To pay to see that movie seems foolish ________ you can see it on television for free.
A. before B. though C. when D. once
Experts believe that ________ warm and comfortable bath seems to be a perfect way for a patient to recover from ________ fear of losing control of himself.
A. a; the B. the; / C. a; / D. the; a
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假如你是李华，下星期六是你的生日，你准备在家开一个生日晚会，并邀请部分同学和外国朋友参加，晚会7：30开始。你家住在英才路（Yingcai Road）228号，乘3路或16路公共汽车在衡水中学站下车。你家就在车站的对面。房子是红色的。门是白色的，很容易找到。请根据所给信息，给你的好友Jack写一封邀请信。
注意： 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。
September 11, 2013
Dear Jack,
Next Saturday will be my birthday.________________________________________
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Best wishes.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
Dear Peter,
I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged﹀you to stay with．
Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own．Apart from the convenient public transportation, our private car will make your visits difficult．Because all the family members can speak fluently English and have outgoing personalities, I’m sure you will have no trouble to communicating with them．Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience．In addition, the hostess cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food．
Hope you enjoy your stay here.
Yours,
Li Hua
Africa is a very diverse land with many different tribes. One tradition that many of these groups share is painting or marking their bodies and faces in color. They do this for many reasons. Some marks are used to identify people as part of a group. ____1.___ Let’s look at some different examples of body painting.
____2.___ Among the Masai of East Africa, when men are old enough to marry and make decisions for their people, they participate in a special ceremony in which they paint their heads and faces red. This ceremony takes place every seven to fourteen years, so there is not an exact age for participating in it. The Samburu, also from East Africa, like to paint their faces and hair red because they think it looks attractive.
____3.____ To show that he has killed a lion, a man will paint his body with a natural white material, making special marks to represent this accomplishment. The Masai men also use this white to show that they are no longer boys and are considered adults.
One quite unusual example of face painting is done by the Wodaabe people of West Africa. Once a year, they have a beauty contest for men. ___4.___ Then they add white and black circles and lines. Black paint is used near the eyes and on the lips to draw attention to the whiteness of their eyes and teeth, which the Wodaabe consider most beautiful.____ 5.__.
As you travel, enjoy the beautiful and bright colors of Africa.
A. Red is the common color in body painting because it often represents health and long life.
B. Other marks are used for ceremonies such as weddings and during times of war.
C. The ceremony expresses hope for rain.
D. The Masai men also have a unique way of showing that they are brave.
E. The women then decide which man they like best.
F. The men pretend to fight each other.
G. The men paint their faces yellow and red.
“A very disruptive(调皮捣蛋的) six-year-old child kicked my legs and clawed at my hand,” said one teacher. “ I broke up a fight and was kicked between my legs,” said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.
Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But with rights come responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of ignoring the latter.
Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough, but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behaviour of their parents.
My members tell me that parents also come into school often and threaten staff and some staff have been attacked by a pupil’s parents. One father encouraged his child to start a fight on the playground before school started. A primary teacher reported that a parent shouted at him. We need to have a serious and sensible debate about the roles and responsibilities of parents and the support that they can reasonably expect of schools and teachers.
Children will not learn how to behave as social beings if they are stuck in front of the TV for hours every day. They need their parents to show an interest in them and to spend time with them, helping them to play with their peers(同龄人) and to learn the rules of social behavior.
Children are now arriving at school socially undeveloped, increasingly unable to dress themselves, unable to use the toilet properly, unable to hold a knife and fork and unused to eating at a table, Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, writes in today’s Observer. Instead of taking responsibility themselves, too many parents expect teachers to control their children’s behaviour and wellbeing, she adds. Bousted says one mother blamed staff when she discovered that her 16-year-old son was smoking.
We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed(沉迷于) in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.
Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children's behaviour and sticking to those boundaries. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources — time — so that children come to school ready and willing to learn.
1.In the opinion of the writer, what problem do people ignore?
A. The violence in the school
B. The study pressure of students.
C. The responsibilities of the students
D. The right to achieve students’ potential.
2.The underlined part in Paragraph 7 means _____.
A. parents care little about children’s life at home
B. parents and children live in their separate rooms
C. children don’t live with their parents in the same house
D. children live a different life from that of parents at home
3.The author’s attitude to the behaviour of parents may be ______.
A. dissatisfied B. indifferent
C. understanding D. tolerant
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that ______.
A. teachers have no responsibility for playing the role of parents
B. schools can’t correct the wrongs that society does to teachers
C. students are responsible for making themselves known in society
D. parents should spend time with children to make them ready to learn
