Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户） where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7----that’s 24 hours a day, 7days a week!
It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers:
·No account keeping fees!
You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there is no account keeping or transaction fees!
·Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄） without taking them out in a month.
·Convenient!
Teenagers are busy. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone or the Internet...You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!
·Maga magazine included!
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parents or guardians (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!
1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for__________.
A. parents B. teenagers C. winners D. adults
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?
A. Special gifts are ready for parents.
B. The bank opens only on work days.
C. Services are convenient for its members.
D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.
3.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must__________.
A. be an Internet user. B. be permitted by your parents.
C. have a big sum of money. D. be in your twenties.
4.What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club. B. To provide part-time jobs.
C. To organize key-cards. D. To introduce a new banking service.
5.The Winners Club provides magazines which________.
A. encourage spending B. talk about the management of the bank
C. are full of adventure stories D. help to make more of your money
It started off as part of French military training and has since evolved as a sport, founded by Sebastian Foucan and David Belle, to encompass a wide variety of techniques, philosophies and exercises. Park-our now enjoys the devotion of many die-hard fans across the world and has been the source for much inspiration.
But what is park-our? It is the art of using only your body to navigate from Point A to B in the least time possible, which involves besides leaping, climbing and sprinting, various unusual and complex movements to overcome barriers. Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that’s pork-our, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Park-our is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Park-our can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see much more in park-our than that.
To overcome all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念)behind park-our. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in park-our and never fall back from them in your life to reach the destination successfully. A park-our lover said, “I love park-our, because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”
Another philosophy we’ve learned from park-our is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself so that you earn energy and confidence.
1. Park-our has become popular throughout the world because of ________.
A. its founder, David Belle B. the film, Casino Royale
C. its risks and tricks D. the varieties of participants
2.The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A.streets B. objects C. barriers D. roofs
3.As its participants move around a city, _________.
A. they can ask for help B. they may choose to escape
C. they should run to extremes D. they must learn to survive
4.Which of the following is TRUE about park-our?
A. It challenges human abilities. B. It is a good but boring sport
C. It needs special training D. It is a team sport
5.Which of the following is the philosophy of park-our?
A. Sports and extremes. B. Excitement and freedom.
C. Dreams and success. D. Self-confidence and freedom.
One day, Mary asked her mother, “Mum, what do people mean by saying they have a skeleton(骨架）in the closet(衣橱)?” Her mother paused thoughtfully and said, “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick my family?” Mary’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now.” Mary cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was quiet. Mary’s parents were quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Mary’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Mary’s mother sank into a faint(晕倒), waking only when Mary put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Mary. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Mary looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re crazy,” she thought.
1.According to Mary’s mother, “a skeleton in a closet” means _______.
A. a family honor B. a family wealth
C. a family story D. a family secret
2.What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A.They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
3.Mary’s mother fell down into a faint because she was_________.
A. knocked B. terrified C. injured D. surprised
4.Why did Mary bring a skeleton home?
A. She was curious about it. B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task. D. She intended to scare her parents.
5.Mary’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because________.
A. They were mentally ill.
B. They were over happy.
C. They understood what had really happened.
D. They both thought they had won the quarrel.
在英语课上，你喜欢你的老师授课时只用英语，还是英语、汉语兼用？ 某英语杂志社就此话题邀请中小学生发表看法。请你围绕“How do you prefer your English classes to be taught? In English only, or in both English and Chinese?” 这个问题，参考所给要点，选择一种授课形式，写一篇英语短文。
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授课形式一： 只用英语 优点：有助于提高听说能力等…… 缺憾; 不易听懂等…… 结论：…… |
授课形式二：英语、汉语兼用 优点：易于理解等…… 缺憾：英语氛围不浓等…… 结论： …… |
注意：
词数100—120，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：atmosphere 氛围
I prefer my English classes to be taught in __________________________________
This afternoon I went to see my grandfather by a bus. It was very crowded and I had to stand. Besides me there was a woman held a little boyin her arms. In front of her, a young man occupies two seats, pretending to be sleeping. I heard the little boy curious asking his mother, “What’s wrong with the uncle?” I had thought if perhaps the woman would blame the man. Beyond her expectations, the woman answered with a smile, “Be quiet. This uncle must very tired because of hard work.” The young man must haveheard the word. His face turned red and offered one seat for the woman at once.
Love and Friendship
They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? _1. _
What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. 2. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.
_3. _ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. __4. __ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.
Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. _5. __ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.
A.What about love?
B.My answer is “Yes”.
C.Let us try and understand.
D.Friendship does not have that.
E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.
F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.
G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.
