Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or have a break first? Taking a gap (间隙) year between school and university is quite common in the UK,and there are lots of different ways to spend your time.
A “gap year” is a period of time,usually an academic (学术的) year,when a student takes a break from formal education. It is often spent traveling or working.
People used to think that taking a gap year was negative (消极的) . In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems between finishing school and starting higher education. But now,universities positively (肯定地) encourage a gap year,and employers are happy to give jobs to students who take a gap year. A gap year can give young people useful learning experience,help them pick up new skills and make them more independent.
Young people in formal education usually take a gap year when they are about eighteen years old,before going to university. They can also be taken at a different time,for example,by someone who wants to break up their degree course or to do something different before a postgraduate (研究生) course.
Many gap year students choose to do voluntary (志愿的) work. Popular gap year activities for young people are looking for adventure. Lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.
Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some students travel for three or six months then work for the rest of the year.
阅读以上短文,根据短文内容,完成下面的表格,每空一词。
A gap year in the UK | |
What is a gap year? | It is the time when a student 1. from formal education. The opinion in the past about a gap year was thought to be 2. Now a gap year can help young people get useful 3. , new skills and make them more independent. |
When? | About eighteen years old, before going to university or at a different time. |
What to do? | Doing voluntary work, traveling around the world and the popular_esare4. . |
What about money? | By doing 5. to make money. |
你知道间隔年(gap year) 吗?在英国,很多学生在结束 高中课程上大学之前,会有一个间隔年,他们在此期间做志 愿者,环游世界,参与冒险活动,同时做一些兼职工作赚取 旅游费用。
1. takes a break 根据第二段“when a student takes a break from formal education”可知一个间隔年指的是学生在正 规教育期间,中断学习的那段时间。
2. negative 根据第三段第一句 “ People used to think that taking a gap year was negative. ”可知,人们过去常常认为 接受一个间隔年是负面的。
3. learning experience 根据第三段尾句 “A gap year can give young people useful learning experience…”可知,一 个间隔年可以帮助年轻人获取有用的经验。
4. looking for adventure 根据倒数第二段“Popular gap year activities for young people are looking for adventure. ”可知,最受学生欢迎的活动是“去冒险”。
5. a part-time job 根据尾段 “ Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. ”可知进行间隔年的学生会做兼职,赚取旅游 费用。
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It's common to carry things on bikes,trains and even planes. But do you know small drones (无人机) can help carry packages to your home?
For two years,Google has been working hard in their secret research lab. Their latest project is called Project Wing.
Project Wing is Google's invention of a drone delivery service. It is half plane and half helicopter and is slightly bigger than a seagull. It can deliver packages to buyers by drone to door.
The first drone test was made on a farm in Warwick,Australia. It sent sweets and dog treats to a farmer. The drone flew to the farm,hovered (盘旋) , and released the package with a wire. Delivery is here!
The best thing about drone delivery services is that delivery times will be greatly cut down, (a) 你可以 上午在网上订购你喜欢的东西。And by noontime,the delivery drone will land your package.
Throughout history,there have been a series of inventions that have helped people move things around,said Astro Teller,lead scientist of Google Wing,to CNN. Teller thinks Google drones will be the next big step in the series.
Interestingly,drones are not that ( b) .
The US has been using armed drones since 2002. But drones may also get another use. Film companies have asked to use drones to shoot videos from the sky.
(c) Yet Google's delivery drones won’t be able to fly to customers any time soon. However,Google has proved that drone delivery is possible. And with Amazon announcing their drone delivery service last year,the heat is on to make safe and suitable drones to fly the skies for customers.
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1. What has Google been doing in their secret research lab?
2. 把(a) 画线句子翻译成英语。
3. 在(b) 处填人一个恰当的单词:
4. 把(c) 画线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
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Many people who often take a nap tell us that it comes 1 benefits (益处) . First of all,you are more efficient after napping. You remember things better and make 2 mistakes. Also,you can learn things more 3 after taking a nap. A nap may increase your sdf-confidence (自信) and make you more active. It may even 4 you up.
