In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation（模仿） is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes (菜谱) and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of entertainment, those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
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.Imitation proves useful when you .
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A．know you are unique |
B．lose the balance of life |
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C．begin to learn something new |
D．get tired of routine practice |
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To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should________.
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A．forget daily fear and pain |
B．choose the right example |
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C．ask others for decisions |
D．stay away from stars |
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According to the author, the world moves on because of those who are .
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A．eager to influence others with their knowledge |
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B．ready to turn their original ideas into reality |
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C．eager to discover what their ancestors did |
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D．willing to accept others’ ideas |
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The trouble a creator faces is .
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A．the lack of strong motivation |
B．the absence of practical ideas |
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C．how to search for more materials |
D．how to use imagination creatively |
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The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to __________.
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A．emphasize the importance of creativity. |
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B．criticize the characters of role models. |
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C．compare imitation with creation. |
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D．explain the meaning of success. |
There’re more than 100 elements found in nature, ______ are metals.
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A．most of which |
B．most of them |
C．most of that |
D．most which |
—I like your new shoes!
—Thanks．I had to try on almost a dozen pairs ______ I decided to get them．
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A．as |
B．when |
C．after |
D．before |
I didn’t make sense of _______poem until I read it _______ third time.
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A．the; the |
B．a; the |
C．the; a |
D．a, a |
最近我校举办了一次英语书法比赛。大部分同学们积极参与，但少数同学书写不好，也不愿改善。请你根据以下提示，给二十一世纪英文报写一篇短文，分析该现象产生的原因并发表自己的看法。
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现 象 |
一些学生不善书写，也不愿改善书写 |
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原 因 |
1.可以借助电脑，没有必要练字； 2.功课太忙，没时间练字； 3.练字见效慢，很难练好。 |
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你的看法 |
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注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
In order to arouse the students’ interest in English learning and enrich our school life, we held an English Handwriting Competition. Many students took an active part in the activity.
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：表格中的每个空格只填一个单词。
Nowadays, science is developing at a high speed. With the development of science, many countries have improved their economy and raised their people’s living standards. Therefore, science is of great benefit to our daily life.
If we look at the things around us, we’ll find how closely our everyday life is related to science. In one case, at home we can turn on the central heating or air conditioner when we feel cold or hot, and we can watch TV or listen to the tape recorder for entertainment, and we can use a gas stove to cook our meals, and we have computers to help us with our work when we are working in the office, and we also have cars, buses, even planes as traffic tools when we go out. All these things are the results of the scientific development. It goes without saying that without science our society cannot make rapid progress and our life cannot be comfortable and convenient.
Now that science is so significant in our daily life, we should try to make as many contributions as possible to the development of science. As college students, we must first of all study hard to gain useful scientific knowledge, and then put what we have learnt into practice. We should make the most of science to serve our society.
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1. ________ |
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2. ________ from science
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3. _______ the economy. |
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Raising people’s living 4. _______: ☆ The central heating and air conditioner help us get cooler or 5. _______. ☆ TV and tape recorder provide us with 6. _______. ☆ Computers help us with work. ☆ A gas stove 7. _______our meals. ☆ Different traffic tools help us travel. |
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Conclusion |
Making a 8. _______ to developing science. |
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Applying our 9. _______ in practice. |
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Making full 10. _______ of science to serve the society. |
