
A.belief | B.reason | C.rule | D.goal |
A.come up | B.turned up | C.put up | D.set up |
A.arms | B.eyes | C.ears | D.shoulders |
A.agreed | B.forgot | C.stayed | D.refused |
A.call | B.program | C.delivery | D.conversation |
A.precious | B.difficult | C.pleasant | D.wrong |
7 . For eight-year-old Toby, who is deaf, watching films or TV can sometimes be a bit pointless, because so many of them don’t have sign language versions (手语版本). “We have subtitles (字幕) but it goes too fast.” his dad said. But now, Toby has some help thanks to an app developed by a 17-year-old student, Mariella Satow, who created a signing app called SignUp.
She got the idea when she was teaching herself American Sign Language(ASL)--one of hundreds of sign languages used across the world. Mariella wanted to watch TV shows to help her learn, and she was disappointed to discover there is only few signed versions. It’s taken a year for Mariella to develop the technology, with lots of help from ASL teachers and the deaf community.
The app is available in the US as a browser extension with an interpreter (翻译) appearing in a box once the film starts playing. It only works on Disney Plus films at the moment, because that’s where Mariella thought she could help the most deaf children.
Deaf people in the UK face many of the same barriers (障碍) when it comes to cinema and TV. “A 27-year-old girl Stacey says she has learned British Sign Language (BSL), and is comfortable using subtitles when watching TV shows and films. But she feels having an interpreter would make things “more inclusive”. Stacey and Toby aren’t the only people to be welcoming Mariella’s app. It’s now got thousands of users.
Stacey says a UK version of an app like SignUp would make films and TV “more accessible” for the deaf community. Mariella is up for the challenge-and hopes to make a British Sign Language version of her app for other streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. “There are more than 300 sign languages used worldwide, so it’ll take a long time to get all of those versions out,” she says.
1. Mariella created SignUp because of ________.A.her interest in inventing things | B.lack of signed TV shows for the deaf |
C.her childhood memories in a cinema | D.the encouragement from her teachers |
A.Mariella invented the app all by herself |
B.Mariella wants to help the most deaf adults |
C.The app only works on Disney Plus at the moment |
D.The app has got few users-now |
A.To update the app for cinemas. | B.To make a BSL version of the app. |
C.To launch. a universal version of the app. | D.To promote the use of her app worldwide. |
A.Creative and caring. | B.Talented and humorous. |
C.Curious and fearless. | D.Knowledgeable and brave. |
8 . In 1948, everyone who attended the London Olympic Games agreed on who was the greatest legend: Fanny Blankers-Koen, a 30-year-old Dutch housewife.
Before the Games, many people suggested she was too old to succeed, while others said she should stay at home with her children. When she arrived at the track, she pointed at one of them and said simply, “I’ll show you.”
And she did it. Fanny Blankers-Koen won the 100m race with ease. With an Olympic gold medal to her name, she wanted to give up and return home because she missed her children so much. But her husband, Jan Blankers, who was also her coach, asked her to stay. The hurdles (跨栏) gold came next, followed by a championship in the 200m, which she won by 0.7 seconds.
Blankers-Koen celebrated those victories with a big shopping tour and only arrived back at the stadium ten minutes before the start of the 4×100m match. Without any warming up, she ran the last leg. When she started to run, the Dutch were in the third. But Blankers-Koen won the race by a foot.
If she hadn’t been limited (限制) by the IOC (国际奥委会) rules to four events, she could have won two more golds. IOC rules forced her to drop two of her strongest events, the long jump and high jump. both of which she held the world record.
On her return to the Netherlands, Queen Juliana gave her a bicycle, saying she wouldn’t have to run so much. But she kept running until she finished her sport life as an athlete in 1955 with a 58th championship and went to three more Olympics as a coach.
In 1999 when she was honored the greatest female athlete of the 20th century, Blankers-Koen asked, “Is it really me?” When she got a positive answer, she jumped up and did a little dance.
