--- I’d like to have a picnic tomorrow.
--- _________. We’re too busy these days.
A. Forget it. B. So what?
C. That’s all right. D. It’s a pleasure
根据一份调查显示, 现在各个高中学校中的高中生面临沉重的学习压力，因此，很多同学课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习，但效果并不理想。就此，英语周报举办一次征文活动，以劝诫这些同学：适当的休息很有必要。现请你以“The Break Between Classes”为题，按以下要求写一篇英语短文，让这些同学从中受到启发。要点如下：
请简要描述现象：很多同学在课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习，但效果并不理想；
十分钟的课间休息很有必要；
你是如何利用这十分钟休息时间的。
注意：词数100词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
The Break Between Classes
Time seems to be so limited for us senior high school students.
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短文中共有10处错误，每行中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
This morning Professor Smith, foreign teacher from Beijing University, who gave us an English lesson. All of us were deep impressed by this unforgettable lesson. The professor began the class in an amusing English story, which attracted their attention at once. He spoke slowly and clearly so that we could follow him well. Greatly inspiring, most of us took an active part in classroom activities. After class, many students were spoke highly of him. They said never before have they experienced such interesting a class. From his lesson, we realized that it is not so difficulty to learn English well if we find a good way.
单词拼写(每小题0.5分，共6分)
1.This article can be d___ ___ into four parts.
2.The train c_________ over three hundred passengers over day.
3.My kids are a___________ to playing computer games, and they can’t stop it .
4.They may not offer me much money. In that c________, I won’t take the job.
5.Let's a_____________the lecture by professor Li from Beijing University.
6.She was o___ _____ about the future of the company but the rest were pessimistic.
7.The science-fiction film was so wonderful that it a _________ to adults as well as teenagers.
8.To their d____ __, their son was admitted into a famous university.
9.She s___________ the water out of her wet clothes.
10.John slowed the bleeding by a________ pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.
11.The shop assistant was dismissed as she was a________of cheating customers.
12.Don't e________________ your skin to the sun or you will be burned.
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-E for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Exercise
B. Relax yourself
C. Minimize Television Waching
D. Read Challenging Books
E. Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Five Simple Ways to Increase Your Intelligence
Your brain needs exercise just like a muscle. If you use it often and in the right ways, you will become a more skilled thinker and increase your ability to focus. Here are 5 simple ways anyone can squeeze a bit more productivity out of the old gray matter.
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This is a hard sell. People love vegetating in front of the television, myself included more often than I’d like. The problem is watching television doesn’t use your mental capacity or allow it to recharge. It’s like having the energy sapped out of a muscle without the health benefits of exercise.
When you feel like relaxing, try reading a book instead. If you’re too tired, listen to some music. When you’re with your friends or family, leave the tube off and have a conversation. All of these things use your mind more than television and allow you to relax.
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I used to think that I’d learn more by not exercising and using the time to read a book instead. But I realized that time spent exercising always leads to greater learning because it improves productivity during the time afterwards. Using your body clears your head and creates a wave of energy. Afterwards, you feel invigo
rated and can concentrate more easily.
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Many people like to read popular suspense fiction, but generally these books aren’t mentally stimulating. If you want to improve your thinking and writing ability you should read books that make you focus. Reading a classic novel can change your view of the world and will make you think in more precise, elegant English. Don’t be afraid to look up a word if you don’t know it, and don’t be afraid of dense passages. Take your time, re-read when necessary, and you’ll soon grow accustomed to the author’s style.
4._______
Nothing makes it harder to concentrate than sleep deprivation (剥夺睡眠). You’ll be most energetic if you go to bed early and don’t sleep more than 8 hours. If you stay up late and compensate(弥补)by sleeping late, you’ll wake up lethargic(无精打采) and have trouble focusing. In my experience the early morning hours are the most tranquil and productive. Waking up early gives you more productive hours and maximizes （使……最大化）your mental acuity(敏锐) all day.
If you have the opportunity, take 10-20 minute naps when you are hit with a wave of drowsiness. Anything longer will make you lethargic, but a short nap will refresh you.
I hope you aren’t disappointed that none of the techniques I’ve proposed are revolutionary. But simple, unexciting answers are often the most valid. The challenge is having the will to adhere to them. If you succeed in following these 5 tips, you’ll be rewarded with increased mental acuity and retention of knowledge.
Cut off from society
You're on your way to school as usual when suddenly an invisible barri
er appears out of nowhere, trapping you underneath it and isolating you from the outside world. What do you do?
This is the scary experience the residents of a fictional town called Chester’s Mill are going through in the US TV series Under the Dome. Based on famous US author Stephen King’s 2009 best-selling novel, the show has become “the highest-rated summer show in 21 years” since debuting (首播) on June 24, reported the New York Post.
The series begins with the dome (穹顶) making its alarming appearance. As the earth trembles and birds take off, an enormous, invisible barrier slices down, cutting the town off from the rest of the world.
The residents quickly realize they are trapped, probably for quite some time. Families are separated, emergency services are unreachable and water, food and fuel are strictly limited.
There is no way out or in. But who or what is responsible? Nobody knows. Thus, the residents are at the mercy of unknown forces and their internal conflicts.
While it provides an enjoyable TV thrill ride, the movie’s science fiction is closely linked with reality.
“Not only is it worrying, suspenseful (悬疑的) and full of splendid special effects, but it has big thoughts about environmentalism and the future of the commented The Denver Post planet,”
As King himself explained to The Telegraph: “The dome is a microcosm (微观世界) of life. We all live under the dome. We live on this little blue planet and so far as we know that’s all we’ve got,” he said. “The resources that we’ve got are the resources that we’ve got; they’re limited.”
But the show explores many themes in addition to environmental destruction. It also shows “how quickly the social order we take for granted can disappear when people are isolated and afraid”, said the Los Angeles Times.
It is “a science-fiction social study”, said The Washington Post. “Once the people of Chester’s Mill realize they are indefinitely trapped without means of food supply, outside communication and power, their polite sense of small-town, American civilization begins to fall apart.”
1.The underlined word “isolating” in the first paragraph probably means _______.
A． separating B．protecting
C．discouraging D．distinguishing
2.In the TV series Under the Dome, _______.
A．the dome, which appears out of nowhere, doesn’t have huge effects on the residents’ lives
B．it takes a long time for residents to realize they are trapped by the invisible dome
C．because of the dome, the residents in the small town become more united and helpful D．not knowing what has D．happened, the residents feel helpless against unknown forces
3.Why is the TV series closely linked with reality according to the article?
A．Because it is suspenseful and uses splendid special effects to reflect modern life.
B． Because it gets us to think about the future of the earth and the importance of environmental protection.
C．Because it attaches great importance to following the social order even in frightening situations.
D．Because the residents in the TV series live almost the same life as ordinary Americans do.
