Since every coin has two sides, living in large modern cities offers us many advantages, meanwhile, causes many troubles. Better education and better jobs are easy to get, and better medical care is convenient to receive in large modern cities.
People are usually well informed due to the advanced media, such as television, newspaper and net PC. Large modern cities also provide various night-life activities for the city-dwellers(城市居民). The public places like cinema, bar, disco-ball are everywhere.
On the other hand, large modern cities are too big to control, so the traffic jams and traffic accidents often happen, and the social security is a headache problem. And city-dwellers have to face the housing problem. Usually a house is too expensive for the salary earning class to buy and the rent is also high. Moreover, noise and pollution in large cities bring harm to people’s health.
Living in large modern cities
| Advantages |
● It’s easy to get better education, better jobs and 53._________. ● People are usually 54.______________ because of the advanced media. ● People can have various night-life activities in modern cities. |
| 55.___________ |
● The society is not 56. ___________. ● Citizens have to face the housing problem. ● Noise and pollution in large cities 57. __________ people’s health. |
We’ve all been hurt by another person at one time or another. This pain causes problems
. It not only causes us to be unhappy, but can ruin relationships, distract(使分心) us from work and family and other important things, make us unwilling to open up new things.
We need to learn to let go. We need to be able to forgive, so we can move on and be happy. Forgiveness does not mean you erase the past, or forget what has happened. All it means is that you are letting go of the anger and pain, and moving on to a better place.
It’s not easy, but you can learn to d
o it.
Think about the advantages and disadvanges. Think of all the problems this pain causes you, and realize you need to change. Then think of the benefits of forgiveness—— how it will make you happier, free you from the past and the pain, and improve your relationships and life in general.
Try to put yourself in that person’s situation. Try to understand why the person did what he did. What could he have felt as he did it, and what did he feel afterward? How does he feel now? You aren’t saying what he did is right, but are trying to understand instead.
Understand your responsibility. Try to figure out how you could have been partly responsible for what happened. This isn’t to say you’re taking all the blame, or taking responsibility away from the other person, but to realize that we are not victims(受害者) but participants in life.
Allow peace to enter your life. As you focus on the present, try focusing on your breathing. Imagine each breath going out is the pain and the past, and imagine each breath coming in is peace, entering you and filling you up.
Title: How to let go and forgive
| Making us unhappy; distracting from daily life; Ruining relationships; making us close to new things. |
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| Definition of forgiveness |
●Letting go of the ●Moving on to a better place. |
| Benefits of forgiveness |
●Making you happier; ● ●Improving your relationships and life in general |
| |
●Thinking about the advantages and disavantages; ●Trying to understand the other person as if you were in the same situation； ●Figuring out ●Allowing peace to enter your life. |
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We all know that exercise is important part of a healthy lifestyle. You will get a better general fitness with
(strong) bones and muscles. It will stop you putting
weight and you’ll feel happy
you have done something good. It’s also an opportunity to meet up with friends or make new ones.
, not everyone likes doing exercise or playing sporting. But don’t you think it’s time to stop
(make) excuses and start doing something fun and healthy?
Here are some excuses young people use they don’t want to exercise: “None of my friends or family does it.”“It’s a boy thing.”“It’s sweaty.”“I don’t want muscles.”“I’m overweight.”“I don’t like joining teams.”“I’d rather play with the computer.”
“It’s not cool.” Try (tell) David Beckham this? All right, we can’t all reach the very top, but we can benefit
being fitter. People who tell you it’s not cool are usually the
who couldn’t run to catch a bus if their lives depended on it.
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Mary is a lovely and confident 17-year-old student. She is the first
Chinese high school student to a on the cover of a popular _______
young adults’ fashion magazine. The editor-in-Chief f that _______
Mary was the very style he was looking for to _________ (代表) _______
young people’s attitudes. Mary also________(给人印象) the editor _______
with her f English when they first met her last year. Mary is always ______
praised for speaking English almost like a n speaker. She ______
explained that she had built up her English _____ watching thousands _______
of English DVDs since she was 10. After meeting a _________(有才华的) _______
boy _______ showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her _______
school, Mary realized that she should start making her_______ films. _______
Yuan Longping is a man who 1.w the land, does his research and grows hybrid rice. He is an agricultural 2.p . He 3.d his whole life to finding ways to increase the rice output without 4.e the area of fields. 5.T to his research, more people can be free from 6.h .Yuan is 7.s with his life. He enjoys 8.l to violin music. He cares little about his money and fame. He 9. t________ gives millions of yuan to 10. e_______ others for their research. He is a great person.
