15.Last weekend I decided to treat myself to relaxation by reading a magazine.As usual,I looked through the front pages of(36)Dwomen wearing designer clothes with ads promising it to be"Best of the Best".I read the ad.(37)A,instead of offering advice on how to live well,the entire article(38)Aexpensive treatments that slow the effects of getting older while fooling others into thinking you stay young naturally.What?Is that even(39)B?
You may have already guessed-I seldom make up,(40)Dbuy a few creams for my skin,and wear only one or two pieces of(41)B.Instead,given the choice I spend my money on travel,learning experiences,fun and a few causes I support.Fortunately,my husband Thom not only likes me this way,(42)Che's me same as well.(43)Acomes naturally to us because we both prefer(44)Dexperiences.
There was a TV show in the 1980's called Fernando's Hideaway.Regardless of whom the host Fernando was(45)Cin the show,he would always say,"You(46)Amarvelous(棒极了)!"And that was usually followed by,"As we all know,it's(47)Bto look marvelous than feel marvelous."I knew everyone used to laugh at that show because what made it so ridiculous was how it pointed out the obvious(48)Bof grasping for outside appearances,(49)Creal feelings.
Some women out there might be telling themselves,"I(50)Bpossibly feel good if I don't look good."Really?Your life is(51)Ato feel good to you.We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts.Instead of(52)Boutside circumstances to bring about responses in us and make us happy or not,we can put our time,attention and resources on(53)Ccan affect inside.No one else knows your reason for being happy.You do.Your happiness (54)Ayou to it.When you travel along your(55)Dto joy,your conversation is of joy;your feelings are of joy-you're on the right way.
You may have already guessed-I seldom make up,(40)Dbuy a few creams for my skin,and wear only one or two pieces of(41)B.Instead,given the choice I spend my money on travel,learning experiences,fun and a few causes I support.Fortunately,my husband Thom not only likes me this way,(42)Che's me same as well.(43)Acomes naturally to us because we both prefer(44)Dexperiences.
There was a TV show in the 1980's called Fernando's Hideaway.Regardless of whom the host Fernando was(45)Cin the show,he would always say,"You(46)Amarvelous(棒极了)!"And that was usually followed by,"As we all know,it's(47)Bto look marvelous than feel marvelous."I knew everyone used to laugh at that show because what made it so ridiculous was how it pointed out the obvious(48)Bof grasping for outside appearances,(49)Creal feelings.
Some women out there might be telling themselves,"I(50)Bpossibly feel good if I don't look good."Really?Your life is(51)Ato feel good to you.We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts.Instead of(52)Boutside circumstances to bring about responses in us and make us happy or not,we can put our time,attention and resources on(53)Ccan affect inside.No one else knows your reason for being happy.You do.Your happiness (54)Ayou to it.When you travel along your(55)Dto joy,your conversation is of joy;your feelings are of joy-you're on the right way.
36.A.casual | B.special | C.ordinary | D.attractive |
37.A.Unfortunately | B.Frequently | C.Hopefully | D.Fortunately |
38.A.focused on | B.left out | C.commented On | D.made out |
39.A.necessary | B.possible | C.convenient | D.essential |
40.A.never | B.often | C.usually | D.just |
41.A.clothing | B.jewelry | C.decoration | D.furniture |
42.A.and | B.yet | C.but | D.although |
43.A.Happiness | B.Tiredness | C.Beauty | D.Fortune |
44.A.common | B.cultural | C.traveling | D.quality |
45.A.performing | B.requiring | C.interviewing | D.working |
46.A.look | B.sound | C.smell | D.feel |
47.A.worse | B.better | C.less | D.funnier |
48.A.puzzle | B.mistake | C.idea | D.progress |
49.A.more than | B.less than | C.rather than | D.other than |
50.A.mustn't | B.couldn't | C.needn't | D.daren't |
51.A.supposed | B.permitted | C.requested | D.promised |
52.A.letting | B.allowing | C.recommending | D.preventing |
53.A.which | B.that | C.what | D.why |
54.A.guides | B.sends | C.misleads | D.applies |
55.A.mind | B.reason | C.time | D.path |
14.University educators largely think highly of the wonders of teaching through technology.However,critics(41)B whether something is lost when professors and lectures rely too heavily on electronic media or when(42)D with students takes place remotely--in cyberspace (网格空间)(43)C the real space of the classroom.
HansUlrich Gumbrecht,the Professor of Literature at Stanford Universily,is one such critic."I think this enthusiastic and sometimes childish and (44)A pushing toward the more technology the better,the more websites the better teacher,is very dangerous-is indeed (45)B,"he indicates.
However,Gumbrecht warns that there are few studies either supporting or rejecting the hypothesis (假设) that traditional ways of teaching are (46)A to teaching via the Internet.He says that he could point only to his"feeling tliat real classroom presence should be (47)C",and emphasizes the need for educators to examine critically where technology (48)A a useful teaching function and where it does not.
