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"Mrs. Krycia, that song...it’s about me. I am the bully. Please, can you help me stop?" The class had already been dismissed for lunch, and I was puzzled about why Tommy had made sure he was at the end of the line when he usually jumped up to push his way to the front. Approaching me with a great deal of obvious discomfort, Tommy looked up at me with pleading eyes. I could not believe my ears!
I was teaching a fifth grade class at the request of the teacher who was at her wits’ end with the bullying behavior in her classroom—Room 7. I had just played a song called "Don’t Laugh at Me". The lyrics really could have been written with this boy in mind. The song described a variety of people who had been bullied and how much it hurt.
Tommy laughed at everyone. He was loud and obnoxious(可恶至极的) about it. He would stand up, point, and loudly say something insulting regarding the person’s behavior. It could have been as simple as someone misspelling a word in class, or tripping, or perhaps asking a question he considered stupid. "Ha ha!" he would laugh and point at John. “You are so stupid!” John would hang his head and shuffle his feet. Across the room, Scott would be crying; he couldn’t stand conflict. Scot spent a good deal of time crying. Everyone ignored him. Tommy got the attention, and he was, by all definitions, quickly earning the title of class bully. The behavior was appealing. The other boys had picked up on it, and now it seemed that the boys in Room 7 were competing for the title of "class thug(恶棍)." Tommy was not a big boy, but he walked big. His fists were always clenched, and his posture said, "I’ll get you if you mess with me." He was eleven years and appeared to be headed for big trouble.
Perhaps it was not until that moment that Tommy recognized the effect his behavior could potentially have on others. Perhaps he had already noticed that he was being mean and searching for a way to change. Either way, here was my golden opportunity to do something with him. I asked the teacher if I could take Tommy and other boys she considered to be the biggest troublemakers and meet with them twice a week. She felt thrilled. So I began meeting with the boys and asked them each to make one small, obtained goal-something they could achieve in a week’s time. Tommy’s goal was to stop laughing and pointing at people. He was to make a mark on a piece of masking tape(胶带纸) we had applied to his desk every time he noticed himself pointing and laughing. I was hopeful.
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2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
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Several weeks passed, I checked in to the classroom and noticed a change.
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I was so proud of Tommy that I knew never again would anyone mistake this boy for a bully! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定你是李华，想邀请你校交换生Jonah 一起参加你校“中国文化节”活动。请你用英语给Jonah写一封邀请信，内容包括：
1. 活动时间和地点；
2. 活动内容；
3. 活动目的。
注意：1. 词数80词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold 1.(wrap) paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated（激怒）when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
2., the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is 3.you, Daddy.” He was embarrassed by his 4.(early）overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled at her, “Don't you know that 5.you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside 6.?”
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy.” The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he 7.(beg) for her forgiveness.
It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out 8. imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as humans 9.(give) a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family. There is no more precious possession 10.anyone could hold.
Everyone in business has been told that success is all about attracting and retaining (留住) customers. It sounds _______and achievable. But, _______, words of wisdom are soon forgotten. Once companies have attracted customers they often _______ the second half of the story. In the excitement of beating off the competition, negotiating prices, securing orders, and delivering the product, managers tend to become _______. They forget what they regard as the boring side of business—_______ that the customer remains a customer.
_______ to concentrate on retaining as well as attracting customers costs business huge amounts of money annually. It has been estimated that the average company loses between 10 and 30 percent of its customers every year. In constantly changing _______, this is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that few companies have any _______ how many customers they have lost.
Only now are organizations beginning to wake up to those lost opportunities and calculate the _______implications. Cutting down the number of customers a company loses can make a big ________ in its performance. Research in the US found that a five percent decrease in the number of defecting (流失的) customers led to ________ increases of between 25 and 85 percent.
In the US, Domino’s Pizza estimates that a ________customer is worth more than $5,000 over ten years. A customer who receives a poor quality product or service on their first visit and ________ never returns, is losing the company thousands of dollars in ________ profits (more if you consider how many people they are likely to tell about their bad experience).
The logic behind cultivating customer ________ is impossible to deny. “In practice most companies’ marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention paid to ________ them”, says Adrian Payne of Cornfield University’ School of Management. “Research suggests that there is a ________ relationship between retaining customers and making profits. ________ customers tend to buy more, are predictable and usually cost less to service than new customers. Furthermore, they tend to be less price ________, and may provide free word-of-mouth advertising. Retaining customers also makes it ________ for competitors to enter a market or increase their share of a market.
