I created a writing group at my school this year, and it has become a hit with all students who enjoy writing. Now students of the group make rapid progress in their writing. Let me share a few tips that you can use to start your own writing group.
Set up separate groups for different ability levels
You probably don’t want to mix a gifted eighth grader with a second grader who writes very little. In a larger school, you could have a beginner group, a more advanced group, and a publishing group. Members can move to more appropriate groups if they are not comfortable in the current one.
Advertise the group in different ways
Send advertisements home with students, and put an advertisement on the school website or in the school newsletter.
The first meeting should be very open
At the first meeting, you should tell the students that this group is all about them. It is not a class, not a grade and not a requirement. Then tell them what some other writing groups do, and ask what they would like to do.
Set up a time to meet once or twice a month
It is important that students bring their writing with them. The group could go in any direction: criticize each other’s work, read your writing aloud, read silently, publish your work in a booklet (小册子), play creativity games or do an online chat with a published author.
It will take a little while to find out what works best for your group
Search for creativity exercises and role plays. You might even be able to set up a special section of your school’s website just for your writing group.
1.The purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. introduce how to start up a writing group
B. offer some advice on how to teach writing
C. train highlevel students to start up a writing group
D. compare different tips on starting up a writing group
2.What does the underlined word “hit” probably mean?
A. problem B. test C. tool D. success
3.Which of the following is NOT the activity of a writing group?
A. Practice role plays.
B. Meet a published author.
C. Criticize each other’s work.
D. Play creativity games.
文理分科几乎是每一个上过普通高中的学生都要面临的一个重要选择。近日，关于高中阶段是否文理分科的话题再次引起热议，社会各界反响不一。请你根据下表所列情况写一篇短文，客观地介绍议论情况，并谈谈你的见解。
支持的理由 | 减轻学生学习负担，让大家集中精力学好自己喜欢的科目 |
反对的理由 | 学生知识体系不完整，将来就业难度大 |
你的观点 | ……(至少两点) |
注意：1．词数：150左右。
2．短文的开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数内。
3. 包含所有要点,可以适当发挥。
4．参考词汇：文理分科 dividing of science and art
学习负担 learning burden
知识体系 knowledge system
Dividing of science and art is an important choice for every senior high school student.
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根据首字母和汉语意思完成单词，使句意完整。
1.Over the past years, scientists have made many great b___________ in science and technology.
2.Tourists are not allowed to take photographs here without p_________.
3.My father coughs frequently as a c___________ of smoking.
4.Some people have wrong a________ towards people with disabilities.
5.In society, some greedy businessmen hide from their r___________ and only worry about money.
6.In general, girls are more __________ （敏感的）to what comments other people will make on them.
7.He is such a _________ (可信赖的) young man as everyone can depend on.
8.It’s really annoying to be _________(背叛) by your close friend.
9.He is so determined a boy that he must have enough courage to _______ (克服)the difficulty.
10.In her __________ (判断),it was a wrong thing to give children so much pocket money.
请认真阅读下列短文，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。
注意：请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
How to Survive Embarrassing Moments
Have you ever done something embarrassing? At that moment, you probably wished you could disappear into thin air. Unfortunately, embarrassing things happen to everyone at one time or another. The good news? You can keep the damage to the minimum．Here's some help．
Laugh it off
You're staring at your crush （意中人） so hard that you walk into a wall．You trip over your own feet and drop all your books．The best thing you can do? As long as you're not seriously hurt, laugh it off．Say like "Hey, I can teach you to do that if you want to!" or "It took me years to learn that!" By laughing at yourself, you show people you're confident and still in control of the situation．That's bound to make a stronger impression than the fact that you dropped a stack of books．
Move on
Some situations are too personal to laugh off．Your underwear falls out of your backpack. Your bathing suit falls off in the pool．You pass gas while giving a presentation．Making a joke would just call more attention to what happened — and that's the last thing you want．What now? You can just pretend nothing happened and go back to what you were doing, or you can acknowledge it with a "Oh, that was awkward" and then move on．
If there's a joker who thinks it's a good idea to point out how badly you just embarrassed yourself, fix him with a glare and then go back to whatever you were doing．Tell yourself he's a little bug on the ground, not even worth thinking about．Remind yourself that it's over, done．Move on．
Apologize and move on
Some embarrassing situations pack a double punch．Not only do you embarrass yourself, but you make someone else feel bad．You say to a friend that another friend is such a copycat, and then realize the copycat is standing right behind you．You imitate your teacher's unusual accent just as the teacher walks in．Now you're embarrassed and they're mad or hurt．
Making a joke now would make the situation even worse, so don't go there．Although you might feel like running away or even crying, neither of those responses will make you look better．Instead, apologize, "I'm so sorry．That was really mean of me．"
If you've been disrespectful to a teacher or a parent, accept whatever consequences without complaint．If you've hurt a friend, do your best to make it up to them．Once you've done all you can to make things right again, move on．If someone else brings it up, just say, "I feel bad enough about that —can we just let it go, please?"
The next time you're stuck in an embarrassing moment, remind yourself that you're a strong person and you can get through this．Stay calm and act confident and the moment will pass．
Topic | It is true that we cannot1.____________ getting embarrassed. | |
2.________ on how to keep the damage to the minimum |
Laugh it off | Laugh it off3.________ you are seriously hurt. Laughing at yourself helps show your 4.__________, which will make a deeper impression than your embarrassment. |
Move on | In some embarrassing situations, you can just move on after 5. _________ it with a “Oh, that was awkward.” If someone points out your embarrassment and laugh at you, 6. _______ at him and continue what you are doing. Tell yourself that those who laugh at you are not 7._________ of your consideration. | |
Make an 8. _________ and than move on | If you show disrespect for teachers or parents, face consequences rather than 9. ________. Make things right again and move on. If someone else 10.________ your mistake, tell him that you hope to let it go. | |
Conclusion | Stay calm and act confident and you’ll survive embarrassing moments. | |
Many of us have heard stories about teachers who can “see” into a student’s future. Even if a student is not performing well, they can predict success. We are convinced that this ability, this gift, is evidence that they were “called to teach” . If the gift of sight is evidence, how greater must be the gift of touch. I have a story.
