Many students have to take online classes at home because of COVID-19. ________ Some students give their own opinions.
To Zhao Yuchen, a 13-year-old girl from Beijing, the biggest headache about studying online is the poor quality(质量) of her Internet connection. During one of her online classes, she couldn’t hear her English teacher’s voice and she had to reconnect. It wasted lots of time. Since then, she has checked her network before class every day and asked other family members not to use the Internet while she was having a class.
Lin Xiyu is 14 years old. She is from Shanghai. Studying at home has made it hard for her to plan her time. She had a hard time planning her course timetable at first. Later, she knows that planning ahead and creating a study calendar(日程表) are very important. She says students need to estimate(估计) how much time each task will take, review the class content, ask questions and take notes, and make a to-do list for their homework. These are all good ways to help students learn better online.
Zhang Penghui, a 15-year-old boy from Heilongjiang believes online learning takes strong self-discipline(自律) and willpower, because there are lots of distractions(使人分心的事) while studying at home. His family like to offer him snacks and drinks, which sometimes distracts him from listening during his classes. He has asked them to stop interrupting( 打 扰 ) him while he was studying. He says a quiet room and a clean desk can help students concentrate(集中注意力).
1. What is the biggest problem for Zhao Yuchen to study online?2. Who thinks it’s hard to plan the time when having online classes?
3. Why does Zhang Penghui think online learning takes strong self-discipline and willpower?
4. Did Zhang Penghui’s family often interrupt him while he’s studying?
5. What sentence can be put in the blank in the first paragraph?
6. What is your biggest problem when taking online classes? How do you solve the problem?
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【推荐1】A good book can teach you things beyond your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.
Plan your time
You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.
Always carry a book
Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure that you always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you.
Find a quiet place
Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no televisions, computers, music or even noisy family members around you.
Have a library day
Have a library card, and you can read as many good books as possible in the library. Make it a weekly trip to the library. You can save a lot of money.
Blog it
One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog. If you don’t have one, create one. It’s free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions.
Title: | |
| Plan your time | You should read at least half a(n) |
| Always | Make sure a book always stays with you wherever you go. |
| Find a | Find a place at home with a |
| Have a | With a library |
| Blog it | It doesn’t |
【推荐2】Many people don’t like doing chores. But as a member of the family, it’s our duty to do chores. Here is some advice for people who hate chores.
No complaints
Many of us like to complain(抱怨). It’s in fact wasting time. You might spend five minutes complaining that you hate sweeping the kitchen, but actually doing it would only take you three minutes!
Keep a regular schedule(固定的时间表)
To do certain tasks, you should keep a regular time. This way, when it is 6:00 p.m., you’ll know it’s time to set the table.
Make a list
Try to make a list of all things you need to do. Put it in a place where you can see it easily, like on the fridge. Every time you open the fridge for snacks, you will see the paper and remember the chores that you should do.
Make it fun
Doing chores can be enjoyable. For example, playing your favorite music may be enjoyable while you are washing clothes.
1~2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线部分句子翻译成汉语。
1. It’s our duty to do chores as
2. Complaining about doing chores is really a
3. How many pieces of advice does the passage offer?
4.
5.
Trying to find the perfect present is about as easy as trying to read someone’s mind. Few people will actually tell you what they want for a special occasion and most of the time your loved ones will insist that they don’t need or want anything! So, what to do? Here are some tips that could help.
Start Early
Starting your shopping early can have many advantages. For example, it gives you enough time to come up with ideas for what you should buy for your friends or family members. Moreover, the closer it gets to holidays, the higher the prices go up. So, save your money by being an early bird.
Make a List
Here, you can write down everything your friends or family members love. This can include food, hobbies, experiences, and more. Then try to determine how to use this information to find a gift that perfectly suits them. If you are lucky, you should be able to find good ideas in one of these lists.
Think outside the Box
Often, the reason why you get stuck（卡住）for gift ideas is that you only focus on the same kind of presents. If you are still coming up empty, it is time to get creative. You can find something your friends or family members can use every day. When in doubt, you can simply put smaller presents together to make up a larger, more meaningful gift.
Gift an Experience
In case you are still feeling a little stuck, go ahead and find something that the two of you can do together. It may be a class, or anything else where you can enjoy each other’s company（陪伴）. In short, you will be able to give them the gift of friendship.
1. What advantages of starting early are mentioned in the passage?2. What can be written down when you make a list?
3. Which of the tips is useful when you get stuck?
4. What does “Gift an Experience” mean in the last paragraph?
5. How do you usually find a perfect present for your friends or family?（请自拟一句话作答）
【推荐1】Recently, there has been a new regulation(规定) in Jiangsu. Teachers are required not to show test scores of students. The results of students in the nine grades should be described by letters—such as A or B—rather than the scores used for years in China.
Schools mustn’t give more homework or classes to students to make up for the long holiday that was a result of COVID19. However, schools have to give music, sports, art and IT classes just as before.
①As we all know, students with the same scores may have different problems in other ways. And giving tests should be about finding problems and making changes instead of encouraging competition.
