English teenagers will receive cooking lesson...

English teenagers will receive cooking lessons in schools. The idea is to encourage healthy eating to solve the problem that many people are overweight. Also, it worries people that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost because parents use too much pre-prepared fast food.

Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England---even if it was mainly for girls. In recent years cooking has become less important in schools. But the rising level of obesity has led to rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught.

“What we want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple meals, which they can use now at home and then in their life,” said Ed Balls, an education expert.

The new lessons will start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given a longer time to prepare. Also, there may be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since schools have been teaching food technology rather than practical cooking. Besides, the lessons for hand-on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believe it will be worth it.

“If we’d done this thirty years ago we might not have to face the problem about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure.”

The renewed interest in cooking is an effort to reduce the obesity rate, which is almost the highest in Europe, and according to the government, half of all British people will be obese in 25 years if present trends are not halted.

1.The passage mainly talks about 　　　　 .

A. the reason for obesity　　 B. the lost cooking skills

C. the healthy eating　　 D. the cooking classes

2.Which of the following is NOT the aim of bringing back cooking lessons in Britain?

A. To encourage teenagers to eat healthy food.

B. To reduce the country’s increasing obesity rate.

C. To stop parents from turning to pre-prepared fast food.

D. To prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost.

3.How will cooking lessons do good to the students?

A. All of them will become good cooks in their later life.

B. Students will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well.

C. Students will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge and skills.

D. Students will be able to control the level of obesity in the whole country.

4.The underlined word “halted” in the last paragraph probably means “　　　　 ”.

A. continued　　 B. stopped　　 C. discussed　　 D. kept

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Bored at school now? How do you think it will look in the future? Last week, about 600 teenagers in the U.S. imagined a future changed by technology in which their lessons are taught by robots and they learn about celebrities and alien languages.

According to a survey published last week by the U.S. Internet service provider American Online( AOL), only one in 100 thinks that in the future they will walk from home to school; the rest believe they will use jet packs, and hover boards( 滑板) as everyday transport.

All the participants of the survey are teenagers born into the Internet age. The study is to show how the first cyber generation dream about a future life created by advanced technology.

Most believe there will still be schools to go to, but that technology will play an increasingly important role in learning. The 600 teens surveyed think there will still be teachers, but 37 percent imagine them to be robots. Some 24 percent believe that teachers will still be human but they will have inter-changeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects.

More than one in two believe hover boarding will be popular, while one-third say that wearing rocket boots will be their favorite activity. Another third think jet packs will be popular. Nearly 30 percent think playing football and bike-riding will remain popular.

When it comes to the curriculum, they think future generations will be learning about robot building( 63 percent), alien languages( 47 percent) celebrities( 26 percent) and R’n’B music( 22 percent).

Children will wear virtual reality helmets to bring lessons to life, say 40 percent, while over 20 percent believe they will not need lessons because microchips implanted in their head will send relevant information into the brain. Matt Whyman, adviser to the chief medical officer on youth issues of AOL, said: “ The kids seem very aware of the liberation qualities of technology.”

Title : ___1.____ school

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In high school, “cool” is the rule, so teenagers will do anything to avoid possibly embarrassing situations.

But not Samantha Elton, 15. She seeks them out. And if she can make a fool of herself as in the process, well, that’s even better.

For the past two years, Elton, has been a practitioner of improvisation, doing things that others would be embarrassed to consider.

Elton is a member of High School Jesters, a group that teaches improvisation techniques to students. The group was founded two years ago by Nicholas Kopatich, himself a keen improviser.

“I was sitting in my dorm room and some friends were having chats about comedy and improvisation,” Kopatich recalls. They asked for lessons after Kopatich told them he had improvisation experience. The small group turned out to be pretty good at it, so they did a show for the dorm. And things snowballed.

While even her mother marvels at Elton’s ability to get up in front of audience without a script to fall back on, the teen enjoys such opportunities. Performing improvisation comes with a certain freedom that theater doesn’t provide.

“What I like about it the most is that I don’t have to be a certain character or a certain way, and because of that I can’t get anything wrong,” Elton says, “I get to write the story while I’m doing it.”

Monica Elton, Samantha’s mom, thinks the workshops are a valuable outlet that a lot of students may not get in their schools. High school kids don’t usually like to act silly or look uncool, she says, but improvisation teaches them that it’s OK to have flaws.

“I like to think we give kids positively that allows them to gain confidence,” says Brent Mukai, a High School Jesters instructor. The great thing about improvisation is that it is an art form that is open to anyone. But there’s more to it than getting up in front of audience and telling jokes or acting silly.

“You don’t need to be the most amazing actress to be an improviser,” Samantha Elton says, “It’s really a place where I can show people my creativity. I can paint pictures for people and entertain others.”

It’s really free.

1.What do we know about improvisation?

A. Performers act as a certain character.

B. Performers need a script to act on.

C. Performers intend to make audience embarrassed.

D. Performers develop the story as they are playing.

2.According to Monica, practicing improvisation made Elton _______.

