人生的每一次经历都是一种学习和提升。2019年新型冠状病毒在中国和全球蔓延，我们见证了全国人民居家隔离，医务人员驰援武汉，学生停课不停学等战“疫”行动，这些都带给我们许多思考和启发。请以“A Life Lesson I Learned"为题，用英语写一篇短文。
要求：1.观点明确，内容完整，逻辑清晰，书写规范；
2.词数100左右。
A Life Lesson I Learned
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A: Does your son share everyday chores?
B: 1. How about your daughter?
A: Well, she did little housework except for her homework. 2.
B: Probably we should change our mind. It’s important to develop kids’ hardworking spirit and form good working habits through both school and family education.
A: Sounds right. 3.
B: 4.
A: I agree. 5.
B: Sure, the more skills they have, the more problems they can deal with.
A.After all, they will leave parents and face the challenges in life.
B.78% students don’t help with everyday chores.
C.But what should we do?
D.Well, schools can give students some real-world work experience, while parents can help kids learn to do chores at home.
E.Not really.
F.However, this has not been done in recent years.
G.We expect she can spend all her spare time on school work.
Which topic drew the most attention from people around the world in 2019? It was climate (气候) change, according to three well-known English dictionaries.
The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose “climate emergency”, “climate strike” and “upcycling”, respectively, as their “Word of the Year”. This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue (话题) in 2019.
“Climate emergency” means a situation in which urgent action is needed to reduce climate change. “Climate strike” refers to people leaving work or school to call for more action to protect the environment. “Upcycling” refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste.
Climate change has already affected the world in many ways. Take Venice, for example. Due to climate change, Venice experienced the worst flooding (洪水) it has seen in the last 50 years in 2019. Many stores, restaurants and hotels were flooded. This caused serious damage totaling hundreds of millions of euros (欧元).
Although we’ve known about global warming (全球变暖) for a long time, people have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage us to take responsibility.
“Ten years ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the influences could be seen as an issue for future generations (子孙后代),” Katharine, a climate scientist, told The New York Times. “It’s no doubt our issue now.”
However, simply realizing that climate change is a threat (威胁) is not enough. We must take real action before it is too late.
根据短文内容，用符合语义及语法规则的词填空，每空一词。
1.The words “Climate Emergency”, “Climate Strike” and “Upcycling” talked about ________________ ________________, which was the hot issue in 2019.
2.“Climate strike” means people call for more action to protect the environment ________________ ________________ working or going to school.
3.In 2019, Venice lost hundreds of millions of euros because many ____________, ____________ and __________ were flooded.
4.What Katharine said means that ____________ ____________ for us to think over the issue of climate change.
5.We must do something on climate change ____________ than simply think it is a threat.
Both of my two sons were born in Toronto, but they moved with us to Ottawa when they were quite young. They went to school there, grew up there. Later, one of my sons went to Canada’s east coast near a city called Halifax and the other moved to the west coast to Vancouver. My wife and I were left in the middle.
As we nearly retired (退休), we started to think where we should spend our final years. For several reasons we decided to live on a small town on Vancouver Island, where was close to one of my sons. However, the son moved to Hollywood soon after he had got another job there. I helped him move.
We still lived a happy life in our little west coast town, but we have paid a price. We have not been there for some important events such as the births of our grandchildren. We have missed watching them grow up; we have missed backyard barbecues (烧烤) and basketball weekends with them. Our home, while very comfortable, was also very quiet.
Every fall we travel to see the children. We usually fly, first to California to see our son Scott and spend a week or more with him trying to catch up on everything we’ve missed. Then, usually in November, we make the even longer trip east across Canada to see Travis and our grandchildren, who were about their twenties.
Fortunately, both our sons are doing well and grandchildren are growing up straight and tall. We love all of them and they love us. We’re very happy but there are times I think about the things we didn’t see: the tears or the smile on the granddaughter’s face, their school graduations, my son’s joy at successes in business.
Life has been good for our family but we have all paid a price.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.The writer’s sons grew up in ________.
A.Toronto B.Ottawa C.Halifax D.Vancouver
2.From the underlined sentence in paragraph 3, we can infer (推断) that the writer ________.
