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1、In a speech delivered on Sept 10 last year, President Xi reaffirmed the great importance of education and ________ more respect for teachers and stronger efforts to enhance education.
A.called in B.called at C.called for D.called on
2、Housing prices ________ since the end of the last year. Therefore, it’s time the central government ________ some effective measures to bring them under control.
A. have increased; would take
B. have increased; will take
C. have been increasing; take
D. have been increasing; took
3、________ why he went there, he said he was sent to be trained for a space flight.
A．Being asked
B．Asked
C．Having asked
D．Asking
4、As _______ monitor of our class，Jason has _______ great responsibility to get the class to work together as a team..
A.a； the B.不填； a C.a； 不填 D.a； a
5、Anyone ______ boarding with knives would be stopped by security inspectors.
A. being found B. found
C. finding D. to find
6、 In this new city, we everyone will meet the when we don’t know what to do.
A. occasion B. statement
C. place D. information
7、The country's bad security situation doesn't seem to be ______ tourists who still flood in.
A.putting away B.putting on C.putting down D.putting off
8、Legends it that the lake was formed by the tear of a goddess.
A.makes B.has C.puts D.goes
9、It might have_______ your notice but I am very busy at the moment.
A. quit B. neglected
C. escaped D. denied
10、—It's so cold here! Why haven't you turned on your air-conditioner?
—Well, it ______ turn on.
A.shouldn't B.can't C.won't D.shan't
11、The developed nations have to ______ the growing gap between the rich and poor around the world and do something to narrow it.
A．recognize
B．unfold
C．respect
D．maintain
12、What’s strange is that through the middle of the building ______.
A. lies a light railway B. does lie a light railway
C. a light railway lies D. does a light railway lie
13、---- Mary, correct the mistakes in your homework, will you?
---- _____.
A. I don’t know B. If any
C. Thank you D. Go ahead
14、The ground is slippery. Hold onto the rope and don’t ______.
A.put off B.turn up C.let go D.take apart
15、Since the concept introduced in this session is complex and abstract, students are given some time to _____ it.
A.consult B.explain C.digest D.accept
16、“___________, we believe the overall policy stand is to support a two-way opening of the Chinese capital market and it will continue this year.” he added.
A. As some bottlenecks are difficult to be broken B. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to be broken
C. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to break D. As some bottlenecks are difficult to break
17、To survive in the world, we have to act _______ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.
A. in honor of B. in concert with
C. in light of D. in contact with
18、Jim who is now our English teacher once ________ as a manager in an international
cooperation for 5 years.
A. worked B. had worked
C. was working D. has worked
19、Would you mind not picking the flowers in the garden? They are ___ everyone’s enjoyment.
A. in B. to C. for D. At
20、The couple was initially looking forward to having an overseas wedding but had to drop the idea after facing______ from parents.
A.recognition B.toleration C.opposition D.composition
21、Community partners need you!
●Swissvale Farmers Market
We’re looking for students to help us set up and take down our tent and spend the morning under the tent with us. Activities include some heavy lifting (optional), engaging with community members, picking up litter, handling small sales and lots of breaks!
Time: September 10, 8:30 am—1:15pm
●Food Pantry Distribution
The CHS Food Pantry needs volunteers to assist during preparation and distribution each week. This involves sorting food, stocking shelves, preparing the outdoor market and assisting families. Customer service skills are important as volunteers may be assisting families directly. Understanding different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds is helpful.
Time: September 1—December 22, Wednesdays Thursdays: 1:30pm—6:00pm
●Garbage Olympics
Join us for the Garbage Olympics! A Pittsburgh wide competition between neighborhoods to see who can get the most litter and garbage off our beloved city streets!
This year, we are competing against each other as well as the entire city! Teams A. B and C will race to see who can get the most garbage collected!
We’ll have all the supplies ready, and will explain the rules to everyone before the event starts.
Time: September 17, 8:00 am—11:00 am.
