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I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to
It is not unusual for teenagers of young generation to
1.你最喜欢的中国传统节日之原因;
2.现在大部分年轻人,对待中国传统节日的态度及其原因;
3.就此现象提一到两点建议。
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Dear Jack,
I am very glad that you are interested in Chinese traditional festivals. I’m writing to tell you something about it.
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I hope my reply can be helpful.
Yours,
Li Hua
1. How many foreign students are visiting in the speaker’s school now?
A.About 13. | B.About 20. | C.Over 30. |
A.To attract more foreign students. |
B.To exchange ideas about culture. |
C.To help foreign students enjoy their time. |
A.Before September 15th. |
B.In the last week of September. |
C.In the first week of December. |
A.In the library. | B.In the garden. | C.On the playground. |
4 . One night, as I was driving down the road, I found something was sitting in the middle of the road. A few seconds later, I realized I was looking at a large turtle (海龟). Afraid of it being crashed by cars, so I pulled over, ran across the road and dragged the turtle to safety. But I’d made one big mistake.
I had heard that the best way to pick up a turtle without hurting it was picking it by the tail in order not to get bitten. So I’d made that big mistake. While the turtle turned out OK generally, I was determined to figure out how to move a turtle properly. I needed to find someone who dealt with turtles. I found the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. I talked to Dr. Sue, its Executive and Medical Director.
Dr. Sue told me that the organization dealt with a number of aspects of turtle conservation, including rescue, settlement, birth programs, research, and education. Sue explained that southern Ontario is home to a vast majority of turtles in Canada, but is also one of the vastest road networks of the country.
“Ninety percent of injured turtles brought in are caused by cars. These turtles spend a lot of time on land. And they do travel many kilometers on land for a variety of reasons, to find a nesting spot, or to hang out for the summer or winter. Turtles know where they want to go. So, just keep them going in the direction they want to go and you may have saved a turtle’s life,” Dr. Sue said.
Once an injured turtle arrives at the center, there are medical facilities (设备) ready to go, including an X-ray machine. That’s when the team gets to work with healing injuries, and help their patient.
1. Why did the author stop the car?A.To help the turtle. | B.To see the thing clearly. |
C.To prevent a car accident. | D.To find something good. |
A.It got hurt by people before. | B.It was injured a little bit. |
C.It was run over by a car. | D.It lost its direction. |
A.Leaving the turtles alone. |
B.Making Ontario home to turtles. |
C.Changing the road conditions. |
D.Helping turtles find nesting spots. |
A.The director. | B.The driver. |
C.The author. | D.The turtle. |
5 . Language School Advertising Tips:
How to market your ESL(English as a second language)school
Times have changed for the education industry. When it comes to how to advertise a school and utilize marketing strategies to achieve their goals, schools are now on a par with businesses of other industries. And it’s no surprise. The market itself has pushed toward this change —as parents now have a wider range of choices when it comes to selecting a school for their children. As a response, some schools are using smarter techniques in their language school advertising to thrive in the increasingly competitive market. Schools that have failed to develop and implement strong marketing strategies continue to lag behind. The industry does not wait around. That’s why we have created a marketing guide to help with your language school advertising and marketing. Let’s get your ESL school on the right track! | |
What does marketing look like in ESL schools and language courses? In language schools and language courses, marketing means, “Defining, managing and enhancing the reputation of your school amongst pupils, parents, staff and the community to achieve recruitment, retention and generating income.” In other words, find and refine your school’s purpose, share it effectively with the community, and your school has the potential to benefit academically and financially. | |
Of course, it’s not always straightforward. For example, language school advertising and marketing may consist of the following features: ·Writing and distributing press releases ·Creating, maintaining and developing a website ·Sharing examination results with the press ·Organizing parents’ events or open houses for prospective pupils ·Setting a uniform policy ·Maintaining the grounds ·Running various alumni campaigns | |
Your school may already implement some, if not most, of these practices for language school advertising. The key behind marketing and advertising is not only checking off this or any other list, but in finding a defined purpose of each act. | |
