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Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”

He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.

1.Today we still remember Confucius mainly because___________.

A. he lived a poor life in his childhood

B. he had wise thoughts and great views about education

C. he traveled with his students from state to state

D. he lived during the Spring and Autumn Period

2.Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports __________as a child.

A. by teaching himself at home    B. with the help of his mother

C. by going to school    D. by visiting many famous teachers

3.The underlined word “noble” in Paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to __________.

A. poor    B. bright

C. wealthy    D. cute

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. All study but no thinking makes people puzzled.

B. No one has something worthy to be learned.

C. All thinking but no study makes people lazy.

D. A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.

随着电脑普及率的提高，学生对字迹的重视程度降低了。据一项调查显示，有 85.5%的中学生说自己的 字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。

请根据下图写一篇 100 词左右的英文短文，说明该现象并发表自己的看法。

中学生不想改善字迹的理由

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请改正下面短文中的错误。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词；

删除:把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉；

修改:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。

Last fall, after a day of perfect weather, my brother and I decided to build a stick shelter and sleep outside. But it was a little of more challenging than we original thought. The biggest problem was finding sticks---they are either too wet nor too short. So we used our tent poles. An hour late, it was finished. They looked great on the outside and quite comfortable on the inside. Just when we were ready for a comfortable night of sleep, it started to rain. But we were preparing. We brought our rain jackets, that kept us dry and allowed us to fall sleep comfortably. It didn’t turn out perfect, but we had great time in our shelter.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Reggie was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond of him. Unfortunately, he always seemed to be treated 1. (different) from everyone else.

Reggie didn’t like this very much. But the person  2.   disliked this most was his friend Michael. Michael decided that things had to change. So he managed to persuade other people in town 3.  (choose) one day of the festival for deaf people this year. During that whole day everyone in town would have to wear earplugs( 耳塞). The day 4. (call) The Day of Silence, and when it arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears. As the hours passed, people began to realize  5.  difficult life was for the deaf. Soon no one was thinking of Reggie as 6.  deaf person. 7.  (use) his usual gestures, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. They were surprised at his ability to find solutions 8.  almost any problem. They realized all Reggie needed was  9.  (much) time than others to communicate. That was the only difference.

It was on this day 10. everyone realized they have to give people a chance to show how useful they are.

Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor cars ____ a hundred miles in more than an hour, aircraft cross the world within a day, ____ computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of ____ seems never-ending. Every year motor cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts (吹嘘) of ____ precious seconds in handling tasks.

All this saves time, but ____ a cost. When we lose or ____ half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag ( 时差). Our bodies feel that they have been ____ behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at ____ results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit (传播) harmful ____ into our brains, a consequence we do not like to ____ about.

However, how do we ____ the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so used to constant activity that we find it ____ to sit down and do nothing or even just one thing at a ____. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen ____to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into ____ world.

There was a time ____ some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation ( 耕作) of the ____ or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking ( 多 重 任 务 ) there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a ____ of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors ____. Modern machines have ____ people from that primitive existence.

1.A. explore    B. get    C. cover    D. fly

2.A. when    B. as    C. thus    D. while

3.A. speed    B. time    C. product    D. distance

4.A. wasting    B. losing    C. saving    D. spending

5.A. in    B. at    C. on    D. with

6.A. earn    B. drop    C. miss    D. gain

7.A. left    B. come    C. forgotten    D. felt

8.A. ships    B. airplanes    C. computers    D. cars

9.A. prevention    B. radiation    C. combination    D. damage

10.A. think    B. tell    C. carry    D. wish

11.A. control    B. handle    C. do    D. deal

12.A. uncomfortable    B. easy    C. difficult    D. good

13.A. second    B. day    C. year    D. time

14.A. actively    B. quietly    C. enthusiastically    D. curiously

15.A. another    B. else    C. other    D. all

16.A. what    B. which    C. where    D. when

17.A. surface    B. water    C. land    D. island

18.A. way    B. view    C. pathway    D. point

19.A. expressed    B. charged    C. inspired    D. faced

20.A. freed    B. remained    C. kept    D. cleared