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I’ve been singing and performing poetry since I was six years old. I used to sing for my mother’s friends. 1.
I have written three books of poetry and songs. I gave all the money from the books to children’s charities(慈善). 2.
Money from the second book was spent on homeless children in Bosnia.
I visit patients at a local hospital every Saturday morning. I talk and sing for them. I guess that’s really fulfilling (令人满意的) to me, when I sing to someone who is dying, and someone who is really sick and who doesn’t even know what’s happening. 3.
Everyone can give love, and love is what everyone wants. That’s a really important lesson to me.
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Making someone happy makes you happy, and they go on and make others happy and it’s like a chain(链).
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When you are 7, 13, or 102 years old, love is the same.
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Have you tried public bicycles? Public bicycles have recently become popular in big cities. But some people still question whether it really is easy to use the public bicycles. 1.
A group of students, at Shenzhen High School, Guangdong, are interested in it. 2. Through interviews and an online questionnaire (问卷）, they found the
biggest problem was that many bicycles were broken. 3. So, these students designed a smart storeroom that could store and protect bicycles.
They tried many designs, but finally made the smart circle storeroom. A storeroom can store 15 bicycles. Lei Mingcong, 12, the main designer, said he got the idea from his own life. “I found out that our public library has a smart storage machine. 4. Also, I noticed collective clothes
hangers (集合式晾衣架) are often found. They hang the most clothes.”
So how does the storeroom work? There is a smart mechanical device (机械装置) at the center of it. 5. “It is all controlled by computer programs. Just like a‘smart home’, the device
could work by pressing a button ( 按 动 按 钮 ),” said Wang Shunzhi, another designer of the storeroom.
A. It can catch the bicycles and hang them up.
B. It was the rain and sun that caused the problem.
C. It helps readers return books easily and quickly.
D. People also wonder what other problems there are.
E. They did a survey to find out the answers in August.
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Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. 1.Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn't remember where she'd put them.
Perhaps you've had such experiences like these. Most people have. 2.Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. 3.If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things. When you forget something, don't follow up with saying like "Oh, my god! I always forget things!" Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn't enough. 4.Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you're learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don't take notice of things actively, you won't remember them. 5.For example, don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.
A.He had forgotten her name.
B.If you are over worried about something, you'll forget it.
C.To improve your memory, you'll need to take an active role.
D.But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem.
E.So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.
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Traffic safety is one of the most important problems in today’s world. Since 1896 till now, more than 35,000,000 people have been dead in traffic accidents all over the world.
1. Most of these people are old people and children. Children are often killed because they are not careful enough. They forget to look and listen before they cross the road.
2. they need to know the rules of the road. They should stop, look at the right, then back to the left again before they cross a road. On city streets, they have to listen to the crossing
policemen and cross the street only on the crosswalk(人行横道). 3. cross the street when the
traffic light is green.
4. they should walk their bikes when crossing streets instead of riding them.
5. The best and easiest thing for us to do is to follow the traffic rules.
A. If kids ride bikes to school,
B. If there are no crossing policemen,
C. If kids walk or ride their bikes to school,
D. People are often killed while crossing the road.
E. It’s time for us to do something to stop traffic accidents.
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There are some skills for students to listen to the teacher in class, which means you're going to have to practice it. Just as you would have to practice basketball to be a better player, you also have to practice listening. How to listen in school? 1.
One of the things you need to do is to make sure that your mind doesn't wander (漫游). It's easy to start thinking about other things, especially when you' re not interested in the subject. 2.
Next, listen for the main ideas. If you want to catch every little piece of information, you'll feel tired and bored.
3.Not only does this show respect(尊敬) to the teacher, it also helps prevent your mind from wandering. 4.Or it could just be someone talking to their neighbors who shouldn't be. It can even be some birds outside the classroom window, or a group of kids who are talking loudly as they pass the door to your room.
Finally, you need to take notes because you will not remember everything the teacher said. You'll have to take down the notes so that you can study it after class. 5.
Listening isn't always easy, but if you follow these simple steps, you’ll be much more successful in your classes.
A. Here are some suggestions.
B. You'll also need to look at the teacher.
C. So make yourself pay attention to what the teacher is saying.
D. Taking notes also makes you pay attention to the class.
E. It might be a friend who is trying to pass you a note.
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House fires cause many deaths each year and a large number of these fires are unfortunately set by children,So,it's important to teach them that fire is a tool,not a toy.Kids must understand that they'd better not play with fire.1.
A smoke alarm（报警器）greatly reduces your chances of being hurt in a fire.2.You should have a smoke alarm outside each bedroom and on each floor of your home.You ought to have two plans for getting out of your house if there is a fire and practice these plans in the dark with your family.
A smoke alarm wams you of the danger.But when you hear it, you don't have much time.3.When you come to a closed door,check it with the back of your hand.If it feels hot,there may be smoke or fire behind the door,so take care.Once you are out of your house,call the fire department from a neighbor's house.If a family member or a pet is caught inside,you shouldn't go back in.Firemen know how to perform rescues safely.