Yet,Gumbrecht allows that,for courses in which knowledge transmission is the only purpose,electronic media probably can do the job well enough.Indeed,as a result of the 20th century's knowledge (49)D and the increasing costs of higher education,using technology for the transmission of information is probably (50)C,he admits.However,knowledge transmission should not be the most important function of the university,he maintains,(51)D that universities should be places where people face open questions,places for"intellectual complexity"and"riskful thinking".
"We are not about finding or transmitting solutions; we are not about recipes; we are not about making intellectual life easy.Challenging complexity is what (52)A your mind.It is something like intellectual gymnaistics.And this is what makes you a suitable member of the society."Moreover,discussions in the physical presence of others can lead to the intellectual (53)B."There's a(an)(54)A change,and you don't know how it happens.Discussions in the physical presence have the capacity of being the(催化別)for such intellectual breakthroughs.The possibility of in-classroom teaching---of letting something happen which cannot happen if you teach by the transmission of'infonnation is its (55)B"
HansUlrich Gumbrecht,the Professor of Literature at Stanford Universily,is one such critic."I think this enthusiastic and sometimes childish and (44)A pushing toward the more technology the better,the more websites the better teacher,is very dangerous-is indeed (45)B,"he indicates.
However,Gumbrecht warns that there are few studies either supporting or rejecting the hypothesis (假设) that traditional ways of teaching are (46)A to teaching via the Internet.He says that he could point only to his"feeling tliat real classroom presence should be (47)C",and emphasizes the need for educators to examine critically where technology (48)A a useful teaching function and where it does not.
Yet,Gumbrecht allows that,for courses in which knowledge transmission is the only purpose,electronic media probably can do the job well enough.Indeed,as a result of the 20th century's knowledge (49)D and the increasing costs of higher education,using technology for the transmission of information is probably (50)C,he admits.However,knowledge transmission should not be the most important function of the university,he maintains,(51)D that universities should be places where people face open questions,places for"intellectual complexity"and"riskful thinking".
"We are not about finding or transmitting solutions; we are not about recipes; we are not about making intellectual life easy.Challenging complexity is what (52)A your mind.It is something like intellectual gymnaistics.And this is what makes you a suitable member of the society."Moreover,discussions in the physical presence of others can lead to the intellectual (53)B."There's a(an)(54)A change,and you don't know how it happens.Discussions in the physical presence have the capacity of being the(催化別)for such intellectual breakthroughs.The possibility of in-classroom teaching---of letting something happen which cannot happen if you teach by the transmission of'infonnation is its (55)B"
41.A.deny | B question | C object | D comment |
42.A.combination | B cooperation | C presentation | D interaction |
43.A.more than | B less than | C rather than | D other than |
44.A.blind | B tough | C passive | D rough |
45.A.impersonal | B disastrous | C illogical | D immoral |
46.A.superior | B related | C opposed | D equal |
47.A.approved | B reformed | C maintained | D removed |
48.A.serves | B conveys | C delivers | D identifies |
49.A.evaluation | B evolution | C emission | D explosion |
50.A.affordable | B flexible | C inevitable | D predictable |
51.A.confirming | B urging | C complaining | D noting |
52.A.expands | B limits | C comforts | D awakes |
53.A.decline | B innovation | C consequence | D formation |
54.A.qualitative | B irregular | C protective | D minor |
55.A.criticism | B strength | Cdemonstration | Dinvolvement |
7.假设你是李平,最近参加了由某电视台举办的中学生英语演讲比赛并获奖,该台准备组织获奖者去北京参加一次英语夏令营活动,现就有关事项征求你的意见.请根据下表所提供的信息用英语以书信形式给予答复.请在答题卡上作答.
请注意:
1.选择适合你的时间,并说明理由;
2.选择两项你喜欢的活动,并说明理由;
3.对活动内容提出至少一个建议或要求;
4.词数:100左右;
5.信的开关和结尾已给出.
Dear Sir or Madame,
Yours truly,
Li Ping.
0 142741 142749 142755 142759 142765 142767 142771 142777 142779 142785 142791 142795 142797 142801 142807 142809 142815 142819 142821 142825 142827 142831 142833 142835 142836 142837 142839 142840 142841 142843 142845 142849 142851 142855 142857 142861 142867 142869 142875 142879 142881 142885 142891 142897 142899 142905 142909 142911 142917 142921 142927 142935 151629
活动时间 | 7月15日~22日或8月15日~22日 |
活动内容 | 参加英语角 学唱英语歌曲 听英语讲座 表演英语短剧 看英语电影 教外宾学中文 |
对活动内容的建议或要求 |
1.选择适合你的时间,并说明理由;
2.选择两项你喜欢的活动,并说明理由;
3.对活动内容提出至少一个建议或要求;
4.词数:100左右;
5.信的开关和结尾已给出.
Dear Sir or Madame,
Yours truly,
Li Ping.