If my brother lived here today, he would be surprised by what _______ here in the city.
A. had happened B. had been happened C. has happened D. has been happened
— What do you think is ______ to happen tomorrow?
— Sorry, I don’t know.
A. likely B. possible C. probably D. perhaps
假如你是李华，你校校刊“Our Steps”的招聘启事引起了你的兴趣，请根据下列信息用英文写一封申请信。
注意： .1.词数:80—100。
.2.可根据需要适当增加细节。
. 3.信的开头、结尾已给出。
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Dear Harry,
I’m writing to apply for the photographer for Our Steps.
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I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Mrs Smith was unable to fall sleeping at night and 1.________
was very tired during the day to do anything, even the 2.________
simple things that she used to enjoy doing. She had 3.________
headaches more often, it prevented her from reading 4.________
or watched TV. The more she thought about her conditions, 5.________
the more worse she felt. At last, she went to see her doctor, 6.________
whom she had known for years. The doctor listened to his 7.________
heart and said, “There is nothing serious wrong with 8.________
you, and I accept the fact you don’t feel well. Now I’ll 9.________
give you some pills that help. Come tomorrow morning and 10.________
tell me how you feel.”
Who’s in control of your life? Who’s pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”
So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the appoval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.
1.What Oscar Wilde says in the first paragraph implies that ________.
A. we have thoughts similar to those of others
B. most people have a variety of thoughts
C. other people’s thoughts are more important
D. most people’s thoughts are controlled by others
2.What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?
A. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.
B. We may lose ourselves to please others.
C. We need to pay for what we want to get.
D. The price of taking the drug is freedom.
3.It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A. it’s better to do what we like
B. we shouldn’t care what others think
C. we shouldn’t change our own opinions
D. it’s important to accept others’ opinions
4.The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by ________.
A. analyzing causes and effects B. providing examples and facts
C. discussing questions D. making suggestions
Three years ago I listened to a lecture on cognition(认知) that changed the way I think about intelligence. There are two types of cognition. The first is normal cognition: the ability to regain knowledge from memory. The second type of cognition: the ability to know whether or not you know.
Does this affect intelligence? In traditional education, intelligence is measured by cognitive ability. Some people can easily produce everything they know on a test. But others are awarded with poor grades and considered inferior. But does this inability make them any less intelligent? If the question came up on a task, they could refer to a book or a quick Google search. In reality they’re just as effective as the people that ace(擅长) a test. They just can’t prove it as easily.
Metacognition is more important to success than cognition. A person with poor cognitive ability, but great metacognitive ability might do poorly in school, but when faced with a challenge, they understand their abilities and take the best course of action. For example, when faced with a question, a person with strong metacognitive ability will deal with it like this. If he knows the answer, but can’t come up with it, he can always do a bit of research. If he knows for sure that he doesn’t know, then he can start educating himself. Because he’s aware of his ignorance, he doesn’t act with foolish confidence. These people might not seem intelligent at first glance, but because they know what they know, they make better decisions and learn the most important things.
However, people with great cognitive ability but poor metacognitive ability may be considered excellent at a young age for acing every test and getting great SAT scores. Unfortunately, they’ve been ruined by poor metacognition: they think they know everything but they really don’t. They are arrogant (overconfident), fail to learn from mistakes, and don’t understand the slight differences of personal relationships, showing disregard for persons with lower cognitive ability. They may make the worst decisions.
The most important mental power is the ability to know what you don’t know. The recognition of a fault is the first step to improvement. Don’t try to hide a lack of knowledge. For intelligent people this is the toughest lesson to learn.
1.People with great cognitive ability tend to ________.
A. do well in tests B. be considered inferior
C. be more effective than others D. do research when faced with a task
2.The underlined phrase “take the best course of action” probably means ________.
A. starting educating himself B. taking action during the course
C. making the right decision D. coming up with many ideas
3.People with poor metacognition may not succeed because they ________.
A. lack basic moral values B. have improper self evaluation
C. fail to communicate with others D. show little respect for others
4.The author probably supports the idea that ________.
A. intelligence is measured by cognitive ability
B. cognition is the most important mental power
C. the toughest lesson is to distinguish the two types of cognition
D. the awareness of one’s ignorance contributes to one’s improvement
