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1、阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Can you smell it? The beer? The sweat? The excitement? Festival season is well and truly here—and all things could not be more ready. Here are some of the best UK music festivals for 2024.
●Glastonbury
Glastonbury is the biggest music festival in the UK (maybe even the world), and for good reason. It's an undoubted legend. Despite all the very real fields and TV coverage, it's not entirely sure if it exists on earth. But prepare that tickets are impossibly difficult to get your hands on.
Location and Time: Worthy Farm, Somerset. June 26-30 .
●ALSO
Talk tents are pretty much a given at every festival, but ALSO is all about giving equal footing to both ideas and music. There will be around 300 inspiring events across 14 stages, ranging from comedy to talks from respected speakers. There will be many delicious food traders to choose from, too, so you can nourish your stomach as well as your mind.
Location and Time:Park Farm, Compton Verney Warwickshire. July 12-14 .
● Green Man
Green Man has earned itself fame for being the UK's "mini Glastonbury". Tickets can be sold out in just four hours, without any of the line-up announced. As its name suggests, the festival has outstanding green elements: compost washrooms, no single-use plastic and all power from hydrogen or solar energy!
Location and Time: Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. August 15-18 .
● Lost Village
With rainbow-lit woodlands, junkyard cars and professional performers, Lost Village is like stepping into a fairy tale—one where four-to-the-floor techno plays for hours on end, and you're allowed to be as naughty as you like. It also hosts workshops, as well as live music and many health experiences, allowing you to sweat at open-air yoga or in the wood-fired hot tub.
Location and Time: Norton Disney, Lincolnshire. Aug 22-25 .
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(1)、Which one is the shortest-lasting music festival?A、Glastonbury. B、ALSO. C、Green Man. D、Lost Village.(2)、What do Glastonbury and Green Man have in common?A、They are both about green land and fairy tales. B、There is no definite news on whether to organise the events. C、Diverse environmentally friendly equipment is applied. D、It's hard to book tickets because of their great popularity.(3)、Who will be most likely to attend Lost Village?A、Music-lovers who like driving cars to rainbow-li t woodlands. B、Music-lovers who want to step away from a fairy tale world. C、Music-lovers who highly value their health. D、Music-lovers who are crazy about delicious food. -
2、 你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以The Power of Humour为题,写一篇短文参赛,内容包括:1.幽默的重要性;2.幽默的好处;3.希望大家多一些幽默感。
注意:1.词数80左右;2.请在相应位置作答。
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3、 完形填空
I love my father.He's the parent who I thought understood me.But when I was growing up,he was 1 home.He worked overtime as an accountant,late into the evening during the week,all day Saturday and most Sundays.Even if he was home,and wasn't working at his desk,I had to 2 him,because I was one of three daughters.All those years in my childhood I longed for my father's 3 .
One day my father was working at his desk.I 4 him there and stood beside the desk.5 in his writing,he didn't notice me.To let him know I was there,I lifted my plastic water gun and shot him in the face.This frightened him and he roared like a tiger.I dashed out of the room and down the stairs.I was so 6 because I'd never seen him angry before.
Moments later,he appeared at the top of the stairs,7 his arms and laughed;his arms and laugh invited me to run back up the stairs and into his huge hug.Comforting me softly,he 8 for scaring me.I kept replaying the 9 in my mind for a thousand times.
My sense that I couldn't reach my father stayed with me even when I was grown.Well into adulthood,I felt that I could never 10 the father time I'd missed as a child.But it turned out that I could.And I did.
The 11 started when my father retired.One day,I called when my mother was out.My father answered the phone,and he couldn't hand me over to my mother,12 we started to talk.He told me he'd been thinking about his grandfather,and I asked about him.He began telling me.I 13 that when I asked him about his past,he stayed on the phone.And the older he got,the more 14 my father was to talk about his past,especially his childhood.In his detailed descriptions,I felt he was recreating the world of his childhood,and 15 me in.The stories he told became a world we inhabited together.He introduced me to the people he knew there,and to the child he was.
I really cherish my father's stories and will pass them on to the next generation.
(1)A 、rarely B 、merely C 、frequently D 、gradually(2)A 、watch B 、follow C 、share D 、support(3)A 、impression B 、attention C 、explanation D 、presentation(4)A 、approached B 、ignored C 、monitored D 、comforted(5)A 、Concerned B 、Experienced C 、Disappointed D 、Absorbed(6)A 、annoyed B 、depressed C 、scared D 、bored(7)A 、crossed B 、spread C 、swung D 、moved(8)A 、apologized B 、complained C 、hesitated D 、joked(9)A 、view B 、message C 、voice D 、scene(10)A 、cut back on B 、make up for C 、keep up with D 、look forward to(11)A 、change B 、success C 、tradition D 、silence(12)A 、but B 、or C 、for D 、so(13)A 、proposed B 、discovered C 、recalled D 、predicted(14)A 、serious B 、confident C 、eager D 、reasonable(15)A 、reminding B 、pushing C 、requiring D 、inviting -
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The classroom environment offers many ways to include fun and laughter into a potentially dull routine,and effective educators make the most of these opportunities..