A smoke alarm is only good if it's working properly.4.You should use the test button each month to see if the alarm and batteries are still working.A smoke alarm lasts about ten years if it seems to be working.
About two out of three fire deaths happen in homes with no working smoke alarms.5.
A. Take actions immediately.
B. Most of these deaths can be avoided.
C. Change the batteries at least once a year.
D. You should keep matches and lighters out of their reach.
E. The main job of such an alarm is to protect you while you're asleep.
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Not every parent looks forward to the day when their child goes off to school.1. Instead, they are choosing to teach their children at home.2.Parents, caregivers (照料者), or private tutors (私人教师) educate children at home instead of sending them off to be educated in public or private schools. In the United States, only about 3 percent of children are homeschooled.
3. Some parents do not feel their children are safe in school because of bullying (霸凌). Other parents want their child’s education to be based on their personal religious (宗教的) or moral (道德的) beliefs.4. Homeschooling is also seen as a choice for families that live in rural areas, or families that move frequently.
Being homeschooled doesn’t mean a student cannot go to college.5.It is important, however, for students to create a portfolio (作品集) to show what they have learned.
A.There are many reasons why some parents choose to homeschool.
B.In fact, some parents are not sending their children to school at all.
C.Most colleges accept homeschooled students.
D.This is called homeschooling.
E.And some parents feel that public schools are not good enough.
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There are some skills for students to listen to the teacher in class, which means you're going to have to practice it. Just as you would have to practice basketball to be a better player, you also have to practice listening. How to listen in school? 1.
One of the things you need to do is to make sure that your mind doesn't wander (漫游). It's easy to start thinking about other things, especially when you're not interested in the subject. 2.
Next, listen for the main ideas. If you want to catch every little piece of information, you'll feel tired and bored.
3. Not only does this show respect (尊敬) to the teacher, it also helps prevent your mind from wandering. 4. Or it could just be someone talking to their neighbors who shouldn't be. It can even be some birds outside the classroom window, or a group of kids who are talking loudly as they pass the door to your room.
Finally, you need to take notes because you will not remember everything the teacher said. You'll have to take down the notes so that you can study it after class. 5.
Listening isn't always easy, but if you follow these simple steps, you’ll be much more successful in your classes.
A.Here are some suggestions.
B.You'll also need to look at the teacher.
C.So make yourself pay attention to what the teacher is saying.
D.Taking notes also makes you pay attention to the class.
E.It might be a friend who is trying to pass you a note.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯, 意思完整。
During rush hours, you never know when a bus or a taxi might come. Walking might be too tiring. If it’s about two or three miles away, which kind of transportation will you choose? 1.
Bike shares are a growing convenience in many cities around the world. 2. Riders usually have to pick up a bike at a self-serve station and return it at another station later. However, a Chinese bike-sharing company called Ofo, is bringing this idea to a new level.
Like any other bike-sharing service, Ofo users can get a bike at any time. 3. Instead, they can pick one up wherever and whenever they please. To get a bicycle, riders with the app are able to find the nearest one. 4. After parking the bike, all they have to do is to lock it.
This Chinese company already has its bicycle throughout China, the United States and Singapore. 5. “We want to reach more cities, connect more bikes and serve more people”, said Ofo founder Dai Wei.
A. Thousands of bike sharing programs have been set up by the governments.
B. When a rider is done with the bike, returning is just as easy.
C. This month, 500 Ofo bicycles will be set up in Cambridge, England.
D. For short journeys, riding a bike could be the best solution.
E. The big difference is that they don’t need to find a self-serve station.
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Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar, and they will know what weather will be like days or even months later.
1. They are following the 24 Solar Terms(节气), which is an important part of Chinese culture. And on Nov. 30th, 2016, the United Nations (UN）added it to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity（人类非物质文化遗产）.
The 24 Solar terms came into being during the Qin （211-206BC） and Han （206BC-AD220） dynasties. 2. So, weather changes were important. But of course, they had no satellite, Internet or weather broadcast to help them.
3. They studied the sun’s movement with a sundial（日冕仪）.They also paid attention to other natural changes such as temperature, water and crops growth. In the end, they worked out the 24 Solar terms to mark the changes.
4. For example, the solar terms jingzhe（惊蛰）is when insects wake up from a long sleep in the cold winter. Farmers take it as a sign of warm weather and get busy working.
The 24 Solar Terms is honored as China’s fifth great invention, after papennaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder.5. For example, people will say, “Do not show your feet after Hanlu(寒露).” Why? It’s because the solar term “Hanlu” marks the coming of the cold days.
A.Now, people still use the solar terms in daily life，
B.But people found a way.
C.The terms became their guide to farming work.
D.What’s the secret?
E.At the time, most Chinese people made their living on farms.