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A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he doesn’t understand how to make the _______ of his mental faculties（才能）. Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning something new because of their _______. A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real _______ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for success and he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is _______ likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his competence. Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had an experience like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor start in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not _______ too much of him. In this way, they also _______ the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to _______ and was very poor at maths, just as they expected. One day he worked at a problem which _______ of the other students had been able to solve. Alder _______ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now worked with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __________. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may astonish himself as well as others by his ability. 【1】A.biggest B.most C.highest D.deepest 【2】A.ability B.age C.brain D.knowledge 【3】A.decision B.success C.effort D.trouble 【4】A.truly B.really C.however D.therefore 【5】A.blame B.expect C.get D.win 【6】A.developed B.organized C.discovered D.found 【7】A.manage B.succeed C.try D.act 【8】A.none B.nothing C.everybody D.nobody 【9】A.gave B.succeeded C.failed D.believed 【10】A.lessons B.medicine C.subjects D.maths |
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阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 At 9 feet tall and weighing about 250 pounds, the ostrich (鸵鸟) is the world’s largest bird. As the myth goes, a frightened ostrich will bury its head in the sand 【1】 (make) itself invisible to its hunters. If that sounds like a “bird-brained” way to escape danger, you’re right! Actually, the ostrich plays dead in this way. When this behavior 【2】 (see) from a distance, the ostrich’s head might not be visible, 【3】 (give) the false impression that its head is buried. |
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阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 I picked up the phone, slowly dialing the number to her house. All I could think was 【1】 we could possibly have a conversation about. Nothing! I didn’t think I could have anything in common with the person 【2】 is 50 years older than me. “Your grandmother won’t be around forever,” my mom said, so I just did what she told me and called my grandmother. What I didn’t know was that the phone call 【3】 (change) my attitude to life. |
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阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 Ten years ago, people bought electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce their carbon footprint. 【1】 the limited range and high price made EVs something of a rare sight on roads. A lot can change in a decade. Advances in battery technology 【2】 (mean) electric cars now travel much further on a single charge. Government grants (补贴) serve to draw buyers away from gasoline-powered cars. The change will have a huge impact 【3】 life. Roads will become far 【4】 (quiet) and pollution levels will be reduced quickly, potentially leading to improved quality of life. |
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World’s loneliest marathon Many of us know about Russia’s Lake Baikal from our textbooks, or by listening to Chinese singer Li Jian’s hit song, Lake Baikal. But over the past decade, the world’s deepest freshwater lake has been in the spotlight for an extreme sport. Each March since 2005, about 150 people from around the world sign up for the Baikal Ice Marathon. They come to explore the lake’s breathtaking beauty and challenge themselves in unpredictable conditions. The 26-mile (41.84-kilometers) journey starts on the lake’s eastern shore. In March, the ice is a meter thick and iron-hard. Runners cross this frozen surface, finishing on the western side of the lake. Known as the “blue eye of Siberia”, Lake Baikal has exceptionally clear waters. This means its ice is almost perfectly transparent. “Seen from above, a runner on the ice looks as if he or she is jogging through space,” The New York Times noted. The landscape might be beautiful, but it’s also harsh. Strong winds blast across the lake and frostbite can occur within half an hour. Runners say the cold climate is what draws them. They want to test their limits. “When you are in such an environment, you don’t have cars around you, you don’t have the noise around. I think these extreme races allow you to be alone with nature,” Alicja Barahona, a 64-year-old runner from the US, told ABC News. The location offers some strange and unique characteristics for this marathon. The finish line is visible from the start, but the endless white offers no progress markers. The race also ends with little fanfare (喧闹). Tourists crowding the ice are mostly addicted to snapping selfies (自拍) and just ignore the runners. For some runners, the absence of spectators (观众) makes the race more challenging, because it’s lonely. They must fight with themselves. “You are alone on Baikal. It is your race. You are alone with yourself. All you need to do is to defeat yourself,” Veronique Messina, a French runner, told the Telegraph. 【1】What can we know about the Baikal Ice Marathon from the article? A.It takes runners from the northern end to the southern end of the lake. B.It involves extreme weather and beautiful scenery. C.It attracts more and more participants each year. D.It is about 26 kilometers in length. 【2】In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “harsh” probably means _______. A.interesting B.mysterious C.severe D.safe 【3】How does the Baikal Ice Marathon differ from other marathons? A.Only men are allowed to run in this race. B.The runners can see the finish line from the start. C.The runners are often distracted by tourists. D.There are many progress markers on the ice. 【4】What is the most challenging part of the race for Messina? A.Loneliness. B.The long distance. C.The cold climate. D.Noisy surroundings. |
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When a typical kid hums (哼唱) a tune, it’s usually something like “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” not Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D Minor. So when Nygel Witherspoon began to hum the very difficult concerto (协奏曲), his family guessed that he should have music lessons. He was, however, just 3 years old. “He was calm, with an ability to focus,” recalled David Holmes, Witherspoon’s cello (大提琴) teacher from age 3 to 16. Witherspoon is a familiar name in his hometown. He has inherited his talent from both sides of his family, including his aunt, the late jazz vocalist Shirley Witherspoon. The 17-year-old doesn’t see himself as competitive. “I think it’s more important for students to have a supportive environment than a competitive one,” he said. “It’s great to have a support system, where you can be yourself and improve right along with others doing the same thing.” Witherspoon’s love of music blossomed as he attended viola (中提琴) lessons with older siblings (兄弟姐妹). Their teacher, David France, noticed that the little boy was a sponge (海绵). “He’d absorb everything they did,” France said. Witherspoon was given a box violin, but he wanted to play “the big one” ― the cello. He loved its size and tone. That’s when he was matched with his teacher Holmes. Witherspoon’s drive is inspired by the connection music provides. He recalled that he and his siblings performed as a chamber trio (室内乐三重奏) at their grandmother’s nursing home. The positive reaction from residents gave him motivation. “It’s so important, whether it’s hip-hop or classical,” he said. “Music is the universal language. It connects all of us.” His mother runs an in-home day care where lucky children can hear Witherspoon’s concertos as background music. Witherspoon finds the noisy environment helpful in terms of learning to focus and play with distractions. As he practices in the kitchen sometimes children toddle (蹒跚学步) up to listen. Despite years of performing, Witherspoon said he still gets nervous sometimes. “But once I’m on stage, I connect with my instrument and try to tell a story with my music.” 【1】How was Witherspoon different from other kids when he was 3? A.He began to teach himself music. B.He was able to hum very difficult tunes. C.He had already made up his mind to learn violin. D.He could already play the songs to which he’d listened. 【2】What does Witherspoon think is important for music learners? A.Practicing hard. B.Being very competitive. C.Being in a supportive environment. D.Having a good teacher from an early age. 【3】What is France’s impression of Witherspoon? A.He is a fast learner. B.He is a creative player. C.He works very hard. D.He is open-minded. 【4】What is the main purpose of Paragraphs 8 and 9? A.To compare Witherspoon’s performance with his siblings’. B.To show that motivation plays a big role in music studies. C.To stress how music connects people. D.To show how studying music helped Witherspoon overcome difficulties. |
