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Countless people’s first jobs were part-time positions. This is partly because full-time jobs are more difficult to obtain, and part-time jobs require less responsibility in general. Employers like to hire people for part-time jobs, as they often do not require them to hand out benefits. My first official part-time job was working at my community college as a writing and English tutor. I still got poor grades in English and writing in high school. It was only in college that I began to flourish (起色) with a pen and paper. By my second year of college, I was often getting “A” grades or hearing praise from my professors. I think this transformation happened due to my enthusiasm for written word, and this excitement assisted me in overcoming my difficulties. What astonished me most in my part-time job was that the ESL (English as a second language) students were often better writers than the native people I tutored. I think this was due to the fact that they seriously studied English grammar, punctuation and composition, whereas the native speakers took English for granted. What also surprised me was how people-friendly I could be. In high school, I was mostly a loner, and found comfort in books, my chess board and my computer. But in college, I became increasingly outgoing through my job. I believe this experience is not only a great step forward towards full-time office work, but it’s also taught me that I love teaching and interacting with people of various backgrounds. In addition, I’ve learned the joy of working around my own schedule. Through having several part-time jobs, I can say that this type of work allows one to be happier, healthier, and have a better outlook on one’s assignments. 【1】What can we learn from the passage? A.Part-time jobs are harder to acquire than full-time jobs. B.Part-lime jobs are win-win for both applicants and employers. C.Teaching people from different cultures was too demanding. D.The writer suffered a lot from the tight schedule as a tutor. 【2】What is paragraph 2 mainly about? A.The benefits of excellent writing. B.The difficulties in learning to write. C.The writer's writing courses in college. D.The writer's experience in leaning to write. 【3】What did the writer find in his pant-time job? A.Efforts were often in vain for ESL learners. B.Many native speakers were talented writers. C.He became more easy-going and sociable. D.He was addicted to reading and chess-playing. |
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As an elementary school teacher, my mother did everything she could to ensure I had good reading skills. This usually consisted of weekend reading lessons at our kitchen table while my friends played outside. My reading ability improved, but the forced reading lessons didn't exactly inspire a love of reading. High school changed everything. I learned that I couldn't depend on a school or a teacher to teach me what I needed to know. I decided I would no longer allow other people to instruct when and what I read. And without realizing it, I had unexpectedly discovered a key to helping children read-identity. Instead of focusing on skills and moving students from one reading level to another, we should be asking ourselves this question: How can we inspire children to identify as readers? DeSean, a brilliant first-grader I taught in the Bronx, helped me understand how identify shaped learning. One day during math, I walked up to DeSean and said, "DeSean, you' re a great mathematician." He looked at me and responded, "I'm not a mathematician; I'm a math genius!" "OK, DeSean, what about your reading?" I asked. "Mr. lrby, I can't read. I' m never going to learn to read," he would say. I taught DeSean to read, but there were countless boys who remained trapped in illiteracy(文育). This is why I set up Barbershop Books, a literacy non-profit that creates child-friendly reading spaces in barbershops. The mission（任务）is to help young boys identify as readers. Lots of boys to to the barber shop once or twice a month. Barbershop Books connects reading to a male-centered space and involves men and boy’s early reading experiences. This identity-based reading program uses a list of children’s books recommended by boys, which inspires children to say three words: I’m a reader. 【1】What is the writer's attitude towards his childhood reading? A.Positive. B.Eager. C.Passive. D.Regretful. 【2】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 mean? A.Identity has an important influence on learning. B.Inspiration plays a significant role in reading C.DeSean is n outstanding first-grader. D.DeSean is excellent at reading. 【3】What can be used to describe the Barbershop Books program? A.Economic. B.Effective. C.Competitive. D.Disturbing. |