But,there are some simple rules you should 5 about taking a nap. First,take a nap in the middle of a day,about eight hours after you 6 in the morning. Next,a 20-minute nap is best. 7 you sleep longer,you may fall into a deep sleep. After waking from a deep sleep,you will feel worse. Also,you should 8 an alarm clock. That way,you can fully relax 9 your nap. You won’t have to keep looking at the clock so you don't oversleep.
Now,the next time you feel 10 after lunch,don't reach for a coffee!Instead,just put your head down,close your eyes,and take a nap. Ifs good to have a daily nap.
1. A. with B. after C. along D. over
2. A. worse B. less C. fewer D. more
3. A. quietly B. slowly C. loudly D. easily
4. A. call B. cheer C. give D. hold
5. A. follow B. enjoy C. refuse D. break
6. A. fall asleep B. take off C. go away D. wake up
7. A. If B. But C. So D. Or
8. A. buy B. leave C. set D. keep
9. A. about B. during C. after D. before
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Does your school have any problems with discipline (纪律) ?What happens when students step out of line?
Is discipline a problem in your school? What do teachers do when pupils behave (表现) badly in your country? A teenager had very strong opinions about discipline at her school.
What is bad behavior?
The UK schools are allowed to discipline pupils who behave badly in different ways. But what exactly is bad behavior? The following is a list of serious and not-so-serious types of bad behavior seen by a teacher in a London secondary school (初中) .
Playing truant (not coming to school without permission from parents) Smoking,swearing,hitting,kissing,running,stealing
Not doing homework ( but except you left your homework at home)
Cheating in exams (copying from secret notes or another pupil)
Calling a teacher or another pupil bad names (bullying)
Not listening or not paying attention in lessons
Wearing unsuitable clothes for school
Punishments in the UK schools
Here are some of the ways that the UK school children can be punished.
Exclusion (开除) :a pupil is excluded from the school and cannot come back. The pupil has to find a new school or a different method of education ( home tutor (家庭教师) , special center for difficult pupils) .
Suspension (停课) :when a pupil is suspended they cannot enter the building or attend lessons until the school has a meeting about their case. Suspension can last from 1 to 45 days in a school term. The school usually gives work to do at home with a tutor (special teacher) .
Detention (阻留) :a pupil is detained. This means he or she is asked to stay at school at the end of the school day. The pupil must work for 30 minutes or an hour more before they are allowed to leave the school.
Lines: a pupil has to write a sentence many times (100 times) on a sheet of paper : An example sentence : I must not shout in class. This punishment is sometimes given during detention too.
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A. jump the queue
B. break the discipline
C. be later for school
D. fight with others
2. Which of the following behavior may be NOT regarded as serious bad behavior in a Scottish school?
A. Forgetting to bring homework to school.
B. Fighting with classmates.
C. Copying another pupil's test paper.
D. Listening to music in class.
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A. Exclusion or Suspension
B. Detention or Lines
C. Only Lines
D. Only Detention
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Exclusion means the punished students have no right to study in the school again.
B. A suspended student has to study by himself at home in a school term.
C. A detained student can't go home at once when the school day is over.
D. A pupil can go home after writing a sentence many times when he gets Lines.
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Punishments in the UK Schools
B. What Is Bad Behavior?
C. The UK School Discipline
D. Too Many School Rules in the UK
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But I was not alone. One night,I was awakened by strange sounds. I turned on the lights and saw three skinks (石龙子) . I used a small stick to try to chase them out.
Instead of leaving,they hid under the bed or in the space between the roof and walls. I gave up and decided to live with the skinks. They celebrated their victory in style. They ran around the house,making all sorts of noises. Sometimes they ran between my feet.
But to me,the skinks were more than pets. I had realized they were harmless and even useful.
One day,I saw three young skinks in a comer,gobbling up ants.②多亏了石龙子,我的卧室不再有 蚂蚁。Like most lizards,skinks need sunshine in the morning to warm up their bodies.
The skinks became my alarm clock. Each morning,when I heard them squeezing under the door,I knew it was time to get up. But on cloudy days,they sometimes made me late for work.
Since I had changed my attitude towards skinks,I was not so lonely. I often sat and watched them.
At the end of the school year,I went back to Zimbabwe. Now I would miss my scary roommates. ③ I hoped that the next person who lived there would also learn to be patient and to let skinks be skinks.
