Make a difference with your photography

Take the chance to make a real difference with your photography and contribute to One Minute on Earth, a project aiming to help street children around the world.

We all live on the planet Earth, in different time zones and different parts of the world. When you read this, it will be night in one part of the world and morning somewhere else. A sunset and a sunrise is always there at any minute on earth.

In 2015 on the 7th of April at 13:00 (New York time), 200 photographers all around the world clicked on the button of their cameras all within the same minute on earth. From all these amazing landscape photos and stories, a photobook was made which was sold to raise money for charity.

100% of this profit was donated to the Ashalayam Deutschland organisation which used this money to support a street children center in Kolkata India. You can still buy this book from our website, which will help us continue to support the kids.

We plan to hold this event annually, with the next one scheduled on June 21st 2017 at 21:00 (New York time). Money raised from the sale of the new photobook will go to a home in South Africa where 75 parentless children live. This year’s event will include not only landscape photos but also street photos. The main rule is that the sky must be shown in the photo, so all can see at what time it was shot when this year’s One Minute on Earth got to you.

1. What is the main goal of One Minute on Earth?

A. To raise money for children.

B. To publish a photobook.

C. To find the best picture.

D. To take pictures of different places.

2.What do the 2015 and 2017 events have in common?

A. They take place on the same date.

B. They each produce a photobook.

C. They require the same type of picture.

D. The money raised goes to the same children.

3.What is the main rule of the 2017 event?

A. All photos must be landscapes.

B. The photos must be taken in Africa.

C. The sky must appear in every photo.

D. Each photographer can submit only one photo.

Far out in the lake was a large wooden platform on which stood an improbably high diving board — a kind of wooden Eiffel Tower. It was, I’m sure, the county’s tallest wooden structure and no one had ever been known to jump from it.

So it was quite a shock when our teacher, Mr. Milton, announced that he would dive off the high board that very afternoon.

Word of his questionable plan was already spreading through town as Mr. Milton swam out to the platform. He was just a tiny, stick figure when he got there but even from such a distance the high board seemed almost to touch the clouds. Once at the top, he paced the enormously long board, then took some deep breaths and finally stood at edge. He was going to do it.

Several hundred people had gathered at the shore to watch. Mr. Milton stood for quite a long time, then he raised his arms, took one massive bounce and launched himself into a perfect dive. It was beautiful. He fell with perfect style for what seemed minutes. The crowd fell silent. The only sound to be heard was the faint whistle of his body tearing through the air toward the water far, far below.

But about three quarters of the way down he seemed to have second thoughts and began suddenly to panic, waving his arms and legs like someone having a bad dream. When he was perhaps thirty feet above the water, he gave up on waving and spread his arms and legs wide, apparently hoping that it would somehow slow his fall.

It didn’t.

He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour. The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of their trees three miles away. I don’t think he entered the water at all. He just bounced off it, about fifteen feet back into the air. After that, he lay still on the surface, spinning like an autumn leaf.

He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat and placed on an old blanket where he spent the rest of the afternoon. Occasionally he accepted small sips of water, but otherwise was too shocked to speak. From head to toe, he was covered with deep red bruises.

... It was the best day of my life.

1.What did the writer think of Mr. Milton’s plan to jump from the diving board?

A. Crazy. B. Disappointing.

C. Heroic. D. Confused.

2.In Paragraph 3, Mr Milton is described as “a tiny, stick figure” because he was __________.

A. tired after swimming

B. very small and thin

C. very far away

D. sure to be broken

3.Why did Mr. Milton suddenly start swinging his arms and legs during the dive?

A. He thought it was the best way to slow his fall.

B. He lost his confidence and started to panic.

C. He was signalling the crowd for help.

D. He wanted to show his courage.

4. Which of the following sentences from the passage is an example of a fact?

A. He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour.

B. The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of trees up to three miles away.

C. He just bounced off it, about fifteen feet back into the air.

D. He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat ….

短文改错

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。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(＼)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。

The best advice I received in my childhood was from my dad. He always gives me some

advice, but I seldom took them seriously. One day he was encouraged me to participate in a

speech competition. So I signed up and after the competition, I did my best to be full prepared. But the moment I stood on the stage, I was such nervous that my mind completely went blank.

The experience of lose a competition was really painful. Then, my dad said, “My son, life

is like battlefield. You have to lose many time to win the final victory.” Thanks for his advice,

I never give up when I do anything.