●Tutoring assistant
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is actively seeking tutoring assistants for the 2023-2024 school year. As a tutoring assistant, you will offer a positive attitude and coaching to help children to stay on track during the in-person tutoring session. Additionally, you will help provide academic assistance in the form of reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation and math to school-aged children. Volunteers should be able to commit to eight weeks in the fall and may sign on for an additional eight weeks in the spring.
Time: September 28—November 16, Wednesday from 4:30 pm—6:30 pm
【1】You need to be ________ if you decide to engage in community events listed above.
A．knowledgeable
B．helpful
C．professional
D．well-built
【2】As an environmentalist, which one are you most likely to choose?
A．Tutoring assistant
B．Garbage Olympics
C．Swissvale Farmers Market
D．Food Pantry Distribution
【3】What do tutoring assistants need to do?
A．Help children with their studies.
B．Work on weekends for 16 weeks.
C．Join children in physical exercise.
D．Seek academic help for children.
22、I believe you can do your best. Not being the best but toughing the limits of what you’re capable of. I gained this belief from my third grade teacher, the most special, honored, trustworthy, and loved person in my life.
Mr. Myrus was always perfectly dressed and spoke with the belief that talking to eight-year-olds didn’t mean he had to sacrifice proper statements or grammars. And he was demanding but he wasn’t unreasonable or cruel. He simply felt that no matter what your best was, you should achieve it.
As luck would have it, I met him again as my eighth grade math teacher. I was not, nor ever will be, gifted in math. I remember my struggles in class. “I don’t know the answer,” I would say, “I can’t do it!” “Perhaps you don’t know the answer,” he would say quietly. “Do you think we might figure it out together? How do you know what you can do until you try?”
Mr. Myrus lived around the corner, and I would often stop by to talk while he worked in his garden. I knew there was someone who let me know that if I had really tried, that was enough.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself,” he’d say. “Stop blaming yourself. Did you try your best? Well, then you’re not a failure,” he often told me these words.
Mr. Myrus died in 1978. I had never thought about his death. He was too young. I felt sorry. But when I think about him now, I don’t feel so sorry. He taught me to be kind, not only to others, but to myself. He taught me my own value. He taught me about honor, about truth, and about doing my best—and that all feelings and beliefs have dignity and deserve respect. And of all the things I know, this I believe: We can’t all be “the best”, but we can, each of us, be our best, and I know that’s true because Mr. Myrus told me that.
【1】What can we know about Mr. Myrus according to the passage?
A. He usually treats his students in a hard way.
B. He is responsible for his teaching and students.
C. He is a person who isn’t particular about what he wears.
D. He sometimes is cruel and unreasonable to his students.
【2】The author thought he was a lucky dog because ________.
A. he had got a great belief from his teacher
B. Mr. Myrus had taught him for eight years
C. Mr. Myrus became his teacher a second time
D. he developed a good relationship with Mr. Myrus
【3】It can be concluded from the third paragraph that ________.
A. the author preferred other subjects to math
B. Mr. Myrus thought it was very easy to learn math
C. the author was ashamed to admit his math was poor
D. Mr. Myrus helped the author build up his confidence
【4】What can we learn by reading the passage?
A. The author hoped to live a positive life.
B. The author may have become a teacher.
C. The author liked to recall his childhood.
D. The author ended up being a man of self-confidence.
23、 In today’s world of email and IM, my 9-year-old son doesn’t even know what it costs to mail a letter, let alone the rich history of stamps and the joys of stamp collecting.
All that is about to change.
We arrive at the Spellman Museum of Stamps Postal History, located on the campus of Regis College. The museum’s mission (使命) is “to be a center of learning and activity that enables those of all ages to appreciate diverse cultures and peoples by exploring the ways they communicate through the world’s postal systems”. Central to the museum’s philosophy is that real objects, direct experience, and enjoyment are gateways to understanding and learning.
There are many ways they deliver on this mission. Children can engage in numerous hands-on activities, including museum-wide Stamp Scavenger Hunts, an interactive “Stamp or No Stamp?” quiz game and special activities on Family and Homeschoolers Days.
