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Have a wonderful summer in Italy! Teach English to children at our summer camps and get paid. Job Description Each summer, EDUCO sends hundreds of mother tongue English speakers to over 200 summer camps across Italy, from the Alps, to Sicily. Our camps offer a unique experience for Italian children as they do not stick firmly to traditional teaching methods; instead, they employ the use of drama, songs and games to help learn English gradually and easily. Camps run form 9 am to 5pm, from Monday to Friday, and the children are completely involved in this mode of learning from start to finish. Each camp runs for either one or two weeks, before sending tutors off to a new location. Join us for a rewarding summer experience in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We’re looking for enthusiastic, responsible and reliable tutors who love working with children and are prepared to teach English in fun and creative ways. Previous teaching experience and Italian language skills are NOT necessary for this role. A five-day course in Bologna(an Italian city) will provide all tutors with the training they need for our camps. Working in small guided groups, you’ll be taught some skills to help you successfully run camps. EDUCO will also provide you with a number of necessary materials to take to camp. The course dates for summer 2021 are: June 11th-16th June 18th -23rd August 13th -18th What we offer Paid financial aid. A chance to spend the summer in Italy! The chance to take on a challenging but extremely rewarding role that will prove to be invaluable in your future career. You get to discover various beautiful places in Italy while touring in groups to perform shows. We ask that You should be a university student or graduate. Previous teaching experience is NOT necessary. Italian language skills are NOT necessary. Your mother tongue is English. You enjoy working with children. 【1】What can we learn about the camps from the text? A.The tutors in the camps are native English speakers. B.The camps are for adults. C.The teaching methods are different among the camps. D.Each camp lasts for two weeks. 【2】Who may be the right person for the camps? A.A person who is outgoing and likes children. B.A person who is a native Italian speaker. C.A person who has experience in teaching Italian. D.A person who has just graduated from high school. 【3】Where may this text come from? A.A popular magazine. B.A job advertisement. C.World news section of a newspaper. D.Entertainment section of a newspaper. |
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Red Adair became “the man to call” if you wanted a fire in an oil well to be put out, a task that was extremely dangerous and difficult. Red Adair was born in Houston, Texas in 1915. He got such a name because of his bright red hair. The color became a trademark for him. He wore red clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and he and his men used red trucks and red equipment. One of Red Adair’s most dangerous jobs was in 1962. He and his men put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. Burning for six months, the fire was so fierce that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth and the sand around the fire had melted into glass from the extreme heat. The famous fire was called the “Devil’s Cigarette Lighter”. Adair’s success with the big fire and earlier well fires captured imagination of the American film industry. In 1968, Hollywood made an action film called “Hellfighters” which was roughly based on events in Red Adair’s life. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie. In 1998, Adair troubleshot (排除故障)what was possibly the world’s worst ocean accident at the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. One hundred and sixty-seven men were killed when the oil rig(油井钻探设备)exploded after a gas leak. Not only did Red Adair and his team have to put out the fires but they also had to deal with winds blowing at more than one hundred and twenty kilometers an hour, as well as the sea which was at least twenty meters deep. In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait to put out at even hundred Kuwaiti fires following the Persian Gulf War. His efforts saved millions of liters of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. Red Adair died at 89 on 7 August 2004. Many Americans remember him as a very brave man. He lived his life troubleshooting danger. He was known for risking his own life to save others. 【1】Why was John Glenn mentioned in Paragraph 2? A.To prove the fire was really big. B.To confirm it was a natural gas fire. C.To explain how the sand melted. D.To show Adair’s job was important. 【2】What can be learned about “Hellfighters” ? A.It was a big hit in Hollywood. B.It was directed by John Wayne. C.It is a documentary on firefighters. D.It is loosely based on Adair’s life. 【3】What happened in 1998? A.176 people died in a big ocean fire accident. B.An oil rig exploded because of careless smoking. C.Strong winds caused Adair to be badly injured in the fire. D.Adair and his team managed to put out a big ocean fire. 【4】What’s probably the author’s main purpose in writing the text? A.To remember the great firefighter Red Adair. B.To draw public attention to the danger of fires. C.To call on more people to be brave firefighters. D.To document some unforgettable fires in the world. |
