民无信不立。诚信是一个道德范畴，是公民的第二个“身份证”，是日常行为中诚实和正式交流的信用的统称。
某英文网站正在开展以“诚信”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你自己讲诚信的一次经历，以及你有何收获。
提示词语：difficulty, copy, shame, virtue(美德), lose
提示问题：● What’s your experience about honesty?
● What can you learn from it?
Honesty is gold. It means telling the truth and being fair. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
2020年初，由于新冠肺炎COVID-19的侵袭，同学们不得不在家学习。假如你是李华，你校要求学生每人制作一份题为《防疫指南》的手抄报(hand-copied newspaper),你们班交换生Peter给你发邮件询问相关事情。请用英语回复一封邮件，告诉他手抄报上交的时间，并分享你设计手抄报的一些想法。
提示词语：design, signs and symptoms(症状), fever, prevent, picture
提示问题：● When should you hand in the hand-copied newspaper?
● What would you like to share with Peter about designing it?
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your email. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
Study or Learn?
English language learners use the verbs “study” and “learn” all the time. Yet, they often are unsure which to choose in a situation. Our subject today comes from Salah of Yemen. The writer asks:
Question:
I would like to know the difference between “study” and “learn.” Thanks!
– Salah, Yemen
Answer:
Hello, Salah, and thanks for your note!
Let’s begin with the dictionary meaning of each word. These are from the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary:
To study means to read, memorize facts or attend school in order to learn about a subject.
To learn means to gain knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught or experiencing something.
So, studying is just one way of learning. But it is not the only way.
Learn
Sometimes, we learn through experience. For example, if you travel to Thailand, you can visit a lot of sights, try the traditional foods and talk to the local people. By the time you leave, you will have gained a lot of knowledge about the country. So, you can say, “I learned so much about Thailand!”
You could not say, “I studied so much about Thailand!” because your actions did not mainly involve reading, memorizing facts, taking a course, attending school or something similar.
Study
In addition, when you study something, you have not learned it yet.
And, sometimes, you can even study something without learning it. For example, if you say, “I studied English,” it may mean you took English classes. Or maybe you tried to teach yourself through an app or language website.
But maybe you had difficulty with this and still do not know how to speak the language. In that situation, you could not say, “I learned English,” because that would mean you had gained enough knowledge to use it.
Examples
If the difference between “learn” and “study” is not clear yet, here are a few sentences that compare them:
They learned how to write stories in the new writing class.
They spent time studying the techniques of story-writing.
Where did you learn how to bake so well?
Did you study baking in school?
And one last tip for remembering the difference is this expression: “I studied but I did not learn anything.”
And that’s Ask a Teacher. I’m Alice Bryant.
1.Who are often unsure of how to choose “study” or “learn” in a situation?
2.What does study mean from the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary?
3.When can you say “I learned so much about Thailand”?
4.What do you mean by saying “I studied English”?
5.Which expression can help to remember the difference between “study” and “learn”?
The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. Celebrated in the US, it has also become popular in China as a way to express thankfulness to mothers with gifts and greetings. Some experts suggest China should have its own Mother’s Day, instead of “borrowing” from the US.
Tailorsas: This is not a big problem, as long as you have appreciation(感激) for your mom who raised you and offered everything that she had, every day can be a Mother’s Day. You don’t have to give her a present, just tell her you love her, care about her, go shopping with her, cook for her, even the smallest thing can be affective.
Michael: If you look at Mother’s Day, or any other day, from the standpoint of “borrowing” from America or any other country, I think the whole point of having such a day has been missed. Why not focus on honoring mothers around the world rather than worrying about “borrowing” from anyone? If Mother’s Day is American, changing the date you have it won’t make it any less. If you think like that, then, it just becomes a knockoff(冒牌)holiday.
Senorita: I think maybe it is those retail businessmen who want as many special days as possible, so that they can earn more money. On Mother’s Day, things are double the price than usual and it is super difficult to book a table for dining. Something with Chinese traditions sounds nice, but I hope the special day would light our love for mothers, instead of following the fashion and fall into the trap(圈套) dug by businessmen.
Francisco: It doesn’t matter if we have our own day as long as you show your love to your mom. When I grew up, especially when I became a mother, I realized how much my mom has sacrificed(牺牲) selflessly and how great she really is! Mothers deserve not only our respect but also our care and love as well. We Chinese like to keep everything to ourselves, even though we love deep in our hearts. We, more often than not, don’t express it directly. In this regard, we should learn from Americans. Say “I love you” whenever you feel it and give her a hug or have a heart-to-heart chat or do some housework. What you can give your mother is not very important at all. What matters is that you should do something to show your love, not just on Mother’s Day.
