No one ______ be more generous; he has a heart of gold.
A. dare B. must C. could D. need
— This is a really lively party. There is a great atmosphere, isn’t there ?
—______. The hosts know how to host a party.
A. Don’t worryB. It all dependsC. No, there isn’tD. Yes, indeed
假如你叫李华，将参加某英文报刊开展的一次主题为“Life in 2060”的征文活动。请你根据下列的要点提示写一篇120词左右的英语短文。
要点提示：
教育方面：学生在家上课，利用电脑做实验，在线交作业；
生活方面：手机和电脑的使用更加广泛，手机可以取代银行卡进行消费；
交通方面：私人飞机广泛使用，汽车只要有合适的程序就可以去任何地方。
Life in 2060
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阅读下面的短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到题后的横线上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。
[1]Reading is often quite helpful to high school students in crisis（危机）. Whatever crisis someone is experiencing, there is probably already a book about it that will help the reader feel less alone.
[2]Teenagers are in crisis in so many different ways now. They are experiencing stress as parents lose jobs in a financial crisis. They are under pressure to find a way to pay the tuition（学费）when they get accepted to college. Also, they may become hurt by betrayals（背叛）of friends.
[3]Teenagers often feel alone in their problems; they act like they are the only person on the planet who has experienced the problem.
[4]Modern literature is often very helpful for teenagers. It helps teens to read about other people who have had a serious crisis in life and gone on to achieve their dreams and a good life.
[5]Literature thus helps teens move out of their minds and their fears and into the larger world. Reading literature helps teens to realize that everyone has to deal with serious problems along the path of forming an identity, choosing a career, leaving their hometown for college, and every other crisis a teen may face.
[6]For us teachers, it is helpful to tell the students that for whatever problem _____________, someone may have already written it in a book. Ask the class to share the problems, and try to find a book that has addressed each one, Literature include many universal themes. Once students realize that, they may become interested in spending more time in the library finding books they relate to. Once they use literature to gain help during difficult times in life, they will realize that reading is really a wonderful way to learn more about life.
1.What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 8 words)
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 6 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
3.List three different things that may bring stress to teenagers. (no more than 10 words)
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4.What makes literature helpful in helping deal with crisis? (no more than 5 words)?
5.What does the word “it” (Line2, Paragraph 1) probably refer to?(no more than 6 words)
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some hold an optimistic attitude. They value it highly, believing that it is a natural outcome of social progress and prosperity（繁荣）and that anyone who wants to be outstanding has to keep the pace. Others think otherwise. They say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that the unfriendly relationship between people because of competition.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth depended on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit（追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others have an opposite opinion. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. They have no choice. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try”. What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs compared with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear is overcome can discover a new meaning in competition.
1.What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.
B. Opinions about competition are different among people.
C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.
D. Failures are necessary experience in competition.
2.Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?
A. It pushes society forward.
B. It builds up a sense of duty.
C. It improves personal abilities.
D. It encourages individual efforts.
3.The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. those who try their best to win
B. those who value competition most highly
C. those who are against competition most strongly
D. those who rely on others most for success
4.What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?
A. One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others.
B. One’s success in competition needs great efforts.
C. One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.
D. One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.
5.Which point of view may the author agree to?
A. Every effort should be paid back.
B. Competition should be encouraged.
C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.
D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.
While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest syndrome”.
In order to find better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what the actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.
1.According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by ________.
A. their earlier experience of living alone
B. the poor living conditions in their native countries
C. the common worry that they have not saved much money
D. the distance between where parents live and where their children live
2.Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to ________.
A. realize their dreams in foreign countries
B. seek a better place for their aged parents
C. live in the countries with more money
D. continue their studies abroad
3.If young people go abroad, ________.
A. they do not hold to the value of duty at all
B. they can give some help to their parents back home
C. they cannot do what they should for their parents
D. they believe what they actually do is right
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.
A. the situations in the developed and developing countries are different
B. “Empty Nest Syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our society
C. children will become independent as soon as they go abroad
D. the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”
5.The society discussed in the passage is most probably ________.
A. France B. America C. China D. Britain
