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| A Time to Break Silence The Essential Works of Martin Luther King. Jr. for Students King, Martin Luther Book-2013 A Time to Break Silence presents Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches in a user-friendly way for students. Included are some of his most well-known and frequently taught classic works, like “I Have a Dream, "as well as lesser-known pieces such as “The Sword that Heals", which speak to problems young people face today. |
| A Work in Progress Franta, Connor Book-2015 In this memoir（回忆录）of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation（引起轰动的人）. Exploring his past with humor, his present with humility（谦逊）, and his future with hope, Connor shows his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. |
| Dare Me Devine, Eric Book-2013 When Ben Candido and his friends, Ricky and John, decide to post a YouTube video of themselves surfing on top of a car, they finally feel like the somebodies they are meant to be instead of the social nobodies that they are. Overnight, the video becomes the talk of the school. Every dare brings an increased risk of bodily harm, and the risks become even more complex when a mysterious donor offers money to their dares in exchange for a cut in the online income the videos bring in. |
| How to Make A Wish Blake, Ashley Herring Book-2012 Grace, tough and wise, has nearly given up on wishes, thanks to a childhood spent with her unpredictable, drinks-too-much mother Maggie. Then Grace meets Eva, a girl who believes in dreams in spite of her own difficulties in life. When Eva tells Grace that she likes girls, Grace's world opens up and she begins to believe in happiness again. When Grace must choose between Maggie and Eva, will she give up the future for the life she has? |
1.In which field might A Time to Break Silence help its readers?
A.Job hunting. B.Entertainment. C.Family life. D.Education.
2.Which book may you want to read if you're interested in how one grows to be a success?
A.A Time to Break silence. B.A Work in Progress.
C.Dare Me. D.How to Make a wish.
3.What do Dare Me and How to Make A Wish have in common?
A.They’re both about friendship. B.They both came out in 2017.
C.They both have electronic copies. D.They're both easy to understand.
假定你是李华，你班交换生Jim将要参加“Studying in China” 汉语演讲比赛，来信向你咨询。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 推荐一个演讲话题；
2. 说明推荐的理由；
3. 建议他做哪些准备工作。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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。
Last month I went to the island of Lesvos in Greece for a holiday with my wife. Strange enough, even though I went there for a rest, I actually worked harder than I had ever done ago. Instead of spending my days on the beach sunbathing and swimming in the sea, I end up helping the locals deal with the endless arrival of refugees, many of them were struggling to get to the beach after their boats had turned over.
Anyway, this holiday turned out to be one of the most unforgettable experience of my life. When I’m alone these days, I am disturbed by the memories of the faces of parents who could not find out their children and the sound of people screamed for help. What the people of Lesvos did help these people, opening their homes to them and sharing the fewer possessions they themselves owned, was absolutely amazing. It was completely touched by the generosity of the people of Lesvos.
Ethan Katz enjoys playing with his dogs, MeFly and Brooklyn, and often helps his grandma feed and __________ her five dogs. For his ninth birthday, Ethan_________ the idea to sell T-shirts for his favorite_________, City Dogs Rescue in Washington, D.C.
The dogs of Ethan’s and his grandma’s were_________ from animal shelters. Most shelters have _________on the number of animals they can care for. City Dogs Rescue _________dogs from over-crowded shelters. Volunteers, called fosters, care for the animals _________ they’re adopted.
Ethan went on a website for T-shirt designing and fund-raising. He typed a(n)_________ about his project, designed a T-shirt, and _________each shirt at $ 20. Every time someone bought one part of that money went to City Dogs Rescue.
As _________ spread, many people bought shirts. “My_________goal was to sell 75 shirts, and I went ________that in three days, “said Ethan. By the end of his 30-day fund-raising _________, he had sold 179 shirts and raised $2,640.That money helped City Dogs Rescue save 10 dogs from overcrowded shelters.
But Ethan wasn’t finished. People continued to _______ City Dogs Rescue about buying shirts. So Ethan decided to________ the fund-raising event for another month. Through T-shirt sales and other _________, he finally raised more than$14,500 in all. Dogs in D. C are _________ to have him as their friend!
Kids often feel as if they had no say in things, and Ethan _________ them that they could make a real_________His love for his own dogs _________ Ethan Katz to help others.