A. treat flaws as normal things

B. accept cool as the rule

C. avoid doing embarrassing things

D. care about what others comment on her

3.It can be inferred that Kopatich formed High School Jesters _______.

A. on purpose　　 B. by accident

C. for business　　　 D. out of curiosity

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. teens make a fool of themselves

B. teens perform improvisation to be cool

C. teens express creativity through arts

D. teens gain confidence in the improvisation

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Chalk used in school classrooms comes in thin sticks. Lessons are often presented to entire classes on chalkboards (or blackboards, as they were originally called) using sticks of chalk. 1.

As found in nature, chalk has been used for drawing since prehistoric times. And it helped to create some of the earliest cave drawings. Later, artists of different countries and styles used chalk mainly for sketches(素描),and some such drawings have survived. 2.The method was to grind(碾碎)natural chalk to a fine powder, then add water, clay, and various dry colors. It was then rolled into stick shape and dried.

3. Class sizes began to increase at that time. Therefore, teachers needed a convenient way of conveying information to many students at one time. Not only did instructors use large blackboards, but students also worked with personal chalkboards, completing with chalk sticks and a sponge or cloth to use as an eraser. These small chalkboards were used for practice, especially among the younger students.

An important change in the nature of classroom chalk brought was in chalkboards. Blackboards used to be black, because they were made from true slate(石板).While some experts advocated a change to yellow chalkboards and dark blue or purple chalk to copy writing on paper, when makers began to shape chalkboards from synthetic(合成的)materials during the 20th century, they chose the color green, arguing that it was easier on the eyes. 4.

Almost all chalk produced today is dustless. Earlier, softer chalk tended to produce a cloud of dust that some feared might contribute to breathing problems.5. It's just that the dust settles faster.

A. Dustless chalk still produces dust.

B. Yellow became the preferred color for chalk.

C. Paper made only from rags at this time was expensive.

D. That's because this method has been proven cheap and easy.

E. Chalk was first formed into sticks for the convenience of artists.

F. Baking chalk longer to harden it more helps to produce less dust.

G. Chalk didn't become standard in schoolrooms until the 19th century.

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

In an English lesson, the teacher noticed Xiao Ming busily 1. (type)messages on her cellphone. To the teacher's surprise, Xiao Ming wasn't just texting her friends the2.(late) small talk. She was blogging about what she was learning in the classroom, sharing her opinions3. her classmates.

The case caused 4.heated discussion among teachers and students citywide. Miss Li, another English teacher said, “I am 5. (amaze) at how creative the students can be when writing on their blogs. To me it's a great way for students to improve their writing skills while writing about personal feelings and experiences.” But 6. made other teachers worried was the blog addiction which may disturb the students' study.

A supporter and classmate of Xiao Ming said, “We love her blog! We all read it each day and can't wait to see what she writes about next. Many of her 7. (suggest) on study really help to encourage us. And we can relax8. (we) while reading her blog.” Another student blogger9. (admit) that he often works late into the night, writing his blog. He said, “Sometimes I don't even have time10.(finish) my homework. I can't help myself. I really have a lot to say.”

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Kids who receive special education are, without doubt, the hardest working children in any school. When they are having difficulty learning basic literacy and number concepts, when they break rules, when they need more services, support and adult attention than their peers, then they are struggling the hardest. In psychology, we are trained to think that if we are feeling angry or confused when sitting with a patient, then we are probably feeling just what our patient is feeling. The same is true for students with disabilities. Whatever we feel when we work with them, they are probably feeling as they work with us.

If you have a disability that affects your education, then you have a brain disorder. Because education, even in mathematics, is largely verbal（用言辞）, most brain disorders responsible for educational disabilities affect language, and how you process words and ideas in written and oral form. To imagine how much effort a child with a language disability spends each school day, imagine yourself attending a school today taught in a language you had a basic understanding of. Imagine though, that while you seem fluent to others, you have trouble when people talk too fast, use idioms or expressions.

When adults and classmates blame, or criticize kids who receive special education, they are struggling with their own confusion. It is difficult to imagine the world as it is lived by someone with an educational disability. It is difficult to understand how someone who can be so "normal" can have so many problems. It is so easy to imagine that if they just tried harder... without understanding that just to do the ordinary, kids with disabilities are making an extraordinary effort.

1.What is the purpose of the author by writing the passage?

A. to introduce how hard to be a special education teacher.

B. to think highly of the children with disabilities.

C. to show the disabled have much trouble in understanding.

D. to call on the society to care for the disabled.

2. If a disabled kid learns number concepts, he __________.

A. won’t work as hard as a normal.

B. will work double as hard as a normal.

C. will be as patient as the normal.

D. will think of his disability first.

3.If a kid has a disability affecting his education, he will ________.

