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Welcome to Teaching English-a site for teacher educators who are working in schools，colleges，universities or language academies. On Teaching English you'll find lesson plans，tools and activities for your classroom. We have a range of resources to help with your professional development. Our site is free of charge. Here are two ways to find a page where you can get started： *Use the menu links at the top of every page to see what materials we have. *Use the search button at the top-right of every page to find topics of interest to you. Where to start Explore the site. Our practical teaching resources are divided into three main areas，which you'll see in the top menu: Teaching kids，Teaching teens and Teaching adults. Resources for teachers of primary There are more than 100 teachers lesson plans and activities for the primary classroom. All our lesson plans and activities are divided by level and you'll find a range of topics-from seasons and festivals to ideas for using flashcards and a focus on grammar. In our teaching tools section for primary，we have classroom rule posters in four different designs，badge builders and star charts to motivate your students and a range of board games. Resources for teachers of teenagers There are more than 200 lesson plans and activities with different levels. You'll find a range of topics-from a series of plans to develop higher level thinking skills to online safety. In our teaching tools section for teens，we have classroom rules posters in four different designs，badge builders to motivate your students and a range of skills posters with top tips. Resources for teachers of adults There are more than 150 graded lesson plans and activities for adult learners of English. You'll find a range of topics-from a series of activities around rants and raves to cooking！ Our English for business section has 15 lesson plans to help you with your business English classes. With lesson plans around the themes of meetings，negotiations and socializing，you are sure to find what you need. 1.When you get started on Teaching English，what should you pay much attention to？ A. All the lesson plans，tools and activities are designed specially for your classroom. B. The menu links can help you know of every detail of the site efficiently. C. The search button can help you locate what you are interested in. D. There are only three areas in the top menu on every page. 2.What is the similarity among the Resources for teachers of primary，teenagers and adults？ A. The number of their lesson plans and activities are similar. B. Their lesson plans and activities are all divided by level. C. They share a range of similar topics with each other. D. They all have classroom rule posters as their teaching tools.
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Scientists have discovered a “monster black hole” so massive that, in theory, it shouldn’t exist. It’s a stellar (恒星) black hole — the type that forms after stars die, collapse, and explode. Researchers had previously believed that the size limit was no more than 20 times the mass of our sun because as these stars die, they lose most of their mass through explosions that expel (排出) matter and gas swept away by stellar winds. This theory has now been toppled by LB-1, the newly discovered black hole. Located about 15,000 light years away, it has a mass 70 times greater than our sun, according to a press release from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The findings were published by Chinese researchers in the journal Nature on Wednesday. “Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our galaxy, according to most of the current models of stellar evolution,” said Liu Jifeng, head of the team that made the discovery. “LB-1 is twice as massive as what we thought possible. Now theorists will have to take up the challenge of explaining its formation.” Scientists are now scratching their heads at how LB-1 got so huge. The Chinese team has proposed a number of theories. LB-1’s sheer size suggests that it “was not formed from the collapse of only one star,” the study said — instead, it could potentially be two smaller black holes orbiting each other. Another possibility is that it formed from “fallback supernova.” This is when a supernova — the last stage of an exploding star — ejects (排出) material during the explosion, which then falls back into the supernova, creating a black hole. This fallback formation is theoretically possible, but scientists have never been able to prove or observe it. If this is how LB-1 formed, then we may have “direct evidence for this process” for the first time, the study said. There are several types of black holes and stellar black holes like LB-1 are on the smaller side, according to NASA. Supermassive black holes are much bigger — they can be billions of times the mass of our sun. Scientists believe supermassive black holes may be connected to the formation of galaxies, as they often exist at the center of the mass star stems but it is still not clear exactly how, or which form first. 1.Why does the writer write the article? A.To report the great achievement Chinese scientists have made in black hole theory. B.To inform the readers of the basic knowledge about the black hole. C.To share with the readers the new development of the black hole discovery. D.To demonstrate the significance of discovering new black holes for science. 2.What does the underlined word “toppled” mean in the second paragraph? A.overturned B.supported C.suspected D.tested 3.Which of the following about LB-1 is true to the passage? A.It is the biggest black hole ever discovered. B.It lost only a small part of its mass through explosion. C.It couldn’t have been formed from the collapse of one star, D.Its discovery may lead to some breakthrough in the “fallback formation theory”. 4.Which of the following is right according to the passage? A.If the sun in our galaxy dies some of its mass will be taken away by stellar winds. B.A massive supernova will be formed and then exploded if the sun in our galaxy dies. C.“The Milky Way” was formed after a supermassive black hole collapsed and exploded. D.If “the Milky Way” dies, a supermassive black hole will be formed after its death.
