Whitney Houston was b on August 9, 1963. She is an famous American singer, actress and model. She is the most awarded woman artist of all time, according to Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records and she had won 415 awards by the year 2010.
Houston’s success in the music industry made her well-known, after that she e the film world. In 1992, she acted in “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner. Though some people in the world were not satisfied
w Houston’s acting, the film was a great success, making more than $410 million worldwide. It also made “I Will Always Love You” one of her most popular songs.
Houston passed a on February 11, 2012. People all over the world mourned the
l of her by collecting her albums and videos. Later last year her film “Sparkle”was shown in cinemas.
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假如你是王昆，你的美国网友Tom对中国的传统节日“春节”非常感兴趣，请你以“My Favorite Festival”为题，写一封E-mail.，给他做一介绍。
1．要点包括：节日简介、节日准备、节日活动等；
2．字数要求：100字左右。
3．提示：the Spring Festival, traditional, get together, clean up, be dressed in…
| △Subject: My Favorite Festival From: Wang Kun |
| Dear Tom, |
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Yu Bing: Hi, Mark! Have you watched the TV news this morning?
Mark: No. ________________
Yu Bing: Flight (航班) MH370 from Malaysia (马来西亚) to China disappeared last night.
Mark: ________________ How many passengers are there?
Yu Bing: ________________ Many countries are now searching for MH370, and yet we have no idea what happened to it.
Mark: ________________
Yu Bing: We are looking forward to finding the missing flight earlier.
Mark: ________________
| when home happy be so his spend with park on |
Last Monday, my husband and I some time in the park next to our house. We often went to this
and we knew there were some homeless people. They sometimes stayed
the benches (长椅). We brought along some apples, oranges and a few bottles of water to share with them. I felt great happiness
I watched them eating our things. They said it was a big dinner for them and it was the luckiest day for them in their lives.
Among them, there a homeless boy Bruce. He was about eight years old and he lost
parents in a car accident,
he couldn’t go to school. When I asked him, “Do you like to school?” He said yes. We decided to take him
and let him go to school. The boy was happy to live
us.
From that day on, little Bruce became our son and went to school .
33-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history — she is China’s first teacher in space.
Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment (失重环境). She prepared for the lecture for a long time.
Wang, born in January 1980, is from east China’s Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (空军) with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.
The world’s first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States, but the Space Shuttle Challenger (挑战者号) disintegrated (崩裂) after 73 seconds into flight on Jan.28, 1986. McAuliffe and other six members were killed.
“Wang’s lecture was a pleasant surprise, ” said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut (宇航员) in the three members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. “________________________(她无论做什么都很优秀). Sometimes we’d like to give her a helping hand, but she just would not take the hand in help,” said Nie Haisheng.
Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said, “We are all students in facing the universe (宇宙). We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical (神秘的) and beautiful universe.”
（一）请根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。Who did Wang Yaping give the lecture to on physics problems in space?
____________________________________________________________________What was Christa McAuliffe?
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（二）请根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。She ______________ ______________ in whatever she does.
（三）请把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。______________________________________________________________________
（四）请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。 ______________________________________________________________________
The first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.
“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked her. She replied, “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” We became friends quickly.
At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She said, “There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets.”
At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. We would always remember the great woman.From the passage, we can learn that Rose ________.
| A．went to college at an old age |
| B．became a professor later |
| C．once worked in a hospital |
| D．died before college graduation |
At the end of the term the writer invited Rose to ________.
| A．go to a party | B．play football |
| C．make a speech | D．write a book |
The underlined word “talent” in the third paragraph means “________” in Chinese.
| A．训练 | B．方法 |
| C．途径 | D．才能 |
If you want to stay young and be happy, ________, according to Rose.
| A．never grow up |
| B．don’t be afraid of death |
| C．have a dream and never lose it |
| D．don’t find the opportunity in change |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Laughing every day |
| B．Never too old to learn |
| C．Growing old and growing up |
| D．How to stay young and being happy |
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