“We see kids come in the door with no knowledge of stamps, and walk out with a whole new view of their world and an excitement about stamp collecting,” says Henry Lukas, the museums director of educational programs.
“Some kids sit here for hours and search through,” says Lukas. “Butterflies, pets, Olympics... if they are interested in a certain topic, we can pull out a box and they can start hunting.” My own son is excitedly hand-picking stamps with animals from other countries, eagerly starting his own themed stamp collection.
But there’s more to stamps than simply collecting them. “You can learn a lot from a corner of an envelope,” Lukas says. “They are an invention; someone had to think up an idea. They come in all different shapes. Some are made of material other than paper, like wood. There’s a Brazilian stamp that smells like coffee.”
We leave the museum with lots of bits of paper, and a boy who continues his fascination with his stamps once home, glued with fascination to his tiny treasures.
【1】Why is the author’s son taken to the museum?
A. He knows little about stamps.
B. He is interested in stamps.
C. He wants stamps with animals.
D. He needs to learn to mail letters.
【2】What is the purpose of the activities organized by the museum?
A. To increase kids’ understanding of the museum.
B. To increase kids knowledge of postal history.
C. To help kids communicate with different people.
D. To help kids learn about the world through stamps.
【3】How do kids get stamps in the museum?
A. By sitting for hours.
B. By finding a box full of stamps.
C. By looking for them themselves.
D. By learning how to collect them.
【4】What does the author think of the Brazilian stamp?
A. Educational. B. Creative.
C. Convenient. D. Strange.
24、Love to sink into your chairs and relax when you get to school? Then you will not be happy to hear that schools all over the world are seriously considering exchanging traditional desks for ones with no seats at all — Yes, that means you will be encouraged to stand through those already too long math and science lessons! Why would anyone even think of putting kids to such cruelty? Experts say it improves their health and helps fight obesity. While that may seem a little far-fetched (牵强的) the officials at the few schools around the world seem to agree.
Among them are educators from the College Station Independent School District in Texas, who recently completed a week-long experiment involving 480 students across three elementary schools. The 374 kids that agreed to participate in the study were provided a device that helped record step count and calorie consumption over the entire period.
All 25 teachers involved in the study reported that students appeared to be more alert and concentrate better, when allowed to stand. The one thing that did surprise the researchers was that younger kids were more willing to stay standing than kids in higher grades. They believe this may have something to do with the fact that after years of being asked to “sit still”, older kids have a harder time adjusting to this unexpected freedom.
American schools are not the only ones reporting success with stand-up desks. Four Catholic schools in Perth, Australia, which have been testing them since October 2013, have seen similar results. In May 2014, Grove House Primary School in Bradford, West Yorkshire, became Europe’s first test one, with a seven-week trial that involved the use of desks made by Ergotron in their fifth-grade classrooms. While official results are not out yet, early reactions from both teachers and students, have been extremely encouraging.
The findings of these studies and others done previously, all seem to mean that allowing kids to move around in classrooms is a win-win for students and teachers — it helps kids get healthier and provides educators with a more engaged audience.
【1】The students may be unhappy because _____.
A. they have to exchange desks with each other
B. the officials show no sympathy to them at all
C. there are no seats for them to sit in class
D. they have to exchange traditional desks for ones with no seats
【2】Older students may not like stand-up desks because _____.
A. they are cleverer than younger students
B. they are easily tired of standing long
C. they have formed the habit of sitting
D. they do badly in class while standing
【3】What is most likely to be the result of the seven-week trial?
A. The standing desks can’t be used at all.
B. It is good for students to use stand-up desks.
C. More tests should be done in other schools.
D. The students are different in personality.
【4】Why do the teachers like the standing desks?
A. Because the educators can draw the students’ attention.
B. Because the teachers can keep the students healthy.
C. Because the students can have a walk in the classroom.
D. Because the standing desks can keep the students concentrated.
25、Paying Attention: The Attention Economy
Economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated; whether that is housing, food, or money. However, in an era of endless amounts of information at our fingertips, what is the________? Unlike the first three examples that can be empirically________and measured, our intangible yet extremely valuable attention is the limiting factor: we are in the age of the attention economy.
