Albert Einstein was born on 14th March,1879 in Germany. He was a special person since he was born. Einstein wasn’t able to speak a word until three. He was interested in everything and full of creative ideas. He loved watching things carefully and asked a lot of questions about them. His questions were often hard to answer for teachers.
Einstein started school in 1885. Though he did well in math and science, he failed in many subjects like history, geography and languages. He was not the teachers’ favorite. He didn’t enjoy going to school. Einstein finished high school in Switzerland and entered a university in Zurich. He graduated as a teacher of math and physics in 1900.
After graduation, Einstein worked at the Patent (专利) Office. He spent much time studying physics. By 1909, Einstein had become a top scientist. Though he became successful in the field of science, he still put great effort in scientific research. Finally, he won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.
Einstein kept at his research until he died in 1955. Scientists studied his brain after his death to see if there was anything special about it. However, there was no answer.
Today many famous scientists still think Einstein is the smartest man in the world.
Albert Einstein — the ① Smartest Man. | |
Early life | Being able to speak at the ② of three. |
Schooling | ③ a university in Zurich after finishing high school. |
④ graduation | Becoming successful in the field of science. |
Later life | Keeping at his research until he died. His brain — being studied after his ⑤ . |
任务5:根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。
1.①________
2.②________
3.③________
4.④________
5.⑤________
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. He won a prize — “Science and Charity” for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.
When he was nineteen, he visited Paris. Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. In 1973, he was dead. He is the greatest artist in the world.
任务 2 ：阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
1.v_______ to go and spend time in a place
2.p_______ someone who paints pictures
任务 3 ：阅读短文，进行同义句转换，每空一词。
3.When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man.
When he was ________ ________ ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man.
任务 4 ：根据短文内容 回答问题。
4.Who did Pablo Picasso learn to draw from?
__________________________________________.
5.How old was Pablo Picasso when he died?
__________________________________________.
6.Was Pablo Picasso born in the nineteenth century?
__________________________________________.
A: Hello, Tim!
B: Hello, Lucy! Come in and have a seat. 1.
A: Thank you. I’m coming to say goodbye to you. I’m going to Beijing tomorrow.
B: Really? 2.
A: I’m going to a Summer Camp there.
B: What will you do at camp?
A: I will practice my Chinese in a new way.
B: I’m sure you will speak Chinese much better. 3.
A: About ten days.
B: 4.
A: Sounds great. What places do you think I should visit?
B: The Summer Palace, the Great Wall and some other interesting places. All of them are well worth visiting.
A: Wonderful! But I don’t know how I can get to these places.
B: 5. The tourist bus can take you anywhere. By the way, don’t forget to buy a map of Beijing.
A: Thank you for your advice.
B: You’re welcome. Enjoy yourself.
A.Make yourself at home.
B.Don’t worry.
C.What is the purpose of your visit?
D.How long will you stay there?
E.How about visiting some places of interest in your free time?
F.Why do you visit Tianjin?
G.Let me help you.
We all know that English is accepted by an increasing number, but Chinese now is used by more and more people in the world. Do you know why? 1. I have thought about the answer for a long time. Now I have my answer come out.
First of all, population plays an important role. 2.. Though China is a developing country, its own people will speak Chinese for sure. 3. It is its own advantage. However, some small countries have to try hard to make themselves accepted and then try their best to widen the using number of their language.
4. With the right leading of Chinese leader, China has developed quickly in recent years. China has been accepted among the international world in the area of economic, culture, politics and so on. In another word, as the development of China, the communication between international countries makes more and more foreigners want to learn Chinese to build up some friendly relationship with Chinese. This is also a force to be reckoned with.
In general, Chinese becomes more and more widely used. 5.
根据短文内容，将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺（每个选项只能用一次）。
A.Secondly, development also can’t be left out.
B.There’s no doubt for its own advantage and its effort.
C.China is a country with a large population.
D.Maybe there are not many people studying this problem.
E.Then the language is spoken by an unbelievable number of people.
If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milk tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps: first, pour out any milk tea left into a wet waste bin; second, put the paper wrapper (包装材料) into a recyclable waste bin; third, throw the single-use cup and straw (吸管) into a dry waste bin.
Sounds complex ? You’ll have to get used to it. From July 1 on, people in Shanghai are required to separate their garbage according to strict rules. Many other cities in China are planning to create similar garbage -separating rules.
Why should we separate our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing of waste we are producing. Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to Chinese Economic. Most of this waste is buried (填埋), which may pollute water and soil! In addition, we are running out of space.
In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials, while wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer (肥料). So in order to recycle better, we need to separate our garbage.
Can’t garbage-processing companies do the separating job for us? They can. But that requires a lot of work and costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can separate our own garbage. Besides, the hard task of separating might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milk tea?
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.The underlined phrase “complex” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A.复杂的 B.容易的 C.高级的
2.From July 1 on, people in Shanghai are required to separate their garbage according to _______.
A.similar garbage-separating rules B.strict garbage- separating rules
C.old garbage- separating rules
3.According to the passage we know that recyclable garbage ______.
A.can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer
B.can be buried
C.can be made into new materials
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The hard task of separating might encourage people to produce more waste.
B.Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year.
C.The garbage-processing companies can’t do the separating job for us.
5.Which is the main idea of the passage?
A.We should separate trash.
B.We should not drink milk tea.
C.It’s not easy to separate trash.
Pencil: I am sorry.
Eraser: For what? You didn’t do anything wrong.
Pencil: I’m sorry because you get hurt because of me. Whenever I make a mistake, you’re always there to clean it up. But when you make my mistakes disappear, you also lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
Eraser: That’s true. But I don’t really mind. You see, I am made to do this. I am made to help you whenever you make a mistake. I know I’ll be gone one day and you’ll take my place with a new eraser. But I’m actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I don’t want to see you feeling sad.
Actually parents are like erasers and their children are like pencils. They’re always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes they get hurt along the way. They become smaller, older and even pass away after all. Though they cannot be with their children for life, parents are still happy with what they do for their children and always hope that their loved ones can be happy.
I am the pencil and the erasers are my parents. They are getting older and smaller, leaving behind eraser pieces and memories. I know that I will be the eraser one day, doing the same thing that my parents used to do for me.
根据短文内容判断正、误。（注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。 正确的涂 “A” ，错误的涂 “B” ）
1.An eraser always helps a pencil clean up its mistakes.
2.Parents are just like pencils and the children are like erasers.
3.The parents are always there just for their children’s mistakes.
4.A pencil doesn’t feel sorry about what an eraser does for it.
5.Though the parents can’t be with the children for life, they are still happy with what they do for their children and wish their children can be happy.
