高中英语任务型阅读试题

Happy birthday! Do birthday really make people happy? Of course they do．Birthday celebrate the day when we were born．Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity（成熟）—or so we hope．We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older．Most of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others, as well．For instance, seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud．For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a wonderful process．But growing old? That is a different story．
Growing old is not exactly for people in youth-oriented（以年轻人为中心）American culture．Most Americans like to look young, act young and feel young．As the old saying goes, “You’re young as you feel．” Older people joke about how many years young they are, rather than how many years old．People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom．But Americans seem to favor those that are young, or at least “young at heart”．
Many older Americans find the “golden years” to be anything but golden．Economically, “senior citizens” often struggle just to get by．Retirement at the age of 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income．Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference．Older people may suffer from poor nutrition, medical care, and housing．Some even experience age discrimination（歧视）．American sociologist Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets．She was often treated rudely--even cheated and robbed．However, dressed as a young person, she received much more respect．
Unfortunately, the elderly population in America is increasing fast．Why? People are living longer．Fewer babies are being born．And middle-aged “baby boomers” are rapidly entering the group of the elderly．America may soon be a place where wrinkles（皱纹）are “in”．Marketing experts are ready noticing this growing group of consumer．
Title: Different Opinions About 1._____________Old.

Items / Aspects	Descriptions / Details
General idea	Growing older, being mature and 3.__________
Positive attitude	4. About ________	A wonderful process: children 5.__________   and learning new things, enjoying another birthday party
About the old	Being respected by the young
6. Being _______ as a source of experience and wisdom
Living happily in the “golden years”
2.________	Never being young again
Feeling lonely in a youth-oriented culture
7.___________ problem: personal income 8.___________ sharply
Health problem: suffering from poor nutrition and other diseases
Housing problems: poor and simple
9._________ problems: being ill-treated --- experiencing age discrimination, cheating and robbery
Solution	Improving 10._________________ benefits
The young caring for and respecting the old

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Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.
Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.
In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United States census. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.
“We looked at life expectancy（预测寿命）at age 25,” Meara says.
“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”
Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25 year old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.
In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact .
Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people has made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.
Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.
“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that's something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”
Meara points out that education can often determine income - people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.

Title	The Amount of __71_____Contributes to People’s Health
Comparisons	The less educated people	The ____72____ educated people
In 1990	They could live for 75 years	They could live to the age of 80
In 2000	Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990.	They could live to the age of 81.6 _____73____.
___74___ of the research	In the past ____75___	Their life expectancy remained ____76_____.	They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly ___77____ to their quitting smoking.
People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the population
Income____78_____ on education.	People with more education make more money
Getting more money helps to increase their ____79____ of health care, which can keep them healthier.
______80_____	Education is the key to better health.

Intense physical exercise is not the only way to better health. Studies show that walking several times a week can lower risk of many diseases. They include heart disease, stroke, diabetes, bone loss, arthritis (关节炎), and depression. Walking also can help you lose weight.
Fast walking is good for the heart. It lowers the blood pressure. It raises the amount of good cholesterol（胆固醇）in the blood. Researchers say walking can sharply reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack.
Studies have also shown that walking for 30 minutes a day can delay and possibly prevent the development of diabetes. People who are overweight have an especially high risk to develop this disease.
Walking strengthens the muscles and builds up the bones that they are attached to. Studies show that walking could decrease the risk of developing osteoporosis （骨质疏松症）. Walking can also help ease the pain of arthritis in areas where bones are joined. This is because walking strengthens the muscles around the bones.
Experts say walking is one of the safest ways to exercise. There is a low risk of injuries. So it is good for people who are starting an exercise program for the first time and for older people.
A walking program is easy to start. You should wear loose clothes and good shoes. There are shoes that are designed especially for lots of walking.
How fast should you walk? For the best effect, doctors say you should walk fast enough to cause you to breathe hard. Yet you should still be able to talk. Let your arms move freely while you walk.
There are no rules to starting a walking program. You might walk short distances. Or you might walk up hills to strengthen your leg muscles. Health experts say you can gain the most from a walking program if you walk at about five kilogmeters an hour for 30 minutes a day. You should do this about five times a week.

