今年暑假，你和200多名来自世界各地的高中生参加了悉尼英语夏令营活动。请根据下列提示，向《21世纪英文报》投稿，介绍这次活动。
活动安排：8月1日—8月25日
上午：8：00-11：30 上课，提高口语和听力
下午：自由活动，每星期一次去观光
晚上：听五个讲座；8月24日晚，举办英语晚会，唱歌跳舞
要求：英语交流
收获：提高了英语水平；学会了与他人交际的方法
注意：1. 开头已为你写好；
2. 词数150左右。
This summer, I took part in an English Summer Camp in Sydney.
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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据短文的内容要点完成文章后的表格列单。
注意：补全填空应符合语法和搭配要求，每空只填一个单词。
American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public schools called charter schools.
In 1991, there were no charter schools in the Unite States. Today, more than 2300 charter schools operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575000 students attend these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older.
A charter school is created by groups of parents, teachers and community members. It is similar in some ways to a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate a number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments provide the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate.
Unlike a traditional public school, however, the charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to teach.
Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach those goals. Class sizes are usually smaller than in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say teachers in charter schools can be more creative.
However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions often oppose charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly needed by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling.
Congress provided 200 million dollars for establishing charter schools in the 2006 federal budget. But, often the schools say they lack enough money for programs. Many also lack needed space. District officials say they have provided 14 former school buildings for charter education. Yet charter school supporters say officials should try harder to find more space.
Charter Schools in America
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2._______ between charter school and traditional school |
★3. _______ tax money to operate a number of students. ★ Having to make4. _______ know the students are learning. ★ Getting 5. _________ to operate from government. |
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6.______ between charter school and traditional school |
★ Not having to obey most laws. ★ Having the 7._______ to decide what to teach. ★ Being free to choose the goals and decide the 8.__________ of teaching them. Having smaller class sizes. Having teachers who are more creative |
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Education departments’ opposition |
★These schools receiving money badly needed by traditional public schools. ★ Not 9.___________ doing well. |
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★ Lacking enough money ★ Lacking needed space |
根据所给中文意思，完成下列句子。（共5小题，每空0.5分，共5分）
1.我想解决这问题的关键是兴趣而不是强迫。
In my opinion, the key ___________ ___________ the problem is to be interested rather than to force yourself.
2.如果你继续以这种方式行事，最终会像老话说的那样：搬起石头砸自己的脚。
If you continue like this, you will ___________ ___________ lifting a stone only to have it drop on you own foot, as the old saying goes.
3. 他们坐在草地上，有说有笑。
They were sitting on the grass, ___________ and ___________.
4.总统随后讲话并解答了记者的提问。
The President then took __________ ___________ and answered the journalists’ questions.
5.没有免费的午餐。
There is ___________ ___________ thing as a free lunch.
根据句意及所给首字母，填入一个合适的单词。（共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）
1.At last he was p____________ to take his brother’s advice.
2. A stay in the country will be b______________ to his health.
3. They decided to buy some new e_____________ for the lab.
4.A customer was talking with the manager, with their hands c_________.
5. You don’t seem very e______________ about the suggestion.
6. They are looking forward to a___________ that old play to their needs.
7.She is not generous at all. She is always m_________ with her money.
8. D___________ to his research, he always forgets to have dinner.
9.The lack of rain could s__________ disaster for farmers.
10. Speech and writing are man’s most important methods of c____________.
The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.
“My, you’re tall,” he said.
Of course, the class began to laugh. Angry, I walked to my seat without a word.
I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be the last straw. But Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than I. Anyway, every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish, it was for a date with Reed Harrington. “Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the proud newcomer Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.
Carlos smiled broadly. “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.
It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice president. “How come?” I kept asking myself. “How come this shrimp(虾) who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular.”
So on that morning, I stopped Carlos and said, “It doesn’t seem to bother you—being short.” He looked up at me.“Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.” “You seem to get along great,” I admitted. “But what about me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.” “The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red...
