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The following picture books are a wonderful way to improve the summer experience with kids. ♦ Vampirina at the Beach by Anne Marie Pace Vampirina and her best monster friend head to the beach during the full moon on a perfect summer night to enjoy all the fun and festivities the beach has to offer. Along the way, Vampirina’s beach adventures highlight the importance of beach safety to ensure a heroic adventure for all. Available from Amazon, $11.50 ♦ Summer by Alice Low Summer brings so many things to a spirited boy, an eager girl, and an excited little dog. The season is filled with adventure. With clever rhyming words, clever phrasing, and playful images, children will love following along as this energetic trio (三重唱) takes in all the sunshine, big beach waves, fireworks, and sweet treats of this truly memorable time of year. Available from Amazon, $6.23 ♦ Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein Summer is the season of baseball, and there’s no better way to celebrate summer than with the true story of Pumpsie Green’s rise from the minors to the Boston Red Sox in 1959. As the final major league team to include black athletes, young Bernard and his family travel to Fenway Park to witness Pumpsie Green take the field in this inspirational tale of equality and progress. Available from Amazon, $9.61 ♦ The Night Before Summer Camp by Natasha Wing Sure, camp sounds fun, but when you don’t quite know what to expect, it’s only natural to feel a little nervous away from Mom and Dad. With rhyming prose (散文) and cheerful illustrations (插图), this cheering story of an unwilling boy who comes to enjoy all the fun summer camp will have children ready to take on their own camp adventure! Available from Amazon, $3.52 【1】What benefit can children get from Vampirina at the Beach? A.Enjoying the excitement of sports. B.Making friends with pets more easily. C.Strengthening the sense of shore safety. D.Gaining the courage to enjoy summer camp. 【2】Which of the following book is related to human rights? A.Summer. B.Waiting for Pumpsie. C.Vampirina at the Beach. D.The Night Before Summer Camp. 【3】What do the four books have in common? A.They tell what happens in the hot season. B.They introduce camp adventures. C.They describe sweet music. D.They have the same price. |
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My kids sit in Gee’s living room and respectfully lift antique Christmas ornaments out of a cardboard box. They giggle at Ann, who is a foreign character to them. Gee stands beside them, quietly explaining each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament collection piece by piece. She smiles as we leave with the box. We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had wondered who. Then one day we spotted him: an elderly man who lived across the street. I baked cookies and left them outside with a thank-you note. When we got home that day, a typed letter had replaced the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained back when he’d been fighting a war, neighbors had taken the time to handle the garbage cans for his young wife, Gee, and he never forgot. Now he paid it forward by doing the same for all of us. A few years after we’d moved in, Tom died. We photocopied that letter and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how special Tom had been to us. She wrote back and told us she still talked to Tom every day. These days, we’re piling up boxes of our own. We’re planning a move. We know it’s time to go, and yet we can’t seem to stick the For Sale sign up on the lawn. It’s not just Gee. It’s the man who lets our kids pick peaches off the tree in his front yard. It’s the ladies who leave overflowing baskets for our kids on Easter. Jim and I agree to wait until January. This Christmas, we’ll decorate our tree with Gee’s ornaments, out of the box labeled in Tom’s handwriting. Maybe I’ll talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, I’ll say, for teaching us what it means to be a neighbor. 【1】What can we infer from the first paragraph? A.The kids thought little of these antique Christmas ornaments. B.The kids were fond of these antique Christmas ornaments. C.The kids were afraid of these antique Christmas ornaments. D.The kids had no interest in these antique Christmas ornaments. 【2】Which of the following is true about Tom? A.He fought a war from which the author suffered a lot. B.He first met the author at her wedding. C.He was an elderly man whose job was handling garbage cans. D.He helped to handle his neighbors’ garbage cans secretly. 【3】The underlined part in Paragraph 3 can probably be replaced by ________. A.passed … down B.gave … away C.turned … over D.called … off 【4】What could be the best title of this passage? A.What Tom Did for us B.Why we Didn’t Want to Move C.What it Really Means to Be a Neighbor D.How Neighbors Help Each Other |
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While many countries love their tea, UK citizens are particularly proud of being “tea people”. The average UK citizen consumes nearly 2 kilograms of tea each year. Tea only made its way to England in large quantities in the first years of the 17th century. Tea from China and a few other Asian countries was being sold more widely in England at that time. Then tea was getting more and more popular among different social classes. There are many varieties of tea. Black tea mixtures are still the most common type drunk in the UK. Black tea is dark in colour, because the leaves have been allowed to oxidize (氧化) before drying. This is why we usually serve it with milk, although it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon. You may still find tea made with loose tea leaves, served up in a pot, and poured into the best china cups with saucers (茶托) for visitors. Tea is still a large part of daily life in the UK today, but it seems to be on the decrease. The amount of tea sold in the UK fell by more than 10% in the five years leading up to 2002, and has been dropping ever since. