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STUDENT VOLUNTEER NEEDED!

Are you looking for something fun? Do you want help others in your spare time? Join us to

be a volunteer!

On January 1st. from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, there will be a New Year party in our school. We

need some helpers. Come and join us to be a volunteer!

Task time date

Write invitations 4:40 pm--- 6:40 pm Dec. 29

Set up the gym 11:30 am---4:00 pm Dec. 31

Help performers 4:40 pm---9:00 pm Jan. 1

Clean up the gym 7:00 pm---9:00 pm Jan. 1

Interested students should speak with Ms. Xie, the music teacher. You could find her in Room 5 No 1 Teaching Building or call her at 86887230.

1.What time will the New Year party begin?

A.At 7 pm. B.At 9 pm. C.At 4 pm.

2.Which of the following job should be done before the party?

A.Write invitations B.Help performers C.Clean up the gym

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In Chinese, the phrase “daomei’’ is often used to describe bad luck. Where did “daomei” come from? It is said that daomei comes from Zhejiang during the Ming Dynasty (朝代). It has something to do with the keju testing system that were given in ancient China.

At the time, there were no entrance examinations for colleges and universities like today. If someone wanted to become an officer, that person would need to take the keju tests. The keju testing system consisted of several tests at different levels. Through the highest-level tests, called dianshi, the best candidates (候选人) were chosen by the emperor.

The keju tests were hard and competition was fierce(激烈的). During the Ming Dynasty, candidates in Zhejiang would put up a flagpole in front of the gate to their home, wishing for good luck on the tests. Local people called the flagpole “mei” (楣) at the time. If someone passed a test, the flagpole would be kept up. If they failed, the flagpole would be removed, which was called “daomei”, meaning “the flagpole falls”.

As time passed, daomei came to refer not only to “failing a test”, but also to describe being unlucky in general. The Chinese character for mei was also changed from“楣” to today’s “霉”, since the two have the same pronunciation.

1.Which province did the term “daomei” come from?

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2.Were there any college entrance examinations in ancient China?

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3.According to the story, what did “mei” refer to (指的是) during the Ming Dynasty?

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4.Who chose the best candidates?

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5.How do you like the keju tests?

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Researchers have recently discovered how to make families work, more successfully. A surprising idea has appeared: the single most important thing you can do for your family, it seems, is to develop a family story.

I first heard this idea in the mid-1990s. from Marshall Duke, a professor at Emory University. Duke was studying stories in families when his wife, a children's learning specialist, made a discovery: “The students. who know a lot about their families will do better when they face challenges (挑战),”Sara said.

Interested, Duke set out to test her conclusion. He and Emory workmate Robyn Fivush developed a method called the “Do You Know?" degree that asked children to answer 20 questions such as: Do you know where your grandparents grew up? Do you know where your mum and dad went to high school? Do you know about an illness or something really terrible that happened in your family?

Duke and Fivush asked those questions to members of four dozen families in 2001. They then compared the children's results with a group of psychological (心理学的) tests the children had taken and reached a conclusion that agreed to Sara's theory. The more children knew about their families' histories, the stronger their sense of control over their lives, the higher their self-respect, and the more successfully they believed their families worked from generation to generation (代代传承).

“We were really surprised," Duke said. The researchers mentioned the children after the terrible events of September 11, 2001. “Once again," Duke said, “the ones who knew more about their families proved to be stronger."

Why does knowing where her grandmother went to school help a child overcome something terrible and difficult? Duke said that children who have the most self-confidence have what he calls “a 'strong intergenerational self". They know that they come from something bigger than themselves.

Duke suggested that parents do the same activities with their children again and again. Any kind of activities work to teach the sense of history: holidays, vacations, big family get-togethers, even a drive to the shop. “These traditions become part of your family,” Duke said.

Years of research have showed that most happy families also communicate successfully, but it's not simply a matter of talking through problems. Talking also means telling a positive (正面的) story about yourselves. When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter (章) to their life story that helps them overcome the difficulty. This skill is very important for children when they are growing up.

The bottom lines: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's best moments and your relations' ability to overcome difficulty. That act alone may prove the fact that your family will thrive (兴旺) for many generations to come.

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.Happy children are usually brought up in happy families.

B.Our family is the most important place to teach children.

C.There are many things for the young to learn from the old.

D.Family history plays an important part when children grow up.

2.What can the “Do you know?" degree tell us?

A.What relation in one's family is. B.What story one's family has had.

C.How much one knows his family. D.How much one loves his family.

3.Which of the following is true, according to the passage?

A.The event of September 11, 2001 helped Duke reach his conclusion.

B.Duke thinks that a strong intergenerational self is very important.

C.Duke and Sara's research work led us to an unexpected conclusion.

D.According to Duke, positive talks will add new chapters to one's life.

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