Once our chickens started laying eggs, we had such a __ of eggs that we were giving many a
A.output
B.surplus
C.production
D.plenty
A.output
B.surplus
C.production
D.plenty
听力原文: Although the practice of the old Roman religion disappeared many centuries ago, some traces of the Roman gods are still present in our daily vocabulary. The names of the Roman sun god, Sol, and the moon goddess, Luna, are used frequently in our language.
The word solar describes anything pertaining to the sun, and lunar anything pertaining to the moon. For example, the sun and the planets circling it are called the solar system. The period of time in which the earth circles the sun once is a solar year. The moon takes one lunar month to circle the earth. A lunar year of twelve lunar months is eleven days shorter than a solar year.
In some cases our language shows how these heavenly bodies affect us directly. A room or place for sunbathing is often called a solarium. We get our word parasol from the Italian word meaning "a guard against the sun". For many centuries it was believed that the moon affected people who were mentally ill. For this reason people who were mentally ill were often referred to as lunatics.
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A.Planets.
B.The moon.
C.The sun.
D.Gods.
If you feel a shortage of energy, join our Health Club. Fatigue is common for people to 1)_________ of to their doctors. In such cases, you should take a look at the causes for your tiredness and learn how you can get rid of it. Firstly, if you have to work hard 24 hours a day, seven days a week with high 2)_________, you will feel tired and bored. The 24/7 push to be productive can wear you out both physically and 3)__________. Your can have mini-breaks that will cheer you up and make your routine a little less routine. Secondly, if you sit staring at a screen for long periods of time you tend to blink less frequently and 4)_______your eyes. Your eyes need a break. Stand up once in a while to 5)_________ your legs and arms. Frequent breaks with long 6)__________ to your nearby parks will keep your body active and reduce eyestrain. Finally, gaining as little as five pounds of weight can cause 7)________. Extra weight also puts extra burden on your heart, which makes you tired. You can 8)_________ the habit of eating junk food and 9)___________ yourself to the basics of healthy eating. Try to eat smaller 10)_________ of food. With each pound of weight you lose, you'll feel a rise in energy. A) reverse B) strip C) strain D) empty E) portions F) fatigue G) rides H) emotionally I) reserve J) stretch K) dump L) complain M) collections N) efficiency O) strides
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may begenerous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be a Chinese.()
2. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.()
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be warmly welcomed at the airport.()
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean willing to spend time.
5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships”.()
A.distributed
B.displayed
C.contracted
D.constituted
1.The kid is 5 years old.()
2.The kid asked God for a smartphone.()
3.Smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily life.()
4.We all need to connect and communicate in virtual world.()
5.The only solution to the head-down syndrome is called “digital break.()
The chemical substance missing from polished rice______
A.was vitamin B
B.did not affect the chickens
C.was named the Eijkman vitamin
D.has never been accurately identified
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be "self care".
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
"We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life," says Dr. Ernest Boye, head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. "School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been. "
His is not popular idea. Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids' lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn't produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to ______.
A.the growing season on the nation's farm
B.the labor demands of the industrial age
C.teachers'demands for more vacation time
D.parents'demands for other experiences for their kids
1.The uncle seldom spent much time in the country cottage because ______.
A.the roof of the cottage was falling
B.the cottage was in a bad condition
C.he was used to living abroad
D.there was no furniture in it
2.The word “crash” (Line 2, Paragraph 3) most probably refers to ______.
A.a cry of terror
B.a sudden ring
C.a sound of storm
D.a sudden noise
3.When they opened the bedroom door, they could see nothing at first because ______.
A.it was completely dark inside
B.dust was blown into their eyes
C.something strange blinded them
D.there was too much dust in the air
4.The narrator felt glad that he had stayed up late because ______.
A.he did not miss the exciting stories
B.he spent more time with his uncle
C.he had a lucky escape
D.he saw a strange sight
5.Which of the following can best describe the narrator’s uncle?()
A.Adventurous and good at storytelling
B.Humorous and good at making jokes
C.Good-tempered and sensible
D.Hospitable and wealthy
完形填空:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择合适的内容将短文补充完整。
Each morning, millions of us turn on our radios and televisions for the weather forecast. Do the cloudy skies mean rain? Will rising temperatures bring a {AB、BB、C} to melt snow and ice? Once we hear the forecast, we decide what clothes to wear and {AB、BB、C} to carry an umbrella or not.
