假如你是晨光中学的学生会主席李津，你校学生会将于下周二下午四点在学校报告厅
举行英语口语大赛，你去拜访校国际部外教 Mr. Green，恰巧他外出，请根据以下要点给他 留一封短信。
1. 邀请 Mr. Green 做评委，告知比赛时间、地点；
2. 告知评委的工作内容(如就选手的发言提问并点评等)；
3. 询问赛后他是否有时间辅导前两名选手参加市级比赛。
注意:
1. 词数不少于 100；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇:
参赛选手:contestant
Dear Mr. Green,
I came to your office to visit you.
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Yours
Li Jin
阅读下面短文，并根据题目要求用英语回答问题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。
When people think of New York City, most of them probably picture the attractive lifestyles of the rich and famous or think of Broadway, Times Square and other tourist attractions. However, there is another side of New York City. The summer after tenth grade, I went with my group on a mission trip to New York City for a week.
I had always known that poverty existed in major cities, but I had never seen it to a degree as high as we did there. We worked at several different locations with our small groups. One day, we served at a soup kitchen and what I saw astounded me. I couldn't believe my eyes. We saw people from all walks of life. We met people who came there because they had no job, no home and no money.
Another day, we volunteered at a homeless shelter. We helped people there do some cleaning and spent time talking to them and listening to their stories. It was incredible to see how thankful they were to us for just spending a couple of hours talking to them.
Every person we met on that trip had a unique story. Whatever their stories were, there was a common thread we saw in them — hope and thanks. These were people who had nothing and yet they were so hopeful about their futures and they were thanking us.
My experience during that summer changed my life. I used to picture my future as containing a big house and a lot of money, but now I see my future as helping others. After college, I would really like to work for some sort of global aid organization that deals with social issues, such as poverty and homelessness.
1.What do most people have in mind when thinking of New York City? ( No more than 10 words )
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2.What does the underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 2 mean? ( 1 word )
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3.What did the author discover in the people at the homeless shelter? ( No more than 15 words )
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4.What kind of organizations does the author want to work for after college? ( No more than 10 words )
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5.How does the author’s experience inspire you? ( No more than 20 words )
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Nowadays, cars are playing an increasingly important role in daily life and many societies would stop functioning without them. So, the claim that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by governments but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2040 all cars will be computerized, which will mean extremely large fuel savings, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself and it will not be owned by one individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says cars will be fitted with intelligent cruise control devices to regulate the distance between one car and another. Brakes and accelerators will become redundant(多余的)because the car will automatically speed up or slow down to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people so that the roads can be made the best of.
By 2030 Dr. David Davis believes car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions by projecting an image of the road ahead onto the car’s windscreen. And by 2040 cars will travel in convoy(组队) linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow(牵引) bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the ordinary fuel” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”
1.We learn from the passage that governments and car manufactures .
A. don’t believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020
B. are devoted to the technological innovation (创新) in car industry
C. consider the predictions made by the researchers seriously
D. have put the super-intelligent car into mass production
2.Which of the following will NOT be the characteristics of the cars of 2040?
A. There will be no brake and accelerator in cars. B. We will own as many cars as we want.
C. All cars will be driven by computers. D. Car accident will no longer happen.
3.Davis believes that the present car culture will change because .
A. cars play an important role in daily life
B. many societies would stop working without cars
C. cars should not be owned by one individual
D. it causes more and more pain to human society
4.Which of the following sentences can explain better use of roads by 2040 mentioned in the passage?
A. Computer-driven cars can drive much closer together than cars driven by people.
B. Motorists can have a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions are.
C. Cars will travel in convoy linked to each other by an electronic tow bar.
D. Intelligent cruise control devices can regulate the distance between one car and another.
5.What will happen if cars are linked to each other electronically in 2040?
A. Motorists will get a clear view of the road.
B. The weather conditions won’t have effect on motorists.
C. There will be a decrease in the pollution caused by car.
D. All trains will burn less fuel than present.
The reason is that college students today can’t do math, and one line of reasoning goes. Or they don’t know science. These are all good theories, but the problem with these young adults’ unemployment goes way beyond a lack of STEM (科学) skills.
