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The magic of these book-lined buildings---libraries, really filled my childhood with delight. Parenthood helped me experience that joy again. I was raised in the countryside of Cleveland, just a few blocks from the brick-faced library, Bertram Woods. I went there several times a week with my mother. She and I would walk in together, but as soon as we passed through the door, we each headed to our favorite section separately. We all valued books, but my parents believed that the reading of the book was a journey. There was no need for souvenirs. When I left for college, one of the many ways I made myself different from my parents was that I went wild for owning books. Buying textbooks was what got me going, but I lost my appreciation for the slow pace of making my way through a library and for having books on borrowed time. I might have spent the rest of my life thinking about libraries in the way I thought about the amusement park I went to as a kid. And they might have become just a bookmark of memory, something that was mixed with “mother” and “the past” in my mind. That changed in 2011 when my son got his school homework---to interview someone who worked for the city. I suggested talking to a police officer, but he said he wanted to interview a librarian. As we drove to meet the librarian, I was flooded by a sense of absolute familiarity and the memory of this journey, of parent and child on their way to the library. I had taken this trip so many times before, but now it was turned on its head, and I was the parent bringing my child on that special trip. From the outside, the decoration of the library didn't look anything like the brick Bertram Woods branch, but when we stepped in, the thunderbolt of recognition struck me so hard that it made me out of breath. There was the same soft tsk-tsk-tsk of pencil on paper, and the murmuring from readers at the tables in the center of the room. It brought me close to my mother and our journey to the library. At that moment, the spell that libraries had once cast on me was renewed. Maybe it had never really been broken, although I had been away long enough that it was like visiting a country I’d loved but had forgotten as my life went swiftly by. 【1】What can we know about the author’s parents? A.They enjoyed the same favorite section in the library as the author. B.They valued books and preferred to house them at home. C.They held different views from the author towards buying books. D.They loved buying books as souvenirs on their journey. 【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A.The author immediately recognized the familiar outside decoration. B.The thunder struck the author so severely that she felt sick. C.The crowd of readers in the library made the air hard to breathe. D.The library reminded the author of the fond memories in childhood. 【3】What is the passage mainly about? A.The sweet memories between the author and her family. B.The influence parents have on children^ reading. C.The rediscovery of the author’s love for the libraries. D.The magic power libraries have on the author’s son. |
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The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) released a report on Australian students’ sense of belonging in school in May. It described as “disturbing” some of the differences in Australian students’ sense of belonging between male and female students, students from high and low economic backgrounds, and students from different cultural backgrounds. A sense of belonging in school is the degree to which students feel respected, accepted and supported by teachers and peers. It has been linked to students' attention and effort in class, their persistence and completion of learning activities. An understanding of belonging is important for educators. It allows them to plan effective practices to support students in the classroom and school-wide. A study from the US found students' sense of belonging declines from year 7 through to year 11. With it, students' educational expectations also decrease. This decline may be due to a mismatch between students’ need for autonomy (自主) and interaction，and their learning environment. They may experience less supportive and caring teacher — student relationships，increased teacher control, and limited opportunities for autonomy. A similar study in Finland also found this might be because secondary students need to adapt to a larger social network and a larger number of teachers, so they may not know their peers or teachers as well. Importantly, some groups of students may feel lower levels of belonging. This includes students with different cultural or language backgrounds, students with disabilities or students awkward in social interaction. Teachers and schools play an important role in nurturing students’ sense of belonging. If a student considers their school and teacher to be caring and accepting，they’re more likely to adopt the academic and social values of their school and teacher. Teachers and schools can take steps to improve students' sense of belonging in school, which is important for all students and especially those identified as being at-risk. 【1】Why is it important for educators to understand students’ sense of belonging? A.Teachers can evaluate students' effort easily. B.Students can plan their learning effectively. C.Teachers can be more supportive to students. D.Students can understand learning activities better. 【2】Students’ sense of belonging declines partly because. ____________ A.they expect less of their academic performance B.they care less about teacher-student relationship C.they are less involved in teacher-student interaction D.they are given limited opportunities for discussion 【3】What may be the author’s purpose in writing this article? A.To advise teachers to raise students' level of belonging. B.To persuade students to interact more with teachers. C.To explain why students are less motivated in learning. D.To present how schools can benefit both teachers and students. |