1. Why did Fanny Blankers-Koen want to go home after she won the first gold medal?A.She was satisfied with her victory. | B.She was not sure whether she could win. |
C.She wanted to stay with her children. | D.She was too tired to take part in more events. |
A.The hurdles. | B.The 4×100m. | C.The 200m. | D.The long jump. |
A.Give up. | B.Join in. | C.Turn down. | D.Pick out. |
A.how to prepare for Olympic Games. | B.the story of a caring mother and her children. |
C.a great woman in Olympic Games. | D.the hardship of a housewife. |
9 . London’s three wonderful hotels
Here’s a pick of three wonderful hotels, each different in terms of size, style and location, but all performing to an exceptional standard.
The Goring Hotel
Since first opening in 1910, it is London’s oldest family-owned luxury hotel with the second-largest privately-owned garden in London after Buckingham Palace. The rooms of this hotel are smaller than those of many other London’s top hotels. There are 12 interconnecting rooms, which are ideal for families.
The Bulgari Hotel
This hotel has some of the largest accommodations in the capital. It’s very modern and huge with six floors below and nine above ground. It feels big, but there are only 85 rooms and suites spread over six floors, indicating how spacious (宽敞的) they are. The Bulgari Hotel has many child-friendly rooms and activities to keep the kids busy: a swimming pool, a cinema, PlayStations, Xbox and lots of other games. The Bulgari spa is spread over two stories. And the doorkeeper can also arrange babysitting.
The Rosewood Hotel
Rosewood is within walking distance of many of the city’s main attractions. From the outside, the building is large and impressive with an elegant courtyard designed for horse-drawn carriages (四轮马车). There is also a great spa and fitness center. As for activities for kids, there are food activities, art and wildlife. The doorkeeper can arrange trips to the London Zoo.
1. Which of the following does the Goring Hotel provide?A.Very big rooms. | B.Babysitting service. |
C.A large private garden. | D.A spa and fitness center. |
A.Enjoy games. | B.Watch wildlife. |
C.Take part in food activities. | D.Take a horse-drawn carriage |
A.The Goring Hotel. | B.The Bulgari Hotel. |
C.The Beaumont Hotel. | D.The Rosewood Hotel. |
10 . Have you ever imagined that your simple T-shirt could cool you down by up to 5℃ on these hot summer days? Thanks to a recent discovery, the possibility is getting closer. While there are many alternatives that manage to keep the body warm, this amazing invention aims to offer real relief for those who are eager to feel comfortable and fresh in the outdoors on extremely hot days.
Its inventors, engineers Ma Yaoguang of Zhejiang University and Tao Guangming of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, took a completely innovative approach. They designed a special textile (纺织物) that can absorb body heat and reemit (重发出) its energy into space as mid-infrared radiation (MIR). This textile cools both the objects and their surroundings through a technique that is known as radiative cooling. Science reveals. This means that even when it looks like you are wearing a regular shirt, you are actually wearing a device that works like a mirror.
Research conducted at Stanford University in 2017 had already managed to cool the wearer by 3℃, but this previous trial was limited. So researchers still need to test the new approach to determine how effectively the new fabric cools while the wearers are standing or walking, and not directly facing the sky, like in their trials. They also need to examine and measure how well it works when T-shirts are no in close contact with the skin.
Inventors Yaoguang and Guangming are now looking out for textile manufacturers and clothing brands that are interested in using their fabric. They estimate that the new material will increase clothing manufacturing costs by just 10 percent. “We can make it with mass production, which means everybody can get a T-shirt and the cost is basically the same as their old stuff,” Yaoguang said.
So if you are an athlete or simply someone that has to deal with the extremely high temperatures, be patient because your days of feeling hot and bothered may be coming to an end!
1. What is the purpose of the new invention?A.To keep people warm. | B.To help beat the heat in hot weather. |
C.To find out the wearers’ temperature. | D.To protect clothes from becoming wet. |
A.By sending out absorbed heat. | B.By turning sunlight into energy. |
C.By keeping heat out completely. | D.By using light colors to reflect sunlight. |
A.The invention needs further testing. | B.The studies in 2017 lack evidence. |
C.The new textile has a good cooling effect. | D.The new textile applies to various situations. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Objective. | C.Supportive. | D.Indifferent. |