As a young boy, I was always a troublemaker and up to no good. I liked playing tricks and enjoyed treating animals in an unfriendly way, like running after cats crazily, making them scared at the sight of me. Besides, I often used a handmade catapult (弹弓) to shoot at birds on the trees.
All this did afford me indescribable pleasure but also got me unkind stares and blames from people around. My parents disapproved of my behavior and were constantly criticizing me for the tricks I played. I was even given a good beating from my father from time to time. Nevertheless, I ignored their warnings and did not correct my ways until an incident occurred.
One summer noon when I was eight, I was alone at home and just finished lunch. Feeling very hot and bored, I decided to hang around the neighborhood, holding my trusty catapult.
Soon, I came to Mr Smith’s house. His pet dog, big and strong, was tied to a post outside his house, lying in the shade lazily. Looking around, I found that no one was in sight. I decided to make good use of my catapult to play tricks on the massive dog. Picking up a few small stones from the ground, I aimed at the dog and fired them one by one. Several stones hit the poor dog and it began to bark (吠) loudly in pain and jump up and down. But I felt so fun that I didn’t stop doing so. Eventually, the dog’s anger was fueled and it barked wildly at me while struggling to break away from the rope. Not realizing anything wrong with my crazy behavior, I was just laughing happily.
Suddenly, the rope that tied the dog loosened and the big dog got free from its bonds. In no time, with a few powerful steps the dog was on me. Its sharp teeth sank into my leg. I screamed with pain and fright and fell to the ground, shouting out for help.
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Luckily, my miserable shouts caught Mr Smith’s attention.
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His words left me ashamed and I decided to make a change.
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2 . My twin sister and I studied in the same school for ten years. The first day we entered the campus, we were
As we got older, I discovered the school wasn’t always where beauty was an everyday
I decided to do something to give the campus a new
We first painted the stone sculptures, refreshing the few remaining fairies. To bring
The tree by the school gate was dead and its bare branches were
Everything done, we smiled heartily looking around the fantastic “new” school.
1.A.educated | B.struck | C.relaxed | D.disturbed |
A.settled | B.visited | C.worked | D.chatted |
A.routine | B.habit | C.expectation | D.purpose |
A.removing | B.replacing | C.wrapping | D.painting |
A.chance | B.look | C.background | D.culture |
A.explore | B.publicize | C.beautify | D.protect |
A.permission | B.reward | C.promise | D.concern |
A.security | B.honesty | C.politeness | D.imagination |
A.proudly | B.bravely | C.artfully | D.anxiously |
A.turned in | B.cut off | C.picked out | D.given up |
A.astonished | B.disappointed | C.annoyed | D.upset |
A.flag | B.reminder | C.tool | D.start |
A.Instead of | B.In hope of | C.In addition to | D.In spite of |
A.windows | B.bells | C.handles | D.curtains |
A.recorded | B.hid | C.cured | D.spotted |
A new subway station in Moscow
According to Chen Zhuang, one of the designers, the style
4 . At the foot of the Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang, a homestay (民宿) is attracting travelers from far and wide, which has won architectural medal at the 2021 German iF Design Awards.
The owners of the homestay are a couple in their late 30s who decided to return to their hometown three years ago. Li Xiumei used to be in charge of a division at a company in Hangzhou, and her husband was a sales director. It was an ordinary situation where Li’s husband was on business trips a lot and Li still worked on weekends. City life sometimes is not easy.
In 2018, they quit jobs and went back to Dongtianmu village, which lies in a forest of bamboo. The first time they drove into the village was one late afternoon. The cooking smoke was rising from the foot of the mountain, which gave them a very different feeling from the city.
The homestay was built beside her husband’s old countryside house. The old house is preserved (保留), while a brand-new building was built on its side and the whole site is made up of four courtyards. It has been updated to have a hall, a tea room, a kitchen, a dining room. Japanese cherry trees are planted in the east courtyard. A swimming pool is placed in the west courtyard, with a bar located on one side.
Li and her husband love gardening and music, and their new home gives them enough space to continue their interests and relax in the heart of nature. Li wants to share the quiet country life, so she makes her new home a homestay. In 2019, the homestay became an online hit after guests shared their experiences on social media. “The longer I stay here, the more I feel it was the right choice to come back, and this is more meaningful than making money,” Li says.
1. How did Li feel about city life?A.Satisfied. | B.Noisy. | C.Attractive. | D.Tired |
A.The forest of bamboo. | B.The smoke of cooking. |
C.The fresh air in the village. | D.The feeling of loneliness. |
A.It is ancient and broken. | B.It can hold many guests. |
C.It must have been carefully designed. | D.It has been rebuilt by the couple. |
A.Continuing their music dream. | B.Living in the countryside. |
C.Staying at the old house. | D.Developing a city. |
1. 活动的时间与地点;
2. 活动的过程;
3. 你的感想。
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1. 运动会比赛项目介绍;2. 报名方式和截止时间;3. 注意事项。
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1. 词数 80 词左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear overseas students,
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7 . Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.
