Well today it happened. A day we never want to happen, but continually prepare for throughout the school year. We had a tornado (龙卷风) touch down near the school, and as expected, went into our emergency tornado procedures. I wasn’t even in the classroom when it happened. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help gather items for a project. When the alarm went off, I immediately took my student’s hand and ran as fast as I could back to the classroom.
Never did I imagine needing to put our tornado drills (演习) to use. I never imagined actually needing to line my students up on the wall, have them crouch (蹲) down with their knees and heads touching the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hearts beat so fast that they couldn’t catch their breath, or the fear filled eyes looking up at me as they asked if their mothers, fathers, grandmothers and friends were going to be okay. Never did I imagine the terrible silence that would come over the whole school, with hundreds of students lining up against the walls of one building. Never did I imagine the way I would feel, and other teachers along with me, as we tried our best to comfort our students, assure them of their safety, and promise them everything would be alright when we truly didn’t know what the outcome would be.
Today has taken a negative influence on me, as I am sure it has on the hundreds and thousands of teachers in the local areas and surrounding areas. But at the same time, I am beyond proud, surprised, and excited at how my students handled themselves today.
In the very scary, emotional and dangerous situation, my students handled themselves with the attitude and mindset of children much older than them. Never in my life have I seen my students follow directions so quickly, exactly, and without hesitation. Even though some tears were flowing, and some hearts were beating fast, my students were brave. They had such great trust in my assistant and me that they were able to be 100%calm.
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The children looked at me with fear and hope.
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Finally, when the tornado struck, each of us safely went through that terrible period of time.
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1.对妈妈的感恩之情;
2.给妈妈的祝福。
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On this day we honor you, dear mother
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3 . On September 22nd, 1955, Dave Hickman was hunting with his grandpa in the woods when he heard a strange noise. Clearly the noise wasn’t from a(n)
Heading towards the noise, he neared a fence and looked down
Hickman and his grandpa brought the little girl to the nearest
Although he was able to say goodbye. Hickman was
The girl was renamed Mary Ellen Suey and had lived a
At a wonderfully beautiful
A.animal | B.villager | C.hunter | D.baby |
A.exciting | B.unusual | C.awkward | D.ashamed |
A.generously | B.formally | C.possibly | D.totally |
A.tree | B.ground | C.river | D.bed |
A.cold | B.water | C.moon | D.darkness |
A.school | B.church | C.hospital | D.market |
A.disappeared | B.left | C.adapted | D.recovered |
A.classmate | B.friend | C.family | D.colleague |
A.encouraged | B.determined | C.reported | D.forced |
A.discount | B.smile | C.ring | D.position |
A.comforted | B.injured | C.trapped | D.rescued |
A.controllable | B.personal | C.wonderful | D.legal |
A.future | B.achievement | C.dream | D.past |
A.depended on | B.referred to | C.turned to | D.came across |
A.moment | B.stage | C.condition | D.situation |
4 . THE WORLD’S UNUSUAL AIRLINES
Pet Airways
Founded in 2009 in Delray Beach, Florida, Pet Airways was an airline specially designed for pets such as cats and dogs. Each plane could carry about 50 pets, with “Pet Attendants” checking on them every 15 minutes. The airline operated for about two years, serving a dozen US cities. In 2012, the airline ran into financial trouble and started canceling flights. It shut down completely the following year, after having ferried about 9,000 pets.
JPATS
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS) is the largest prison (监狱) transport network in the world. It is an airline of the US government that transports prisoners to and from detention centers, courts and prisons. It is sometimes also called “Con Air”. Although the airline is mainly used for a prison, it also takes part in military and state law operations.
Skytraders
Skytraders is an Australian airline that provides special air services for the Australian Federal Government. It was founded in 1979 and is headquartered at 180 Jersey Road, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. This airline offers flights to Antarctica. The airline was chosen because of its great safety systems. An ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jet) is operated between Hobart and a hard glacier (冰川) runway near Casey Station.
Janet Airlines
Janet Airlines, commonly known as Janet, is an unofficial name given to top-secret aircraft that carry high-ranking officials to Special Access Facilities. The airline can be seen serving the mysterious Area 51 and Tonopah Test Range. The passengers in Janet Airlines board through the west side of the airport, from a special part of Harry Reid International Airport. This area isn’t open to other civilians and there is also a small terminal (航站楼) building for Janet’s passengers.
1. When did Pet Airways close down?A.In 1979. | B.In 2009. | C.In 2012. | D.In 2013. |
A.It is used for a prison. | B.It transported officials only. |
C.It offers flights to Antarctica. | D.It stopped because of fund shortage. |
A.It is specially designed for pets. |
B.It offers special service to government officials. |
C.Its plane needs to operate on a hard ice runway. |
D.It has a special private terminal for its own passengers. |
16-year-old Tim looked up to his father Roger, who worked as a firefighter. While the teenager always talked about his dream of joining the fire department, the man didn’t believe the boy was cut out to be a firefighter because Tim left the usual stereotype (刻板形象) of a bookworm: a straight-A student who wore large glasses, and was physically weak.
It was a typical school day. Tim’s math teacher announced their weekly test results, and the boy was delighted to learn that he had scored the highest mark. His friend Christine however, was upset because she got a bad grade.
Seeing her sit in a corner with her head resting on the table, he approached her and said, “Hey, Christine I know you got a bad grade, but I can teach you these topics. You’ll grasp it in no time, I’m sure. And you can improve your grade next week. What do you say?” “That’s so sweet of you, Tim! Let’s meet at my house after school today,” Christine saidwith a smile. “Sure!” Tim replied.
