Every March, the country celebrates the achievements of women in American history. Even though these achievements go back a long way, most schools didn’t start focusing on women pioneers and their achievements until recently. Today, most schools teach kids about the many contributions women have made to our country. How did this change come about?
On March 19, 1911, a German woman named Clara Zetkin organized the very first International Women’s Day. Inspired by American working women, the event took on the causes of peace in an effort to end World War I as well as women’s rights. However, people’s interest in International Women’s Day still dwindled over the years. It gained momentum (势头) again in the 1960’s when the women’s movement caused women to wonder why they weren’t included in the history books.
By the 1970s, more female historians began to look back at women’s contributions in history. In 1978, a California school district started Women’s History Week to promote the teaching of women’s history. School officials picked the week of March 8 to include International Women’s Day. It was so popular that, in 1981, Congress passed a resolution, making the week a celebration for the entire country. The concept of studying women’s history continued to grow in popularity. In 1987, a group of women asked Congress to expand the celebration. That same year, Congress declared the entire month of March National Women’s History Month.
Today, schools and communities across the country celebrate the month with special lessons and activities designed to teach the ways women have helped shape the US. The women who have worked hard to make Women’s History Month a reality would like to see women’s history studied all year, not just every March. In 1996, the National Women’s History Museum was founded. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the various historic contributions of women. The organization is working with Congress to open a permanent (永久的) museum site in Washington, D.C.
1.What was ignored in school education in the past according to the text?
A.Popularizing American history.
B.Introducing the history of WWI.
C.Sharing Americans’ global contributions.
D.Teaching about American women’s achievements.
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “dwindled” in paragraph 2?
A.Started. B.Survived. C.Decreased. D.Completed.
3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A.How Women’s History Month became a reality.
B.How women were included in the history books.
C.Why women’s history should be taught at school.
D.Why women’s contributions should be honored in history.
一家美国酒店邀请近期的住店客人写信给他们就酒店服务提些意见，假如你叫季晨，一个月前曾入住该店，现请你用英文给旅馆经理写一封150左右的建议信，书信须包括:
1. 书信开头和结尾的补全内容
2. 简单自我介绍；
3. 酒店服务中你觉得好的方面；
4. 酒店服务中你觉得需要改进的方面。
注意:信的部分开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Manager,
I’m writing in response to your invitation to guests who
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I would be happy to know if
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Yours faithfully,
Ji Chen
根据首字母提示及句意，在句中空白处填入适当的单词。
1.Good n_____ is essential if patients are to make a quick recovery.
2.This is the o_____ painting, and the others are copies.
3.In some countries, witnesses in court have to s_____ on the Bible.
4.Those who i____ hunt rare and endangered wild animals are to be sentenced to prison.
5.Great efforts have been made in ecological c____ and environmental protection in recent years.
6.As long as we are united, there will be no difficulty that cannot be o____.
7.Only when applied on a global scale can the achievements of science and technology play a m____ role and better benefit humankind.
8.A____ by cheerful music, people began to dance on the large square.
9.Over the years, overseas Chinese have enthusiastically supported and p____ in China's economic construction in various ways.
10.The research shows the urban air quality this year remains unchanged, compared with the p____ year.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An umbrella is what we easily forget and leave behind in our daily life. When the weather is fine, we certainly don’t think of it; only when it’s raining, we’ll carry it purposefully. But as soon as the rain stops, most likely we’ll forget 1. we’ve put it. It has to wait patiently and pitifully for 2. owner to claim it, otherwise it’ll remain alone as a deserted umbrella. Once I suddenly found my longtime used umbrella “disappeared”. I really 3. ( regret) quite some time for my own carelessness. Several days later, out of my 4. (expect), I saw it quietly stand in a corner of the house where I worked. I was extremely glad to regain it. Looking carefully at it, though it was so familiar 5. me, I found for the first time that its plastic handle 6. (wear) out as a result of repeated rain-wash for years. I sought for it only when I needed it. It occurred to me that I should have paid 7. (much) attention to it.
