1 . ''Our most beautiful part is our bridge because we can make wind energy by this bridge and our main transportation is used by this bridge. '' The future city competition puts young teens in charge of building a city that can respond to a challenge. This year's challenge is resilience (重建能力) after a natural disaster like an earthquake. The models must be built with recycled materials for less than 100 dollars.
But behind this is some serious engineering. Each group has to present its city's resilience features to the audience and judges. ''The sea walls are made with concrete and steel to reduce the tidal waves impact on the shoreline. '' And it's about more than just infrastructure(基础设施). Judges want to know that you've thought about your citizens, too. ''If someone wants to design a building that's 50 floors, we make an agreement like maybe 20 of them have to be low-income housing. '' Engineering Outreach Group Discover (EOGD) has run the competition for nearly three decades. Director of programs Thea Sahr says it is an effective teaching tool. She tells of one boy who asked his teacher when they would get back to the real learning. ''You know the kind we were just sitting there reading the books and telling you the answers, '' and she said ''well what do you know about storm water that you didn't know last week. What do you know about scale? And you're having a really good time while you're doing it. '' He says this is learning. '' I want to do more of this. ''
The winners take home 7,500 dollars for their school’s science program, and get a trip to a science focused summer camp. This year's winners from Warwick Middle School in Pennsylvania say they also learned real-world skills like dealing with failure. ''The hardest part was trying not to get frustrated when something didn't work. And I think our team members really contributed to that. Communication is key. '' Listen, when you're building a city, engineering is just part of it.
1. What does ''we'' refer to in the first paragraph?| A．Teen competitors. | B．School boys. |
| C．College students. | D．Engineers |
| A．To increase students' communication skills. |
| B．To allow students to experience the work of engineers. |
| C．To strength the friendship between students. |
| D．To offer students a different way of learning. |
| A．The winners can share the 7,500. |
| B．The winners can take part in all kinds of summer camps. |
| C．The biggest challenge for the team is using the knowledge of engineering. |
| D．The participants can learn a lot besides engineering. |
| A．Building City of the Future: A Way of Out School Learning |
| B．Nature: An Outdoor Classroom |
| C．EOGD: A Middle School Reform |
| D．The City of Future: the Place Full of Imagination |
1.你们学校受学生欢迎的体育项目；
2.你所喜欢的体育项目。
注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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1．辩论赛时间、地点；
2．辩论赛主题：动物保护；
3．奖品设置。
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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4 . Running seems easy enough: Just grab a pair of sneakers and put one foot in front of the other, right? Well, anyone who struggled to get through a mile knows it’s not quite that simple. We’ve asked experienced runners to tell us something wrong they did when they started running. The following are some of their answers.
I got excited and signed up for a half-marathon with a few more experienced runner friends, but I wasn’t adequately prepared and didn’t train efficiently. I ended up with blisters(水泡) on my feet. I couldn’t wear shoes for two days!
—Cali Lavey
I have always been athletic and I have never been badly injured, but one day I felt a slight pain in my knee. I ignored it for a month until I realized I was having a hard time putting weight on my right leg. I finally went to a doctor. It took four months of weekly physical therapy(治疗) to heal. I shouldn’t have done that.
—Arnold
My biggest mistake was treating running like soccer practice: If I wasn’t exhausted by the end of practice, I felt as though I didn’t work hard enough. I run all of my runs at 80 percent effort, or the equivalent of what I now call tempo runs (节奏跑). I wasn’t warming up to the pace or cooling down effectively.
—Kate
I decided to go out for a run during the hottest part of the day. At the time, I told myself that it would be refreshing to sweat a little, but I didn’t bring adequate water. I returned feeling completely rundown, dehydrated (脱水的), and exhausted. If you must go out on a run during unfavorable weather, wear proper suits and bring enough water to keep you feeling strong.
— Sarah
1. Why did Cali suffer from her half-marathon?| A．She ran all the way barefoot. |
| B．She didn’t get ready for it. |
| C．She ran with experienced runners. |
| D．She did not have self-confidence. |
| A．Thinking he would never get injured. |
| B．Putting heavy weight on his right leg. |
| C．Spending about four month s treating his knee. |
| D．Waiting for so long to get his knee examined. |
| A．Cali | B．Arnold | C．Kate | D．Sarah |
| A．we should warm up before running |
| B．we should bring enough water when running |
| C．we shouldn’t think running is very easy |
| D．we shouldn’t ignore any pain when running |
I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn't in any hurry, either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.
It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune(免疫的), for I was born in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day's walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as a sign of strength and skill. A wellknown British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrhams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly and walking is an ideal form of exercise---the most familiar and natural of all.
It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flowers, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He can’t learn in a car.
The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don't dare to approach Nature any more. To them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat; to them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.
I say that the green of forests is the mind's best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.
1. What is the national sickness?
| A．Walking too much. |
| B．Travelling too much. |
| C．Driving cars too much. |
| D．Climbing stairs too much. |
| A．People usually went around on foot. |
| B．People often walked 25 miles a day. |
| C．People used to walk ten hours every day. |
| D．People considered a tenhour walk as a hardship. |
| A．A queue of cars. |
| B．A ray of traffic light. |
| C．A flash of lightning. |
| D．A stream of people. |
| A．To tell people to reflect more on life. |
| B．To encourage people to return to walking. |
| C．To advise people to do outdoor activities. |
| D．To recommend people to give up driving. |