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Do you feel lonely? If you do, you are not alone. It’s more than a personal mental health issue. Loneliness is a global issue. Half-a-million Japanese are suffering from social isolation. The UK recently appointed a minister for loneliness, the first in the world. In Australia, Victorian state MP Fiona Patten is calling for the same. What do cities have to do with loneliness? Think of the awkward silence in a lift full of passengers who never communicate. Now think of a playground where parents often begin chatting. It’s not that the built environment “causes” interaction，but it can certainly either enable or limit potential interaction. Can we think of different ways to be in the city to “cure” loneliness? I recently conducted a graduate design studio at the Melbourne School of Design. The students，using design as a research methodology (方法), came up with potential architectural and urban responses to loneliness. Fanhui Ding came up with a student---run restaurant for the University of Melbourne. Students get credit working on the farms that supply the restaurant, which can be used to pay for a meal. People also get discounts for dining at the same table, encouraging students to interact over food. Given the many international students who suffer from loneliness, her concept used cooking, food and farming to cure loneliness. Some students deal with familiar cases, such as building “Puppy Society”, an app that connects a pet with multiple owners, designing more social interaction spaces in high-rise apartment buildings and redesigning supermarkets to make them places for people to visit on a Sunday morning. Beverley Wang looked at loneliness in the ageing population. She came up with a project called “Nurture”, for which she designed a kindergarten co-housed with a nursing home. Designing spaces for storytelling, she brought the elderly into the kindergarten as informal teaching assistants, giving them a sense of purpose. Moving beyond merely analyzing the problems, the research output shows that an alternative, less lonely future is indeed possible. Without claiming to solve loneliness, design can be an important tool in response to it. 【1】What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A.Half of the Japanese are living with loneliness. B.The UK attaches little importance to loneliness issues. C.Australia is likely to follow the UK’s example. D.Loneliness has been a primary concern globally. 【2】What can students do in Fanhui Ding’s design? A.Work in the restaurant to pay for meals. B.Pay less if they share tables with others. C.Gather credits for their college graduation. D.Establish international culture communication. 【3】How does the project “Nurture” benefit elder people? A.By providing them working opportunities. B.By employing them as the formal staff. C.By asking children to tell them stories. D.By lifting their awareness of self-value. 【4】What could be the best title for the passage? A.Key principles of designing city buildings. B.City’s potential to encourage social connection. C.Good urban designs to battle social loneliness. D.Architectural concepts to ease elders’ loneliness. |
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While it takes time, energy and money that could surely be put to a much more productive use, there are millions of collectors around the world. People collect postcards, chocolate wrappers or whatever they like. Collecting must be one of the most varied human activities，and it’s one that many psychologists find fascinating. 【1】: an archtophilist collects Teddy bears? a philatelist collects postage stamps and a deltiologist collects postcards. 【2】, and these could be called an instrumental reason for collecting. That is, collecting as a means to an end. They will look for，say，antiques that they can buy cheaply and expect to be able to sell at a profit. But there may well be a psychological factor too. 【3】. And as selling online is so easy, more people are joining in. If you think about collecting postage stamps, another potential reason for it is its educational value. 【4】. Similarly，in the nineteenth century many collectors amassed animals and plants from around the globe and their collections provide a vast amount of information about the natural world. Without those collections, our understanding would be greatly inferior to what it is. 【5】, so what we might call a psychological reason for collecting is the need for a sense of control and a sense of fulfillment，perhaps as a way of dealing with insecurity. Stamp collectors, for instance, arrange their stamp albums, usually very neatly, organizing their collection according to certain commonplace principles —perhaps by country in alphabetic order or grouping stamps by what they describe, people, birds, maps and so on. A.Not all collectors are interested in learning from their hobby, though B.Many forms of collecting have been described with a technical name C.Buying cheap and selling dear can keep the collector a sense of achievement D.There are people who collect because they want to make money E.Collecting wins the hearts of many people despite the time and effort they have to invest F.Its psychological benefits are also obvious because people may have a better comprehension of the world G.Stamp collecting opens a window to other countries and famous people shown on their stamps |
