Li Hua is currently studying at Cambridge,UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security. Her friend,Kate,found this article and sent it to her.
Introduction
A lot of crime is against bicycles.About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found.You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.
Basic Security
Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places.Always lock your bicycle when you leave.Secure it to lampposts or trees.Take off smaller parts and take them with you,for example lights and saddles(车座).
Locks
Get a good lock.There are many different types in the shops.Buy one that has been tested against attack.Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop.
Marking
Security marking your bike can act as a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle.It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number.This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.
Registration
There are a number of security companies who will help mark your bicycle for you.They will then put your registration number and personal details on their computer database.Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.
Finally
Keep a record of the bicycle yourself:its maker,model and registration number.You can even take a photograph of it.This will prove the bicycle belongs to you.
1.Which part of the text gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it?
A. Basic Security. B. Marking.
C. Registration. D. Locks.
2.The underlined phrase“act as a deterrent to a thief”means ________.
A. help you recognize your bike
B. help the police find your bicycle
C. stop you worrying about your bike
D. stop someone stealing your bicycle
3.The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle ________.
A. in the bike shop and your computer
B. by yourself and in a security company
C. in a security company and your university
D. in the police station and a security company
社交网络高度发达的今天，越来越多的人用手机给自己拍照片并分享到互联网上，请就此现象写一篇150词左右的短文，内容包括:
“自拍”现象 | 无处不在，日益流行…… |
流行的原因 | 展示自我，吸引关注…… |
促进交流，增强友谊…… | |
软件众多，方便使用…… | |
你对“自拍”的看法 | ……（至少两点） |
参考词汇:selfie （自拍；自拍照） application （应用软件）
注意:
1. 词数150左右。开头已经写好, 不计入总词数。
2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
“Selfie” has become a well-known term across the globe.
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单词填空。根据所给首字母或汉语意思，用单词的正确形式填空。
1.Please read the i____________ on the bottle of the medicine carefully and pay attention to the amount and the time to take the medicine.
2.C___________ in large quantities, alcohol will do great harm to the liver.
3.An online survey c__________ in January indicated that the public are most concerned about income contribution, social security and corruption.
4.She made fun of people’s shortcomings with s__________ (讽刺的，讥笑的) remarks.
5.Babies of two months old do not appear to be r_________(勉强的，不愿意的) to enter the water.
Time management refers to managing time effectively so that the right time is allocated to the right activity. Time management is essential in every field of life because time is the precious resource one needs to accomplish a task. Every single moment that passes once will never come back again. Time management helps you do your task in time and use your time more productively. It helps you to identify the useless activities which can be avoided and how time can be saved. It helps you allocate proper time for a task and perform the task more efficiently.
A student’s daily routine is filled with a lot of activities. Some are related to his studies, some are essential for his life and some are for entertainment or physical fitness. Still some activities have no use and just waste time. Similarly if the number of the activities for entertainment exceeds what is reasonable, they waste the time of a student. These activities include using the internet for chatting, playing games, watching movies or listening to music for hours on end. Such activities are called “distracters” which distract one from one’s real purpose.
Games and physical exercise are important for a student because they keep him fit in body and mind but game time should be controlled as it may waste his time.
No one wastes time intentionally. Time is always wasted in an insensible way. That’s why a student is aware of it until the days of exams come. So it is better to use the present time more effectively than cry over what you’ve done in the future.
As for a student, time management compromises (包括) various steps. It is not only necessary to allocate time for different subjects but also to identify right time for each such subject. What’s more, to identify the distracters which become causes of wastage of time is of significance as well.
Take a pen and sheet. Write down all the activities you do in your daily routine. Calculate how much time you have for your studies other than other activities. Determine how much time a subject can take out of your total study time. See which subject need more time.
Time management
Definition | You manage your time effectively for the 1. of giving the right time to the right activity. |
Significance | ●It is essential in every field of life because of the 2. of time. ●It helps you do your task in time, use your time more productively, 3. wasting time, give proper time to a task and perform the task more effectively. |
4. | ●Identify all the activities in your daily routine and remove 5. ones. ●Strictly 6. time spent on activities for entertainment. ●Games and physical exercise are helpful to keep you fit physically and 7., but the amount of time spent on them should not exceed what is reasonable. ●Time is always wasted in an insensible way, so take care. ●Manage the present time more effectively in order not to cry over the 8. in the future. |
Steps | ●9. all the activities in your daily routine. ●Calculating how much time you need for your studies other than other activities. ●10. time for different subjects. ●Identifying the right time for each subject. |
When a big exam is coming up, you probably feel anxious about any wasted time and want to begin school as soon as you probably can.
But tens of thousands of British high school students will soon be getting up later. They’re taking part in a new experiment by Oxford University to see if later classes can improve their exam results.
