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任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意:每空格1个单词。
Most of us have never thought about building an educational toy by ourselves. If we need a learning toy or something, we simply go to the nearest store and buy it. However, things are not as easy in third world countries. With families even having no food to put on the table, buying toys, especially the educational ones, is the last thing on the parents’ minds.
So how can one get these kids interested in science? This was a question that worried the Indian engineer Arvind Gupta so much that he decided to leave his job and spend his life making toys from things that people no longer want or need!
Mr. Gupta began teaching in the 1970s. While still an engineering student at the Indian College of Technology, he volunteered to teach the children who could not afford to go to school. After his graduation, he found a good job at India’s Tata Motors and spent the next five years designing cars.
But he soon realized that this was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he took a year’s training course and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program whose aim was to make science fun and exciting for poor children using common materials.
Mr. Gupta found the whole project so intereting that he decided to leave his high-paying job and pay his attention to designing educational toys that were not only cheap and easy to build, but are also full of scientific principles(科学原理), so that children could get interested in this interesting subject.
When the Internet started becoming a more widespread learning tool, Mr. Gupta created a Toys from Trash website and also recorded over 250 YouTube videos.
Today, over 50,000 children and teachers visit the website daily to download the videos for the toy creations developed from cool science. Some young children have become so inspired (鼓舞)that they have even won international science competitions with the help of his creations.
Making educational toys from rubbish
Reasons ●Most people never thought about building educational toys.
●Usually people go to the nearest store to buy educational toys in 1.
●To some families, food is more 2. than educational toys.
●We should help children to get interested in science.
About Mr Gupta ●Finding a good job and spending five years designing cars after 3.
college
●Deciding to stop a good job and spending his life making special toys
●Volunteering to teach the children from 4. families
●Taking a year’s training course to learn to make science fun and exciting for poor children
●Focusing his attention on designing educational toys
About the website ●A Toys from Trash is a website with over 250 YouTube videos
●Many children visit the website and they are with the videos for the toy creations 5. on cool science
●With the help of his creations, children have even won international science competitions
书面表达
假如你是林思,要去澳大利亚Melbourne High留学,需要在当地找一个寄宿家庭(host family)请 按要求写一封100词左右的电子邮件给寄宿家庭中介公司的经理 Mr. Porter.
内容包括:(1)简单介绍自己的个人情况,如语言、爱好等;
(2)提出自己对寄宿家庭的要求(如下表所示):
Family member | English speaker, no smoker |
Housing | Near the school, a bedroom with a bathroom |
Others | Cooking by myself |
注意:(1)邮件需涵盖以上所有要点,可适当发挥;开头和结尾已给出(不计入总词数);
(2)文中不能出现真实的人名和校名等相关信息。
Dear Mr. Porter,
My name is Lin Si.__________________________________________________
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Best wishes,
Lin Si
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A 12-year-old boy got lost on the subway after going out alone on Sunday. The boy came to Shanghai to visit his parents during the summer holiday. Although his parents were happy to see him, they 1. little time with him. The boy did his homework for two2. and felt bored, so he went out to play on the subway. He had fun playing there. But when he felt tired and hungry, and wanted to go home, he didn’t know at which station he should get off. The police found the boy 3. on the subway and took him to the office. They bought him something to eat and asked him some questions. The boy’s parents couldn’t find him after arriving home. They felt 4. and called the police right away. They got to the police office and saw5. son. They were very happy and thanked the police.