He used to play a joke on Jim.
A. take care of B. play against C. make fun of
--- Why do you look so worried?
--- Because I can’t solve the problem. I’m afraid I can’t pass the exam.
A. deal with B. face C. set off
每个人都有自己心目中的英雄。谁是你心中的英雄?他/她有哪些令你钦佩的事迹？你从他/她身上学到了什么？《二十一世纪学生英文报》正在举办以“The Hero in My Heart”为题的征文比赛活动。请你根据以下提示写一篇不少于50词的征文参加此次比赛。所给提示词语供选用。
提示词语：kind, patient, help , encourage, think
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Where can you get beauty, knowledge and insight(深刻的见解) all in one? The answer is probably a museum.
There is a long list of benefits someone can get from going to a museum. However, the best part of museum is they encourage people to become lifelong learners.
Socrates once said, “Wisdom begins in wonder.” Each time you visit a museum, it could spark(激起) an interest in a field you might never have heard before. Every time we go through museum exhibits, we see something we didn’t know anything about. It encourages us to go home and look up more information.
To help students better understand what they have learned in schools, many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum(课程). For example, you may have learned about static(静电) in physics classes. But in a science museum, you can have a more hands-on experience of how amazing static can be. When you touch a big ball full of static electricity, all your hair stands up straight like an angry lion!
In the US, there is the New York Museum Education Act. It says that New York’s museums and schools should become partners to help students prepare for the 21st century. In China, the government asks more schools to organise more museum trips. Earlier this year, the popular travel website Trip Adviser asked its users to rank(评级)theirs favourite museums. They picked the top 25 museums in the world. The first three are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, US. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France and the Art Institute of Chicago, US. The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warrior and Horses in Xi’an, Shanxi is the only Chinese museum on the list, which was ranked 23rd.
So come to the museums and there are lots of things to see.
1.Can you get beauty, knowledge and insight in a museum?
2.What’s the best part of museum？
3.Why do many schools use museums as a tool to add to their curriculum？
4.In China, what does the government ask more schools to do?
5.What is the passage mainly about？
阅读短文，将下列所给的五个句子还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。
As Cheerful as Cheerful Can Be
Miss Dinsmore lived alone in a little gray house. “It’s a nice little house,” she said. “But I wish it looked more cheerful. Maybe I should paint it bright, pretty color. 1.. She saw lots of cheerful colors there, but she didn’t know which color to choose.
Finally she got an idea. “I’ll paint picture after picture of my house with all these colorful colors. Then I’ll choose the one I like best.” Miss Dinsmore bought all the colors home. She painted a pink house. 2.. She painted a red one and a yellow one. She painted one with flower boxes under the windows, and she painted...
She hung each picture she painted on the wall. 3.. She still couldn’t decide which color to choose. One day, a neighbor came by while Miss Dinsmore was painting. Her neighbor liked the pictures of the houses so much that he told the whole town. 4. . “What pretty pictures,” everyone said. “And what a nice house you have.”
Now the little house was often full of people looking at the pictures, drinking tea, talking, laughing and having fun. Miss Dinsmore smiled and said, “It’s a nice little house. 5., too---especially when good friends came to see me. It’s as cheerful as can be.”
A. So she went to the paint store B. All of her pictures were pretty C. Lots of people came to the little house D. It’s a cheerful little house E. She painted a blue one |
阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone, in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her imaginary friend and I'll never forget the words she said, even though it was pretend(假装).
She said, "Suzie's in the corner because she's not been very good. She didn't listen to a word I said or do the things she should." In the corner I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was obvious she'd been put there to sit alone and think.
My daughter continued her "conversation," as I sat down on the floor. She said, "I'm all fed up, I just don't know what to do with her anymore. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never lets me do the things that I just have to do.
She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot reach and she doesn't know how to fold towels. I don't have the energy to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don't have the time to sit and play. Don't you know what I mean?"
And that day I thought a lot about making some changes in my life, as I listened to her innocent(天真的) words that cut me like a knife. I hadn't been paying enough attention to what I hold most dear.
But now my attitude has changed, because, in my heart, I realize I've seen the world in a different light through my little darling's eyes. So, let the cobwebs (蜘蛛网) have the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor, I'm not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore .
I'm going to fill the house with memories of a child and her mother, for we have only one childhood, and we will never get another.
1. What was the little girl doing with her doll?
A. She was dressing up her doll.
B. She was playing the doll with her friend Suzie.
C. She was talking to her mother.
D. She was punishing her doll.
2.How did mother feel when she heard the “conversation”?
A. Worried. B. Regretful.
C. Disappointed. D. Sad.
3.What can we learn from this passage?
A. The mother shouldn’t blame her daughter.
B. The mother should spend enough time with her daughter.
C. The mother shouldn’t carry responsibilities that many.
D. The mother should pay attention to her daughter’s words.
