Recently, I learned firsthand why it’s a bad idea to judge people prematurely (过早地).
I’m a nursing supervisor, and my job is to evaluate workers’ performances at the hospital.
Kenny was a new employee. After weeks’ probation (试用), I had to admit that he was clean, punctual and efficient.
But he had this self-assured and energetic presence. He was a large man, both physically and socially — he was independent and strong. I worried that our hospital, which demanded teamwork, was not right for such a personality.
We had a patient named Mary. At 94 years old, Mary was weak. She had outlived her husband and sisters.
Mary had an obsessive (强迫性的) belief that someone had taken her purse. She searched for it all the time. Unless tied to her wheelchair, she would go through the door onto the street mindlessly searching and never giving up. She was often sitting in her wheelchair in the hallway, where she stopped everyone who came near.
“Can you lend me a comb?” she would ask. “I’ve lost mine. It was in my red purse. Where is my purse?”
Every day it was the same. We all knew Mary didn’t have a purse, but we would answer: “Sure, if I see your purse I’ll bring it back.”
One afternoon, I saw Kenny walking down the hall with a grocery bag. He walked toward Mary in her wheelchair. He pulled out a red purse.
Mary’s old hands flew up to her face in a gesture of wonder and joy, and then flew out hungrily like a starved child taking bread. Mary grabbed the red purse. She held it for a moment, and then pressed it to her breast, rocking it like a baby.
Kenny leaned over, unzipped the purse open and showed Mary a comb inside. Tears of joy poured down Mary’s face.
Instead of paying lip service like the rest of us, Kenny had made Mary’s problem his problem. I had been wrong about Kenny.
1.The author was worried that Kenny would not be fit for his job because ________.
A. he had no working experience in medicine
B. he had a strong, confident and independent character
C. his performance during the probation didn’t meet their standards
D. he was too stubborn and wouldn’t listen to others’ opinions
2.We can learn from the article that Mary ________.
A. didn’t get along well with her husband
B. pretended that she had lost her red purse
C. was very happy when given the purse
D. asked for help in order to be taken home
3.At the end of the story, the author felt ________ about her previous evaluation of Kenny.
A. encouraged B. puzzled C. satisfied D. guilty
4.What kind of message does the author intend to convey?
A. Pay attention to what people do instead of what they say.
B. We should treat older people with patience and kindness.
C. Don’t come to a conclusion too quickly when you don’t know all the facts.
D. We can always find a teacher in another, even when we least expect it.
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1.This advertisement is about_______.
A. introducing a school
B. seeking a teaching position
C. taking on English teachers
D. attracting foreign students
2.If you are employed, you will_______.
A. work full time
B. not have to pay the apartment rent
C. prepare furniture yourself
D. work four months for two years
3.Where can you mostly probably read the advertisement?
A. In a telephone book． B. In a paper．
C. In a travel guide． D. In a textbook
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Our body clock, or natural body rhythm, influences our energy and alertness. Paying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of the day when we best perform specific tasks.
The reality, however, is that most of us organize the time around work demands, school deadlines, commuting or social events. Doing whatever the body feels like doing is a luxury in today’s fast-paced modern society.
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth trying. Obeying our body clock has significant health benefits. Disrupting our natural body rhythm, on the other hand, has been linked to problems such as depression, obesity, or headache, says Steve Key, a biology professor.
When the body clock can synchronize (使…同步) the rhythms of its natural processes, it “gives us an advantage in daily life”, says Key.
According to him, when it comes to cognitive (认知的) work, most adults perform best in the late morning. As our body temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday, our memory, alertness and concentration gradually improve.
However, he adds, our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereafter. Most of us are more easily distracted (分心) between noon and 4 pm.
Alertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm, making that a good time for a nap.
Surprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powers. For most adults, problems that require open-ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they are tired, according to a study in the journal Thinking & Reasoning.
When choosing a time of the day to exercise, paying attention to your body clock can improve results. Physical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm, says Michael Smolensky, a professor of biomedical engineering.
Of course, not everyone’s body clock is the same, making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans.
1.If we know our natural body rhythm well, we can ______.
A. find out the suitable time to do specific tasks
B. organize our time around work demands
C. do whatever our body feels like doing
D. be sure to be healthy
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Our alertness is influenced by our natural body rhythm.
B. Doing whatever your body feels like is very difficult in our modern society.
C. Obeying our body clock is good for our health.
D. Disrupting our natural body rhythm can lead to obesity.
3.Inspiration to solve a difficult problem will most probably come to us______.
A. when we get up in the morning
B. when we are tired in the evening
C. when we are full of energy in the late morning
D. when we are asleep at night
4. Which of the following can be the suitable title for the passage?
A. What is natural body rhythm?
B. Natural body rhythm is good for us.
C. natural body rhythm and health
D. The latest research about natural body rhythm.
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Boys’schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music．
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity(男子气概)，the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype(传统观念),a US study says．
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions,rather than feeling they had to obey the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls．
Tony Little，headmaster of Eton，warned that boys were being ignored by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls．He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls．
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills．
But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style，letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia．
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them．Because boys generally have sharper vision，learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around.” Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的)and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes.” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships.“In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means.” the study reported.
1.The author believes that a single-sex school would ．
A.force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”
B.help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys
C.encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D.naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys
2.It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys ．
A.perform relatively better
B.grow up more healthily
C.behave more responsibly
D.receive a better education
3.What does Tony Little say about the British education system?
A.It fails more boys than girls academically．
B.It focuses more on mixed school education．
C.It fails to give boys the attention they need．
D.It places more pressure on boys than on girls．
4.According to Abigail James，one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ．
A. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit
B.boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded
C.boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D. teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The family has the responsibility for keeping young children safe, providing love and helping all their children to learn to get along with people. The most important beginning is the development of trust. The infant (婴儿的) needs to know that there is someone who cares and provides for his or her needs. 1.
