Ever wonder where chocolate chip cookies came from?Or why we use waffles（华夫饼）as ice cream cones?
Mistakes that Worked,written by Charlotte Foltz Jones,award-winning author of non-fiction books for children, offers forty of these unusual tales,along with many interesting drawings and strange and amazing facts.
The book is divided into six parts: food,medicine,toys,accidental things,names,and I find the book great because if not for the book,I would never have known that something was actually accidentally created.Besides,I like to learn real information;I can't stand books with stories that aren't real.Although this is a non-fiction book and is about inventions,it is not a history of technology book;it's more of an easy reading book.This book would be attractive to both boys and girls,and it could actually be either an adult book or a children’s book.
Published in 1991,the book is a bit old and is showing its age now in 2016.Still,it contains lots of great information,even though some facts are not exact.I love the idea of a mistakes book,and I especially like the format, which allows readers to dip in and out of the book easily.However,the entries are not all equally strong. Additionally, if you don’t live in the US,the book makes little sense,since it is full of American references both historically and in terms of customs.
Anyway,Mistakes that Worked is a reminder that failure is not always the end.It is an enlightening book that encourages us to realize that taking risks and learning to experiment is often the best way to learn,even if we don’t end up creating something new and wonderful.
1.What kind of book is Mistakes that Worked?
A. It's a picture book. B. It's a science book.
C. It's an adult book. D. It's a historical book.
2.What can we infer about the author?
A. He reads too little.
B. He is a slow reader.
C. He is a great reader of non-fiction.
D. He enjoys reading books about inventions.
3.Which of the following does the author especially like about the book?
A. Its facts. B. Its organization.
C. Its entries. D. Its reference.
4.What is the author's opinion on the book?
A. It's a fun read. B. It's a perfect book.
C. It makes little sense. D. It's full of factual mistake
假设你是学校英语校刊“Speak0utyourmind”的编辑，最近收到一封署名李华的高三学生来信，信中抱怨：学校最近严格检查晨读的情况，要求学生必须大声朗读；该生认为每位同学有自己的学习方式，早上时间宝贵，应该采用适合自己的方式进行学习，才能收到最佳效果;学校不应该采取统一要求的方式。请你给这位同学回信,就此问题进行疏导，要点如下：
1.肯定晨读的重要性和意义
2.大声朗读的好处(如提高记忆效率:增加学习氛围等,)
3.鼓励该学生排除杂念,大声朗读,从现在做起。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。
It is known to us all nowadays the internet is playing an more and more important part in our daily life.In it,we cannot only read news at home and abroad but also get so much information as possible.We are often send e-mails to our classmates or our teachers or make telephone call to our families as well our friends.Therefore,we can go to school on the net,read different kinds of books and even teach our English.We can also enjoy music,watching sports and play computer games on the net.we could do shopping even without leaving our homes.
About a week later,I started noticing that the groceries in my mother's house were running out pretty quickly- we were always suddenly out of something1.(wonder) how my mum could consume them so quickly,I began observing her2.(day)routine for two weeks.To my surprise,I found that she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and head out every moving at about nine eventually did to follow her and3.happened truly amazed me.She was taking the food to the refugee camp,in4.she distributed it to5.(child)
I actually found out that my mum was very well6.(know ) in the area.The kids were very friendly with her and even looked up7.her as if she were their own mother.Then it hit me- she might be shy not to want to tell me about what she8.(do)? Was she worried about how I would react or that I would stop buying the groceries if I found out ?When she got home,I told her about my discovery.9.she could react,I gave her a big hug and told her she didn’t need to keep it a secret to me and I was so impressed by10.(selfless) she had.
Looking back on many years of education,I can identify one true teacher.She cared about me, and my intellectual life.She was an English teacher and also my mother.
When______an essay,the good students usually dream of their teacher returning it to themin exactly the same____,except for a single comment "perfect ".This dream came true for me one afternoon in the ninth grade. Slightly as I was______that I had achieved perfection so early,I hurried off home to share the good news with my mother.
She is just shy of five feet tall,______soft-spoken,but on the rare occasion when she got angry,she was______I’m not sue whether she was more upset by my prid____by the fact that my English teacher had let my pride get so ______.In any event,my mother and her pen showed me so many mistakes a perfect essay could have. At that time,I thought she was teaching me about structure,style and voice.However what I actually learned was a deeper lesson about the______of real criticism.
Real criticism is not______to find obvious mistakes,so if she found______-the type I______have found on my own-I had to______from scratch.Once the essay was " perfect ",she would______an evening walking me______my
errors.That was when true criticism,which changed me into a real writer,began.
She criticized me when I included little-known references and professional jargon(行话）She had no______for
brilliant but relevant figures of speech." Writers can bluff ( 虚张声势) their way through ignorance".she______my flowery language,drew lies through my exclamation marks(感叹号)and______the value of self-control in______"John",she almost whispered.I leaned in to hear her."I can't hear you when you______at me".So I stopped,and slowly my writing improved.
Right now I've been teaching writing at Harvard for years but still______remember what my mother taught me.
1.A. turning in B. giving in C. bringing in D. setting in
2.A. position B. impression C. situation D. condition
3.A. surprised B. shocking C. amazing D. confused
4.A. generally B. casually C. abnormally D. actually
5.A. terrible B. terrifying C. terrorist D. terminal
6.A. than B. as C. or D. and
7.A. out of hand B. out of order C. out of place D. out of reach
8.A. character B. nature C. basics D. principles
9.A. supposed B. assumed C. proposed D. condemned
10.A. any B. some C. few D. many
11.A. needed B. could C. ought D. must
12.A. stop B. finish C. start D. repeat
13.A. spare B. cost C. take D. spend
14.A. through B. across C. over D. off
15.A. reference B. existence C. conscience D. patience
16.A. cut in B. cut out C. cut off D. cut up
17.A. attained B. analyzed C. advocated D. advertised
18.A. expression B. emotion C. composition D. consideration
19.A. call B. read C. say D. shout
20.A. much B. well C. very D. rather
Active listening is a structured form of listening and responding that focuses the attention on the speaker.The listener should listen to the speaker fully,and then repeat in the listener's own words what he or she thinks the speaker has said.1.However,he or she must simply state what he or she thinks the speaker said.This enables the speaker to find out whether the listener really understood.If the listener did not,the speaker would explain some more.
2.Thus,instead of just repeating what happened,the active listener might add that the speaker felt angry or confused when a particular event happened.Then the speaker can go beyond confirming that the listener understood what happened.It can also indicate that the listener understood the speaker's psychological response to it.
Active listening has several benefits.3.Second,it avoids misunderstandings,as people have to confirm that they really understand what another person has said.4.When people are in conflict,they often contradict each other, denying each other's description of a situation.5.However,if they feel that the listener is listening to their concerns they are likely to explain in detail what they feel and why.if both parties in a conflict do this,the chances of being able to develop a solution to their mutual problem become much greater.
A.The listener does not have to agree with the speaker.
B.For example,it forces people to listen attentively to others.
C.What's more,it tends to open people up,to get them to say more.
D.Often when people talk to each other,they don't listen attentively.
E.Often,the listener needs to interpret the speaker's words in terms of feelings
F.They realize that they should focus on how they can respond to win the argument
G.This makes people defensive,and they will either make verbal attacks,or say nothing more.