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone, and most restaurants report selling more than twice as many cups of coffee as they do tea. More than ￡1 billion was spent on coffee in high street stores in 2013, more than twice what was spent on tea bags. Still, what goes around comes around; it’s sure to become fashionable again. 【1】Which of the following is true according to the first three paragraphs? A.Tea made its way to England in the early years of the 16th century. B.The UK usually serves black tea with lemon. C.Tea from China was being sold more widely in England now. D.UK citizens take pride in being “tea people”. 【2】What can we infer from the fourth paragraph? A.Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone. B.Since 2002, the sales of tea has been on the decrease. C.In 2013, the money spent on tea was ￡3 billion. D.Most restaurant like selling tea than coffee. 【3】What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph? A.It can never succeed again B.The tea can become popular again. C.Coffee is more popular than tea D.The tea is becoming less popular. 【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A.To introduce tea in the UK. B.To show the author’s preference for tea. C.To introduce the functions of tea. D.To compare tea in China and UK. |
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Smile! It makes everyone in the room feel better because they, consciously or unconsciously, are smiling with you. Growing evidence shows that an instinct for facial mimicry(模仿) allows us to empathize with and even experience other people’s feelings. If we can’t mirror another person’s face, it limits our ability to read and properly react to their expressions. A review of this emotional mirroring appears on February 11 in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. In their paper, Paula Niedenthal and Adrienne Wood, social psychologists at the University of Wisconsin, describe how people in social situations copy others’ facial expressions to create emotional responses in themselves. For example, if you’re with a friend who looks sad, you might “try on” that sad face yourself without realizing you’re doing so. In “trying on” your friend’s expression, it helps you to recognize what they’re feeling by associating it with times in the past when you made that expression. Humans get this emotional meaning from facial expressions in a matter of only a few hundred milliseconds. “You reflect on your emotional feelings and then you generate some sort of recognition judgment, and the most important thing that results in is that you take the appropriate action—you approach the person or you avoid the person,” Niedenthal says. “Your own emotional reaction to the face changes your perception of how you see the face in such a way that provides you with more information about what it means.” A person’s ability to recognize and “share” others’ emotions can be prevented when they can’t mimic faces. This is a common complaint for people with motor diseases, like facial paralysis(瘫痪) from a stroke, or even due to nerve damage from plastic surgery. Niedenthal notes that the same would not be true for people who suffer from paralysis from birth, because if you’ve never had the ability to mimic facial expressions, you will have developed compensatory ways of interpreting emotions. People with social disorders associated with mimicry or emotion-recognition damage, like autism(自闭症), can experience similar challenges. “There are some symptoms in autism where lack of facial mimicry may in part be due to limitation of eye contact,” Niedenthal says. Niedenthal next wants to explore what part in the brain is functioning to help with facial expression recognition. A better understanding of that part, she says, will give us a better idea of how to treat related disorders. 【1】According to the passage, facial mimicry helps ________. A.experience one’s own feelings clearly B.change others’ emotions quickly C.respond to others’ expressions properly D.develop friendship with others easily 【2】We can know from Paragraph 4 and 5 that ________. A.people with motor diseases may also suffer from autism B.people born with facial paralysis may still recognize emotions C.people with social disorders can’t have eye contact with others D.people receiving plastic surgery have difficulty in mimicking faces 【3】According to Niedenthal, the next step of the study will focus on ________. A.how we can treat brain disorders B.what can be done to regain facial mimicry C.how our brain helps us with emotional mirroring D.what part of our brain helps recognize facial expression 【4】The passage is written to ________. A.discuss how people react positively to others’ smiles B.draw people’s attention to those with social disorders C.introduce a new trend in facial expression recognition D.explain how emotional mirroring affects people’s empathy |
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Building a Lasting Social Relationship We all know that friends are special people who we share our lives with, and who share their lives with us in return. 【1】 According to research recently published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the key is to use “we-talk”. Led by University of California psychologist Megan Robins and her colleagues, the researchers reviewed and analyzed 30 different studies involving over 5,000 participants. 【2】 The word “we” moves people from an individual position into a partnership, which makes us more interdependent. “【3】 Word use is a window into what people are thinking and feeling without asking them,” Robbins told Science Daily. 【4】 The primary point is that interdependence may bring about supportive and relationship-centered behaviors and positive perceptions of the partner — especially important in times of stress and disagreement. Contrary to “we-talk”, there is “I-talk”, which refers to the frequent use of the first-person singular pronouns, such as “I”, “me” and “mine”, when writing or speaking. Earlier this year, researcher analyzed a set of data that came from 47,000 people in Germany and the US. 