题目内容
______ I love sweets,I will try to eat healthy food.
A.But B. Although C.Because D.So
Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture(手势)is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal(不用语言的)culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”
【小题1】When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手势)?
A.Good luck. | B.We’ve won. |
C.Everything is all right. | D.Best wishes. |
A.Justin Bieber | B.Blake Lively | C.Patti Wood | D.Taylor Swift |
A.help the people in need | B.make a gesture popular |
C.express your love or thanks | D.show your special gesture |
A.Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast. |
B.Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use. |
C.It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people. |
D.It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular. |
I love my iPhone---it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it stores all of my writing and thoughts. Though I love these devices(装置) of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from them and truly communicate with others.
I teach history in a high school. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes(主题) and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and share their ideas with each other in the classroom. I have a rule---no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule before class, some of them were not happy at all.
Most students think that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students believe that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions(打断) by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and students realize that with deep conversation, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
【小题1】What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A.The reasons why students should use computers or iPads in class. |
B.The advantages of using cell phones and computers in the classroom. |
C.What the writer is trying to do and what rule has been made in class. |
D.A new learning style that the teacher enjoys using in history class. |
A.improve teaching and offer more help |
B.allow students to get on well with each other |
C.help students concentrate on what they learn |
D.keep students from making deep conversations |
A.The teacher will carry on the success in the future. |
B.The teacher will have to cancel the rule in class. |
C.Some students will be punished according to the rule. |
D.More and more students will be absent in history class. |
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A professor(教授) told his students to go into the city slums(贫民窟) to study the life of 200 boys. He asked them to write reports about each boy’s 1ife and future. One of the students wrote, “They don’t have 1. hope.”
Twenty-five years later, 2. professor read about the earlier study. He told his students to find out 3. had happened to the boys. They tried very hard and 4. that 176 of the boys had become successful as doctors, teachers and scientists.
The professor was very surprised and 5. to study it further.Luckily, all of them were living near the place and he was able to ask each one, “What made you successful?” Each one answered, “It was a 6. .”
The teacher was 7. living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had done to 8. those boys out of the slums, and change them into 9. people.
The teacher's eyes began to shine and said 10. a sweet smile, “It's really very easy. I love those boys.”