The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: Gu Yu)，as the last term in spring, starts on April 19 and ends on May 4.
Grain Rain came from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains,” which shows that this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops. The Grain Rain marks the end of cold weather and a rapid rise in temperature. Here are five things that you may not know about the Grain Rain.
Key time for agriculture
Grain Rain brings a marked increase in temperature and rainfall and the grains grow faster and stronger. It’s a key time to protect the crops from insect pests.
Sandstorms occur
Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, with infrequent cold air moving to the south and wandering cold air in the north. From the end of April to the beginning of May, the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil, an unpredictable atmosphere and heavy eastern winds, gales and sandstorms become more frequent.
Drinking tea
There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is rich in vitamins and amino acids (氨基酸), which can help to remove heat from the body and is good for the eyes. It is also said in the south that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck.
Eating toona sinensis
People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes “toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk”. The vegetable is nutritious and can help to strengthen the immune system. It is also good for the stomach and skin.
Grain Rain Festival
The Grain Rain festival is celebrated by fishing villages in the coastal areas of northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen’s first voyage of the year. The custom dates back to more than 2,000 years ago, when people believed they owed a good harvest to the gods, who protected them from the stormy seas. People would worship the sea god and stage sacrifice food on the Grain Rain festival, praying for a wonderful harvest and a safe voyage for their loved ones.
1.Grain Rain got its name to show ________.
A. the cold weather is already gone
B. rain at this time is important to the crops
C. The highest temperature
D. the last term in lunar calendar
2.People in southern China drink tea on this day ________.
A. to prevent bad luck
B. to cure the eye diseases
C. to fight against the sandstorm
D. to strengthen the immune system
3.It is a custom to eat the vegetable toona sinensis ________.
A. in the coast areasB. in the south
C. in the northD. in the east
4.If a fisherman wanted to get fish in the sea in the past, he would ________.
A. get the fresh vegetables
B. drink tea in this festival
C. fight against the sandstorm
D. worship the sea god
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年河北石家庄一中高二下期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
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修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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My friend Alice loved diving very much and she dreamed of become a professional diver one day. However, at an age of 14, she got a disease which caused her to become complete deaf. Many people thought a person was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well and advised him to give up. But Alice had thought differently. She went to school on the morning and then spent every afternoon diving. It was really difficulty for a deaf girl to dive. Therefore, she kept practicing every day. So far she has won several gold medal and is still trying to achieve more.
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A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
1.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _______.
A. repeated without any change
B. treated as a joke
C. made some changes by the parent
D. set in the present
2.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _______.
A. in a realistic setting
B. heard for the first time
C. repeated too often
D. told in a different way
3.The advantage claimed for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it _______.
A. makes them less fearful
B. develops their power of memory
C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of
D. encourages them not to have strange beliefs
4.One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______.
A. they are full of absurd imagination
B. they just make up the stories which are far from the truth
C. they are not interesting
D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor ________ the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. ________ he handed them all out, he asked his students to ________ the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no ________, just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the following:
“I want you to write what you ________ there.”
The students, ________, got started on the inexplicable(费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ________ all the answer papers and started reading each of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ________, described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to explain:
“I’m not going to grade this. I ________ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ________. We have a white paper to observe and ________, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ________ given to us with love and care, and we always have ________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ________ our livelihood and the miracle we see every day.
________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the ________ relationship with colleagues, the ________ with a friend, and etc.
The dark spots are very ________ compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.”
