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Skillswise Delivery (递送) Services Christmas Job Opportunities (机会) Aged between 16 and 65 years? Need some money for Christmas? Are you available to work at short notice? Can you work early in the morning or late at night? We are looking for careful and patient people to help to sort and deliver parcels in the Reading area from late November until the end of December. Pay for weekdays, including Saturdays and Sundays, will be: Ages 16 to 17—￡4.80 per hour. Age 18 and over—￡6.10 per hour. So if you have good communication skills and are able to work as part of a team, we would like to hear from you. To get an application form (申请表) please write to: Elaine Grey, Personnel Officer, Skillswise Delivery Services, Windsor Road. Reading, RG5 4BR Tel:0118 932 814 (24 hr.answer phone) Closing date: 10th November 【1】Skillswise Delivery Services is looking for people who_____. A.are young adults B.have good qualities and certain skills C.live in the Reading area D.can work full-time 【2】If you're 16 and work 8 hours on Sunday, you'll get_____. A.￡48.80 B.￡19.20 C.￡38.40 D.￡24.40 【3】To get the Christmas job, you must_____. A.phone Elaine Grey B.go to the office of Skillswise Delivery Services C.get an application form before late November D.fill in a form |
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Sometimes while sitting doing nothing, our minds recall events from the past that make us all tingly inside. I had one of those moments yesterday. I believe this was triggered（引起）by the oldie The Impossible Dream that was playing on the radio yesterday afternoon! In 1971, returning from our regular Friday night pregame meeting, I had no sooner walked in the door of our three-room apartment hack than the phone rang. It was the township police. They inquired if I was the football coach. I answered yes and asked if there was a problem. He said our football team had climbed the fence of the township football field and were sitting somewhere around the 50-yard line quietly. It was really not a problem. However, he thought I would like to know. I called my assistants, and made our way to the field. We met the police at the locked gate. The field was dark and silent. Then, suddenly, we heard voices singing—together and on key—the team theme song, The Impossible Dream. Silently, we listened and became overwhelmed（压倒）with emotion. Even the policemen had tears rolling down their cheeks. When the team had finished, they walked slowly to the now-opened gate of the field and were shocked to see us waiting there. Of course, our first words were, "What is going on?" Mike Bernert, the team captain, replied, "Well, coach, you told us to visualize our performance in our mind just before the night of the game. So we came and visualized the upcoming game while sitting on the 50-yard line. Afterward, we would sing The Impossible Dream.” The coaches and I were overwhelmed. And of course, the team, which was undefeated at this point, never lost a game that season. 【1】What does the underlined word “tingly” in Paragraph 1 mean? A.Frightened. B.Excited. C.Worried. D.Puzzled. 【2】Why did the police call? A.The team did something unusual. B.The team had conflicts with fans. C.The team locked themselves in the football field. D.The team damaged the fences of the playground. 【3】How did the team feel when they saw the author and the policeman? A.Happy. B.Sad. C.Ashamed. D.Surprised. 【4】What is the purpose for the team to sing the song? A.To enjoy themselves. B.To inspire themselves. C.To celebrate their success. D.To rest themselves. |
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It’s important for children to take part in social activities during their summer holidays. “Kids should have a break during the summer. They’ve worked hard during the school year and this is their time to relax, but they should continue communicating with their friends and meeting new people,” said Dr. Jin Han. He’s a professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Spending time with friends and meeting new people by doing fun and educational activities such as music, arts and sports programs in summer help with their development. “If children spend a lot of time alone on their electronic equipment, then they will fail to communicate with others,” Han said. “In today’s world, it’s very easy for kids to stay indoors all day and keep in touch with others, but that is not a good way to connect with others. Face-to-face communication is necessary and important. Parents should restrict the time their children spend on electronic equipment. For example, the time they spend on their phones cannot be more than one hour a day.” It’s also important for children to spend quality time with their parents and sisters or brothers. “It’s not the length of time, but the quality of time that families spend together that is really valuable,” Han said. “This type of communication is not something that you can get from anywhere else. It doesn’t matter how old the child is, because family bonding (人与人之间的关系) experiences can happen at any time.” Having children spend time with friends and families doesn’t have to spend money in the wallet, either. For example, going to the neighborhood swimming pool or having a picnic is a great way to spend quality time together. 