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内蒙古巴彦淖尔临河区2015-2016学年七年级下学期英语第一次月考试卷
I'm an Chinese girl. My name is Rose. I have a brother. His name is Tom. Tom and I are in the same school. I often go to school by bike. Tom usually⑴w__________ to school. We both(两个都) have lunch at school and we like Chinese food very much. After school， Tom always plays basketball with his classmates. ②I always speak Chinese because I like Chinese best. I go home at about five o'clock in the afternoon. But Tom goes home late， at about a quarter past seven. My parents are both teachers. They teach for many years in Beijing. We like China very much.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Lily is poor in English. She never passes an English exam. But she makes a decision to improve it. So she wants to listen to some lectures about learning English well. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Jim isn't good at English. His parents are very worried about this. They talk with his English teacher and ask her for help. His teacher advises them to go to a bookshop and buy a book for him to improve his English. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}My English is poor. I can't talk with others in English and I can't understand others when they talk with me in English. And I want to improve my English by talking with others. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Lily is a top student in No.1 Middle School. But she has a problem. Before each English exam she is too anxious. She can't fall asleep sometimes. She tries many ways. But they don't work on her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Mary failed her English writing again. Her English teacher advised her to find a pen pal and write more e-mails in English. In this way, her ability in English writing would improve a lot. | A. Do you want to look for a book for your kids to improve their English? We have a good one to introduce to you. It's How to Improve Your English written by a famous teacher. B. Next Thursday evening there will be a lecture on learning English well in the sports center. If you are poor in learning English, that's a good lesson for you to listen to. C. If you are stressed before exams, you should find some ways to relax yourself, such as listening to the soft music, playing basketball with your friends and going shopping. D. It's not difficult to face each challenge. Think of the great people in the world who try their best to overcome (克服 ) their difficulties. Believe in yourself and you will never fail. E. There're many kinds of English books in our library, such as novels, magazines and dictionaries. And these books can give you a good way to improve your English. F. From this Sunday, an English corner will be held in Zhongshan Park from 9:00 to 12:00 p.m. You are welcome to join us! G. To improve your English writing, you may find a pen pal in America. Then try to write letters or send e-mails to him. In this way, your writing will improve little by little. |
This story comes from Nagaland in Northeast India. The Nagas say that, many years ago, the moon lived close to the earth near their village and made friends with the people there. One day, an old woman was cleaning her house. She hit the moon with her brush when she was not looking. The moon began to cry in pain. The children laughed at the crying moon and started to throw stones at it.
Only one little girl felt sad because the children were hurting the moon. She told the children to stop but they did not listen. Soon the moon decided to go and live far away from the earth in the sky so the children from the village could not find it. The moon turned its face away from the earth so the children could not see it.
The little girl was sad and sang a song to make the moon return. This was why, every month, the sky was dark except when the moon turned its face to the earth again to listen to the little girl singing.
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The Nagas believe the moon {#blank#}1{#/blank#} | A. but now it lives far away |
The children threw stones at the moon {#blank#}2{#/blank#} | B. the night's sky shone bright |
In the beginning, the moon lived close to the earth {#blank#}3{#/blank#} | C. to make the moon come back to the earth |
Every month, when the moon turned and showed its full face to the earth,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} | D. ran away because it was afraid |
The girl sang her song {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. | E. because they thought it was funny |
Claude Monet's paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings were realistic-they looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists(印象派画家). Their paintings were light and a bit fuzzy-they gave an impression of what the real world looked like. Sometimes Impressionists worked outside, which was a very unusual thought in their time. Impressionism received its name from an early painting by Claude Monet titled impression, Sunrise.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and represented modern progress, Claude Monet crated a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877. He worked on his paintings right on the train platform at the Gare Saint-Lazare, the train station on Saint Lazare Street. Although there were many train stations in Paris, this was the first train station built in Paris so it had historical significance(意义).
Monet's friend, Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission(允许)to spend time on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best suit along with a fine top hat, a good linen shirt and a silk tie. He appeared to be a wealthy gentleman while he really was a poor painter.
When he went towards the clerk at the train office, he presented his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master's office. The station master was also impressed and gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. The station master even kept trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile(值得)? Monet's train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction | ◆Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}as the popular art styles in the 1870s France. ◆Impressionist paintings gave an impression of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the real world looked. ◆He helped Impressionism get its {#blank#}3{#/blank#}by his painting Impression, Sunrise. |
A {#blank#}4{#/blank#}of painting trains | ◆At that time trains were subjects that could keep people's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}and represented modern progress. ◆He created paintings of trains {#blank#}6{#/blank#}January and March in 1877, at the train station with the longest {#blank#}7{#/blank#}in Paris. ◆He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to win the station master's {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. ◆In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave {#blank#}9{#/blank#}than they should do. |
Result | ◆His train scenes made not only his career {#blank#}10{#/blank#}but also the train station famous. |
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Dear Ms White, I used to have a lot of problems and I always tried to fix them by myself. I used to do badly in English. To fix it, I read English newspapers and went to the school English corner to improve it. Now I'm quite good at it. I used to be weak. To fix it, I ate right and joined a sports club. Now I'm strong and healthy. I used to be afraid of speaking in public. To fix it, I took part in all kinds of school activities. Now I'm outgoing and everyone likes making friends with me. But now I have a problem that I can't fix. I have the ugliest nose in the whole world! It's not only fat but also big! I want to have a nose job (鼻子整形), but how can I get my parents to agree? Yours, Ann, 12 |
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Dear Ann, It sounds like you're a really proactive (积极主动的) person, always fixing problems. That's good, but when it comes to things like your nose, you have to stop. It sounds to me that you're looking for things that are wrong with your body. That's very dangerous. Also, I'd like to point out that nobody is perfect. A nose doesn't reflect(招致非议) who you are, so there's no need for you to feel bad about yourself at all. In my opinion, as a student, you should pay more attention to your schoolwork instead of your looks. Best wishes, Ms White |
English is the first language of several countries. However, it has many differences. British, American, and South African English are all spoken differently. In many English language courses, the British and American differences are taught. There are important differences between the two.
Probably the biggest difference between American and British English is the vocabulary. Different words and expressions are used to talk about the same thing. For example, in the United States, people throw their garbage into the trash can. In England, people throw their rubbish into the dustbin. In Britain, people take a lift to the fifth floor. In America, people take an elevator.
American and British grammar can be also different. For example, speakers of British English will ask "What did you do at the weekend?", but Americans usually say "on the weekend." In the United States people usually say "I've gotten a new car.", but in the UK they will say "I've just got a new car."
The pronunciation in American and British English is also different, even when the spelling is the same. The word "tomato"—pronounced "to-mah-to" in British English—is a classic example of this.Vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation are three ways English is different in different parts of the world.
Learning all these is not easy, so English learners should just know that they are always there.
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●Throw the rubbish into the dust-bin ●Take a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to the fifth floor |
●Throw the garbage into the{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ●Take the elevator |
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●At the weekend ●I've just{#blank#}3{#/blank#} a new car. |
●{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the weekend ●I've gotten a new car. |
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{#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
Tomato—pronounced "to-mah-to" |
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