I had been concerned about Simon's mother coming to see me. I was a new ____, and I gave an honest description of the students' work. In Simon's case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn't read his own handwriting.____he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult understanding. His work in no way reflected his ____.
So when Simon's mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心)were sweating(出汗). I was completely ____for her kisses on both my cheeks. "I came to thank you," she said, surprising me beyond speech.____me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he ____me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had ____spent an afternoon at a friend's house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the ____I had nurtured(培养)in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned(惊呆), for about half an hour, ____what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without ____knowing it? What I finally came to ____was one day, several months before, when some students were ____reports in the front of the class. Jeanne spoke ____, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, "Speak up. Simon's the expert on this. He is the ____one you have to convince, and he can't hear you in the ____of the room. "That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, ____more, and became happy. And it was all because he ____to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed ____was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most ____lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I'm thankful that it came ____and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
1.A.cleaner B.reporter C.monitor D.teacher
2.A.Or B.And C.But D.So
3.A.courage B.abilities C.feelings D.dream
4.A.disappointed B.responsible C.unprepared D.unsuitable
5.A.Because of B.In spite of C.Apart from D.As for
6.A.loved B.envied C.pleased D.criticized
7.A.gradually B.constantly C.recently D.obviously
8.A.self-respect B.self-doubt C.self-pity D.selfish
9.A.imagining B.observing C.wondering D.regretting
10.A.also B.even C.always D.still
11.A.expect B.remember C.believe D.accept
12.A.writing B.reviewing C.editing D.giving
13.A.quietly B.repeatedly C.quickly D.firmly
14.A.lucky B.lonely C.only D.likely
15.A.entrance B.middle C.front D.back
16.A.slept B.smiled C.shouted D.quarreled
17.A.intended B.pretended C.refused D.happened
18.A.change B.praise C.thanks D.visits
19.A.difficult B.painful C.valuable D.enjoyable
20.A.early B.slowly C.frequently D.occasionally
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1. However, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can’t be avoided. The following are ways to deal with stress.
2. Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.
You should make every effort to get enough rest and eat well. If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough, or if you’re not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations.3.
Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your health as work.4. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least half an hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not enough time”. Make a list of everything you have to do.5.Remember: do one thing at a time, and check off each task it is completed.
A.If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should see a doctor.
B.You’d better get into good living habits.
C.You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.
D.It is impossible to live completely free of stress.
E.Set out to do the most important task first.
F.Trying releasing the pressure through exercise is probably a good choice.
G.Stress can influence peopled thoughts and feelings.
Love to sink into your chairs and relax when you get to school? Then you will not be happy to hear that schools all over the world are seriously considering exchanging traditional desks for ones with no seats at all — Yes, that means you will be encouraged to stand through those already too long math and science lessons! Why would anyone even think of putting kids to such cruelty? Experts say it improves their health and helps fight obesity. While that may seem a little far-fetched (牵强的) the officials at the few schools around the world seem to agree.
Among them are educators from the College Station Independent School District in Texas, who recently completed a week-long experiment involving 480 students across three elementary schools. The 374 kids that agreed to participate in the study were provided a device that helped record step count and calorie consumption over the entire period.
All 25 teachers involved in the study reported that students appeared to be more alert and concentrate better, when allowed to stand. The one thing that did surprise the researchers was that younger kids were more willing to stay standing than kids in higher grades. They believe this may have something to do with the fact that after years of being asked to “sit still”, older kids have a harder time adjusting to this unexpected freedom.
American schools are not the only ones reporting success with stand-up desks. Four Catholic schools in Perth, Australia, which have been testing them since October 2013, have seen similar results. In May 2014, Grove House Primary School in Bradford, West Yorkshire, became Europe’s first test one, with a seven-week trial that involved the use of desks made by Ergotron in their fifth-grade classrooms. While official results are not out yet, early reactions from both teachers and students, have been extremely encouraging.
The findings of these studies and others done previously, all seem to mean that allowing kids to move around in classrooms is a win-win for students and teachers — it helps kids get healthier and provides educators with a more engaged audience.
1.The students may be unhappy because _____.
A.they have to exchange desks with each other
B.the officials show no sympathy to them at all
C.there are no seats for them to sit in class
D.they have to exchange traditional desks for ones with no seats
2.Older students may not like stand-up desks because _____.
A.they are cleverer than younger students
B.they are easily tired of standing long
C.they have formed the habit of sitting
D.they do badly in class while standing
3.What is most likely to be the result of the seven-week trial?
A.The standing desks can’t be used at all.
B.It is good for students to use stand-up desks.
C.More tests should be done in other schools.
D.The students are different in personality.
4.Why do the teachers like the standing desks?
A.Because the educators can draw the students’ attention.
B.Because the teachers can keep the students healthy.
C.Because the students can have a walk in the classroom.
D.Because the standing desks can keep the students concentrated.
Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶) that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
1.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?