【1】What does Dr. Jin Han think about the summer holidays according to the first paragraph? A.It is necessary for children to have a rest during summer holidays. B.Children should relax as much as possible during summer holidays. C.Making new friends in summer holidays is difficult for children. D.Children should prepare for schoolwork in summer holidays. 【2】What does the underlined word “restrict” mean in Paragraph 2? A.Increase. B.Control. C.Spend. D.Employ. 【3】What can we infer from children spending time with families? A.How long children spend with families matters. B.What to do with families depends on the parents. C.When to spend time with families makes a difference. D.How to enjoy the time with families is of great importance. 【4】What is the main idea of the text? A.The importance of friends and families. B.The introduction of some social activities. C.The suitable ways to spend summer holidays. D.The necessity of face-to-face communication. |
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Giving children music lessons won’t just introduce them to music―it could also greatly improve their language skills. While many studies have shown that learning an instrument can affect things like the language ability, it isn’t understood if this is a side effect of a general improvement of cognitive (认知的) skills, or something that directly affects language processing. Now, we are getting closer to an answer, thanks to a study of 74 Chinese kindergarten children, led by Robert Desimone from MIT. For the study, Desimone’s team chose children from the Chinese education system, with the support of education officials who wanted to see how it might improve their learning. The 4-to-5-year-old Mandarin-speaking children in the study were divided into three groups. One group received a 45-minute piano lesson three times a week, while another received extra reading instruction classes. The third group acted as controls, taking no extra lessons beyond their usual classes. The classes lasted for six months, after which the children were tested on their ability to tell words based on differences in tones, consonants (辅音), or vowels (元音). The test results showed that the children who had taken piano lessons performed better at telling the difference between words that differ by a single consonant, when compared with the children who took extra reading lessons. Compared to the control group, both the music learners and the extra reading group did better in telling the difference between words based on vowel differences. “It looks like for recognising differences between sounds, including speech sounds, it’s better than extra reading. That means schools could pay more attention to music,” Desimone says. “It’s not worse than giving extra reading to the children, which is probably what many schools are trying to do―get rid of the art education and just have more reading.” 【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.Learning a musical instrument. B.A study of children’s schooling. C.The Chinese education system. D.Improvement of cognitive skills. 【2】What did the third group learn in the study? A.Ways to improve their study. B.Three extra piano lessons a week. C.Extra lessons about reading tips. D.Nothing except their usual studies. 【3】What conclusion did researchers draw at last? A.Learning music improved learners’ memory. B.Children taking piano lessons didn’t perform well. C.The extra reading group were good at telling vowels. D.The piano turned out to be better than other instruments. 【4】What can we learn from what Desimone says? A.Children who learn music perform better at school. B.It isn’t wise to cut back on music lessons. C.Schools will increase reading classes. D.Many schools value art education. |
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It is generally believed that money can’t buy happiness. However, that may not be always true. According to a recent article, in the last few years, new research has given us a far deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel. Broadly speaking, people with higher incomes are happier than those who struggle to get by. But it also shows you need to spend wisely if you expect those bank notes to put a smile on your face. 【1】 1. Buy experiences, not material goods. In a recently published study, Professor Ryan at San Francisco State University in the US, found that when people don’t have much money to spare, they tend to stick to material goods. 【2】 But they actually provide both more happiness and more lasting value. 2. 【3】 No matter how much money you spend on something and how special that product is, you will get used to having it over time and lose interest in it. With the same money you spend on one big object, you can buy many little things. Buying small things means you can get frequent small pleasures. 3. Be sure to buy time. 【4】 For example, that big house in the suburbs may seem like a good idea, but a 2014 study by researchers from University of Zurich in Switzerland found that people with longer time on the way reported lower life satisfaction, all other things being equal. 4. Try giving it away. Elizabeth Dunn, professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada, found that in nations as diverse as Canada, South Africa and Uganda, giving away money consistently made people happier. 【5】 A. Be sure to buy what you like. B. Here are some ways to better spend your money. C. Buy lots of little things, rather than one big thing. D. There are a lot of reasons someone might buy something. E. People think experiences only provide temporary happiness. F. This was even true when people giving away were relatively poor. G. Consider how the things you buy will affect how you spend your time. |
