In this information age, there are plenty of mindless activities to keep a child busy. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Alice wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.
As a writer, I know about winning contests---and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children.
A revelation(启示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously(自发地)told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
1. What do we know about the author’s own writing experience?
A. She was constantly under pressure to write more.
B. Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations.
C. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
D. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
2. Why did Alice want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A. She wanted to share her stories with readers.
B. She had won a prize in the previous contest.
C. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
D. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
3.The underlined sentence probably means that the author was .
A. trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own life
B. helping her daughter develop real skills for writing
C. making sure that her daughter would win the contest
D. trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished
4. What does the writer mean to tell us in the last two paragraphs?
A. Children need more room to develop.
B. Parents should co-opt children’s experience.
C. Children should be provided enough help.
D. Parents need to remind their children of their own choices.
Death is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two phases --- clinical or temporary death and biological death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.
Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleep. By slowing down the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological death.
To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.
1.For a person who suffers from the clinical death
A. his most important organs are damaged.
B. he still has the possibility of getting back to life.
C. he can not avoid final death.
D. he is still very much alive
2.Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to
A. slow down the body’s metabolism.
B. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life.
C. cool the organism.
D. delay the coming of biological death.
3. How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?
A. By putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her blood.
B. By surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her blood.
C. By lowing her blood pressure and stopping her heart from beating.
D. By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing.
4. All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fact that
A. her heart beat again.
B. she regained her normal breath.
C. she rejected a penicillin injection.
D. she acted as lively as a healthy monkey.
A
THIS WEEK’S TOURS of CATTY SHACK
Thursday, January 8, 2015—Daytime Tours
Hours: 1:00~4:00 PM, last admittance at 3:15 PM
Admission: Adults: $10
Children (3~11): $5
2 & Under: Free
Purchase Tickets:
Tickets may be pre-purchased up to 24 hours prior to the event by using the button below. Tickets may also be purchased at the ranch—cash, credit Visa, Mastercard & Discover are accepted forms of payment at the ranch. Tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded. No reservations required.
Enjoy a leisurely, guided tour of our sanctuary and see all the residents (Siberian tigers, lions, cougars, black leopards, a bobcat, a coatimundi and foxes)! Tours last approximately 45 minutes.
Saturday, January 10, 2015—Night Feeding Tours
Hours: Gates open at 6:00 PM. Tours from 6:00 PM -7:00 PM. Last admittance at 7:15 PM. Feeding begins at 7:30 PM.
Admission: Adults: $15
Children (3~11): $10
2 & Under: Free
Purchase Tickets:
Tickets may be pre-purchased up to 24 hours prior to the event by using the button below. Tickets may also be purchased at the ranch — cash, credit Visa, Mastercard & Discover are accepted forms of payment at the ranch. Tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded. No reservations required.
Enjoy a guided tour of all the residents (Siberian tigers, lions, cougars, black leopards, a bobcat, a coatimundi and foxes) at our sanctuary! Tours begin at 6:00 PM and leave approximately every 15 minutes. Tours last about 45 minutes and include a viewing of all our residents, as time allows, along with facts about the animals. To see the feeding, we suggest everyone arrive at the ranch by 7:15 PM to allow for adequate time for check-in and walking to the feeding point. At 7:30 PM, you will get to watch over 450 pounds of meat distributed throughout the sanctuary! Get ready to see their “wild” side — there’s sure to be plenty of roaring!
To learn about more upcoming tours, you can click on the calendar event listing for full details.
1. A couple with his son aged 6 who will attend Daytime Tours on January 8 will pay ______.
A. $10 B. $15 C. $ 20 D. $25
2. From the text, we can know all EXCEPT ______.
A. admission cost B. event description
C. special comments D. visiting hours
3. Which of the following about Night Feeding Tours on January 10, 2015 is WRONG?
A. Tickets are non-refundable.
B. Visitors can feed the animals in person.
C. Guide is available during the tours.
D. Visitors can’t be allowed in after 7:15 PM.
4. Where can you find the text?
A. On the website. B. In the textbook.
C. In the magazine. D. On the poster board.
假定你是李华，对中国传统医药很感兴趣。你获悉中国药学家屠哟哟因发现了青篙素被授予2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。请给你的美国朋友David发一封邮件分享此消息。信件须包括以下内容：
心情：骄傲和激动。
评价：她找到了治疗疟疾的方法，数千万人从中受益。
志向：立志考入屠哟坳的母校北大，造福人民。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好。
参考词汇：
1．药学家：pharmacologist
2.青篙素：artemisinin
3. 2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖：The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
4.疟疾：malaria
Dear David,
短文改错：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（
），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In the past, my hometown was very small. People there lived poor life and the houses.were very old and shabby, even some of which were shaking in the wind. As for the traffic，it was very inconvenient that almost no tourists came.
However, there has been many changes in my hometown until now . Life has become better．The houses become larger and brighter，but more people get their own cars. Everywhere is decorated with green trees and beautiful flowers and grass. What's more，thousands of tourist from the world came here every year, that is really splendid. I believe my hometown will become more and more developed and beautifully. Everything in it will represent the advancing science and technology. At the same time，I will always keep it in my mind that my hometown must be greater in the future.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you have sleeping problems？Then these tips may help you fall asleep fast.
Set aside the thought 1. you have to fall asleep. The more you think 2. it, the more you can't sleep.
The foods you eat also play 3. important part. Avoid eating or drinking foods or things like chocolates, coffee, tea and energy drinks. If you have to, then have them in the morning and never in the afternoon, 4. (especial) before going to bed. Don't eat too much at night ft full stomach will make you more difficult 5. (fall) asleep because your body is working～time to digest the food you ate.
Make a 6. (fix) time when to go to bed. For example, by 9 o'clock in the evening you should already be in bed. Do this even if you're not sleepy yet. Once 7. (follow) this routine, you will gradually See that you feel 8. (sleep) when it's 9 o'clock.
Make your room comfortable for sleeping. You should also take note that the sleeping environment also affects you sleep. It must be in the room 9. it's not noisy. Dtherwise, you-will find 10. difficult to fall asleep again after waking up.
