Toddler World Nursery was delighted to employ a trainee---twenty-two-old Jonathan Brown—as their first male nursery schoolteacher. He was also the only man who applied for the job, but, insists Margery Bowman, head teacher of Toddler World, by far the best applicant. “Both boys and girls will benefit from the experience of having a male role model in the nursery.” Says mother of two, Margery.
Jonathan has always been interested in childcare. His own mother is a childminder and his father is a teacher. “I’ve always helped Mum with looking after all the children.” he says. “I’m used to changing nappies, feeding babies, reading stories and playing with Lego.”
But Jonathan is a rare male in a female world. Only 2% of nursery teachers are men and this hasn’t changed for ten years. Roger Olsen of the National Nursery Trust said, “Men are often viewed with anxiety and suspicion(怀疑)in a children’s environment. Or they are expected to do things the way women would do them. But men bring different things into childcare and this has to be recoginsed.” Jonathan agrees. He is a qualified under-7s football coach, and plants to introduce football lessons to the nursery for boys and girls.
What do Jonathan’s friends think of his choice of career?
“Actually, most of them are pretty cool about it now.” he says, “though they do make jokes about nappies. And I’ve found that girls are actually quite impressed – so that’s good!”
1.Why was Jonathan employed by Toddler World Nursery?
A. He was the best among all the applicants.
B. He was the only man who applied for the job.
C. He would be able to teach kids to play football.
D. He would do things the way women would do them.
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “childminder” (Para.2)?
A. Instructor.
B. Superior.
C. Baby-sitter.
D. Coach.
3.What did Roger Olsen say about the job of childcare?
A. It has been women-specific.
B. It requires people’s understanding.
C. It takes time to make some changes.
D. It needs men teachers to bring something different.
科目:高中英语 来源:甘肃省天水市2018届高三上学期开学考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.
1.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?
A. To explain what they are.
B. To introduce BookCrossing.
C. To stress the importance of reading.
D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The book. B. An adventure.
C. A public place. D. The identification number.
3.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?
A. Meet other readers to discuss it. B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.
C. Pass it on to another reader. D. Mail it back to its owner.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour
B. Electronic Books: A new Trend
C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back
D. A Website Links People through Books
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Another advantage is that it’s so slim that it won’t too much space in your bag.
A. take up B. make up
C. put up D. use up
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Social Media
Social media can be defined (解释) as web-based and mobile media that are used for people to interact, connect and communicate with each other. It often involves the creation and sharing of content (writing, pictures, and video) that people make themselves, mostly through the Internet.
1. The first type involves people getting together to work on a project, for example, Wikipedia. Blogs and micro-blogs (such as Twitter) are another type of social media. There are other websites like YouTube that allow people to share content such as pictures, articles or videos. 2. These sites allow people to stay in touch with friends, make new ones and join communities. Facebook is an example of this type. Many people like to play games on the Internet and, yes, there are social media games as well. These games allow gamers to interact with each other and play with or against other gamers. 3. The final type of social media is websites like Second Life, where people can create avatars (化身) and use and create objects, as if they were in the real world.
Social media are different from traditional media. With social media, many individual people in different places create content.
Another difference is that people who produce content in social media don’t need very special skills. 4. It takes only a few minutes to write a twitter post, for example.
5. But whatever you might think, social media is here to stay.
A. World of Warcraft is a good example.
B. And social media content can be produced much faster.
C. In general, there are six different types of social media.
D. Another type of social media are social networking sites.
E. Some people think social media is good and some think it is bad.
F. In traditional media,people need special skills to produce something.
G. Social media is one of the fastest-growing industries in today’s world
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Phelps, the 31-year-old US swimming star, was seen1. purple circles dotting his shoulders and back at the Rio Olympics. The circles2. (cause) by the ancient Chinese treatment, in which he is a great3. (believe). The Chinese treatment, known as “baguan”, uses heated glass cups 4.(create) a suction (吸气) on the patient’s skin, causing a circular mark.
I remember, some 40 years ago, when I fell sick, my mother always did cupping on me. It scared me. I would cry. 5. my mother would say: “ Be patient! It will hurt just a bit, like an ant bite.” So I would let her, and it 6.(usual) helped. Now when I have fever, flu, or muscular pain I go to a “cupping spa” and get it done. Not that I don’t trust medicines, but I also believe in cupping. I got it done just last month for my fever, 7. wasn’t coming down with medicines and injections. One session of cupping and the fever was 8. (go).
The US National Institute of Health says on 9. (it) website that “cupping” is considered generally safe for 10.(health) people when performed by a trained health professional.
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Two years ago, Dubuque, Iowa, started its first annual "Back to School Bash" program. It offered needy families an opportunity to learn about free in the community. Holmes decided to by providing help to kids. He was two jobs at the time, one of which was working as a barber. Saturday was his day, but he chose to his time and gave free haircuts to lower class kids on condition that the kids should their free haircut by having to read a book to him.
The idea was so that he continued it for the next two years. Many kids would a favorite book, settle into the barber chair, and read aloud Holmes was doing their hair. After the haircut, they'd review the book, from the and vocabulary to the themes—just like in school, only more fun.
Holmes, who is married two sons, recognizes that not every parent has the time to with their kids. So he hopes to offer some in this way. And he admits he, , benefits from doing that.
There was a seven-year-old kid who stuttered(结巴) over words while reading. He had the boy take the book home and . When the child came back a few days later, he read it with no problems. That Holmes to do more.
Holmes and his family have recently moved to a Chicago suburb. When they get , he plans to restart his as the Storybook Barber. "Today’s world is full of guns and violence," he says, "The barbershop is a place for the kids to come and read books."
1.A. materials B. resourcesC. methodsD. connections
2.A. participate B. performC. developD. withdraw
3.A. faced with B. caught inC. presented with D. engaged in
4.A. happiest B. worst C. busiest D. best
5.A. spend B. waste C. save D. donate
6.A. receive B. earn C. demandD. request
7.A. popular B. ordinaryC. complexD. rigid
8.A. put away B. take overC. pick upD. give out
9.A. before B. after C. while D. until
10.A. kidsB. heroinesC. barbersD. characters
11.A. withB. to C. for D. about
12.A. stayB. read C. talk D. learn
13.A. guidance B. judgmentC. assistanceD. insurance
14.A. again B. still C. then D. too
15.A. usually B. hardly C. merely D. necessarily[来
16.A. write B. practiceC. remark D. reflect
17.A. surprised B. excitedC. inspiredD. impressed
18.A. settled B. relaxedC. pleasedD. refreshed
19.A. ownership B. hobby C. promiseD. role
20.A. secret B. safe C. rough D. crowded
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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短文。短文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误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(∧),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
My grandma lives in the country and has a big yard.Although she is over seventy,she lives the active life, making her yard look a farm.She likes animals,so she kept five dogs,two cats,six hens,and four geese.The hens and geese regular lay eggs,most of that she gives to me.
It is a hard task to feed and cares for all these animals.But she likes it.My grandma also grows many more vegetables in my yard.As a rule,she grows plants without chemical fertilizers and prevents pests without use farm chemicals.Her vegetables are organic or we all like them!
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假定你是李华,想邀请邀请外教Henry一起参观中国剪纸(paper-cutting)艺术展。请给他写封邮件,内容包括:
1.展览时间、地点;
2.展览内容。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Subject directories are built by humans.Someone has________pages and links and selected all those that are in the directory.
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