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1. 把①处画线句子改为简单句。
2. What made the noises in the writer's new house on the first night?
3. Why did the writer think the skinks are harmless and even useful? List three reasons.
①
②
③
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5. 把③处画线句子译成汉语。
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Walter's first jump from a plane was six years ago. And yesterday he made his eighteenth jump. “I should have started skydiving a long time ago!” he said.
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A. He asked me to take lots of tests and he said that I was fine.
B. Ron asked how old Walter really was and Walter told him he was 75 !
C. Walter's daughter Betty worries about him.
D. Ron asked Walter how old he was and Walter replied that he was 60.
E. Soon it was time for him to make his first jump.
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The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. We go out in the world and do charity work. Last Thursday,we were going to buy lunch for the panhandlers in the street.
I ordered 15 lunches from McDonald's and set out to deliver them.
We loved what we saw in the street: a surprised and happy person holding up their lunch bag.
Then we noticed a small,old woman,asking for change. We handed her our final lunch bag. As we got into the car she started to speak to us. “ No one has ever done anything like this for me before ,” she said with a smile. “Well,I'm glad that we were the first,” I replied. “So,when will you eat your lunch?” I asked.
She just looked at me with her huge,tired brown eyes and said, “Oh honey,I'm not going to eat this lunch. You see,I have a little girl of my own. I usually can't afford to buy her the food she enjoys. But tonight she will be so happy!”
I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. I have questioned many times whether our acts of kindness were too small to really effect change.
Yet in that moment,I recognized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: uWe cannot do great things一 only small things with great love. ”
1. The underlined word “panhandlers” in the passage probably means “ ”.
A. 富商 B. 游客
C. 乞丐 D. 学者
2. On Thankful Thursday,the writer went with her two daughters to .
A. McDonald's to have lunch
B. express thanks to others
C. visit their friends
D. do some charity work
3. What did the old woman do with the lunch?
A. She ate it when she got home.
B. She gave it to her daughter.
C. She gave it to another panhandler.
D. She exchanged it with another person's lunch.
4. The writer was after she learned the story of the woman.
A. excited B. moved
C. scared D. interested
5. What does the article want to tell us?
A. Parents should be kind to their kids.
B. Each family has its own problems.
C. It is difficult to help everyone in need.
D. A small act of kindness means a lot.
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In order to keep pollution down,California has passed a new law which means all cars have to take a test every two years. This test checks to make sure that the cars do not pollute the air. If a car does not pass the test,the owner can't register it. Some car owners drive their cars,even though they don^ pass the test. This is against the law.
The state wants to find a way to get these cars off the road. A program was started that seemed to work. This program buys cars that can't pass the test or will help pay for repairs,but the cars must be drivable and the owner can't make over a certain amount of money. This program has been helping a lot of people by giving them money to help buy better cars or by allowing them to fix their old ones. It has also been helping to keep pollution down.
1. is against the new law in California.
A. Smoking in public places such as school
B. Buying more than one car for the family
C. Driving a car after drinking too much
D. Driving a car that hasn’t passed the pollution test
2. Who can get help from the program?
A. The owner who has more than one car.
B. Whose car is drivable and didn't pass the test.
C. Whose car didn't pass the test and has high income.
D. Everyone who wants to buy a better car.
3. The program can.
A. help the owner of the bad cars to sell cars
B. ask the car owners not to buy new cars
C. keep the prices of the cars low
D. help keep the pollution down
4. The underlined word “register” means “ ”in Chinese.
A. 出售 B. 保留 C. 注册 D. 起动
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. A car's smoke can make the air dirty.
B. The problem isn’t helpful for the cars’ owners.
C. There are many cars that can't pass the test.
D. The car that doesn’t pass the test must be sold.
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篮球(n. )
允许;让(v.)
迟到(adj.)
去取(或带来) ;得到(v.)
美妙的;伟大的(adj.)
参加(比赛或运动) ;玩耍(v.)
听起来好像(v.)
有趣的(adj.)
没趣的;令人厌倦的(adj.)
有趣的;使人快乐的(a.) ;乐趣;快乐(n.)
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