                     

Walking to ()____________fit
()____________ of walking	Superiorities to other exercises	Tips to walkers
Reducing the risk of a heart attack                      ()___________the blood pressure                      Raising good cholesterol	Being ()______ than many other ways of exercise, especially for () ________or elders	Wear loose clothes and good shoes
Walk fast enough to cause you to breathe with ()________ but still able to talk
                   Controlling the development of diabetes                      Help you lose weight	Walk with your arms move ()_________
Decreasing the risk of osteoporosis and arthritis                  Strengthening the muscles                      ()_______________ up the bones	Being easy to start ()___________ rules
Lowering the risk of other diseases, such as stroke, depression and etc.

 

A listener has written from China for advice about how to lose weight. Michael in Shanghai says he is 26 and has battled obesity for most of his life.
Obesity , a severe weight problem, is a complex condition. A doctor may advise taking medicine along with changing one’s the way that he or she behaves. Experts say that the most successful weight—loss plans include a well-balanced diet and exercise.
People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use. To lose weight, you can reduce the number of calories you absorb, increase the number you use, or both.
A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the US. Researchers at Stanford University in California studied over 300 overweight women, mostly in their thirties and forties. Each woman went on one of the four plans: Atkins, The Zone, Ornish or LEARN. The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.
At the end of the year, the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most, more than four and one-half kilograms on average. They also did better on tests for cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
Christopher Gardner, who led the study, says the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to eat less sugar. He also says that the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. He says that there was not enough money to study men, but that men would probably have similar results.
Last week, another report based on thirty-one studies suggested that only a small minority of people have long-term success with dieting. Most dieters regained their lost weight within five years and often they become more overweight. But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.
Title:  71　.Proper ___________to lose weight

Doctors’ advice	●:take medicine along with changing one’s 72._____________
Experts’ 73._________ plans	●a well-balanced diet :7 4.________less energy than needed , increase the number you use, or both. ●75._________
Four of the most popular dieting plans in the US	●Atkins: eat less sugar than usual and　76.________ protein in the diet ●The Zone ●77.________ ●LEARN.
From another 78.__________	●have long-term success with dieting, otherwise most dieters will 79._____their lost weight ●exercise is more important than dieting for losing　80.______

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It is an all too familiar story. A natural disaster strikes in a remote part of the world, causing destruction and suffering. Villages are flattened and people are forced into camps. It is now happening in China, after the earthquake of magnitude（里氏）8 that was centered on Wenchuan but shook the entire country.
Actually, in the past centuries, there were hundreds of thousands of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In Sept. 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi Province in 1556. It claimed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The earth’s crust (地壳) is made up of layers of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the earth moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas or oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
Another effect of the earthquakes is tsunamis (海啸). These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to costal towns and cities.
China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence of earthquakes in the world.

Knowing about (1) _______	Two serious earthquakes in (2)________	An earthquake and the (3)__________ fires destroyed both Tokyo and Yokohama in Sept. 1923.
In 1556, a very serious earthquake (4) ___________ in China’s Shanxi Province, killing large numbers of people.
The (5)_________ to measure an earthquake’s strength	People can measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale of one to ten, introduced in 1935 in the USA. If an earthquake (6)________ five or more, it is usually serious.
The (7)__________of earthquakes	As the plates, which (8)_______ the earth’s crust, move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake.
Some (9)_________of  earthquakes	If earthquakes break up gas or oil pipes, (10)_______ will happen, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
Tsunamis.

SECTION C ( 12 points )
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word（每空只填一个单词） that best fits the context.
Good afternoon, student and teachers. I am delighted to have been invited 48.      your school to talk to you 49.      the history and significance 50.      the Olympic Games. I’ll briefly share some interesting facts and stories 51.      you, so we can save time for questions at the end.
Do you know when the ancient games began? It was 51.      the year 776BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece 53.      four years, for almost 12 centuries, until AD394.
Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today , such 54.     discus, long jump, wrestling and running. At the ancient games, the athletes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes. Unmarried women honour 55     the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

                      
第二卷（共35 分）
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节         填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
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Most Americans have a city they like best. Over the years, American songwriters have described these feelings in music. More songs have been written about America's biggest city, New York, than about any other city. Many others dream about leaving their small towns to go there. They want to become rich and famous. Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in the most popular song written about New York. 
Almost three-million people live in the middle western city of Chicago, Illinois. It is now America's third largest city. It used to be the second largest city. So, of course, it needed its own song. Judy Garland sings the song, "Chicago, Chicago. "
One of America's most exciting cities is Las Vegas, Nevada. In nineteen-sixty-four, Elvis Presley starred in a movie called "Viva Las Vegas." Here is the song from that movie. It is sung by the group Z-Z Top.
As we all know, one of the most beautiful cities in America is San Francisco, California. The most popular song about the city is called "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Tony Bennett recorded it in nineteen-sixty-two. It sold more than three-million records.
Many people love Los Angeles, California. It is now America's second largest city. Los Angeles is popular because the weather is warm and the sun shines almost all the time. Randy Newman sings about his feelings for the city in the song, "I Love L.A." Not everyone, however, loves Los Angeles. Some people do not like all the big roads around the city. They like living in a smaller place. A place like San Jose, California. Dionne Warwick sings about going back to this city. The song is, "Do You Know The Way To San Jose."
Songs about American Cities

