Reading(语法填空)
All through history, people from different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain. English is made up of 1._________ grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain. That is 2._________ English has so many confusing rules.
Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke Celtic. Then two Germanic groups from the European mainland--the Angles and the Saxons3._________ (occupy) Britain. Old English, which is very different from the English we speak nowadays, consisted 4._________ a mixture of their languages.
Middle English was used from around the 12th to the 15th 5._________(century). Many things, 6._________(special) the Norman Conquest, contributed to the development of this new type of English. After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French 7._________ common people spoke English. In 1399, HenryⅣ became king of England, and he used English for all official events.
Modern English appeared during the Renaissance in the 16th century. It went through huge changes during this period. However, this was 8._________ the end of the changes in the English language. It is certain that this process will continue. The question of whether English will keep 9._________(change) in the future is easy 10._________(answer).
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The Chinese language differs from western languages. It uses characters stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are often formed by putting together different characters. We can see the history of the Chinese language by looking how these characters developed.
Chinese writing began thousands of years before. It is said that Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. He had the idea that he could use different shape to represent different objects at the sight of the tracks of animals in the show. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have simplified and others have been made more difficult over time. However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard form.
Not all characters are developed from drawings of objects. Some characters were made by combing two and more characters together eg. ‘rest’ and ‘prisoner’. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. That is easy to distinguish their meaning by looking at them, eg. ‘up’ and ‘down’. Many other Chinese characters were made by having one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggested the pronunciation.
In 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters, which are wide used in China’s mainland now.
Unit 3 Back to the past
Reading(语法填空)
I feel lucky to 1._________(win) a place on this trip. Next week we are going to Loulan, 2._________ is known as China’s Pompeii in the desert. This morning we attended a lecture about Pompeii. The city 3._________(found) in the 8th century BC, the Romans took 4._________ Pompeii. Near the city was a volcano. On 24 August AD 79, the volcano erupted. Many people were buried alive, ad so was 5._________ city. Today I saw the city of Pompeii 6._________ it was 2,000 years ago. How amazing! The city was forgotten for many years
7._________ the 18th century when a farmer discovered a stone with writing on it. People started to dig in this area for treasure, which caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was put under government 8._________ (protect) so it could be preserved and studied. The volcano is still there, but looks very quiet now. It is hard 9._________ (imagine) how this 10._________ (peace) volcano destroyed the whole city!
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A metal statue of Greek soldier was discovered in northern Xingjiang, China. Researchers explained that not doubt this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence.
Alexander the Great was the son of a Greek king who defeated much Greek cities in battle. In the age of 20, he became king after his father died. However, many cities rose up against. Alexander, so he led an army to take it back. Though his army had only 3,000 troop, but he won every battle. He took his army into the Middle East, Egypt, then India. It seemed that something could stop him from conquering the entire world. However, his own army grew tiring of endless battles and refused to go any farther. Later he came down with a fever and had died in 323 BC.
Alexander the Great spread the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia. The statue of the Greek soldier probable came to China in the 4th century BC with a result of trade.
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Unit 1 Advertising
Reading(语法填空)
Ads are playing 1._________ important role in our lives. I did some research on advertisements and have some very important information 2._________ (share) with you.
Commercial ads persuade people to buy products or service, 3._________ to believe in an idea. Sometimes, this kind of advertisement doesn’t tell people the complete truth. There are laws to protect people from advertisements 4._________ (cheat) customers. However, we still must be aware of the 5._________ (skill) methods used in ads.
Not all ads play tricks on us 6._________. PSAs aim to teach us and help us lead 7._________ (good) lives than before. PSAs are often run for free. They deal with widespread social concerns. All of these ads 8._________ (mean) to benefit the public, and you can often learn a lot by 9._________ (follow) the advice they give.
With so many ads around, we should be smart and not be a slave 10._________ them.
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An advertising campaign is panned programme of advertisements using various kinds of ads reach a certain audience. In an ad campaign you may need to employ different kinds of media, like posters, newspapers, magazines, radio but televisions.
When you start a successfully ad campaign, you must take the following into consideration. Firstly, you will need to do a few research and analysis before advance to determine the target audience. It is important to know your audience so you can create the right message for the right people.
Secondly, you should decide that you want the audience to know or think about and try to