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注意：表格中的每个空格只填一
个单词。
Nowadays, science is developing at a high speed. With the development of science, many countries have improved their economy and raised their people’s living standards. Therefore, science is of great benefit to our daily life.
If we look at the things around us, we’ll find how closely our everyday life is related to science. In one case, at home we can turn on the central heating or air conditioner when we feel cold or hot, and we can watch TV or listen to the tape recorder for entertainment, and we can use a gas stove to cook our meals, a
nd we have computers to help us with our work when we are working in the office, and we also have cars, buses, even planes as traffic tools when we go out. All these things are the results of the scientific development. It goes without saying that without science our society cannot make rapid progress and our life cannot be comfortable and convenient.
Now that science is so significant in our daily life, we should try to make as many contributions as possible to the development of science. As college students, we must first of all study hard to gain useful scientific knowledge, and then put what we have learnt into practice. We should make the most of science to serve our society.
| Title |
1. ________ |
| 2. ________ from science |
3. _______ the economy. |
| Raising people’s living 4. _______: ☆ The central heating and air conditioner help us get cooler or 5. _______. ☆ TV and tape recorder provide  us with 6. _______.☆ Computers help us with work. ☆ A gas stove 7. _______our meals. ☆ Different traffic tools help us travel. |
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| Conclusion |
Making a 8. _______ to developing sci ence. |
| Applying our 9. _______ in practice. |
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| Making full 10. _______ of science to serve the society. |
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Bored at school now? How do you think it will look in the future? Last week, about 600 teenagers in the U.S. imagined a future changed by technology in which their lessons are taught by robots and they learn about celebrities (名人)and alien(外星人)languages.
According to a survey published last week by the U.S. ,Internet service provider American Online(AOL), only one in 100 thinks that in the future they will walk from home to school; the rest believe they will use jet packs, and hover boards(滑板) as everyday transport.
All the participants(参与者)of the survey are teenagers born into the Internet age. The study is to show how the first cyber (网络的)generation dream about a future life created by advanced technology.
Most believe there will still be schools to go to, but that technology will play an increasingly important role in learning. The 600 teens surveyed think there will still be teachers, but 37 percent imagine them to be robots. Some 24 percent believe that teachers will still be human but they will have inter-changeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects.
More than one in two believe hover boarding will be popular, while one-third say that wearing rocket boots will be their favorite activity. Another third think jet packs will be popular. Nearly 30 percent think playing football and bike-riding will remain popular.
When it comes to the curriculum(课程), they think future generations will be learning about robot building(63 percent), alien languages(47 percent) celebrities(26 percent) and R’n’B music(22 percent).
Children will wear virtual(虚拟的)reality helmets(头盔) to bring lessons to life, say 40 percent, while over 20 percent believe they will not need lessons because microchips implanted(植入)in their head will send relevant information into the brain. Matt Whyman, adviser to the chief medical officer on youth issues of AOL, said: “ The kids seem very aware of the liberation qualities of technology.”
Title ( 1 )_________school
| Changes in the way of (2)___traveling |
At present, most students walk to school. In the future, students will use jet packs, and hover boards. |
| Changes in the way of (3)______ |
In the future, robots will (4)_______ as teachers and human teachers should be (5)_________ with inter-changeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects. |
| Changes in the way of (6)_______ |
Virtual reality helmets can bring (7) ________ lessons to them and with the help of microchips implanted in their head, they will not need lessons. |
| Changes in (8)_______ |
Most students will (9)_______ hover boarding, wearing rocket boots and jet packs while a small (10)_______ of students think playing football and bike-riding will remain popular. |
American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public schools called charter schools.
In 1991, there were no charter schools in the United States. Today, more than 2300 charter schools operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575000 students attend these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older.
A charter school is created by groups of parents, teachers and community members. It is similar in some ways to a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate a number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments provide the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate.
Unlike a traditional public school, however, the charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to teach.
Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach those goals. Class sizes are usually smaller than in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say teachers in charter schools can be more creative.
However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions often oppose charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly needed by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling.
Congress provided 200 million dollars for establishing charter schools in the 2006 federal budget. But, often the schools say they lack enough money for programs. Many also lack needed space. District officials say they have provided 14 former school buildings for charter education. Yet charter school supporters say officials should try harder to find more space.