1.A.simple B.difficult C.tough D.complicated
2.A.in particular B.in reality C.at least D.first of all
3.A.emphasize B.doubt C.overlook D.believe
4.A.carried away B.carried back C.carried on D.carried through
5.A.denying B.ensuring C.arguing D.proving
6.A.Moving B.Hoping C.Starting D.Failing
7.A.markets B.tastes C.prices D.expenses
8.A.thought B.idea C.opinion D.view
9.A.culture B.social C.financial D.economical
10.A.promise B.plan C.mistake D.difference
11.A.cost B.opportunity C.profit D.budget
12.A.usual B.ordinary C.common D.regular
13.A.as a result B.on the whole C.in conclusion D.on the contrary
14.A.huge B.potential C.extra D.reasonable
15.A.beliefs B.loyalty C.habits D.interest
16.A.altering B.understanding C.keeping D.attracting
17.A.close B.distant C.deep D.shallow
18.A.Assumed B.Respected C.Established D.Unexpected
19.A.agreeable B.flexible C.friendly D.sensitive
20.A.unfair B.difficult C.essential D.convenient
Along with the fun and festive winter holidays comes the long break from school — and the challenge of keeping kids happy and engaged with all that unstructured time. Apart from the special holiday events, kids could use a few other diversions, and parents could, too! 1..
1. Revisit old family games
Pick a few nights over winter break to let each family member pick an old favorite game that everyone can play together. Even if it’s a childhood game everyone thinks they’ve outgrown, the whole family will have fun just being silly and sharing memories together. 2..
2. Avoid cabin fever
Even when the temperatures plummet and the days are short, it can boost everyone’s spirits to get outside for a little while.
Bundle up and take a walk in the snow together. Look for holiday decorations on neighborhood houses, or bring neighbors homemade cookies.
3.
Plan a skating or sledding expedition.
3. 4.
If your kids love The Elf on the Shelf, you’re in luck — IHOP(R) partnered with The Elf on the Shelf(R) to create a magical limited-time menu, available now through January 1, 2020. On the way back to the North Pole, a few adventurous Scout Elves snuck into the IHOP kitchen to whip up special, elvish treats using signature ingredients and a little bit of elf magic. Enjoy your special treat or meal before or after you go sledding or skating for a perfect winter celebration with the family.
4. Enjoy a holiday lights tour
Some areas provide organized tours that you’ll need to purchase tickets for ahead of time, 5. For a more casual, impromptu lights tour with the family, check out your neighborhood online group or ask friends on social media for local neighborhoods that really go all out. Then you can just pile the kids in the car for a drive to enjoy holiday lights at your own pace.
A.Clear off a large table and gather a bunch of art and craft supplies for a major creativity marathon.
B.Pop some popcorn or whip up hot chocolate to enjoy while you play your kids’ -and your- favorite games.
C.Throw a few snowballs around or join forces to make a snowman.
D.Here are some ideas for you and your family to enjoy time off from school and hanging out together.
E.With a little creativity, you can find plenty of special ways to enjoy winter break together.
F.Celebrate a fun holiday meal together
G.and you may even get to enjoy viewing festive holiday lights from the back of a limousine.
PARIS -- Students from the Chinese mainland scored the highest level in reading, science, and mathematics in the latest PISA global education test hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), results released on Tuesday showed. They are followed by students from Singapore and China's two special administrative regions -- Macao and Hong Kong. The top OECD countries were Estonia, Canada, Finland, and Ireland.
The OECD's PISA 2018 tested around 600,000 15-year-old students in 79 countries and economies on reading, science, and mathematics. The main focus was on reading, with most students doing the test on computers. Students from Beijing, Shanghai, provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, represented the Chinese mainland in this test. In reading, they scored significantly higher than their peers from other countries.
"Most countries, particularly in the developed world, have seen little improvement in their performances over the past decade, even though spending on schooling increased by 15 percent over the same period," said the OECD when releasing the results. "One in four students in OECD countries are unable to complete even the most basic reading tasks, meaning they are likely to struggle to find their way through life in an increasingly volatile, digital world," it added.
In science and math, around one in four students in OECD countries, on average, do not attain the basic level of science (22 percent) or math (24 percent). That means they cannot, for example, convert a price into a different currency. About one in six students (16.5 percent) in China's Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and one in seven in Singapore (13.8 percent), perform at the highest level in math, compared to only 2.4 percent in OECD countries.
As to equity in education, students performed better than the OECD average in 11 countries and economies, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Norway, and the United Kingdom, while the relationship between reading performance and socio-economic status was weakest. "This means that these countries have the most equitable systems where students can flourish, regardless of their background," said the OECD.
The test found that girls significantly outperformed boys in reading on average across OECD countries, by the equivalent of nearly a year of schooling.
1.What can be inferred from para.3-4?
A.Most of the OECD countries show little improvement in the test.
B.Students in OECD countries have difficulty in the increasingly volatile, digital world.
C.Students in OECD countries do not attain the basic level of reading.
D.Singapore students perform at the highest level in math.
2.What does the word “convert” in para.4 refer to?
A.identify B.transform
C.confirm D.exclaim
3.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.A test was carried out to find the smartest student.
B.The performance that the students showed in math in the test is worrying.
C.There is an urgent need to improve the equity in education.
D.Students from China did a good job in the PISA global educational test.