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Parks in cities are usually considered as islands of green among seas of concrete and steel. When you approach the High Line on the west side of Manhattan, what you see first is the kind of thing urban parks were created to get away from—a heavy, black steal structure supporting a raised rail line that once brought freight(货运)trains right into factories, and that looks, at least from a distance, more like some abandoned leftover from the past than an urban oasis(绿洲). That is what the High Line was until recently. But now, it has been turned into one of the most inviting public spaces. The black steel columns now hold up a raised park. Walking on the High Line, you float about eight meters above the ground. You can sit surrounded by carefully tended plantings and take in the sun and the Hudson River views, or you can walk the line as it winds its way between old buildings and striking new ones. I have walked the High Line dozens of times. Different from any street, sidewalk, or park, it never fails to surprise and delight me. The most extraordinary thing about the High Line is the way without streets to cross or traffic lights to wait for, ten blocks pass as quickly as two. The High Line is a dream come true. The real heroes of the story are Joshua David and Robert Hammond. “I saw an article saying that the High Line was to be destroyed, and I wondered if anyone wanted to save it,” Hammond said. “I saw that it was on the agenda for a community meeting. I went to see what was going on, and there I met David. We were the only people there who wanted to save it.” “The railroad representatives showed some plans to reuse it, which enraged(激怒)the people who were trying to get it torn down. We couldn’t believe the degree of rage those people had. Hammond and I asked railroad officials to take them to look at the High Line. When we got up there, we saw a mile and a half of wildflowers. New Yorkers always dream of finding open spaces—it’s fantasy when you live in a studio apartment.” David said. And that’s how the project began. 【1】What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.An urban oasis. B.A raised rail C.A black steel structure. D.An abandoned leftover. 【2】What does the author notice while walking on the High Line? A.He can always see strange things. B.The weather seems much better there. C.New buildings keep being built around it. D.He can cover more miles in the same amount of time. 【3】Why did Hammond go to the community meeting? A.Because he was the representative of the railroad. B.Because he went there to accompany his friend David. C.Because he wanted to see if others would share his views. D.Because he thought he could persuade people to join in his campaign. 【4】How did David feel at the meeting? A.He was pleased to realize he might succeed. B.He was encouraged by everyone’s determination. C.He was worried that their way of life might change. D.He was surprised by the reactions to the idea proposed. |
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In late September, Kimberly Williams-Guillen, a professor at the University of Washington Bothell, received a report that a handful of howler monkeys had been found dead in Nicaragua. Strangely, the monkeys showed no signs of disease. Over the next couple of months, the reports really started to flood in. When it became clear that this was not just an isolated(独的)incident, Williams-Guillen boarded a plane to Nicaragua to see for herself. Williams-Guillen speculates that the deaths may be linked to the drought that has struck Nicaragua this year. “The deaths are concentrated in the areas worst hit by drought and the trees are just bare—there’s hardly a leaf to be eaten,” she says. Kenneth Glander of Duke University agrees that limited food availability is likely a contributing factor. Rather, the lack of food may drive the monkeys to consume plants with high levels of certain toxins(毒素)that aren’t part of their normal diet. Another possible cause for the howler monkey die-offs is disease. Although Nicaragua is currently believed to be free of yellow fever, Glander points out that outbreaks of the viral disease ruined howler monkey populations in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. Some researchers even think that yellow fever may be a cause of the relatively low genetic American howler monkeys. Wiliams Guillen thinks that disease is an unlikely cause of