One day, the school headmaster announced the arrival of a new literature teacher, Mrs Adams. “Class, tomorrow welcome her and behave well, as she previously worked in the army and is tough and strict,” she shared. Upon hearing she worked in the army, the whole class looked at each other in fear, except Ben.
The next day, Mrs. Adams entered the classroom looking friendly and was soft-spoken. “She looks like she couldn’t even hurt a fly,” Ben said.
Not angry with Ben, Mrs. Adams taught her lesson patiently so that everyone could understand what she was talking about. And she asked the class to prepare for their first test that would be given weeks later, which caused everyone to take notes and listen carefully, except Ben.
He wasn’t interested in the lesson. He thought literature was boring, and he refused to listen. Thus, when it was finally time for the test, Ben struggled to get any of the answers right.
During their next literature period, Mrs. Adams returned all the papers. Almost all received As while Ben received an F. “Do better next time, Ben,” Mrs. Adams called out. But Ben couldn’t accept it.
After Ben went home in time for dinner, his dad Patrick asked him about his test. Ben said that the new teacher was unfair, giving him his failing mark on purpose. Patrick doubted it. The next day, he secretly visited his son’s headmaster, and confirmed Ben was lying. Patrick left the school dissatisfied.
That evening, Ben discovered his dad had learned the truth about his test. “You didn’t put any effort into doing well in that test!” Ben was embarrassed (尴尬的). His face turned red and hot. He was angry. He wanted to take revenge (报复) on his new teacher.
The next day, he followed Mrs. Adams to her house after school. Angry with her for giving him a failing mark and embarrassing him before his father, Ben took a brick from the ground and threw it at her window. Hearing the noise of her window breaking, Mrs. Adams was shocked.
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2. 请按如下格式作答。
Frightened, Ben ran away towards home, trying to escape.
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Please write a passage to tell your experiences and views on sharing learning skills with your classmates.
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Thomas Mayfield had a major problem to solve in his fifth-grade classroom. “I’m not good at adding. I don’t know how to regroup or borrow. I’m not good at subtracting (减法). Or I don’t know my facts yet, and I’m a fifth-grader,” Mayfield’s students used to tell him. The 42-year-old math teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, took their frustrations to heart. Mayfield knew it was important to try something new, especially because most of his students were also struggling outside of the classroom. Single-parent homes, low financial stability... a lot of that was going on.
Mayfield teaches at Title I school, where at least 40% of students are economically disadvantaged. He grew up going to these types of schools in Fort Worth, too. As a child, he loved to go to school, but always had great difficulty with the study of math. Besides, due to the fact that he had to take much time to help deal with the family’s financial situation, it seemed harder for him and children in similar situations to learn some subjects, especially math, well.
To reach students in a way that was familiar and inviting, he brought rap music to the classroom. He even made some videos, in one of which he played an instrumental beat to Luniz’s song I Got 5 on It. This got his students excited, even crazy. Then they started to rap about decimal point (小数点). “Now let’s break this thing down,” rapped Mayfield and students in the video.
Let’s start with the tenths
Like a dime (1角硬币) to a dollar, there’s 1 out of 10
Then we move to the hundredths, one part out of many
One out of 100, we call that a penny
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They rapped and made popular music videos with thousands of views about math, and motivational songs like passing the big end-of-year exam.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Learning math through music has been a successful strategy.__________________________
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Pareece Morehouse is one of Mayfield’s former students._____________________________
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1.考前焦虑的坏处；
2.给考生们提出合理的建议。
提示：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
词数：不少于100词(开头已给出，但不计入总词数)。
Learn to Relax Before An Examination
Nowadays.as Senior Three students, we have to face many examinations.
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Pay It Forward
Ryan, whose father died of illness early, was a senior high student now. He and his mom were on their own, living in a sparsely furnished apartment. Mom lost her job because of the economic crisis and they barely got by (勉强度日).
As usual, Ryan walked into the restaurant where his mother once worked as a cashier in 2010 and queued up to pay for the lunch.
“Two forty,” Sonia, the cashier said.
“Could you charge it to my account, please? My name is Ryan Harris.”
Sonia looked through the record chart, announcing that Ryan didn’t have any credits (积分) left, and suggested he pay cash. Reaching his hand into his pocket, Ryan only took out several cents, which couldn’t cover the lunch. He smiled weakly, turned away and took a seat in the restaurant for a rest. He felt so hungry that his eyes fell on the sandwiches people around were enjoying. Before long, unexpectedly, Sonia walked up to him, bringing a lunch and putting it on his desk. Surprise deprived him of all power of speech. Sonia explained, “I paid for it. And I bought you some credits to last you through the month. I know what it’s like to go without lunch.”