According the American Psychological Association, attention comes in many forms: love, recognition, obedience, and help. Although________unquantifiable, many derive attention's value from how much time we focus on a particular thing. We face attention’s scarcity every day; while “paying attention” to one thing we ignore others.
The term “attention economy” was coined by Herbert A. Simon, who noted that “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention”, suggesting that multitasking is a________. Later, Micheal Goldhaber warned that the international economy is________from a material-based economy to an attention-based economy: fewer people are involved with manufacturing and emerging careers work with information. Although the “information economy” is a common name for this new state. Goldhaber________this. “Information is not scarce, but attention is”.
Like money, we all have a thirst for attention to a certain degree. Money is needed for food, water, and shelter. Similarly. attention can be translated to something tangible and necessary fo________. As babies, we cry. laugh, make noises, and want the attention on us—otherwise we are not fed. clothed, or alive. However, money and attention are distinct; money follows attention, whereas the reverse is not necessarily I me, As our economy becomes more reliant on attention, the________of exchange flows from the holders of the old to the holders of the new.
When we go on the internet, we typically have a goal in mind. Once we obtain what we want, we leave the site. However, social media strategically get our attention________. Once we see a user we like, we “________” them on YouTube, “become friend” with them on Facebook, or “follow” them on Instagram. Thereafter, anything they post will appear on our feeds. We can scroll________on social media, and upon finishing a video we will always have a new one to auto-play. However, when we keep attention glued to our phones, we forgo other opportunities.
It is difficult to determine the impact attention-grabbing sites can have on the economy and society as a whole. It is necessary to not only consider the direct effects of exposure to social media, out the crowding out of other activities, known as the________effect.
Many firths fully understand the scarcity of our attention, and are adapting their business models to exploit it. ________, some technology companies use a psychologic theory that rewards increase one's anticipation. As anticipation increases, such reward-seeking actions that technology companies have capitalized on to capture attention turn to ________. Feeling uncertain, we Google; feeling lonely, we go to Facebook. Nothing tells us to do these things. The users trigger themselves,
When looking at social media's societal impact, the experts suggest that it is monumental. As one puts it, behaviour design can seem________, because it’s mostly just clicking on screens. But what happens when you magnify that into an entire global economy? Then it becomes about power.
【1】
A．budget
B．capital
C．scarcity
D．treasure
【2】
A．quantified
B．experimented
C．proven
D．treated
【3】
A．literally
B．theoretically
C．intensely
D．universally
【4】
A．myth
B．rumor
C．cure
D．target
【5】
A．expanded
B．varying
C．spared
D．swinging
【6】
A．advocates
B．dismisses
C．justifies
D．assumes
【7】
A．recognition
B．contact
C．survival
D．assurance
【8】
A．medium
B．value
C．reserve
D．concern
【9】
A．ensured
B．withdrawn
C．escaped
D．hooked
【10】
A．try out
B．put up
C．subscribe to
D．keep to
【11】
A．deliberately
B．virtually
C．sustainably
D．endlessly
【12】
A．substitution
B．dependence
C．maximum
D．hunger
【13】
A．In feet
B．For instance
C．On the whole
D．In addition
【14】
A．profit
B．success
C．procedure
D．instinct
【15】
A．ready-made
B．lightweight
C．self-catering
D．risk-taking
26、假设你是李华，在一个礼品网站为你的姐姐订购了一份生日礼物。礼物是一个标有姓名、生日及祝福语的有卡通动物形象的粉色杯子。收到礼物后你和姐姐都很满意。请给你的英国笔友Tom发一封邮件.
内容：
1.描述网购的礼物；
2.介绍网上支付及配送情况；
3.谈谈你对网上购物的看法。
注意：
1．词数不少于120个；
2.不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
Dear Tom,
I ordered a birthday gift for my sister on the internet three days ago.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
I’m looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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