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Historical fictions allow the young to experience history in an entertaining way, to meet people or to learn about other times and places. The following are some books which are sure to bring your children different experiences. Castle Diary : The Journal of Tobias Burgess Author： Richard Platt Illustrator（插图画家）：Chris Riddell Overview（概要）：With an oversize format and wonderfully detailed illustrations, young readers get a firsthand view of daily life in a castle in 1285 as Tobias Burgess, who is 11 years old, recounts his experiences. Awards ： Parents' Choice Awards, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Publisher： Candlewick Press Publication Date： 1999 Johnny Tremain Author； Esther Forbes Overview： Set in the 1770s, the story of Johnny Tremain, a 14-year-old orphan, is a dramatic one, focusing on his involvement in the Revolutionary War and the effect it has on his life. Award ： 1944 John Newbery Medal Publisher： Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date： 1943 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Author： Jacqueline Kelly Overview； Set in Texas in 1899, this is the story of Calpurnia Tate who is more interested in science and nature than in learning to be a lady and her life with her family, which includes six brothers. Award ； Newbery Honor Book Publisher： Henry Holt Publication Date： 2009 Across Five Aprils Author： Irene Hunt Overview ： This novel covers five years in the life of young Jethro Creighton and focuses on how the Civil War affects life for Jethro, from the age of 9 to 14, and his family on their southern Illinois farm. Awards： Five, including recognition as a 1965 Newbery Honor Book Publisher： Follett Corporation Publication Date； 1964 【1】Which two people share a similar life experience? A.Tobias Burgess & Johnny Tremain. B.Johnny Tremain & Jethro Creighton. C.Tobias Burgess & Calpurnia Tate. D.Calpurnia Tate & Jethro Creighton. 【2】Why is The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate different from the other three books? A.Because it's a science fiction. B.Because its story happens in a castle. C.Because its main character is a female rather than a male. D.Because its story mainly focuses on a little girl's childhood. 【3】What do the four books in the passage have in common? A.They are about modern life. B.All of them were once best-sellers. C.They are written by the same author. D.Their main characters are all children. |
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When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself, “I would never sit back in rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more active old age. She was born on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At 12, she left home and was in domestic service until at 27 she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery（刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands became too stiff(僵硬的) to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it,” she said. 【1】What can we learn about Grandma Moses? A.She painted oils as a child. B.Her marriage life was not happy. C.She still led an active life when she was old. D.She stopped painting in her late seventies. 【2】Which of the following words can best describe her life? A.Easy-going& active. B.Hardworking& creative C.Outgoing& confident. D.Reserved& independent 【3】What does the underlined word “portrayals” in the last paragraph mean? A.Descriptions. B.Stages. C.Surveys. D.Directions. 【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about? A.How she loves art since she was a little girl. B.Why she began her career as a painter. C.How she became a successful painter. D.Why she was the most famous painter in the United States. |
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According to a survey, in Washington, DC, only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on time. Many factors influence that low rate. One of the most important ones is whether the people around the students expect them to succeed. So, for the past 40 years, a DC organization has stepped in to give around 10,000 students the support and positive environment they need to thrive. This organization, called Higher Achievement, provides students with a welcoming space, help with class work, and caring teachers. More than 95 percent of students who complete Higher Achievement graduate from high school on time. Katherine Roboff is the group’s executive director in the DC area. She gives several reasons for the group’s success. One is timing. Higher Achievement does not work with students who are already in high school. It works with students in middle school. They start High Achievement at fifth or sixth grade—in US, that is usually age 11 or 12. Robolf says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth grade—around age 13—they will have a greater chance of graduating from high school and going to college. In other words, what happens in middle school has a huge effect. The years between ages 10 and 13 may affect a student’s future more than anything that happens academically in high school. Roboff explains that students participate in Higher Achievement after school and during the summer, when public schools take a break of about two months. High Achievement students do homework, have community meetings, and work one-on-one with a mentor（导师）. The purpose of the program is to help them those after-school and summer hours to become better prepared academically and to develop their leadership skills and confidence so that by the time they get into eighth grade they are ready to get into some of the top high schools.” 【1】What can we know from the second paragraph? A.Higher Achievement works with college students. B.Many students have doubts about the organization. C.Higher Achievement has spread throughout the world. D.Higher Achievement has helped many students. 【2】If students are doing well academically in eighth grade, _________. A.they are certain to go to college B.they are to succeed when they grow up C.they are more likely to finish high school on time D.they don’t need any help in their studies 【3】Who are the working targets of Higher Achievement? A.Those students in higher school. B.Those students in middle school. C.Those students who don’t work well. D.Those students whose family can’t afford. 【4】Which of the following could be the title of the text? A.Higher Achievement Helps Students B.Public School Students Need Help C.Katherine Roboff Works with Students D.Higher Achievement Looks After Students |