1.The underlined word “affective” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.
A.warm B.common
C.reasonable D.international
2.What can we infer from Francisco’s words?
A.She thinks highly of Mother’s Day in the US.
B.She is all for creating a Chinese Mother’s Day.
C.She is opposed to celebrating Mother’s Day with Americans in the world.
D.She thinks it’s important to show love to mothers no matter what day it is.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.“Borrowing” Mother’s Day from the US is really a big problem.
B.Businessmen may benefit greatly from the Chinese Mother’s Day.
C.Honoring mothers around the world will lead to a knockoff holiday.
D.Chinese like to express the feeling of love for their mothers directly.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Does Mother’s Day really matter?
B.Do people really need Mother’s Day?
C.Does China need its own Mother’s Day?
D.Do we need to change the date of Mother’s Day?
At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music. In the morning, you are woken up by the singing of birds outside. You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ—the ears. March 3 is Ear Care Day. It helps us remember the importance of our ears and encourages us to take good care of them.
You may wonder: how do the ears work? The ear has three different parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear is the part you can see. It collects sound around you. The sound then travels down to the middle ear, the inner ear and then to your brain.
Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep! Your ears continue hearing sounds, but your brain just ignores(忽视) them. That’s why you may sometimes wake up suddenly in the middle of the night—your brain hears something, but you don’t know what it is, since you are asleep.
More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food. Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears. But there are nerves running through the middle ear that connect the tongue(舌头) to the brain. If something happens to your ears, you may have a hard time telling different tastes apart, according to the website of People’s Daily.
The ears are truly important organs with many functions(功能,作用). You should make sure to protect your own ears as well as you can. There are some Dos and Don’ts you need to know.
First of all, when the sun is shining, wear some sunscreen on your ears. And during winter, cover your ears with a hat or a scarf. Secondly, dry your ears with a towel after swimming or having a bath. If you feel water in your ear, shake your head a little bit. This can help you get the water out of your ear.
Besides, don’t listen to music on your earphones for too long. Follow the 60: 60 rule: listen to music at 60 percent of the maximum volume(最大音量) for no more than 60 minutes a day. Also, it’s not a good idea to share earphones with friends. When you have only one earphone, you might turn the volume up too high, since one earphone isn’t loud enough.
1.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The outer ear is the most important part.
B.We can still know what is happening when we are asleep.
C.We’d better not use one earphone when we listen to music.
D.We can still taste food with ears if our tongue doesn’t work.
2.We can protect our ears by_________.
A.wearing no sunscreen on sunny days
B.listening to the singing of birds outside
C.washing our ears with a towel after swimming
D.covering our ears with a scarf in cold weather
3.What are paragraph 2, 3 and 4 mainly about?
A.Why we celebrate Ear Care Day. B.The protections of ears.
C.Why we can hear sound. D.The functions of ears.
When talking about the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team, we will think of one person, Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional skill to help the team go to the world stage. For us, she is a hero.
Lang Ping was born on December 10th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She is 184 centimeters high. She showed great interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. Then in 1976 she went to the Beijing Amateur Sport School. In 1978, she started to play for the Chinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the World Championship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
People in China like to call Lang Ping “Tie Lang Tou”. She was so strong and did a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What’s more, no matter what she did, she never gave up.
After retiring from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. There, she lived quiet life and gave birth to a baby girl. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some world competitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of health problems.
Lang Ping has become the coach of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team since 2013. It is not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better than before. However, she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts paid off. On August 21, 2016, the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team won the gold medal in the Rio Olympics.
Lang Ping is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We can learn a lot from her.
1.When did Lang Ping start practicing volleyball?
A.In December 1960. B.In April 1973.
C.In April 1978. D.In December 1982.
2.Why did Lang Ping leave the Chinese national team as a coach?
A.Because she wanted to live a busy life.
B.Because she had to give birth to a baby.
C.Because she had some health problems.
D.Because she wanted to teach another team.
3.What can we learn from Lang Ping?
A.We should always have a strong will and never give up.
B.We should learn how to become popular and famous.
C.We should keep playing volleyball to become healthy.
D.We should ask other people to call us “Tie Lang Tou”.
