It is not cool to follow the fashion trends wear the latest clothes. Your style—the way you dress up, the way you carry yourself, the trends you follow—plays a key role in helping you stand out in a crowd of faces. 1.
Just be original. Everyone has their own way or thinking and experiences that shape their style. You can stand out of the crowd and be not copied. However, self-doubt can drive many to abandon their ways and follow others. 2.
To be bold. Let’s face it; you can’t please everyone. 3.In fact, explore and experiment with different styles that may be completely non-conventional(非常规的) to find something that you prefer.
Keep track of recent trends. 4.Similarly, your sense of fashion changes as you gain more experience in life. Keeping up with the latest trends will help you reshape your style.
5.You can wear a dress exactly how you want it, however, your attitude can make a significant difference on how you look. You can wear a very beautiful dress, but if you can’t carry it with confidence, it will not look good on you. So trust yourself and wear it confidently.
A. Wear your confidence.
B. You should discover your true feeling.
C. You can and should have your own style.
D. So let your style reflect your individuality.
E. Also, it tells a lot of things about your personality.
F. Changing trends reflects the changes in people’s taste.
G. You have to face people who do not approve of your fashion sense.
Curiosity is the engine of intellectual achievement—it’s what drives us to keep learning, keep trying and keep pushing forward. But how does one stimulate(激发) curiosity in oneself or others?
"Curiosity arises," Loewenstein, a professor of psychology, wrote, "when attention becomes focused on a gap(缺口) in one’s knowledge. Such information gaps produce the feeling of deprivation(剥夺) labeled curiosity. The curious individual is motivated to obtain the missing information to reduce the feeling of deprivation." Loewenstein’s theory helps explain why curiosity is such a great motivator: it’s not only a mental state but also an emotion, a powerful feeling that drives us forward.
A scientist called Daniel Willingham notes that teachers are often so eager to get to the answer that they do not devote enough tune to developing the question. Being told an answer stops curiosity before it can even get going. Instead of starting with the answer, begin by asking the students a question that interests them—one that opens an information gap.
George Loewenstein noted that curiosity requires some basic knowledge. We’re not curious about something we know absolutely nothing about. But as soon as we know even a little bit, our curiosity is excited and we want to learn more. In fact, research shows that curiosity increases with knowledge: the more we know, the more we want to know.
Language teachers usually use a similar idea in exercises that open an information gap and then require learners to communicate with each other in order to fill it. For example, one student might be given some pictures showing the beginning of the story, while the student’s partner is given some pictures showing how that same story ends. Only by speaking with each other can the students fill in each other’s information gaps.
1.When one notices a gap in his or her knowledge, the curious person_______.
A. desires to fill it
B. tends to give it up
C. may be unwilling to admit it
D. will ignore it and move forward
2.Which of the following is Daniel Willingham’s opinion?
A. Answers are more important than questions.
B. Teachers know how to stimulate students’ curiosity.
C. Interesting questions can help stimulate students’ curiosity.
D. Teachers should allow students to ask more questions in class.
3.What do we know about curiosity in Paragraph 4?
A. It is of importance.
B. It needs more knowledge.
C. It is excited when we learn more.
D. It increases with growing knowledge.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. The Importance of Curiosity
B. How to Stimulate Curiosity
C. Curiosity and Language Learning
D. How to Teach Foreign Languages
Super Bowl Weekend has just ended, and I was very excited for the big game. But I’m not just a fan of the game: I’m a 13-year-old and offensive guard. I just finished playing my eighth and final season.
During the last two years, they’ve created Title IX regulations that forbid girls from playing contact sports due to safely and “touching” concerns. They claim to be acting in the best interests of young people.
During the 2015 season, the Archdiocese(大主教辖区) announced that it would be my last season because of a rule that girls were not permitted to play football in the league. Right away, I knew I needed to change this rule for not just myself, but for all girls.
So I started a change.org petition(请愿书) that received more than 108,000 signatures!I told my story on national news networks and shows. And in March 2016, the Archbishop changed the rule to make CYO football coed(男女混合的) in Philadelphia.
But in July 2016, the bishops(主教) changed their decision and made football once again for boys only. They let me in for my eighth-grade season, but shut down the opportunity of any other girl to play. I could have walked away, but I knew that I had to stay and fight this rule again for girls who want to play football. I started another petition. No girl should be banned from a game she loves.