Body image is a person's opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance.
Recognize your strengths.
Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting.
Exercise regularly.
Exercise can help you look well and feel good about yourself. Good physiques(体形) don't just happen.
Respect your body.
Practising good habits-regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on-can help you build a positive body image.
Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit(智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.
A.Be yourself. |
B.Just explore talents that you feel good about. |
C.So, what can you do to develop a positive body image? |
D.Use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at. |
E.The good news is that self-image and body image can be changed. |
F.They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet. |
G.Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look. |
8 . Archaeologists(考古学家) have recently identified the oldest known human burial in Africa during field work, which uncovered the remains of a child laid carefully to rest in a grave(墓穴) nearly 80,000 years ago.
Researchers discovered the delicate and degraded bones while excavating(挖掘) the floor at the mouth of the Panga ya Saidi cave in the tropical uplands of Kenya's coastal plain about 10 miles from the shore. The team unearthed the edge of the grave and the first pieces of bone in 2013, but the bones were so fragile that they turned to dust when the scientists tried to remove them. Over the next four years, the researchers excavated the grave from above, discovering yet more bones, but even after applying some special material, it was still too weak to recover.
The researchers decided to dig around the circular pit, roughly 40cm wide and 13cm deep, and encase the whole grave in plaster(石 膏) so it could safely be lifted from the ground. The block was taken to the National Museum in Nairobi and on to a specialist lab in Spain where the material was excavated further and then imaged with 3D X-ray equipment. The images show that the child was laid on their right side with knees tied towards the chest. The bones had not fallen apart in the grave, leading the researchers to suspect the body was wrapped tightly before burial. Dating found the bones to be about 78,000 years old, according to the study published in Nature.
Archaeologists have also found age-old human burial sites outside Africa. Human remains recovered from burials in the Skhul cave on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Israel and Qafzeh cave near Nazareth are between 90,000 and 130,000 years old.
1. What do we know about the human burial?A.The child in the grave was casually laid. |
B.The bones were easily taken from the grave. |
C.Some special material was found in the grave. |
D.It was confirmed to have the longest history in Africa. |
A.remove. | B.take. |
C.wrap. | D.decorate. |
A.To have further study. | B.To use 3D-X-ray equipment. |
C.To preserve the burial sites. | D.To measure the bones. |
A.A technology report. | B.A recipe book. |
C.A science magazine. | D.An economics paper. |
9 . On May 9, 2016, biologist Chris Kelly saw a lone bat on a bridge crossing the French Broad River outside Asheville, North Carolina. Five years later, everything wildlife biologists thought they knew about endangered gray bats in this corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been changed.
Kelly, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, was on the bridge doing bird work. Bats aren't her area of expertness, so she reached out to the state's bat experts. Joey Weber, a technician who was working for the Commission, arrived at the bridge later that day and found 19 big brown bats inhabiting in the expansion joints. But he heard many more.
That night, Weber was joined by Katherine Etchison, the Commission's bat biologist, for an emergence count. They counted 240, but a busy schedule meant the team couldn't return for a second emergence count until July 18. “I was very eager to get back out there because I really thought there would be something besides big brown bats. I was thinking Mexican free-tailed bats, which would be a first for Buncombe County, and I was right but that wasn't the big news,” said Etchison.
The second emergence count recorded 1,000 bats. To learn which species used the bridge, biologists recorded the ultrasonic(超声的) sounds made by emerging bats, which are species-specific. Later that night, Etchison rolled through the recorded calls, displayed vividly on her computer, and the suspected Mexican free-tailed bats showed up. But, so too did something very unexpected.
She immediately texted Susan Cameron, an Asheville-based biologist. Along with big brown and Mexican free-tailed bats, the computer identified the calls of endangered gray bats. The discovery was confirmed the next day when Etchison, Weber, and Cameron visited the bridge at dusk-just before bat emergence-and carefully captured a bat from one of the expansion, joints. The 2016 discoveries marked the first time gray bats were known to inhabit in North Carolina.
1. How did Kelly find the bat on the bridge?A.Accidentally. | B.Professionally. |
C.Purposefully. | D.Skillfully. |
A.That a big brown bat was identified. |
B.That Mexican free-tailed bats showed up. |
C.That the discovery of gray bats was confirmed. |
D.That 1000 bats were recorded. |
A.By emergence counting. |
B.By recording specific sound. |
C.By capturing the bats. |
D.By looking through the computer. |
A.An Endangered Bat Discovery | B.A Biology Research |
C.The Emergence of Bat | D.The Way of Finding Endangered Bats |