1. 名著简介;2. 推荐理由。
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Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
A.The man needs to finish the book. |
B.The book is boring. |
C.The man should check with his professor. |
3 . Shared Reading is a unique experience and exposes us to great and varied literature.
Create a positive and supportive reading environment. When children and adults come together to read and explore a text, they develop a sense of community and a shared experience.
Develop a lifelong love for books. As children observe the pleasure and value their adult counterparts place on reading, they are more likely to develop a lifelong love for books themselves.
Promote social and emotional growth. During shared reading, children participate in discussions and share their thoughts and opinions. What’s more, they listen to others. As for them, it is of significance.
A.Learn more about the world |
B.This can enhance their motivations to read |
C.Expand vocabulary and comprehension skills |
D.It allows people to discover more about themselves and others |
E.It’s important for them to finish reading as many books as they can |
F.They learn to express themselves effectively and respect the ideas of others |
G.The affection can have a significant impact on their academic achievements |
4 . The printed book is back. Recent studies have shown that students remember more information when they read a paper book compared to reading an e-book. One school responded to these findings by ditching its e-readers. The students found that “the ease of navigation (导航)” was greater when using a traditional book.
I love the way we now judge printed books using the language of the digital world. E-books may come with “navigational tools,” but it turns out the best navigational tools are the “devices” at the ends of your arms. You can use them to flip the pages forward and backward.
Fans of digital books may point out that e-readers have a handy “search” tool. Old-fashioned books also have a search function, in which you turn back to the opening part to help you remember the hero’s name. They even have a “bookmark system,” which uses something called a “bookmark.”
Can a traditional book offer all the features of an e-book? Alas, no. It has no “progress bar (进度条)” indicating how much of the book has been read. Luckily, a clever tip is available: turn your book so that it can be viewed from the side or top. It will naturally form two parts joined in the middle. If the left part is thicker than the right one, you are more than halfway through.
Admittedly, e-books are lighter than paper books, but one must question whether this is really an advantage. In secondary school my body figure was actually transformed by the daily need to carry textbooks. For me and my fellow students, these weighty books would draw our shoulders back and our chests forward.
Educational fashions come and go, so maybe the return of traditional books won’t last. But for the moment, I find myself welcoming their wonderful return.
1. Which can best replace the underlined “ditching” in paragraph 1?A.Referring to. | B.Getting rid of. |
C.Getting used to. | D.Making use of. |
A.Bookmarks. | B.Fingers. | C.The progress bar. | D.The opening part. |
A.To explain an opposing idea. | B.To provide additional information. |
C.To support the author’s argument. | D.To connect paragraph five and paragraph six. |
A.Why the Printed Book Is Back? |
B.How the Printed Book Benefits us? |
C.What Future the Printed Book Faces? |
D.Which Is Better, Printed Book or E-book? |
1. What does the speaker say about Mackenzie’s disease?
A.It’s incurable |
B.It’s common. |
C.It’s dangerous |
A.She learned more about her disease. |
B.She forgot her pain. |
C.She found out a medicine to ease her pain. |
A.By asking an organization for help |
B.By buying them from websites. |
C.By asking others to give books |
6 . Everyone has got a plan, a goal, a target that we all want to achieve. However, for many reasons we pause to take a sigh, and most times we don’t do anything about them anymore. So how can you set goals properly?
Reading some good books about setting goals is a great place to start. These books should push you ahead of the rest, and importantly, to make you attain your set goals.
Creating Your Best Life
Written by Caroline Miller, MAPP, she takes the standard SMART formula for goal setting and goes beyond that approach. She makes a point of giving you specific exercises while also sharing related stories. It’s a great book to consider as we connect better with stories and can find more motivation to set goals in the manner that Miller outlines in her book.
The Magic of Thinking Big
“You are what you think you are,” writes David J. Schwartz, PhD in The Magic of Thinking Big. Exceeding your goals is possible when you believe in yourself. Get over the fear of failure and use the power of a positive attitude to achieve big things.
The Book of Mistakes
Skip Prichard is a wonderful storyteller and weaves that skill into this book. This book takes a figurative person who discovers nine mistakes that highly successful people never make.
Goals!
Author of dozens of books on personal development, Brian Tracy explains the 12 steps necessary to accomplish goals both large and small. The author emphasizes self-discipline and persistence and two keys to achieving your goals.
1. What’s an advantage of the books in the text?A.They stop you complaining of facts. | B.They identify the reasons for a pause. |
C.They help you achieve your set targets. | D.They push you to design a grand project. |
A.Goals! | B.The Magic of Thinking Big. |
C.The Book of Mistakes. | D.Creating Your Best Life. |
A.Brian Tracy. | B.Caroline Miller. |
C.Skip Prichard. | D.David J. Schwartz, PhD. |
7 . Four Amazing Animal Stories
Raven Winter
By Susanna Bailey
Billie is struggling with problems at home when she discovers an injured young bird and begins nursing it back to health. Soon, she finds new friendship and hope. Set in England’s snowy Yorkshire Dales, this is a heartfelt story about the special connect ion between a girl and a bird.