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A history of vaccination EBOLA, a deadly virus, has become one of the world’s biggest problems this summer. Since last December, it has killed over 1,200 people, most of them in West Africa. Scientists all over the world are acting to stop the “monster”. They are developing medicines, but more importantly, they are experimenting with vaccines to prevent people from getting infected in the first place. That change happened largely because of the British doctor and scientist Edward Jenner, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination. Vaccination has always been a powerful shield against diseases. The names of those diseases used to be frightening household names, but now they are all but forgotten. Jenner was born in England in 1749. In his time, smallpox was one of the greatest killers of the period, especially among children. But Jenner noticed that milkmaids seldom caught smallpox. What was the secret? Jenner had a brave guess: Cows sometimes caught “cowpox”, a disease similar to smallpox but much less dangerous. The pus from the cow’s body got onto the milkmaids’ hands and protected them from smallpox. In 1796 Jenner carried out an experiment on an 8-year-old boy, the son of his gardener. He first made some scratches on the boy’s arm, and then rubbed the pus into them. Later, when the boy was exposed to the smallpox virus, he wasn’t infected. Jenner’s theory was proven: a less dangerous virus makes your body learn to destroy it. Your body can then more easily destroy any similar viruses that it later meets. However, many people couldn’t accept his idea at the time. To them, it was disgusting to put material from a diseased animal into someone’s body. An opponent drew a cartoon in 1802 in which people who were vaccinated began to grow cow’s heads. But the obvious effects of vaccination won out, and vaccination soon became widespread. The terms “vaccine” and “vaccination” came from variolae vaccinae, which Jenner used to call “cowpox”. To honor Jenner, people are now using the terms for inoculation against any disease. So, when will Jenner’s legacy save people from Ebola? It won’t take long, according to the World Health Organization. It is expecting to consider the emergency use of Ebola vaccines by the end of 2014. 【1】What does the article mainly talk about? A.How vaccinations protect us from dangerous diseases. B.The common efforts of scientists to find a cure for Ebola. C.How the first vaccine and vaccinations came about. D.Edward Jenner’s fight against smallpox. 【2】From the text we can conclude that Jenner ______. A.cured people after they had smallpox B.interviewed many milkmaids before he tested his theory C.found that the smallpox vaccine worked better on children than adults D.came up with a theory based on observation and his knowledge of diseases 【3】What could be inferred from the article? A.Jenner’s smallpox vaccine could be used to fight against Ebola. B.Smallpox vaccination was not widely accepted by the public at first. C.The way vaccines work has changed a lot over the years. D.It will only take months before Ebola vaccines are widely used. |
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Sometimes it’s hard to let go. For many British people, that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country’s past-age-old castles, splendid homes… and red phone boxes. Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards (废品场), the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback. Adapted in imaginative ways, many have reappeared on city streets and village greens housing tiny cafes, cellphone repair shops or even defibrillator machines (除颤器). The original iron boxes with the round roofs first appeared in 1926. They were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of the Battersea Power Station in London. After becoming an important part of many British streets, the phone boxes began disappearing in the 1980s, with the rise of the mobile phone sending most of them away to the junkyards. About that time, Tony Inglis’ engineering and transport company got the job to remove phone boxes from the streets and sell them out. But Inglis ended up buying hundreds of them himself, with the idea of repairing and selling them. He said that he had heard the calls to preserve the boxes and had seen how some of them were listed as historic buildings. As Inglis and, later other businessmen, got to work, repurposed phone boxes began reappearing in cities and villages as people found new uses for them. Today, they are once again a familiar sight, playing roles that are often just as important for the community as their original purpose. In rural areas, where ambulances can take a relatively long time to arrive, the phone boxes have taken on a lifesaving role. Local organizations can adopt them for l pound, and install defibrillators to help in emergencies. Others also looked at the phone boxes and saw business opportunities. LoveFone, a company that advocates repairing cellphones rather than abandoning them, opened a mini workshop in a London phone box in 2016. The tiny shops made economic sense, according to Robert Kerr, a founder of LoveFone. He said that one of the boxes generated around $13,500 in revenue a month and cost only about $400 to rent. Inglis said phone boxes called to mind an age when things were built to last. I “like what they are to people, and I enjoy bringing things back,” he said. 【1】The phone boxes are making a comeback ______. A.to form a beautiful sight of the city B.to improve telecommunications services C.to remind people of a historical period D.to meet the requirement of green economy 【2】Why did the phone boxes begin to go out of service in the 1980s? A.They were not well-designed. B.They provided bad services. C.They had too short a history. D.They lost to new technologies. 【3】The phone boxes are becoming popular mainly because of ______. A.their new appearance and lower prices B.the push of the local organizations C.their changed roles and functions D.the big funding of the businessmen |