1.A. handed outB. wrapped upC. referred toD. pointed at
2.A. SinceB. UntilC. IfD. After
3.A. foldB. turnC. openD. use
4.A. exercisesB. choicesC. questionsD. scores
5.A. rememberB. imagineC. studyD. see
6.A. surprisedB. confusedC. curiousD. displeased
7.A. collectedB. finishedC. markedD. selected
8.A. excuseB. doubtC. exceptionD. explanation
9.A. saidB. answeredC. returnedD. read
10.A. alsoB. justC. evenD. finally
11.A. bigB. blackC. beautifulD. white
12.A. livesB. classroomsC. colleaguesD. studies
13.A. sendB. keepC. enjoyD. show
14.A. burdenB. giftC. pressureD. lesson
15.A. reasonsB. timeC. freedomD. festival
16.A. threatensB. ruinsC. providesD. changes
17.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. Moreover
18.A. closeB. complicatedC. specialD. strong
19.A. stayB. contact
C. satisfactionD. disappointment
20.A. darkB. roundC. smallD. dirty
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Slice of Generosity
It was Saturday and we decided to take our kids for ________ out. We chose a branch of Pizza Express at the Surbiton Street. We entered the restaurant and sat down ________ an empty table. There was an elderly lady dining alone at the next table. It was clear that the lady had ________ needs. After some time, she finished her eating, sat up and went to the ________ to pay the bill. The waitress tried her bank card several times but couldn’t make it.
Then the waitress turned to her and ________ told the lady that there was something wrong with her bank card and it couldn’t be used at that moment. The lady looked ________ and confused, not knowing what to do. The kind and patient waitress told her not to be nervous and that she could call her ________ for help. Hearing that word, Jeremy, my husband, ________ sat up and told the waiting staff that we would pay for the lady's meal. The waitress smiled to us approvingly and said OK. My husband went to her and handed her our bank card. However, just at that moment, the manager arrived. He learned about the matter and turned to the lady, saying that ________ she couldn’t use her bank card to pay, there was no need to worry because Pizza Express had allowed the restaurant to give away two ________ meals every month and on this occasion, they would like to ________ her with a free meal.
She was extremely ________ and apologetic that she had been unable to pay. We were ________ that the lady had been ________ in such a respectful way and that she was not placed in a difficult and embarrassing position. Then, the manager turned and headed to us. He said that, as we had shown such ________ and helpfulness, he would like to ________ the second free meal that the restaurant was able to offer to us! We were extremely surprised! I have never heard of any chain restaurant behaving in such a ________ way. We were quite impressed with gratitude, expressing our ________ to the manager on behalf of both the lady and us. I made sure that the lady was able to get home OK then we thanked the staff and manager again and left the restaurant.
I think Pizza Express, and in particular the manager of the Surbiton branch, ________ our praise and respect. I told the manager that my younger son also had special needs and that I really ________ the way the restaurant had treated this special case.
Everyone may come across something unpredictable and if we can act just like the manager in the Pizza Express, then the world will become a better one.
1.A. funB. musicC. playD. dinner
2.A. inB. behindC. atD. on
3.A. specialB. ordinaryC. extraordinaryD. particular
4.A. kitchenB. counterC. restaurantD. bank
5.A. proudlyB. impatientlyC. hurriedlyD. politely
6.A. satisfiedB. embarrassedC. pleasedD. unfriendly
7.A. managerB. chefC. husbandD. father
8.A. excitedlyB. graduallyC. immediatelyD. happily
9.A. sinceB. forC. asD. though
10.A. freeB. ordinaryC. regularD. cheap
11.A. provideB. fillC. equipD. furnish
12.A. satisfiedB. disappointedC. gratefulD. sympathetic
13.A. interestedB. worriedC. stressedD. relieved
14.A. criticizedB. treatedC. acceptedD. recognized
15.A. modestyB. curiosityC. generosityD. honesty
16.A. deliverB. showC. sellD. donate
17.A. generousB. sillyC. sensitiveD. selfish
18.A. satisfactionB. disappointment
C. thanksD. regret
19.A. receivesB. deservesC. needsD. wants
20.A. disapprovedB. appreciated
C. forgaveD. disliked
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Not all of us are outgoing and ready to take the world by storm. 1. This usually happens when a person is still in his or her teen years and going through the socialization process. So, what can a person do to overcome this tendency to be awkward. Let’s try to find answers to the questions.
Stay in shape and dress up well
Sometimes, awkwardness could be due to being overweight. When you are large in size, you tend to get very self-conscious. So, in order to avoid this, get into the habit of exercising every day. 2. If you look as if you have just stepped out of a 1980’s film when actually it is 2011, there is no doubt that you are bound to feel awkward about yourself.
