U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15th 2009, ______a state visit to China.
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There’s another way to survive this competition -- a way no one ever seems to tell you about, _____ you have to learn for yourself.
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— Can you tell me something about _________ science.
— OK. _ Nobel Prize in Chemistry is usually awarded to Americans.
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作为中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据提示内容，简要概述中学生中普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。
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当考试结果不尽人意时，情绪低落，丧失信心，不再继续努力。 |
当考试失败时，…… |
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要求：（1）题目自拟； （2）词数：100—120。
Work and study today are very different from what they were like 20 years ago. In the past, people often worked in the same job from graduation till retirement. Today, however, everyone needs to learn new things constantly on the job and it is common practice for people to go back to school from time to time in order to keep up with the fast changing world. Changing jobs has also become common practice for many people as they aim to enrich their work experience, develop new skills and meet new challenges. In today’s world of constant innovation (创新，革新), you can’t afford to think that you have finished with your studies. If you don’t want to be all behind in today’s competitive job market, you have to commit yourself to lifelong learning.
Effective lifelong learning is not only a matter of collecting formal qualifications. It’s also about forming habits that help you study, and developing attitudes that make you receptive (善于接受的，能容纳的) to learning.
Habits that help you study include time management, note taking, analysis and writing. These habits are useful but you won’t learn effectively unless you have the right attitude. Being open-minded is important because learning something new often means challenging the ideas you have already hold. Expecting to learn something that is both new and valuable will in fact help you to do so. For successful lifelong learning, you must take these study habits and attitudes with you when you leave school to start on your adult lives.
School is the ideal place to gain lifelong learning skills because you have support and resources, and you are young and naturally more open to learning. If you invest time in developing your study skills now, you’ll be enjoying the rewards for the rest of your life. In school you also have the time to develop learning skills. Many adults are sadly too busy to develop learning skills once they start work.
Today you cannot assume that completing a course will give you qualifications that will see you through your career. Change is unpredictable and you must be ready for it. In fact, there is no profession that doesn’t require continuous learning. But this is not something to be scared of. All you need to do is to develop learning skills and learn how to learn so that you are ready to keep yourself up-to-date with changes that come your way. Be open-minded, have the right attitude, and be ready for the next challenge.
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¨ People in the past often ___2.____ to the same job from graduation till retirement. |
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¨ People today need to learn new things ____3.____ on the job. ¨ Going back to school to learn new things becomes common practice. |
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Effective lifelong learning includes much essence. |
¨ Collecting formal qualifications. ¨ Forming habits that are ____4.____ in studying. ¨ ___5.___ attitudes that make you receptive to learning. |
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Study habits and attitude needed for successful lifelong learning |
¨ Time management ¨ Note taking ¨ __6.___ and writing ¨ Being open-minded |
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____7.____ for school being the ideal place to gain lifelong learning skills. |
¨ Learners have support and resources when in school. ¨ Learners in school have far more time to develop learning skills, _____8.____ with adults who have left school. |
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How to be a lifelong ___9.__ |
¨ Be ready for the unpredictable changes. ¨ Have learning skills __10.__ and learn how to learn. ¨ Be open-minded, have the right attitude, and be ready for the next challenge. |
Colleges may try to do a lot to prepare students for study abroad – telling about culture shock, warning about homesickness, recommending books about the country. But when it comes to adjusting to campus life when they return, schools haven't done as much, even though the transition is sometimes almost as difficult.
"They can feel disoriented and depressed. They find things are not exactly the way they were when they left," said Antonio Jimenez, director of the Center for International Affairs at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California, US. "They find that people don't care much about their experiences."
Some colleges are now rethinking their approach to study abroad, recognizing that students might need almost as much help adjusting to life back home as they did getting ready to leave: students experience a sort of reverse culture shock when they return to the US.
They might be troubled by the wealth and waste they see back home or they might feel homesick for their new country and its customs. And when they try to talk about their experiences, people quickly lose interest, especially if they haven't lived abroad themselves.
Down the road, they also might find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience that an employer finds attractive.
Some California universities have organized conferences to help students make the most of their time abroad. During a one-day event, students learn how to adjust after living abroad, talk about their experiences and incorporate them into their lives and future careers.
Blythe Cherney, 22, a senior who has studied in Thailand and Britain, found the workshops helpful.
"Any experience abroad does have an effect on you," Cherney said. "When you come back, it's important to talk about it, especially with people who know what you've been through."
Yet most universities focus more on preparation than reorientation. When students return, they might have a welcome home reception. But for the most part, universities figure students can fend for themselves.
1.Which of the following is NOT the trouble that students face when they return from studying overseas?
A. Culture shock B. Homesick for their new country
C. Losing interest in their homeland D. Difficult transition
2.The wrier is _________ the help colleges offer for the students when they return from studying overseas?
A. pleased with B. dissatisfied with
C. indifferent with D. proud of
3.The underlined word “workshops” refers to _________.
A. conferences where people share their experiences
B. buildings where machines are made
C. shops where books are bought
D. labs where experiments are conduct
4.After the students come back_________.
A. They will easily find a good job.
B. People are very interested in their experiences.
C. They have to waste time and money.
D. They are confused and disappointed.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Overseas students experience culture shock in foreign countries.
B. Some universities offer to help students in need.
C. Returned students find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience.
D. Returning from studying overseas, students face more trouble than they expected.
