The Hunan Satellite TV (HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of“Lost on the way”played by nanny (保姆式的) daddy and cute kids triggered(触发)a lot of people’s emotional resonance(共鸣). Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand, the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand, they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV show that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34. We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility for raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go, and society will go where the children go.
1.Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.
B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.
C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.
D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.
2. In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.
A. play computer games with their children
B. break down the barrier between children and teachers
C. balance well between family and career
D. keep their children at home to avoid socializing
3.What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the passage?
A. Optimistic. B. Proud.
C. Negative. D. Worried
4.Which one is the best title of the passage?
A. Confusion behind “Where are we going, dad?”
B. Modern Education is Important
C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids
D. New Problems in Modern Children’s Education
Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife Mac kenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Mac kenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it was really a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted (萦绕) by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.
1.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?
A. His dream of being an inventor.
B. The support of his wife.
C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.
D. The successful boss that he admired.
2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?
A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.
B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.
C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.
D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.
3.We can know from the passage that ________.
A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author
B. the author might not regret if he failed the attempt
C. the author wanted someone else to try the idea
D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Cleverness and Kindness
B. The Starting of Amazon
C. Following My Passion
D. We Are What We Choose
书面表达
假定你是李华,贵校在学生中征集意见,询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂(iPad classrooms)。你支持开设iPad课堂;请给校长写一封建议信,要点如下:
1. 资源丰富;
2. 促进交流;
3. 利于环保;
4. 其他理由。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头语已为你写好。
Dear Headmaster,
We have been asked about our opinions on opening iPad classrooms.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错
短文中共有10处语言错误,每句话最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在此处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出增加的词;
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉;
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在其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(从十一处起)不计分。
Everyone has a dream. We are on the way to achieve it whether the way is smooth or toughly. As senior 3 student, I have the same dream as my classmates that I can be admitted to an ideal university. In the past three years, I have done everything I can to equip myself with that I have learnt from my teachers. Not only have I enjoyed the pleasure of study but also I have got closer to my dream. Anxious and pressure did discourage from me at times. Besides, with the encouragement of my teachers and classmates, I think I’ll make it.
I’m sure that there has still a long way to go to achieve my dream. No matter how challenged it is, I’ll make it come true. As the proverb said,” Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
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。
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds 1. (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, 2. (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many 3._ (original), some religious , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in _4. (memorize) of their ancestors. People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music _5. they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. 6._ this important feast day, people eat food in _7._ shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had 8. origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's festival, __9. they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's _10. (depend) from Britain.
完形填空,阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
We all often deal with people who complain about the failures and troubles of their daily lives. Life ________ to be full of problems for them. I would like to think such a life ________ unusual. If there were no problems in your job, then your ________ would hire a much less capable person than you to do the things that don’t ________ much thought. In the business world, those who are able to solve difficult problems are the ones who are the most ________ to the employer.
Many times the problems or challenges we face ________ us to grow and become more capable. The runner who ________ for the mile run in the Olympics by running downhill will have no chance of winning the medal ________ . The runner who trains by running uphill is far more likely to ________ the speed and endurance(忍耐力) needed to win the medal.
The ________thing that ever happened to boxer Gene Tunney was that he ________ both hands in the ring. But at that time his manager felt that he could________ again punch(重击) hard enough to be the heavyweight champion. Instead, Tunney ________ that he would become a scientific boxer and win the title as a boxer, not a slugger(重击者). Boxing historians will tell you that he developed into one of the best boxers who ever fought. They ________ will tell you that as a puncher, he would not have had a chance ________Jack Dempsey, who was considered by many to be the hardest ________ in heavyweight history. Tunney would never have been champion ________ he had not had the problem of his broken hands.
The ________ time you meet with a difficult climb, obstacle or problem, you should ________ and say, “Here’s my chance to __________.”
1.A. seems B. pretends C. agrees D. hopes
2.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
3.A. teacher B. employer C. father D. doctor
4.A. give B. receive C. offer D. need
5.A. famous B. valuable C. strange D. difficult
6.A. ask B. warn C. force D. order
7.A. trains B. leaves C. looks D. waits
8.A. in all B. after all C. above all D. at all
9.A. beat B. stop C. lose D. develop
10.A. worst B. best C. easiest D. fastest
11.A. held B. raised C. broke D. touched
12.A. never B. always C. often D. even
13.A. promised B. explained C. decided D. answered
14.A. still B. already C. hardly D. also
15.A. against B. for C. on D. with
16.A. worker B. student C. hitter D. trainer
17.A. unless B. if C. because D. so
18.A. first B. other C. last D. next
19.A. smile B. stand C. change D. speak
20.A. win B. grow C. increase D. perform