States	76.__________	Features	Songs	Songwriters/ Band
	New York	America's biggest city	A song about New York	78.____________
Illinois	Chicago,	79. America's ____________ city	"Chicago, Chicago"	Judy Garland
77.________	80._________	America's second largest city	81._________	Randy Newman
San Francisco	82.___________	"I Left My Heart in San Francisco."	83.____________
84.________	small	"Do You Know The Way To San Jose	Dionne Warwick
Nevada	Las Vegas	exciting	A song from "Viva Las Vegas."	85. the group ___________

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We often hear that children wish they were grown-ups, and that old people wish they were young. __71__ The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless regrets.
__72__ A child is fed, looked after and loved by all grown-ups like parents or grandparents. __73__ However, for older people they often lose their interest in those things.
On the other hand, a child may also have some pains with him. __74__ He is often told not to do something. He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong.
When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes and many other things. __75__ If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry. If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness.

A．What’s more, life is always giving new things to him.

B．He enjoys his life very much.

C．And if he wants to live comfortably, he has to work.

D．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do.

E.     Life is always sad for old people.
F.     Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains.
G.    Childhood is a time when there are few duties.
71.______      72.______      73.______      74.______      75.______

任务型阅读(共10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分)
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Unique Tradition from UK
Boxing Day
This holiday, which is observed on December 26, is a unique part of the Christmas season in Great Britain, as well as other Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day comes from a tradition that began in the Middle Ages more than 800 years ago. On this day, English churches would open their ‘alms box’ and distribute its contents to needy members of the community. It was also a day for servants to celebrate the holidays with their families, having usually worked the day before. Today, Boxing Day is one of the twenty-two paid holidays received by most working Brits. Most people now spend Christmas Day with their family and reserve Boxing Day for exchanging gifts with friends. Although the government shuts down for the day, cinemas and theatres are open.
Queen’s Telegram
In the United States, if you make it to the ripe old age of 101 or 102, Willard Scott will wish you happy birthday on national television. In England, the queen herself will send her congratulations. This fairly new custom is known as "the Queen’s Telegram" and assures centenarians (people at least 100 years old) that they will receive a birthday telegram from the queen on their one-hundredth birthday. The telegram is so longed for by some Brits that one 98-year-old woman was recently proven to have faked her age by two years just to receive the telegram.
High Tea
High tea was first enjoyed by the English working class during the 1700s. This ritual (仪式) began as a practical attempt to hold off hunger pains between breakfast and supper, as eating just two daily meals was common at the time. It was called “high” tea because it was usually taken sitting on top stools in a tea shop or standing at a counter or buffet table. Today, high tea has become a more elegant and popular tradition that is practiced in fine hotels and restaurants around the world.
Public Houses
Visiting a pub is one of Britain’s oldest forms of entertainment. The idea for the first public houses was brought to Britain thousands of years ago by conquering Roman army. The first pubs served only wine, but after the discovery of hops（啤酒花） in the fourteenth century, pubs began to serve mainly beer and ale（麦芽酒）, as they do today.
British pubs operate between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day except Sunday, when they must close at 10:30 p.m. The drinking age in Britain is eighteen, but fourteen-year-olds may enter a pub unaccompanied if they order a meal.
Unique Tradition from UK

Traditions	Time	Main Activities
Boxing Day	Observed on Dc.26 during the (71)______ season.	In the past, churches would open their “alms box”, with its contents (72)_______ to needy people. Today it is reserved to (73)_____gifts with friends.
Queen’s Telegram	(74)______by the Queen when one has his or her 100^th birthday.	People over 100 years will receive a birthday telegram from the queen herself on her birthday, enjoying the Queen’s (75)_____ to them.
High Tea	Enjoyed and practiced between breakfast and supper.	It (76)______to be taken sitting in a tea shop, or standing at a corner. Today it’s becoming a tradition (77)_____ in the hotels and restaurants worldwide.
Public Houses	Visited between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day (78)______Sunday.	At the (79)______, only wine was served, but today they mainly serve beer and ale, but people (80)_____than eighteen are not allowed to drink.

