题目内容
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Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies in American. He says that a long summer vacation doesn't make sense in today's world.
In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. These activities are putting their 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(学术的) skills are important to students' future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Most American schools offer up to thirteen weeks summer vacation.
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.
“A longer school year does not have to be hard and boring work. Instead, it should allow teachers to give richer and more imaginative lessons,” Frederick M. Hess suggested, “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 But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.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: Long Summer Vacation
Theme | A 【小题1】 doesn’t make sense in today’s world. | |
Basic Information | Vacation length | 【小题2】 weeks in most American schools |
Students’ 【小题3】___________ | ·Sending messages and watching TV ·Playing video games ·Doing shopping | |
Disadvantages | Putting student’s academic futures at risk | Affect academic 【小题4】 |
Causing challenges for families | Make parents watch kids at home | |
【小题5】___________ | Students should study more imaginative lessons such as athletics, languages, music and the arts. | |
Conclusion | Summer vacation can be both grand and outdated |
【小题1】Long Summer Vacation
【小题2】Thirteen/13
【小题3】activities
【小题4】skills
【小题5】suggestions
解析
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What is eco-fashion? Eco-fashion is a complex phenomenon and the common use of the term covers two aspects of fashion——'ecological ' and 'ethical ' (伦理的). Ecological fashion usually refers to textile(织物) and clothing production processes and the environmental issues surrounding them; ethical fashion generally relates to the working conditions involved in the producing processes.
What are the problems with fashion? Firstly, the production of textiles pollutes the environment heavily. Cotton-planting uses pesticides; sheep-farming and wool-cleaning contribute to global warming; synthetics-making (人造纤维生产) brings about harmful waste. Secondly, every stage of clothing production has a significant effect on the environment. They all use a great deal of energy, and some also involve harmful chemicals. In addition to this, there is a lot of waste produced in the process, especially in the form of polluted water. Thirdly, growing consumption levels and our shopping habits further worsen the bad effects. We are now buying clothes in increasing quantities without realizing the scale on which it affects natural environment, and we are also quick to throw away clothes that have been worn only a couple of times.
Then, how to solve the problem? To a large degree, it is the fashion producers that really have the power and the responsibility to shape our future. There are numerous ways in which these producers can reduce their ecological footprint, from switching to green energy and reducing energy use, through selecting sustainable(可持续使用的) materials and choosing local suppliers, to recycle and minimize waste. On the other hand, as consumers we can all make contributions by selecting environmentally friendly clothing and reducing clothing consumption.
Now many people are beginning to shop for organic food products because the benefits of eating food free of chemicals are straightforward and immediate. They relate directly to our personal health. In fact, choosing eco-fashion can also contribute to our personal health, though it is mostly done by way of keeping the health of the planet.
Why choose eco-fashion? | ||
(76)______ of fashion | Ecological | Textile & clothing production processes |
Related environmental issues | ||
Ethical | (77)______ involved | |
(78)______ with fashion | Textile production | Cotton-planting: use of pesticides |
(79)______ : global warming | ||
Synthetics-making: harmful waste | ||
(80)______ | Consuming a great deal of energy | |
Using harmful chemicals | ||
Producing a lot of waste | ||
Consumption levels and shopping habits | New clothes: bought (81)______ | |
Old clothes: thrown away quickly | ||
(82)______ to problems | Fashion producers | Ways to (83)______ and minimize waste: ·Switching to green energy ·Reducing energy use ·Selecting sustainable materials ·Choosing local suppliers |
(84)______ | Selecting environmentally friendly clothing | |
(85)______ | ||
Choosing eco-fashion can contribute to our personal health. |
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Thanksgiving Day
Many people believe Thanksgiving is a Western holiday, but in fact, it is only an American holiday held every fourth Thursday of November although Canada holds their own unique Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. Some of the family will have to travel by air and others will make long motor trips with the children. Sons and daughters away at college use their four-day holiday to go home, and employees take extra days from their work so as to be able to make the trip for the annual reunion. The Thanks-giving dinner menu today is somewhat the same as it was on Thanksgiving Day in 1863. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts and grapes. There will be pudding (布丁), mince(肉末)pie, other varieties of food and squash(鲜果汁). The rest and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
In true Thanksgiving spirit the family circle is often enlarged to include friends known to be alone, foreign visitors, or servicemen away from home. Orphans, the aged and the homeless also have the traditional turkey dinner, provided either by some charitable (慈善的) individual or a church group.
Thanksgiving Day
The dates | In the USA | Every fourth Thursday of November |
53. ________ | Every second Monday of October | |
54. _______ | The big family dinner | Planned months ahead |
All family members | Expected to get home for 55. ________ | |
The dinner menu | Roast turkey and pumpkin pie, apples, oranges, chestnuts, grapes, other varieties of food and etc | |
The Enlarged spirit | People invited to Thanksgiving Dinner | Friends known to be alone, 56. ________, or servicemen away from home |
People provided with 57. ________ | Orphans, the aged and the homeless |
第二节摘录信息(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
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Some beach creatures are wonderful -- like dolphins, but others are dangerous. Here are some examples of harmful beach creatures.
Puffer Fish
Puffer Fish, found in all Japanese seas, have very interesting features. They are very easy to catch but must not be eaten because their flesh and organs contain a poison. Anyone who does eat the flesh can become sick very quickly. They may even stop breathing.
The Blue Bottle
The Blue Bottle is found in most Caribbean waters. Blue Bottles float lightly on the surface of the water but their tentacles (触须) can be as long as 10 metres. Blue Bottles are much less dangerous than some other jellyfish but they can give a swimmer a bad sting (刺) if the swimmer accidentally touches them.
Stingrays
There are many different kinds of stingrays in Mauritius waters. They usually swim and feed on the bottom of the sea. Accidents can happen if people stand on them or try to pick them up. Stingrays have a sting on their tail. These stings have poison on them. If someone is stung the wound can easily become infected.
Title : 53
Wildlife | Where creatures live | 56 | What effects on men |
Puffer Fish | 55 | ● easy to catch ● unfit to eat | ● become sick ● stop breathing |
54 | most Caribbean waters | ●their tentacles being as long as 10 metres ● less dangerous | give a sting |
Stingrays | Mauritius waters | having a poisonous sting on their tail | easily 57 by the sting |
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Each year there is an increasing number of cars as millions of new cars are produced in America. Americans will not live without cars! However, some have realized the serious problem of air pollution by cars. It is necessary to find ways to solve the problem of air pollution.
One way to clean the air is to build a new kind of clean car. That’s what several of the large car factories are trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on it. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model for us.
To prevent the world being polluted by cars, Americans have to make some changes in the way of their life. They have to cut down on the number of their cars and are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. But this change does not come easily. Many workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. And the problem of their pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
Americans may live a happy but sad life for a long time because of the car problem.
Cars and Pollution in American
Problem | Methods | 58._____________ | Conclution |
56______________ | Building a new kind of 57._______. | Progress in this field is slow. | Americans may live a 60._______ life. |
It takes years to develop a 59._______ | |||
Cutting down on the number of cars | Many workers may lose their jobs | ||
Traveling and going to work by bike. |
摘录信息(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)
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This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting.
News One: The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a good will tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
News Two: Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start its ten-nation tour next month.
News Three: In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart diseases among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal, the five-year study shows that: women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
That’s the news of the hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
News on the Hour |
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News One |
America |
A visit to 53 |
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News Two |
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A ten-nation tour |
56 |
News Three |
America |
a 57 between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart diseases |
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