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According to a recent survey,violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also 1.(express) their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole society will pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.
Nowadays,school violence is 2.hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon（现象）,3.calls for our great concern. We should make every effort 4.(prevent)violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school 5.their personal safety could not be guaranteed（保证）. In fact,violence can be learned. Children learn violent behavior from adults or from 6.they see on television or on the Internet.
If I meet with school violence,I will not answer violence 7.violence,for it will result in 8.(much)fighting. I will tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well 9.they will protect me from the bad guys.
All in all,every student should behave 10.(he) and keep away from violence.
I was six years old. It was Halloween. The school was having its annual Halloween parade(游行) to ______ it. All the kids would march a few ______ through the neighborhood.
“Just buy him a costume,” my father said. “ It doesn’t cost much.”
But no, my mother decided, ______ it was my first parade, she would ______ me a costume: the mummy(木乃伊), my favorite scary character.
She ______ white rags(布片) and old towels and wound them ______ me, holding them in place with safety pins. Then she arranged the rags with toilet paper and tape. It took a long time, but I was still ______ enough to see the result. When she finished, I could ______ wait to look in the ______. I was a mummy! I moved back and forth in front of it ______.
“Oh, you’re very scary.” my mother said.
She drove me to school. We started our parade. The more I walked, the ______ the rags got. Then, about two blocks out, it began to ______. The next thing I knew was that the toilet paper was beginning to dissolve (溶解). ______, the rags became even looser and fell to my ankles, wrists, and neck and you could see my undershirt and under pants, which made me extremely ______.
“Look at Charley!” the other kids screamed. They were ______. I was burning red. I wanted to escape, but where did you go in the middle of a parade?
When we ______ reached the schoolyard, I was all wet, with a mess of rags and toilet paper pieces. The parents were waiting there with ______, starting to take photos of us. I saw my mother first. As she spotted me, she ______ her hand to her mouth. I burst into ______.
“You ______ my life!” I cried.
1.A. congratulate B. celebrate C. honour D. spend
2.A. blocks B. houses C. schools D. roads
3.A. unless B. although C. as if D. since
4.A. rent B. buy C. make D. borrow
5.A. cut up B. put up C. set up D. turned up
6.A. above B. on C. around D. beneath
7.A. upset B. patient C. stubborn D. grateful
8.A. seldom B. hardly C. only D. nearly
9.A. rags B. shirt C. eyes D. mirror
10.A. hurriedly B. sadly C. excitedly D. seriously
11.A. tighter B. heavier C. looser D. bigger
12.A. rain B. blow C. snow D. thunder
13.A. As a reward B. As a result C. At an end D. as usual
14.A. shocked B. frightened C. disappointed D. embarrassed
15.A. laughing B. jumping C. cheering D. crying
16.A. sadly B. gradually C. proudly D. finally
17.A. pictures B. cameras C. towels D. dogs
18.A. raised B. dropped C. tied D. fastened
19.A. flames B. laughter C. tears D. song
20.A. lighted B. started C. rebuilt D. ruined
How You Can Create Luck in Everyday Life
Having a positive way allows you to create your own luck in everyday life. Here are some tips.
Be Grateful For What You Have
Some people are already lucky, and they just don’t know it.1.You no doubt have some wonderful friends, family, a roof over your head and food on the table. By recognizing these things regularly, you can immediately feel more lucky.
Network
2.Knowing different people can make you get access to skills, opportunities, connections and more. You never know what wonderful chances each individual could bring to you or how they might enrich your life, until you get to know them.
Be Generous (慷慨的)
If you ever want other people to give you opportunities, you have to consider what sort of atmosphere (气氛) you are putting out into the world.3.Be generous with your time and attention, and you’ll be surprised how many lucky opportunities people may offer you.
Try Something New
Luck doesn’t just happen upon us.4.Trying something new is a great way of getting more opportunities. Learning a new skill, visiting a new place, or trying a new hobby are all great ways of expanding your opportunities and your state of mind.
Take Action
You’ll never create any luck if you sit there waiting for it to fall onto your lap. Take steps towards your goals and dreams and greet every challenge with a positive state of mind.5.
A. It comes to us when we’re open.
B. You cannot expect to receive if you never give.
C. Be grateful for the good that came from your past.
D. You will find you can create more luck in everyday life.
E. Sometimes peoples would be prepared to help us out.
F. The more people you connect with, the luckier you will be.
G. Instead of focusing on what’s lacking, look at how lucky you already are.
Although his 1-year-old smart-phone still works perfectly, Li Jijia already feels the need to replace it. “There are many better ones available now. It's time to upgrade(更新)my phone.”
Li’s impatience is shared by many. Shortly after the season when new products are released(发布,发售), many consumers feel the urge to upgrade their electronic equipment, even though the ones they have still work just fine.
