School children are using mobile phone applications to do their homework, which seem to be increasing during summer vacations. But instead of blaming students for their behavior, we should say no to too much homework. This is important because by using mobile phone applications to do their homework, students don't add much to their knowledge, says an article in Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News. Excerpts (摘录):
Using mobile phone applications to do homework is no different from copying from someone else's work. This is the opinion of a vast majority of teachers. Students who seek cell phone apps help to do their homework will pay dearly during major exams when they cannot seek the help of such applications, the teachers say.
The heavy load of homework Chinese students are burdened with, said to be the heaviest in the world,has led to the popularity of these applications.
Senior high school students in China rarely go to bed before 11 pm. A report in Shanghai published in2013 showed that students in the city on average spend 28.2 hours in class every week, the 9th highest among 65 countries and regions surveyed. Also, they spend an average of 13.8 hours a week doing homework, most in the world.
There is no association between the amount of homework one does and the amount of knowledge one gathers. In fact, a research by Australian experts shows that the result is exactly the opposite: the more hours students spend doing homework, the less effective they will be in gaining knowledge.
The United States is one of the countries where students do little homework, but that has not damaged the country's academic status in the world.
So, it's time Chinese schools understood this fact and freed students of the unnecessary burden of homework.
1.What’s the writer’s attitude toward the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework?
A. Supporting B. Understanding
C. Scolding D. Praising
2.The cause of the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework is______.
A. the heavy burden of homework
B. the advance of modern technology
C. the pressure of the students’ parents
D. the influence of other countries
3.What does the underlined phrase “pay dearly” mean?
A. be rewarded B. be dismissed
C. provide much money D. suffer a lot
4.Which of the following is probably the best title?
A. Free kids of the burden of homework.
B. Stop using mobile phones to do homework.
C. Spend less time to gain much knowledge.
D. Improve China’s academic status in the world.
Why read, and sometimes even write poetry? That question is not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs.
I sing when I feel good. When I sing my favorite songs, I feel even better. Sometimes when I am listening to music and to the song words, I feel that it was written for me. A good song always makes me feel something. There are songs that I sing in my head between classes and songs that I want to sing when the school bell rings by the end of the day. They help me get through the day.
They are like bright and warm colors in the middle of grays and shades. I like songs about love and friendship. The extraordinary thing is that my feelings are more special when I sing my favorite songs in English.
I also like reading. I used to avoid poetry until an e-friend told me I should recite poems and not look up the meaning of the words. Poetry uses many difficult words and idioms, but the best thing is to just forget about them. In the beginning I felt quite strange. Now I always lock the door. Reading aloud gives you a strange feeling, but when you have some practice and fall into the rhythm, and the sounds of the words, it is really a special experience.
I started with small poems, but now I think I most like long poems. I have different feelings with different poems. When I have had a bad day at school, I read Keats and forget everything. When I am sad I read Wordsworth by the light of a candle. When the poem is finished, I close the book and my sadness is gone.
1.According to the writer, _______.
A. people like poems the same way they enjoy songs
B. poetry is the same form of art as songs
C. people always feel the same while reading poems
D. the meaning of words is the key to appreciating poetry
2.Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?
A. Songs are like different colors in different times.
B. Songs can help people better understand colors.
C. Songs can describe a mixture of different colors.
D. Songs can bring people warmth and comfort.
3.What we can infer from the passage is that______.
A. the writer likes singing songs aloud at any time
B. songs and poems can help get over bad emotions
C. the writer’s native language is English
D. the writer like songs better than poems
4.What can we know about the poems of Keats and Wordsworth through the passage?
A. Keats’ poems are full of bad feelings.
B. Wordsworth’s poems contain much sad description.
C. Both of their poetry can create positive feelings.
D. The themes of their poems are not different at all.
The message what the "Eat up All on Your Plate" campaign tries to convey is not new. Our ancestors had poems about the importance of frugality (节俭) in the consumption of food. But it makes a lot of sense when many are yet to have the awareness that food waste borders on a crime.
The campaign has been started online and thousands of people have answered the call. Many restaurants have joined the program by announcing that customers are encouraged to order half a dish and take home what they can't finish.
However, it is estimated (估计) that 50 million tons of grain are wasted every year in China, enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
True, official banquets (宴席) paid with public money contribute much to such waste. But it is important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. We need to develop the habit of never ordering or cooking more than we can eat and feeling guilty when we dump our leftovers.
Many people have a bad habit of entertaining guests with more than enough food, believing that they have not satisfied their guests' appetites if there is no food left on the table. In fact, to be a good host they order more than their guests can possibly eat and their guests eat more than they want out of politeness.
Such a mentality needs to change. People need to be made aware that it is impolite to force guests to eat more than they are comfortable with and it is insensible and uncivilized to waste food. Even if one is wealthy, ordering more than one can eat is a bad way to show off one's wealth.
1. The writer thinks the campaign "Eat up All on Your Plate" makes sense because______.
A. some people have some bad eating habits
B. some officials are wasting a lot of food
C. wasting food is still rather common in China
D. saving food is a traditional virtue of China
2.The writer shows how serious the problem of food waste is by_____.
A. Using examples
B. Offering figures
C. Comparing
D. Analyzing people’s attitude
【小题3The problem of food waste can be handled only when_______.
A. officials are forbidden to eat out with public money
B. more similar campaigns like this one have been started
C. restaurants don’t serve all the food people have ordered
D. everyone takes action to fight against food waste
假设你是小王，你的笔友Kate给你来信。请你针对信中Kate遇到的问题进行回复，给她提出建议。
Dear Xiao Wang，
How are you?
I am having trouble with my deskmate Jenny at the moment. Last week，we had a maths test. The test was important and everyone had prepared for it except Jenny. During the test，she asked me to help her. I refused and didn’t let her copy from my paper. As a result，she failed the test. She is angry with me and hasn’t talked to me since then. Now I don’t know how to deal with this problem. Can you give me some advice?
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours，
Kate
词数120左右(开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数)。
Dear Kate，
I’m sorry you are having trouble with your friend. Here are some tips that may help you.
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Best wishes.
Yours，
Xiao Wang
单句翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
1.全家人都还没睡，因为他们担心她的安全（be concerned）
2.这是他第一次自己洗衣服（It is … time that…）
3.昨天爸爸问我和同学相处得怎么样(get along with)
4.我们有许多工作要做，所以我们要很好地利用时间( make use of)
5.是我的姐姐想到了这个主意。(强调句型, come up with)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将相应答案写在答题纸上。
At the end of the 16th century, most of the people____1._spoke English lived in England. The language did __2.__ begin to be spoken in many other countries until the 17th century. Nowadays, more people speak English than ___3._____ before. However, English __4.____(change) over time. The English __5.__(speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was based more _6.__ German than the English we speak at present. Then from about AD800 and 1150, new settlers who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. They enriched __7.__ English language and especially its vocabulary. ___8._ (gradual), English became less like German. In 1620 some British people moved to America and ___9.__ (settle)there. Later in the 18th century some British people __10.__(take) to Australia too. English began to be used in both countries.
