1 One of the best things you can possibly do is to start your own club. It"s great fun especially
if you are the sort of person who feels there"s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2 Pets, clothes, pop music or
dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. 3 All you need is three or four other
people who are interested in the same thing as you.
4 You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down
every name you can think up. That"ll keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups
or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important
and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5 Why not leave some space for a photo of
yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you"ll think of loads of more interesting things
to do!
A. That"s easy.
B. Enjoy your own club!
C. Invite a designer to join you.
D. What are you interest in?
E. Summer vacation is just around the corner.
F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.
I credit my typing skill to so many hours of chatting online. Unfortunately, as my typing speed
increased on the Internet, all grammatical rules went out of the window. You see instant messages
have their own shorthand language and grammar isn"t important, of which even a newbie (新手) is
aware. They can leave out articles, subjects (主语), pronouns, etc. They can misspell or "respell"
almost any word. They often ask "A/S/L" when they first chat. Abbreviations (缩写) and
capitalizations (大写) are particularly important. English-speaking instant messengers also refuse
to burden themselves with punctuation and capitalization.
After I came back China, I discovered not one but two instant messaging crazes. The first, which
brought back memories of my previous addiction to the computer, was QQ. I can see evidence that
the Chinese have the same kind of separate instant messaging language, even when they chat in
English. My first word in this language, for example, was "ft". This abbreviation for "faint" is used
whenever there is a need to express surprise. I also discovered that Chinese use the same kind of
abbreviation for a laugh. And there is an extraordinary number of smileys (表情符) to the "vomit"
and "army soldier" smileys. There is even a SARA smiley.
After QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread messaging trend. You guessed it-cell phone
text messaging. I now understand how useful text messaging is and why it is so common. I admit that
I have been guilty of sending text messages while walking outside or sitting on the subway. Who
hasn"t ? No matter where I go, I see people on their cell phones, messaging. In fact, it"s rare to see
someone actually talking on their phone!
So it looks as if there is no escape from the instant messaging crazes, no matter where in the
world I go. And that"s plainly not going to change. In the end, though, I can"t complain: instant
messaging is quick, it"s cheap, it"s easy and it"s extremely fun too. And after all, everyone"s doing it.
| ( ) 1. A. seasonal ( ) 2. A. hard ( ) 3. A. customers ( ) 4. A. good ( ) 5. A. teach ( ) 6. A. program ( ) 7. A. has ( ) 8. A. trip ( ) 9. A. promise ( )10. A. cried ( )11. A. children ( )12. A. job ( )13. A. countless ( )14. A. experiences ( )15. A. dismissed | B. mental B. voluntarily B. visitors B. new B. expect B. lesson B. enjoys B. flight B. progress B. studied B. students B. lesson B. available B. rules B. charged | C. professional C. abroad C. jobs C. attractive C. allow C. advantage C. forgets C. discussion C. complaint C. slept C. employers C. holiday C. interesting C. plans C. fined | D. formal D. continuously D. parties D. few D. forbid D. exam D. remembers D. ceremony D. noise D. helped D. parents D. shame D. boring D. rights D. punished |
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| Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose(诊断) their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost medical care(忧虑), especially if they lack health insurance(保险). Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption(消耗) or couch(睡椅) potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game. Every day, more than six million American thru to the Internet for medical answers-most of them aren"t nearly skeptical(怀疑的) enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn"t look up "headache", and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as "high quality". Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warm that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate(错误的) and even dangerous information exists on the Internet. The problem is that most people don"t know the safe way to surf the web. "They use a search engine(工具) like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that"s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative (有权威的), so it"s hard to know whether what you"re reading is reasonable or not," says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute. | |||
| 1. According to the text, an increasing number of American ________. | |||