A. have a hard time using the language.

B. be too foolish to learn maths .

C. not understand what others are saying.

D. have a lot of trouble in remembering words.

4.Before you intend to blame a kid receiving special education, __________.

A. you should try to understand what he is saying.

B. you should imagine the world he lives in.

C. you should imagine yourself in his shoes.

D. you should think of the education he has received.

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He is giving her French lessons in ________ for her teaching him English．

A．place             B．turn              C．exchange         D．change

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When 12 girls from San Fernando High School in California received a grant(经费) to develop an invention to solve a real-world problem, they decided to create a solar-powered shelter to help the homeless.

For over a year, the girls have been using all their free time to complete the _______

“They have this amazing internal(内心的)_______that I’ve never seen in any individual,” Violent Mardirosian, a teacher at San Fernando High who is_______with the team on the project, told The Huffington Post. “I thought_______that maybe some of them would give up, say ‘I didn’t_______this much work,’ but they haven’t. They’re just working hard and they’re not giving up and they’re super _______”.

Living in a low-income community, the girls have seen the_______of homelessness first-hand. Many of them are from immigrant families and hoped the_______, which is powered by rechargeable(可再充电的) solar panels(控制板), would help the _______.

Seventeen-year-old Maggie Mejia told The Huffington Post that ________ she had no previous ________experience, the girl figured out as a team how to________the shelter using how -to videos and books that taught them how to code. But the most important________she’s learned during the project isn’t technical.

“I’ve learned a lot about________others, helping the community and being selfless and showing a better world to other people and________someone else’s life,” she said. The project was carried out with DIY Girls, a nonprofit that helps fund STEM-science, technology, engineering and math- projects for _________

Mardirosian said all the participating students have ________their interest in STEM through this project.

“Many of them didn’t think about engineering before. They thought maybe they’re not ________out to be an engineer. But working together, now they ________their skill - whether a writing skill or a drawings skill or a speaking skill, they’re all________in this field. Everyone has found their importance in this picture,” she said.

1.A. project　　 B. coding　　 C. report　　 D. course

2.A. clock　　 B. doubt　　 C. drive　　 D. pressure

3.A. agreeing　　 B. working　　 C. meeting　　 D. talking

4.A. once again　　 B. all the time　　 C. at the moment　　 D. at the beginning

5.A. receive　　 B. expect　　 C. believe　　 D. mind

6.A. surprised　　 B. confused　　 C. excited　　 D. worried

7.A. problem　　 B. adventure　　 C. choice　　 D. difference

8.A. equipment　　 B. community　　 C. machine　　 D. shelter

9.A. families　　 B. homeless　　 C. team　　 D. research

10.A. when　　 B. until　　 C. while　　 D. because

11.A. engineering　　 B. managing　　 C. teaching　　 D. planning

12.A. renew　　 B. create　　 C. protect　　 D. describe

13.A. skill　　 B. lesson　　 C. fact　　 D. subject

14.A. helping　　 B. following　　 C. pleasing　　 D. questioning

15.A. changing　　 B. leading　　 C. experiencing　　 D. running

16.A. children　　 B. adults　　 C. teachers　　 D. girls

17.A. imagined　　 B. remembered　　 C. discovered　　 D. ignored

18.A. left　　 B. put　　 C. picked　　 D. made

19.A. accept　　 B. realize　　 C. wonder　　 D. share

20.A. discussed　　 B. learned　　 C. found　　 D. needed

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短文改错题。

Yesterday my husband received a letter from a lady who had been her

student in middle school. She wrote it so she wanted to thank him for the greatly

influence he had on her life. She wrote, “You were the teacher who helped me

discovering my talent for maths. Before you taught us, I had never thought I

will love it. To my surprise, you magically showed the beauty of maths for me.

Gradually my interest in it was increased. Thanks to your teaching, I made

continuous progresses in maths, and finally made my mind to study it as my

major in university. Now I am an accountant of the big company. You played

an important part. Thank you!”

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All children in the United States have to receive an education, but not all children go to school. A number of parents　　36　not to send their children to school. Such children are known　　37　　 “home-schoolers”. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home　　38 they do not believe schools teach the correct religious (宗教的)　　39 ; others believe they can provide a better educational　　40 for their children by doing so.　　41 , results show home-schooled children often do better than 　　42 on national tests in reading and math.

　David teaches his three children at home. He 　　43　that his children learn very differently from children in school. Learning starts with the children’s　　44　and questions. For example, when there is snowfall on a winter day, it may　　45　a discussion about climate, snow removal 　　46 , Alaska, etc. Or a spring evening when the family is out　47　the stars is a good time to ask questions about the sky. If the Brazilian rain forests are on TV, it　48　　be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, how deserts are　49　　and how the polar ice caps　50 ocean levels.

Home schooling is often more interesting than　　51　schools, but critics (批评家) say home-schoolers might be uncomfortable　　52　 with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not　53　to teach their children. However, most parents don’t have the time or the　　54　to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be　　55　　most children get their formal education.

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