Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Innovations that will change the classroom
American schools are going high - tech. Many symbols we still associate with classrooms and learning, like chalkboards, pens, notebooks - even classrooms 1. --- are quickly becoming outdated.
As this week marks The Huffington Post’s 10th anniversary, we’ll take a look at some products that 2. (introduce) to classroom in the past decade and have the potential to change the educational landscape in the years 3. (come).
1. Remote Learning
Some schools are cutting down on snow days, thanks to technology. Rather than giving kids the day off 4. weather conditions are too dangerous for commuting, these schools are asking students to follow classroom lessons online.
Although kids 5. (hope) for a snow day may not particularly appreciate these advancements in digital learning, online lessons allow these kids to complete their coursework and still interact with peers. Some students with medical conditions 6. “go” to school via video conferencing or even with the help of robots enabled with video chat that they can control remotely.
2. eBooks
Discovery Education has been replacing traditional textbooks with original “techbooks” for six years. These “techbooks” can also be switched to Spanish or French, Kinney said, 7. allows some parents who don’t speak English to help their kids with their homework.
3. Educational Games
In-class gaming options have evolved to include more educational options. GlassLab creates educational games that are now being used in more than 6,000 classrooms across the country. Teachers get real-time updates on students’ progress as well as suggestions on 8. subjects they need to spend more time perfecting.
The Internet and other digital tools have some drawbacks. They’re often distracting, 9. most developments have exciting implications for the future. Over the last 10 years, technological innovations have made education more interactive, immediate and 10. (personalize), -- and have shown us the potential for more accessible and effective classrooms.
作为你校英文报的记者，你就是否有必要建家长微信群，在同学们中间进行了一次调查，请你根据表格中的调查结果用英文写一篇报道。
同意 | 1，便于家长与老师随时沟通 2，家长可以及时了解学生的作业情况及考试成绩 |
反对 | 1，影响了家长的工作 2，学生感觉时刻被监视，没有自由空间 |
你的观点 | …… |
注意：1. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2. 词数：100左右。
3. 参考词汇：监控 monitor vt. ;了解 get\be informed of ; 行为得体 behave oneself
On whether it is necessary to create a parents’ WeChat group, the students’ opinions________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As is known to all that millions of graduates crowded into the job market each year. But because of the financial crisis, the situation of the employment have become very serious. Consider this, some people suggest graduates should have a lower career expectation, such as working in the western areas of China. I in favor of this idea. Firstly, compared with the big cities, the competition is not very fierce there, but graduates can easy get a job. Secondly, the lower position may offer graduate more space. All in all, going to the west may be bring more benefits. Devote yourself to the west, for it is good for both our personal development and our country at present.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working,a couple of older boys1. (stop) by to watch.
“What are you doing?” asked one of the 2. (visitor) curiously.
“We plan3. (dig) a hole all the way through the earth!”one of the brothers said 4. (excited).
The older boys began to laugh,telling the 5. (young) ones that it was impossible.
After a long 6. (silent), one of the diggers picked up 7. box full of spiders and insects. He showed the wonderful things 8. the older boys.
Then he said confidently, “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we found along the way!”
9. (they) dream was far too big,but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a dream is for—to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.
Not every dream will be realized. But when you couldn’t get what you wanted, perhaps you can say, “Yes,but look at the wonderful things 10. have come into my life because I tried to do something! ”
根据句意和括号内的提示，写出每个句子中划线部分单词的正确形式。
1.Life is like a long race where we ______ with others to go beyond ourselves. (to try to be more successful or better)
2.I shall be very likely to be _________ to my dream university.(allow somebody to become a member of a school)
3.They ________ their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.(put something new in the place of the old one)
4.He is a responsible writer, and _________to be respected.(get something because of what you have done)
5.The________ of Olympic Games is “Swifter，higher and further.”(short sentence or phrase expressing the beliefs of a person or group)
6.It is __________ visiting the art museum. (be useful, helpful, interesting, enjoyable etc.)
7.My father's ship was ______ in World War II.( goes below the surface of the water or sea, etc.)
8.She was upset that the valuable necklace __________ to her was lost yesterday. (be the property of)
9.Her parents died in the accident,but she _______.(to manage to live or continue in difficulties)
10.During the spring festival, you can see different kinds of _________.(the thing that makes something look more attractive on special occasions)
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she ____ out at the audience, ____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had ____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their ____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music ____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music ____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much ____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the ____ seconds before skating onto the ice was ____. She was feeling the movement of the ____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, ____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was _____.
The crowd loved it and cheered ____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ____. It was the remark that ____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the ____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy ____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting _____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were ____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, ____.
1.A.looked B.watched C.found D.stepped
2.A.failing B.looking forward C.wanting D.hoping
3.A.bicycled B.driven C.run D.walked
4.A.friend B.children C.son D.daughter
5.A.started B.played C.developed D.sang
6.A.allow B.set out C.carry D.support
7.A.thought B.belief C.success D.design
8.A.following B.last C.recent D.past
9.A.lost B.present C.strong D.gone
10.A.music B.fear C.ice D.audiences
11.A.so B.or C.before D.then
12.A.satisfied B.unsatisfactory C.finished D.welcome
13.A.because B.until C.before D.as
14.A.skaters B.parents C.judges D.parents
15.A.always B.seldom C.again D.hardly
16.A.players B.audience C.judges D.parents
17.A.waited B.looked C.wished D.asked
18.A.comfortably B.hurriedly C.happily D.anxiously
19.A.cried out B.let out C.announced D.declared
20.A.England B.Cleveland C.Ohio D.California
