there eggs in the basket?
Billy's favourite colour was orange. But he couldn't see what orange looked like.
A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren't as1as a normal baby's. "Billy would2be able to see. He is blind," the doctor said. Even so, with the hope to help Billy learn3 about the world around him, his mother kept describing everything she saw for him.
Not just through his mother's words, Billy saw 4his ears and hands, too. He had perfect hearing. "In fact, he5 see many things that normal people don't notice."
6Billy lived in the dark, he always believed a dream would light up his life. He found that he was7 in computer science. So he began learning it at seven years old. As a young boy, he8going to Stanford University some day. And for years of efforts, he finally achieved his dream.
Many people wanted to find out the secret of his9. Billy explained, "Just move forward! Don't let any difficulty10your dream from coming true."
You cannot choose what you are given, but you can choose how you make use of it.
—Don't worry. You can use mine.
Don't the dirty dishes the kitchen.
My mother in the kitchen.
Are you the Spring Festival?
In before Spring Festival, we usually clean our house and bad luck.
In the photo, my parents and I and aunts.
I used to feel hopeless and frustrated. Last year my mother became 1 ill and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no 2 what I could do to help her to reduce her pain. My eyes were filled with tears 3 I was alone.
Last month I 4 a watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 5about the loss.
There have been many bad things like these in my life. I could never know how to deal with such tough things 6 I read "If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade."
"When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, "What 7 can I get from this? How can I improve my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?" "the author wrote.
I suddenly 8 that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay positive all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have done with things 9. When my mother was fighting against her illness, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better 10 hiding and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a school singing competition. I didn't 11 a prize. If I had not read this article, I would certainly have felt 12 again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that 13 I had got some stage experience.
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) 14, but these thorns help us become brave and strong. When life 15 us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Sandy is my cousin. She's five years older me. She's very friendly and confident.
She likes modern dance very much, she began dancing she was six years old. She wants to be a professional dancer. I often watch her performances in my free time.
Sandy is very busy because she is also a university student now. She's a really good photographer and she often takes lots of photos of me and my family. Last year, one her photos was on show in London. The photo also won third prize in a photography competition.
Sandy have much free time, but she's still trying to learn German because she wants to go to Germany next year to take a photography course. I think Sandy is very hard-working and I hope she can make her dream come true one day.
Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman ! At the age of sixty-seven, she 1 to take a trip round the coast(海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine 2 one day, as she was going back to her room on the 3 , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She 4 the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck(甲板) to see 5 she could do to help. The fire spread(蔓延) very quickly and soon 6 was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7 as possible.
Many of the other passengers were 8 , but Shirley remained calm(镇静的). She even helped the other passengers to 9 the lifeboats.
All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger 10 in the fire. Shirley was one of the last people to leave. Later, she told reporters, “ I was very afraid, 11 I always knew what I had to do. I 12 all my years as a teacher helped----all that time telling people what to do ! “
1. A. stopped B. used C. had D. decided
2.A. since B. after C. until D. before
3.A. way B. ship C. land D. road
4.A. phoned B. told C. asked D. ordered
5.A. if B. how C. what D. where
6.A. she B. he C. that D. it
7.A. quickly B. much C. well D. usually
8.A. sleepy B. terrified C. tired D. lazy
9.A. get into B. get back to C. get off D. get up to
10.A. lost B. killed C. hurt D. died
11.A. and B. but C. so D. or
12.A. need B. like C. think D. hate
阅读以下内容。左栏是五个人的旅游兴趣和设想,右栏是五则旅游广告。请将这五个人与他们感兴趣的广告配对。
1. Jenny likes history and she wants to know something about the clothes that ancient people wore and watch an old dance. 2. David is interested in animals, especially African animals. He wants to see some lions living in the wild with his friends this vacation. 3. John has read a lot about sharks but he hasn’t seen them himself. He hope his dream of seeing sharks can come true. 4. Jack is interested in science and he hopes very much to know what our life will be like in the future. 5.Jerry is studying geography at a college and she wants to visit some great wonders of the natural world. | A.The Underwater World Here you will find different kinds of fish and even some kinds of sharks. You will feel that you are in the water, but of course this isn B.The Ancient village In the village, you will find people live a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wear ancient clothes and are selling the old things and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses. C.The Future Town This exhibition shows how progress will touch our life in the future. It allows us to look into the future and explore (探索) the cities of the next century and the ways we will live then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator for the journey to Mars! D.The Safari Park In the park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to watch the monkeys. And then there are still the bird houses to see. E.The grand Canyon (大峡谷) It lies in the United States. It is the greatest wonder of the natural world and attracts a lot of tourists all over the world. |
I love my Blackberry mobile phone – it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. However, I know there are times when I need to move away from these things and truly communicate with others.
I teach a course called History Matters in college. My goals for the class include a deep discussion of historical subjects and ideas. Because I want students to fully study the material and discuss with each other in the classroom, I have a rule – no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule, some of them were not happy.
Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. I’ve seldom had students make wrong use of technology in my classes; however, I have been e-mailed by students while they were in other teachers’ classrooms.
Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. As I noted above, I love technology and try to keep up with it.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中断) by technology often break students’ thoughts and make them depend too much on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep in themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
I have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (评价) show student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize with deep conversation and difficult tasks, they learn at a deeper level – a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I am not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I will continue my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
56. The writer’s rule for his History Matters class is ____.
A. discussing historical ideas deeply
B. studying and discussing the materials
C. leaving technology out of the classroom
D. making right use of technology in class
57. The word “negative” in Paragraph 3 means ____.
A. similar B. unforgettable C. special D. unpleasant
58. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Students make right use of technology in other teachers’ classes.
B. The classroom is one of the good places to have deep conversations.
C. The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion.
D. Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history.
59. The writer wants to tell us that ____.
A. technology has different influences in different classes in college
B. technology makes it difficult to have true communication in class
C. history classes can help students to develop their deep thinking
D. it is time for him to give up his teaching method in history class
--Which do you , trousers or a skirt?
--I wear trousers. I don’t like skirts
A. would rather, prefer B. prefer, would rather
C. would rather; would rather D. prefer; prefer
The boy is often made pictures for hours by his mother.
A. to draw B. to drawing C. draw D. drew
Listening! The phone . Please go to see it.
A rings B is ringing C ring D ringing