Flying like a bird has been the dream of humans since ancient times. Last week a group of modern birdmen put their courage on their wings and challenged gravity in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

“Yes, you can buy a ticket and fly to another city. But running with your own wings and feeling your feet ready to take off is totally different,” Dong Fang, said in an excited voice. He is one of 41 students from Hangzhou No. 14 Middle School to test their home-made aircrafts in the playground. Inspired by the International Bognor Birdman Competition in the UK, Ni Wangyue, a teacher in high school is holding a similar event. The Bognor Birdman competition started in 1971 in the England coastal city Bognor. People ran off the end of a pier (码头) with their own aircraft in an attempt to “fly” the farthest distance.

“From the very beginning , I didn’t expect my students to create a real plane or break any records. I told them the competition is more for seeing how far your imagination can stretch,” Said Ni. He was surprised to see his students create 10 different aircrafts with all kinds of material available in the past month. Many students said that they learnt much more in the process of creating their planes than in ordinary classes.

Jing Yuchen and his team named their plane “Weiming E”, which means an unknown goose. The 17-year-old boy deeply believes their goose of steel pipe and sailcloth will honour its name by successfully making it fly.

“Our work is much more imaginative than others. With several colourful balloons on its back and a pair of light plastic wings, it surely is the most eye-catching work, if not the best,” said Yu Liang, another student.

“Although most of those home-made aircrafts cannot really take the boys flying, the boys’ braveness and creativity in this project will encourage every one of them to fly high in the future,” Ni said.

1.The purpose of the competition is to ___________.

A. prepare to create more real planes.

B. let students break some records.

C. run off the end of a pier.

D. encourage braveness and creativity.

2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. There were 41 students taking part in the competition.

B. A similar kind of competition started in 1971.

C. The teacher didn’t expect his students could create 10 different aircrafts.

D. Most of those home-made aircrafts could take the boys flying.

3. By saying “you can buy a ticket and fly to another city”, the writer actually means ___________.

A. if you want to take part in the competition you have to buy a ticket.

B. people who take part in the competition have to fly to another city.

C. people can pay to get a chance to go to another place by air.

D. the students have to fly to another city in their home-made aircrafts.

4.Why did the teacher organize this activity?

A. He wanted to develop students’ imagination.

B. He wanted his students to have the feeling of flying.

C. He wanted his students to break records.

D. He wanted to increase his students’ grades.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Having graduated from a famous university, Tom wished to find a good job. One day he got the ________ in a newspaper that there was a post in a company. So he did some ________ on the company first and then went to applyfor it. While ________, he answered the questions fluently. Tom was satisfied with his ________, feeling ________ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone________. He picked it up, listened and nodded. And then he ________around and said to Tom, “Sorry, I want to get some important information now. Please give me the book with the red________ on that desk.” Tom looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so he went to the desk, took one and handed it to him ________.________ the book, the manager hung up the phone and said, “Sorry, you are not the right person.” Tom was surprised and wondered ________ . Then the manager explained, “There’re three reasons. First, the moment you entered, I found the third button on your shirt had been ________. Second, the three books with covers of the same color are different, but you took one ________ asking me which I needed. Third, I was ________ the call. You should run to the desk to save time. These________showed you are not a careful person.” Therefore, Tom________the job.

Tom’s story reflects some people don’t________the details in our life. But it is the details that53. Not only should we________ what we learn but also we should pay attention to the details, which sometimes can ________ determine our success or failure.

1.A. ideaB. letterC. offerD. news

2.A. surveyB. researchC. exerciseD. training

3.A. contactedB. interviewedC. visitedD. examined

4.A. gradeB. appearanceC. performancesD. preparations

5.A.excitedB. luckyC. confidentD. happy

6.A. rangB. calledC. cameD. fell

7.A. walkedB. lookedC. turnedD. moved

8.A.markB. colorC. characterD.cover

9.A. quicklyB. politelyC. eagerlyD. nervously

10.A. HoldingB. ClosingC. ReadingD. Opening

11.A. howB. thatC. whyD. what

12.A. oldB. brokenC. missingD. different

13.A. afterB. byC. withD. without

14.A. answeringB.listeningC. waitingD. receiving

15.A. factsB. reasonsC. detailsD. shortcomings

16.A. lostB. missedC. refusedD. left

17.A. mentionB. mindC. likeD. ignore

18.A. countB. interestC. troubleD. impress

19.A. contributeB. determineC. possessD. value

20.A. yetB. stillC. otherwiseD. even

短文改错

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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：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。

TuYouyou, together with two other scientists, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, according to China Daily. Everyone in China deserves to take pride in, for one of the long-held goals we have been dreaming of has been become a reality.