How can marketing help my school or language courses? ·BRANDING YOUR SCHOOL What image does your ESL school or course present to the community? Your brand is not merely a logo, but an entire experience of your school. As you carry out these marketing and advertising efforts, your brand and presence will get stronger. ·RECRUITMENT Recruitment is a vital aspect of keeping your school competitive. What is an ESL school without qualified instructors and promising students? What about knowledgeable office staff and volunteers? Reaching a wide audience and attracting the best in the industry will make a real difference in your school’s future. |
A.Joey—a website designer working for a language centre. |
B.Samantha—a marketing manager of business. |
C.Beth—an English teacher in a language programme. |
D.Zoey—the founder of a traditional ESL school. |
A.To avoid the qualified teacher shortage. |
B.To save the popularization costs of the brand. |
C.To build parents’ confidence to send their children to school. |
D.To keep the teaching administration up to date. |
A.on a website selling ESL courses |
B.in a US report about curriculum evaluation |
C.on the New York City board of education websites |
D.on a website promoting language pre—packaged services |
6 . It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting, Ehlers
Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one
Jeff had
Ehlers returned to Minnesotan, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as
A.thought | B.forgot | C.read | D.heard |
A.calmed down | B.stood up | C.rolled over | D.run off |
A.injured | B.stolen | C.rescued | D.lost |
A.home | B.back | C.past | D.on |
A.preparation | B.explanation | C.search | D.test |
A.casually | B.cautiously | C.skillfully | D.angrily |
A.surprise | B.anxiety | C.hesitation | D.joy |
A.predicted | B.advertised | C.believed | D.recorded |
A.found | B.adopted | C.fed | D.cured |
A.lived | B.skied | C.hunted | D.worked |
A.on purpose | B.on time | C.in vain | D.in turn |
A.cares | B.sees | C.suffers | D.learns |
A.service | B.effort | C.plan | D.team |
A.close | B.allergic | C.grateful | D.equal |
A.suitable | B.proud | C.wise | D.willing |
7 . The things that you do, words that you say, and feelings that you express, contribute to your children’s level of confidence.
Love and acceptance
We know that you love your children. But do they know that you love them, accept them just as they are, and respect them? Give your children plenty of love even if you are not able to do it all the time.
Nobody is perfect. But to raise a confident child, you should not stress too much on the shortcomings. Positive parenting focuses on developing what is good in a child, and making him or her feel empowered. If your children feel defeated by disappointments in life, help them look at the bright side by talking about their success.
Let them make decisions
Praise when they deserve it
It is easy to blame a child when he or she does something wrong. And we never forget to do that. But when the child does something right, we don’t always praise him or her. We are not talking about praising the child for every little thing he or she does well.
A.Make full use of the advantage |
B.Focus on strengths, deal with weaknesses |
C.Your children need to know that they are loved and accepted |
D.Decision making is an important life skill that children need to learn to be confident |
E.If you want to do and say the right things to help build confidence in your children |
F.But if the child has put in the effort and achieved something, appreciate it |
G.When you are not aware of the importance of making yourself confident |
8 . A broken heart. A sad ending to a love affair. That’s something most of us have experienced, or probably will. After all, it’s part of human life. But no question, the experience can be hard to get over.
But research shows there are pathways through the heartache. Listening to sad music is a major one. It can help you begin to feel joy and hopefulness about your life again. It can arouse (激发,唤醒) the desire (渴望) to connect with others.
Sad music can help heal and uplift you from your broken heart. A recent study from Germany found the emotional influence of listening to sad music is an arousal of feelings of empathy (共情), and a desire for positive connection with others. That, itself, is psychologically healing. It draws you away from concentration on yourself, and possibly towards helping others in need of comfort.
Another experiment, from the University of Kent, found that when people were experiencing sadness, listening to music that was “beautiful but sad” improved their mood. In fact, it did so when the person first consciously accept the situation causing their sadness, and then began listening to the sad music. That is, when they intended that the sad music might help, they found that it did.
These findings link with other studies that show accepting your sad situation emotionally leads to healing and growth beyond it. It seems unbelievable but it does make sense. For example, research from Cornell University, published in Psychological Science, found that accepting discomfort about a life experience or new situation, and viewing it as a step towards growth and change, encourages people to find a pathway through it, beyond it. As Churchill famously said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” That discomfort points you towards creating a plan, a new action. It fuels hope.
