In ______ recent online survey over 60 percent of the 4, 000 participants did not agree with ______ policy to charge so much import tax.
A．the; a B．the; the C．a; the D．a; a
高中学习任务繁重，因此同学们对于参加学校活动有着不同的看法，请以“Taking Part in School Activities”为题，根据下表提示，并结合自己的见闻，用英语写一篇150词左右的短文（开头已写好，不计入总词数）。
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现象与看法 |
观点与理由 |
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许多同学对参加学校活动很感兴趣 |
1. 从课本上学习并不是唯一的任务，应该抓住每个机会来获得实践知识 2. 长时间学习之后，筋疲力尽，可以通过参加学校活动来放松自己 3. 有更多机会与人交流，结交更多朋友 |
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不少同学不愿参加学校活动 |
1. 应该充分利用时间来学习，提高学习成绩 2. 学校活动与他们未来的发展没关系 |
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我的看法 |
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Taking Part in School Activities
The study burden tends to be heavier and heavier for high school students. So they hold different views about whether they should take part in school activities.
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1.However, by the latter half of the14th century, English ________(come) into widespread use among all classes in England.
2.There’re nearly 400 different types of sharks, but only about 30 types are known _______(attack) human beings.
3.The next morning Mrs Brown found the poor man _________(lie) in the street, dead.
4.He is the only one of the students who_______(be) the winner of scholarship for 3 years.
5.When it comes to ________(bring) up children, some people say strict control produces well-behaved children.
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注意：每空只填1个单词
1.We should try to ______ (使结合) work with pleasure.
2.He __________（分析）the food and found that it contained poison.
3.A British club arranged for high school students to go to places where there are lost __________ (文明).
4.The Normans, a French-speaking people who defeated England made __________ (贡献) to the development of the new type of English.
5.Socrates’ way of _______(接近) the truth is now called the Socratic Method.
6.The children _________(恐慌) when they realized they were lost.
7.I don’t know his password, so I can’t have a________ to his computer.
8.His lie was so touching that many of his friends f__________ for it.
9.These words have similar meanings. I really have difficulty d_____one from another.
10.U________, his computer crashed the moment it was most needed.
请认真阅读短文，并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。每个空格只填一个单词。
Back to School: Why Grit(毅力) Is More Important than Good Grades?
The back-to-school season is upon us, and once again, parents across the country have loaded their kids’ backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies. It’s a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.
American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year. The educational process feels more than ever like a race, one that starts in pre-school and doesn’t end until your child is admitted to the perfect college. Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their children’s grades, test scores and IQ. And what we don’t think about enough is how to help our children build their character—how to help them develop skills like perseverance, grit, optimism, conscientiousness, and self-control, which together do more to determine success than S.A.T. scores or I.Q.
There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our children’s school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills. If you’re concerned only with a child’s G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. With real challenge comes the risk of real failure. And in a competitive academic environment, the idea of failure can be very scary, to students and parents alike.
But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character. A recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. “Overcoming those obstacles,” the researchers assumed, “could teach effective coping skills, help engage social support networks, create a sense of mastery over past adversity, and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”
By contrast, when we protect our children from every possible failure—when we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper; when we urge them to choose only those subjects they’re good at—we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and don’t know how to overcome them.
In the classroom and outside of it, American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. In the meantime, giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.
Back to School: Why Grit Is More Important than Good Grades?
Common phenomena ◆Parents throughout America(1) their kids’ backpacks up with snacks and school supplies.
◆Many American parents don’t(2) enough importance to their kids’ character building.
The writer’s(3) ◆Parents should pay more attention to their kids’ character building.
(4) and research findings ◆Parents’ anxiety about their kids’ performance may(5) them from learning some valuable skills.
◆Parents concerned only with a kid’s G.P.A. are (6) to minimize the challenges the child faces.
◆Adults who have experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood are (7) and more confident than those who haven’t.
◆Denying kids character-building experiences can(8) in difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood.
The writer’s suggestions ◆(9) kids to be risk-takers.
◆Give kids room to experience(10) .
Ever tried taking smart drugs to perform better in exams? They certainly work. Before last summer's exam, a few of my mates, merely out of curiosity, took a considerable amount of Modafinil, a drug normally used for narcolepsy(嗜眠发作症). Guess what? While I was feeling sleepy, bored by revision, my mates were more focused.
Modafinil is a smart drug that gives a user a feeling of staying awake for hours. It also sharpens the mind, improves memory and helps problem-solving.
But it does more than just keeping you awake. It disturbs your mental system, making you desperate to do what you are doing. You just don't want to do anything else but revise all the time non-stop.
A recent study discovers that healthy people use smart drugs, like Modafinil, to get down to and complete tasks they have been putting off, because these tasks seem more enjoyable when taking these drugs. This might sound like what a stressed student desires. However, the pills have a range of side-effects.
"At present no evidence shows that these drugs are safe in healthy people," as a medical expert puts it, "Ordering online, though easy, is a dangerous way to obtain drugs. You never know what you're actually purchasing. "
In my experience, Modafinil changes people's behaviour too. Over those weeks my friends became different people—in turn aggressive, cold. Even eating became "a waste of time" and so did conversation.
A BBC survey found that of those who had tried smart drugs before, 92% would do so again. My friends say they'd happily do so without considering the practice a form of cheating.
I admit I was curious—but not enough to try it. Seeing the strange behaviour of other users, I feel a little bit upset and scary. Modafinil may promise to change your grades, but it might also change the way you act. Don't say you haven't been warned!
1.According to the author, his mates took Modafinil for the purpose of______.
A．escaping from reality B．getting better exam results
C．curing their narcolepsy D．leading an active life
2.Taking the smart drug can lead to ______.
A．cheating in the exam B．dropping out of school
C．youth crime(犯罪) D．drug addiction(上瘾)
3.What does the author think of his mates' taking the smart drugs?
A．Worrying. B．Inspiring.
C．Acceptable. D．Reasonable.
4.Which statement about Modafinil is wrong?
A．Modafinil sharpens the mind and helps problem-solving.
B．Modafinil more than just keeps you awake.
C．Modafinil has a range of side effects.
D．Modafinil is safe in healthy people.
5.Who are the target readers of this passage?
A．Teachers. B．Doctors. C．Scientists. D．Students.
