1 . Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just quickly get up and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer.
The Florida High School, the state’s only on-line school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computers.
“I’m a lot more comfortable at home,” said Luke Levesque, a 16-year-old who is taking a computer class on line. He thinks (A) the school’s computer lab is so noisy that he can’t study well. “Home is much better,” he says.
Students in this first on-line program take classes in math, American government, chemistry, computer, and Web-page design. They also have to go to regular (正规的) school to attend other classes.
When a student is ready to begin in class, he or she (B) ________ the computer, reads the teacher’s instructions, and begins working on the lesson for the day. What happens if a student has a question for the teacher? Or the teacher wants to say something about the work a student is doing? The student and the teacher talk to each other every day through email or by telephone.
Is it easy for students to cheat on tests (考试作弊) when they’re working at home? (C) The teachers have already thought about this. They make students take their final exams in person in the classroom.
“You see most of the same things on-line that you see in a regular classroom,” says teacher Linda Hayes.
If this first on-line program goes well, in three years Florida High School students will be able to take all their classes by computer. When that happens, students will be able to get their high school diplomas (毕业证书) without having to (D) 走进教室.
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1. 将画线部分 (A) 改写成：the school’s computer lab is2. 在 (B) 的空白处填入一个适当的词语：
3. 将画线部分 (C) 译成汉语：
4. 将画线部分 (D) 译成英语：
5. 在短文中找出能够说明主题的短语：
2 . Education in the UK
Every child in the UK must (A) receive a full-time education until the age of 16. Parents can choose to send their children (B) _______ to a state school, which is free, or to a private school, where a fee is required.
The school year is generally divided into three terms. Each term ends in a holiday. The summer holiday is the longest and usually (C) _______ from the middle of July to the beginning of September.
Education has two main stages—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 P.E. 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, Technology and Computer Studies.
After the age of 16, students can either find a job or (D) continue their studies at a school or college (E) 直到他们18岁. Between the ages of 16 and 18, students must choose only three or four subjects to study. At the end of the two years, (F) they must take some important exams. If they do well, they can then go on to study at university. There are over 100 universities in the UK, and the most famous are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
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1. 写出文中画线部分 (A) 和 (D) 处的同义词或近义词：2. 在文中 (B) 和 (C) 的空白处分别填入适当的单词：
3. 将文中画线部分 (E) 译成英语：
4. 将文中画线部分 (F) 改写为：Some important exams must
5. 找出文章的主旨短语：
3 . May 20 is National Student Nutrition Day (营养日). Why is student nutrition important?
Just as a cell phone needs energy from charging (充电), we humans need energy from food. While eating food is the only way to (A) 使我们强壮, what we eat and the way we eat it are also very important, because they decide (B) whether we can get good nutrition.
Many of us have bad eating habits. For example, some don’t eat breakfast. Others eat too (C) ________ fast food. These bad habits may cause nutrition problems, which are bad for the growth of our bodies.
A study by the government in 2005 showed that (D) over 20 percent of people aged 13 to 20 have nutrition problems, such as obesity (肥胖) and high blood pressure.
More students of Chinese middle and primary schools are (E) ________ having nutritious meals, such as milk and fruit. This year, the theme (主题) of National Student Nutrition Day is “improve the nutrition of students in the countryside”. (F) The government will spend quite a lot helping students get nutritious meals.
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1. 将画线部分(A)译成英语：
2. 写出文中画线部分(B)和(D)的同义词或近义词；
3. 在文中(C)和(E)的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词；
4. 将文中画线部分(F)改写为：
5. 从文中找出一个有关营养不良症状的词语：
4 . 回答问题
Most people drink tea in the world. But tea does not mean the same thing to different people. In different countries, people have different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, tea is often served when people get together. Chinese people drink it at home or in tea houses at any time of the day. They often use hot water to boil tea leaves.
Tea is also important in other Asian countries. People in these countries have a special way of serving tea. They hold a tea ceremony in their houses when important guests come. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in their houses.
In the United States, people usually drink tea at breakfast or they drink it after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make tea. This way is faster and easier than the way of making tea in teapots. In summer, most Americans drink iced tea. They like to put some ice in their tea.
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1. Do most people drink tea in the world?5 . The Olympic Games have a long history. They began in Greece and lasted for over a thousand years, until 394 AD. The ancient Olympic Games were very different from the Olympics we have today. In ancient times, only the Greeks took part in the Olympics, and women were not allowed to join or even watch them.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Every four years, athletes from all over the world take part in different sports at the Olympics. Many of these athletes are women.