Christine lived on the outskirts (郊区) of town. It took Tim, who passed his driving test recently, half an hour to drive there. Once his car neared Christine’s estate, he was shocked to see a blazing (熊熊燃烧的) fire. Upon driving closer, he realized her house was on fire. Frightened, he quickly picked up his phone and called 911.
Then, Tim took off bis shir, grabbed a bottle of water from his car, and poured it on the shirt. He wrapped the wet shirt around his face, as he had seen in movies, and entered the house. He started climbing towards the hallway window of Christine’s bedroom.
Tim found a baseball bat in the hall. It took him five whole minutes to swing it hard enough to break the window. Once the glass was broken, he rushed towards Christine’s room. He couldn’t see much because of the thick black smoke floating in the air, but he managed to locale her. She was lying unconscious (昏迷的) on her bed after breathing in the smoke.
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He knew he had to act fast before it was too late.
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Roger received an unexpected call from the hospital telling him of Tim’s heroic act.
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1.活动的目的;
2.活动的内容;
3.你的感想。trash 垃圾
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Dear Stove,
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Yours
Li Hua
Recently, China set up The Seniors University of China (SUC), a national university for older people. SUC,
Elderly people in China will have the opportunity
The
The ageing of China s population is becoming increasing evident, with the number of people aged 60 or above
Back in 2000, China’s aging population reached 7% of its total population, making it
According to
8 . Sadness hit me when I realized that 4 p. m. had gone unnoticed. Every day, a few minutes before the
The real story is that Jake saved me. Before Jake, I was
Then I started
Jake was 2 when I adopted him, I was told. In
A.minute | B.hour | C.walk | D.sunset |
A.reminder | B.relief | C.creation | D.preparation |
A.loved | B.adopted | C.cured | D.saved |
A.adoption | B.recreation | C.reception | D.donation |
A.rejected | B.protected | C.separated | D.banned |
A.usually | B.typically | C.rarely | D.frequently |
A.best | B.kindest | C.coldest | D.worst |
A.seeing | B.walking | C.feeding | D.training |
A.refused | B.ate | C.valued | D.smelled |
A.exchange | B.send | C.accept | D.express |
A.cleaner | B.neighbor | C.friend | D.doctor |
A.Clearly | B.Occasionally | C.Eventually | D.Generally |
A.truth | B.time | C.disguise | D.shock |
A.future | B.previous | C.later | D.present |
A.shocked | B.stressed | C.refreshed | D.scared |
9 . How to be more patient every day
These days, patience is practically on the endangered species list as far as virtues go.
Set up cues
Choose an activity you perform frequently throughout the day and think of the word “patience” every time you do it. If you find yourself forgetting about this as the day wears on, simply resume(重新开始) the practice as soon as you remember.
Visualize success
Visualize a situation that would normally challenge you. See yourself smiling and breathing as you wait for the line to move, and add some positive statements.
Meditate (冥想)
Slow down
When racing around seems like the only way to get where you need to be on time, it becomes your default setting. But most adults do not feel happy when they’re rushing, and children are even less capable of doing it with a good attitude.
A.Continue every day for a week. |
B.For example “I will enjoy this magazine while I wait.” |
C.Our tolerance for waiting isn’t much better in other areas of our lives. |
D.People who meditate say that they feel more peaceful, open-minded, and content. |
E.However, mastering patience makes you a more engaged and confident member of society. |
F.In fact, with a little know- how and effort, everyone can learn to wait out delays, big and small. |
G.Instead of sweating through your routine, turn on some background music and move at a normal pace. |
10 . Plato (柏拉图) was upset about the invention of the alphabet (字母表) because, with this “technology”, learners would not use their memories and thus appear to be a know-it-all but actually know nothing. If Plato were alive today, what would he say about ChatGPT? ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence program released recently by OpenAI, is a significant advancement that can produce articles comparable to good high school essays.
When I asked ChatGPT a range of simple questions, the answers were well-reasoned and clear. It’s also interactive: I could ask for more details or request changes. But then, on trickier topics or more complicated concepts, ChatGPT gave completely wrong answers.
However, that doesn’t mean ChatGPT can’t be a useful tool in education. Schools have already been dealing with the Internet’s wealth of knowledge, along with its misleading essay mills (制造厂). One way has been to change how they teach. Rather than listen to a lectures in class and then go home to research and write an essay, students listen to recorded lectures and do research ai home, then write essays in class, with supervision, even cooperation with peers (同龄人) and teachers. This is called flipped classrooms, in which students wouldn’t use ChatGPT to create a whole essay. Instead, they’d use it as a tool to generate critically examined building blocks of essays.
Plato was wrong to think that memory itself is a goal rather than a means for people to have facts so they can make better analyses and arguments. As Plato was wrong to fear the written word as the enemy, we would be wrong to think we should resist a process that allows us to gather information more easily.
The way forward is not just to feel regret for replaced skills, as Plato did, but also to recognize that as more complex skills become essential, our society must fairly educate people to develop them. And then it always goes back to the basics. Value people as people, not just as packs of skills. And that isn’t something ChatGPT can tell us how to do.
1. What would probably be Plato’s attitude toward ChatGPT?A.Supportive. | B.Objective. | C.Critical. | D.Tolerant. |
A.They use it for error correction. |
B.They rely on it to conduct peer reviews. |
C.They rely on It to create a whole essay. |
D.They use it as part of their research. |
A.He confused facts with opinions. |
B.He used written words to attack his enemy. |
C.He put too much emphasis on memory. |
D.He doubted easily accessible information. |
A.Improving ChatGPT |
B.Equipping all people with necessary skills. |
C.Bringing people with different skills together. |
D.Bringing new life to replaced skills. |