I hope that you join me in my effort to call on the bishops of Pennsylvania to permit young people like me to learn and grow together, not separately. You can sign my petition at change.org/girl in football.
1.Why did the author decide to start the first change.org petition?
A. Because she finished her final season.
B. Because she watched Super Bowl Weekend.
C. Because she was banned from the league in 2016.
D. Because she learned a lot about Title IX regulations.
2.What can we learn about the author?
A. She is smart. B. She is selfless.
C. She is generous. D. She is offensive.
3.What is the real purpose of writing the text?
A. To complain the policy is unfair.
B. To express her passion for football.
C. To introduce her change.org petition.
D. To appeal to people to join her in the fight.
4.Where can others sign their names?
A. On the website. B. In the league.
C. On the papers. D. In the letters.
Day in and day out, Rose, a neat, well-dressed, dark-haired young woman carries out her work at an office in a business park near Cambridge and spends hours studying pictures of children being abused. She watches the images again and again, looking for the tiniest details that might deliver a young victim from hell. They might be as small as the titles of books on a table, the action of making the bed or the images on the posters on the wall—anything that might provide a clue to the place where the child is suffering, and might finally lead the police to the abuser.
How can Rose hear to do such work? And all that for a salary of less than $23,000 a year? She said her motivation in joining the work was to protect the public. "When I first started this job, there was anger at the beginning. But when you see what the children have to endure, you know someone has to be there to protect them. If I can play a small part, I will help make a difference."
The 33-year-old woman is enthusiastic about her job. Rose and her team have done what they could to put the children’s life back together. They are very proud of what they have done.
The nature of her work has changed her for the better. "I’m a lot more focused on the positive, much more relaxed about the world. I enjoy the good people around me," she says. Rose thinks that her job is a bit like giving blood. Maybe you don’t like doing it, but someone has to. She regards it as her duty to help abused children.
1.What is Rose’s job?
A. Managing a big business park.
B. Studying images on the posters on the walls.
C. Teaching and looking after abused children.
D. Finding clues that help save abused children.
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "endure" in Paragraph 2?
A. Suffer. B. Change.
C. Enjoy. D. Expect.
3.Why are Rose and her team satisfied with their job?
A. Because nobody in her country dare to abuse children.
B. Because children will live a happier life than ever before.
C. Because the number of children who are abused will be reduced.
D. Because parents in her country will know how to protect their children.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Rose’s life makes her popular.
B. Rose changes herself for the better.
C. Rose makes a difference to the world.
D. Rose’s life has been positively affected by her job.
If you are outside, the following apps can help guide and entertain you.
Travel
You can forward any email confirmations(确认) for your travels to plans@travel.com, when signing up for a free account at the Travel website. Send Travel all confirmations for hotel, flight, train, theater and other reservations.
Travel will create a travel route that will be shown in the Travel app on your phone. No need to hunt down emails when it is time to travel. Everything will be in one place, on the Travel app.
Baidu Translate
The Baidu Translate app translates between 103 different languages. Copy and stick text into the app to see a translation. You can also handwrite text onto the screen. Use your phone’s camera to see a translation of signs.
The app works even without an Internet connection. Baidu Translate is available for free.
Google Maps
Google Maps can be downloaded for times when you are away from the Internet. Customize(定做) maps by including directions and points of interest. After creating a custom map, you can share it with others so they can see where you are going or join you on your trip.
If you discover favorite restaurants, hotels or museums, you can save them to your maps to revisit them later.
OpenTable
OpenTable is a restaurant reservation app to help users discover and make reservations at restaurants. Search by location, menu, reviews and prices.
OpenTable is available free for Android and iPhone and iPad.
1.Which apps can help you organize travel plans?
A. Travel. B. OpenTable.
C. Google Maps. D. Baidu Translate.
2.How can you use Baidu Translate?
A. By speaking to it. B. By texting into it.
C. By taking pictures. D. By sending an email.
3.What can Google Maps allow you to do?
A. To share with friends. B. To get free meals.
C. To make a personal map. D. To reserve hotels in advance.
假设你是你校足球队的杨帆,你校英语报Sports栏目组邀请你为他们投稿。请用英语写一篇短文,介绍你的队友王林:
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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