Time is very important in our lives. It ________ our moments. However, time never had any ________ in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more ________.
It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist. And all of it is made of silver. This ________ tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this ________ on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 am to ________ up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. ________, I was late because I was ________ out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I ________ my uncle, but I was too ________ for him. He had ________ the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm on the same day and looking at my angry father’s face I felt ________ of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my father and uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he ________ me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Essa, did you have ________ with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, Father, and I’m sorry about not meeting my uncle Ali.” He said, “What you ________ was not very nice and you should be sorry for your ________.” I was guilty and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again, I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a ________ for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important ________ from my father: to ________ time and never be late to get someone. This watch is ________ to me, not because of its price, but because of what I learned from it.
1.A. organizesB. appreciatesC. ordersD. explains
2.A. importanceB. similarityC. necessityD. interest
3.A. confidentB. independentC. efficientD. responsible
4.A. objectB. belongingC. matterD. stranger
5.A. cardB. letterC. giftD. thing
6.A. callB. pickC. putD. bring
7.A. OtherwiseB. FortunatelyC. HoweverD. Hopefully
8.A. goingB. hangingC. standingD. leaving
9.A. forgotB. rememberedC. sawD. visited
10.A. anxiousB. nervousC. earlyD. late
11.A. reachedB. recognizedC. leftD. found
12.A. ashamedB. frightenedC. disappointedD. shy
13.A. droppedB. leftC. handedD. bought
14.A. pleasureB. funC. appointmentD. quarrels
15.A. saidB. forgotC. thoughtD. did
16.A. ideasB. wordsC. actionsD. promises
17.A. wonderB. hopeC. requirementD. reminder
18.A. lessonB. classC. lectureD. course
19.A. wasteB. respectC. neglectD. enjoy
20.A. usefulB. necessaryC. differentD. significant
What problems do you have with your study? Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability to study, so do their test results. __1._
Study Techniques
You should always study in the same place. You shouldn’t sit in a position that you use for another purpose. __2._ Don’t watch TV while you are studying. Experts warn that your concentration may be reduced by 50 percent if you attempt to study in this way. Always try to have a white wall in front of you, so there is nothing to distract you. Before sitting down to study, gather together all the equipment you need. Apart from your textbooks, pens, pencils and knives, make sure you have a dictionary.
_3.__ Finish one thing before beginning another. If you need a break, get up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat.
Test-taking Skills
All your hard work will be for nothing if you are too nervous to take your test. Getting plenty of rest is very important. This means: do not study all night before your test! It is a better idea to have a long-term study plan. Try to make a timetable for your study which lasts for a few months.
__4.__ Doing some form of exercise every day will also improve your concentration. Eat healthy food too.
When you arrive in the examination room, find your seat and sit down. Breathe slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often. __5.__
A. Above all, take no notice of everyone else and give the test paper your undivided attention.
B. Your eyes will become tired if you try to read a text which is on a flat surface.
C. If so, use these tips to help you.
D. Be realistic and don’t try to complete too much in one study period.
E. For example, when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax.
F. You will have enough energy to deal with your study and exams by eating healthy diet.
G. Exercise is a great way to reduce pressure.
The coyote (丛林狼), that clever animal of wide-open spaces, has come to the nation’s capital. In fact, coyotes have spread to every corner of the United States, changing their behaviors to fit new environments and causing researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature: the city coyote.
The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent. One of its most obvious characters is its smartness, which has made the animal a notorious (臭名昭著的) pest. Hunters trapped, shot and poisoned more than a million coyotes in the 1900s. It’s still one of America’s most hunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived. How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability? “I guess if you wanted to use one word, it’d be ‘plasticity’,” says Eric Gese, an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alone, in pairs, or in large packs like wolves; hunt at night or during the day; occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles; and live on all sorts of food, from lizards and shoes, to ants and melons.
Unbelievably people helped coyotes increase when they killed most of the wolves in the United States. The spreading of coyotes into city areas, though, is recent. They travel at night, crossing sidewalks and bridges, running along roads and ducking into culverts (钻入涵洞) and underpasses. No one knows why coyotes are moving into cities, but experts explain that cleverer, more human-tolerant (不怕人的) coyotes are teaching urban survival skills to new generations.
Occasionally, coyotes might attack human beings. There have been about 160 attacks on people in recent years. Therefore, people have been consistently told not to feed coyotes or leave pet food unsecured. That, plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood, has cut down on the coyote population.
1.The underlined word “plasticity” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. the ability to fit the environment
B. notorious smartness
C. hunting ability
D. being human-tolerant
2.The aim of the passage is to ________.
A. tell people how to fight against coyotes
B. tell us why the coyote is the most hunted animal
C. supply the reason why the coyote is a kind of notorious pest
D. explain how the coyote has spread to and survived in cities
3.According to the passage, coyotes ________.
A. originally lived in the west of the continent
B. sleep during the day but look for food at night
C. are teaching survival skills to their younger generations
D. suffered a population decrease because people killed wolves
4.According to the passage, to cut down on the coyote population, people are advised to ________.
A. leave pet food securedB. keep coyotes in small regions
C. force coyotes to live aloneD. avoid using trapping programs
10th Annual Hospitality （餐饮服务业）Student Conference
Tuesday March 4, 2016
Conference Schedule
8:00-8:45 Breakfast and welcome 8:45-9:15 Dat Phan, Comedian 9:15-9:25 Break 9:25-10:10 Tour 1 10:20-11:05 Tour 2 11:15-12:00 Tour 3 12:00-1:00 Lunch, Prize giveaways and wrap-up (总结) |
Tour 1: Tour of Hotel and Resort
Go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Barona, a luxury hotel and resort. Your tour guides will be actual employees who can give you the inside sight about running this great business and what it takes to get an exciting career in hospitality industry.