I grew up in the fifties in a poor African American neighborhood in Stockton, California, that had neither sidewalks nor an elementary school. Each day, always in groups at our parents’ insistence, my friends and I would leave home early enough to walk eight blocks to school and be in our seats when the bell rang. For four blocks, we walked on dusty roads. By the fifth block, we walked on sidewalks that led to lovely homes and to Fair Oaks Elementary School. It was at Fair Oaks, in a sixth grade English class, that I met Ms. Victoria Hunter, a teacher who had a huge influence on my life.
During reading periods, she would walk around the room, stop at our desks, stand over us for a second or two, and then touch us. Without saying anything to us (nothing could break the silence of reading periods), she would place two fingers lightly on our throats and hold them there for seconds. I learned many years later when I was a student at Stanford University that teachers touch the throat of students to check for sub-vocalization (默读), which slows down the reading speed. I did not know at the time why Ms. Hunter was touching our throats, but I was a serious and respectful student and so, during silent reading period, I did what Ms. Hunter told us to do. I kept my eyes on the material I was reading and waited for her to place her fingers lightly on my throat.
One day, out of curiosity, I raised my head from my book — though not high — so that I could see Ms. Hunter, a white woman from Canada, moving up and down the rows, stopping at the desks of my classmates. I wanted to see how they reacted when she touched their throats. She walked past them. I was confused. Did she pass them by because they were model students? What did we, the students who were touched, not do right? I sat up straighter in my chair, thinking that my way of sitting might be the problem. I was confused. Several days later, I watched again, this time raising my head a little higher. Nothing changed. Ms. Hunter touched the same students. Always, she touched me.
She touched me with her hands. She also touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve. She motivated me by demanding the best from me and by letting teachers I would meet in junior high school know that I should be challenged, that I would be serious about my work. I am convinced that she touched me because she could “see” me in the future. That was true of all of us at Fair Oaks who sat still and silent as Ms. Hunter placed her fingers lightly on our throats. We left Fair Oaks as “best students,” entered John Marshall Junior High School, finished at the top of our high school class, and went on to earn graduate degrees in various subjects. Ms. Hunter saw us achieving and she touched us to make certain that we would.
I was not surprised that she came to my graduation ceremony at Edison High School in Stockton or that she talked to me about finishing college and earning a Ph. D. She expected that of me. She gave me a beautifully wrapped box. Inside was a gift, the beauty of which multiplies even as it touches me: a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life.
1.According to the writer, what is a special ability many good teachers possess?
A. The ability to make all students behave well.
B. The ability to treat different students in the same way.
C. The ability to discover a student’s potential to succeed.
D. The ability to predict the near future of a poor student.
2.According to the passage, how did Ms. Hunter motivate the writer?
A. By correcting the way she sat.
B. By having high expectations of her.
C. By sending her a valuable necklace.
D. By communicating with her parents often.
3.What does the writer mean by “a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life” (paragraph 6)?
A. A gift which encourages me to do well on the journey of my life.
B. A gift which becomes more and more valuable as time goes by.
C. A necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life.
D. A necklace which suits me and adds to my charm.
4.Which of the following serves as the best title for the story?
A. Ms. Hunter’s Surprise B. Ms. Hunter’s Challenge
C. A Teacher’s Touch D. A Teacher’s Memory
The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: it’s a personal toilet called the pee-pool, Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, is the inventor of the pee-pool.
He became interested in the idea of sanitation(卫生设施) after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities, One of the most common problems he found in developing countries was the lack of toilets, He wanted to do something to help, So working with others, he started the project in 2005, and the next year started a company called Peepoolple.
The toilet is a single—use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics, The inside is treated with urea （尿素）, a chemical commonly used as fertilizer, The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste turns into what is needed by plants The sanitation process can be as soon as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks ,You can just bury it in a pot and grow whatever you like.
The company expects to start selling the bags in August in Kenya and Bangladesh, But it is just beginning production and sales in Nairobi now, Full production could reach about half a million bags a day and people may be able to buy the pee-pool in countries Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.
The United Nations says more than two and a half billion people around the world do not have good sanitation .Many have no choice but to use the outdoors, which is not only bad for the environment ,but also harmful to people’s health, Each year, poor sanitation leads to three fifths of those people getting an infectious disease which on average causes one out of 1,000 patients to die.
Jack Smith, the founder of the World Toilet Organization, says “This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are living in the modem world, And strangely, many of them own televisions, phones but have no toilet.”
1.What was the original purpose of Anders Wilhelmson in starting the company?
A. To protect the local environment
B. To earn a lot of money from the project
C. To do research on the social development
D. To help solve the problem of lack of toilets in developing countries
2.What can be learned about the pee-pool from the passage?
A. It can be used over again
B. Its sanitation process doesn’t last long
C. It works better in summer than in winter
D. It should be buried in a pot after being used
3.The underlined word “This” in the last paragraph probably refers to
A. the outdoors being damaged
B. many places being shout of toilets
C. many people having TVs and phones
D. many people getting an infection disease
