题目内容
【题目】
There are a variety __________ musical instruments in the hall.
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【解析】of
Many young men volunteer __________ military service every year in China.
【题目】Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues. He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Many nations don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven consecutive（连续的） weeks of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks. To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families. In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break. Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.
A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work. Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons. Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts. Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title: Summer Vacation
Theme
A long summer vacation isn’t 【1】 in today’s world.
Basic Information
【2】 length
13 weeks in most American schools
Students’ 【3】
·Sending messages and watching TV
·Playing video games
·Doing shopping
Disadvantages
· 【4】 student’s academic skills and putting academic futures at risk.
·Being a 【5】 to families for they have to watch kids.
·Hurting students’ academic achievement and resulting in 【6】 significant ground.
Suggestion
A longer school year does not have to 【7】 to hard boring work. Richer and more imaginative lessons should be 【8】 , such as athletics, languages, music and the arts.
【9】
Though being a ground thing, summer vacation might be out of
【10】 in the 21st century.
The girl began to sing __________ the piano.
【题目】Some people choose a job for other reasons __________ money these days.
A. for
B. except
C. besides
D. with
【题目】Nobody seems to take notice of the ten-cent note which __________ (lie) on the ground for quite a long time.
【题目】One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night.
The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said, "but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night." The couple agreed.
As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, "You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’ll build one for you." The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man, asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers thrusting (插入) up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him to manage.
That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose name was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.
【1】Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?
A .He was grateful to the clerk.
B. They had a bet at first.
C. He wanted to please the clerk.
D. He wanted to sell the hotel.
【2】Which of the statements about the story is NOT true?
A. The story took place at about one a.m.
B. The old couple were too poor to afford a luxurious room.
C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.
D. The clerk received an unexpected invitation from the old man.
【3】According to the text, the clerk .
A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor.
B. hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money.
C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple.
D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts.
【4】Which of the following proverbs suits the story the best?
A. Every little thing helps.
B. Make hay (干草) while the sun shines.
C. Accidents will happen.
D. One good turn deserves another.
This medicine will give you some r__________.
【题目】He stayed under water for two minutes, and then swam to the __________（表面）.
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