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Summer Camp

Contact(联系) Kitty 6219-7830   huamandarin@hotmail.com    www.huamandarin.cn

Are you looking for a place where you can enjoy Chinese study and experience Chinese culture during the summer holiday? Hua Mandarin could be your wise choice. The new summer camp will start on July 28th and end on August 18th. We provide very small groups with 2-4 people for you to learn Chinese in an effective way. Activities including calligraphy(书法), painting, culture show, Chinese movies, kung fu, swimming, and so on will help you walk into Chinese culture with fun. Welcome to call at 62197830 * Kitty for more details.

Comments The earlier camp finished last week. Students are happy here, although they have to learn a lot upon parents’ request(要求). Teachers here are trying to help children to learn in a funny way. — Kitty in Shanghai Please sign in to add a comment …

1.Hua Mandarin is the name of a _____.

A．person

B．school

C．Chinese course

D．summer camp

2.The new summer camp will last for ____.

A．half a month	B．twenty-two days
C．one month	D．two months

3.If you want to take part in the new summer camp, you can call at _____.

A．56791830

B．62187038

C．62197830

D．57917380

4.The new summer camp mainly gives children a chance to enjoy _____.

A．Chinese movies	B．some paintings
C．Chinese culture	D．some sports

5.You can get more information about the new summer camp by _____.

A．making a call	B．sending an email
C．visiting the website	D．all the above

 

Mary and Her Friends

Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.

Betty and Peter are good runners（长跑运动员）. But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.

Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary（小学）school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting（书法）is good, too.

1. Mary has _______ friends.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．three

2. Mike is ______ than Alice.

A．youngest

B．oldest

C．younger

D．older

3. Peter runs _______ than Betty.

A．faster

B．slow

C．faster

D．the fastest

4. Betty’s handwriting is _______.

A．worst

B．good

C．better

D．best

5.They all ______ .

A．study in the same school	B．like to play basketball
C．good runners	D．work hard

 

最近我校举办了一次英语书法比赛，大部分同学们积极参与，但少数同学书写不好，也不愿以改善。请你根据以下提示，给二十一世纪英文写一篇短文，分析该现象产生的原因并发表自己的看法。

现象	一些学生不善写字，也不愿意改善书写
原因	1.可以借助电脑，没有必要练字； 2.功课太忙，没有时间练习； 3.练字见效慢，很难练好
你的看法	......

1.词数100左右;

2.开头已给出,不计入总次数。

 In order to arouse the students' interest in English learning and enrich our school life,

________________________________________________________________________

Keys

 

Mary and Her Friends
Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.
Betty and Peter are good runners( 长跑运动员 )。 But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.
Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary ( 小学 ) school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting ( 书法 ) is good, too.
【小题1】Mary has _______ friends.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．three

【小题2】Mike is ______ than Alice.

A．youngest

B．oldest

C．younger

D．older

【小题3】Peter runs _______ than Betty.

A．faster

B．slow

C．fast

D．the fastest

【小题4】Betty’s handwriting is _______.

A．worst

B．good

C．better

D．best

【小题5】They all ______ .

A．study in the same school	B．like to play basketball
C．good runners	D．work hard

 
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小题1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

【小题2】Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A．they think it is silly to make resolutions

B．they find keeping resolutions is boring

C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

【小题3】Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.