A survey by the Workforce Solutions Group at St. Louis Community College finds that more than 60% of employers say applicants lack the ability to communicate and get along with others — a jump of about 10 percentage points in just two years. A large number of managers also say today’s applicants can’t think creatively, solve problems or write well. Jobs are going unfilled as a result, which hurts companies and employees. The annual global Talent Shortage Survey from Manpower Group finds that nearly 1 in 5 employers worldwide can’t fill positions because they can’t find people with soft skills.
One thing that does appear to make a difference is internships(实习). More than 80% of employers want new graduates they hire to have completed a formal internship, but only 8% of students say interning in a field related to their major is something they spend a lot of time doing. Instead, the top extracurricular(课外的)activities are hanging out with friends, working in an unrelated job and eating out.
And all internships are not created equal. Overall, only about half of college graduates say they’re prepared for the work — and the number of bosses who think they’re prepared is lower than 40%.
Among students who don’t intern, only 44% consider themselves ready for the job market. That improves for students with unpaid internships; 58% say they’re prepared for the workplace. But among students who complete paid internships, that number jumps to 70%. None of the students think they’re entirely prepared for the workforce, but they’re a lot more confident than the managers surveyed. Part of the problem is that you don’t know what you don’t know, as the saying goes.
Harris Interactive found a huge gap between students’ view of their abilities and managers’ view of those same skills such as financial skills. It’s just hard to teach these skills, experts say. “It is hard to correct a lifetime of bad habits in a short period of time,” Roderick Nunn, vice chancellor for economic development and workforce solutions at St. Louis Community College, tells St. Louis Beacon.
1.What does the underlined phrase “soft skills” refer to?
A. Math and science skills.
B. Flexibility and interpersonal skills.
C. The skills of finding jobs.
D. Creativity and skills of communicating with employers.
2.What do most new graduates think of their internships?
A. They should do as their employers expect.
B. They should have their free life out of the work time.
C. They shouldn’t spend too much time on the field related to their major.
D. They feel prepared for the jobs during internships.
3.What does the saying “you don’t know what you don’t know” indicate?
A. Students with different internships judge their abilities differently.
B. Students learn much from internships and think more differently from before.
C. Students are unaware of what the employers think they are lacking.
D. Students don’t know much about the job they are working on.
4.The passage mainly talks about .
A. different views about new graduates’ skills
B. new graduates’ performance in their internships
C. how new graduates can meet their employers’ needs
D. the real reason why new graduates are unemployed
5.The purpose of the passage is .
A. to describe B. to explain C. to inform D. to argue
A number of Cypriots gathered in order to hear three speakers share their experiences and thoughts on the damage of sites and monuments of Cypriot cultural heritage in the occupied north.
According to the latest reports, 575 churches have been desecrated(亵渎), 19 have been damaged and 41 have been used in unacceptable ways. But a group of devoted Cypriots have tried to actively show that they don’t stand such contempt(轻视)for a country’s history and tradition.
One of the speakers, Glafkos Kariolou, spoke about the need for the locals who have been forced to flee their home due to the Turkish attack on Cyprus to gradually “re-root” themselves to their homeland.
The audience was deeply moved by the personal report given by a woman described by the event organizers from the “Lobby for Cyprus” as “a legend”. Tasoula Hadjitofi, founder of the Netherlands based “Walk of Truth” non-governmental organization, almost single-handedly managed to make the whole world aware of the problem of artifacts’ trafficking.(文物走私)
Jim Karygiannis, another speaker, has long been interested and helping with the restoration of destroyed cultural monuments. Mending damage is important, but stopping the damage is more important. So his suggestion to apply pressure on international bodies over the occupied Cyprus cultural heritage protection had everyone in the audience nodding in agreement.
Although the current picture taken from occupied Cyprus regarding the respect towards the island’s cultural heritage makes the Cypriots’ hearts bleed, that hot evening left them with a hope that things could be fixed, at least to a degree. However, as the speakers suggested, wishful thinking does not achieve results.
Specific non-governmental plans have already been made. One of them involves regular visits to the occupied land by young second generation Cypriot refugees, guided by people that grew up in those areas. The other, aiming at a higher level of politics, runs along the lines of sending the information concerning the damage of occupied Cyprus’s cultural heritage to all nationally elected officials.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Cypriots took over the cultural heritage in the occupied north in the end.
