Migrant worker Zhu Yanjun left a good impression on audiences when he won the silver medal on Chinese Poetry Conference,
The 50-year-old developed an interest
After completing junior high school, Zhu left his hometown, like many of his peers,
Up to now, he
2 . Research suggests that parental favouritism is surprisingly common, and can actually be very harmful.
However, siblings (兄弟姐妹) in the same family may disagree over whether their family is even affected by it.
In a small Canadian study of eight homeless teenagers, seven said they felt that their parents had favoured a sibling over them while they had always been the “problem children”.
| A．Being the favourite can also come with pain |
| B．That’s because feeling less-favoured can be very subjective |
| C．This could mean devoting more time, attention or affection |
| D．They believed this had contributed to the breakdown of family ties |
| E．This may not be the same observation that the other siblings encounter |
| F．For those who feel they are treated as second-best, the consequences can be serious |
| G．It occurs in around 65% of families, and has been studied across different cultures |
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1. What can one do in the second step?| A．Have a full assessment. | B．Work with a team. |
| C．Learn from the private trainer. | D．Make a training plan. |
| A．get refund when you cancel your membership |
| B．get expert training but you need to pay extra fee |
| C．go to the gym only from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm |
| D．go to the gym only from Monday to Saturday |
| A．A story book. | B．A science magazine. |
| C．A TV show. | D．An advertisement. |
4 . The last attempt of Ken Campbell to run could trace back to high school. When his wife, Susan, injured her foot, she needed
So how does someone with no
Campbell went out to visit Susan’s group, and “the trails were a terrible
Running the 100km ultramarathon took Campbell 16 hours. When Campbell
Campbell suffered from arthritis (关节炎) before he started running, and was “a(n)
| A．arrangement | B．operation | C．confidence | D．support |
| A．progress | B．treatment | C．recovery | D．diagnosis |
| A．talent | B．abilities | C．experiences | D．health |
| A．completed | B．managed | C．won | D．joined |
| A．precious | B．previous | C．special | D．sufficient |
| A．graduation | B．growth | C．injury | D．attendance |
| A．practice | B．atmosphere | C．dream | D．mess |
| A．sighing | B．falling | C．complaining | D．moving |
| A．appreciated | B．appealed | C．embraced | D．buried |
| A．approached | B．accomplished | C．divided | D．crossed |
| A．remain | B．advertise | C．locate | D．display |
| A．statement | B．reminder | C．truth | D．expectation |
| A．target | B．alternative | C．candidate | D．survivor |
| A．put an end to | B．get involved in | C．keep an eye on | D．take advantage of |
| A．die | B．walk | C．stop | D．cry |
1. 智能手机给学生带来的不良影响；
2. 学生应如何减少智能手机的影响；
3. 发出倡议。
注意：1. 词数不少于80；
2. 内容充实，行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear fellow students,
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Li Hua
Machines work well at a constant speed ― and the faster the better. Whether they are spinning cotton
Increasingly, our world is being designed by machines and for machines. We adapt to machines and hold ourselves to their standards: People
A few years ago, I became very interested in what it meant
A minute eating ice-cream is not the same as a minute doing push-ups. Even time itself isn’t a uniform raw material ― as the physics of Einstein shows.
It was a cold December, and things were tough. Mum had a hard time raising us kids on her own in our small community. We relied on social assistance to keep us clothed, and although our clothes were secondhand, we thought they were beautiful.
Looking back, I realized what Mum went through sending us kids to school. Every morning she would tuck (塞) a new piece of cardboard in our shoes because our soles (鞋底) were worn out. When we got home, Mum would have French toast ready for us. Our rent was $100 a month, but Mum couldn’t pay it, and we knew we would move out right after Christmas on the first of January.
The holidays were fast approaching, and we were entitled to (有资格获得) $100 for Christmas from social services. It was four days before Christmas. Mum said that instead of buying food, she was going to use the money to pay our back rent. That way we’d have a roof over our heads for a little while longer. Then she told us that there would be no Christmas gifts.
What Mom didn’t know was that I had been selling Christmas trees, sweeping snow and doing part-time jobs to earn enough money to buy a new pair of boots—boots that weren’t patched (缝补); boots with no cardboard in it. I knew exactly which boots I wanted. They were ten-inch, Top-Genuine, Pierre Paris boots, and they cost $23.
The big day for getting my boots came on Christmas Eve afternoon. I was very excited as I hurried up the shopping center for it. On the way, I noticed a grocery store (杂货店).
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。
Para.1 In the grocery store were different sorts of necessities and Christmas decorations displayed, and I slowed my pace.
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Para.2 Once home, I piled the groceries on the porch (门廊) and knocked on the door.
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注意：1、词数100词左右；
2、可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3、标题自拟。
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Tai Chi is
Over the centuries, the practice of Tai Chi
10 . Kyle Cassidy and three other members of the Annenberg Running Group were stretching on the grounds of the University of Pennsylvania, waiting for a few latecomers. The Penn colleagues and other community members meet three days a week for a roughly 30-minute jog and an occasional lecture. That’s right - during some runs, one of them delivers a talk. Topics range from the brain to Bitcoin.
But on this day last January, it would not be their normal run. The first clue that something was off was the man who sprinted past them. “Running at an amazing pace,” Cassidy told Runner’s World admiringly. Cassidy discovered why the sprinter was so fleet of foot when another man ran by, yelling, “Help! He took my phone and laptop!”
At that, the group did what running clubs do: They ran, trailing the suspect down the streets of Philadelphia until he ducked into a construction site. The runners split up. Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to cut the thief off while the others wandered the neighborhood hoping he had dumped the loot (赃物) in a backyard.
No luck. So they decided to ask residents whether they’d seen the guy. When they knocked on the door of one row house, they were in for a surprise. Unknown to them, he had already emerged from the construction site - and was hiding behind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the suspect darted out from behind the bush and right into the arms of campus police, who’d joined the chase shortly behind the runners.
The members of this running group are not hard-core athletes. But they do understand the benefit of a little exercise. “Running is typically a useless sport where you turn fat cells into heat,” Cassidy told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “But occasionally it can be useful, and here was one of those opportunities.”
1. Why do the group members gather together?| A．To do some stretching. | B．To have a regular run. |
| C．To deliver a lecture. | D．To cover some topics. |
| A．the assistance of the runners | B．the owner of the row house |
| C．the campus police on patrol | D．the joint efforts of the people |
| A．Athletic and generous. | B．Courageous and ambitious. |
| C．Helpful and humorous. | D．Thoughtful and demanding. |
