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    Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman received most of his education outside of the classroom. At the age of eleven, he worked in a law office as an office boy where he became interested in reading. He was soon reading the works of famous authors like William Shakespeare and Homer, and was well on his way to becoming one of America's most well-known poets.

    By the time Whitman was seventeen years old, he had already worked as a printer's learner, a worker, and a learning games to help his students with spelling and maths. In his early twenties, however, he gave up teaching to pursue(追求)a full-time career as a journalist and poet.

    When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet, his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy. His first collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was so unusual that no commercial publisher would print the work. In 1855 Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of his collection of twelve poems.

    Whitman's poetic style was uncommon in the sense that he wrote poems in a form called parallelism(对句法), in which his goal was to copy the flow of the sea and the quickly-passing nature of human emotion. A common theme in Whitman's poetry is self-realization. In his works, Whitman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique rhythm and a multi-layered, but truly American voice.

    "Although Whitman was considered a revolutionary by many, there is little doubt he loved his country deeply." In his writing, he used slang(俚语)and various images, or voices, to create a sense of national unity.

    For Whitman, the "proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it." Whitman has undoubtedly become a part of the cultural history and image of America.

How much will the woman spend if she buys the dress?

-Is this the first time you ________ to Kunming?

-Yes, how excited I am!

— Susan, do you know the meaning of "Brexit"?

— Yes. It refers to Britain exiting from the EU, namely, the s from EU.

听材料，回答问题。

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    A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops(笔记本电脑).

    Students are increasingly using laptops for note­taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度). But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.

    Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes "mindlessly" by taking down word for word what the professors said.

    In the first experiment, students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note­taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk，they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.

    The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However, the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.

    The researchers' report said "While more notes are beneficial, if the notes are taken mindlessly, as is more likely the case on a laptop, the benefit disappears."

    In another experiment aimed at testing long­term memory, students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.

    These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.

Indeed, (combine) forces with China in Afghanistan might even improve the relationship between Washington and Beijing.

他已经有烟瘾了，但是他就是不想戒掉。(addicted; quit)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Welcome to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival 2022.

Traditionally, the festival opens around Dec 24-25 and lasts to the end of February. But its official opening ceremony is usually held on January 5 each year. And this year the Festival will be closed at the end of February, that is at 10:30 pm on Feb 27. Here I'll recommend a three-day trip to you.

● Day 1 Activities: Airport to hotel transfer, Central Street

Driver Service (one-way airport to hotel): Fly into Harbin Taiping International Airport. Be greeted by our Chinese-speaking driver who will take your luggage to your hotel. Then enjoy a relaxing and wonderful walk on the historical Central Street.

● Day 2 Activities: Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Expo, Harbin Ice and Snow World

Driver & Guide Service: At 9:00 am, we will drive you to the Sun Island, where the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is held every winter. You can see different wonderful snow sculptures and choose to pay and enjoy some activities, like playing snow tubing, going dog sledding etc. Then visit the most important theme park of the ice festival——Ice and Snow World, which features interesting winter activities, evening shows and ice sculptures.

● Day 3 Activities: Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, airport transfer

Driver & Guide Service: At 9:00 am, we will pay a visit to Heilongjiang Provincial Museum. The afternoon is your time to know about the city. At 8:00 pm, let's head to the airport for the flight to your next destination.

Despite the uncetainty caused by COVID-19, Chinese athletes are training hard for upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

When she was told her son's illness could be cured, she left the doctor's office in r.

Do you believe that television may a children's behaviour?

Body language varies from country to country, culture to culture. An innocent gesture in one country may be o in another.

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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

    Last Saturday I went to the Great Wall with some of my friends.In our way up,we saw many volunteers working in the sun.They helped the elders with their bags,took photo for some tourists and answered people's questions.Because they were very tired,they didn't stop to have a rest.Just at the moment,we saw a little boy standing alone,cried.We went over and asked what is the matter.From his answer we knew he couldn't find her mother.We told him not to worry and then we tried to get in the touch with his mother with the phone number he had given us. Twenty minutes late,his mother turned up,and thanked us again and again.That day we enjoyed the beauty of the Great Wall,and felt the warm of the society.If everyone can reach out helping to others,the world will be more harmonious.

Parents are beginning to understand important education is to their children's future.