By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population _____ in cities rather than in the country.
A．are living B．will be living C．have lived D．will have lived
--- I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.
--- _____? Mary is interested.
A．Why bother B．Why not C．So what D．What for
A major earthquake _____ 8.0 on the Richter scale strongly _____ Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008.
A．measured; shaken B．measured; shaking
C．measuring; shook D．measuring; shaking
留意一下我们的周边，可以发现父母在学校附近租房陪读现象已蔚然成风。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文，内容应包括：
1． 简要描述陪读现象；
2．分析父母陪读的原因（2至3个）；
3．发表你对此的看法。
要求： 1）可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
2）词数：120字左右。首段已给出，不计入总词数。
Should Our Parents Accompany Us in Studying at School?
In recent years, many parents choose to accompany their children in studying, which has aroused a wide concern.
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单词拼写（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）
1.Sang Lan knew that the secret to happiness is to have a_____________（感激） for the good things in life.
2.My most v_________（清晰的） and happiest memories are those of school days.
3.My American friends are not ____________（熟悉） with that particular festival.
4.The UN assists thousands of v________（难民） of wars and disasters every year.
5.After graduation, many students are willing to r__________（偏远的） places in the west of China to work.
6.This text tells us about the e____________（演变） of video and sound devices.
7.Nowadays, most old people have medical i_____________（保险） in China, so they can see a doctor easily.
8.A ___________（典型的） mobile phone call is nearly always given greater importance than a face-to-face conversation.
Culture shock isn’t a clinical term or medical condition. It’s simply a common way to describe the confusing and nervous feelings a person have after leaving a familiar culture to live in a new and different culture.
It’s natural to have difficulty adjusting to a new culture. People from other cultures may have grown up with values and beliefs that differ from yours. Because of these differences，the things they talk about，the ways they express themselves and the importance of various ideas may be very different from what you are used to. But the good news is that culture shock is temporary.
What causes culture shock?
To understand culture shock，it helps to understand what culture is. You may know that genes determine a big part of how you look and act. What you might not know is that your environment has a big effect on your appearance and behavior as well.
Your environment isn’t just the air you breathe and the food you eat，though；a big part of your environment is culture. Culture is made up of the common things that members of a community learn from family，friends，media，literature，and even strangers. These are the things that influence how you look，act，and communicate. Often，you don’t even know you are learning these things because they become secondnature to you－for instance，the way you shake hands with someone，the kind of things you find funny，or how you view religions.
The differences between cultures can make it very difficult to adjust to the new surroundings. When you go to a new place，such as a new country or even a new city，you often enter a culture that is different from the one you left. Sometimes your culture and the new culture are similar. Sometimes，they can be very different. What might be perfectly normal in one culture－for example，spending hours eating a meal with your family－might be unusual in a culture that values a more fastpaced lifestyle.
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?Culture shock is a kind of 2.__________people have when living in a new and different culture. ?Culture shock results from the difficulty people have in adjusting themselves to new surroundings. ?Culture shock is 3.____________. |
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?5.____________largely determine your appearance and behavior. ?Culture，an important part of 6.__________，has an influence on the way people look，act and communicate. ?The differences between cultures contribute to the difficulty in getting used to new surroundings，as something 7.____________in one culture seems unusual in another. |