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For those who are addicted to mobile devices（终端）, drawing provides some much needed time out. Nowadays, there is a global pencil shortage thanks to a sharp rise in the number of adults purchasing coloring books. Manufactures are reportedly struggling to deal with the heightened popularity of quality crayons（蜡笔）. British company Faber-Castell, the world’s largest pencil supplier, witnessed “double-digit（两位数）growth” in the sale of pencils. Workers in their German factory have been asked to do extra shifts in an effort to keep up with consumer demand. “The production of our artists’ pencils has increased strongly compared to the previous year,” Sandra Suppa from Faber-Castell tells The Independent. “People are now not satisfied with ‘just’ 36 colors and we are noticing a trend（趋势）in people preferring, bigger sets of 72 or even 120 colors for colouring. We are also noticing that people are investing in our highest quality artists’ pencils.” Regarded as the final cure for stress and anxiety, coloring in is a way to take a break from our fast-paced digital culture. It’s not just British who are rushing to buy crayons as the trend is a global one. Staedtler, the Nuremberg-based German pencil maker, is having trouble keeping supply levels up.”We have plans for expanding our resources. Right now we’re working at our limit,” a spokesperson tells Spiegel Online. Brazil has also suffered from pencil shortages, according to NEW York Post. Coloring books for adults are now a feature in bookshops across the world. British seller, Waterstones reported a 300 percent rise in sales of the therapeutic（有助于放松精神的）books in the past year. 【1】What in paragraph 1 mainly about? A.A high demand for quality pencils. B.A growing interest in drawing. C.An addiction to mobile devices. D.A shortage of coloring books. 【2】How does the German factory deal with its problem in paragraph 2? A.By opening up new markets in Brazil. B.By rising the price of pencils sharply. C.By seeking the British company' s help. D.By arranging more groups of workers. 【3】What is the cause of the popularity of coloring books? A.Mobile devices are far more expensive than coloring books B.Workers in crayon factories refuse to do extra shifts. C.Coloring in can free one from pressure and worry. D.Coloring in can promote one's creative spirit. 【4】Where can you find data to show the increasing sales of coloring books? A.Paragraph 2. B.Paragraph 3. C.Paragraph 4. D.Paragraph 5. |
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What if I told you there was something that would have an immediate and positive benefit for your brain? Would you do it? Yes! 【1】Simply moving your body has immediate, long-lasting and protective benefits for your brain. There are two key areas in our brains- prefrontal cortex（前额皮质）important for attention and hippocampus（海马结构）for long-term memories. I went to the documentary to find the effects of exercise on the brain- better feeling, better energy, better memory and better attention. Now I’ve come to a conclusion that exercise is the amazing thing. 【2】 First of all, it has immediate effects on your brain. A single workout immediately increase levels of dopamine（多巴胺）. That is going to increase your feelings right after that workout. What’s more, after long-term exercise, you not only get better focus and attention, but the volume of the hippocampus increases as well.【3】So you get long-lasting increases in dopamine. Last, the amazing thing that exercise will do is its protective effects on your brain.【4】The more you’re working out, the bigger and stronger your muscle becomes. So do your hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Bringing exercise in your life will not just give you a happier, more protective life today.【5】And in this way it will change the path of your life for the better. A.Here you can think about the brain like a muscle. B.It will also protect your brain from severe diseases. C.So I've gone from memory pioneer to exercise explorer. D.I am talking about the powerful effects of physical activity. E.A single workout can improve your ability to focus attention. F.You can do it for your brain today for the following three reasons. G.You get immediate effects of feelings and those last for a long time. |
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I love the feeling of flying when I swing (荡秋千) outside at school during class breaks. My _______flies, and I smile and laugh. There’s only one thing I hate about swinging: For a long time, my friend Rylea was_______to swing with me. Rylea uses a wheelchair to_______due to illness. In all the years I’ve known her, at_______, she had to sit in her wheelchair_______on the sidewalk. It made me feel sad. Every kid_______the chance to play, So I _______to do something for Rylea. My mom and I did some_______about installing (安装) swings which wheelchairs are_______to. We talked to my headmaster. Each swing costs about $ 10, 000. We wanted to________them at our school and at other schools in our area. We talked to a lot of people about the________. It turned out that an educational charity wanted to help pay for it. We________T-shirts and bracelets (手镯) to raise money. The________program took almost two years. My family and I________$12,000. One day after class, Rylea________the swing on the playground for the first time. It was the day after her birthday, which made it extra________. She got really excited. Watching her swing was________cool. Her hair blew, and she smiled and________. She liked swinging as much as I do, I guess that’s because we’re so much________. Making it possible for her to swing brought me pride and________.1 think I actually changed her life a little. 