When more and more very best students have chosen universities in Hong Kong; even the students of Beijing decide on HK University while 1. up the nearby Beijing or Qinghua University; when the enrollment rate (录取率) of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it’s time to ask where the real education heaven (天堂) for students in China is.
Years ago, the answer certainly would be "Beijing or Qinghua University". But now no one could give the answer 2. thinking twice. It’s sure that mainland students show great 3. in HK universities. This is called HK craze (狂热). Even the HK universities 4. surprised by this craze. They never expect that they can come before Beijing and Qinghua University.
How can HK universities interest so many mainland students? First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship (奖学金), especially for the top students. Since some families find it a little 5. to afford higher education, it’s easy to understand why HK universities are their first choices. Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual (双语) education. Both Chinese and English are 6. in class. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students. Furthermore, university students in Hong Kong have more 7. to study abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like Beijing or Qinghua University be calm as before 8. facing the unexpected competition from HK? Will they do anything to win back the top students who once helped them be worldwide famous?
Actually, the strong competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for the improvement of China’s education. There is no doubt that the universities in mainland can do 9. in university education after awakening (觉醒) and taking actions.
根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。
1.Tim has much time to read his favorite books. (改为否定句)
Tim ________ ________ much time to read his favorite books.
2.Mary went to America with her mother last week. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________Mary go with her mother last week?
3.Andy returned to his country after he finished university aboard.(同义句转换)
Andy _______ ________ to his country after he finished university aboard.
4.如果人们遇上麻烦，我们应该帮助他们。(完成译句)
If people are ________ ________, we should help them.
5.只有到那时他才会发现与他人处好关系很重要。
Only then _______ he _______ it important to get along well with others.
Do you know what family instructions (家训) are? They are common beliefs (信仰) that family members follow. In ancient China, people passed down their family instructions from generation (一代) to generation.
Some schools in Zhejiang are encouraging students to learn more about their own family instructions. It is a part of students’ winter vacation homework to learn about their family instructions.
Meng Yao, 16, from Hangzhou Xuejun High School, looked at her family instructions. One of them is “don’t take the wrong way”, a piece of advice that has been passed down for 100 years. Her father told her how her grandfather stuck to his “right way”—to become an engineer. “It inspired (激励) me to go after what I love”, she said.
Shen Duanjie, 14, from Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School, has also benefited (受益) from his family instruction—“democratic and equal (民主、平等). It helps him get along with his parents.
The school has also published books family instructions—The Family Instructions of Zhu Xi and Family Instructions of Yan Clan. The books include short conversations and pictures drawn by students.
Gong Zhenyue, 14, drew pictures for one of the book. She was impressed (感动) by one instruction. It says that parents should not only love their children, but also educate them. “It made me understand why my parents are strict with me,” she said. She made it her own family instruction.
1.What are family instructions?
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2.Did all the students in Zhejiang have to learn about their family instructions?
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3.What do the students think of the family instructions? __________________________________________________________
4.Please make your own family instruction and explain your reason.
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A: Hi, Bill. I notice you are reading the novel again. 1.
B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can learn something new.
A: Really? Who wrote it?
B: Richard Adams. 2.I like writers who have special opinions.
A: Me, too. Could you please tell me more?
B: OK. Richard wrote a book for his daughters in the early time. 3.
A: Sounds interesting. Where did you buy this book?
B: 4.
A: Is it far from here?
B: No. 5. Just next to the People’s Cinema.
A: Oh, I see. Thank you!
A：Only 10minutes'walk from here．
B：What a wonderful novel!
C：In the Rose Bookshop．
D：He's great English writer．
E：How many times have you read it？
F：What are you doing here？
G：In 1974，the book came out and it became very popular．
Money is what people use to buy things they need or want. A long time ago, people didn’t use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story about this.
At first, they would exchange something they had for what they needed. For example, if the shoemaker needed some bread, he would give the baker shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called “bartering” (以货易货). Bartering worked fine for a while. But after the baker had too many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution to this problem was money.
There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle (牛), salt, grain and shells (贝壳). But it was not easy to move them to far-away places or store them. So coins began to take the place of things.
Coins had a fixed value and could be stored. It became possible for people to trade in a standardized (标准的) way. Different coins are worth different amounts. Metal money was used in China as early as 1000 BC.
About three hundred years ago, paper money came into wider use. Paper money is cheaper to make than coins. It is also easier to carry around. Now people use paper money and coins in most countries.
Cash (现金) has been the most popular form of money. But these days, it seems that things have changed. Cashless payment has come into our lives and changed our world. China was the first country in the world to use paper money. Now, centuries later, it may become the first cashless society soon. Cashless payment apps such as Alipay and WeChat Pay are becoming more common in China. The buyer just scans (扫描) the QR code (二维码) of the seller, or the other way around. No real money is needed at all. Is tomorrow already there?
1.The underlined word “It” in Para 5 refers to _____________.
A. Bartering B. coins C. paper money D. cashless payment
2.We can see the passage in ____________.
A. a story book B. an ad. of a health center
C. Chinese government work report D. a social magazine
3.The best title of the passage should be ______________
A. The First Country Use Paper Money. B. Where is Our Money
C. The Progress of Money D. Cashless Payment Come True
4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?
(=Para. 1; =Para. 2; =Para. 3; =Para. 4; =Para. 5; ⑥= Para. 6)
A. ; ; B. ; ;
C. ; ; D. ; ;
April Fools’ Day is on April 1. It’s the custom in many countries to play a trick or a joke on someone on this day. If the person is fooled, then he is called an “April Fool”. In fact it’s only half a day, because April Fools’ Day finishes at midday. No more jokes after lunchtime, please!
Here are some April Fools’ tricks from around the world.
A zoo in Japan said they had a huge penguin that was 165 cm tall and weighed 80 kg! In fact it was a man dressed in a penguin suit.
In 1976 a very famous British astronomer (天文学家) told radio listeners that at 9:47 am the Earth was going to experience a feeling of less gravity (重力). He said Jupiter (木星) and Pluto (冥王星) would cross and if listeners jumped in the air at that time, they would feel the sense of having no gravity! Hundreds of listeners phoned the radio to say they had jumped and floated (浮) in the air!
In the 1990s a fast-food restaurant put an advertisement in a US magazine, offering new “Left-handed hamburgers” for the 32 million left-handed Americans! Thousands of customers ordered the new burger in the restaurant!
A British newspaper announced that Portugal had “sold” the soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain for €160 million. Why? To try to clear its national debt (债务). It was a joke of course.
When I was at school, April Fools’ Day was always good fun. We played tricks on each other and sometimes on the teacher. In fact, one year one of the boys put a bucket of water on top of the door and when the chemistry teacher came in, he got very wet! It was funny, but the boy got in big trouble!
1.On April Fools’ Day, people usually play jokes ____________.
A. in the morning B. at lunchtime C. in the afternoon D. at midnight
2.There are ___________ April Fools’ tricks in the passage.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
3.The listeners phoned the radio to say they floated in the air because __________.
A. there was no gravity B. they believed the famous British astronomer
C. they just played trick for fun D. Jupiter and Pluto went across the county
4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People always have fun calling others “April Fools”.
B. Ronaldo was sold to clear the national debt.
C. The huge penguin in Japan was 165 cm tall and weighed 80 kg.
D. The boy’s teacher got angry with the boy about his trick.