A.wanted to live a noisy life B.was satisfied with retired life
C.lived a comfortable life D.was sometimes lonely
3.Which of the following important events did the writer miss?
A.The births of his grandchildren.
B.School graduations of his grandchildren.
C.The successful times of his son’s business.
D.All of the above.
4.For his family life, the writer implies (暗示) ________.
A.they all regret not living together all the time although enjoying a happy life
B.they enjoy a happy life because they can see each other every year
C.they are proud of the sons and the grandchildren
D.they love the sons and the grandchildren
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Living a happy life. B.A price to pay.
C.Moving from east to west. D.My sons and grandchildren.
Over the last six months, the coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒疫情) has affected different countries and regions in different ways. Here, we’ll take a look at a few of the most important events that have happened.
Italy shuts down
On March 10, the Italian government decided to put the whole country on lockdown after the number of cases (病例) in the country started increasing quickly, people were suggested not leaving their home. The first case was detected (检测到) as early as January 31. In the following weeks, the number of cases reached over 10,000 by the time of the lockdown. The lockdown affected 16 million people across the country. Italy was one of the first of many countries that carried out lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus.
WHO declares pandemic
On March 11, World Health Organization (WHO) officially characterized (描述) COVID-19 as a pandemic. This was because of a growing number of cases around the world. By this time, there were more than 20,0000 cases in Europe, including 1,000 deaths, as well as 1,000 cases in the US.
Summer Olympics delayed
On March 24, President of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) Thomas Bach announced the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were planned to be held in Tokyo, would be delayed until the following year in the interest of protecting pubic safety.
US hits over 1 million cases
On April 28, the US officially recorded over one million COVID-19 cases nationwide. This came just four days after it was announced that the virus had resulted in over 50,000 deaths across the country. The virus spread rapidly across the country, as the first case had been recorded three months earlier.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.The events in the passage are all connected with ________.
A.Italy’s lockdown B.Olympic games
C.US cases D.the coronavirus pandemic
2.In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “lockdown” probably means ________.
A.封城 B.控制 C.关押 D.锁定
3.COVID-19 was officially announced as a pandemic because it ________.
A.caused the lockdowns B.had a growing number of cases in the world
C.could result in death D.spread quickly in Europe
4.2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be delayed because ________.
A.people may not go during the pandemic B.the cases in Asia increased quickly
C.it hasn’t been well-prepared D.it’s necessary to protect public safety
5.It took ________ for the number of COVID-19 cases in the US to reach over one million.
A.four days B.twenty-eight days
C.three months D.four months
5 Great British Bands | |||||
Name | Origin | Dates | Main band members | Famous song/album | Honours |
The Beatles | Liverpool | 1960-70 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | The Beatles (The White Album) | Best- selling band in history |
The Rolling Stones | London | 1962 - present | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman | It’s Only Rock’n Roll | 4th on ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ list (Rolling Stones magazine) |
The Who | London | 1964 -82, 1985, 1988 - 89, 1996 - present | Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones | My Generation | Have seven albums on Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ |
Led Zeppelin | London | 1968 -80 ( reunions: 1985,1988, 1995, 2007) | John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Stairway to Heaven | Second best-selling band ever in the USA |
Pink Floyd | London | 1965 - 1995, (one-off reunion: 2005) | Syd Berrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, David Gilmour | The Dark Side of the Moon | Sold more than 250 million albums worldwide |
仔细阅读表格内信息，选择最佳答案。
1.________ formed in Liverpool.
A.The Beatles B.The Rolling Stones C.The Who D.Led Zeppelin
2.________ lasts the longest.
A.The Rolling Stones B.The Who C.Led Zeppelin D.Pink Floyd
3.Among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on Rolling Stone magazine, ________ has seven.
A.The Beatles B.The Rolling Stones C.The Who D.Led Zeppelin
4.Led Zeppelin’s most famous song is ________.
A.It’s Only Rock’n Roll B.My Generation
C.Stairway to Heaven D.The Dark Side of the Moon
5.________ was one of the members of Pink Floyd.
A.John Lennon B.Keith Richards C.John Paul D.Richard Wright