{AB、BB、C},though, weather forecasts are obviously incorrect. Yes, though the accuracy of forecasts has improved in recent years, predicting(预测)the weather is a fascinating mixture of art and science.
Predicting the weather is not all hard science. The computers can only give some descriptions of the behavior. of the atmosphere(大气) Furthermore, even an accurate forecast for a large area may not take {AB、BB、C} the effect of local area on the weather. So some {AB、BB、C} of art is also necessary.
1.
A. climate
B. spell
C. term
2.
A. whether
B. what
C. if
3.
A. In no time
B. For the first time
C. From time to time
4.
A. the place of
B. care of
C. into consideration
5.
A. case
B. degree
C. extent
Once you reach little milestones five minutes of successful patience you’ll begin to see that you do, indeed, have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person.
Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn't life or death but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure. It's really not worth all that. Whether you’re needing to deal with children, your boss, or a difficult person or situation if you don’t want to sweathe small stuff, improving your patience level isa great way to start.
(1)The best title for this selection is ________.
A、The Art of Patience
B、Patience and Perspective
C、Become More Patient
D、The Effective Ways to Patience
(2)Which of the following is not TRUE?
A、Creating actual practice periods is the only effective way to deepen patience.
B、Our intention may strengthen our capacity for patience.
C、Success feeds on patience.
D、We can deepen our patience by practice.
(3)According to the passage, if we want to be patient, ________.
A、we should have 5-minute practice everyday
B、we should reach little milestones—five minutes of successful patience first
C、we could create actual practice periods and practice
D、We should be perspective
(4)With patience, ________.
A、we will see a difficult situation as death
B、we will see a difficulty situation as a minor obstacle
C、we can deal with children, your boss, or a difficult person or situation easily
D、we would never be hurt
(5)Without patience, when we see the same difficult situation, _______.
A、we will cry
B、we regard it as a major emergency
C、we will sweat
D、we will improve our patience level
Imagine a school that expected its students to become literate(有读写能力的) without any formal instruction. Most parents would be alarmed by such an approach, which would leave their children confused and with gaps in their understanding. This however has been the philosophy on character development in many of our schools. Why is the development of character seen as somehow different from the other skills that we teach?
Of course there will always be learning by osmosis(耳濡目染)in any school, but as a teacher and primary school head I have found that a child's moral literacy is strengthened when they acquire the building blocks of good character such as consideration, courage and honor: qualities which are commonly known as virtue(美德).
I personally find that exploring a virtue over a two-week period provides a simple and effective program that allows for the creative input of both teacher and student and a chance for the virtue to embed(使融入)itself. Once a lesson on a virtue such as honesty has been completed we need to allow time for children to practice this concept just as would be the case with fractions or verbs. Allowing children to role play a situation such as making up excuses to cover a mistake can be enormously interesting, and the drama can be frozen allowing the characters to be questioned about their feelings and motives. It's also a safe way for children to experience for themselves how a lie usually goes out of control.
Our role as educators is also to look for opportunities to help our students as they attempt to strengthen their characters. When something goes wrong we guide the young person to the virtue that will prevent it from happening again. For instance, when am student thoughtlessly disturbs the calm atmosphere of the library, instead of a response such as, ""that was really disrespectful and selfish of you!"" we draw out from them the required virtue: ""When you're walking through the library, what virtues do you need to use?""
1. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?{A; B; C}
A. Teaching morals and values has been a frequently discussed topic in the past few years.
B. The author and his staff embed virtues into lessons and school life to encourage character development in children.
C. Kids throughout the population face the same needs, the same challenges, and the same realities in their lives.
2. We can infer from the first paragraph that {A; B; C}.
A. there tends to be disagreement about what character education is
B. most parents are not satisfied with the teaching methods adopted in schools
C. the approach to character education is generally considered different from the approaches to other skills
3. The word ""philosophy"" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to {A; B; C}.
A. study
B. subject
C. viewpoint
4. The author is a {A; B; C}.
A. teacher
B. librarian
C. reporter
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way to build character in children?{A; B; C}
A. Story readings and discussions.
B. Osmosis.
C. Taking every opportunity to teach character.