阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。
People often have trouble （get）used to a new culture. They are usually curious they first arrive in a foreign country. However, if they stay for long time, they may start to feel different (stage) of culture shock. They can feel lonely or sad because they can't deal with the local people. How (quick) people get used to culture differences may depend the way they learn. That's a problem if they can't speak the language. On other hand, some can study the situation and make good guesses about the culture. When they finally begin (understand) some of the language and make some new friends, they will gradually enjoy and feel (comfort).
现在，请你用英语回一封信，按以下各点答复。
1）建议骑自行车上学；
2）自行车是学生常用交通工具；
3）骑自行车的一些好处；
4）骑自行车需注意的问题。
注意：
1）词数100左右，信的开头和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）
2）可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Andrew,
Very happy to hear from you and you're welcome to study in our school for the next two months.
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Hopefully, what I've mentioned above could be helpful and wish you a fun time in our school.
Yours,
Li Hua
Kyle Schwartz, a new teacher at Doull Elementary School in Denver, teaches a third-grade class. Most of her students come from underprivileged homes, as 92 per cent are entitled (给予权利) to free or reduced school lunches, she said.
"As a new teacher, I tried to understand my students' real lives and how to best support them. I just felt like there was something I didn't know about my students," she said. To solve this problem, she asked her students to complete the sentence: "I wish my teacher knew."
While some children used the notes to jokingly complain(抱怨) about homework or to ask for more playtime, Ms Schwartz said some of the answers were "heartbreaking", as children showed their hard lives. One student told Ms Schwartz that he did not have any pencils at home, while another said that they hadn't seen their father for six years. And another student wrote, "I wish my teacher knew sometimes my homework is not signed (签字) because my mom is not around a lot. "
She posted them to Twitter in March with the hashtag "I Wish My Teacher Knew". Teachers on Twitter soon noticed how successful Ms Schwartz's trick(策略) was for reaching out to students, and began sharing similar notes they received alongside "I Wish My Teacher Knew."
Ms Schwartz said that since she encouraged her students to share their secrets, students have been supporting each other more, and she hopes the method will connect students and their families with the proper resources (资源) they need to live comfortably. She added that the results have been surprising, and the student that said she didn't have anyone to play with has since been invited by classmates to join them on the school playground.
Most people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day called Buy Nothing Day.
Buy Nothing Day is on November 29. It's 25 days before Christmas. It's after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas shopping.
The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver, British Columbia. In California, parents and children get together to read stories, sing songs, and paint pictures. The children talk about why they don't need a lot of toys. This year, in Manchester, England, people dressed up in costumes to tell people that we buy too much.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, high school students wanted to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day. They organized a spaghetti dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day. They made posters and talked to other students about it. The dinner was a big success, and many students agreed not to buy anything on November 29. The students at high schools liked the idea of this new tradition.
A. They don't want anyone to go shopping on that day.
B. Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day.
C. Many people think highly of the idea of Buy Nothing Day.
D. They asked restaurants in the neighborhood to donate the food.
E. Buy Nothing Day has successfully persuaded people not to buy anything.
F. At this time, we see ads in newspapers and on TV telling us to "Buy! Buy! Buy!"
G. Next year, they want to have another dinner to tell more people about Buy Nothing Day.
The scientist has on crop circles all his life, but he has not the mystery yet.
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
The first time I went to Beijing Zoo was several year ago with my father. I clearly remembered that it was a Sunday in October. We joined a tour group and set off early than usual. I enjoyed the beautiful scenes along the way because I was exciting. It took us about three hours to arrive here. On arriving, I jumped off the bus and went straight see pandas. They were very lovely that I kept taking photos. Then I had paid a visit to the aquarium, where there have thousands of fishes and other sea creatures. The experience left a impression on me.
A．Take actions B．Accept Yourself C．Maintain a Diary D．Reflect on the Past E．Focus on Yourself F．Give Yourself a break |
How to Find Yourself
Do you often feel lost？Do you think you are living somebody else's life? If yes, discover ways to find yourself by going through the following article.
If you are thinking, “how to find yourself when you are lost?”, then the first thing to do is to have a rest from everything—work, personal life and all worldly things. Give time to yourself to think why you seem lost. Is it because of over work? Is it because you are not leading a life that you want to? Or is it because you are not satisfied with the people or things around you? Try to find answers to these questions to determine the cause behind your restlessness.
For once, instead of being the way others want you to be, be yourself. Look within and find yourself in you. Think about the things that you would want to do if you didn't have any family obligations or any money issues. Think about the kind of relationship you would want to be in, the place that you would like to stay in, the kind of lifestyle you would like to lead, if you didn't have the society or people around you, judging all the time. If you really want to know how to find inner peace, then think, what you would want others to describe you as—an honest person? Or adventurous? Or loving, or realistic? Once you look within, you will know the answer and then try to be exactly that.
Thinking deeply about the past, the time or situations when you were the happiest, is another way to find yourself .Think what you were doing or with whom you were, when you were the happiest. This will help you to identify things that you want to do in life that make you happy and also certain people whose company you enjoy.
Knowing yourself and determining what you to do with your life will not come to you in a day or two. Discovering oneself is an ongoing process and it can take months or sometimes even years to truly find yourself. So, it's important that you maintain a written record of all your feelings and thoughts, which you can go through at a later stage. Pour all your emotions and feelings about life in it and who knows may be one day going through it, you will find yourself.
Once you have discovered what you want to do with your life, make a move for change and self improvement. Even if it means taking up small things such as dancing or painting, go ahead and do it. If you want a career change, plan and take steps so that it can take place smoothly. If you are stuck in a bad relationship and find yourself unable to mend it, break away. At the beginning, you may find yourself slightly unbalanced, but with time everything will be fine.
It is very important for you to truly find yourself, before it is too late. If you do not find yourself now, you will spend your life with somebody you do not even know, i.e. yourself.
We were on the way from Hutchinson to Chicago for a short spring break. For many years I had wanted to take my family on the train. We all had been to Chicago four years ago, and the kids loved it. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, too, so the thought struck me again last fall to ride the train to Chicago. Of course, flying would have been faster. But I don't think flying is easier, especially these days, with all the security and waiting in lines at airports.
Though we were tired in the middle of the night, the kids got on the train with the exhilaration of this adventure. “We're moving,” my son William shouted happily with big eyes as the train began to pull away from the Hutchinson station.
I removed my shoes and lay down to try to finish my night's sleep. The sleeper car would have better enabled that, but the ordinary train seats were not too bad. An airline flight is a more miserable experience for me: not enough room, two hours of pain with my knees almost touching my chin, the hard seatback in front cracking my kneecaps (膝盖) with every move of the body planted in front of me. On the train I could almost outstretch all of my 6-foot-2-plus body in the generous legroom.
The journey didn't feel at all as long as it was. We all found the train ride a joy. The car ride would have felt every minute of 13 hours. But on the train you are free to walk around, sit in the observation carriage for a while and enjoy the scenery out the windows, have a nice meal in the dining car, read a book, or play a board game.
In short, the train is all about enjoying the trip, which isn't something I do so much when traveling by airline or by car, when the trip seems more of a mission (任务) to get there than an experience to enjoy along the way.
Chicago offers much to do for a family. This time, getting there was half the fun.
