Last July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Seattle, a city on the northwest American coast. Dad did some research and had no difficulty in finding us cheap tickets online.
On the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our bags in, we found that one bag weighed too much, so we had to pay a fine. After that, dad insisted that we go and have some breakfast at the airport restaurant. We had a lot of fun watching many different people there. Then we realized it was getting late, so we rushed to the gate. It took one hour for everyone to get on the plane, but finally the door was shut and we were on our way!
I think my favorite experience during our trip was our visit to Mount Rainier, a volcano near Seattle. It was nothing like I had expected. Before we left, my aunt lent us hats to protect us from getting sunburned, so I supposed that it would be very hot. Imagine my surprise when we drove up the mountain and I discovered the top was covered with snow and ice.!
My uncle led us to a small path beyond the main trails to increase our chances of seeing wildlife. We walked over a small hill, and suddenly before us there appeared a field of snow. Small wild flowers grew up through the snow; underneath the snow we could hear rushing water—a small stream. Little animals stood still to avoid being noticed; tiny birds rose into the air. It was the most beautiful sight that I’d ever seen.
1.What ticket did the father buy for the family?
A.Bus B.Ship
C.Train D.Airplane
2.Why did they pay a fine?
A.Because they got up late. B.Because they didn’t wait in line.
C.Because they came to the airport late. D.Because their bag was overweight.
3.What was the writer’s most impressive experience?
A.The flight to Seattle B.The breakfast in the airport
C.The visit to Mount Rainier D.The discovery of a small stream
4.Why did they choose a small path instead of the main trails?
A.To enjoy more of the wildlife B.To take a shortcut to save time
C.To avoid the snowy road D.To avoid being attacked by animals
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Are your children liked by their teachers? All parents want their children to impress their teachers and succeed in school. You can get your children to impress their teachers by following these easy steps.
Make sure they’re prepared. Teachers are impressed by children coming to school prepared to learn. Make sure they have everything they need—pencils, textbooks, erasers and so on.
Require them to be active in class. Teach them to ask teachers questions when they don’t understand something, some children think teachers are bothered by questions, but most teachers are impressed when children take the initiative(采取主动) in asking questions. They should take part in class discussions, giving their opinions politely.
Keep your children healthy. If your children are tired and hungry, they won’t be ready to learn. Children need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night. Feed your children a solid breakfast and prepare a healthy lunch. Provide them with fruit and other healthy foods—apples or bananas are better for them than cookies.
Make sure that your children do their homework. If they really don’t understand it , discuss it with them patiently. Don’t help them do their homework. Teachers can always tell who it is that does the work.
Teach your children good manners and habits. Children need to arrive at the school punctually, and be polite to their teachers and classmates. Parents need to teach these skills at home. Nothing is sweeter than children who say”please” and “thank you”, and these are children their teachers are certain to love.
1.The first paragraph serves as .
A.an explanation B.an introduction
C.a background D.an example
2.What should parents do according to the passage?
A.They should ask their children’s teachers questions at times.
B.They should prepare their children cookies as well as fruits.
C.They have to require their children to get materials for learning themselves.
D.They ought to have discussions over difficulties with their children patiently.
3.The main idea of the passage is that being parents, you should .
A.Help your children to impress their teachers at school.
B.Ask your children to get ready for classes before going to school
C.Teach your children to be polite to both their teachers and classmates.
D.Remind your children to observe all the rules when at school.
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People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions — and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.
“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.
The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
1.The discovery shows that Westerners _____________.
A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth
B.consider facial expressions universally reliable
C.observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways
D.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions
2.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.The participants in the study. B.The researchers of the study.
C.The errors made during the study. D.The data collected from the study.
3.What can be the best title for the passage?
A.The Eye as the Window to the Soul
B.Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C.Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills
D.How to increase Cross-cultural Understanding
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There are five keys to success in learning a foreign language.
Spend the time.
By far the most important factor is how much time you are immersed(浸入) in the language.
1.This means spending time enjoyably connected to the language you are learning.
Listen and read every day.
Listen wherever you are on your MP3 player.2. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly understand, or even partly understand. If you keep listening and reading you will get used to the language. One hour of listening or reading is more effective than many hours of class time.
3.
Build up your vocabulary, you’ll need lots. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases. Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Gradually you will be able to use them. Do not worry about how accurately you speak until you have accumulated plenty of words through listening and reading.
Take responsibility for your own learning.
If you do not want to learn the language, you won’t. 4.Do not wait for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up.
5.
Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or can’t yet understand. It does not matter. You are learning and improving. The language will gradually become clearer in your brain, but this will happen on a schedule that you can’t control. So just make sure you spend enough time with the language. That is the greatest guarantee of success.
A.Relax and make sure of the time spent with the language.
B.Focus on words and phrases.
C.Read what you are listening to.
D.Chat with others in the language on the Internet.
E.If you do want to learn the language, take control.
F.The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn.
G.There are hundreds of easy conversations for you to practice speaking.
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There was once a man who met with a shipwreck (船只失事) and landed on a deserted island. Every day he prayed, _______someone could pass and rescue him, but to his _______, no one ever came.
Months went by and this man learned to _______ food and firewood from the island and stored them in a hut that he built, which helped him_______ on the deserted island. One day when he _______ his hut after hunting for food, _______, he saw his hut was on fire, along with almost everything he had!
All of his _______ were going up in smoke! The only thing _______was the clothes on his back. At first, he was_______, frozen there and then he was filled with ________! He threw a fist into the air and began yelling, “How unfair! How could this happen to me? I________every day for months but now everything that I have is on fire!”
Later the man grew so ________ that he fell on his hands and knees weeping heavily when he happened to look up and ________a ship coming in his direction. The man was ________. As they were heading back to civilization, the man asked the captain, “How were you able to ________ me?” The captain ________, “We were voyaging across the ocean________a cloud of smoke going up caught our________.We decided to go check it out and that’s why we found you!”
In life we will always be________with challenges, problems and disasters. Always keep in mind that a disaster can sometimes be good ________in disguise(掩盖).
1.A.realizing B.designing C.hoping D.doubting
2.A.excitement B.disappointment C.amazement D.embarrassment
3.A.collect B.receive C.order D.share
4.A.survive B.suffer C.adapt D.develop
5.A.visited B.put up C.returned to D.passed
6.A.naturally B.unexpectedly C.instead D.anyway
7.A.preparations B.preferences C.feelings D.things
8.A.valued B.lost C.moved D.left
9.A.touched B.shocked C.bored D.confused
10.A.anger B.pain C.fear D.shame
11.A.prayed B.will pray C.had prayed D.have been praying
12.A.excited B.tired C.weak D.hopeless
13.A.spotted B.sought C.caught D.searched
14.A.protected B.rewarded C.welcomed D.rescued
15.A.trust B.keep C.seize D.find
16.A.declared B.explained C.added D.found
17.A.when B.why C.while D.where
18.A.interest B.attention C.approach D.consideration
19.A.supplied B.satisfied C.faced D.delighted
20.A.experience B.luck C.information D.progress
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假设你班本期英语墙报的主题是“The woman I admire most”,请你根据以下信息，写一篇介绍居里夫人的短文。
姓名：Marie Curie 生卒年月：1867年11月7日---1934年7月4日
出生地：Poland
主要事迹： 世界著名科学家，一生致力于研究放射性现象，发现镭和钋两种天然放射性元素，一生两度获诺贝尔奖，也是唯一一位两次获得诺贝尔奖的女性。她的事迹激励了很多人，是世人学习的榜样。
注意： 1. 词数100左右2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
放射性现象radioactivity 镭 radium钋polonium 诺贝尔奖 the Nobel Prize
The Woman I Admire Most
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阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
How to Deal with Pressures at School
As a high school student, if you are feeling stressed out or frustrated by teachers, classmates,or schoolwork，it is important to know that you aren't the only one． Believe it or not，everyone has these feelings at some point， and everyone should learn how to deal with them properly．
First of all， you need to keep a positive attitude and not take things to heart． That someone got a better grade than you doesn't mean that they are smarter—perhaps they studied longer or knew the material more． It's easy to become frustrated if you are not doing as well as your friends， but being optimistic will help you deal with future similar situations．
Secondly， if students at school are bullying you， know when to stand up for yourself． Don't let other classmates make you feel that you are not good enough． They are simply insecure and do not know how to deal with the pressures of school． They are just trying to make others feel bad， so they can feel better about themselves．
Lastly， it is necessary to keep things correctly． For any situation that is stressful， take a second look from a different point of view． When I look back to the frustrations of my high school days， I notice that many of them seem very unimportant to me now．
It's not easy to be confident when there are so many students who seem like they "have it all"，but try to realize that you, too, are good enough. It’s not a competition about who is smarter, more beautiful—everyone is different—so believe your individuality.
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