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Some individuals are born with a gift for public speaking.【1】Do you want to be a good public speaker? Here are some principles you must master. People want to listen to someone who is interesting, relaxed and comfortable. Too often when you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the “public”at the expense of the”speaking. “ 【2】 Focus on the speaking. Talk directly to your audience, be yourself and make a connection. Even the most successful public speaker will make mistakes. Yet, the only one who cares about any mistake is the one who is speaking. People’s attention wanders constantly. In fact,most people only absorb about 20 percent of a speaker’s message. So, don’t stop speaking when you make a mistake unless it’s a truly serious one.【3】 Your goal is not to be a perfect public speaker.【4】And like everything else in life, that takes practice. Remember, even world champion athletes practice their skills on a consistent basis. 【5】It’s rare to hear someone say, “I wish that speaker had spoken longer. “On the other hand, you probably can’t count the times that you’ve thought, “I’m glad that talk is over. It seemed to go on forever! “So surprise your audience. Always make your presentation just a bit shorter than anticipated. It’s better to leave your listeners wishing for more than shifting restlessly in their seats waiting for your speech finally to end. A.Do the opposite. B.You want to be an effective public speaker. C.You don’ t need to apologize for a minor slip. D.When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more. E.The objective of most speeches is to benefit the audience F.Take the fear out of public speaking by focusing on your listeners G.However, the majority of people are effective speakers because they train to be. |
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阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Kobe Bryant wasn’t the first NBA player to visit China. But he was the first player to help China grow into a basketball-crazed nation. Kobe’s first visit was in 1998, and in conducting basketball clinics, doing business and participating in charity, he was warmly welcomed in the basketball-loving country. Once, nearly 15,000 people showed up at 9 am for an event at which Kobe was scheduled to appear at 4 pm. USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo saw firsthand Kobe’s popularity during Kobe’s time with Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when as captain he led the team to a gold medal. “There were tens of thousands of people on the streets, yelling, ‘Kobe! Kobe!’ It was unbelievable, just unbelievable,” Colangelo said. “It’s harder for me to walk around here than in the United States,” Kobe once told reporters in China in 2013. “It’s uncontrollable. Fans rush you and surround you, and it gets to the point where you can’t go out.” His last visit was in August last year for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. He told reporters, “I watched the country develop from the ground up. I watched Beijing grow. I watched the passion for the game develop. My goal is to develop the country’s basketball to a level where they can compete with the best basketball countries in the world,” Kobe said. Kobe was and perhaps remains China’s favourite NBA player, and fans in the country were shocked by his death in a helicopter crash in January this year. Tencent, the NBA’s digital partner in China, posted a memorial page that drew more than five million visitors in less than five days. Just two days before Kobe died, he posted a short video on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, wishing Chinese fans a happy new year. How sorrowful his fans are when they watch the video again! 【1】Apart from being an excellent NBA players, what else makes Kobe Bryant special to Chinese fans? 【2】What does the author want to prove, telling us what Jerry Colangelo saw at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? 【3】What made Kobe Bryant confident that China’s basketball can be one of the best in the world? 【4】How do you find Kobe Bryant? Please give your reason. |
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假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你的美国笔友Chris正在学习汉语。他得知你校在线开设了中国诗词课程，非常感兴趣并想参加学习，便写信给你，希望你介绍相关情况。请根据以下提示给他写一封回信。 内容包括： （1）你校使用钉钉（DingTalk）软件进行在线教学此课程； （2）使用钉钉（DingTalk）的方法； （3）在线中国诗词课程的特色。 注意：（1）词数100左右； （2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Chris, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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