The Scottish independence referendum(公投) was held on Sept 18, 2014, Scottish people decided whether or not to stay in the UK.
A. that B. where
C. which D. Who
“ Blood Moon” appeared in the sky between 6:24 pm and 7:24 pm on October 7,2014, which is quite unique for moon.
A. a; a B. the; the
C. a; the D. the; a
假如你是某英语杂志社“学生心声”的编辑。最近，你收到高一年级新生李越的来信。他在信中反映进入高中后，觉得压力很大，成绩也一落千丈。请你用英语给他写一封回信，提出以下建议：
制定学习计划，合理安排时间。
参加体育锻炼。
……
注意：（1）短文须包括上述全部要点，应适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。
（2）词数：100左右。开头和已给出，不计入词数。
Dear LiYue,
I’m sorry to know that you are at a loss. ______________________________
单词拼写 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)
1.He speaks French so f____________ that some people often mistake him for a Frenchman.
2.As was expected, he was a______________ to Beijing University.
3.To improve the sale of their product, they a________ them in the newspapers and on TV.
4.The United Nations should solve the problem in this area in a p__________ way.
5.There is no d________ that MoYan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been absorbed in writing for decades.
6.Heavily as it rained, they were still out in s________ of the missing boy.
7. In some countries, especially in some poor countries, women are not really e________ to men.
8.I would p_________ playing outdoors to watching TV.
9. Many support the former idea, but I am for the l____________.
10. Because of the global warming, there are more and more natural d________.
The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study. Read the following information about the six courses. Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 57-60 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.
1.______ Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.
2.______Sarah is a Learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.
3.______Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.
4.______Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China.
A. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course
40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.
B. News Listening
Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study.
C. Elementary English-Chinese Translation
25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (对应的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.
D. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business
24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.
E. Chinese Human Geography
Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.
Nowadays they are giving homework even during the holidays and I hate that very much. But I think there is a reason for it. Homework is given so that we can remember whatever we have learnt. Regular drilling and repetition make perfect. But teachers have started to give too much homework. Anything in excess (过度) is bad.
Jane
What’s the use of just homework without allowing children to get an insight (洞察) into the subject? It just makes them bookworms but nothing else. Homework such as writing some things 5 times at home will just make them memorize things but not put them into use. I regret to say that teachers find it easy to bundle (归拢) the children with homework rather than making them get interested to understand what they learn. The same trend continues even in college. I find that most of the so-called high scorers are unable to answer simple things in an interview.
Sally
It is OK to give homework. But it should be given less. We are spending most of our time in school and at least we must be free in our home. If you give homework, we will be very tired and we wouldn’t be able to pay attention to extra-curricular activities, which in turn may affect our physical and mental health. So please give less homework to us.
Johnson
It is part of our work to give students homework. There will be some punishments if we won’t do our work. So I have to do that though I know such a teacher is not liked by students.
1.Who thinks that too much homework may do harm to students’ physical and mental health?
A. Sunny. B. Jane.
C. Sally. D. Johnson.
2.Who thinks homework should help students learn something practical?
A. Sunny. B. Jane.
C. Sally. D. Johnson.
3.What problem do the speakers talk about?
A. Whether students should be punished without doing homework.
B. What kind of homework should be given to students.
C. What role homework plays in helping students to learn.
D. Whether teachers should give homework to students.