Lighten up the atmosphere
Humour can be used to enrich literacy skills,spark creativity,teach critical analysis or just lighten the mood in the classroom..Make fun of yourself and your mistakes.This can make students smile and has the added benefit of showing students that teachers are human.Use current music and sports subjects in teaching examples to engage students and introduce a fun cultural reference into the usually somber atmosphere of school.
Use humour in the media
.Take advantage of political cartoons to analyse historical events or trends and begin a debate.Humorous authors and reporters in the media can be used as models for writing jobs or oral presentations.
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Children can fill in the words the cartoon characters might say,and then transfer those actual words into a story using quotation marks.Comics also can be used to teach literary devices such as puns,metaphors and symbolism.Children can create their own comics combining imagery from word pairs,a cartoon mouse using a computer mouse,for instance.
The learning benefits of humour
.Humour is found to be an important entryway into improving social connections with others.Brains might be able to be trained to interpret a difficult situation in a humorous way in order to help the body cope with stressful circumstances.
A.Keep a cartoon and joke file
B.Include happy remarks throughout lessons
C.Find humour from the behaviour of students
D.Humour is a kind of daily show for teachers
E.So young students laugh a lot in their classrooms
F.Humour can improve learning and strengthen memories
G.Newspapers provide points for issues on current events
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5、 阅读理解
A study of 500,000 songs released (发行) in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.
In a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science,researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their mood."‘Happiness' is going down,‘sadness' is going up,and at the same time,the songs are becoming more ‘danceable' and more ‘party-like'," co-author Natalia L.Komarova told The Associated Press.
The study found songs in 2014 like Stay with Me by Sam Smith,Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City have a "low happiness" trend.However,tracks from 1984 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen,Would I Lie to You? by Eurythmics and Freedom by Wham had a "high happiness" trend."The public seems to prefer happier songs,even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year," the researchers wrote.
Apart from the emotional trends,researchers discovered that dances and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a "clear downward" trend,with the popularity of rock beginning in the early 2000s."So it looks like,while the overall mood is becoming less happy,people seem to want to forget it all and dance," Komarova wrote in an email.
It was also found that the "maleness" of songs — the frequency of male singers in popular music — had decreased during the last 30 years."Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs," they wrote.
This discovery appears at a time when the conversation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height,with more male artists and songwriters.
(1)、The researchers examined lots of songs to ____.A、find songs for dances and parties B、choose songs for a journal C、release more songs D、know better about songs(2)、Whose music style tends to bring you more happiness?A、NataliaL.Komarova's. B、Sam Smith's. C、Gorgon City's. D、Bruce Springsteen's.(3)、What do we know about songs over the past three decades?A、Rock became popular in the early 2000s. B、Fewer unhappy songs came to light every year. C、Male singers were better at performing pop music. D、Female artists were less skilled in writing songs.(4)、What can be a suitable title for the text?A、Pop Music Is Getting Sadder B、Music Calls for Sex Equality C、Pop Music Has a Long History D、Music Industry Is Going Down -
6、为了让他的妻子展颜微笑,这位男子愿意做任何事情。
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7、有几个男孩喜欢对她搞恶作剧。
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8、你为什么愁眉苦脸?发生什么事了?
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9、我觉得这不公平,我认为我应该再得到一次机会。
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10、他的演讲如此出色,我们都被打动了。
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11、第一页吸引了读者的注意力,并鼓励读者浏览论文的其余部分。
The first page attracts readers' attention and encourages them to .
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12、我往篮子里放了一些松树枝,使它的窝既安全又舒适。
I put some pine branches into the basket to .
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13、他夜以继日地工作,最终实现了他的梦想。(make+宾语+宾语补足语)
He worked day and night,and finally he .
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14、 选词填空
if so;put up;come true;look up;play jokes on
(1)、They are several new office blocks in the centre of the town.(2)、I just didn't know what to say,because I never thought seeing my mother would ever .(3)、You can come to Beijing for a holiday.,I'll show you around the Forbidden City.(4)、Once I something on the Internet,I don't need to keep all the details for future use.(5)、They rose in the ranks not by being friendly but by smoking cigarettes,breaking rules and others. -
15、Later,he worked in Africa, many people suffered from blindness for lack of proper treatment.
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16、The research team included Canadian doctor Allan Slomovic, has done ground-breaking work on eye care using stem cells.
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17、The whole class ended up in our happy (laugh) and sincere congratulations.
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18、Magic shows are entertaining as long as the audience does not discover how the (trick) are done.
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19、The study was a failure,but the methods deserved (praise).
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20、She envied our family atmosphere our parents showed us much affection.