1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The writer cared much about Reed’s attitude.
B. Carlos isn’t popular with the classmates.
C. The writer is always confident with herself.
D. Carlos always makes fun of the writer.
2.From the passage, we can conclude _______________.
A. Carlos is as tall as the writer
B. Carlos fell love with the writer later
C. the writer is very tall
D. Reed, Carlos and the writer became good friends later
3.What can we use to describe Carlos’ character?
A. Handsome and proud B. Humorous and confident
C. Diligent and helpful D. Hardworking and popular
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A girl and a boy. B. My shortcomings.
C. My helpful classmates. D. A change in my life.
Coffee has a history dating back to at least the 9th century and has been a catalyst for social interaction across cultures and eras. Originally discovered in Ethiopia, coffee beans were brought into the Middle East by Arab traders, spreading to Egypt, Yemen, Persia, Turkey, and North Africa by the 15th century. Muslim merchants eventually brought the beans to the thriving port city of Venice, where they sold them to wealthy Italian buyers. Soon, the Dutch began importing and growing coffee in places like Java and Ceylon (largely through slave labor), and the British East India Trading Company was popularizing the beverage in England. Coffee spread across Europe and even reached America.
Where there has been coffee, there has been the coffeehouse. From the 15th century Middle Eastern establishments where men gathered to listen to music, play chess, and hear recitations from works of literature, to Paris' Cafe le Procope where luminaries of the French Enlightenment such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot came to enjoy a hot cup of joe, coffeehouses have traditionally served as centers of social interaction, places where people can come to relax, chat, and exchange ideas.
The modern coffee shop is modeled on the espresso and pastry-centered Italian coffeehouses that arose with the establishment of Italian-American immigrant communities in major US cities such as New York City's Little Italy and Greenwich Village, Boston's North End, and San Francisco's North Beach. New York coffee shops were often frequented by the Beats in the 1950's. It wasn't long before Seattle and other parts of the Pacific Northwest were developing coffee shops as part of a thriving counterculture scene. The Seattle-based Starbucks took this model and brought it into mainstream culture.
Although coffeehouses today continue to serve their traditional purpose as lively social hubs in many communities, they have noticeably adapted to the times. Rediscovering their purpose as centers of information exchange and communication, many coffee shops now provide their customers with internet access and newspapers. It has become extremely common to see someone sitting at a Starbucks listening to music or surfing the web on his or her laptop. Coffee stores today also maintain a fairly identifiable, yet unique aesthetic: wooden furniture and plush couches, paintings and murals drawn on walls, and soft-lighting combine to give coffee shops the cozy feeling of a home away from home.
Today, big business retail coffee shops are expanding quickly all over the world. Starbucks alone has stores in over 40 countries and plans to add more. Despite its popularity, Starbucks has been criticized and labeled by many as a blood-sucking corporate machine, driving smaller coffee shops out of business through unfair practices. This has even spawned an anti-corporate coffee counterculture, with those subscribing to this culture boycotting big business coffee chains. Increasingly popular coffee stores such as The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are also giving Starbucks some stiff competition. In any case, it seems pretty clear that coffee has weaved itself into the fabric of our consumer-oriented culture.
1. Which of the following is the correct order of coffee spreading in history?
①Egypt ②America ③the Middle East ④Netherlands ⑤Venice
A. ①③④②⑤ B. ③①⑤④② C. ①⑤④③② D. ③②⑤④①
2.We can infer from the passage ________.
A. Starbucks has beaten all the competitors
B. there are no changes in the development of coffee culture
C. the taste of coffee has changed a lot
D. Starbucks has some effect on the development of coffee culture
3.The famous coffeehouse “Starbucks” originally come from _______.
A. Seattle B. Ethiopia C. Java D. France
4. Nowadays, if you come to a coffeehouse, you can _______.
A. play chess with other customers
B. enjoy delicious dishes from South America
C. surf the internet
D. watch a TV play