The Lost Whale
By Hannah Gold
Hannah Gold, who won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story for her first book The Last Bear, returns with another wonderful animal adventure. When lonely Rio is sent to stay with his grandmother, he soon finds himself searching for a missing whale.
Meg and Merlin: Making Friends
By Tanya Landman
Meg loves horses but she knows her parents can’t afford a horse—in fact, they can’t even afford to pay for her weekly riding lesson. Then, on her 10th birthday, Meg finds a horse in her front garden! Have her wishes come true? The first in a series, this short book will especially delight readers who love horses.
The Adventure Club: Tiger in Trouble
By Jess Butterworth
The Adventure Club loves exploring animals and adventure. In this story, Tilly and her friends set out to India to help at a wildlife reserve. There, they encounter antelopes, crocodiles and elephants—but what has become of the tiger? Written as if it is Tilly’s diary, this is perfect for younger readers.
1. What do we know about The Lost Whale?A.It wins a book award. | B.It is about an animal adventure. |
C.It is set in England’s Yorkshire Dales. | D.It tells a story between Rio and his grandmother. |
A.Raven Winter. | B.The Lost Whale. |
C.Meg and Merlin: Making Friends. | D.The Adventure Club: Tiger in Trouble. |
A.They are all diaries. |
B.They all center on girls. |
C.They all inspire readers to protect environment. |
D.They all are about animal and human connection. |
8 . The Thing About Yetis
Everyone knows yetis love winter. They love snowball fights and hot chocolate and building snow houses. But even yetis complain about the cold. So here’s a secret about yetis: Sometimes they miss summer. Sometimes, they have to bring a little bit of summer to the coldest of winter days. Those yetis, they’re just full of surprises.
But Excuse Me That Is My Book
Charlie and Lola have already won the hearts of readers in three winning books. And now they’re quickly gathering more fans as an animated series on the Disney Channel.
In this new tale, Lola has become interested in Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies, the best book in the whole world. It’s funny, it has pictures, and it is “great and very interesting”. It’s the only book she wants to take out of the library. What will she do when she discovers that somebody else has borrowed her book?
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
Brer Rabbit is causing trouble again — this time it brings together all the stories from the Tales of Uncle Remus series.
The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series. Julius Lester makes some changes so the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse
A lively story about discovering the joy and meaning of Christmas.
When Mr. Mouse and his family move into a big house, they discover something new and wonderful: an evergreen tree decorated with lights and pleasant smells in the air. They hear about a happy man named Santa who brings gifts to celebrate Jesus’s birth on a day called Christmas. So Mr. and Mrs. Mouse decide that their family should celebrate Christmas, too.
1. What’s a secret about yetis?A.They have snowball fights. | B.They love summer as well. |
C.They can build snow houses. | D.They eat chocolate sometimes. |
A.She couldn’t borrow her favorite book. |
B.She couldn’t find a good book. |
C.She couldn’t afford to buy her favorite book. |
D.She couldn’t find a good library. |
A.The Thing About Yetis. | B.But Excuse Me That Is My Book. |
C.Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales. | D.Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse. |
9 . I’m in middle school, and not that good at reading. I am a little behind and hate the books we are made to read. But I want to get better at reading. I don’t like being the weakest reader in the class. I want to change. I know I need help when it comes to reading. I’m hopeful that I can overcome (克服) my weakness if I try to find some ways and work hard.
So I go to the library every weekend. Last Saturday I went straight to the Young Adult section to search. There were hundreds of books to choose from. Finally, I saw a cover that was shiny, and it reflected (反射) the light and caught my eye. I saw that it was blue — I liked blue. So I picked it up and read the back. It sounded interesting, although it was the second book in the series, I got it. I read that book in two days, and found it was so attractive, so I read the whole series in a week.
By judging (判断) a book by its cover, I was not only able to pick up a book that became one of my favourites, but I also didn’t have to pick up hundreds of books that I may not like. If I never judged a book by its cover, I might have never found that book in the first place.
This advice is suitable for other things in life as well, especially when it comes to people. It’s not always exact, but by judging a person by their appearance — the way they dress, talk, and act — you can quickly see if you want to read their general condition by having a conversation with them. If you enjoy them like you enjoy a good book, then you can keep them in your inner circle — the people that you care about and who care about you.
1. Why does the writer visit the library?A.He is the weakest reader. |
B.He begins to like books. |
C.He needs to borrow a book. |
D.He hopes to improve his reading skills. |
A.Caring and helpful. |
B.Positive and hard-working. |
C.Adventurous and unique. |
D.Outgoing and admirable. |
A.The back. | B.The pictures. |
C.The cover. | D.The introduction. |
A.What pains us trains us. |
B.Judging a book by its cover. |
C.Actions speak louder than words. |
D.Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. |
1. 书的类型;
2. 书的主要内容;
3. 推荐理由。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 开头与结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jane,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua