1 . 假定你是学生会主席李华，学生会举办的首届生活技能云端展示活动Work Creates a Better Life得到了外教Patrick的大力支持。活动已经圆满结束，请你给他写一封感谢信。内容包括：
1．表示感谢；
2．外教的帮助；
3．活动的反响。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . You can improve learning by handwriting your class notes. Although computer technology is often necessary today, using a pen or pencil activates more areas of your brain than a keyboard does. These are findings of a new study.

As digital devices (数码设备) have taken over society, “keyboard activity is now often suggested as a substitute (替代品) for early handwriting,” a new study notes. The idea is that typing may be easier for young children. “Some schools in Norway have become completely digital,” notes Audrey van der Meer, the new study’s leader. She believes that “young children should learn to write by hand successfully, and, at the same time, learn to manage a keyboard. ”

Using a pen involves more of the brain than using a keyboard, the new findings show. This is because writing and printing involve complicated movements that activate more areas of the brain. The increased brain activity gives the brain more “hooks” to hang your memories on, Audrey explains.

Think about it. The same movement is required to type each letter on a keyboard. In contrast, when we write, our brain needs to think about the shape of each letter. We also need to use our eyes to watch what shapes we’re writing. And we need to control our hands to press a pen or pencil to shape different letters. All of this uses and connects more areas of the brain.

Along the way, these processes appear to “open the brain up for learning”, says Audrey. So learning through only one form—digital—could be harmful, she worries. She also points out that taking notes by hand encourages “visual notetaking”. Rather than typing blindly, the visual notetaker has to think about what is important to write down. Then, key words can be “interlinked by boxes, arrows, and supplemented by small drawings”.

1. Why does keyboard activity come first for children’s early handwriting?

A．It can train their hands.

B．It may be easier to operate.

C．It has been adopted by many schools.

D．It helps them adapt to the digital society.

2. What does paragraph 4 intend to show?

A．The disadvantages of keyboards.

B．Handwriting turns on parts of the brain.

C．Keyboards require people to “think more”.

D．The relationships between the brain and hands.

3. What can be inferred from Audrey’s words in the last paragraph?

A．We should learn in different ways.

B．Handwriting and drawing are similar.

C．We should challenge our brain to get smarter.

D．Handwriting can help remember new information.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Keyboards are not bad

B．How to read brain activity

C．Handwriting beats typing when taking notes

D．Differences between typing and handwriting

3 . Are you crazy about teaching young children? Are you looking for an exciting overseas working experience? Then we are the right place for you in Switzerland.

Ylaa Child Care Center has opened its first location in Basel, Switzerland in 2011.The concept has been very successful, and a second location has been opened in May 2012. Ylaa is a day care center for children starting 3 months old till 6 years old. Ylaa is aimed to provide high-quality child care services and an exciting and individual-focused learning program in a multicultural environment.

We are looking for a full time Nursery Teacher.

YOUR TASKS:

● Preparing the program together with other managers and team members

● Working with 1 or 2 other team members to take care of a group of children (6-10 children)

● Managing communication with parents including daily reports, regular meetings and yearly development reports

● Backing up other team members for absences

REQUIREMENTS:

● You are a fluent English speaker and have completed a degree in Early Childhood Education or similar

● You have 2-3 years of working experience with young children in day care centers or nurseries

● Knowledge of German is a plus

● You are at least 24 years old

WHAT WE OFFER:

● Good working conditions: salaries according to Swiss standards, paid vacation, lunch subsidies, insurances

● Internal and external trainings

● Career development opportunities in a growing organization

Please email your complete application. Applications sent via Post will not be considered nor returned.

For more information visit our website www.ylaa.cn.

1. Who is the text intended for?

A．Salesmen.	B．Job hunters.
C．College students.	D．Actors.

2. The person who wants to get the job must ________ .

A．be less than 24 years old

B．have worked with young children for 4-5 years

C．speak two more foreign languages fluently

D．have a degree about early childhood education

3. How should you send your application if you want to apply for this job?

A．By posting letters.

B．By sending an email.

C．By telephone.

D．By interviewing for yourself.

4 . Right now I’m the age my parents were when they had the third baby. Unlike them, I don’t have any kids to feed, I don’t have a mortgage to pay, and luckily I have a higher income. In an outsider’s opinion, I should be very_________, but in fact I’m not. Here’s why.

Money is always a_________ thing. You think that by having it you’ll be happy.

Once you start making some and_________ it’s not making you happy, you think maybe it’s because you don’t have enough. So you exchange your_________ for money, sometimes working at a job you don’t even like to make more_________. As time goes on, you realize you’ve been spending more and more time at_________.You fail to keep a(n) _________ between work and family. Friends wonder why you don’t_________ them anymore. As you get a higher position, you feel more_________ than you did before. You find you don’t __________ so well anymore. As a result, your health begins to fail. Also, the cost of keeping up with a higher quality of life is starting to__________ and you’re not making as much as you__________ you would be. At the same time, you are worried about__________ the few friends you have because you’re earning more money than they are. Workmates think you earn very much and that you must be happy. If only that were__________.

Only you can__________ your happiness; money can’t buy that for you.

1.

A．happy

B．confident

C．grateful

D．independent

2.

A．poor

B．funny

C．necessary

D．good

3.

A．realize

B．announce

C．imagine

D．hope

4.

A．power

B．place

C．time

D．mood

5.

A．moves

B．efforts

C．money

D．progress

6.

A．home

B．peace

C．ease

D．work

7.

A．connection

B．agreement

C．balance

D．difference

8.

A．welcome

B．like

C．call

D．believe

9.

A．stressed

B．important

C．successful

D．fearful

10.

A．prepare

B．sleep

C．understand

D．learn

11.

A．slow down

B．hold on

C．come about

D．add up

12.

A．thought

B．promised

C．knew

D．asked

13.

A．consulting

B．meeting

C．shocking

D．losing

14.

A．useful

B．true

C．normal

D．popular

15.

A．gather

B．control

C．limit

D．express

5 . What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red?     1    

Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist (悲观主义者). At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings.     2     If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

    3     A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.     4     A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides (自杀) than any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.

    5     It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.

A．On the other hand, black is depressing.

B．They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as grow up—we are born with our preference.

C．The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.

D．If you do, you must be an optimist (乐观主义者), a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.

E．Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active.

F．Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.

G．Colours do influence our moods—there is no doubt about it.

6 . Do you remember the years ________ you lived in the countryside with your grandparents? (用适当的词填空)

7 . He has written a book ________ name I have forgotten. (用适当的词填空)

8 . Please take any seat ________ is free. (用适当的词填空)

9 . The gentleman ________ you met yesterday proved to be a thief. (用适当的词填空)

10 . Look! The monkey ________ (climb) the tree. (所给词的适当形式填空)