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For some people, higher education is not just a goal in life, but also an expectation. In the United States, if your parents attended a college or university, there is a good chance that you will, too. Even if your parents did not go to college, you still have a good chance of completing higher education if your family is wealthy. But your chances are reduced if you come from a needy family, a community with limited educational resources or you simply have no one to follow as an example. Helping those in need is one of the main ideas behind a strategy of behavioral science called nudge theory or nudging. Nudging is a way of changing people's behavior through indirect suggestion and by supporting positive actions. A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities look to nudging as a way to support poor, minority and first-generation students. They also are using it to increase overall graduation rates. Two common forms of nudging are emails to students and text messages to their mobile phones. Schools and other educational organizations keep in contact with students this way, offering advice and help when needed. However, Alejandra Acosta — a higher education policy expert at New America — notes that there are several qualities a nudge campaign must possess in order to be successful. Acosta says messages must be timely, meaning they reach college students well before the date by which a student is required to take action. Additionally nudges should be written clearly and provide as much information as possible. If students start to struggle in class, school officials should not just message them, saying they should seek academic support. The message should give information about what kinds of support the college or university offers and exactly how the student can make use of them. That is why nudges should possess interactive qualities, Acosta says. For example, students should be able to ask questions of school officials or be directed to a website for more information. In addition, colleges and universities must ensure their support services are in place and working as best they can. When nudges work, they can do a lot of good. In 2018, a nonprofit group launched a nudging campaign at four U.S. community colleges. They worked with nearly 10.000 first-year students at three such colleges in Ohio and one in Virginia. A recent study found that older and minority students who agreed to receive these nudges were 16 to 20 percent more likely to continue into their second year than those who did not. 1.Who is most likely to receive and complete higher education according to the passage? A.Tony, whose father is the only bread-winner in the family. B.Jimmy, whose mother is a worker in a small factory. C.Betty, whose grandmother is a housemaid of a famous university professor. D.Cathy, whose parents failed to attend college but succeeded in starting a big company. 2.What can we know about nudging? A.It is rooted in psychological science. B.It is a way to improve people’s mind. C.It offers concrete and direct advice. D.It helps students via emails and text messages. 3.What is the passage mainly talking about? A.The problem with higher education. B.A way for colleges to support students. C.The popularity of nudging campaign. D.A national campaign dealing with poverty.
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Exams never made me break out in a nervous sweat with tears threatening to ruin my already-trembling façade — but this one did. Even booking my piano exam reduced me to a blubbering mess of anxiety. I feel permanently scarred inside churches — no longer admiring their beauty because, over the years, I have received such terrible marks from examiners hiding behind the stained-glass partitions. Despite being 15 — too old, too cool to be frightened — I remember trembling inside the bathroom stalls before my tests. I wished I never had to play in front of others. But this time, after booking my Level 8 Royal Conservatory of Music piano exam, I went back to my normal routine. A little practice here, a little practice there. And then it happened. My trusty, 10-year-old electric piano gave out. Middle C started to sound like an F-sharp and all other keys sounded like they were a fourth above their natural tone. Thankfully, my precious, boredom-saving buttons still worked. I could still change my piano’s settings from “piano” to “harpsichord .” I admit, it was a lot of fun banging on my wacky keys. Each note bonged like the sound on children’s TV shows when a character repeatedly runs into a wall. Goofiness aside, I had to get my act together. I hated practicing but I really wanted a good mark. When I told my father what had happened to my piano, he only glared at me with disappointment, “When I was your age, I learned to be resourceful.” Hmm. I had a broken piano, an exam coming up in a few months and a father who refused to buy me a new piano because he wanted to teach me a “life lesson”. I finally came upon a decision: I’d practice at school. Going to a private school had to have its benefits, so I looked for a place to play. The school had many pianos but only a few in tune. Within a few days of searching, my piano books, my artistic best friend and I headed off to a music room at every available opportunity. I loved finding new pianos in hidden corners of the school and I laughed