Charter Schools in America
| Definition |
Charter schools are called 1 ___________ public schools. |
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| 2 _______ between charter school and traditional school |
★3 _______ tax money to operate a number of students. ★ Having to make 4. _______ know the students are learning. ★ Getting 5 _________ to operate from government. |
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| 6 _______ between charter school and traditional school |
★ Not having to obey most laws. ★ Having the 7_______ to decide what to teach. ★ Being free to choose the goals and decide the 8_________ of teaching them. ★ Having smaller class sizes. ★ Having teachers who are more creative |
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| The problems |
Education departments’ opposition |
★These schools receiving money badly needed by traditional public schools. ★ Not 9__________ doing well. |
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| 10 ___________ difficulties |
★ Lacking enough money ★ Lacking needed space |
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Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
1) Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
2) Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3) Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
4) Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
5) Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don't pass a test, so don't be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
Title: How to become a better student
| General methods |
How to |
advantages |
| Plan your time carefully |
Make a list |
Force you to realize 6 is happening to your time |
| Make a 1 |
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| Find a good place to study |
Free of everything but study 2 |
You can 7 on the subject |
| Make good use of your time in class |
Listen to everything the teachers say |
Really listening in class means 8 work later |
| Taking 3 |
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| Study regularly |
Go over your notes |
Help you 9 it better , remember it longer |
| 4 new material |
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| Develop a good attitude about tests |
Don't be 5 worried |
Remember your new 10 |
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Now I’d like to tell you I learn English. I often .
read English aloud and try my best to l something important .
by heart, which helps me remember it (轻易地)and form .
the good h of thinking in English. I listen a lot and .
often talk with others in English. this way, I have improved .
my spoken English. I k a diary in English every day and .
my written English is becoming better better. I also try .
my best to master the (必要的) grammar. By this means, .
I can (表达) myself in English correctly. That’s the way I .
have been learning English. I hope it will be h to you. .
I used to be the messiest person alive. Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them.
Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen. Make a list of all of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done.
Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions of how to carry out your plans.
You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn’t work, you have way two and way three to lean back on. Therefore, different ways are needed at hand. It’s just a matter of being organized. Chances are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of the other ones will.
Committing yourself to finishing at least at least part if not all of your plan at once is also necessary. It will show that you not only have initiative to get things rolling, but that you are interested in the results obtained with making the move to get everything done.
If you make a commitment to finish before a specific time, make sure that you carry that out, and be sure to do everything in the way you said you would, within the time-frame you set for your self.
Don’t try to tackle more things all at a time. All that does is to delay your progress, distract you and make you lose your interest, motivation and energy.
Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible. You will only achieve this by sticking to the order of the plan and not turn away from it or trying to do more at a time.
Last but not least, you should never abandon things mid-project. It will only annoy everyone around 
you including yourself. Unfinished plans are a waste of time, energy and, in some cases, even money.
So, don’t be afraid of organization. The older we get, the more necessary it becomes to have the skills necessary to follow through with confidence and to be able to carry through plans in an organized and manageable way. It pays to be organized, after all.
| .Title: Tips on how to be (1) __________ in your life |
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| Tips |
Details |
(2) _________ |
| (3) _______ down your plan. |
◆List everything you need. ◆List (4) _______ you will follow. |
To make your plan happen. |
| Prepare three (5) _______ ways to carry out your plan. |
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To (6) _______ that you can have some other choices when one way doesn’t work. |
| (7) _______ to finish at least part of your plan if not all. |
Do everything (8) _______ your own time-frame. |
To show yourself you are determined to get things started and caring about the results. |
| Do one thing at once. |
Stick to the order of your plan. |
To save your interest, motivation and energy. |
| Finish what you have started. |
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To get your plan (9) ________ out thoroughly. |
| (10) ___________ |
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| You shouldn’t be afraid of organization because it’s really worthwhile. |
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The Chong Yang Festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival began as early as the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC). According to the yin/yang dichotomy(二分法), yin represents the elements of darkness and yang represents life and brightness. Among Chinese numbers, nine belongs to positive numbers and it is regarded as yang. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double yang day; hence people start to say Chong Yang Festival. The ninth month also predicts the approach of winter. It is a time when the living need warm clothing, and Chinese sons and daughters extended this to make the festival a time for providing winter clothes for their ancestors. The Double Ninth Festival, therefore, also became an occasion to visit the graves of dead family members. Clothes made of paper would be burned as offerings.
The Double Ninth Festival sees various activities. On the Double Ninth Festival, people usually climb mountains, appreciate chrysanthemums (菊花), drink chrysanthemums wine, and eat cakes. Ancient people thought climbing a mountain on this day could help them avoid misfortune and prevent disasters, and this gradually evolved into a relaxat
ion and exercise.