2. Each person also has the responsibility to show love and affection to other people in the family. The way you show love can be different for different people. What one child feels is loving might be felt as disturbing by a different child. Each person’s needs should be respected. It is your responsibility to be an understanding person.
There are different ways to show young children affection and love. It is easy to tell when it is direct, a hug or kiss, or the words“I love you.” 3. Young children respond better to demonstrating love. Use words to describe love with action. In this way the feelings are clear and not misunderstood.
Showing love also means guiding the actions of young children. As young children grow more independent, the people responsible need to understand these growing skills. But as important as it is to allow children the freedom to explore and be themselves, it is important to set limits for children. 4.
5. Respect is the most important part of family relationships and harmony. Maintain control of yourself and your feelings.
A. A hug is a physical need.
B. Respect the child’s self-esteem.
C. Remember how important your child is to you.
D. Many families don’t stop to think about their values.
E. Another way a person might show love is through actions.
F. Each person in the family has a need for love and affection.
G. Clearly express to your child what is acceptable behavior in all sorts of daily situations.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
Many years have passed, but she still remembers the last day of her whole class. They got together to say goodbye to their ________schooldays. She wonders herself if any of them still remembers their ________ , now that time has cloaked the past memories with layers of dust and ________ each fate beyond any expectations.
The jolly “dwarf” of the class has now ________ a successful businessman. The shy skinny “bookworm” is now a talented Ph.D. Trying his luck in some ________ land in the Western atmosphere. The naughty, tomboy has________ her carefree laughter in exchange for a sheltered, comfortable life. And________ , a literature addict, was driven by an inner force to put her pen aside and become a________ instead.
She decided to ________ her old teacher, who had sowed the seed for the cause of nurturing people in her directionless mind ________ his poetical lessons. She used to dream of the enlightened faces of her ________ and their round eyes running over every page of the books. Yet, at the most ________turn of her life’s course, she didn’t ________ literature for her career, for she had been told that literature is just like a magical paradise to which the way is extremely ________ .
Her hands are so small; ________ can they hold the depths and the fullness that literature can bring? Still, she promises herself to go ________ , bearing in mind the last ________ of her dear teacher, “Don’t ________ what you give or receive. Learn to live generously to enjoy life, even when it’s not generous toward us.”
Now, she is a teacher, yet she has to continue learning numerous difficult ________ of life. The more she ________ , the better she understands the value of her teacher’s last lesson.
1.A. oldest B. dearest C. hardest D. longest
2.A. successes B. failures C. lessons D. promises
3.A. transformed B. supported C. organized D. developed
4.A. fought against B. stood for C. tuned into D. found out
5.A. large B. distant C. poor D. past
6.A. insisted on B. suffered from C. stuck to D.thrown away
7.A. she B. you C. I D. he
8.A. worker B. officer C. teacher D. writer
9.A. assist B. follow C. visit D. leave
10.A. beyond B. among C. across D. through
11.A. students B. roommates C. relatives D. friends
12.A. expensive B. effective C. decisive D. creative
13.A. write B. choose C. elect D. find
14.A. smooth B. perfect C. difficult D. rough
15.A. how B. when C. why D. where
16.A. up B. in C. on D. down
17.A. words B. results C. notes D. chances
18.A. hope for B. search for C. look for D. care about
19.A. problems B. lessons C. vocabularies D. passages
20.A. introduces B. forgets C. experiences D. Donates
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Waiting for a bus can be very 1. (annoy). Often you 2. (be) at the bus stop for half an hour, and the bus still hasn’t come. 3. , people in Zhongshan, Guangdong don’t have to suffer this. It’s all because of a mobile APP, Zhongshan Real-time Buses. With the APP, people can find out the exact time a bus arrives and set an alarm to remind 4. to go to the bus stop in time.
Five Senior 1 students make the APP possible. At first, they just wanted to add or change bus lines to help make it 5. (easy) for students at their school to take buses. But later, they wanted to make something that is 6. (benefit) to all the people of Zhongshan. 7. (get) technical support, the team turned to the local public transportation group company. They carried out three surveys by collecting questionnaires 8. are completed by about 600 people in shopping malls and bus stops. “The work took___9.___almost all of our spare time for four months,” said Su Yinan, 16.
On Feb 25, Zhongshan Real-time Buses was born. It now covers over 100 bus lines in the city and has been downloaded more than 60,000 times. The project won the first place on the Fifth National High School Students Leadership Convention this summer.
“We are very happy that Zhongshan people are using the results of our efforts,”said Chen, “Students can also make a big difference 10. society.”
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），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.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第十一处起）不计分。
You may have returned the book late to the library before. It is normal to pay a small fine, but how many would you have to pay if the book was returned 65 years late ?
This is a problem what John R. Rogers High School in Washington, US had to deal with recently. A copy of Gone With the Wind that was 65 years overdue was finally returned back to its library. However, the school said on December 2nd that it would not charge late fees of the book, which would have added up about $475 (2941 yuan).
The long-overdue book is checked out of the library of the high school in 1949, and seemed to disappearing until it was found in Maine, US, by Wayne Hachey. He found the book in his father’s basement and then offered to send it back to the school. “We are delightful to have the book back, but we wonder how it has been,” Lori Wyborney, principal of the school, said.
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假设你是李华。为了促进学生多读书，读好书，打造校园书香氛围，你校发起读书运动。请你按照以下要点写一篇倡议书，倡导同学们读书。
表达要点：1. 为什么读书 2. 读什么书, 怎样读书 3. 发起倡议
注意：可适当增加细节使行文连贯。字数110左右。开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
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