at the dusty old historic pianos. They really had character. I spent hours in those music rooms while my friend honed her art skills in sketching and drawing. She suffered through my annoying, repetitive scales while I looked over my shoulder once in a while and admired her work. Not only did I become a better musician, but I also managed to gain a few subpar skills as an art critic. As my exam drew close, all the music teachers knew to look for me in the piano rooms during recess, after school and late on Fridays. In anticipation of my assessment, one of my music teachers let me perform for her as a mini practice exam. To my surprise, she was greatly impressed. Within a few months I went from not caring about my playing to feeling actually, maybe, kind of proud of my work. And over countless hours spent in my favorite, soundproof music room, I discovered that behind the piano, I could become anyone. Talking to other people never came easy to me, but I was able to express myself through music. I became overjoyed. It was like I had developed a sixth sense, one that only musicians could understand. When I played, my worries about what others thought of me and how I viewed myself merged to reveal who I really am. All my adolescent musings made me feel like I was in a cage, but music gave me the key. Sitting behind a piano and creating music combined the movement of my body and the inner workings of my heart. Music had never been the love of my life but that was changing. I loved the idea of being on a stage and creating something for others to enjoy and remember. Actually, it wasn’t a something, but rather a feeling that the audience would carry outside into a world where music wasn’t the only thing that people cared for. When the time came to play in front of an examiner, instead of fearing my judge, I feared nothing but being unable to represent all my hard work. All the anxiety I had about going up on stage dimmed, and when the lights went on, all I could think about was the marvellous journey I’d had to get here. Trilling the keys reminded me of when I’d spent nearly two hours alone in a music room, more content than I had been anywhere else. Playing the melody reminded me of the bittersweet music experiences of past years. Many days later, I received my mark. Not only did I earn a rarely mentioned “well done” and an 82 per cent, I had rewritten what music meant to me. Now whenever I get caught up in the daily struggle, I remember the hard work that it took to reach my goal. Whenever I feel discouraged, I never forget to look at the gleaming keys of my new upright piano. As my father always says, some lessons are just learned the hard way. 1.What made the author so stressful inside churches these years? A.The religious atmosphere. B.The artistic performance. C.The horrible surroundings. D.Her colorful fantasy. 2.What can be inferred according to the underlined sentence in Para 5? A.The author’s family was too poor to afford a new piano. B.The father was quite angry about the author’s bad behavior. C.The author showed great dissatisfaction about her father. D.The father wanted the author to address the problem independently. 3.Which of the following word has the closest meaning to the underlined word in Para 11? A.mixed B.separated C.interacted D.exploited 4.The author changed her attitude towards music mainly because________. A.Her good friend accompanied her to get through hard time. B.Her teachers treated her much better than before. C.Her family supported her quite well. D.Her own understanding of musical value. 5.Which of the following indicates the change of the author’s feelings? A.Nervous — disappointed — angry — calm B.Curious — frustrated — hopeful — grateful C.Frightened — indifferent — passionate — proud D.Depressed — satisfied — disappointed — peaceful 6.What might be the best title of this passage? A.An important Music Test B.A Hard but Enjoyable Life C.The Key to Happiness D.My Favourite Piano
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The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 1. By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds. 1. Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. Encourage kids to cook with you. Ask kids, "What ingredients(配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time?" And then try them out. 2. What could we try next time? 2. Creativity True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways. 3. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity. 3. Interpersonal Skills Understanding how others feel can be so challenge for kids. We know what's going on inside our own head, but what about others? 4. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories. "Why do you think she's crying?" "Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?" "If someone were to do that to you, how would you feel?" 4. Self Expression Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill. 5.. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another. A. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better? B. And we can't ignore science education. C. There are a dozen different things you can do with them. D. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don't yet exist? E. Being able to read people helps kids from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. F. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill.. G. There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas—music, acting, drawing, building, photography
