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Every March, the country celebrates the achievements of women in American history. Even though these achievements go back a long way, most schools didn’t start focusing on women pioneers and their achievements until recently. Today, most schools teach kids about the many contributions women have made to our country. How did this change come about? On March 19, 1911, a German woman named Clara Zetkin organized the very first International Women’s Day. Inspired by American working women, the event took on the causes of peace in an effort to end World War I as well as women’s rights. However, people’s interest in International Women’s Day still dwindled over the years. It gained momentum (势头) again in the 1960’s when the women’s movement caused women to wonder why they weren’t included in the history books. By the 1970s, more female historians began to look back at women’s contributions in history. In 1978, a California school district started Women’s History Week to promote the teaching of women’s history. School officials picked the week of March 8 to include International Women’s Day. It was so popular that, in 1981, Congress passed a resolution, making the week a celebration for the entire country. The concept of studying women’s history continued to grow in popularity. In 1987, a group of women asked Congress to expand the celebration. That same year, Congress declared the entire month of March National Women’s History Month. Today, schools and communities across the country celebrate the month with special lessons and activities designed to teach the ways women have helped shape the US. The women who have worked hard to make Women’s History Month a reality would like to see women’s history studied all year, not just every March. In 1996, the National Women’s History Museum was founded. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the various historic contributions of women. The organization is working with Congress to open a permanent (永久的) museum site in Washington, D.C. 1.What was ignored in school education in the past according to the text? A.Popularizing American history. B.Introducing the history of WWI. C.Sharing Americans’ global contributions. D.Teaching about American women’s achievements. 2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “dwindled” in paragraph 2? A.Started. B.Survived. C.Decreased. D.Completed. 3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3? A.How Women’s History Month became a reality. B.How women were included in the history books. C.Why women’s history should be taught at school. D.Why women’s contributions should be honored in history.
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On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born 14 weeks premature (早产的) , weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone， and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live. “I saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.” Still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him. “I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate said. “We’d accepted the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.” Kate unwrapped ( 解 开 ) the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him. “We were trying to have him,” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him.” Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again, and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it. Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. 1.From what can we tell that Jamie was still alive？ A.His heartbeat. B.His face. C.His gasp. D.His underweight. 2.What does the sentence “Their newborn wasn’t going to make it” in paragraph 1 mean? A.Their newborn was unwilling to be their child. B.Their newborn had very little hope of surviving. C.Their newborn didn’t feel like coming to this world. D.Their newborn disliked being treated by doctors in hospital. 3.What can be the best title for the passage？ A.Premature Twins B.Life-Giving Touch C.First-time Parents D.Last Precious Moments
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Born in London in 1825, Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the greatest men of the nineteenth century. In 1846 Thomas Henry Huxley was appointed assistant doctor aboard H. M.S. Rattlesnake. The ship had been asked to survey areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the neighboring seas. This gave Thomas Henry Huxley an opportunity to study animal life and was the start of his biological career. The voyage lasted four years, during which time he gathered much information on plankton (浮游生物). On his return from the voyage, Thomas Henry Huxley was made a member of the Royal Society in recognition of his scientific work. Although he continued to publish papers about plankton, his interest was turning towards vertebrate (有脊椎的) animals. For some time Thomas Henry Huxley and his workmates had been discussing the possibility that animal species had evolved (进化), one from another. No satisfactory theories had been put forward, but in 1859 Darwin’s Origin of Species appeared. Thomas Henry Huxley at once realized its importance and how the theory of natural selection provided “the working hypothesis (假说) we sought”. For the rest of his life Thomas Henry Huxley struggled to ensure the full recognition of Darwin's work. In 1863 Thomas Henry Huxley published Man’s Place in Nature in which he compared man and great apes (猿). He clearly showed similarities. Despite his many achievements, he was given no award by the British state until late in his life. From about 1870, Thomas Henry Huxley was too involved in other things to continue actual research. He had always been interested in education. He pioneered the teaching of biology and his method of selecting “type animals” is still followed today. He spent the last ten years of his life writing essays mainly on biology. 1.Why did Huxley go on the voyage? A.To explore the deep sea. B.To do research on sea animals. C.To work as a doctor on the ship. D.To gather information for his paper. 2.How did Huxley react to the theory of natural selection? A.He had doubt about it. B.He thought highly of it. C.He couldn’t understand it. D.He thought he developed it first. 3.What do we know about Huxley's book Man’s Place in Nature? A.It discusses the importance of human beings. B.It focuses on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. C.It talks about the differences between man and apes. D.It provides evidence about the evolution of man from apes. 4.What can we learn about Huxley from the last paragraph? A.He contributed a lot to biology teaching. B.He continued his research till his death. C.He became a good novelist late in his life. D.He never got awards for his achievements.