TuYouyou, born on December 30, 1930, is the famous Chinese medical scientist. She has devoted her whole life to study Chinese traditional medicine. His discovery of artemisinin（青蒿素）as well as its benefit in treating malaria(疟疾) is regarded as a breakthrough in tropical medicines. It has great improved health for those in developed countries such as those in South Asia and Africa. Because of her outstanding work, in 2011 TuYouyou received the Lasker Award, what is called “America’s Nobels.”

书面表达

假设你是李华，你所在的城市广州将于2016年春节期间举办外国人才艺大赛（talent show），请给你的外教Lucy 写一封email, 希望她能参赛，主要内容如下：

1. 比赛地点：广州歌剧院 ( the Guangzhou Opera House )

2. 报名方式：网上报名

3. 根据你对她才艺了解，动员她参赛

4. 凡参加者都有意外惊喜

注意：1.字数 100左右 2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

报名：signup

Dear Lucy,

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配饰).Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies．A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

Professor Julia Twiggy，a social policy expert，said，“Women over 75 are are shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s，In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter．It was all expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to．Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly．”Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—about 5 or 6 percent of spending，the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply．

The professor said，“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East．In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from，but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere．Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them，”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard，who runs her own fashion business in London，said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years．She said，“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties，they want to follow them．Older women are much more aware of celebrities. There’s also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look，and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties．When I started my business a few years ago，my older customers tended to be very rich，but now they are what I would call ordinary women．My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago．”

1.It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because____________．

A．clothes are much cheaper than before

B．TV shows teach them how to stay in shape

C.they feel much younger now

D．they get tired of themselves more quickly

2.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?

A．they are often ignored by fashion designers．

B．they are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion．

C．they are now more easily influenced by stars．

D．they are more interested in clothes because of their old age

3.Which is the best possible title of the passage?

A．Boom of the British Fashion Industry

B．The More Fashionable，the Less Expensive．

C．Unexpected changes in Fashion．

D．Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans．

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示)at the entrance? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad，the answer is likely to be no．But while a shop’s scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds，it is certainly there．And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase．

A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance，Via scent machines．A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air．One sports goods company once reposed that when it first introduced scent into its stores，customers’intension to purchase increased by 80 percent．

When it comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs，scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales．That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be．

Some years ago，the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’disproving attitude and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t afford displays．Now the rise of electronic commerce(e-commerce)has opened up famous brands to a wider audience．But while e-shops can use sights and sounds，only bricks-and-mortar stores(实体店)can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave．Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop，but rather a destination．And scent is just one way to achieve this．

Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department，and coconut(椰子)scent in the swimsuit section．A department store has even opened a new lab，inviting customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books，pots and drawers，in search of their perfect scent．

1.According to the passage，what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand store?

A．Friendly assistant B．Soft background music

C．Unique scents． D．Attractive window display．

2.E-shops are mentioned in the passage to________．

A．urge shop assistants to change their attitude

B．show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores

C．push stores to use sights and sounds

D．introduce the rise of e-commerce

3.The underlined word“destination”in Paragraph 5 means_____．

A．a place where customers love to go

B．a spot where travelers like to stay

C．a platform that exhibits goods

D．a tat’get that a store expects to meet

4.The main purpose of the passage is to______．

A．compare and evaluate

B．inform and explain

C．argue and discuss

D．examine and assess

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

You may like reading novels for fun．But you need to get 1. (organize)if you are reading a novel for schoo1．Here 2.(be)a few tips．

First，pay attention to characters．What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything 3. is about a character can help us to understand him，from his 4. (appear)to the kind of food he eats．

Besides，the order of the story and the plot are 5. (equal)important．Make sure that as you read，you make 6. quick note of what happens in each chapter．This will help you bring the things you have noticed about the character，setting，language and soon together．It’s also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it．

Next，themes．They are ideas that a novel explores．7. is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel．Perhaps love is a major theme，or justice，or 8. (survive)．

Furthermore，novels are made up 9. language．Writers use language in a special way 10. (make)their novels work．They may use metaphors，invent symbols，or show different characters’personalities through their speech styles．