| A. are suffering from mental disorders B. turn to Internet pharmacies for help C. like to play deadly games with doctors D. are skeptical about surfing medical websites | |||
| 2. Some American stay away from doctors because they ________. | |||
| A. find medical devices easy to operate B. prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors C. are afraid to face the truth of their health D. are afraid to misuse their health insurance | |||
| 3. According to the study of Brown Medical School, ________. | |||
| A. more than 6 million American distrust doctors B. only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit C. about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality D. 72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts | |||
| 4. Which of the following is the author"s argument? | |||
| A. It"s cheap to self-treat your own illnesses. B. It"s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits. C. It"s reasonable to put up a medical website. D. It"s dangerous to be your own doctor. | |||
| 5. Which of the following statement is TRUE? | |||
| A. Because of health insurance, Americans like to see doctors. B. It"s fun for Americans to play doctors. C. Recent studies showed that the Internet was not in order. D. You can trust what you"re reading on the Internet. | |||
| 阅读理解。 阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。 下列是一些英文信件的模板 A Dear Mr. / Ms. Last Name, Thank you so much for hiring me to the position of teaching assistant. I appreciate the time you took to interview me, and I am very glad to be working for you. I look forward to starting my position and, once again, I"d like to thank you for this great opportunity. Sincerely, Your signature B Dear Mr. / Ms. Last Name, Thank you so much for taking the time to interview me for the volunteer position at your hospital. I am very keen to have the chance to work for you and I truly appreciate this opportunity. If you need more information regarding my past experiences, I would be more than happy to provide you with any information, which would be helpful. Again, thanks for meeting with me. Sincerely, Your signature C Dear Mr. / Ms. Last Name, I was very happy to speak with you about the assistant account executive position at the Smith Agency. The job, as you presented it, seems to be a very good match for my skills and interests. In addition to my enthusiasm, I will bring to the position strong writing skills, assertiveness (过分自信的)and the ability to encourage others to work cooperatively with the department. I understand your need for administrative (管理的) support so my attention to detail and organizational skills will free you to deal with larger issues. I appreciate the time you took to interview me. I am very interested in working for you and I look forward to hearing from you about this position. Sincerely, Your signature D Dear Mr. / Ms. Last Name, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you personally for all the time you spent with me when I visited your office. I have thought quite a bit about the possibility of joining your team and believe that, in addition to the contributions I could offer, I would learn a lot from you and benefit greatly from your talent, wisdom, and experience. I am very interested in working for the AB CD Company and look forward to hearing about this position soon. If there is any other information I can provide to help expedite the decision making process, please let me know. Again, I appreciate the time you have taken to talk with me. Sincerely, Your signature E Dear First Name (or Mr. / Ms. Last Name if you don"t know them well), Thank you for all the help you have given me with my job search. I especially appreciate the information and advice you have provided, and the experiences you have shared with me. Your assistance has been invaluable to me during this process. Again, thank you so much. I greatly appreciate your generosity. Best regards, Your signature F Dear Mr. / Ms. Last Name, Thank you very much for offering me the opportunity to work at ABCD Associates. Unfortunately, I will not be accepting the position as it does not fit the path I am taking to achieve my career goals. Once again, I"d like to express my gratitude for the offer and my regrets that it didn"t work out. You have my best wishes in finding someone else who is suitable for the position. Best regards, Your signature 下面5人都想寻找合适的英文信件模板,请匹配与他们的信息相对应的写作模板。 1. After the interview, Jackson found a strong desire(***) in himself to recommend (推荐) himself again to impress the interviewer for a job at an accountant(会计师) firm (公司) through a letter. 2. Anna, who has just graduated from university and is eager to be a college teacher, has succeeded in a job interview of Beijing Normal University. 3. David wants to set up his own company in his own style in order to realize his dreams in the IT industry, so he has to refuse an invitation to work for a large company. 4. Bob failed many times in finding an ideal job for his special major before he went for help from a career consultant (职业顾问). 5. Samuel is always ready to help other students in college and he plans to work as a volunteer during the summer holidays to help the local people. |