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We all know the benefits of regular physical activity. But about 80 percent of people don’t take exercise every day. Even some say they don’t enjoy exercise.1.Here are some tips. Find an exercise that best fits your personality. 2. Take a group exercise class, join a football team or walk with a group of friends. If you prefer having time alone, jogging or yoga will be better fit for you. Make it a habit. It can take a little while for something to become a habit.3. One way is to try to exercise around the same time each day. “Exercise can become addictive in a positive way,” said Dr. Carnethon, who is also an American Heart Association Volunteer. 4. There are many ways to fit exercise into your life. You can find some exercise videos online. Do weight training with things around your home. Take a brief walk after lunch. And if you go to school or work by bus, get off a stop earlier and walk the rest of the way. Keep going. If you miss a day, don’t worry about it.5. Just make sure you get back the next day. It’s easy to make something a habit again. You will see the same benefits. And any little bit you can fit in will show benefits. A. Build exercise into your lifestyle. B. Everybody struggles once in a while. C. So how can you make an exercise pleasant? D. Break up your physical activity into smaller parts. E. Therefore, give yourself the time to create a regular routine. F. If you are a social person, do something that attracts you socially. G. Finding a peer group is the perfect way to share your goals, and hobbies.
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I’ve always had a love for baseball. So when my daughter was born, I looked forward to the time when I could share that______with her. From the time that she was quite______, we would spend lots of Sunday afternoons watching baseball games on television. As she_____ a bit older, we added the regular activity of going out in the backyard to play catch. So it should be no surprise that I was_____ to take her to see a live game someday. There was a baseball _______ in our town one day when my daughter was about seven years old, so we made big plans to go to our first _________ baseball game together. The day finally came, and we had great seats. I ____ pointed out the position each player was playing and together we ______ each hit. We shared hot dogs and soda. To our_____, finally the team we liked won. As we headed across the parking lot to our _________ after the game, an elderly gentleman _________ to us with a baseball in his hand and_____my daughter. “Excuse me,” he said, “I caught this baseball today and I already have a few. Would you like to have it? ” With ________ eyes, my daughter gratefully accepted the ball and we both___ the gentleman as he turned to go. It was the____ to a perfect day. Years later, we were talking about things we had done when she was a kid. I remembered that first baseball game we attended together and, out of______, I asked her what she remembered about it. She____ responded with, “I remember that old man who _______ me the baseball!” Not the game itself, not the players or the hot dogs, but some random (随意的) person we___ in the parking lot. Sometimes the most___ things about the events aren’t the experiences we have but the personal interactions we have with other people who are attending the same event. 1.A.entertainment B.advantage C.interest D.experience 2.A.modest B.young C.active D.outstanding 3.A.grew B.intended C.accepted D.directed 4.A.struggling B.waiting C.arguing D.longing 5.A.team B.coach C.competition D.show 6.A.convincing B.real C.charming D.crowded 7.A.eagerly B.calmly C.jokingly D.particularly 8.A.observed B.commented C.whispered D.cheered 9.A.amusement B.satisfaction C.kindness D.thanks 10.A.house B.place C.car D.direction 11.A.came B.waved C.explained D.pointed 12.A.searched for B.looked into C.listened to D.turned to 13.A.wide B.sleepy C.tearful D.hungry 14.A.comforted B.thanked C.encouraged D.inspired 15.A.chance B.summary C.period D.ending 16.A.curiosity B.control C.question D.freedom 17.A.coolly B.finally C.immediately D.gradually 18.A.gave B.lent C.returned D.found 19.A.respected B.supported C.met D.heard 20.A.ordinary B.practical C.meaningful D.useful
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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。 Jane Goodall was born in London in 1934. She became interested in animal stories when she was a very young child. She always dreamed of working with wild1.(animal). When she was eleven years old, she decided that she wanted2.(go) to Africa to live with and write about animals. But this was not the kind of thing young women usually did in the 1940s. Everybody was laughing except her mother. “If you3.(real) want something, you work hard, you take advantage of opportunity, you never give up, and you will find a way,” her mother said to her. The opportunity 4.(come) at last. A school friend invited her to Africa. Jane worked as5.waitress until she got enough money to travel there. In 1957, Jane Goodall traveled to Africa. She soon met the well-known scientist Louis Leakey and began working for him as an assistant. He later asked her to study a group of chimpanzees6.(live) by a lake in Tanzania. Very little was known about wild chimpanzees at that time. Jane spent many years studying chimpanzees 7.this area of Africa. It was not easy work. They were very shy and would run away 8.she came near. She learned to watch them from far away using binoculars ( 双 筒 望 远 镜 ). Over time, she slowly gained9.(they) trust. Watching the chimpanzees, she made many discoveries. They ate vegetables and fruit. But she found that they also eat meat. A few weeks later, she made an even more10.(surprise) discovery. She saw chimpanzees making and using tools to help them catch insects.
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阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的概要。 Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smartphones. Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology. According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets(电子产品) than with one another. Young people say it is difficult to get their parents’ attention and they have to compete with smartphones, tablets and other technology. However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2,253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space. Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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