A.Go shopping B.Find a house
C.Join his family D.Take a vacation
2.The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_________.
A.a friend of his family B.a Sydney policeman
C.a letter in his papers D.a stranger in Sydney
3.What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Showed B.Sent out
C.Delivered D.Gave back
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.From India to Australia. B.Living in a New Country
C.Turning Trash to Treasure. D.In Search of New Friends.
I got married just after I graduated from college and found a job to support our family at the nearby Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT). It was in the laboratory of Prof. Edward Lorenz that I learned what a computer was and how to develop software.
One day my husband saw a newspaper advertisement. The MIT Instrumentation Laboratory was looking for people to develop software to “send man to the moon”. Deeply attracted both by the idea and the fact that it had never been done before, I became the first programmer to join and the first woman the lab hired.
At the beginning, nobody thought software was such a big deal. But then they began to realize how much they were relying on it. Our software needed to be very reliable and able to detect an error and recover from it at any time during the mission.
My daughter, Lauren, liked to intimate me—playing astronaut. One day, she was with me when I was doing a simulation (模拟) of a mission to the moon. She started hitting keys and all of a sudden, she selected a program which was supposed to be run before launch. The computer had so little space that it wiped the navigation data taking her to the moon. I thought: my God—this could happen by accident in a real mission. I suggested a program change to prevent a prelaunch program being selected during flight. But the higher-ups at MIT and NASA said the astronauts were too well trained to make such a mistake.
On the very next mission , Apollo 8, one of the astronauts on board accidentally did exactly what Lauren had done. The Lauren bug! It created destruction and required the mission to be rearranged. After that, they let me put the program change in. It was the program change that had a crucial influence on the success of the mission of Apollo 11.
During the early days of Apollo, software was not taken as seriously as other engineering disciplines (学科).It was out of desperation I came up with the term “software engineering”. Then one day in a meeting, one of the most respected hardware experts explained to everyone that he agreed with me that the process of building software should also be considered an engineering discipline, just like with hardware. It was a memorable moment.
1.What do we know about the author?
A.She taught Lauren to write software.
B.She got her master's degree from MIT.
C.She is the first woman ever hired by MIT.
D.She created the term “software engineering”.
2.“The Lauren bug” in Para.5 refers to ______.
A.a pet to accompany Lauren B.a mission to land on the moon
C.a mistake causing data loss D.a software ending prelaunch
3.What greatly contributed to Apollo 11's success according to the passage?
A.The in-time upload of data. B.The program change.
C.Astronauts' rich experience. D.Experts' new attitude.
4.What can we learn from Margaret's story?
A.Honesty is the best policy. B.A good beginning is half done.
C.Two heads are better than one. D.Chances favor the prepared mind.
This Tiny Box Will Help You Relax In Terrible Summer Heat!
Traditional Air Conditioners (AC) are outdated.They cost a lot to install and even more to run. They are huge, noisy, and dangerous to clean.You can't move them around the house with you or take them outside! Thousands of people are now using a much cheaper alternative to cool themselves in the heat and clean their personal air. With over million units sold worldwide, this device is becoming one of the most successful gadgets of 2019. EVERYONE wants this awesome looking box for summer!
What Are We Talking About?
Meet the new AirFreez, an innovative alternative to AC that cools you just the same! lt's a perfect solution for those very hot days and nights! The AirFreez was designed by two Swiss engineers who were fed up suffering the hot summers.They realized that AC units are super inefficient and cost a lot of money to use.The engineers also discovered that none of the traditional AC units were made to travel with.
So, they designed this light-weight, portable Air Cooling box. It uses a very small amount of electricity and all without sacrificing any of the main benefits of a top AC model! It's tiny, easy to use and it can cool you in seconds!
What Is So Special About This Little Box?
The main benefits of AirFreez are its portability and price.
It is no larger than a lunchbox. Besides, it can be powered by a pocket solar panel or battery pack and you probably have the world's most portable AC unit.
And There Is One More Thing. The price is just amazing. Most AC units cost at least $300+ AND you have to pay for installation PLUS cover the expensive electricity bills each month.
AirFreez costs lens than $100 (Actually $53 for each if you buy more than one here). No messy installation, no expensive electricity bills. Far a Cooling unit of this quality, this must be the single best price-quality AC unit there is!
How Can You Get An AirFreez?
Now that you are aware of this amazing new invention, here is how to get one — order it from the Official Website for BEST PRICE.
1.Which of the following words can best describe AirFreez?
A.Smart but fragile.
B.Costly but multi-functional.
C.Foldable and durable.
D.Handy and energy-saving.
2.What can we learn about AirFreez?
A.lt costs less than $53.
B.It requires no complex installation.
C.It doesn't consume electricity.
D.It is a little larger than a lunch box.
3.What is the purpose of this passage?
A.To advertise Airfreez.
B.To explain the functions of AirFreez.
C.To introduce the inventors of AirFreez.
D.To compare AirFreez with traditional AC.