1. What can we learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?A.Sad music can make people help others. |
B.Sad music can make sad people feel better. |
C.Sad music can make people believe in themselves. |
D.Sad music can make people concentrate on themselves. |
A.Listen to a sad song. | B.Avoid unwise actions. |
C.Find support from others. | D.Face the discomfort directly. |
A.By listing figures. |
B.By giving directions. |
C.By comparing examples. |
D.By presenting research findings. |
A.How to Find Pathways through Heartaches |
B.How We React to A Broken Heart Matters a Lot |
C.What We Can Do to Overcome Discomfort in Life |
D.Why Listening to Sad Music Heals Your Broken Heart |
9 . As globalization continues to make the world a smaller place, and goods become more accessible across borders, concerns about food safety in the AsiaPacific region have steadily risen over the years. An APEC forum is being held in Beijing, to find ways to better address the problem.
156 participants from 19 APEC economies and 4 nonAPEC members attended the APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum, which has been actively looking for ways to strengthen food safety standard in the region, without affecting trade.
“As consumers are faced with more varieties of food, the potential food safety risk also becomes bigger.This forum has helped APEC economies to cooperate in supervision(监督), exchange information, and improve the overall food safety standard in the AsiaPacific region,” said director of China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision Wu Qinghai.
For the first time the forum has brought together highlevel regulators, academics, and industry stakeholders to talk about their respective roles in safety supervision.They say governments alone cannot shoulder this heavy duty.
In China, the continuous food safety problems have greatly hurt consumers’ confidence in domestic products; therefore more turned to imports. However, problems related to quality of those imported goods also began to show. In July this year, more than 400 batches (批) of food imported from 35 countries and regions were found substandard by the country’s top quality supervisor.
Governments and industries have been brought closer by this forum.As food moves more freely beyond borders, this forum is hoped to promote safety control cooperation, so APEC members can better benefit from the economic integration(经济一体化).
1. The last but one paragraph tells us that ________.A.the Chinese customers are more satisfied with their food safety |
B.food imported from other countries is indeed high in quality |
C.many Chinese customers would rather buy some foreign food |
D.there are only 35 countries and regions exporting food to China |
A.send a letter about | B.deal with | C.deliver a speech on | D.call off |
A.People can buy foreign food more easily than ever. |
B.The more varieties of food, the bigger the potential food safety risk. |
C.Food safety problems have appeared many times before this forum. |
D.Governments have started their cooperation with academies and industries before this forum. |
A.It has greatly influenced the economy in the area. |
B.It has long been able to put every side’s efforts together. |
C.It helps to bring government regulators and industries together. |
D.It has found ways to deal with safety problems. |
10 . When you set a foot outside of your door to drop trash, go to a social event or go for a walk, thoughts like “I hope I don’t see anyone I know” or “please don’t talk to me” may run through your mind. I’ve also said such things to myself. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to talk with someone, especially someone new.
Why do we go out of our ways to avoid people? Do we think meeting new people is a waste of time? Or are we just lazy, thinking that meeting someone new really is a trouble?
Communication is the key to life. We have been told that many times. Take the past generations, like our parents, for example. They seem to take full advantage of that whole “communication” idea because they grew up talking face to face while Generation-Y grew up staring at screens. We spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook. We send messages to our friends and think about all of the things we want to say to certain people that we don’t have the courage to do in reality.
Nowadays, we are so caught up in our little circle of friends—our comfort zone. We love it that they laugh at our jokes, understand our feelings and can read our minds. Most importantly, they know when we want to be alone. They just get us.
Holding a conversation with someone new means agreeing with things that you don’t really believe and being someone you think they want you to be—it is, as I said before, a trouble. It takes up so much energy, and at some point or another, it is too tiring.
But meeting new people is important. Life is too short, so meet all the people you can meet, make the effort to go out and laugh. Remember, every “hello” leads to a smile—and a smile is worth a lot.
1. What do we learn about the author?A.He likes to meet someone new. | B.He feels stressed out lately. |
C.He’s active in attending social events. | D.He used to be afraid of talking to others. |
A.They rely on the Internet to socialize. | B.They are less confident in themselves. |
C.They have difficulty in communicating. | D.They are unwilling to make new friends. |
A.They think it troublesome. | B.They are busy with their study. |
C.They fear to disappoint their friends. | D.They want to do meaningful work. |
A.To stress the importance of friends. |
B.To give tips on how to meet new people. |
C.To encourage people to meet new people. |
D.To display the disadvantages of Generation-Y. |