题目内容
Does it ever ______ to you that they would be punished for being late?
A.strike B.occur C.happen D.appear
B
解析:
sth. occurs to sb.的意思是“某人突然间想起了……”。
Americans All
Type: Musical Running Time: 50 Minutes
This is a musical play set in a high school classroom that will teach you the importance of staying in school. This fun and entertaining musical experience will appeal to anyone. It has a positive message that will be well received by students as well as their teachers and parents. Almost all of the roles can be played either by males or females. The dialogue teaches values, ethics and how to be the best you can be. The lyrics (歌词) and music flow non-stop with piano accompaniment (伴奏).
A Mother in My Head
Type: Short Play Running Time: 45 Minutes
Where does motherly advice and direction begin and where does it end? Or does it ever end? This fast-paced play follows the lives of two young people as they begin their careers, meet, and fall in love, each coached in every step of the way by the "mothers in their heads". The on-stage presence of the mothers provides an interaction (相互交流) between characters that is thoroughly enjoyable.
One of Our Clowns Is Missing
Type: Short Play Running Time: 30 Minutes
Adapted from the full-length play One of Our Clowns Is Missing by Robert Frankel, this play will bring the audience to cheers, tears, and applause. Sandy lacks self-esteem (自尊), but after meeting a group of characters that turn her life around, she regains her confidence and makes a new start.
My Fed Ex Christmas Request
Type: Short Play Running Time: 10 Minutes
Nicky is naughty every year so instead of getting toys under his Christmas tree, Santa has been leaving him a lump (块) of coal in his stocking year after year. Well, Nicky has finally had it with being labeled as naughty by Santa and decides to pack himself in a FedEx box and ship it to the North Pole. He’s going to defend his case face to face with Santa. This comedy shows us what happens when Nicky decides he’s not going to take it anymore!
【小题1】To encourage their children to stay in school, parents should take their children to see __________.
| A．Americans All | B．A Mother in My Head |
| C．One of Our Clowns Is Missing | D．My Fed Ex Christmas Request |
| A．teaches young women how to be good mothers |
| B．advises mothers to care more about their children |
| C．shows mothers’ influence on young people’s lives |
| D．encourages young people to live with their mothers |
| A．A Mother in My Head. | B．Americans All. |
| C．My FedEx Christmas Request. | D．One of Our Clowns Is Missing. |
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| "We expected our first child to be perfect." Most parents have thought so. I know that' s what I 1 with our oldest son, Joe.He would be perfect.Joe would sail through 2 from learning ABC' s to being awarded a Ph.D.. Joe, 3 , had other ideas. He was always a 4 kid.He wasn't the kind of boy who threw 5 at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August. But he wasn't perfect.Especially when it came to that nice little 6 that I had about sailing through school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled with scissors and handwriting and math. Always 7 . He passed each grade with great 8 , never at the top of his class. How I 9 friends who had children with the "math gene".A mom told me her daughter was doing high school algebra(代数) while in the sixth grade.Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the district' s annual Math Challenge. After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and 10 : Why didn't we raise a mathematical talent? How is he ever going to get into 11 if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly 12 never really amounted to(总计) much.Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever they' re worrying about usually 13 on its own. During high school, Joe slowly 14 at math.He got through algebra I & II, and geometry, our state requirements for math.I felt greatly 15 at his little achievement.Then he announced that he' d take pre-calculus (微积分) in his last year of high school, which 16 me a lot. "Why?" I questioned. "Because I need to keep my skills up," he explained." I 17 math, but I need to take it so I don' t forget how to do it." "For college, " he added."I want to do really well in college, Mom.I know it will be 18_,but I think it' s important that I try to do my best." My oldest son wasn't perfect.He wasn't a math talent, either.But he knew what was important: he was focusing on his 19 while I was worrying over his past.And that, to me, is even better than being 20 . | ||||
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