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As s businesswoman, I care deeply about my customers. But like anyone for whom you feel affection, _______ can also drive you mad. They’ll come rushing in, _______their handbag’s been stolen. They’ll _______ that they left it in the changing room, create havoe (混乱) and then _______ it had been in their car all the time. They’ll have out half the _______ in the shop, and want the only style you don’t have left in a _______ colour. I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep _______. I remember the first really _______ customer we had at Covent Garden. She was _______ absolutely everything, nothing was right and I was rather ________ that she became a “regular”. After a while, she ________ for the way she behaved at the beginning. She had split up with her husband the week before, was living in a flat ________, and since she’d found it too much to cope with (应对), she’d taken it out on ________ people. That taught me a valuable ________ and I pass it on to the people who ________ in the market. Don’t take it ________. If a customer is rude or difficult, just think “Maybe she’s had a row with her husband. Maybe her child’s not ________.” Always water it down and don’t let your ego (自我) get ________. If you do, you won’t be able to ________ it and the whole thing develops into an unpleasant scene and that ________ everyone’s day. 【1】A.shopkeepers B.customers C.salespersons D.receptionists 【2】A.saying B.pretending C.guessing D.replying 【3】A.agree B.promise C.imagine D.swear 【4】A.forget B.decide C.discover D.assume 【5】A.foods B.catalogues C.belongings D.goods 【6】A.particular B.different C.matching D.natural 【7】A.fighting B.smiling C.waiting D.changing 【8】A.generous B.polite C.careless D.difficult 【9】A.curious about B.displeased with C.patient with D.uncertain about 【10】A.relaxed B.delighted C.surprised D.embarrassed 【11】A.searched B.argued C.prayed D.apologized 【12】A.by chance B.by herself C.on purpose D.on duty 【13】A.rude B.such C.other D.lonely 【14】A.lesson B.trick C.skill D.trade 【15】A.work B.shop C.meet D.quarrel 【16】A.kindly B.secretly C.personally D.casually 【17】A.ready B.away C.up D.well 【18】A.out of sight B.in the way C.behind the scene D.above the law 【19】A.stress B.expect C.handle D.blame 【20】A.ruins B.makes C.starts D.saves |
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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。 Are you somebody 【1】 can't wake up in the morning? Do you need two cups of coffee before you can start 【2】 new day? Do you feel awful when you first wake up? Scientists say it's all because of our genes (基因). They interviewed 500 people and asked them questions about 【3】 (they) lifestyle, for example, what time of day they preferred to do exercise and 【4】 difficult they found it to wake up in the morning. Scientists then compared their answers to the people's DNA. They 【5】 (discover) that we all have a "clock" gene, also 【6】(call) a Period 3 gene. This gene can be long or short. People who have the long gene are very good in the morning, but get 【7】(tire) quite early at night. People who have the short gene are more active at night but have problems 【8】 (wake) up early in the morning. How does it help us to know whether we have the long 【9】 short gene? Scientists say that, if possible, we should try to change our working hours to fit our "body clock". If you are a "morning person" then you could start work early and finish early. But if you are bad in the morning, then it might be better 【10】 (start) work in the afternoon and work until late at night. So maybe, instead of nine to five it should be seven to three or twelve to eight. |
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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，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词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（从第11处起）不计分。 When you are in public places, you will see many smokers. And most of them were young people and even middle school student. Why do so many people enjoy smoke? Someone once told me that it made him relaxing. In fact, smoking is the bad habit. It does greater harm to our health. For smokers, it is a waste of money, and cause all kinds of diseases. Besides, many fires caused by careless smokers. So never to get into the habit of smoking, but try to stop smoking if you have the habit. |
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假设你是李华，你班同学打算本周日骑行去游览长城。请你写一封电子邮件邀请你们的外教布鲁斯一同前往。要点包括： 1. 出发时间及地点； 2. 出行方式及需要携带的物品； 3. 希望得到回复。 注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Bruce, Our class are going to visit the Great Wall this Sunday. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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