The discussion on “textbooks vs. computers” has been going on for years. How much technology is enough in the classroom? Should textbooks be replaced (取代) by computers?
①tools, powerful, are, without, computers, doubt (.) Computer-based lesson plans are updated (更新的) in real time. New information can be added as soon as changes take place. Students can find the latest information for the subjects they are studying.
With computers, students can learn how to use them for the rest of their lives. Today computers are used in almost all areas. Students can prepare themselves better for the future if they have computers.
However, although there are these advantages, I think textbooks must stay.
With textbooks, it is easier for students to take notes. ②Scientists have found that take notes by hand helps students learn more.
Textbooks are also less expensive than computers. ③Most families can afford textbooks, but not all of them can afford a computer. Every student should be allowed to learn what he needs to learn. It’s wrong to rob a student of his right (权利) to learn just because he can’t afford the material.
Computers are playing an important role in education. They allow students to learn more. However, I don’t think they can replace textbooks. If students want to learn well, they must use textbooks. Do you agree with me?
1. 请将文中①处后面单词连成句子，标点符号已在括号内给出。2. 文中②处划线句子有一处错误，改正并抄写。
3. 请将文中③处画线句子翻译成汉语。
4. Where are computers used today?
5. What’s the writer’s opinion in the last paragraph?
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【推荐1】 Many children don’t like doing chores. But asking children to help with chores is more than just getting the house cleaned. It can also help children to be independent and responsible（有责任心的）.
Luckily, there is an app to help. The app You Rule Chores lets kids get up from the sofa and do chores. Through smart phone games, the app turns children into housework helpers. “It is difficult to get kids to do work around the house. We made the app to teach kids self-control, which is very important to their future,” one of the app engineers said.
| The games are fun, and the app is super easy to use. You Rule Chores is my favorite chore app so far. ——Sam, a middle school student | Young kids like to help out around the house, but fewer parents hear the words “What can I do to help?” from their older kids. A study shows that only 65% of kids aged 16 to 18 take part in chores. |
| You Rule Chores is an app the whole family will benefit from （从中受益）. Now my kids often compete to see who can do more housework. ——Brooke, a mother of three kids |
How to use You Rule Chores? First, each child needs to choose one of the app’s characters. Then the child can start to do chores. Once he finishes it, he can get some coins（硬币） from the app. He can use them to buy things from the online store.
How to use You Rule Chores?
▲ | → | Do chores | → | Get coins | → | Buy things online |
2. How does the app make children do chores?
3. What do the users think of the app?
4. According to the research, how many kids aged 16 to 18 do chores?
5. Please complete the first step of the chart above.
6. Do you do chores at home? Why or why not?
【推荐2】Today, we can get news from TV or the Internet, but how did ancient people get news? At the very beginning, information spread by word of mouth. People living in tribes (部落) got news from neighbors. Sometimes there were some travelers in the tribes, so they could also get news from travelers. Ancient Romans changed the way people knew about their communities. They posted a list of daily happenings at public squares in the cities. Ancient Chinese people did it in another way. The government had news sent to the officers in the whole country so people could know what was going on in the capital.
The fifteenth century saw the big progress in printing technology in the west. It brought a sudden rise of news business. Printers sold whatever people loved to read. In the sixteenth century, the first real newspapers appeared. People started to form the habit of reading newspapers. They liked to share their opinions on newspapers. The invention of telegraph (电报) machines caused another big step in history. New stories were sent to the papers in minutes instead of weeks.
Now we get news in seconds from all over the world. We can become some kind of reporters by posting online what happens around us.
任务 2：阅读短文(B)，进行同义向转换 (每空一词)
1. The invention of telegraph machines caused another big step in history.Another big step
任务 3：阅读短文(B)内容回答问题。
2. From whom did people living in tribes get news?Now the Internet plays an important part in our daily life. It is one of the most important inventions in the twentieth century. Now we use it most on computers or our mobile phones. The Internet works for us in many ways. Through the Internet we can find information, send e-mails, listen to music, watch movies and so on. It also brings the whole world happiness. We can do shopping without leaving our home. The online shopping makes our life easier. There are different goods (商品) in different Internet stores. The Internet stores can provide us with the prices, pictures and instructions when we choose them. Some people also appear in the shopping apps to sell goods. All we need to do is to sit in front of the computer or to hold a phone in hands. It is said that Double Eleven is the largest shopping day in China. It is on November 11th. On that day, maybe the price is lower than that in normal days. Young people are busy buying different things during those days online. What are your ideas on the Internet? Can you tell me?
1. Is the Internet one of the most important inventions in the nineteenth century?2. What can the Internet stores provide when we choose goods?
3. Why is Double Eleven the largest shopping day in China?
4. Do you think shopping on the Internet is good or bad? Why?
【推荐1】Every child in the UK must receive a full-time education until the age of 16. Parents can choose to send their children either to a state school, which is free, （A）
The school year is generally divided into three terms. Each term（B）ends in a holiday. The summer holiday is the longest and usually lasts from the middle of July to the（C）beginning of September. Education（D）有两个主要的阶段—primary school and secondary school. Primary schools are for students from the age of 5 to 11. The main subjects are Maths, English, History, Geography, Science, Art, Music and PE. Secondary schools are for students from the age of 11 to 16 or 18. The same subjects are taught there, as well as other subjects such as foreign languages （usually French, German or Spanish）, Technology and Computer Studies.