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I knew this woman who was afraid to tell people what she wanted. She didn’t know how to say no. _______, she got herself trapped in a web of _______, anxiety, and white lies. She was me. The worst thing was that I didn’t even _______ what I was doing. I thought I knew how to say “no”---but couldn’t _______ the last time I had. Like a lot of people, I just wanted to be _______，appreciated, loved---and that the only way to get those things was to put everyone else’s needs _______ my own. But recently, I _______ I’d had enough. As an _______, I began standing up for myself, even at the _______ of losing my friends and having my entire life come crashing down around me. That didn’t ________ . Here’s what I did: Six months ago, I was asked to volunteer serving guests and taking tickets at a long and ________ social event. Rather than saying that I had little interest，I said “OK.” And then I was ________ about how to get out of this responsibility. ________, after many waves of anxiety, I told the organizers I had a bad cold and then I quitted. Not only had I wasted hours and days worrying, but also I probably ________ to help those people in need. Saying “no” is now so much ________. If someone asks me to do something I have zero ________ in, I’m polite but ________. The phrase，“I’m sorry，I don’t think that’s really for me,’’ slips out of my mouth faster than some bad excuse. Learning how to say “no” has ________ several extra hours to my days, days to my weeks, and what feels like months to my years. I no longer have to cancel my plans to help a friend with their job search, or ________ a weekend to read a book draft (草稿) by someone I hardly know. Saying “no” has set me free. Make sure you know these ways to say “no” to ________ things in your life so you can have more“me” time in your life too. 【1】A.Otherwise B.However C.Instead D.Still 【2】A.influence B.responsibility C.popularity D.violence 【3】A.realize B.explain C.admit D.respect 【4】A.remember B.imagine C.express D.experience 【5】A.mentioned B.convinced C.forgiven D.accepted 【6】A.by B.of C.before D.in 【7】A.hoped B.decided C.warned D.pretended 【8】A.experiment B.judgment C.invitation D.introduction 【9】A.mercy B.moment C.end D.risk 【10】A.continue B.stop C.happen D.exist 【11】A.boring B.meaningful C.important D.pleasant 【12】A.anxious B.optimistic C.sensitive D.hopeful 【13】A.Fortunately B.Obviously C.Eventually D.Frankly 【14】A.intended B.failed C.agreed D.offered 【15】A.stronger B.safer C.worse D.easier 【16】A.control B.interest C.chance D.evidence 【17】A.curious B.hesitant C.skeptical D.honest 【18】A.worked B.reduced C.added D.fixed 【19】A.set aside B.pick up C.bring about D.hold over 【20】A.personal B.annoying C.ordinary D.tough |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 On Sunday, a high school senior, 18-year-old Jessica Gallegos, saved the 【1】 (life) of six of her friends when she realized the farmhouse 【2】 they were sleeping was on fire. “I woke them up，and I was yelling，‘Get out! There’s a fire!”’ Jessica told the reporter. “I just remember 【3】 (see) terror in everyone’s faces as they were running out of the house. It was scary. ” After the teens got to 【4】 (safe)，they watched the entire house burn down in Kaufman County, Texas. Unbelievably，only one of Jessica’s friends，Cheyenne Dupal, 【5】 (injure) with first and second-degree burns. “Jessica saved all of 【6】 (we),’’ Cheyenne said. “If she wasn’t there，then we wouldn't be here today. I'm just really happy she was there. 【7】 (early) in May? another heroic teen saved her family 【8】 a deadly fire in San Bernardino. Fifteen-year-old Storhmn Figueroa heard the smoke alarm going off and 【9】 (immediate) rushed to get her younger siblings outside. It wasn’t until they were all safe 【10】 she called 911. “I was shaking so badly that I couldn’t stop,” Storhmn told the San Bernardino County Sun. “But all I could think was wow，I got everybody out.’’ |
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假定你是李华，新西兰某中学的师生交流团来访你校。请你代表学生会用英文写一封电子邮件，将本周末郊 游（Spring Outing)的安排传达给来访的新西兰师生。 内容包括: 1.集合时间及地点; 2.活动安排:参观古寺，随后采摘草莓(strawberry) ; 3.注意事项:穿舒适运动鞋。 注意：1.词数80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear teachers and students, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua |
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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。 The gene is often called the building block of life, because it is the smallest unit to carry information from one generation to another. Scientists working in the field of genetics are able to understand how one generation inherits important characteristics from the previous generation. But we are able to understand much more than merely why a particular family has a large number of red—haired children. We are also able to discover whether an individual is likely to live a long life, or suffer from particular diseases. This is called predictive genetics and the benefits of such research are many. This description of the genetic code of the human being has long been the goal of scientists. Doctors are interested in this research, because of the possibility it would provide for treating long term illnesses. The treatment to those diseases could be greatly improved by early identification. There is also the possibility that an understanding of changes in gene order could be used to cure disease. Some researchers believe, for example, that genetic changes are responsible for many common diseases. While no one doubts the advantages of gene mapping, it is also true that there is a dark side to all these knowledge. As with all scientific advances, the possibility exists that knowledge would be used to violate basic human rights. For example, you might be denied a job or a chance to move up in the company, because your genetic map indicates that you have a high probability of contracting a certain disease. The possibility that these would be used as a reason not to hire an employee or promote within the company is what worries people. Many experts believe that the only way to address the risk is to pass national laws that prohibit discrimination. Such laws would forbid employers from failing to promote an employee or from dismissing an employee from the company merely because of genetic makeup. It’s clear that such laws will not remove genetic discrimination entirely, but they would greatly reduce such practices. |
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