Be optimistic
Another effective tip on how not to feel awkward is to always keep a smile on your face. 3. On the other hand, a smiling, happy and positive think person is appreciated by everybody. So, smile when you meet acquaintances or even strangers, say a cheerful “Hi!” and automatically some of your awkwardness will disappear completely!
Participate in team activities
This one really helps. Awkwardness generally develops when a person remains isolated from others. So, in order to change this situation, join groups. 4. Joining people in book reading sessions as well as debates will help remove your awkwardness. Choose any activity of your choice, such as playing team sports or joining a dance class, and soon you will find your comfort level around people increasing day by day!
Develop your personality
Being a book-worm or an Internet addict will not get you anywhere. For self-improvement, take up a hobby that adds meaning to your life. Learn singing or try adventure sports. 5.
A. Learn how to end a conversation.
B. Secondly, have appropriate clothes on.
C. For instance, if you are a reading lover, join a book club.
D. If you look sad, nobody will actually like being with you.
E. Something as simple as listening to music will do wonders too.
F. Many among us are shy and may even feel kept apart from others.
G. Awkwardness could be because you do not have anything in common to talk about.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Nowadays, more and more schools in China have rules making students wear school uniforms to school. A lot of Chinese students complain about_ 1. (wear) their school uniforms every day. But do American students get 2. (annoy) about their uniforms, too? American high schools usually have a dress code(衣着标准), 3. is about requirements for students' dressing. Boys at school must wear clean jackets every day. Girls are 4. (luck) than boys, for they have more flexible 5. (choose) than boys. They can either dress similarly to the boys 6. wear a dress. In general, it takes a student 10-15 minutes every morning 7. (dress) up for class. As students do in China, plenty of American students also have their complaints about school uniforms. What if students really dislike the dress code and want to get rid of it? Instead of getting punished, 8. (actual) there're ways to do that. At my school, "dress down" tickets 9. (sell) on school days. If students are willing to buy a ticket, they don't need to wear school uniforms the following day. I have a strong 10. (believe) that one day Chinese students can buy these tickets, too.
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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. 每处错误仅限1词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Editor,
We are students of Senior Three. We are writing to tell you the result of the survey “To Who You Go When in Trouble ” we have had in our class. Sixty percent of the students prefer to turn on their friends or classmates. Because they think they are of same age and can understand each other better. Thirty percent of the students would rather shared their troubles with their teachers or parents. The reason is that why they are of great experienced and can be believed in. Quite a few students who think them difficult to communicate with others, would rather deal with the troubles by themselves. In our opinions, we’d better turn to our parents or teachers with help. Only in this way can we solve the problems successful.
Yours,
Wang Lin
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Is there link between humans and climate change or not? This question was first studied in the early 1900s. Since then, many scientists have thought that our actions do make a difference. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the Earth’s changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions(排放) from 2008 to 2012. Some countries have decided to continue these reductions until 2020. More recently, the Paris Agreement, stuck by nearly 200 countries, also aims to limit global warming. But just now how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.
3.5℃
This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.
2℃
To meet this minimum goal, the Agreement requires countries to tighten emissions targets every five years. Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought(干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.
1.5℃
This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris Agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to 1.5℃ could save them from sinking.
0.8℃
This is how much temperatures have risen since the industrial age began, putting us 40% of the way to the 2℃ point.
0℃
The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.
1.It can be concluded from paragraph 1 that _______.
A. the problem of global warming will have been quite solved by 2020
B. gas emissions have been effectively reduced in developed countries
C. the Paris Agreements is more influential than the Kyoto Protocol
D. humans have made continuous efforts to slow down global warming
2.If nations could only keep the initial promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen by the year 2100?
A. The human population would increase by one third.
B. Little over 50% of all species would still exist.
C. Nations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.
D. The Agreement’s minimum goal would not be reached.
3.If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be _______.
A. 0.8℃B. 1.5℃C. 2℃D. 3.5℃
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