After the age of 16, students can either find a job or continue their studies at a school or college until they are 18. （E）
2. 写出文中画线部分（B）和（C）的同义词或近义词：
3. 将文中画线部分（D）译成英语：
4. 将文中画线部分（F）改写为：There are
5. 从文中找出两个表示语言类的名词：
【推荐2】Patrick doesn’t like school. He thinks doing homework is too boring. He likes to play baseball and basketball after class.
One day his cat is playing with a little elf (精灵). The elf says, “Help me! Don’t give me back to that cat. If you help me, I can grant （承认）you a wish.” So Patrick says, “Help me do all my homework for 35 days.”
The elf doesn’t always know what to do and he needs help. “Help me! Help me!” he says. And Patrick has to help. “I don’t know this word,” the elf asks. “Get me a dictionary. Look up the word.” When it comes to math, the elf says, “I know nothing about math. Here, sit down beside me and help me.” The elf doesn’t know anything about history, he says, “Go to the library. I need books. And you can help me read them, too.”
Patrick works hard every day. Patrick gets A at each subject. But I tell you a secret. In fact Patrick does the homework by himself.
1. Why doesn’t Patrick like school?2. What does Patrick wants the elf to do for him?
3. How does Patrick get A at each subject?
There is a Chinese idiom (习语) “tao li man tian xia”, referring to (指的是) a teacher who has taught so many students that they spread across the country like peach and plum (李子) trees. The idiom comes from Zizhi (子质), an official (大臣) that lived in the state of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period (BC770﹣BC476). Zizhi was a knowledgeable person. He was not liked by the king at the time, so he had to leave his state. To make a living, he opened a private school and started to teach students.
As a teacher, he chose students no matter they were rich or poor. He often pointed at a peach and plum tree in his yard when asking his students to work hard. “You should become a useful person and do work to benefit society, just like when the peach and plum trees bloom (开花) and bear fruit,” he said.
Keeping these words in their minds, many of Zizhi’s students went on to different places around the country, achieving great things. They would plant peach and plum trees to show their respect for their teacher. When Zizhi travelled around the country and saw his students and the trees they planted, he was very pleased. “My students are like peach and plum trees. They are everywhere and they have achieved great results.”
A. 根据短文内容回答问题。1. Why did Zizhi have to leave his state?
2. What kind of teacher do you prefer? What do you think of Zizhi?
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B. 将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
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C. 请给短文拟一个恰当的标题。
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There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should thank him a lot.
| “Mom, nobody does Thanksgiving like you! You’re the Queen! Thank you very much. Happy Thanksgiving!” |
We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give us a better life. They give us food and clothes, and they teach us what is right and what is wrong. We are taken after well by them.
We thank our teachers who give us dreams. It’s not easy for teachers to educate us. They teach us a lot of things, but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated by them.
Meanwhile (同时), we even thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things.
We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who are selfish (自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. There are a lot of people that we should thank in our life. We should express our thanks with actions, not just words. Then what action will you take to thank them?
1. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.2. According to the card, when is Thanksgiving Day?
3. Why should we thank people who give us up?
4. How can we express our thanks in the writer’s opinion?
5. Who should we thank for? (Two examples are OK)
6. Why do you thank your parents? What action will you take to thank your parents? (Give an example)
【推荐2】Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good (A) l________ and good (B) h________.
An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings (李子布丁). In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream.
Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January 1st. On New Year’s Day, various dishes called Osechi ryori (御节料理) are served—each dish is a wish for the New Year.
In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar (阴历的) month. Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year: In China, foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like “surplus (剩余)”.
阅读短文，按要求完成下列任务。
1. 在文中(A)、(B)的空白处分别填入适当的单词。
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2. 根据短文内容，帮助完成表格。
| Countries | Festivals | Foods |
| England | Christmas | |
| Germany | Christmas | |
| France | Cakes filled with butter cream | |
| Japan | New Year | |
| New Year |
3. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
Many space-lovers dream of traveling into space, but it costs too much to make that dream come true. Luckily, here is a chance for people who love exploring space. An unusual new reality show (真人秀) called Space Hero is in the works.
Space Hero must be popular and attractive because it will be the world’s first reality show in space. It will send a lucky winner to the International Space Station (ISS) where he’ll have a ten-day stay. According to the show creators (创建者), a seat for the winner has already been booked with the NASA (美国国家航空航天局) on spaceship.
How will the show work? The plan of the show is to first pick a group of space-lovers from around the world. The show is open to anyone who is older than 18. “We’re opening space to everyone, not only to astronauts and rich people”, one of the creators said. Twelve men and twelve women will be picked. And then they will be taken to a “Space Village” to take part in the space training for the final trip: Besides the physical tests that are really difficult to finish, the mental tests are also needed during the training.
In the end, the people who watch the show can choose their favorite person to be sent to space. When the winner has been picked, the show will follow that lucky person’s journey and film during the whole time. The creators of Space Hero hope the show will encourage interest in space travel.
1. What’s the name of the world’s first reality show in space?2. How long can the lucky winner stay on ISS?
3. What does the space training include?
4. Who will decide on the winner of the show finally?
5. What do you think of the reality show?