Soon Ryan learned the truth. Sonia went to the same senior high in 2010 like him and used to have lunch in the same restaurant every day. One day, she stayed in line, waiting to buy her lunch, but was told that she didn’t have enough credits. So she left, empty-handed. Just as she thought she would go hungry, an amazing cashier brought her lunch and a card reading “Pay it forward and help someone else in need”.
Sonia told Ryan the amazing cashier changed her life forever, and she was the reason why Sonia decided to start working here, meanwhile handing Ryan the card. Ryan promised that he would pay the money back to her one day. But Sonia insisted, “We are human. And we have to be nice to each other. You needn’t pay me back; you pay it forward!” Ryan could not believe his good fortune, enjoyed the lunch and went to school.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
After school, Ryan came home, only to see his mum wiping tears off her face.
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When mum saw the card, memories came flooding back.
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【推荐2】阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文, 续写的词数应为150左右。
On a Friday evening in December, two weeks before Christmas, I lost my job. I hadn’t seen it coming. I was excited for the weekend, when my daughter, Kristil. then 12, and I planned to get our Christmas tree. Then I listened to my voicemail: “We’re sorry but your work assignment has ended as of today.” My heart sank. As a single parent. I needed the paycheck to survive.
The next day as we searched for our tree, I struggled to be cheerful as I eyed each price tag.
“Is everything OK?” Kristil asked. “You seem worried.”
“I got some bad news yesterday,” I told her. “I lost my job.”
“Oh no.” Kristil said. “Well, I have a $100 from Grandma that I can give you.”
“Absolutely not.” I told her.
Monday morning. I dropped Kristil at school and furiously (拼命地) applied for jobs as my bank account grew smaller. I felt as if the world was closing in on me.
On a weekend afternoon. I dropped Kristil in a wealthy gated community for a birthday party. I watched as she went in, surrounded by all the nice things we couldn’t afford. I drove home defeated.
Back at home, I glanced out of the window. It had been snowing on and off all morning. I was astonished to notice a woman with short white hair struggling to open her car door against the wind. As she got out. I realized it was my old professor, Sister Esther. I hadn’t seen her since we’d met for lunch three months ago.
I’d first met Sister Esther 10 years earlier when I was her student at College. Kristil was 3 at the time, and I sometimes took her to class, Sister Esther was understanding and would bring colouring books to occupy Kristil. Even after I graduated, Sister Esther kept in touch. I had grown to love her like family.
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I rushed to the front of my building.
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As she got up to leave, she handed me a Christmas card.
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Every June, we renew an annual tradition at our house in a lovely neighbourhood. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of nature that remind them of the summer. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies( 仙子) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream sundaes (圣代冰淇淋).
I’m not certain how this tradition evolved. I think I was making up something about fairies years ago, and it all just sort of happened. But ever since, it has been one of our favourite routine activities, fascinated with its magic.
“When are the fairies coming?” six-year-old Anna had been asking all last June, eager with expectation. Meanwhile, John, nine, was getting wise to fairies and Father Christmas and such silly things. So he was pretty sure about how all the “magic” came about as the evening approached. “You know, I had everything worked out!” He said he would understand if, during our walk, Mum or Dad should forget something and return home or during the walk a parent might have to fetch something in the car. Many times, we were even thinking of telling him the truth but we didn’t. Anna should enjoy the magic.
The evening arrived as expected. The children collected leaves and blades of grass, pebbles, twigs (树枝) and dead insects. We put their bowls on the front doorstep and went off on our walk as usual. But after a while, I pretended to complain that I had forgotten my keys and needed to go back.
John smiled with a knowing expression. “Oh wait,” I added. “I’ve found them! I don’t have to go back.” As we continued on our way, John was beginning to get a bit confused.
Near our house, after exchanging a glance with my husband, I anxiously warned that the fairies might not have arrived yet — we might need to walk for a bit longer. Hearing what I said, John seemed relieved. “Yes,” he said, “they probably hadn’t come!” Yet when we reached the front door, the bowls were in the same place we had left them — filled exactly with ice cream sundaes.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Seeing this, the two kids gave quite different responses.
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