As consumers’ minds are occupied by Apple’s newly- released products and debate whether the Google tablet is better than the new Amazon Kindle, it might be time to take a step back and ask: “Do we really need the latest upgrades?”
According to Donald Norman, an American author, “planned obsolescence (淘汰)” is the trick behind the upgrading culture of today’s consumer electronics industry.
Electronics producers strategically(战略性地) release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.
“This is an old-time trick---they’re not inventing anything new,” Norman said. “This is a wasteful system through which companies--many of them producing personal electronics-- release poor-quality products simply because they know that, in six months or a year, they’ll put out a new one.”
But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Norman admitted, “We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.” In its most recent year, Apple's profit margin(利润) was more than 21 percent. At Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC maker, it was only 7 percent.
Apple’s annual upgrades of its products create sales of millions of units as owners of one year’s MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version(版本), even when the changes are slight.
As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his smart-phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When they are switching to the latest equipment, he worries about feeling left out.
“Some games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you don't join in, you lose part of the connection to your friends.”
1.What’s the author’s attitude towards people’s greed for new products?
A. Supportive. B. Satisfied.
C. Critical. D. Unclear.
2.How do the electronics companies successfully promote their latest products?
A. They make a fool of customers by recycling their old products.
B. They make full use of the “planned obsolescence” strategy.
C. They control the customers’ way of thinking while shopping.
D. They invent new products to attract the youth like Li Jijia.
3.Why is Apple Company interested in producing latest version of its product?
A. To provide customers with better service.
B. To defeat other competitors like Hewlett-Packard.
C. To establish a favorable image of itself among its customers.
D. To make huge profits(利润) out of its business.
4.It can be inferred (推断)from the last two paragraphs that Li Jijia feels the need to replace his smart- phone because of_____.
A. peer pressure B. new psychology
C. life style D. friends' expectation
Earthquake rescue robots have experienced their final tests in Beijing.Their designers say with these robots,rescuers will be able to buy more time to save lives during an earthquake.
This robot looking like a helicopter,is called the detector-bot.It’s about 4 meters long,and it took about 4 years to develop the model.Its main functions are to collect information from the air,and send goods of up to 30 kilos to people trapped by an earthquake.
This robot has a high definition 360 degrees panoramic (全景) camera.It can work day and night and will also be able to send the latest pictures from the quake area.
Dr.Qi Juntong,Chinese Academy of Science,said,“The most important feature of this robot is that it doesn’t need a distant control.We just set the destination (目的地) information on it,and then it takes off,and lands by itself.It flies as high as 3,000 meters,and as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.”
This robot has a different function—it can change as the environment changes.Its main job is to search for any signs of life in places where human rescuers are unable to go.
As well as a detector (探测器) that finds victims and detects poisonous gas,a camera is placed in the 40 centimeters long robot, which can work in the dark.
Another use for the rescuers is the supply bot.With its 10-meter-long pipe,people who are trapped in the ruins,will be able to get supplies including oxygen and liquids.
Experts have said that the robots will enter production,and serve as part of the national earthquake rescue team as soon as next year.
1.According to the passage,this robot_______.
A. is carried by the helicopter
B. weighs about 30 kilos
C. hasn’t been put into production so far.
D. is a machine with a length of 10 meters
2.Dr.Qi Juntong thinks this robot is different from the others mainly because_______.
A. it has more functions
B. it has a unique shape
C. it has more advanced cameras
D. it can work by himself once given the information
3.The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 6 refers to_____.
A. a detector B. a camera
C. a rescuer D. a supply
4.The text is mainly about__________.
A. an introduction to the robot
B. what the robot looks like
C. how the robot is made
D. information about earthquakes
When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modem society, two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist.
According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post, the tragedy occurred on the afternoon of December 14, 2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water.
More than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children.
Two children were quickly rescued, but the third died. The child’s body was not found for three hours. Two of the rescuers, Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao, also died of cold and exhaustion(筋疲力尽).
The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day.
A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake. When they heard the children’s cries for help, they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children. But the ice kept breaking, causing most of them to fall into the icy water.
Local residents held mourning ceremonies (祭奠仪式) at the lake.
Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation, but their lives were no longer in danger.
1.The underlined word “occurred” here means_____________.
A. employed B. mixed
C. guided D. happened
2.When the three school students fell into water, the university students were___________.
A. taking photos at the lake B. skating on the ice
C. having a picnic D. walking along the lake
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The university students didn’t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake.
B. Hao Longbiao’s body was found on December 14, 2002.
C. Three students died on the same day in all.
D. Local residents were not brave in face of danger.
4.It can be inferred that _________.
A. people think little of the two university students’ death
B. the ice on the lake wasn’t strong enough to skate on
C. some students regretted for what they had done
D. heroes don’t agree with the steps of modern times
