Overhead bridges are found in many parts of big cities, especially in places1. traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is dangerous. The purpose of these bridges2.(be) to enable pedestrians to cross roads 3.(safe). Overhead bridges are used in very much the 4.way as Zebra crossings. They are more efficient although5.(little) convenient because people have to climb up a long flight of steps. This is6.(convenient) especially to older people. When pedestrians use an overhead bridge, they do not hold up traffic. However, when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is why the government has built many overhead bridges 7.(help) pedestrians and to keep traffic moving at the same time. For their own safety, pedestrians should be encouraged to use them instead of 8. (risk) their lives by dashing across the road. Old people, however, may find it a little difficult climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road with all the danger of moving traffic. Overhead bridges serve a very useful purpose. Pedestrians, both old and young, should make 9. a habit to use them. This will prevent unnecessary accidents and 10.(lose) of life.
1.— Have you heard that the international company is advertising for employees?
— Of course, and I heard that there were more than 2,000 _______________ (申请人)
2.It's said that a red sky at night is an i ___________（暗示）for fine weather the next day.
3.I was impressed by his s__________ manner of speaking.
4.With our practical experience a__________, I’d like to work part-time to relieve financial difficulties.
5.I can’t conclude what it was that d__________ her from her colleagues?
6.What _________(标准) are used for assessing a student’s ability?
7.The policeman has no difficulty i_________the bodies as those of two suspected drug dealers.
8.He had such an e_____________memory that he could recite the whole passage without any mistake after he read it only once.
9.He acknowledged the sense of__________(背叛) of Patrick.
10.He is clearly s________ to all the other candidates in this election.
Volunteering abroad comes with a bit of a social stigma(耻辱). From my______, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Volunteering isn't so expensive that it's only a ______ for the well-off. I spent 10 weeks volunteering in Arizona with America Conservation Experience(ACE), helping ______ America's natural beauty.
The ______ was arranged through BUNAC, a work and volunteer organization. ________ it cost me around $1,000-- a sum which I ______ mostly by working part-time.
The self-indulgent(放纵自己的) image is ______ to overseas volunteer projects. However, the work can be _______ . I spent my time maintaining trails, building fences and carrying out projects in some of the national monuments of America. Summer temperatures in Arizona stay well above 35℃, ______ pleasant if you're carrying 50kg of concrete for 10 hours at a time. And then there was the wildlife to deal with, which______ my strength of character and made my ________ of the English household spider disappear.
________ do most people volunteer for? Probably they want to ________ things to the world. But in reality, you ________ just as much as the local communities and ecosystems you're helping.
Spending 10 weeks in America's most beautiful national parks and forests was______. I gained a far deeper________of the local environment than the average tourist,______ ex-national park rangers(护林者) who knew______ of the area's history and ecosystem. But best of all, my 10 weeks were spent volunteering with young people from a mix of______--from Belgians to South Koreans. When I left Arizona, I returned home having made a lifelong _______with people from around the world.
1.A. aspect B. experience C. impression D. observation
2.A. choice B. dream C. habit D. destination
3.A. explore B. develop C. preserve D. find
4.A. trip B. fund C. organization D. conference
5.A. In other words B. As a result C. In all D. On average
6.A. awarded B. sponsored C. invested D. covered
7.A. similar B. equal C. relevant D. close
8.A. easy-going B. hard-going C. interesting D. instructive
9.A. still B. never C. yet D. even
10.A. enriched B. challenged C. improved D. affected
11.A. fear B. curiosity C. frustration D. dislike
12.A. Why B. How C. Who D. What
13.A. take out B. give back C. make up D. bring in
14.A. succeed B. remember C. learn D. benefit
15.A. unreal B. unbearable C. unbelievable D. unforgettable
16.A. meaning B. appreciation C. understanding D. commitment
17.A. interviewing B. meeting C. inviting D. recording
18.A. perfectly B. partly C. naturally D. vividly
19.A. origins B. platform C. cultures D. schools
20.A. campaign B. promises C. contest D. bond
Unless you think you're the smartest, who doesn't want to be smarter? Of course I want to be smarter too. So I try to find out who's the real smart guy that maybe I can learn from.1.
▲ They probably do social media. Not always, but probably.2.. They also use this to ensure they can feed their brains with things they otherwise wouldn't have come across.
▲ 3. They never bother their head about the problem of "work-life balance" and somehow manage to seem 100% engaged in what they're doing, on all fronts simultaneously(同时)，even though you know they're taking appropriate steps behind the scenes to make sure their lives are well balanced.
▲ They know they are the smartest in the room, but they don't spend much time talking about that.4. That is, they challenge themselves to make everyone else in the room the smartest person too.
▲ They never, ever, under any circumstances, make you look stupid, even though it would be easy to do so. They've learned through bitter experience that the only thing that happens when you make someone look bad is that you look bad yourself.
▲ If they are managers, they will make every effort to get people more connected and more popular than them in their teams.5. They 're not threatened because they know that smartness is synergistic.(相互促进的）
A. It is not only a chance to listen.
B. They know it is an advantage to them.
C. They take it as a personal challenge instead.
D. They will be smiling even when things go wrong.
E. Now I've got an answer about whether someone's smart.
F. They also ensure their smart people look smarter than them.
G. They deal with home, work and personal interests perfectly.
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbors, even pets, will all help, but the biggest longevity (长寿) seems to come from marriage. The effect was first noticed in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than the married people. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect can be seen in all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even if the chances are all against you, marriage can more than compensate you. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Similarly, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their husband or wife’s death, and caring for your husband or wife with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the chances favor marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complicated, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms(生理机制). For example, social contact can promote development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The overall social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: "People are inter-connected, so their health is inter-connected."
1.It can be inferred from the context that the "flip side" (Para. 2) refers to _________.
A. the disadvantages of being married
B. the emotional problems arising from marriage
C. the responsibility of taking care of one's family
D. the consequence of a broken marriage
2.What does the author say about social networks?
A. They have effects similar to those of a marriage.
B. They help develop people's community spirit.
C. They provide timely support for those in need.
D. They help relieve people of their life's burdens.
3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. It's important that we develop a social network when young.
B. To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.
C. Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.
D. We should share our social networks with each other.
So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for what only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible."
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen and observed.
Learning to read involves all that each individual does not make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching will aid the child in knowledge. Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children."
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.
1.The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that____.
A. it is one of the most difficult school courses
B. students spend endless hours in reading
C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance
D. too much time is spent in teaching of reading
2.The word "scrutiny"（Para.3） most probably means____.
A. inquiry B. observation
C. control D. suspect
3.The main idea of the passage is that ____.
A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read
B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible
C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught
D. reading is more complicated than generally believed