【5】 As you can see from the two studies, too much “I-talk” can make you feel depressed. But “we-talk” can encourage you to become more positive and create a chain effect of healthy interdependence with others. So next time you are talking to a friend, try using more “we-talk”. You may find yourself feeling more positive — and the effect it will have on your friend will be positive as well. A.Pronouns offer an insight into whether people see themselves as individuals or as part of a whole. B.If you are speaking in a person context, you’re speaking about something that’s of relevance to you. C.Their research also found that “we-talk” is helpful for resolving conflicts. D.Self-centered people are found to be indifferent to many things in society and other people because all their concentration is only on themselves and their needs. E.This analysis of “we-talk” suggested that the frequent use of “we” and “us” is linked to happier and healthier relationships. F.They found that too much “I-talk” was an accurate linguistic marker for the likelihood that someone is feeling stressed or experiencing negative emotions. G.But seeking friends and keeping the friendship going are never easy. |
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A Game of Light and Shade It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to _______ him. I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was _______ to see the attendant (工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and _______ the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs ________ to the hallway. “That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some _______, but he didn’t answer. “Not the _______ certainly,” I said. “Perhaps he wants to _______.” I bought a ticket and _______ up the stairs. The man hadn’t gone as far as I _______. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his _______. I slowed down and followed him at a little _______. He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony, I was a dozen steps _______. As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower. At last, after ten minutes, I _______ him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know _______ you came up.” He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun _______ into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the _______ —the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm—and how up here behind the wall there is _______, but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no _______ so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.” The blind man seemed quite _______ just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life _______ they cannot enjoy the sights of the world. 【1】A. accept B. follow C. control D. visit 【2】A. frightened B. disappointed C. surprised D. embarrassed 【3】A. touching B. climbing C. hitting D. covering 【4】A. pointing B. attaching C. contributing D. leading 【5】A. respect B. doubt C. concern D. sympathy 【6】A. view B. test C. prize D. trick 【7】A. kick B. jump C. relax D. escape 【8】A. struggled B. explored C. wandered D. hurried 【9】A. promised B. examined C. imagined D. confirmed 【10】A. steps B. words C. secrets D. cheers 【11】A. standard B. distance C. expense D. intention 【12】A. ahead B. around C. outside D. behind 【13】A. recognized B. surrounded C. approached D. witnessed 【14】A. why B. how C. when D. whether 【15】A. knocks B. pours C. slides D. bursts 【16】A. trend B. reaction C. change D. honor 【17】A. light B. space C. mess D. shade 【18】A. place B. signal C. object D. period 【19】A. nervous B. content C. curious D. patient 【20】A. unless B. because C. once D. although |
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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。 Dachi was the name of my pet cockatiel. His name comes from the second half of the Japanese word tomodachi, 【1】 means friend. I taught Dachi to whistle two songs, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and “Happy Birthday to You”. Though his whole range of skills was small, his 【2】 (confident) never lagged (滞后), and he would frequently wish me a happy birthday when it wasn’t — which could be 【3】 (embarrass). When Dachi had been with us for three or four years, I think I may have become a bit too confident with him. One day, I walked out of the house and didn’t realize that he was still sitting on my shoulder 【4】 the door behind me shut loudly. He 【5】 (fly) away. After I placed 【6】 advertisement in the local paper, I received a phone call from a woman. I was so relieved to hear this news that I 【7】 (immediate) drove to her house. When I arrived, she asked me to see whether the bird was 【8】 (I). I had a better idea 【9】 (identify) Dachi and began to whistle the “Happy Birthday” song. The lady stopped me, 【10】 (say), “He is yours alright — he’s been whistling that all week.” So Dachi came home in the car sitting on my shoulder, whistling. |
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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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加: 在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。 修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在其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11处起）不计分。 People always say that we lack of the eyes of realizing the beauty in life. I can’t agree complete. Last Friday, I woke up very early and decide to take a walk. In the square there many senior citizens were dancing, I found several elders bury in feeding birds. Without many cars, I realized the city looked so clean but beautiful. Some coffee shops were decorated pretty well, which attracted our eyes. The whole city was covered with green tree, making it green city. At this moment, I found the city was so interesting. How I regret ignore its beauty before! |
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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他春节期间将来西安参加“外国人唱中国歌大赛”，希望你为他推荐一首中文歌曲。请给他回邮件，内容包括： 1. 推荐曲目； 2. 推荐理由； 3. 你的祝愿。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Jim, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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