Electric bicycles are now playing 1. important role in the daily life of many students of Yushan No.1 Middle School. 2.fact, they seem to have become a necessary and important part of their school life. By3.(give) them rapid transportation, electric bicycles have freed some students from having accommodation on campus. This, in some way, helps to relieve the school of the 4. (grow) of its dormitories(寝室). For many families, electric bicycles are also very 5. (help). They have made 6. possible for parents to send their children to the school in a relatively shorter time.
7., the use of electric bicycles has also led to some problems. When the teenage students have the use of the bicycles, their parents can’t keep an eye on8.. Some students don’t follow traffics rules at all. There is a 9.(great) danger if a student shows off by speeding or after drinking alcohol. Too many electric bicycles are parked around the campus, 10.affects the traffic and the image of our school as well.
Work ethic(道德) is important. but I didn’t realize this until I grew up although my dad told me a lot about this. In my memory, the biggest ______ he taught me was about how a person should have a strong work ethic.
When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (修剪) yards during the summer to ______ our pocket money. Dad seemed to be our ______. He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price they could not ____. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20 for the same ______ of work.
Every time we headed out to mow grass, Dad was there to ______. He stood supervising (监督) our work ______ when he could have been inside ______with air conditioning and an icy drink.
One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard. She always waited ______ the grass was knee-high to call us over. ______, we had an old grass mower. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was ______ and sweaty.
I was just about to cut off the grass mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one piece of grass. He shouted: “You ______ a piece.”
I frowned, hoping he would let it ______ and let me go home. He kept pointing. So, tired and disappointed, I went back to ______ that piece of grass. I thought to myself: “That one piece isn’t hurting ______. Why does he insist?”
But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______: When you’re running a business, the work you do ______ a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an entrepreneur (企业家) with ______, you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of ______ meant the job was not done.
1.A. lessons B. suggestions C. views D. courses
2.A. gain B. make C. achieve D. expand
3.A. host B. assistant C. manager D. saver
4.A. refuse B. give C. agree D. offer
5.A. yard B. quality C. number D. amount
6.A. help B. check C. watch D. confirm
7.A. in the air B. in the heat C. in the distance D. in the way
8.A. relaxing B. working C. talking D. sleeping
9.A. when B. before C. unless D. until
10.A. Worse Still B. In general C. In addition D. Above all
11.A. satisfied B. inspired C. amused D. exhausted
12.A. while B. when C. as D. until
13.A. lost B. missed C. ignored D. blocked
14.A. flow B. grow C. stand D. go
15.A. approach B. search C. cut D. check
16.A. anyone B. everyone C. itself D. others
17.A. function B. reaction C. message D. hope
18.A. circulates B. performs C. explains D. shows
19.A. honesty B. consideration C. respect D. intelligence
20.A. work B. grass C. determination D. failure
1.You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
◆Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating , sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 2.A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.
◆Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
◆Make good use of your time in class. 3. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
◆Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 4.If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.
◆Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.
5.You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
A. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
C. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
D. Maybe you are an average student.
E. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.
G. This will help you understand the next class.
Nuclear power is the world's largest source of clean energy. Nuclear power plants(电厂) produce no controlled air pollutants, such as sulfur or greenhouse gases. The use of nuclear power in place of other energy sources helps to keep the air clean, preserve the earth's climate, and prevent acid rain.
However, there exist safety concerns if the plant is not operated correctly or unforeseen things happened when the plant was developed, as happened at the Fukishima(福岛) plant in Japan. It may cause damage to everything, including our health. Nuclear power's danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being immediately by killing masses of cells in vital organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no levels of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be serious. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed immediately. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in a deformed way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(辐射)and feel fine, then die for cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents. Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
1.What can we infer from the passage?
A. We can’t detect radioactivity even with modern equipment.
B. Only radiation at very high levels can kill an animal or human being.
C. If a few cells are only damaged, healthy cells will take the place of dead ones.
D. Radiation is harmful no matter what level it is.
2.How can nuclear radiation kill an animal?
A. By killing many cells in important organs.
B. By killing a few cells.
C. By hitting any place in its body.
D. By damaging its heart.
3.If a human being is hit by nuclear radiation, he may .
A. die of cancer after many years
B. die immediately
C. have a child who may be born weak
D. all of the above
4.What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?
A. Discussing the cause of cancer.
B. Solving the mystery about radiation.
C. Emphasizing the importance of protection from radiation.
D. Introducing the nuclear power.
Parents play a very important role in children’s development, but that doesn’t mean that parents should spend all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooki
ng, sewing and doing housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
1.According to this passage, there are some problems with _________.
A. the Chinese children’s skills
B. the education system of China
C. the Chinese parents’ idea of educating their children
D. the Chinese children’s hobbies
2.The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.
A. are too strict with their children
B. are t
oo rich to educate their children
C. are too poor to educate their children
D. have some problems in educating their children correctly
3.We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_________.
A. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. learn how to serve their parents
D. make their parents believe that they are clever
4.The last paragraph shows that_________.
A. broken radios and television sets are useful
B. an engineer must fix many broken radios
C. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life
D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios
9 days for only $839 (children: half of the price)
Price covers: international airfares, local transportation, hotel expenses, all meals, daily tours and visas for US citizens.
Our address: No. 178, Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing
Phone number: 010-62123855
Day 1-3 Beijing
Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and take you to the hotel near Wangfujing (Address: No. 72, Wangfujing Road, 010-86370248). Your first stop is Tian’anmen Square. From there you will enter the Forbidden City. You will then go to the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. We will arrange a delicious meal in a delicate restaurant followed by a lively acrobatic show. You will finish the 3-day tour after having a glimpse at the Bird’s Nest.
Day 4-6 Xi’an
In the morning, you will take a flight to Xi’an. A visit to the great Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum will start your 3-day tour. You will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the City Wall and the Great Mosque. Later in the afternoon, you will meet a local family, which will introduce you to the life of the local people. You will relax in the Red Star Hotel for 3 nights (Address: No. 165, Wenyi Road, Xi’an, 029-5670054).
Day 7-8 Shanghai
Our guide will pick you up at Pudong Airport and take you to the hotel for 2-night stay (Address: No. 24, Nanjing Road, 021-62458585). Our visit begins at the Shanghai Museum and the beautiful Yuyuan Garden. Afterwards, you will have some free time to walk along the Bund and buy souvenirs on Nanjing Road.
Day 9 Leave for Beijing
After breakfast at the hotel, you will take a taxi to the airport for Beijing flight. Our trip comes to an end at this time.
1.Which of the following is the correct route for the 3-day tour in Beijing?
A. Tian’anmen Square - the Forbidden City – the Temple of Heaven – the Great Wall
B. the Forbidden City – the Bird’s Nest - Tian’anmen Square – the Great Wall
C. Tian’anmen Square – the Temple of Heaven - the Forbidden City – the Great Wall
D. the Bird’s Nest - Tian’anmen Square – the Temple of Heaven – the Great Wall
2.If Mr. Wang plans to take the trip with his wife and son, they will have to pay _______
A. $839 B. $2097.5
C. $1258.5 D. $2517
3.When you take the trip to Xi’an, you will _______.
A. learn many things about the local life and local people
B. visit many surprising royal tombs, such as the Ming Tombs
C. watch lively acrobatic show after a delicious meal
D. have some free time to enjoy the beautiful Bund
4.The passage is useful in _______ .
A. encouraging Americans to apply for a visa
B. offering a free ticket booking service to tourists
C. helping foreigners to really understand China
D. attracting foreigners to go travelling in China
