Rosie Dutton, a teacher from Relax Kids in Tamworth, UK, used two apples to show her students the often unseen but harmful effects of school bullying(校园欺凌). She posted the lesson on Facebook, where it's been shared more than 160,000 times.
Rosie Dutton explained that during one of her classes she presented the children with two red apples. What the kids didn’t know was that before the lesson, she had repeatedly dropped one of the apples on the floor. And yet, on the outside at least, both apples looked perfect.
“I picked up the apple I’d dropped on the floor and started to tell the children how I disliked this apple,” Dutton wrote. “I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either, so they should call it names too.”Some of the children looked at her as if she were “crazy”, but the students passed the apple around the circle, calling it names.
Continuing the exercise, the teacher then passed the second apple around the circle. This apple, however, was showered with words like: “Your skin is beautiful,” and “ what a beautiful colour you have.”
Dutton then showed the students both apples once again, stressing that “there was no change, and both apples still looked the same.”
Finally, Dutton cut both apples open. The apple that the class treated kindly looked fresh inside. But the other apple—the one they’d treated poorly —was bruised（瘀伤的) beneath its skin.
“I think there was a light bulb moment for the children immediately,” Dutton said. “When people are bullied, especially children, they feel horrible inside and sometimes don’t show or tell others how they are feeling. If we hadn’t have cut that apple open, we would never have known how much pain we had caused it.”
Dutton explained how important it is to teach children to stand up for one another, and to stop any form of bullying.
“Let’s create a generation of kind caring children,” the teacher wrote. “The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.”
1.What had the teacher done to the first apple before the lesson?
A. She had introduced it to the kids.
B. She had coloured it brightly.
C. She had made it look perfect.
D. She had damaged it purposely.
2.What does the underlined part “calling it names” (Para. 3) mean?
A. Shouting at it. B. Making fun of it.
C. Cheering for it. D. Saying rude things.
3.What did the teacher tell the kids to do with the second apple?
A. Drop it. B. Praise it.
C. Ignore it. D. Respect it.
4.What’s the purpose of the teacher’s using two apples in class?
A. To draw the kids’ attention.
B. To explain her personal preferences.
C. To help the kids understand the results of bullying.
D. To make a comparison between them.
环保部目前发布《中国环境噪声污染防治报告（2016）》，披露了全国城市噪声环境现状以及噪音防治工作的总体状况，其中，全国最“吵”的地方，并非京沪等特大城市，而是贵阳。请写一封信到市长信箱，内容应包括：
1.表达对贵阳面临的噪音问题的担忧；
2.分析造成该问题的原因（如车辆增加、城市建设等）；
3.提出适当建议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mayor,
Recently, the environmental protection department has issued a report
_____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假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。每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：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As a student, I can tell you that there is nothing better than praised by my teacher before my classmates. Never will I forget one experience in an English class last year.
I felt extreme nervous the instant the class began. Mr. Zhang might announce the exam result and I would probably get scolding as before. Surprisingly, when entering the classroom, he glanced at us, saying gently, “Today, I won’t talk about the exam, but I am excited to tell you what Li Jia wrote an excellent English article in the exam.” At hearing what he said, I was so excited that I couldn’t hold back my tear. It was the first time that I have got praised. From then on, I fell in love with the English. I’m grateful to Mr. Zhang. Without her praise, I couldn’t have gone such far in my English study.
Today, enjoy the highlights of Shanghai, China's most 1.(energy) city consisting of people from different parts of the world. Your tour will begin with a tour of Old Shanghai, a 2.(mix) of pretty narrow streets, traditional Chinese stores, and restaurants selling delicious dumplings, 3.is the original pre-war Shanghai. Dating back to 1911 Shanghai, Old Town, was a walled city made up 4.(main)of fishermen, but the walls of the city 5.(tear) down to allow free movement and easier trade. Continue through the Old Town, 6.you’ll find the Yu Garden there, first 7.(establish) in the Ming Dynasty by a Mandarin named Pan Yunduan, who used to be the governor of Sichuan. The Yu Garden is considered 8.the best garden in Southeast China, and enjoys 9.history of over 400 years long. A large-scale restoration of the Yu Garden was conducted 10.it opened to the public formally in 1961.
Sleeping in Class
I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had_________most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just _______ my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling _______and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a _______. A few minutes’ nap time before class couldn’t_______, I thought.
Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart _________ quickly trying to find the cause of the _______. My young professor was looking back at me with a _______, boyish smile on his face. He had _________ dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto Ms desk. “Good morning!” he said, still smiling. “I’m glad to see everyone is ________. Now let’s get started.”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the shock of my professor’s textbook__________either. It was ________from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. I________the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ________and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than ________ in class that day, too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it ________, and make it an ________ of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. What a beautiful world we could ________ if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love. Don’t sleepwalk your way through life then. ________! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is ________short not to live it well.
1.A. used up B. stayed up C. mixed up D. taken up
2.A. before B. during C. after D. over
3.
A. lighter and lighter B. wider and wider
C. smaller and smaller D. heavier and heavier
4.A. pillow B. bed C. tool D. waste
5.A. break B. shock C. hurt D. pass
6.A. jumping B. striking C. moving D. beating
7.A. accident B. lesson C. action D. noise
8.A. sad B. evil C. naughty D. silly
9.A. intentionally B. accidentally C. naturally D. obviously
10.A. present B. awake C. sleepy D. attentive
11.A. bomb B. instructions C. alarm o’clock D. hitter
12.A. even B. instead C. still D. therefore
13.A. left B. attended C. missed D. entered
14.A. smarter B. stranger C. braver D. prettier
15.A. not talking B. not learning C. not fighting D. not sleeping
16.A. with effort B. with pressure C. with desire D. with joy
17.A. aim B. expression C. acceptance D. offer
18.A. describe B. create C. change D. ruin
19.A. Cheer up B. Hurry up C. Wake up D. Look up
20.A. so B. as C. too D. such
How to Cure a Stomach Ache
When your stomach is upset, it is difficult to concentrate or even get through your day. If you wish to cure a stomach ache and keep it from coming back, follow these steps.
1. 1.Don’t start treating until you know the source of your pain. Your stomach is a big area so start by pinpointing your pain. Is there tightness in your lower abdomen or intestines? Or is there a burning high in your stomach?
2.Stay hydrated. You need to drink water every day, no matter what. Dehydration can cause your stomach ache, tightness in your intestines and constipation. Drinking proper water each day helps your body function properly.2.
3.Eat some crackers. Often pain in your stomach is caused by hunger or something disagreeable you have eaten. Fill the hunger with a few crackers to take the edge off. The crackers will also provide something to mix with any bacteria or other disagreeable items you may have consumed.
4.Relax. 3.Stand up to stretch, and take a walk to relax. This will also help loosen any tension your stomach is holding due to the ache you feel.
5.Maintain a regular high-fiber diet. When your stomach aches often you need to take a look at your diet. 4.If your digestive system is not working with a steady flow you will back up and feel the pain. Consuming high fiber foods will help you regulate your digestive system.
6.Wait it out. Sometimes whatever is ailing you just needs to work its way out of your system. 5.
A. Without it your stomach is the first to feel pain and tightness.
B. Find out the source of your ache.
C. Put away the spicy dishes and any other foods that cause your stomach upset.
D. Stress is bad for your stomach.
E. Give your body the chance to work itself out by eating mild, healthy meals.
F. They check your fiber intake.
G. Then check your fiber intake.