the recent monkey deaths, however. While she and her colleagues are still waiting to export blood and tissue samples to U.S. labs for further analysis, she notes that a Nicaraguan researcher has experimented on some of the samples. And, so far, none have tested positive for yellow fever, Zika, chi-kungunya, or dengue viruses. For now, however, the cause of the recent howler monkey deaths remains a mystery. Williams-Guillen suspects that no one’s hypothesis(假说)will be correct. “There’re probably many factors,” she says. “Animals that might have had some clinical or secondary infections that normally aren’t that problematic... got into a situation where they were extremely food-and water-stressed, and that might have been enough to cause them to die.” 【1】According to Paragraph 1, an early consideration regarding the howler monkey deaths was whether they ______. A.were simply random occurrences B.affected howler monkeys of all ages C.were related to the environment in Nicaragua D.could be prevented through food distribution 【2】What does the underlined word “speculates” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A.Denies. B.Guesses. C.Bothers. D.Declares. 【3】What does Paragraph 5 mainly aim to do? A.Define Williams-Guillen’s method. B.Stress Williams-Guillen’s assumptions. C.Provide Williams-Guillen’s perspective. D.Demonstrate Williams-Guillen’s expertise. 【4】What can we infer from the text about the death of howler monkeys? A.William-Guillen used lab tests to show its influence. B.It really resulted from limited food availability. C.No final conclusion has been reached about it. D.Drought has played a key role in it. |
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Balance Self-care and Caring for Others How do I balance self-care and caring for others? If you are asking this question, you are one of those people who tend to be selfless. 【1】. So, how do you strike a balance? Avoid killing the goose. 【2】, you are going to kill the goose. If you work at a homeless shelter 50 hours a week for two weeks and then quit because you are extremely exhausted, it won’t do nearly as much good as if you work five hours a week all year round. Kind people usually fall into a trap—they try to do so much-good but they don’t realize that more is not always better. 【3】. You don’t always have to sacrifice a lot to do something good. This doesn’t mean that personal sacrifice is bad, but giving a friend the money that you and your family need to spend on food or rent isn’t a great plan. 【4】. You can still support and encourage friends, but you don’t have to make great sacrifices to care for someone. Know the importance of self-care. This is something that every new parent eventually has to figure out: having that fist date away from the child can be a guilty experience, but it is better for the child to be sent to his or her grandparents’ once in a while so that the parents can relax themselves and have a good time. 【5】. Taking care of yourself, if you are encouraging or supporting someone, is taking care of them. It makes you strong, and then you can pass that strength on to them. A.Learn to care for others B.Make reasonable sacrifices C.Whatever you do for others counts D.Sometimes you just need to take care of yourself and your family E.Then the parents will come back better equipped to care for the child F.But you don' know when to stop caring for others and start caring for yourself G.If you aggressively(过分地)give and never care for yourself |
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When I was growing up, we still did Christmas gift exchanges at school. _______letting us pick who we brought a gift for, we were paired by drawing a classmate’s _______out of a hat(随机). One year, when I was six or seven, I was _______with a boy named Gordon. Even at that age, we were all very _______that Gordon’s family didn’t have much money, and when he gave me a small, seemingly _______gift at our gift exchange, a bunch of my classmates started making fun of him. I hate to admit it, but I _______them. When I got home from school that day, I showed my mother the gift and told her what had happened. She explained to me that the present Gordon had given me was probably far more _______for his family to buy than the one I had given him. Then I felt _______that something I had said had more than likely really _______someone, and I just couldn’t live with myself. The next day at school, I found Gordon and ________him for the present and told him I really liked it. Not because my mother told me I should, but because I knew in my heart it was the right thing to do. That is one of those ________that still sting(刺疼)a little bit all these years later, because I was so ________in the way I acted. You see, my mother was the absolute best ________of someone who could always find good in people, and she worked to ________everyone she came into contact with. Hers were big shoes to fill, so when I ________to emulate(模仿)her, I was extremely hard on myself—not because I let her down, but because I let myself down. 