Peng Ming, a primary school teacher in Nanjing, said, “Students of ordinary Chinese families still need to get high scores to enter good senior high schools and universities.” Of course, that won't change in just one day. Many parents think they'll have to send their children to afterschool classes. They think these classes are very important for children’s future. ②他们对孩子要求严格。In fact, some students may achieve more with tiger parenting and strict schooling.
根据要求回答下列问题：
1. The grades should be described in
2. The new rule does not allow schools to give more homework or classes to
3. 请将文中①处划线句子翻译成汉语。
4. What shouldn’t exams be used for?
5. 请将文中②处划线句子翻译成英语。
Watch Meet Mr Robot on your television tonight. This show introduces some new technology that could change our schools in the future.①
(A) Traditional classrooms don’t have any computers or screens. On Meet Mr Robot, we’ll look (B) ________ some amazing inventions. Probably we’ll see these inventions soon.
As well as (除了) carrying lots of books in their schoolbags, we know that many of today’s students carry small electronic dictionaries. Many schools also have computers. The computers allow students to go online (C) 如果他们需要找到信息.
One of the scientists on the show believes that students will arrive at school with a new type of e-book in the future. ②That will be all they need to read texts, take notes, write reports and do tests.
③The show will also allow us to see what robots will be able to do and how they will help students do better in their studies.
Meet Mr Robot will make you wonder (D) ________ our schools will look like in the future!
1. 将文中画线部分 (A) 改写为：2. 在文中(B) 和 (D) 的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：
3. 将文中画线部分 (C) 译成英语：
4. 在文中①②③逃出能够填入 “And how about Mr Robot?” 的位置：
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的句子：
【推荐3】How does your teacher make you sit, in rows or in groups? How would you like to sit? Does sitting in rows make you feel good or does it make you feel lonely? Do you feel that sitting in a group and discussing things makes you learn more in an easier way?
In the last 30 years or so, experts on teaching methods have thought about these questions. They felt that sitting in rows was not very useful. They thought students learned easier and better when they sat around a table in a group. Students could also learn to get along with others and exchange ideas easily in groups.
However, it seems they were not quite right. At least Nigel Hastings, professor of Nottingham Trent University, does not think so. He has been researching classroom behavior for the last 20 years in England. His conclusion (结论) is that children work much better when they sit in rows than sitting around in groups.
His study found that students wasted a lot of time talking when they were placed in groups. When children were made to sit singly or in pairs and not in groups as they were used to, they were more attentive (专注的) to their work.
Right now, most primary school students in England are seated in groups of four and six, according to Sunday Times. So the report of Nigel’s study could make a big difference to how they will sit and learn.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
1. Why did some experts think sitting in groups was useful?
2. What’s the conclusion of Nigel’s study?
3. What happened when students sat in groups in Nigel’s study?
4. Most primary school students in England sit in groups nowadays, don’t they?
5. Would you like to sit in groups or in rows? Why?
The great thinker Liu An gave the famous story of The Old Man at the Fort (《塞翁失马》). An old man lived a poor life with his son at the top of a hill. They lost their horse which they made a living with.
His neighbors came to express their pity for his bad luck. The old man asked, “How do you know this is bad luck?” After several days, his horse returned with many wild horses. His neighbor came to congratulate him on his good luck. The old man replied, “How do you know this is good luck?” A few days later, his son learned to ride horses. However, he fell off the horseback and broke his leg. The old man thought, “How can’t this be a good thing?” The next year, there was a war. The son didn’t have to join the army because of that accident.
Nothing in the world is absolutely (绝对地) good or bad. Just as an old saying goes, “Good luck and bad luck come in turn.” Bad things can lead to good results. And good things can lead to bad results. When you are lucky, you’d better keep calm, or you may get into trouble at last. When you are in trouble, you should see it in a good way and you can turn it around with a strong will.
Task I: Finish the mind map according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.| The story of the Old Man at the Fort | An old man lived with his son in a |
| They lost their horse, and later the horse | |
| His son broke his | |
| The next year, because of the broken leg. his son needn’t | |
| The story was given by a thinker who named |
66. What did the old man live on?
67. When did the man’s lost horse come back?
68. What can you learn from this passage? Explain your idea(s) in about 20 words.
Long long ago, there lived a young man, called Li Sheng, who had just married a beauty. However, his wife always did whatever she wanted without caring about others’ feelings. One day, she wanted to look pretty with a coat of fox fur（皮毛）. So she asked her husband to get her one. But the coat was rare （罕见的）and too expensive. The helpless husband had to walk around on the hillside. Just at the moment, a fox was walking by. He lost no time to catch it by the tail. “Well, dear fox, let’s make an agreement. Could you offer me a small piece of your skin? That isn’t a big deal, is it?”
The fox was amazed at his words, but she replied, “Well, my dear, that’s easy. But let my tail go so that I can pull off the fur for you.” The man was quite satisfied, so he let her free and waited for the fur. But the moment the fox got free, she ran away as quickly as she could into the forest.
For thousands of years, the story has been told to advise people not to ask anyone to act against his own will, even if it seems unimportant.
