4月23日是世界读书日(The World Book and Copyright Day)，你将代表学校参加全市举办的英文演讲比赛，请就以下要点写一篇演讲稿。
1. 每年4月23日，全世界人们举办各种活动使更多的人认识到读书的重要性。
2. 我最爱读中国的四大名著，这些故事给了我很多信心。
3. 过去我不喜欢读书，我把大部分时间花在上网玩游戏上。
4. 现在，我已经读了很多书。书能….….(自拟两点)
5. 我希望能和朋友们分享读书的乐趣。
要求：1. 词数不少于100，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。 3. 文中包括所有要点，并适当发挥，语句连贯。
Hello, everyone! Today is the World Book and Copyright Day. It was started in 1995.
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根据所给的汉语完成下列句子
1.我们应该阻止那家工厂把垃圾倒进河里。
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2.因为这场大雨，一辆汽车撞上了一棵路边的树。
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3.你介意向我展示如何在线续借书吗？
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4.扬州自18世纪起就因其美食而世界闻名。
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5.孩子们看到迪士尼角色时忍不住尖叫。
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The first place I can remember well was a pleasant field with a pond of clear water in it. Trees made shadows over the pond. At the top of our field were tall trees, and at the bottom was a fast-running stream.
While I was young, I l1. on my mother’s milk, but as soon as I was old enough to eat grass, my mother went out to work d2. the day and came back in the evening.
There were six other young horses in the field. Although they were older than I was, we all galloped(驰骋) together around the f3. and had great fun. But sometimes the others would kick and bite.
“They are young farm horses and haven’t learned how to behave(举止得体).” My mother told me. “You are d4.. Your father is well known, and your grandfather twice won the most important race at Newmarket. Your grandmother was quiet and g5., and you have never seen me kick or bite, h6. you? I hope you will grow up to be gentle and a willing worker, and n7. bite or kick.”
I have never forgotten my mother’s a8.. She was a clever and sensible(明智的) old horse. Her name was Duchess, but our master u9. called her Pet. He was a good, kind man, and my mother loved him very much. Whenever she saw him at the gate, she trotted(小跑) across. He u10. to pat her and say, “Well, old Pet, and how is your little Darkie?” I was a dull black colour, so he called me Darkie. He sometimes brought me a piece of bread, or a carrot for my mother. And I think we were his favourites.
Why do children need to read at least 20 minutes a day? Read it and you’ll know.
Reading is “brain food”
Reading will improve many of the areas of the brain. Your eyes look at the words on the page. Your memory connects the words with what you already know about the story. Reading provides one of the most complex(复杂的) brain activities in life.
Reading improves listening skills
The experience of being read to helps children develop good listening skills. Through reading they can know how to pronounce(发音) and learn new words to add to their vocabularies and connect written words to the things in their real world.
Reading prepares children for school
In this way children are expected to come into school with high scores. There is a strong relationship(关系) between a child’s ability to read and her scores, because the result of our studying depends on our abilities to read, children must have strong reading skills to get success in school.
Reading improves relationships in your family
Because we are busy, it is difficult to have enough time with our family. 20 minutes’ reading together each day provides this important time. There is nothing more wonderful than having the whole family together while reading wonderful books.
The 1. for Reading Books | |
Reading is the 2. of your brain | When you read, your brain will be improved by 3. the words you see with your knowledge about the 4. |
Reading improves 5. skills | You can learn pronunciation and vocabulary. |
Reading gets children 6. for school | Your score also 7. on your reading ability. Reading can make children 8. at school. |
Reading improves relationships in your family | Family members are difficult to get 9. because we are busy. So, it’s important to 10. 20 minutes reading with family members every day. |
It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible(有责任的) for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.
If you give your children the impression(印象) that they can never do anything right, then they will treat themselves as unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent(独立).
My daughter Mary's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel good When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and said they could learn what they had missed.
You can use the same way when you evaluate(评价) your child's work at home. Do not always scold but give lots of praise to your children instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.
Learning is a process(过程) of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.
1.The whole passage deals with ________.
A.social education B.school education C.family education D.pre-school education
2.The author thinks that ________.
A.there is no way to get children to help at home
B.the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become
C.it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework
D.children can be forced to help with housework
3.The passage gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home. That is to ____.
A.praise his hard work B.promise him a trip
C.give him a punishment D.promise him a ball game
4.Through the last paragraph, we can conclude that ________.
A.pride goes before a fall B.practice makes perfect
C.no pains, no gains D.failure is the mother of success
Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. "It's a well-known pattern(模式)," said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework."
He points out that differences among households(家庭) exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. "And the situation gets worse for women when they have children," Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of housework, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from 6 in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom(扫帚) more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands'10 hours.
1.According to the "well-known pattern" in Paragraph 1, a married man ________.
A.takes on heavier work B.does more housework
C.is the main breadwinner D.is the master of the house
2.How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?
A.About 23. B.About 28. C.About 13. D.About 6.
3.What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?
A.An unmarried man. B.An older married man.
C.A younger married man. D.A married man with children.
4.What can we conclude from Stafford's research?
A.Marriage gives men less freedom. B.Marriage has effects on job choices.
C.Housework sharing changes over time. D.Having children means doubled housework.