B. The meeting made no difference to the protection of Cypriot cultural heritage.
C. Cypriot cultural heritage in the occupied north has been completely destroyed.
D. In northern Cyprus, Cypriot history and tradition are treated in disrespectful ways.
2.We can learn from the passage that “Walk of Truth” .
A. is described as “a legend”
B. aims at protecting artifacts
C. is a branch of “Lobby for Cyprus”
D. is managed by the Netherlands government
3.The underlined word “restoration” in Paragraph 5 probably means__.
A. repair B. cleanup C. replacement D. analysis
4.What suggestion do these speakers give the audience?
A. Organizing a trip to the occupied Cyprus.
B. Driving the Turkish out of the occupied north.
C. Taking action is more effective than thinking.
D. Calling on the government to make new policies.
5.What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Cypriot cultural heritage suffers from serious damage.
B. Effective ways Cypriots have been used to protect cultural heritage.
C. Cypriots are determined to protect cultural heritage in the occupied north.
D. Cypriots are taking measures to regain cultural heritage occupied by Turkey.
Weedon Island Preserve is a 3,190-acre natural area located on Tampa Bay. American Indians occupied this area for thousands of years. Today, Weedon Island Preserve, set up in 1972, protects this wide diversity of natural and cultural resources. The following summer camps will help you learn more about Weedon Island.
Archaeology Summer Camp
June 24 – 30, 2019
Cost: $150 per person Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ages: 7 – 11
Florida Public Archaeology Network will again hold the archaeology camp at Weedon Island during the summer of 2019. This summer camp conducted by professional archaeologists is designed for children with a strong interest in history as well as in learning how early people interacted with their environment. Campers will learn about the importance of archaeology and will gain understanding about early natural resources. The camp includes the tour of an archaeological site, hands-on archaeology, lab analysis and pottery making.
For more information, contact Florida Public Archaeology Network (813) 396-2327 or email.
jmoates@usf.edu
Wildlife Ecology Summer Camp
July 8 – 12, 2019
Cost: $200 per person Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ages: 7 – 11
This summer camp is designed for children with a strong interest in nature. Campers will explore the ecology and protection of Florida’s wildlife with biologist George L. Heinrich. The camp will include hands-on activities, guest presentations, an exploration of the preserve’s diverse habitats where campers will practice their nature detective skills.
Call George Heinrich at (727)865-6255 for more information or email.
George@heinrichecologicalservices.com
Herpetology(爬虫学)Summer Camp
July 15 – 20, 2019
Cost: $180 per person Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ages: 7 – 11
It is a science-based, hands-on nature day camp supported by Heinrich Ecological Services. Curious children love this six-day nature camp where they explore the fascinating world of amphibians and reptiles(两栖动物)side by side with George Heinrich, an expert. Through up-close contacts with a variety of animals such as tortoises, frogs, lizards and snakes, campers learn about amphibian and reptile ecology and protection.
Call George Heinrich at (727)865-6255 for more information or email.
George@heinrichecologicalservices.com.
1.What do you know about Weedon Island?
A. Weedon Island was discovered in 1972.
B. Native Americans lived in Weedon Island.
C. Weedon Island is famous for wild birds.
D. Weedon Island is a beautiful man-made preservation.
2.If you are interested in the past, which summer camp will you probably attend?
A. Archaeology Summer Camp.
B. Wildlife Ecology Summer Camp.
C. Herpetology Summer Camp.
D. Indian Cultural Summer Camp.
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. There are two ways to contact any camp if you want to know more information about the camp.
B. Wildlife Ecology Summer Camp is the most expensive camp among these three camps.
C. Children can make pottery by themselves and see many kinds of animals at Herpetology Summer Camp.
D. The archaeology camp was once held at Weedon Island before.
4.What do the three summer camps have in common?
A. They will be held at the same time.
B. The campers will have the same experience.
C. They will be conducted by the same college.
D. They are designed for the same age group.
5.This article is a(n) .
A. notice B. diary C. advertisement D. announcement