1. Why did Li Sheng’s wife want a coat of fox fur?（不超过5个词）2. How did the fox feel when she heard Li Sheng’s words?（不超过5个词）
3. What can we learn from the story?（不超过15个词）
Mr. Smith lives in a town with his wife (妻子) and two children. One morning, Mr. Smith went to work. Before leaving home, he put a 100-yuan bill(钞票) on a desk in his study.
But when he came back home, he found the money was not there. Someone took the money away! The windows were not open, so Mr. Smith thought it must be someone in the house. He remembered only his wife Sophie and their children Sam and David were at home when he left.
When he asked Sophie about the money, she told him that she didn’t go to the study that day because she was busy cleaning the bedrooms. Mr. Smith saw that the floor and windows were very clean, so he thought he could believe her.
Next, he asked Sam about the money. Sam said he saw the bill. To keep it safe(安全的), he put the bill under a book on Mr. Smith’s desk. But Mr. Smith couldn’t find it there.
Then he asked David about it. David said he saw the bill sticking out(伸出) from under the book, so he put it between Page(页) 1 and Page 2 of the book to hide it. Then Mr. Smith knew that David took the money because Page 1 and Page 2 were on opposite (相反的) sides of the same paper. It was impossible(不可能的) to put something between these two pages.
1. How many people were at home after Mr. Smith went to work?2. Where did Mr. Smith put the bill when he left?
3. Which rooms did Mr. Smith’s wife clean that day?
4. Why did Sam put the bill under a book on Mr. Smith’s desk?
5. Did Mr. Smith think he could put things between Page 3 and Page 4 of the book?
Smartphones have really changed the way of communications. Smartphones are the most used communication tool today, whether it is for personal use or for work. Some people use their smartphones wisely while others use them almost all of the day which is very dangerous for their health. The suggestions below may help you reduce (减少) the harm they could do to your health.
When using your smartphone, try to keep it away from your body as much as possible.
Don’ t put it on the bedside table when you go to sleep.
When you’re on the smartphone, use the speaker. In this way, you have just 1/100th of the contact (接触) with radiation (辐射) you have when you hold it to your ear. An earphone is also a good idea.
Try to keep your conversations short. If you need to talk longer, use an ordinary phone instead.
Change ears when you’re using your smartphone. Before putting it to your ear, wait until the person you are calling picks up the phone.
Your phone gives out radiation when you talk or send messages, but not when you’re listening or getting messages. Listening more and talking less can lower the risk of health problems.
Do not use your smartphone when the signal (信号) is weak or when moving at a high speed, for example in a car or on a train. At high speeds your phone is trying to pick up signals, and this increases the radiation it gives out.
1题完成句子；2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1. You’d better not put your smartphone on the bedside table when
2. What will you do if you need to talk longer?
3. What should you do before you put your smartphone to your ear?
4.
5.
Sometimes what we post on social networks can have consequences (后果) we didn’t expect. Most teens think they know everything about social media, but many young people got into trouble because of their online activities.
Here are some important tips. None of them can make sure 100% Internet safety, but all of them will help you to be safer online.
RULE 1: Share with care!
Not everyone will like what you write online. Think before you post something. You can never completely control who sees your texts or your pictures. Before posting, everyone should ask themselves two questions: “How will they feel if my family or teachers see this?” and “How might this post be bad for me in three, five or ten years from now?” Considering others’ feelings are very important.
RULE 2: Be polite when you write.
Imagine someone is unfriendly in real life. You don’t like it, right? Well, the same is true of online communication. Politeness matters a lot, and anyone can be polite. No one likes it when you “shout” in your messages.
RULE 3: Protect and respect.
Don’t share your passwords (密码) with anyone. Don’t post your home address online. Watch out for “cyberbullying (网络欺凌)” —don’t spread untrue news about other people, and don’t speak ill of others. If you get messages like that or see them online, talk to an adult you know.
| Internet Safety | |
| Background | ●Many young people have |
| Tips about using Internet | ●Share with care! It’s important to consider others’ ●Be polite when you write. Your online ●Protect and respect. Never |
Last week was Road Safety Week at Jim’s school. All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said.
“Most traffic accidents shouldn’t happen. They happen because people are careless. A usual cause of traffic accidents is speed. Some people drive too quickly. You need to remember this when you are crossing the street or walking along the sidewalk, or you will be hurt, even lose your life.”
“It’s not only drivers who cause accidents but also walkers, and bicycle riders often cause accidents, too. Walkers sometimes walk out into the street without looking. You should always look on both sides before stepping into the street.”
“Do any of you ride a bike? Bicycle riders can cause accidents by changing directions suddenly or without warning other road users. Before you turn left, for example, you should check behind you to make sure there aren’t any cars, trucks or buses coming. You should show with your left hand to tell that you want to turn left. You should not turn until the street is clear.”
“The rules of the road are very simple. If we 5 , we should not have accidents any more.”
注：每题答案不超过6个词。
1. Who gave the students a talk about Road Safety in Jim’s school?
2. What does the underlined word “this” refer to(指代) in Paragraph 2?
3. What makes you safe before stepping into the street according to the passage?
4. How many reasons for accidents are mentioned in the passage?
5. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph.