1.A.observe B.sell C.walk D.save
2.A.put up with B.kept up with C.went on with D.camp up with
3.A.dog B.charity C.shelter D.event
4.A.adopted B.abandoned C.protected D.kept
5.A.decrease B.attention C.changes D.limits
6.A.refuses B.replaces C.removes D.returns
7.A.until B.after C.because D.although
8.A.email B.phrase C.picture D.paragraph
9.A.paid B.priced C.bought D.donated
10.A.time B.paper C.knowledge D.word
11.A.special B.original C.unique D.final
12.A.for B.into C.above D.after
13.A.show B.drive C.meeting D.organization
14.A.contact B.visit C.promise D.advise
15.A.cover B.start C.direct D.run
16.A.donations B.rescues C.decisions D.discussions
17.A.friendly B.popular C.lucky D.lovely
18.A.guaranteed B.expected C.showed D.judged
19.A.difference B.result C.effect D.identity
20.A.approved B.inspired C.followed D.adapted
An interview is a discussion with someone in which you try to get information from them. 1. There are three basic sub-types of interview: structured interviews, unstructured interviews and semi-structured interviews. 2. Incidentally, “respondent” and “informant” are words that are sometimes used instead of “interviewee”.
A great deal is provided by this personal contact: you are another human being, and interviewees will respond to you, in bodily presence, in an entirely different way from the way that they would have reacted to questionnaires that came through their letterboxes or to emails. 3. Most people want to help and give their opinions, and they will usually be energized to help by your physical presence.
If you take the trouble to schedule a visit, you can be more or less guaranteed of a response. Most importantly, though, you will be able to relate to interviewees while you are talking to them. 4. You will be able to watch their behaviour which will give you important clues about how they feel about a topic. Because of the primacy of the personal contact, your appearance and tone are important—how do you want to be seen? As “one of us”? As a person in authority? As an observer? …Or what? 5. However you decide to present yourself, it is good practice of course to try to put the interviewee at ease before the interview begins — to talk about the weather, about your journey, about anything that will break the ice.
A.This is a ready-made support for you.
B.Its nature varies with the nature of the interviews.
C.You will be able to hear and understand what they are saying.
D.Your decision should influence the way that you look, sound and behave.
E.The information may be facts or opinions or attitudes or any combination of these.
F.Each involves the interviewer in fact-to-face contact or telephone contact with another person.
G.You will be using these clues to make informed guesses about what the interviewees might really mean.
This season, the bushfires in Australia have burned more than 12.35 million acres of land. At least 25 people have been killed and 2000 homes destroyed. According to the BBC, this is the most casualties（伤亡）from wildfires in the country since 2009. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have died in South Wales alone.
Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems analyst and climate researcher at Berkeley Earth, said warmer temperatures and extreme weather have made Australia more susceptible to fires and increased the length of the fire season. “The drier conditions combined with record high temperatures in 2019 created main conditions for the disastrous fires.Australia’s fires were worsened by the combination of those two. 2019 was the perfect storm for being the warmest year on record for Australia and the driest year on record for Australia,” Hausfather added on Friday.
Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, said warmer ocean temperatures also contributed to more variable weather around the world. Trenberth believes that global warming contributed to energy imbalances and hot spots in the oceans, which can create a wave in the atmosphere that locks weather patterns in places, causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia.He said that once an area experiences drought conditions for two months or more, it increases the risk of fires catching and spreading. Those changing weather patterns due to global warming make drought events longer.
Climate experts stress that climate change is not the only factor in the severity of wildfires. How land is managed can also impact the amount of fuel available for fires. Practices like controlled burns and other factors can impact the risk to people and property, such as warning systems and the type of development in a given area. Changing those policies has great potential to limit future damage from wildfires along with changes to how fire management resources are dispatched (派遣).
1.What are the numbers about in paragraph 1?
A.The causes of Australian fires. B.The consequences of Australian fires.
C.The damaged areas of Australian fires. D.The property destruction of Australian fires.
2.Which of the following best explains “susceptible to” in the second paragraph?
A.Very quickly to adapt to. B.Very seriously to focus on.
C.Very likely to be influenced by. D.Very easily to be protected against.
3.What can we infer from Trenberth’s research?
A.Global warming is the root cause of the bushfires.
B.Longer dry weather contributes to global warming.
C.Warmer ocean temperatures promote fires spreading.
D.The imbalanced energy leads to the temperature rising.
4.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A.To stress the effects of Australia fires.
B.To show the methods for controlling burns.
C.To predict the seriousness of Australia fires.
D.To provide some advice about reducing damage.
