一家英语报社举行征文活动，主题是“我的高中生活”。请根据以下要点完成短文。
1. 校园生活； 2. 收获； 3. 感想。
注意 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语已为你写好。
High school is a golden time in one’s life with great fun and fond memories.
A foreign student graduated with honors from a finely university in Germany. He expected to find a good job and have a bright future. But in his disappointment, he wasn't even giving the chance for an interview! The third time he was refused, he phoned the company to ask how. "We don't employ dishonest people in Germany" is the answer. What was wrong? Shortly before he arrived in Germany, he found easy to steal subway rides. But he often rode without a ticket and was caught up three times. Now he had to pay a high price for his own behavior. We should all keep in minds: honesty is the best policy.
World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It 1. (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. 2. aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone 3._ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 4. (belong) to all people.
The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce5. number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world. It is 6. (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, "It's time to start by reading aloud to7. might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently 8. someone else's story as they share with you." The United Nations says, "Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, 9. to participate fully in society." In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a 10. (different).
I have two friends who love backpacking. They spent a lot of time in a part of New York State's Adirondack Mountains. It 46 mountains with a height of over 4,000 feet. The Adirondack Mountain Club gives recognition, and an award, to anyone who all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this award.
Now what you have to understand is that many of the 46 mountains have well-marked to their summits (山顶), others are not marked at all. You have to "bushwhack (在丛林中开路)" using a compass and a map.
My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains. They had just one — it was the most requiring bushwhacking. A hiking path led past the base of the mountain, but from that point they were on their own.
Early one morning they left their and walked five miles on the hiking path to the base of a chain of mountains. When they arrived, they that they had left their compass and map back in camp. Rather than the camp, they decided to bushwhack without the compass and map.
For hours they uphill enduring heat, thick bush, and black flies. , late in the afternoon they found themselves at the of a mountain successfully. They were exhausted but .
The feeling was short-lived, however. When they looked across the valley, they another higher mountain. They had climbed the one! It was too that weekend to put their error right. They had to another four months to climb the right mountain.
This story us a good lesson. Often in life we put in a great effort to reach a goal. But without the right "map" and "compass", it is to get "lost".
1.A. goes through B. consists of C. relies on D. connects to
2.A. special B. similar C. normal D. general
3.A. describes B. draws C. observes D. climbs
4.A. while B. since C. because D. unless
5.A. paths B. rivers C. views D. avenues
6.A. occupied B. left C. deserted D. missed
7.A. interesting B. changeable C. reachable D. remote
8.A. house B. room C. camp D. yard
9.A. ignored B. discovered C. sensed D. explained
10.A. departing from B. traveling to C. returning to D. going for
11.A. jumped B. wandered C. ran D. walked
12.A. Immediately B. Surely C. Finally D. Hopefully
13.A. bottom B. top C. slope D. base
14.A. embarrassed B. moved C. disturbed D. excited
15.A. admired B. checked C. saw D. appreciated
16.A. strange B. wrong C. distant D. steep
17.A. late B. dangerous C. puzzling D. helpless
18.A. save B. wait C. gain D. put
19.A. sends B. tells C. recommends D. teaches
20.A. easy B. hard C. annoying D. discouraging
If I could give everyone one piece of advice about the college application process, it would be this: 1.
Be different from the beginning. Don't wait until the summer after junior year, or worse, the fall of senior year to begin this process. 2. You might be seeing the stress in seniors who are frantically (疯狂地) visiting colleges, writing essays, and completing applications.
3. Do some research and think beyond the "usual suspects" (备选) before you find the most suitable choice. Colleges compare students from the same high school with the same measuring stick since they read all the applications together. If your coursework and test scores don't look good enough, it will be more challenging to be accepted. However, your leadership or special talents may be more impressive if you are one of only a few students applying to a certain college.
Be different in the activities you choose and follow your interests, not your friends. 4. It could be tutoring, the environment, dancing, writing, or starting a business, but take part for the right reasons. Your activities should be meaningful and tell a story about who you are.
Be different in what you write about in your essay to stand out. It is the one tool that gives you total control, so use it wisely. Write what you want them to know about you, not what you think they want to read. Brainstorming your essay topic is a self-reflection process. 5. Find something unique.
A. Try to develop your talents.
B. Be different in preparing your college list.
C. Stay away from topics that everyone writes about.
D. Dare to be different.
E. Imagine what people are usually interested in.
F. Starting early will relieve much stress.
G. Find something that matters to you or something you care about.
Speak confidently and think logically. Year 13 schoolboy Arunabh Prakash can't agree more. Anmabh is one of the five students that will represent New Zealand at the 26th World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) to be held in Thailand from August 5 to l5 this year.
"You've got to be persuasive, regardless of the fact that you believe in a topic or not," says the 17-year-old.
"There are a lot of speakers who are eloquent (雄辩的) but find it difficult to think logically and then there are those who have a good argument but can't deliver."
Endurance (忍耐) is another quality he says one must have in the heated arena (赛场) of expressing opinions and ideas.
"There are times when you have to debate for five hours at a go and are completely exhausted. It's quite intense. You must have the energy to debate for long hours," says Arunabh, who began debating in year 10.
The WSDC is a debating competition in the world for high school students from different countries. It involves four prepared debates and four impromptu debates — debates without specific preparations.
To gain selection for the national team for the global final, Arunabh had to compete with regional teams. Despite the mounting pressure, he says he was confident of winning.
"We didn't loose a debate in the first two days. And we had a very strong team. We were confident of our ability to win," he says.
1.What can we know about Arunabh from the text?
A. He started debating at the age of ten.
B. He is on his country's national debating team.
C. He argues only on the topics that he believes in.
D. He is unsure of winning the debating competition.
2.According to Arunabh, what are important in debating?
A. Eloquence and logic thinking. B. Confidence and dreams.
C. Endurance and experience. D. Talent and teamwork.
3.The WSDC is a debating competition ______.
A. based in Thailand
B. for young New Zealanders
C. with prepared and unprepared debates
D. lasting for five days
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. The Skills of Debating
B. Growing from the Regional Team
C. Schoolboy to Compete on the International Stage
D. The 26th World Schools Debating Championships