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Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They _______ with them lots of waste. The _______ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰川) are disappearing, changing the _______ of Kilimanjaro. Hearing these stories, I’m _______ about the place — other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences. However, I soon _______ that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of _______ among tons of rubbish. I find a _______ mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are _______ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be _______. The best of a Kilimanjaro ________, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are ________ as spiritual places by many cultures. This ________ is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as ________ go through five ecosystems(生态系统) in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, ________ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather ________ — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I ________ twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland ________: gravel(砾石), stones and rocks. ________ you climb into an arctic-like zone with ________ snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear. Does Kilimanjaro ________ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true. 1.A.keep B.mix C.connect D.bring 2.A.stories B.buildings C.crowds D.reporters 3.A.position B.age C.face D.name 4.A.silent B.skeptical C.serious D.crazy 5.A.discover B.argue C.decide D.advocate 6.A.equipment B.grass C.camps D.stones 7.A.remote B.quiet C.tall D.clean 8.A.new B.special C.significant D.necessary 9.A.paying off B.spreading out C.blowing up D.fading away 10.A.atmosphere B.experience C.experiment D.sight 11.A.studied B.observed C.explored D.regarded 12.A.view B.quality C.reason D.purpose 13.A.scientists B.climbers C.locals D.officials 14.A.holding on to B.going back to C.living up to D.giving way to 15.A.changes B.clears C.improves D.permits 16.A.match B.imagine C.count D.add 17.A.village B.desert C.road D.lake 18.A.Obviously B.Easily C.Consequently D.Finally 19.A.permanent B.little C.fresh D.artificial 20.A.enjoy B.deserve C.save D.acquire
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Q: Dear Daniel My high school life is1.(stress). I try to sleep for a while at noon, but I still get sleepy in the afternoon. What should I do? Heater A: Dear Heater, This is a serious problem. As a teacher, I saw many students sleeping in class, 2. (able) to focus — even children! Let’s look at your lifestyle. Do you stay awake late at night? Do you use your smartphone before bed? Do you have caffeine at night? First, late nights are a bad habit, even if you’re staying up late 3.(study). Research shows that studying when you’re tired is less effective. 4. (lose) sleep makes you too tired in class the next day. You should sleep for seven or eight hours each night. Next, don’t use your smartphone before bed. The screen keeps our eyes and brains5.(wide) awake. If you6.use a phone before bed, use a blue-light filter (过滤) app. Of course, you should avoid caffeine after dinner. This means no cola, no chocolate and no coffee.7. (drink) non-caffeinated teas or water. As8.your sleepy afternoons, napping (午休) is normal and healthy. It sounds like you need a “power nap”. These are 20-30 minute naps that give a boost (增强) of energy. Set your alarm for 25 minutes and get up when you hear it. Be careful! If you nap too long, you will feel 9.(sleep) than before. Proper sleep is an important part of a healthy life, so taking a nap is10.I suggest that you should do . Good luck! Daniel
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请认真阅读下列各小题，并根据中文提示和所给首字母的提示，写出下列各句空格中的单词，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡的相应题号的横线上。 1.A_____the city center, we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height. 2.He didn’t make great progress in his study; on the c_____, his health was harmed because of lacking enough sleep. 3.The book isn’t intended for general readers probably because the author e_____too many scientific terms in it. 4.We can see monuments here and there. Those who have made great c_____to human beings and society will never be forgotten. 5.I listened to his excuse with a(n)_____of amusement and disbelief. 6.You’d better choose some_____(简化的)story books, in which case your boy will show interest in them. 7.Color-blind people have difficulty_____(区分)between blue and green. 8.Reforming the education system will be a difficult ____(过程) 9.Though I haven’t seen Jimmy for twenty years, I_____(认出) him the moment I saw him. 10.I said hello to her, but she_____(不予理睬)me as usual.
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每个人都想获得成功，但生活中失败却不可避免。作为一名高中生，我们该如何看待失败？请结合以下提示用英语写一篇短文。 1. As a teenager, what’s your understanding of failure? 2. What do you think the benefits of failure are? 3. How should you deal with failure when facing it? And your views about it. 写作要求：
1．对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥。 2．词数150左右。开头已写好，不计入总词数。 3．作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如：校名、人名等。 Failure is one of those life experiences most of us can’t avoid. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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