Grades 10 students in the UK have to take the nationwide General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams. They have to pass these exams in order to study more advanced courses, and later apply for universities.
The Oxford University project means that GCSE students from more than 100 schools across England will start school at 10 am, more than one hour later than the current start time (8:50 am).
The project is based on scientific evidence that teenagers are “out of sync(同步)” with traditional school hours, the Telegraph reported. And what they need is more sleep in the morning.
“We know that something funny happens when you’re a teenager, in that you seem to be out of sync with the world,” said professor Colin Epsie, who is leading the study. “Your parents think it’s because you are lazy and opinionated（固执己见的）and everything will be OK if you could get to sleep earlier. But science is telling us that teenagers need to sleep more in the mornings.”
Everyone follows a natural cycle of sleep and wakefulne ss. Biology has decided that teenagers go to sleep around midnight and don’t feel fully awake until 9-10 am, according to scientists. That’s two hours later than adults. And their body clocks stay like this until the age of around 21 for males, and 19 for females.
“Society provides school for learning, but the brain provides sleep. So we are exploring the possibility that if you delay the schools start time until 10 am, that will improve learning performance,” said Epsie.
The results could be positive, based on previous studies.
An early study at the UK’s Monkseaton High School in 2009 found that starting an hour later improved grades in core subjects by 19 percent.
The Oxford project is expecting to publish the results in 2018. It’s time to wait and see whether scientists will give us an excuse to get up late.
1.According to the article, students who take part in the Oxford University project _________.
A. will start school one hour earlier
B. will no longer have to take GCSE exams
C. will perform better academically than those who don’t participate
D. will be guaranteed more sleeping time in the morning
2. The underlined phrase “out of sync”in Paragraph 5 probably means _____________ .
A. breaking the habit of doing something
B. getting used to doing something
C. having no idea of something
D. having trouble keeping up with something
3.We can infer from the article that _______________ .
A. the Oxford University project is targeted at all British high schools
B. getting up late is a sign of laziness in the eyes of most British parents
C. children and adults have different natural cycles of sleep and wakefulness
D. there is still no scientific evidence that supports a late school start time
4. What is the author’s attitude toward the Oxford University project ?
A. Critical B. Optimistic
C. Doubtful D. Uninterested
5. What’s the best title of the article ?
A. Wake up late to excel
B. It’s never too late to learn
C. The later you get up, the better you’ll learn
D. An excuse to get up late
According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the U.K. has about 7.8 million families with dependent children, of which 3.7 million have just one child, compared to 3 million with two and 1.1 million with three children or more. The number of families today with just one dependent child is now 47 percent and will likely rise to more than 50 percent in a decade. As the ONS confirms, “It appears that families are getting smaller.”
One obvious reason for this could be that women are putting off having children until they have established careers when they are bound to be less fertile. But it could just as well be a matter of choice. Parents must consider the rising cost of living, combined with economic uncertainty and an increasingly difficult job market. And this trend may continue growing as having an only child becomes more normal, which seems to be the mood on the mothers’ online forum Mumsnet, where one member announced that she “just wanted to start a positive thread about how fab it is to have an only child”.
She had received 231 replies, overwhelmingly in the same upbeat spirit. Parents of only children insist there are plenty of benefits. Nicola Kelly, a writer and lecturer who grew up as an only child and is now a married mother of one, says her 15-year-old son seems more grown-up in many ways than his contemporaries.
Not all products of single-child families are as keen to repeat the experience. In a moving recent account journalist Janice Turner wrote about her own keenness to “squeeze out two sons just 22 months apart” as a reaction to her only-child upbringing.
She was placed on a pedestal by her doting parents, whom she punished with a “brattish, willful” rejection of everything they stood for. Desperate for a close friend she was repeatedly shattered by rejection and refers to her childhood as being “misery”.
Writer and clinician Dr. Dorothy Rowe, a member of the British Psychological Society, says that we all interpret events in our own individual way and there are some children who no matter what their circumstances feel slighted, while other children see the advantages of their situation.
However, the one part of life that is unlikely to get any easier for only children is when they grow up and find themselves looking after their own parents as they become older.
1.The passage is written with the purpose of ___________________.
A. illustrating the strength and weakness of having an only child
B. guiding people to look at the same issue from different perspectives
C. analyzing the reasons why having an only child becomes popular
D. presenting us with different opinions about having an only child
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Nearly half of families intend to have just one child.
B. Some people fail to recognize the advantage of having an only child.
C. All people don’t stand for the idea of having an only child.
D. People brought up in an only child family resist downsizing the family.
3.From what Dr. Dorothy Rowe said, we know that _____________________.
A. it’s necessary for us to look at the event from our own angle
B. journalist Janice Turner experienced a miserable childhood
C. she has a positive attitude towards Janice Turner’s reaction
D. some are unable to make an objective assessment of their conditions
