I tried all I could do ______ the topic at the meeting, but failed.
A. avoid mentioning B. to avoid mentioning
C. avoiding to mention D. avoiding mentioning
--The Chinese government is trying to protect the giant panda.
--I know. By 2020, they _________ about 69,500 square miles of land to the country’s nature reserve system.
A. add B. are adding
C. will add D. will have added
Winners are not those who never fail but those who never give up.
注意：①无须写标题；
②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③内容必须结合具体事例；
④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上相应的括号内。
1.After the earthquake, the cleaners had worked day and night about a week ________________
normal. (return)
地震过后，清洁工夜以继日地工作了大约一周后交通才恢复正常。
2.It is the first time that he such a heavy attack. (go )
这是他第一次遭受如此沉重的打击。
3._______________ that I caught a bad cold and stayed in hospital for several days.(because)
正是因为那场大雨，我患了重感冒并在医院里住了好几天。
4.When you called I a meeting . ( happen )
你打电话时我碰巧在开会。
5.In the dark street there was not a single man . (turn)
黑暗的街上没有一个他可以求助的人。
6.The student insisted that he our discussion. (join )
这个学生坚持要求参加我们的讨论。
7.Don’t you feel hot ? (with)
穿这么多的衣服，难道你不热吗？
8. his facial expressions, he was frightened by your words. (judge)
从他的面部表情判断，他被你的话吓着了。
9.There are 60 students in our class, girls. (be )
我们班有60人，其中三分之一是女生。
10.I suggest that better use should our spare time. (make)
我建议应该更好利用我们的业余时间。
Students who date (约会) in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use than their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
“Romantic relationships are a symbol of adolescence（青春期）, but very few studies have examined how adolescents are different in the development of these relationships.” said Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health.
Orpinas followed a group of 624 students over a seven-year period from 6th to 12th grade. Each year, the group of students completed a survey indicating whether they had dated and reported the frequency of different behaviors, including the use of drugs and alcohol. Their teachers completed questionnaires (调查表) about the students' academic efforts. He found some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high school, and these students had the best study skills according to their teachers. Other students dated infrequently in middle school but increased the frequency of dating in high school.
“At all points in time, teachers rated the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills and the students with the highest dating as having the worst study skills,” according to the journal article. Study skills refer to behaviors that lead to academic success such as doing work for extra credit, being well organized, finishing homework, working hard and reading assigned chapters.
“Dating a classmate may have the same emotional complications of dating a co-worker,” Orpinas said, “When the couple break up, they have to continue to see each other in class and perhaps witness the ex-partner dating someone else. It is reasonable to think this could be linked to depression and divert (转移) attention from studying.”
“Dating should not be considered a ceremony of growth in middle school.”Orpinas concluded.
1.According to the passage, students who date in middle school may_____.
A. have poorer academic performances
B.be more likely to hurt others
C. enjoy better school lives
D. are less likely to use alcohol and tobacco
2.When doing his study, Orpinas _____.
A. followed a group of students of 6th and 12th grade
B. found that the students' study skills have connection with their frequency of dating
C. completed questionnaires about the students' academic efforts
D. completed a survey and a report each year
3.What can possibly happen to the school couples after they break up?
A. They will miss their ex-partners sometimes.
B. They don't want to see each other any longer.
C. Their attention to studying will be affected.
D. They will think it's reasonable to get depressed.
4.Orpinas’ attitude towards dating in middle school is _____.
A. supportive B. negative
C. indifferent D. positive
We don’t know how different our future will be in the future. We can only try to imagine it.
At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet----even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today----we will feel a little lonely.
Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us.
Spending holidays will also be completely different. Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly.
We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment. But it isn’t true. We will pay more attention to protecting the environment. And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS. Therefore, our surroundings as well as our health will be in a better condition.
Although we can’t predict the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them. We worry about our and our children’s future; we have expectations, hopes as well as fears. But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future. We should be happy and believe good things will happen.
1.Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?
A. Because the number of people will become much smaller.
B. Because people won’t communicate with each other much often.
C. Because people won’t like making friends with each other.
D. Because there will be less face-to-face communication.
2.According to the passage, which of the following will happen in 2050?
A. It won’t be difficult for people to travel to other planets.
B. The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today.
C. The relationship between people will be more important than today.
D. Our environment will be much more polluted with a growing number of cars.
3.The underlined word “sanguine” in the last paragraph most probably means ______.
A. disappointed B. optimistic
C. curious D. surprised
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. How people will communicate in the year 2050.
B. What high technology will appear in the year 2050.
C. How people will travel and spend their holiday in the year 2050.
D. What our life will be like in the year 2050.