It sets me 8. (think). Around us there is always a person giving us support in silence just like 9. old umbrella that protects us from the rain or any bad weather. Will you think of those individuals 10. have helped you get through difficulty when you are leading a comfortable life?
The Gift of Forgiveness
The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his old 69 Chevy Malibu convertible. What did I know about classic cars? For me, the important thing was that Hannah and I could _______ around Tucson with the top down.
Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much _______. That summer she _______ with a modeling agency, doing catalog and runway work.
A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we _______ at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries in the space between us to _______. “Let’s ride around awhile,” I said. It was a clear night, hot, full moon hanging low over the desert. Taking a curve (弯) too _______, I ran over some dirt and fishtailed. I then moved quickly through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The front wheel came to rest halfway _______ the tree trunk.
There were French fries on the floor, the dash (仪表盘) and my lap. An impossible amount of _______ was on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging around her eyes. We were taken in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: “Best plastic surgeon (整容医生) in the city…but it is more likely the _______ of her modeling career…”
We’d been wearing lap belts, ________ the car didn’t have shoulder belts. I’d broken my cheekbone on the steering wheel; Hannah’s ________ had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her?
When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her ________. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I drove into the back of the car of my best friend when I was your age,” she said. “I completely ________ her car and mine.”
“I’m so sorry,” I said.
“You’re both ________,” she said. “Everything else doesn’t matter.” I started to explain, and Sharon stopped me. “I ________ you. Hannah will too.”
Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay ________ throughout high school and college, to be in each other’s weddings. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I tend to feel angry about someone for a perceived（可感知到的）________, and whenever I see Hannah. The scars (伤疤) are now ________ and no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still ________ the faint, shiny skin just below her hairline—for ________, a sign of forgiveness.
1.A.drive B.run C.wander D.march
2.A.stronger B.healthier C.taller D.smaller
3.A.competed B.chatted C.signed D.bargained
4.A.stopped B.ate C.aimed D.stood
5.A.catch B.share C.hold D.spare
6.A.fast B.seriously C.softly D.slow
7.A.across B.up C.below D.along
8.A.blood B.petrol C.water D.sweat
9.A.path B.base C.point D.end
10.A.and B.but C.or D.so
11.A.shoulders B.arms C.chest D.forehead
12.A.anger B.regret C.sorrow D.concern
13.A.attacked B.dragged C.damaged D.removed
14.A.alike B.relieved C.injured D.alive
15.A.help B.love C.understand D.forgive
16.A.sisters B.friends C.classmates D.colleagues
17.A.need B.effort C.wrong D.threat
18.A.left B.marked C.shown D.faded
19.A.touch B.see C.feel D.learn
20.A.them B.you C.me D.her
“The calm before the storm” is a very familiar expression. It is usually used to describe a peaceful period just before a very stressful situation or a tense argument. 1. They noted that before certain storms the seas would seem to become calm and the winds would drop.
But why is it often so calm before a storm? 2. According to US website HowStuffWorks, a calm period occurs because many storms, tornadoes and hurricanes draw in all the warm and damp air from the surrounding area. As this air rises into the storm clouds, it cools and acts as “ fuel for the storm ,like petrol in a car. “
Once the storm has taken all the energy it can from the air, it is pushed out from the top of the storm clouds and falls back down to ground level. 3. So once it covers an area, it causes a calm period before the storm.
4. First count how many seconds there are between a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, roughly three seconds equal one kilometer. A good judgement is that if your count is below 30 seconds, you should seek shelter straight away.
However, due to the complexity of storm system ,calm doesn't always go first. So, your best bet is to keep yourself updated with weather reports for any predictions regarding a coming storm in your area. 5.
A. Science has given us the answer.
B. There is no definite answer to the question.
C. Weather reports sometimes cannot be trusted.
D. British sailors coined the phrase in the late l600s.
E. As the air declines, it becomes warm and dry, which is stable.
F. The Weather Network has a tip for working out how far away a storm is.
G. That's the most reliable way to predict the next display of nature's temper.
