I told them not everybody could do it , _________?
A．could they B．couldn’t they C．did I D．didn’t I.
What do you mean _________ saying that I’m lucky?
A．at B．on C．by D．of
今年暑假你学校组织学生奔赴工厂、农村、街道等地做社会调查。请你以“A Trip to…”为题，用英语写一篇词数不少于120词的英语文章。
要求：
1．简单介绍此次调查的时间及目的地；
2．描述调查中给你留下深刻印象的一件事；
3．谈谈你参加此次社会调查的体会和感受。
A Trip to
Even plant can run a fever, especially when they’re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared （红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂)spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don’t have pest(害虫)problems.
Even better, Paley’s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat sent out by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers”. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide that they otherwise would.
The bad news is that Paley’s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements（改进）ininfrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States,” says George Oerther of Texas A& M, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
1.In what situation will plants have a fever?(No more than 8 words)(2marks)
2.How can we apply pesticide spraying precisely?(No more than 10 words)(2 marks)
3.Why may infrared scanning technology by brought back into operation?(No more than 13 words)(3 marks)
4.What is the biggest problem that might prevent bringing infrared scanning technology back?(No more than 7 words)(3 marks)
Learning style theory suggests that different people have different ways of obtaining information and use various methods to demonstrate（证明）their intelligence and ability. Although experts have many ideas and categories of learning, it is evident that people learn in three basic styles.
When learning something new, if you prefer to read the information, you are probably a student who learns through seeing. These learners like to see teacher’s facial expressions and body language clearly and rend to sit at the front of the classroom. They take detailed notes, think in pictures and can most easily absorb information from textbooks with diagrams, graphs, photographs and drawings.
Students who find it easiest to learn a new concept by hearing a teacher explain it are learning through listening. Reading aloud, using a tape recorder, hearing anecdotes（趣闻）and talking things through are the best methods for these learners to acquire new information. They give close attention to both the content of the discussion and the way that things are said, such as how the sound of the voice and speed of speech show the mood of the speaker.
Learning through doing means being active in exploring the environment and finding out about things by moving and touching. Students who have this learning style take a hands-on approach to education and enjoy experiments or surveys. They do not like to sit still for long periods of time and sometimes find it hard to concentrate when reading or listening.
Teachers study people’s various ways of learning as part of their training. They select a variety of activities to suit their students’ different learning styles. However, restrictions of time, space and resources often make it impossible for teachers to provide the best exercises for all learners. If you are aware of you own learning style, there is a lot you can do personally to improve your study skills and find the most appropriate ways to approach your study tasks. As a result, you will be able to manage your own learning and study more effectively.
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Features of students’ learning |
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Learning through seeing |
*watch a teacher’s facial expressions and body language *sit 2. the platform *take detailed notes *think in pictures |
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*enjoy reading aloud *prefer to listen to recorded materials *fond of hearing something and 4. *pay special attention to the content of the discussion *focus on people’s5. |
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Learning through doing |
*6. and know better about things by moving and touching. *know the world 7. *carry out experiments or surveys *dislike sitting still for long *8. concentrating when reading or listening |
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*A teacher 10. all his students with a certain teaching method *A student should improve his learning skills to learn more effectively. |
There is famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge．He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door．
This was an age before telephones．Someone was delivering a message．When Colcridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration．His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his
door．His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment(碎片,片段)．
This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which brings us to the cell phone．
The most common complaint about cell phones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them．But marc damaging may be the cell phone’s disruption of our thoughts．
We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our call phones, and this is by and large a healthy, productive development．" I didn't hear it ring" or " I didn't realize my cell phone had shut off" arc among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach．
The notion or idea of being unreachable is not a new concept-we havoc "Do Not Disturb" signs on the doors of hotel rooms． So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?
The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication．Until the recent mass deployment of cell phones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the
globe．We came to take it for granted．
But cell phones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves．Now time alone, or conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished．Even cell phone devotees, myself usually included, can't help at times wanting to throw their cell phone away, or curse the day they were invented．
But we don't and won't, and there really is no need．All that's required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it．
In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our phones．Given the case of making and receiving cell phone calls, if we don-t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later．
A cell phone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from a person next to us．Though the call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg-who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie．But most likely it is not, and I'm better
off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the pizza I’ll eat for lunch．
1.What's the point of the anecdote about poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?
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A．To direct readers' attention to the main topic． |
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B．To show how important inspiration is to a poet． |
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C．To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone． |
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D．To encourage readers to read the works of this poet． |
2.What does the writer thinks about people telling "white lies" about their cell phones?
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A．It is a way of signaling that you don-t like the caller． |
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B．It is natural to tell lies about small things． |
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C．It is basically a good way to protect one's privacy． |
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D．We should feel guilty when we can't tell the truth． |
3.According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cell phones?
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A．People get so bothered by the cell phone rings that they fail to notice anything else. |
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B．People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cell phones. |
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C．Cell phones interrupt people’s private time. |
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D．With cell phones it is no longer possible to be unreachable. |
4.What does the underlined word “contempt” probably mean?
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A．Habit. |
B．Disrespect. |
C．Like. |
D．Value. |
5.What does last paragraph suggest?
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A．A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention. |
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B．Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author’s novel. |
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C．You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cell phone. |
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D．Never let cell phones interfere too much with your life. |
