Have you ever really thought about the effects television has on your children? 98% of families in the US have at least one TV, according to TV-Free America, and the TV is on for an average of 7 hours and 12 minutes a day. On average, a child aged 2-11 watches TV for 1, 197 minutes a week! It is pretty surprising that the same age group of children only spend 38.5 minutes a week on a meaningful conversation with their parents.
As children start watching TV at a younger age, their behaviors and relationships with their family can be affected more drastically. When a group of 4 to 6yearolds were asked to choose between watching television and spending time with their fathers, 54% preferred TV. But what if you don’t let your small children watch TV? You may not. But if your toddler (学步的小孩) goes to daycare, you may not know, 70% of daycare centers use the TV during a typical day. Shouldn’t they be playing with each other and learning, not doing something they can do at home?
Parents do not have to feel completely helpless. As of 2, 000, all TVs now have a chip that helps parents control and even block certain shows. So if you feel TV is not as wonderful as it seemed before, just think you have at least a little power over what your kids watch.
But what is even more shocking is how much violence is shown on television. Some kids do enjoy that but most don’t. The percentage of children surveyed who said they felt “upset” by or “scared” of violence on TV is 91%! I think that shows containing violence or scary scenes should be broadcast at a later time, so smaller children will not be exposed to them.
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When you hear the word “vacation”, what comes to mind? For most it means having fun, pampering (纵容) themselves to some degree or simply relaxing and catching up on sleep. Most people consider it a time to relax and recharge away from work and the stress of life. However, the reality for some is that they end up feeling even more stressed and exhausted than they did before they went on vacation. How is this possible?
A common misconception that people have about going on vacation is that they need to make the most out of their trip. Before they go on every tour they can research 101 places to visit and then pack 98 of those suggestions along their trip. While making the most of your time away, most people over-pack their schedule and overwhelm (压垮) themselves with too many things which result in more stress and less rest.
Today, technology and social media have over-promoted and normalized sharing every experience we have — especially while we are on vacation. The saying “If you didn’t post it, did it really happen?” drives our current culture of documenting and sharing EVERYTHING. Also you may spend more time taking the perfect selfie (自拍) at every stop than you do actually participating in the activity. You end up sacrificing the quality of the trip for the quantity of posts you get out of the trip.
To better appreciate your vacation time, you’d better give yourself one day to recover before returning to work after a vacation. This allows your body and mind to adjust to being back home and getting back into your work routine. You want to go on vacation to recharge, so don’t overcrowd your schedule with late night or early morning activities. Make sure you rest and get plenty of sleep. It’s okay to schedule a lazy day during your vacation when you can sleep. However, don’t overdo it. Try to fit in the minimum recommended amount of daily exercise and if you don’t exercise take this as an opportunity to start a new habit.
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1. “手机成瘾”的原因；
2. “手机成瘾”的影响；
3. “拒为手机成瘾者”的建议。
参考词汇：手机成瘾mobile phone addiction
低头族(特指在社交中忽略他人而只专注手机或其他电子设备的人)phubber
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Shopping online has more advantages than buying products at physical stores. To begin with, most online stores offer prices that are much lower than what you will find at a physical store. Part of the reason is that many people use the Internet to find cheaper items. Online business owners understand this,so they usually bring down the prices to get more customers.
Besides, when you are shopping online, you don’t need to get dressed and drive to your favourite store. You can easily visit their website, find the product you want and buy it without getting out of your house. It’s also convenient because you don’t need to wait for the store to open. If you work irregular (不规律的) hours or are very busy, then you probably don’t have enough time to visit the store. Shopping online allows you to buy things without hurting your schedule.
Most physical stores have a limited type of product. However, shopping online allows you to find many products that you wouldn’t be able to find at a physical store. In addition, physical stores often make it difficult to buy certain items. For example, buying underwear (内衣) without getting some strange stares is nearly impossible. Shopping online gives you privacy because you don’t need to worry that people will stare at you while you shop. Not only that, the owners usually keep secrets for you so that no one will know what you bought.
Physical stores try many ways to make you buy more things. They use posters, sales messages, colours and product placement to make you buy extra things. The most popular products are usually in the back because the owner wants you to view all of his or her other products. Many people will find a few extra items by the time they reach the items they have been looking forward to. These methods are not obvious with online stores. This means that you won’t feel the stress to buy other products online.
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5 . 最近某英语论坛上有人发表观点“Only people who earn a lot of money are successful”。请你就此用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你的看法，然后发表在该论坛上，要点包括：
1.表明你的观点；
2.给出理由并举例说明。
注意：词数80左右。
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词数：120-150
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1.你对用金钱鼓励孩子学习的看法；
2.你的父母(或其他亲人)是如何鼓励你学习的；
3.你认为怎样才能更好地鼓励孩子学习。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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We study at a board school (寄宿学校) and can’t go out without permission. Days seem too long and sometimes we miss our parents. Most of us are looking forward to weekends, expecting to go back home.
One Friday afternoon, it was time for us to go home to see our parents. You can imagine how excited we were when we finished all the classes. Everyone rushed to the school gate.
There were black clouds above and it was going to rain, but the bus didn’t come. Some of us became annoyed. With several thunders rumbling, it was pouring within seconds.
Therefore, many students ran towards the bus stop near the school gate, waiting under the roof, some patient, while some upset, because the heavy rain messed up their precious day.
“The bus is coming!” someone shouted excitedly. Most students were filled with joy when hearing the words. They couldn’t wait to get on the bus. The bus stop was in chaos immediately.
“Be quick to get a seat, ” two girls standing next to me talked anxiously.
All the students folded their umbrellas and ran towards the bus.
“Ouch!” someone shouted.
The crowd was wondering where the cry came from. Anxious and concerned, a tall boy made it clear that a girl was hurt in the eye by an umbrella. Some students advised she should be taken to the nearest hospital at once.
注 意 ：
1.续写词数为120词左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One student headed for the driver and told him what had happened.
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When the bus arrived at the hospital, the injured girl was helped to get off.
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Radio is for sounds: the sounds of different kinds of music, of announcers reading the news, of sports, and of conversation. These are all sounds we are used to hearing. But in the UK, a new kind of radio programme has been launched, known as “slow radio”. This kind of programme consists of different sounds from the ones we usually hear on radio shows.
On slow radio, listeners can hear the sound of singing birds, cows being brought in from the fields, and the sound of a slow walk through the German countryside.
Some people might find the idea of such sounds boring. These sounds, they might say, are meaningless and unimportant. But, unexpectedly, slow radio has taken off. Why?
If slow radio has an audience, perhaps it’s because it provides an alternative to our fast, event-filled lives. That is what Alan Davey, the head of the slow radio programme, thinks. Slow radio, according to its official description, is “an antidote(解毒剂)to today’s frenzied(狂乱的)world”. In such a world, we’re so busy that we fail to notice the things around us. Listening to slow radio can remind us of the sounds around us that we often filter out.
Slow radio doesn’t just broadcast the sounds of nature and the countryside; some of the sounds are more unusual. The programme makers are also interested in sounds that have already died out and which we hear only in our memory. Examples of such sounds are the noises made by old computers or old-fashioned video games, or the sound made by old telephones. These sounds can take a listener back to times of his life that are long gone.
So, this is the magic of radio and of these “meaningless” sounds. They permit the audience to move out of their lives for a while. A busy office worker in noisy London can be transported to the Irish countryside, and they can even “time-travel” with slow radio’s reminders of sounds from the past.
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内容包括：
1.有些同学支持及理由；
2.有些同学反对及理由；
3.你的观点。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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