Tour 2: Cooking demonstration
Who want to be a top chef? Watch and smell as award winning chefs demonstrate their cooking art and share some of their kitchen secrets with you.
Tour 3: Opportunities fair
Take advantage of this opportunity to speak with various professionals from hotels, schools and other businesses in the hospitality industry. Learn about education and career options; and don’t forget to stop by the interview skills workshop.
Dat Phan
Dat was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up struggling and poor in California. He worked at Barona Resort before he made it big as a comedian!
His culturally insightful （发人深省的）comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shared his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage （文化遗产）. He has been honored as “The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-Americans”.
Dat Phan aims to create a more positive image of Asian-Americans in the world of entertainment and Hollywood. “We want to be seen as more than just martial artists （武术家）, or bad stereotype roles in American TV & Movies.”
1.The majority of the people present at the conference are probably _______.
A. tourists from other cities
B. students who plan to work in hotels or restaurants
C. news reporters of a local TV station
D. managers who wish to take in some new staff
2.What is the right order of the activities?
a. Enjoy the funny show.
b. Give away prizes.
c. Watch a cooking demonstration.
d. Talk about interview skills.
e. Take a tour around an expensive hotel and resort.
A. a―e―c―d―b B. a―d―c―e―b
C. d―e―a―c―b D. c―d―b―a―e
3.All the following can be learnt from the conference EXCEPT ______.
A. how to run a big hotel and resort
B. what it takes to be a great chef
C. how to behave better in an interview
D. what jobs are available in the local hotels
Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it’s important to distinguish television’s influences on children from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesn’t really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping children’s minds.
One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child’s ability to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images (影像). Instead, they learn both explicit(明确的) and hidden meanings from what they see. Actually, children learn early the psychology of characters in TV shows. Furthermore, as many teachers agree, children understand far more when parents watch TV with them, explaining new words and ideas. Yet, most parents use an educational program as a chance to park their kids in front of the set and do something in another room.
Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of entertainment. But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching television is not related to reading ability. TV doesn’t take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place of similar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports. Things like parents’ educational background have a stronger influence on a child’s reading. “A child’s reading ability is best predicted by how much a parent reads.” Anderson says.
Traditional wisdom also has it that heavy television-watching lowers IQ (智商) scores and affects school performance. But here, too, Anderson notes that no studies have proved it. In fact, research suggests that it’s the other way around. “If you’re smart young, you’ll watch less TV when you’re older,” Anderson says. Yet, people of lower IQ tend to be lifelong television viewers.
For years researchers have attempted to show that television is dangerous to children. However, by showing that television promotes none of the dangerous effects as conventionally believed, Anderson suggests that television cannot be condemned without considering other influences.
1.An educational program is best watched by a child _________.
A. on his ownB. with other kids
C. with his parentsD. with his teachers
2.Which of the following is most related to children’s reading ability?
A. Radio-listening.
B. Television-watching.
C. Parents’ reading list.
D. Parents’ educational background.
3.Anderson believed that _________.
A. the more a child watches TV, the smarter he is
B. the younger a child is, the more he watches TV
C. the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV
D. the less a child watches TV, the better he performs at school
4.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To advise on the educational use of TV.
B. To describe TV’s harmful effects on children.
C. To explain traditional views on TV influences.
D. To present Anderson’s unconventional ideas.
At 26, Jane Goodall had no college education or science training. But since childhood, she had been dreaming of working closely with animals in Africa. “All through my childhood people said you can’t go to Africa. You’re a girl.” Goodall said. “But my mother used to say, if you really want to, there’s nothing you can’t do.”
In 1957, the 26-year-old Goodall went to Kenya to work as a secretary. She also arranged to meet the famous scientist Louis Leakey, who was so impressed by her enthusiasm that he hired her as his assistant. She went with him on many trips to the African jungle and in 1960 Leakey sent Goodall to live among chimpanzees in a remote animal preserve, recording the animals’ behavior and interactions.
For three months Goodall made little progress. But she said, “I never came close to giving up.” Her breakthrough came one day when she saw a male chimpanzee stick a piece of grass into a termite (白蚁) hill, then put the grass in his mouth. Afterward she came to the hill and did the same. Pulling the grass out, she discovered dozens of termites on it. The discovery — that some animals use tools — was unknown to most scientists at the time.
Goodall saw chimpanzees exhibit human-like emotions, such as jealousy and love. But she also discovered they were capable of violent attacks against each other.
Goodall received her Ph.D. in the study of animal behavior at England’s Cambridge University. Now she travels around the globe raising money to preserve wildlife. “I love being in the forest with the chimpanzees,” she said. “I’d much rather be there than traveling around from city to city.”
1.What was Goodall’s childhood dream?
A. She dreamed of going to college.
B. She dreamed of studying animals in Africa.
C. She dreamed of becoming a famous scientist.
D. She dreamed of traveling all around the world.
2.What did Goodall’s mother think of her dream?
A. As a girl she should not go to the African jungle.
B. Her dream would remain a dream unless she got the right training.
C. As a girl she should stay away from violent animals.
D. She could make her dream come true if she was determined.
3.Goodall’s most important discovery is that ________.
A. some animals use tools
B. like humans animals have emotions
C. chimpanzees could attack each other violently
D. termites are chimpanzees’ favorite food
4.What is Goodall doing now?
A. Studying animal behavior at Cambridge University.
B. Raising funds for the preservation of wildlife.
C. Observing chimpanzees in African jungles.
D. Working hard for a PhD degree.