A large group of athletes at the Olympics takes part in track and field events. Track events, such as running, test a person’s speed. Field events, such as the high jump, long jump and shot put, test how high or far someone can jump or throw an object.
One of the most exciting events in the Olympics is the 100-metre race. More than one hundred years ago, the world record for the men’s 100-metre race was 10.6 seconds. However, athletes have run faster and faster over the years. In 1960, the record was 10 seconds. Then at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the record was set at 9.69 seconds.
The Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger” is what the Olympics are all about.
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1. Were women allowed to join or even watch them in ancient Olympic Games?6 . Do you know how a typhoon (A) gets its name? In the old days, every country had a different system for (B) _______ typhoons. Therefore, a typhoon that hit several different countries might have (C) _______ names.
(D) In 2000, 14 countries and regions in the Pacific Region began to use a new system for naming typhoons. Each of the countries and regions (E) offered ten names. These could be names of men, women, flowers, animals, trees or even food items. Whenever a new typhoon arises, it is given the next name on the list. When the end of the list is reached, (F) 同样的名字被使用over again.
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1. 写出文中画线部分 (A) 和 (E) 的同义词或近义词：2. 在文中 (B) 和 (C) 的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：
3. 将文中画线部分 (D) 改写为：In 2000, 14 countries and regions in the Pacific Region began to
4. 将文中画线部分 (F) 译成英语：
5. 请找出能体现本文大意的中心语句：
7 . The “new” medicine that is old—TCM
Today when people in the West need medical help, they often choose a “new” kind of medicine that is actually quite old. They choose traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
TCM uses many different kinds of treatments. Herbal medicines are used, for example, to help bring balance to the body.
Many of the treatments used in TCM have helped people for thousands of years.
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1. What does TCM stand for?8 . Welcome to this lecture, everyone. Today we are going to (A) talk about the Chinese explorer ZhangQian and the Silk Road.
Zhang Qian was a (B) ________ in setting up the Silk Road. He was an official in the Han Dynasty. At that time, (C) China knew little about the lands in the far West. The emperor sent Zhang Qian to travel to many countries and he made many useful reports on the people and cultures there. (D) His journeys helped lead to the development of the Silk Road.
The Silk Road got its name from the Chinese silk trade. It was started over 2,000 years ago. Although it was called a “road”, the Silk Road was actually many different routes, (E) ________ on land and by sea. These routes spread from East, South and West Asia to North and North-East Africa (F) as well as Europe. They allowed people to carry goods between countries, and (G) 帮助传播知识 and ideas across the world. The Silk Road was important in the development of countries such as China, India and Egypt.
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1. 写出文中画线部分 (A) 和 (F) 的同义词或近义词：China
5. 将文中画线部分 (G) 译成英语：
9 . Kung fu
“Kung fu” is the popular name given to Chinese martial arts in the West. It refers to a number of different styles of fighting that have developed over hundreds of years in China. These different styles are often called “schools”. One of the most famous schools is the Shaolin School. It comes from the Shaolin Temple at Songshan in Henan Province.
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1. What is kung fu?10 . Save the world’s trees
“When it comes to the Earth, there is no time to waste.” says the Earth Day Network.
And that is right. Protecting our environment is very important, and World Earth Day was created in 1970 to ask more people to protect our environment. On April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day.
Every year there is a special topic, and this year it is “Trees for the Earth”, so Earth Day this year will be all about planting trees. They are planning to plant 7.8 billion trees within the next five years.
That’s a big goal, and you might wonder why trees are so important. Because they can take in carbon dioxide (CO2) and protect the air quality (质量). CO2 is a chemical in our atmosphere, but humans make too much of it. Each person makes about 2.3 tons a year, which is bad for the environment.
Well guess what! Planting new trees is important because people cut down a huge number of trees. Last year, there were 3 trillion trees in the world, about 139 billion in China. But according to China Daily, the world’s total number has been almost cut in half since human civilization (文明) began. That’s because 15 billion trees are cut down every year.
So we need to plant more to make up for (弥补) the ones we lost. One tree can take in 21.8 kilograms of CO2 per year. And it’s still one of the cheapest and best ways to get rid of CO2.
But don’t forget that we can also help the environment by cutting down on how much energy (能源) or water we use every day. Every little thing helps.
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1. When do people around the world celebrate World Earth Day?