【1】A.hair B.time C.collar D.mind 【2】A.desperate B.forgetful C.unable D.unwilling 【3】A.fool around B.get around C.go up D.sit up 【4】A.work B.home C.break D.table 【5】A.parked B.blocked C.trapped D.abandoned 【6】A.grasps B.harvests C.obtains D.deserves 【7】A.pretended B.hesitated C.bothered D.determined 【8】A.operation B.research C.experiments D.interviews 【9】A.accessible B.attractive C.close D.beneficial 【10】A.place B.gather C.exhibit D.occupy 【11】A.school B.response C.project D.restriction 【12】A.selected B.sold C.exchanged D.recommended 【13】A.regular B.strange C.whole D.troublesome 【14】A.withdrew B.charged C.borrowed D.collected 【15】A.imagined B.inspected C.repaired D.noticed 【16】A.vivid B.complex C.special D.ridiculous 【17】A.slightly B.frankly C.universally D.absolutely 【18】A.yawned B.laughed C.trembled D.breathed 【19】A.alike B.stubborn C.dependent D.straightforward 【20】A.motivation B.joy C.wisdom D.sympathy |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 People like to be considered humorous, but few of us【1】( actual) have the sense of humor we hope we have. Some people, on the【2】hand, may wonder why we should bother to be humorous. These people, I am afraid, do not know the power of humor. A sense of humor can help you become an【3】(admire)speaker. We can notice that there is no great speaker in the world who is not humorous. One or two humorous remarks can make the audience laugh, making your lecture 【4】 enjoyable one. A sense of humor can help you win a lot of friends. A lot of people will【5】(attract) around you if you are humorous. A sense of humor can help to ease the【6】(tense) between people. When people are about to quarrel, a humorous remark【7】(lead) to laughter can help settle the problem. There are many ways【8】( learn)how to be humorous. Being together with someone who is humorous is one way. Reading some books which contain humor or humorous【9】( story) is another. But the most important way is 【10】we should try to be optimistic about our life at present and, moreover, our life in the future. |
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假定你是李华,你班决定本周六上午骑自行车去泉州科技馆参观机器人展览。请你用英语给英国交换生Hunter写-一封邮件,邀请他8: 30在校门口集合，一同前往。 注意: 1.词数80左右: 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇:Quanzhou Sci-Tech Museum泉州科技馆 Dear Hunter, I am looking forward to your reply, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成个完整的故事。 注意: 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3.续写部分分为两段每段的开头语已为你写好； 4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Jack had a terrible week. The last thing he wanted to do was wake up early and go to work. But that was exactly what Jack had to do. He wasn't happy at all. Sleepy and having no enthusiasm about working on a Wednesday, he left his apartment, and wormed his way into a crowded bus, taking a nap. In his dream, he was lying on a river shore, unemployed, but free. The sudden sound of the bus door opening awoke him, and he noticed it was his stop; he hurriedly rolled out of the bus, coughing as exhaust poured over him. Jack's work day began in about 30 minutes, so he decided to take a walk to work. While wandering, he ran into a couple: a young man and woman talking to each other in a foreign language. Jack decided the language they were speaking was Russian. Tourists, he thought, and they were going to pass by, but the woman asked him in broken English: “Excuse me! Could help us prease?" Her pronunciation was horrible. "Yes, how can I help you?" "We are tourist, lost. Need Dolphin Hotel, You know where is?" "I'm sorry, I don't know. I beg your pardon... I' m in a hurry," Jack said and moved off. He wasn't in a hurry at all, and he knew where the hotel was (a couple of blocks away, actually), but he was deep into his problems that he lied. He felt bad with guilt. After walking about 100 feet, he turned back. Luckily, the couple was sill there. They looked confused. He walked up to them. "I remembered where the Dolphin Hotel is. I' m sorry. " Jack said. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ But when he turned his back, he saw the couple was still there, and the look on their faces was the same. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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