President Xi addressed on 50 years China—France ties to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ____ of diplomatic relations between China and France.
A. assignmentB. distributionC. establishmentD. acquaintance
目前我国中学生的健康状况越来越差，这使父母、学校和专家感到忧虑。为解决这一问题，有些人提出将体育纳入高考。请结合实际谈谈你的看法。
注意：①文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； ②可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；③ 词数不少于120。
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1. to do what others think impossible! (fun)
去做别人认为不可能的事情真是有趣！
2.As our office building ______________, we rent a hotel room for the meeting.(decorate)
因为我们的办公楼正在装修，我们只好到一家旅馆租了一个房间开会。
3._________________ if the regular customers were not coming to eat in his restaurant. (happen)
如果那些常客都不来他的餐馆用餐，一定是发生了什么可怕的事。
4.Time was up, I could do nothing ______________ the exam papers to the teacher.(hand)
时间到了。我别无选择只好把试卷交给了老师。
5.There are many examples of ______________ their addiction to the Internet after receiving education in our training course.(rid)
在我们的培训课上接受教育之后，学生们摆脱了网瘾的事例很多
6.I wondered ____________ reading the book that I lent to you , so I called you this morning. (finish)
我想知道我借给你的那本书你是否已经看完了，所以今天早上我给你打了电话。
7.House prices vary from place to place and are usually high ______________ (there)
房子的价格根据地方不同而不同，通常在有名校的地方会很高。
8.The reform of College Entrance Examination will begin with English, whose result is not so satisfying ____________. (expect)
高考改革将从英语学科开始，其结果也不像预期那样令人满意。
9.The 31st Olympic Games will be held in Rio De Janeiro, from July 27 to August 12,2016, All athletes will compete for medals. (during)
第三十一届奥运会将于2016年7月27日至8月12日在里约热内卢举行，在此期间所有的运动员将为奖牌而战。
10.Waiting on both sides of the street __________ who wanted to see the famous singing star. (excited)
等候在街道两旁的是激动的歌迷，他们想一睹这个著名歌星的风采。
As a professor I have grown accustomed to the opinion regarding American education. We are repeatedly told that American schools are failing, that colleges are not teaching, and that the students of today are not as good as the students of the past.
There are, of course, problems with the education system. Because of economic inequality some schools are significantly better than others and the ideas of equality of education and equality of opportunity are cruel jokes. However, the mere fact that there are some serious problems does not mean that all the dire claims are true.
One stock (陈腐的) claim is that America has fallen behind the world in education in terms of performance on various tests. While the fact that America is behind other countries is a point of concern, there are at least three points worth considering here. The first is the above-mentioned economic inequality which will tend to result in poorer performance when taking the average for America. The second is that many countries have put considerable effort into improving their education systems and hence it is worth considering that America’s decline is also due to the improvement of others. The third is the matter of the measures— do they, in fact, present an accurate picture of the situation? I am not claiming that the data is bad. I am merely raising a reasonable concern about how accurate our picture of education is at this time.
Another stock claim is that American students are doing badly on standardized tests. While there is clearly value in assessment, it is reasonable to consider whether or not such tests are a proper and adequate measure of education. It is also worth considering whether the puzzle with these tests is itself causing damage to education. That is, as teachers teach for the test and students learn for the test, it might be the case that what is being taught is not what should be taught and what is being learned is not what should be learned.
1.According to the professor, many people’s attitude towards American colleges is .
A. negative B. positive C. approving D. indifferent
2.What does the underlined word “dire” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Exact or precise. B. Extremely serious or terrible.
C. Fair or objective.D. Long and boring.
3.Judging by the text ,the claims are centered on .
A. what should be taught in the American classroom
B. fair judgment of American education
C. American students’ performance on tests
D. an accurate picture of American colleges
4.The passage is written mainly to .
A. defend American education
B. show dissatisfaction with American education
C. explain why American students do badly on tests
D. offer advice on American education reform
Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a renowned cellist (大提琴手) in the world. He rushed into the classical music scene at the age of 12 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play.