IV: 任务型读写
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One of the roles of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to choose the host city for the Olympic Games. The host city election takes place in a country which does not have a candidate city for the Olympics in question. Except for unusual circumstances, the election is held seven years before the Olympic Games take place. There have been two phases leading to the election of the host city since December 1999.
Phase 1: applicant cities
Any city that wishes to host the Olympic Games must be proposed to the IOC by its National Olympic Committee (NOC), with a letter from the city itself. During the first phase, which lasts around ten months, each applicant city must answer a questionnaire to provide general information about itself. Then the applications will be examined carefully. A number of things will be considered, such as government support, public opinion, general infrastructure（基础设施）, safety, accommodations and transport. The IOC Executive Board（执行董事会）will determine which applicant cities will be accepted as candidate cities. Only candidate cities can continue with the procedure.    
Phase 2: candidate cities   
Candidate cities must provide a candidature（候选资格）file according to the instructions given by the IOC. After all the files are examined and the IOC Evaluation Commission（评估委员会）produces its report, the IOC Executive Board draws up a list of final candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then takes a vote on the host city.

Choosing the host city of the Olympics
Place	The host city election is (56) _________ in a country that does not apply to be the host city of the Olympics in question.
(57)______	The election takes place seven years (58) ________ the Olympic Games.
Procedure	Phase 1	Participant	Any city that wants to be the (59) _________ of the Olympic Games can be an applicant.
Process	All cities involved should first ask the NOC to propose them to the IOC; then they need to (60) ________ a questionnaire about themselves.
Result	The IOC Executive Board (61) ________ the candidate cities.
Phase 2	Participant	The (62)_________ cities
Process	The cities have to (63) ________ a file confirming themselves as the candidates. The file should be    (64) _________ on the instructions given by the IOC.
Result	The IOC Executive Board chooses several cities from the candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then (65) _______ for the host city.

IV: 任务型读写
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Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out.
Steve Graham, a literacy professor at Vanderbilt University, says he has been hearing about the death of handwriting for the past fifteen years. However, a recent survey shows that it is still being taught by about 90% of teachers in grades one to three. 90% of teachers also say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. Professor Graham says that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. “And then when you look at how it’s taught, you have some teachers who are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten, fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day -- which really for handwriting is pretty much death.”
Many adults remember learning by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself but be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility (清楚), which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency -- writing without having to think about it. The professor says fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important anymore because of computers and voice recognition programs. But Professor Graham says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. Even with high school teachers, we find that less than 50% of assignments are done via word processing or with word processing. And, in fact, if we added in taking notes and doing tests in class, most of the writing done in school is done by hand.
American children traditionally first learn to print, then to write in cursive (草体的), which connects the letters. But actually more than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

Title	Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting?
Theme	Handwriting lessons are on the way out.
Present (56)_______ of handwriting lessons	It’s required to teach by about (57)_____ of teachers in grades one to three; Three out of every four teachers aren’t prepared to teach handwriting; (58) _______ are provided from 10-15 minutes a day to 60-70 minutes a day respectively.
Common (59)________ on teaching handwriting	Short periods of practice are better; It should not be taught by itself (60)_______ be used as a way to get students to express ideas
Two skills (61)______ in handwriting	Legibility; (62)_____.
(63)____ of               poor handwriting	Computers and voice recognition programs are (64)________; The fact that most of the writing done in school is done by hand is ignored; More than 75% of students (65)____ printing their essay on tests to writing in cursive.

 

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The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if you’ve passed some of your “prime”, you still have other prime years to experience in the future. Certain important primes seem to peak later in life. It is really good news to many of us who don’t have a good feeling about ourselves now. We needn’t be worried about it now. When are you smartest? From 18-25, according to IQ scores; but you’re wiser and more experienced with increasing age.
You’re sharpest in your 20’s; around 30, memory begins to decline. But your IQ for other tasks climbs. Your vocabulary at the age of 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At the age of 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at the age of 21. It is really amazing, but it is true.
When are you happiest? You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49.
Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come; over 30, we believe that they’re behind us.
When are you most creative? Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak varies with different professions.
Mozart wrote a symphony and four sonatas by age eight, and Mendelssohn composed his best known work A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39.
Though the peak in most fields comes early-most Nobel prizewinners did their top research in their late 20’s and 30’s — creative people continue to produce quality work throughout their lives. For the “well-conditional mind”, there is no upper limit.
So if you are not very successful at present, it really doesn’t matter. Just have a little patience and wait for your best time.

