Like most of my schoolmates, I have neither brothers nor
sisters-in other 1 , I am an only child. My parents
love me ly of course and will do all they 2 to make sure
that I get a good 3 (教育). They do not want me to do
any work at home; they want me to d 4 all my time to
my studies so that I"ll get good marks in all my 5 (科目). We
may be one family and live 6 the same roof, but we do
not seem to get much time to talk 7 (一起). It looks
as if my parents t 8 me as a visitor or a guest.
Do they really u 9 their own daughter
What things are in other families, I w 10 .
6. under 7. together 8. treat 9. understand 10. wonder.
(衣橱)?" Jessica asked. "A skeleton in the closet?" her mother paused thoughtfully. "Well, it"s something
that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad"s
family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be "a skeleton in his family"s closet". He really
wouldn"t want any neighbor to know about it."
"Why pick on my family?" Jessica"s father said with anger. "Your family history isn"t so good, you
know. Wasn"t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?" "Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as
prisoners." "Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now," Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica"s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her
mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his
newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms
and walked to Jessica"s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm
stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica"s mother sank in a
faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the
worried faces of her husband and daughter.
"What happened? Where am I?" she asked. "You just destroyed the school"s skeleton, Mum,"
explained Jessica. "I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed
that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad." Jessica
looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. "They"re both crazy," she thought.
B. a family secret
C. a family story
D. a family treasure
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task.
D. She intended to scare her parents.
B. they were over excited
C. they realized their misunderstanding
D. they both thought they had won the quarrel
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Avoid the use of elevator.
B. a police officer
C. an experienced traveler
D. a tour guide
B. The hotel is not responsible for anything you lose.
C. Don"t report to the manager unless you are sure something is going wrong.
D. You"d better use the deadbolt and the secondary locks for safety.
A. let the person in after you have got his/her name
B. open the door to check the person"s ID card
C. call the Front Desk to make sure
D. contact the local police for assistance
to undertake to do for children what only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read
is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading.
Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the
impossible".
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The
function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children
to plan cleverly the most efficient(有效的) system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also
a public activity: it can be seen and observed.
Learning to read involves all that each individual does to understand the world of printed language.
Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to
public scrutiny.
If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching
that will aid the child in the long search for knowledge? Smith has one principle rule for all teaching
instructions. " Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable
and frequent experience for children."
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and
learner fulfill them properly, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is got rid of.
Learning to readis made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the
chance to solve the problem of learning to read by learning.
A. too much time is spent in teaching about reading
B. reading tasks are given with little guidance
C. it is one of the most difficult school courses
D. students spend limited hours in reading
B. teachers can teach their students how to read
C. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students
D. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading
A. unbelief
B. control
C. inquiry
D. observation
B. reading ability is something gained rather than taught
C. teachers could encourage students to read as widely as possible
D. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students
learn to readsignals(信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a
relationship.
Different cultures emphasize(强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with
people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, b
efore they do
any job. In many European countries-like the UK or France-people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence.
The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that
they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but
people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and
German cultures share similar values; Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think
that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more
quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite
against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment(多元文化
环境) will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other,
B. share the same culture
C. get to know each other
D. keep each other company
B. too many words are of no use
C. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by name
D. even talk and silence can be culturally different
B. By accepting dif
ferent babitsC. By recognizing different values
D. By speaking each other"s languages
B. Cross-Cultural Differences
C. How to Understand Each Other
D. How to Build up a Relatio
nshipsee and feel water coming from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists call this the water cycle.
There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapor in clouds condenses(凝结). Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into the ground and feeds steams and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun
evaporates some of the water in the ground and in the rivers, lakes, and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapor. The vapor rises onto the air. Water vapor
is normally invisible. On a very damp or humid day, however, you can sometimes see water vapor rising from a puddle(水坑) or pond in a mist(薄雾)above the water. Water vapor also gets into the air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapor from their leaves. People and land animals drink water and breathe out water vapor. In all these ways the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to earth, and the cycle starts again. It continues even if snow or hail(冰雹) fall instead because both eventually melt to form water. The amount of water vapor in the air depends on the temperature. The air is more moist(潮湿)in the tropics(热带) than in the cold polar regions.
B. Water vapor
C. How rain forms
D. Water ,vapor, rain
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
B. how good your eyes are
C. in which way water is evaporated
D. climate or weather
B. there is more water vapor in the air in cold polar region than in the tropics
C. it gets more rain in the tropics than in cold polar regions because there is less vapor
D. the amount of water vapor in the air depends on how often it rains
- 1东汉时期，黄河经常泛滥成灾。为此，一位水利专家主持进行治理，此后黄河八百年没有改道。这位水利专家是（ ）A．蔡伦B．
- 2已知f(x)=ax5-bx3+cx+2，且f(-5)=m，则f(5)+f(-5)的值为[ ]A、0 B、4 C、
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- 6You ______ your coffee before it turns cold.A．should drinkB．
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- 1下列围绕南极洲的大洋，正确的一组是（ ） A．太平洋、大西洋、印度洋B．太平洋、北冰洋、印度洋C．大西洋、北冰洋、
- 2Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark coul
- 3At the beginning of the class, Miss Liu ______ the exercise
- 4最近发现一种由钛(Ti)原子和碳原子构成的气态团簇分子，如图所示，顶角和面心的原子是钛原子，棱的中心和体心的原子是碳原子
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- 10 我们读过许多文章，都在表达着作者对“美好生活的感受。”春的温馨，夏的热烈，秋的成熟，冬的纯洁；白杨的力争上游，紫藤的