But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that’s typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
“People are fascinated by these children because they don’t understand where their talent came from. You will see parents who say, ‘I wasn’t like this, and my husband wasn’t like this.’ It seems to sometimes just come out of the blue,” Winner says.
It’s not clear whether a prodigy’s （天才）brain is any different from the brains of other children, in part because there have been no study comparing the brains of prodigies to those of average people.
“But I believe that anything that shows up so early, without training, has got to be either a genetic or some other biological basis,” Winner says. “If a child suddenly at the age of 3 goes to the piano and picks out a tune and does it beautifully, that has to be because that child has a different brain.”
Children who are extremely gifted tend to be socially different, too, Winner says. “They feel like they can’t find other kids like themselves, so they feel strange, maybe even like a freak, and feel like they don’t have anybody to connect with. On the other hand, they also long to connect with other kids, and they can’t find other kids like themselves.”
As Haimovitz got older, he became frustrated. He wanted to play other kinds of music but felt constricted by the image and the expectations of the boy prodigy who played classical music and filled concert halls.
“When you start that early, you suddenly start to grow up in public, and I wanted to experiment,” Haimovitz says.
So he took his cello into punk rock clubs and coffee houses. He played Bach, Haydn and Hendrix. “My teacher was Leonard Rose, and we never played any 20th-century music. He didn’t like it. But once I was exposed to James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, Miles Dewey Davis El and others, I couldn’t really turn back. I wanted to know more,” he says.
1.According to some parents, prodigies’ extraordinary talent .
A. comes unexpectedly B. is inherited from parents
C. results from hard workD. is trained in early times
2.Winner seems to agree to the fact that ____.
A. average people have their particular brains
B. biology is the base of a different brain
C. a prodigy’s brain is superior to those of others
D. genes play an important role in a prodigy
3.According to the text, gifted children are .
A. lonely B. easy-going C. innocentD. social
4.The last paragraph is mainly about how Haimovitz was trying to .
A. build up his friendshipB. play different kinds of music
C. set up the image of a prodigy D. perform classical music creatively
It’s five minutes before the exam and you are in a state of panic. You just have to pass it, but how? You didn’t even open the book the night before and you hear a voice in your head saying “Cheat, cheat ...” So what are you going to do, ignore it and fail or go for it? It’s a tough decision many students must make.
Most young people believe that cheating is wrong. However, they have cheated at least once in their high school years. So, why do they do it? Are they too lazy to study? Perhaps, it’s not as simple as that. According to some experts, one main reason why students cheat is that they see their friends get away with it. It’s an easy way out. They avoid embarrassment and their parents’ anger for not doing well in an exam. Another reason is that students think it’s OK to cheat if the subject isn’t important for their future career. What’s more, most students have to put up with the pressure of getting into university. They need to get good marks to carry on with their studies. This means that there will always be students who will do anything for a better mark.
It has never been easier to cheat than it is today. With all the technology available, students needn’t cheat by looking over their shoulders anymore. They use mobile phones to send answers to each other during a test. There is also the Internet. With hundreds of websites, students don’t have to worry because they can find lots of material which they can copy and use in projects. There are even tips on the art of cheating in exams.
Obviously, if you get caught cheating, you fail the exam or the subject. But it doesn’t really matter whether you get caught or not. What’s important is that it’s wrong. You mustn’t cheat because cheating is a lie. It deceives (欺骗) people into thinking you know more than you actually do. How can you be proud of something you have achieved through cheating? In the end, it’s not about deceiving your teachers and your parents, but about fooling yourself that you can do something you really can’t.
1.The tough decision that many students have to make before an exam is .
A. whether to cheat or not B. what to do if they fail
C. how to cheat D. how to keep calm
2.According to the experts, why do some students cheat?
A. The subjects are important for their future.B. They are too lazy to study.
C. Cheating can help them please their parents.D. Their friends ask them to cheat.
3.The worst thing about cheating is that .
A. you cheat others and yourself
B. you can get caught and fail
C. you give others a bad impression
D. your teacher will inform your parents
4.Which sentence best summarizes the whole text?
A. Cheating can be explained but not excused.
B. Technology has made cheating easier.
C. Students cheat to get into university.
D. Cheating is a social and psychological problem.
