A. I' m looking forward to it. B. I enjoyed playing the guitar in the school band. C. Are you going to take part in the Music Festival this year? D. Singing had great fun. E. Who won the first place last year? F. The students organize the festival by themselves. G. why not sing a song for me? |
Anne: Hi, Peter. Nice to meet you.
Peter: Nice to meet you too.
Anne: Of course! It was very wonderful last year, do you remember?
Peter: Yeah, What about you?
Anne: I enjoyed singing with other students.
Peter: Yeah. Do you know what I really like about the Music Festival?
Anne: What's that?
Peter: That's great. It makes the students learn a lot.
Anne: Yeah, that's true. The teachers do help, but basically we do everything ourselves. So, when is the festival this year?
Peter: It starts next week.
Anne: Me too.
After Columbus discovered the New Continent(新大陆) and 1 back to his motherland, Spain, he was warmly 2. But not everyone felt 3 at Columbus' Success. Some people thought Columbus was only a 4 and what he had done could be done by any other seaman. One day, at a dinner, some self-important men did what they could to 5 Columbus unhappy, saying that he had only done the 6 thing in the world. Hearing this instead of jumping up angrily, Columbus took an 7 from a dish and asked,“Look, here, gentlemen, is there anyone here who can make this egg stand upright?” They tried one by one but none could. Then the egg 8 back to Columbus. He broke it a little, put the egg on the table and it stood upright. “What can be easier than this, gentlemen?” he said, “Now you will say it's so 9 that everybody can do it. Of course, because I have shown you now.” They looked at each other and talked 10.
Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.
In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.
Fifty years later, there were 120“Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan(or London) Police Force was started with 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.
Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.
Here is a mark table(分数表)about the students' English competition. Find some useful information to the following questions.
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Items |
Group One |
Group Two |
Group Three |
Group Four |
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1.Answer correctly |
67 |
71 |
76 |
78 |
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2. Answer quickly |
76 |
81 |
79 |
62 |
|
3.Answer humorously |
69 |
68 |
81 |
77 |
|
4. Speak freely |
81 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
|
5. Speak clearly |
88 |
86 |
83 |
86 |
|
6. Speak loudly |
90 |
93 |
91 |
91 |
|
7. Have a good manner |
79 |
74 |
75 |
79 |
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8. Cooperate (合作)well |
82 |
63 |
88 |
84 |
|
Average(平均分) |
79 |
77 |
82 |
80 |