【1】A.In spite of B.Apart from C.Regardless of D.Instead of 【2】A.face B.name C.family D.gift 【3】A.arranged B.appointed C.invited D.paired 【4】A.aware B.surprised C.curious D.confused 【5】A.practical B.extraordinary C.unimpressive D.attractive 【6】A.blamed B.refused C.parted with D.joined 【7】A.smart B.expensive C.difficult D.meaningful 【8】A.urgent B.angry C.horrible D.proud 【9】A.frightened B.hurt C.destroyed D.bothered 【10】A.praised B.respected C.congratulated D.interested 【11】A.jokes B.memories C.choices D.opportunities 【12】A.disappointed B.frustrated C.excited D.annoyed 【13】A.educator B.sample C.participant D.example 【14】A.build up B.give up on C.bring up D.look out for 【15】A.wanted B.hurried C.failed D.learned |
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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。 In recent years, the combination of pets and catering have become incredibly popular in many cities. While many cafes 【1】(start) out offering the company of cats and dogs, they are expanding their range. Some cafes include animals like squirrels(浣熊) and even capybaras(水豚). In reviews, internet users have commented that one reason for visiting these business is to interact 【2】 (close) with animals they have only seem from afar. “The customers love animals. They are curious about these pets and want to raise one at home, 【3】 circumstance don’t allow it,” said pet cafe owner Tian Xuhui. Liu Wan, a Beijing resident, loves pigs, but her parents would not approve of her 【4】 (get) one as a pet. The 24-year-old had to admire the animals through videos and images. But now, she can have a close encounter with a pig every weekend. Also, these pet cafes serve as a heaven for those 【5】find comfort in being around animals. “Here, you can get close to the cute little 【6】in a very comfortable way without having to worry about safety and hygiene(卫生)—overall, it is an extremely 【7】 (comfort) experience, ” said Xiao Ou, a pet cafe visitor. Animal lovers also expect the pet cafes to change people’s attitudes toward pets. Animals like ducks, pigs and sheep 【8】 (serve) as food for many years. People hardly see them as pets. But the pet cafes help shift their attitude 【9】 seeing them as playthings to regarding them as family members or close friends. “Whether at home or in stores, these little animals are there for companionship and they bring 【10】 (warm) to our hearts.” Xiao said. |
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假如你是李明，刚刚高中毕业，你的美国好友 Jim 给你写信祝贺并想了解你大学的专业学习计划。请你根据自己的情况用英语写封回信，主要内容包括： 1. 你的专业选择； 2. 你选择该专业的理由； 3. 为此你打算怎么做。 注意： 1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 文中不得出现人名、校名等真实个人信息； 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数； 4. 可适当发挥，使行文连贯； 5. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Jim, Thanks for your best wishes! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Ming |
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Though it is one of the faded memories of my life today, there are times when I remember his face clearly, especially his eyes. As he had yellow spots on his eyes we called him Spotty. He would have been a stray (流浪) dog, until he came to me. I was seven years old. My dad had just got a new job in Nasik. We had moved into a rented house. It was raining very heavily on the day we moved. It was a cold dark night. We had our meal and went to sleep. Somehow in the midnight I heard some strange sounds outside the main door. I gathered courage and looked out through the window and I was really amused with what I saw outside. There was a small puppy lying on an old doormat which my mother had put outside the door. It was wet and trembling. At first it was difficult to see the lite one. It was the yellow spots on its eyes that made me realize its presence. It was trying to get under the doormat to avoid the cold air outside and it had managed to get in as I could see only its head outside the doormat. Was it sick or injured? I felt pity for the poor soul. I went in and came out with an old towel. I went near the innocent one and held it in my hand and wiped the puppy till he had become dry. I took him into my room and made a bed for him with a woolen blanket and a small pillow. He seemed very healthy and comfortable in his new bed as he went to sleep immediately. The next morning, everyone in the family came to know about the unusual guest "Shall we keep him with us?" I questioned my mom. Like any other parents would, my parents first tally refused my idea but my sister and I convinced them to keep Spotty. Slowly Spotty got on with everyone and became one of the family members. Para. 1: One day, Spotty returned from his daily walk with a broken leg. Para. 2: Almost a year later, one midnight we heard Spotty barking breathlessly. |
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