Ancient people used to wear cornel (山茱萸) and admire chrysanthemums. Cornel is a kind of plant with edible(可食用的) fruit, while its stem and leaves have medicinal value. To prevent plague(瘟疫) and drive off smelly smells, people wear cornel and chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival, and drink tea and wine made from the flowers.
Nowadays many people will still climb mountains, admire chrysanthemums, appreciate the beautiful scenery of autumn and eat cakes. In recent years, new contents have been added into this ancient festival, which has become a time to show respect for the elderly. People hold various activities in honor of senior citizens, wishing them good health and a long life.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a time for family get-togethers. It is an occasion to remember one’s ancestors, the sacrifices they made and the hardships they underwent. Often, family outings are organized during which people search to renew their appreciation of nature and to reaffirm(重申) their love and concern for family members and close friends.
| Title |
The Double Ninth Festival |
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| Time |
●People often 76 the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the lunar month of a year. ●It’s a traditional festival with a 77 of more than 2,200 years, beginning from the Warring States Period. |
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| Origin |
●The number nine is considered as yang, 78 life and brightness. ●The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double young day, which makes the name Chong Yang Festival come into being. ●The approach of winter in the ninth month means a time wearing warm clothing for both the __79 and the ancestors. |
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| 80 and Meanings |
In the 81 |
●To help avoid 82 and prevent disasters by climbing mountains. ●Ancient people wore cornel, admire chrysanthemums and drank chrysanthemums wine to prevent plague and drive off 83 smells. ●They also eat cakes in the festival. |
| In modern time |
●To improve health by climbing mountains as a 84 of relaxation and exercise.●People still admire chrysanthemums, appreciate the beautiful scenery of autumn and eat cakes. ●It’s a time for people to 85 senior citizens. ●To reaffirm love and concern for family members and close friends by family get-togethers. |
短文填词（共10小题，每空1分，满分10分）
I’m writing to tell you my imagination about life in the future.
No one can tell exactly what kind of life will be a__________ of ___________
us. But I can ____________ (宣布) with certainty that life will ___________
be m___________ easier. I’m sure there will be more educational ___________
programs on the radio or TV. So children will get _____________ ___________
at home w_____________ going to school every day. Besides, most ___________
of us will have videophones at home through __________ we can ___________
have a medical exam or do some _________ (购物) at home. Meanwhile, ___________
we’ll have robots to _______ (帮助) us in doing housework, allowing ___________
us more time to enjoy life. With the development of ___________ (科学) ___________
researches, ordinary people may soon be able to spend their holidays
in space and a great __________ of people may live in space or undersea. __________
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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On December 19th , 2006, an airbus took off on time from the capital airport of Saudi Arabia. After about an hour’s 16. (fly), something strange happened in the plane.
The passengers 17. (enjoy) themselves when a small rat stole out from the bag of a young man ,which make the young woman nearby 18. (alarm)with loud screaming. Then more and more rats came out of the bag. All the passengers became out of order, especially the women and the children. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with 19. control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane 20. (succeed)landed at the nearest airport.
As soon as the plane on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on 21. ______(catch)these small creatures. Many means had been tired but 22. of them were good enough to catch the rats.
At last they tried to fill in the plane 23. carbon-dioxide, 24. poisoned all the eighty rats by the poisonous gas.
It 25. __ (report)that the young man wanted to carry these rats to another city and sell them as pets but no one had expected that theses small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag.
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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The disappearance of the famous crime writer, Agatha Christie, was as mysterious as any of her exciting stories.
At about 11 o'clock on the evening of F day, December 3rd in 1926, Mrs. Christie got into her car and took a drive without saying _____16_____ she was going. She didn't return.
The next morning her car was found without _____17_____ driver at Newlands Corner, Surrey. People imagined that she might _____18_____ (kill) herself. _____19_____ as the days went by, it was suggested that she was murdered. The press and the public _____20_____ (natural) took great interest in the case, with at least one newspaper _____21_____ (offer) a reward to anyone who could find Mrs. Christie.
Agatha finally was found alive on Tuesday, December 14th, _____22_____ she was reunited with her husband at a hotel in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, _____23_____ was located around 50 kilometers away from her car. _____24_____ was said that, for ten days, the writer had been staying at the hotel under the name of "Mrs. Theresa Neele". Her husband said, "She has suffered _____25_____ the most complete loss of memory and I do not think she knows who she is."
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