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Want to improve your writing skills? New Writing South is directing the way!

Towner Writer Squad (班组）for kids aged 13-17

Led by comedy and TV writer, Marian Kilpatrick, Towner Writer Squad will meet once a month at the contemporary (当代的) art museum for 11 months, starting 12 October, 2014.

The FREE squad sessions will include introductions to a wide range of writing styles, from poetry to play writing and lyrics (抒情诗）to flash fiction, to support the development of young writers.

Application & Selection

If you would like to apply to be part of the Towner Writer Squad, please send a sample（样本） piece of your writing (about 500 words), responding to the title ‘LUNCH,’ with your name, age, address and e-mail address to: debo@newwritingsouth.com.

Once all applications are in, you will be invited to an open selection event on 17 September，4-5pm, at the gallery of Towner. This will be an informal opportunity to meet the Squad Leader, Squad Associate and other young people.

You will also have a chance to get to know the fantastic gallery space and get a taste of what’s to come.

Deadline for applications: 8 September, 2014

For further information go to: facebook.com/towner or towner.org.uk or newwritingsouth.com

Any questions—feel free to send your e-mail to Towner Writer Squad Associate: whame@towner.gov.uk

Beginner Writing Project for kids aged 10-13

Due to popular demand, a writing project will be started for eager beginners.

Start time: 6 September, 2014

Meet every other Saturday，2-4pm, at the Towner Study Centre.

Study and write at your own pace ― you do not have to rush ― as you have a year to go through the project. Practise under the guidance of some experienced writers and teachers who can help you with basic writing skills. Most importantly, build confidence and have fun while writing!

No previous experience or special background is required. Many others have been successful this way. If they can do it, why can’t you?

Fee: £179

For more information go to: newtowner.org.uk or generate.org.uk

1.Towner Writer Squad will be started ________.

A. to train comedy and TV writers

B. to encourage the development of young writers

C. to introduce a contemporary art museum

D. to explore the fantastic gallery space

2.To join the Writer Squad，each applicant should first ________.

A. complete an application form

B. meet the Writer Squad Leader

C. offer their family information

D. provide a piece of their writing

3.What is most important for the beginners?

A. Practising as much as possible.

B. Studying and writing at their own pace.

C. Gaining confidence and having fun.

D. Learning skills from writers and teachers.

4.More information about Beginner Writing Project can be found at ________.

A. facebook.com/towner B. newwritingsouth.com

C. towner.org.uk D. newtowner.org.uk

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Follow your doctor’s advice, ______ your illness will get better.

A. then B. or C. and D. but

根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有两项为多余选项。

Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. 1. .

Body image is a person’s opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance. 2. . You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept its imperfections.

So, what can you do to develop a positive body image? Here are some ideas:

Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting. 3. .

Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good physiques (体形) don’t just happen. 4. . A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to one hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.

Respect your body. Practicing good habits — regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on — can help you build a positive body image.

5. . Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit (智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.

A. Be yourself.

B. Just explore talents that you feel good about.

C. Use this as an opportunity to discover what you’re good at.

D. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.

E. They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet.

F. The good news is that self-image and body image can be changed.

G. Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look.

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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After thereception(招待会), we were ______ for a bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses ______ , none stopped.

We waited for one hour and were getting ______. We couldn’t stay there for all the _____ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to _____ the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _____ the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably _____ that we were waiting for some ______ of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift.

I was ______ by their kindness, and I expressed my feeling of being ______ to them.

When we reached our town, the family _____ us at the nearest place where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the place where we had _____ our bike. On the _____, a man stopped the taxi. The _______ saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the ______ .The man ______ his head and said, "No." When hearing this, the driver _____ to take him. I remembered my own experience a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to _____ him to sit with us and I would pay his fare.

What a(n) ______ chance to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt a lightness in my heart, and I went to sleep ______, filled with joy about what I had done. I hope this kindness can continue all over the world with your help!

1.A. visiting B. expecting C. waiting D. guessing

2.A. emptied B. gathered C. promised D. passed

3.A. hopeless B. embarrassed C. asleep D. dangerous

4.A. noon B. morning C. night D. afternoon

5.A. appear B. stay C. rest D. work

6.A. joined B. attended C. held D. observed

7.A. hoping B. realizing C. remembering D. insisting

8.A. means B. changes C. ideas D. choices

9.A. surprised B. terrified C. beaten D. moved

10.A. stressful B. kind C. thankful D. lucky

11.A. stopped B. dropped C. threw D. helped

12.A. parked B. repaired C. bought D. changed

13.A. average B. increase C. run D. way

14.A. passenger B. driver C. owner D. policeman

15.A. price B. dinner C. fare D. visit

16.A. shook B. nodded C. raised D. hid

17.A. offered B. refused C. ordered D. planned

18.A. advise B. forbid C. encourage D. allow

19.A. immediate B. terrible C. lucky D. funny

20.A. sadly B. nervously C. happily D. curiously

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside. It was full with people. The hostess, a very thin lady, come forward. "Welcome," she said. "My name is Yong Hui. I'll help you lose the weight and be fit in two week if you eat here every day." Then she give a menu to Wang Peng. There were few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, vegetables, fruit and water. Wang Peng was amazing at this and especial at the prices. It cost much than a good meal in his restaurant! He could not believe her eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outsides. On his way home he thought about his own menu.

完成句子 (不限词数)。

1.There was a heavy curtain _____________ the light (遮住，挡住).

2.无论广告多么好，如果产品不合适，人们也不可能被说服去买的。

_______________ an advertisement is, people are unlikely to be persuaded if the product is unsuitable.

3. 长时间接触广告能改变人们的看法。

On the other hand, ________________advertisements can help to change our opinions over time. (用expose表达)

4.看你浑身湿透了。你一定赶上大雨了吧！

You are wet all over. You ________________ (be) caught in the rain.

5. 我们决不能向他们的不合理要求让步.

We must not________________ their unreasonable demands.

Shanghai Disney Resort has revealed its ticket prices for Disneyland claiming the lowest of all 12 Disney parks and six resorts in the world.

Shanghai Disneyland ticket prices are set at 499 yuan (75 dollars) for the grand opening period (June 16-30, 2016) and regular price at 370 yuan. Its regular price for a one-day ticket is lower than its peers in Hong Kong, which is priced at 539 yuan and the Disneyland in Tokyo in Japan at 374 yuan. The regular price for a one-day ticket at the two parks in Los Angeles is $139. Tickets for Shanghai’s Disneyland will be on sale on March 28, 2016.

Shanghai’s Disneyland will have its opening day on June 16, 2016. All tickets will be date-specific and valid for admission only on the date purchased.

Peak pricing for high-demand dates, including summer holidays and weekends, is set at 499 yuan. Special pricing will be provided to categorized guests: children (1.4m and below), seniors (65 years old and above) and guests with disabilities will receive discounts of 25 percent, infants (1m and below) receive free admission. A two-day ticket will be available at a five percent discount. On March 28, 2016, guests can obtain information on tickets through several official channels.

The project has been under construction for more than six years now. Jun 16－that is, 6-16-2016－has been apparently chosen as the date of opening because the three 6s are believed to be auspicious, foretelling success.

“Investors believe that even a 10 square meter space for a noodle stand will be really profitable if it is close enough to Disneyland," said Lu Jianxin, a real estate agent with Shanghai Huayu Property Ltd.

1. According to the passage, how much will the two-day tickets cost if a couple go to Shanghai Disneyland on July 16, 2016, Saturday?

A. About 1900 yuan. B. About 2000 yuan.

C. About 1500 yuan. D. About 1400 yuan.

2.What does the underlined word “auspicious” mean?

A. suspicious B. successful

C. lucky D. unsuccessful

3. What does this passage most probably come from?

A. A school textbook.

B. A news report.

C. An advertisement.

D. An introduction of a scenic spot.

It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to(和…相符) the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".

Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around. "Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes," James wrote.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be "masterful and in charge" in relationships. "In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means," the study reported.

1.The writer argues that a single-sex school would ________.

A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

B. help boys to be more competitive in schools.

C. force boys to he their emotions to be "real men".

D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man.

2.Traditionally, in a mixed school boys ________.

A. behave more responsibly

B. perform relatively better

C. grow up more healthily

D. receive a better education

3.In Abigail James’ opinion, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ________.

A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted

C. teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics of boys

D. teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit

4.The underlined word “acute” in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. lovelyB. seriousC. sharpD. dull

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.

1. (build) in a small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time，Bergqvst’s ice creation 2. (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem,” he says. “We just look forward to 3. (replace) it.”

Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was 4. successful that he designed the present one, 5. measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks 6. (pile) 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base 7. (remove).

After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. 8. no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test 9. a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “as well as a good start in survival training.”

The 10. (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

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