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| Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always useless - it was a cash 1 . After a while I stopped trying to 2 who the sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the white flower. But I never 3 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 4 moments were spent daydreaming about it. My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(an) 5 kindness who might be showing 6 . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was 7 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man across the street whose mail I helped to get during the 8 so he wouldn't have to venture down his icy step. As a teenager, though I had more fun guessing that it might be a 9 who had noticede even though I didn't know him. One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 10 in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I 11 the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn't 12 if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 13 and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a 14 in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia -lovely, 15 and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died. | ||||
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| This happened in a third-grade classroom. Jim sat 1 his desk and all of a sudden, there was a puddle(一滩水) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He felt his heart was going to stop. He knew 2 would happen when his classmates found out. He looked up and there came the teacher with 3 look in her eyes that said he 4 (discover). As the teacher was walking towards 5 , a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water to her desk. Suddenly, Susie tripped (绊倒) and, 6 (strange), dumped the whole bowl of water in Jim's lap. He pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his heart, "Thank you!" Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule (嘲笑). The teacher brought him gym shorts to put on. All the others crawled(爬) on their hands and knees, 7 (clean) up around his desk. But 8 life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred (转移) to Susie. She tried to help, 9 they told her to leave the room 10 school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and whispered, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispered back, "I wet my trousers once, too!" |
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| Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes (糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin (胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance. After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar , and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones-a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources. Jason Swencki's son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums (论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone." Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages. These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people-225 to date-who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000-in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean. Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now." |
| 1. Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas? |
| A. He needs to go to the doctor every day. B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes C. He has a positive attitude to this disease. D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles. |
| 2. Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for _________. |
| A. diabetics to communicate B. volunteers to find jobs C. children to amuse themselves D. rock stars to share resources. |
| 3. According to the text, Kody ______. |
| A. feel lonely because of his illness B. benefits from diabeticrockstar.com C. helps create the online kid's forums D. writes children's stories online |
| 4. What can we learn about Fight It? |
| A. It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties. B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year. C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics. D. It owns a well-known medical website. |
| 5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______. |
| A. works full-time in a diabetes charity B. employs 22 people for his website C. helps diabetics in his own way D. ties to find a cure for diabetes |
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| Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household's waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard. Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example. But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb. |
| 1. What does the underlined phrase "over-consumption" refer to? |
| A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes. C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed. |
| 2. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______. |
| A. the tendency of cutting household waste B. the increase of packaging recycling C. the rapid growth of super markets D. the fact of packaging overuse |
| 3. According to the text, recycling ______. |
| A. helps control the greenhouse effect B. means burning packaging for energy C. is the solution to gas shortage D. leads to a waste of land |
| 4. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4? |
| A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality. B. Supermarkets care more about packaging. C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging. D. Other products are better packaged than food. |
| 5. What can we learn from the last paragraph? |
| A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult. B. Needless material is mostly recycled. C. People like collecting recyclable waste. D. The author is proud of their consumer culture. |
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| Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego(UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, "Versed". "I'm delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win," said Armantrout. "For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising." Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master's in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Versed." "This book has gotten more attention," Armantrout said, "but I don't feel as if it's better." The first half of "Versed" focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. "Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry," said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. "Versed", published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May. |
| 1. According to Rae Armantrout, ____________. |
| A. her 10th book is much better B. her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected C. the media is surprised at her works D. she likes being recognized by her readers |
| 2. Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout? |
| A. She published a poetry textbook. B. She used to teach Denise Levertov. C. She started a poets' group with others. D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley. |
| 3. What can we learn about "Versed"? |
| A. It consists of three parts. B. It is mainly about the American army. C. It is a book published two decades ago. D. It partly concerns the poet's own life. |
| 4. Rae Armantrout's colleagues think that she ____________. |
| A. should write more B. has a sweet voice C. deserves the prize D. is a strange professor |
| 5. What can we learn from the text? |
| A. About 2,700 copies of "Versed" will be printed. B. Cancer made Armantrout stop writing. C. Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD. D. "Versed" has been awarded twice. |
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Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to |
| 1. Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon? |
| A. He teaches chemistry at MU. B. He developed a chemical battery. C. He is working on a nuclear energy source. D. He made a breakthrough in computer engineering. |
| 2. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________. |
| A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied. B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used. C. to describe a nuclear-powered system. D. to introduce various energy sources. |
| 3. Liquid semiconductor is used to _________. |
| A. get rid of the radioactive waste B. test the power of nuclear batteries. C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries D. reduce the damage to lattice structure. |
| 4. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______. |
| A. uses a solid semiconductor B. will soon replace the present ones. C. could be extremely thin D. has passed the final test. |
| 5. The text is most probably a ________. |
| A. science news report B. book review C. newspaper ad D. science fiction story |
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| 以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的简介: A Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is famous for the Diaolou, multi-storied defensive village houses in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, which shows a combination of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms. They reflect close links between overseas Kaiping and their ancestral homes. B Hongcun is unique among all Chinese villages for its water system. Water is the main characteristic in this village. Its two large ponds are connected to a series of flowing streams which pass by every house, providing water for washing, cooking, and bathing. C Xidi village is a very beautiful village lying near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. It is the perfect place for visitors to see typical folk houses where villagers have lived as they have for centuries. It gives visitors the rare opportunity to explore China's ancient culture, and arts. D Tangyue Village lies near the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain famous for its memorial archways (gates). More than 250 arches were constructed here during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644- 1911) dynasties. Over 80 of these magnificent arches are still in good condition. E Tunxi Ancient Street is the major gateway to Huangshan. It has restaurants and many unique things to offer. The restored part of the Tunxi Ancient Street is particularly beautiful at night when the red lanterns lining the river are lit, and create a very festive atmosphere. Tunxi Ancient Street also has one of China's best antique markets. F The Old Summer Palace on the northwest of Beijing was rebuilt from ruins of Yuanmingyuan built in 1709. It was burned down by the British and French troops in 1860, partially rebuilt, and then destroyed again by the forces of eight foreign powers in 1900. |
| 以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的照片,请匹配照片及与其对应的简介: 1._____  Looking at the picture you can't help thinking of the fairyland existing in your imagination 2._____  The white walls and black roofs looks like a traditional Chinese painting come to life 3._____  Diaolou and Villages, the unique residential and defensive buildings in Guangdong's Kaiping 4._____  With the opening of the Jiuzhou scenery on Tuesday, about 80 percent of the Old Summer Palace will be open to the public; visitors can take a boat ride from Fuhai Lake to Houhu Lake, 5._____  he seven Bao family arches have been a popular destination for centuries |
| 基础写作 你们班同学上周五就“应该送什么样的礼物给同学或朋友”的话题展开了讨论，下 面是讨论记录：
【 写作内容】 1.讨论的时间和话题； 2.同学们的意见和各自的理由； 3.你的看法。 【写作要求】 1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 | ||||||
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| Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between his language and others' language. Bit by bit, he makes the right changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learn to talk, run, climb, ride a bicycle by comparing their own behaviors with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school teachers never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, even fewer chances for him to correct himself. They do it all for him. Teachers act as if the student would never notice a mistake if they did not point out it to him. They act as if the student would never correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teachers. Let the student do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word means and what the answer is to that problem. 【写作内容】 1.以约30个词概况短文的要点； 2.然后以约120个词就,内容包括： (1)以自己的学习生活为例,简述你在日常学习生活中常犯的错误； (2)你是如何看待自己的错误的； (3)老师是如何对待你的错误的； (4)你对老师的做法的看法及理由。 【写作要求】 1.作文中可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 2.标题自定。 |
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