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If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese. That's because Chinese people spent nearly $258 billion in total on international travel last year. That's more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative（相对的）newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation's borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation's population, even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations. Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last year versus（与......相对）the 227 miles flown on average by US residents（居民）， the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year. China's high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China's residents actually travel outside their homeland, those who do spend a lot of money don't go that far. But there are reasons for China's low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, while the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home. However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly. 【1】Why is it important to learn Chinese for the future work in travel industry? A.Because being good at Chinese is a must for future work. B.Because Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry. C.Because, travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese. D.Because China will probably be a big-spending nation in international travel 【2】What can we infer from Paragraph 2? A.There is indeed great potential in Chinese travel market. B.People from different countries have different preferred destinations. C.Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians. D.People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes. 【3】In what countries may many Chinese people choose to travel at present? A.North America. B.Developing countries. C.Southeast Asia. D.European countries. 【4】Which of the following words can best describe the future of Chinese people's traveling abroad? A.Hopeless. B.Promising. C.Confusing. D.Unclear. |
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How to Solve Worry Problems The Great Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Dr. Alexis Carrel once said, “Businessmen who do not know how to fight worry die young.” 【1】 Then how can we find a quick, surefire recipe for handling worry situations? Here are a few basic steps to deal with different kinds of worries. Get the facts Why is it so important to get the facts? Because unless we have the facts, we can't possibly even attempt to solve our problems intelligently. 【2】 This is the chief cause of worry. Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision. If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an objective way, his worries usually disappear in the light of knowledge. Analyze the facts. However, getting all the facts in the world won’t do any good until we figure out what these facts mean and interpret them. 【3】 In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision. Therefore, when we are worried, sit down and write down two questions-and the answers to these questions, “What am I worrying about?" and "What can I do about it?” Arrive at a decision Worry is killing. So we will probably save our life by sitting down and writing out all the various steps, we could take and then writing down the probable results of each step and calmly coming to a decision. 【4】 It is the failure to reach a definite decision that drives men mad. Act on that decision 【5】 Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate and retrace our steps. Don't lose ourselves in self-doubting which causes other doubts. Don't look back our shoulders. A.Write down our worries. B.There comes a time when we must decide. C.Once we have made a decision, go into action. D.Without the facts, we will be left in confusion. E.And so do housewives, horse doctors and bricklayers. F.It is much easier to achieve this after writing them down. G.Experience has proved the enormous value of arriving at a fixed decision. |
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My sister is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesn’t _______ really well at school. She is heavily made fun of and thus has developed some _______ and distrust towards adults, who usually don’t put high hopes in her. Yesterday we went to an art _______ together. There were paintings from kids with disabilities. My little girl has _______ eyes, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She also voluntarily helped to _______ the chairs and table for a sharing session（分享会）, painted by herself alongside new friends while I attended the sharing, and _______helped me to do many other things, which doesn’t _______ often at home as she’s usually _______ in her iPad. We went to a book store. I bought a book written by a mom _______ her journey with her autistic（自闭症的）son. On the bus back home, I briefly ________ the book to my sister, and to my surprise she was truly ________. She kept asking me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who ________ with small things in life. This is the first time I’ve seen her so interested in a ________. Usually when she talks to me, she describes events at school and at home ________ a clear focus. I’m very ________ that the life of an unknown ________ has found its way into this little girl’s heart. I’m very thankful for the ________ of books, for the beauty that my sister showed to me, and for the time we had together. I pray that I can ________ seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her ________, I can remind her how truly ________ she has always been. 【1】A.do B.work C.run D.rest 【2】A.appreciation B.doubt C.satisfaction D.dependence 【3】A.investigation B.interview C.ceremony D.exhibition 【4】A.curious B.particular C.sharp D.doubtful 【5】A.deliver B.design C.remove D.arrange 【6】A.simply B.cheerfully C.secretly D.unwillingly 【7】A.happen B.approve C.depend D.assess 【8】A.attached B.admitted C.absorbed D.adjusted 【9】A.describing B.advertising C.operating D.protecting 【10】A.designed B.introduced C.sent D.owed 【11】A.tired B.skeptical C.interested D.negative 【12】A.plays B.deals C.meets D.struggles 【13】A.topic B.painting C.story D.title 【14】A.with B.for C.without D.in 【15】A.disappointed B.touched C.defeated D.puzzled 【16】A.party B.family C.student D.stranger 【17】A.power B.content C.subject D.characters 【18】A.stop B.keep C.prevent D.rid 【19】A.on B.up C.off D.down 【20】A.mild B.rough C.wonderful D.unbearable |
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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。 Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before 【1】（eventual） reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company has come up 【2】 a simple solution(解决方案)to this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from 【3】 (go) bad for up to weeks. You've probably seen stickers on fruit before, 【4】 not like the ones created by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically 【5】 (use) only to provide consumers with 【6】 (inform) about the growers and how the fruit was grown, but Stixfresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening(成熟)process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much 【7】(long). Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend 【8】 ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking 【9】 (it) course. The Malaysian businessman worked with many 【10】 (university) to develop and test his sticker. At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears. |
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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。 Dear Jane, Hello, Jane. I want to tell you anything about my trip. Yesterday it was sun and a little windy. I went to a park for a trip with my classmates. Since a park is far away, we took a bus to there. What beautiful the park was! We swam in the pool then played volleyball. We took a lot of food and eat it for lunch under a big tree. Then we listened to musics and had a rest. In the afternoon, we went fish and took lots of photos. Both of us had a great time in the park. Yours, Gina |
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假定你是校英语报编辑李华，你校正在进行“创建美丽校园，保护校园环境”的活动，拟征集 学生观点,请你给本校外籍交换生John写一封邀稿信，内容包括： 1.自我介绍； 2.稿件主题和要求； 3.交稿时间。 注意：词数100左右。 Dear John, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Yours, Li Hua |
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