Title: Best time in life
The smartest age	We have the (56)       IQ between the (57)        of 18 and 25.
The sharpest age	We are sharpest in our 20’s.
We have the (58)          vocabulary at the age of 45.
We possess the largest (59)          of information at the age of 60.
The happiest age	We are happiest at a time (60)         the age of twenty and         (61)          the age of 30.
The most creative age	Most of us have the greatest (62)         ability between the ages of 30 and 39.
Most people (63)         their Nobel Prizes in their late 20’s and 30’s.
People with well-conditioned (64) ________ are creative             (65)          their lives.

 

第二卷 非选择题（两部分，共35分）
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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It is said that English speakers fall into three groups: those who have learnt it as a mother tongue, those who have learnt it as a second language through exposure(显露) in a society where it is spoken, and those who are forced to use it for administrative(管理的), professional or educational purposes.
This third group, along with the supremacy(至高地位) of English in the business world, has created a fast development in institutions offering English for business. However, the average business person, while happily accepting the challenge, does not have any idea how long the process may take.
Duncan Ford, a specialist in language teaching theory, partly puts the blame on misleading publicity and says that you have to think in terms of hundreds of hours while people still think learning a language is a three-hour-a-week job.
According to him, the key is lots of variety of the activities similar to the happiness of the class. The communicative way has replaced the old–fashioned note-taking method and for those people who think that a couple of hours with the latest CD-ROM is not to replace for English classes, they should think again. While seen as a useful back-up, they are not teacher replacement.
Learning English for a Special Purpose

Classification of English speakers	English speakers are  71  up of three groups: Those who have learnt it as a mother   72  ; Those who have learnt it as a second language in society; Those who are forced to use it for a special  73 .
The present situation of English for  74	Even though the third group has made institutions which offer English for business   75   fast, the average business people don’t 76   how long the process may take.
Specialist’s opinion in learning English	It takes long to learn English－hundreds of hours   77   of three hours a week. Language learners should take part in classroom   78   where they can  79   with others as much as possible. English classes can’t be   80  by CD-ROMs.

 

In today’s society, everyone is busy and running at a fast pace each day. It does not matter what the reason is; your time is precious and needs to be managed effectively. You need cheap meal ideas that help you save your time and money and still provide a healthy and nutritious (有营养的) dinner for you and your family.
The fast food makers know we have little time and use this very thing to make themselves successful. The idea of coming home after a long day at work and cooking for four or five people is not something we look forward to. This is why they offer you cheap food that requires no cooking, no cleaning, and only 25 minutes to pick up.
But eating so much fast food will cause body fatness and fast food is not nutritious, so it’s not the healthiest choice to consider. There are some very cheap meal ideas that take almost no time to prepare and will make coming home for a good meal more enjoyable.
The first cheap meal idea includes meat, vegetables and rice all in one dish. Not only is this a cheap meal idea, but it is fast since it can be made in only 20 minutes.
You can quickly make some pancakes and scrambled eggs (摊鸡蛋) for the family in about 30 minutes. If you think it is strange to eat breakfast food for dinner, consider how the same foods give you what you need to go through an entire day.
Another cheap meal idea to try is a “macaroni (通心粉) and cheese with meat” dish, which only takes around 20 minutes to cook.
If you are interested in these cheap meal ideas, you’re welcome to visit our website for details. When you fix one of these or other cheap meal ideas at home, you are taking time out of your busy day to treat yourself and your family in a special way.
Choosing fast and cheap food

for choosing fast and cheap food	The fast pace of life    time management Being       to cook food after a long day at work
Fast food		·Not         ·No cooking ·No cleaning ·Saving time
	Disadvantages	·Making people get      ·Not
Three cheap meals	A dish     meat, vegetables and      : taking 20 minutes
	Pancakes and scrambled eggs: taking about 30 minutes
	Macaroni and cheese with       : taking about 20 minutes

 

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My life is a lot easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. The few
79   cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me   80  (annoy), and I just ignore them. All in all, I have a good life. I am happy to   81   (find) many things I can do, like
82   and computer programming. My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer
83   when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer   84   game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around
85  (feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my
86   , I spend a lot of time with my pets. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time
87   I find it worthwhile. I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been   88   for a while.