He is__________as a leader but he hasn't__________in teaching.
A. success; many experiences B. a success; much experience
C. great success; an experience D. a great success; any experiences
Only by practising constantly__________ greater progress.
A. we can make B. then we will make
C. can we make D. we must make
__________ printed, this science fiction will be popular among the students.
A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. Once
假设你是某校高三学生李华，自从进入高三以来，学校取消了高三课外体育活动课，你班同学对这一事进行了讨论。请根据下表中的提示，给《21世纪报》投稿，介绍有关情况，并谈谈你的看法。
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反对者 |
支持者 |
你的观点 |
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1. 身体是学习的保证； 2. 增强体质，使人精力充沛。 |
1. 浪费时间，使人疲劳， 影响学习； 2. 可能导致受伤。 |
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注意：
1. 层次清晰，包含所给要点，不要简单翻译，表达连贯；
2. 可适当发挥,不要涉及具体校名等真实信息；
3. 词数：100字左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：课外体育活动 extra-curricular sports activities
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the debate on whether the extra-curricular sports activities should be cancelled. Different people have different ideas.______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
Invention is a creative process. An open and curious mind enables one to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, a new connection or relationship can spark(引发) an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different fields that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors skip over the boundaries between separate fields. Ways of thinking, materials, processes or tools from one field are used as no one else has imagined in a different field.
Play can lead to invention. Childhood curiosity like playing in a sand box, imagination can develop one’s play nature—an inner need according to Carl Jung. Inventors feel the need to play with things that interest them, and to explore, and this internal drive brings about interesting creations.
Inventing can also be an obsession(痴迷). Inventors often imagine a new idea, seeing it in their mind’s eye. New ideas can arise when the conscious mind turns away from the subject or problem; or when the focus is on something else; or even while relaxing or sleeping. An unusual idea may come all of a sudden! For example, after years of working to figure out the general theory of relativity, the solution came to Einstein suddenly in a dream “like a giant die making an unforgettable impress, a huge map of the universe summarized itself in one clear vision”.
Invention can also be accidental. Insight(洞察力) is also an important element of invention. It may begin with questions or doubt. It may begin by recognizing something unusual. It may be useful and it could open a new way for exploration. For example, the odd metallic color of plastic made by accidentally adding too much catalyst(催化剂) led scientists to explore its metal-like properties(性能). They then invented electrically conductive plastic and light emitting(散发) plastic—an invention that won the Nobel Prize in 2000 and has led to new kind of lighting, display screens, wallpaper and much more.
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A(n) 3 process |
◆Look 2 than we know now. ◆Give combining concepts or 4 elements from different fields. ◆No one can 5 this before. |
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An obsession |
◆ 6 often imagine a new idea. ◆An unusual idea may come 7 . |
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A(n) 8 |
◆A vital element of invention is 9 . ◆It may open a new way for exploration. ◆Accidental actions can 10 to innovation. |
Down on the beach of Dover, 56-year-old Channel swimmer Jackie Cobell bravely set off for Calais. The time was 6:40 am. 28 hours and 44 minutes later the exhausted, successful mother from Kent crawled (爬行) to the shore and walked proudly into the record books. After five years in training, Mrs Cobell became the slowest person to cross the Channel under her own steam. The previous record for the slowest crossing, set by Henry Sullivan at 26 hours and 50 minutes, has stood for 87 years before Mrs Cobell started at Dover Saturday morning.
She had struggled through changing tides that swept her first one way, then the other. It turned the 21-mile crossing into a 65-mile one. She declared, “Time and tide wait for no man—and they certainly didn’t wait for me. I was fully expecting it to get dark before I got to Calais but I never imagined I’d also see the dawn again. But I wasn’t going to give up.”
Her feat(壮举) raised more than $2,000 in charity sponsorship for research into Huntingdon’s disease, a sum that was continuing to grow as news of her achievement spread. That was why she did it. “I don’t really know myself,” she said. “ I just kept thinking of all the people I’d be letting down if I stopped.”
Mrs Cobell took to the water so well at school. But after bringing up two daughters, she started to gain weight. Five years ago she took up swimming again and decided to prepare for the Channel challenge to lose weight. She became much fitter. Then came the big swim. “I practiced on Windermere lake,” she said. “it’s about half the distance of the Channel so I just doubled it, added some extra time, and worked out I could probably get to Calais in about 16 hours.”
Her husband David, trainer, official observer and friend sailed alongside her on a boat. She said, “I sang to keep myself going. When they told me I was a record breaker I thought they were just having a joke—until I realized it was the record for the slowest crossing. But maybe next time I might be a bit quicker.”
1.According to Paragraph 1, Mrs Cobell_____________.
A. started to learn swimming five years ago
B. arrived at Calais on late Sunday morning
C. wanted to break the record for the slowest crossing
D. was too exhausted to move after crossing the Channel
2. Why did Mrs Cobell spend so much time crossing the Channel?
A. Because the tides changed her direction.
B. Because she was not in good condition.
C. Because she wasn’t good at swimming.
D. Because the winds kept her from swimming fast.
3.Mrs Cobell crossed the Channel for the main purpose of____________.
A. taking a risk
B. losing more weight
C. raising money for charity
D. becoming famous worldwide
4.How did Mrs Cobell feel about the record she set?
A. Dissatisfied B. Excited C. Annoyed D. Proud
