假定你是靈溪二高高一(6)班的學生李明。最近你收到了居住在新加坡的筆友Mike寄來的一封信。請你應他的要求，根據(jù)表格的內(nèi)容寫一封回信，談談學校的生活。

目前情況	在高一學習了一個半月，已經(jīng)習慣了高中的學習和生活。
所學科目	中文、數(shù)學、英語、物理、化學、政治、歷史、地理、體育。
學校生活	上課時間從早上7點25開始，下午5點結(jié)束。之后做運動或到學校圖書館閱讀約半個小時，然后回家。十點半睡覺。
希 望	1. 秋天來了，溫州的秋天很舒服，歡迎他來玩。 2. 請他下次來信時談談他在學校的生活。

 
Dear Mike,
I was very glad to receive your letter on Jun. 15th. At your request, I’ll tell something about my school life.
                                                        
                                                        
I’ll appreciate it if you can tell me something about your school life in your next letter. I’m looking forward to it.
With best regards.
Yours truly,
Li Ming　

假定你是靈溪二高高一(6)班的學生李明。最近你收到了居住在新加坡的筆友Mike寄來的一封信。請你應他的要求，根據(jù)表格的內(nèi)容寫一封回信，談談學校的生活。

目前情況	在高一學習了一個半月，已經(jīng)習慣了高中的學習和生活。
所學科目	中文、數(shù)學、英語、物理、化學、政治、歷史、地理、體育。
學校生活	上課時間從早上7點25開始，下午5點結(jié)束。之后做運動或到學校圖書館閱讀約半個小時，然后回家。十點半睡覺。
希 望	1. 秋天來了，溫州的秋天很舒服，歡迎他來玩。 2. 請他下次來信時談談他在學校的生活。

 

Dear Mike,

I was very glad to receive your letter on Jun. 15th. At your request, I’ll tell something about my school life.

                                                        

                                                        

I’ll appreciate it if you can tell me something about your school life in your next letter. I’m looking forward to it.

With best regards.

Yours truly,

Li Ming　

 

Birthdays often involve surprises. But this year's surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.

On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. "It's very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one," said an expert from Britain's National Portrait Gallery.

　　The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image —commonly known as the "Flower portrait"— was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare's death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.

　"We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays," Tarnya Cooper, the gallery's curator (館長), told the Associated President.

　　The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

　　"There have always been questions about the painting," said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. "Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture."

　　Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation (調(diào)查) and the results will come out later this month.

56. What makes the birthday of Shakespeare dramatic this year?

　　A. It was found that he painted a portrait in 1814 instead of in 1609.

　　B. The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.

　　C. Three portraits of Shakespeare are being tested to identify a real one.

　　D. It was found that there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays around 1818 to 1840.

57. Which statement is True according to the passage?

　　A. Portraits of Shakespeare are all unreliable.

　　B. "Flower portrait " was a portrait of Shakespeare given to Desmond Flower.

　　C. 1814 might be when the portrait was drawn.

　　D. The Flower portrait is not often used as a cover for Shakespeare's play.

58. How many methods were used to test the portrait?

　　A. Not mentioned.　　B. Two　　C. Three　　D. At least four.

59. The best title for this passage is _________.

　　A. Birthdays often involve surprises

　　B. The surprise on the 441st birthday of Shakespeare

　　C. One portrait of Shakespeare is a fake

　　D. How can we know Shakespeare's appearance?

60. Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?

　　A. Soon we'll know which portrait is reliable.

　　B. Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.

　　C. If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.

　　D. For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.

“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young man. “ And you know I am the ….”

“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.

      When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved

Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.

1.A ．call      B． come            C． go          D． notice

2.A ． beaten  B． treated         C． needed      D． injured

3.A ．talking       B． laughing        C． crying      D． shouting

4.A.．realized      B．found            C． proved      D． wondered

5.Ａ．nervously　  B．  Disappointedly  C． angrily D． surprisingly

6.A． man       B． woman           C． child               D． driver

7.A． trial     B． warning         C． program     D． punishment

8.A．passing        B． turning         C． running     D． rolling

9.A．refused        B． stopped         C． continued  D． began

10.A.．a(chǎn)bove        B． below           C． alive           D． present

11.A.．struck       B． met             C． caught      D． missed

12.A.．pushed       B． helped          C． let         D． asked

13.A ．company      B． house           C． station     D． hospital

14.A ．meet         B． punish          C． find            D． arrest

15.A.．information      B． result          C． advice      D． news

 

Students and Technology in the Classroom

　　I love my blackberry—it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer，as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices(設備) and truly communicate with others.

　　On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule —no laptop, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.

　　Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.

　　The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.

　　I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.

　　I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I’m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

1.Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with____

A．the course material                      B．the author’s class regulations

C．discussion topics                        D．others’ misuse of technology

2.The underlined word “engage ”in para.4 probably means ____

A．explore           B．a(chǎn)ccept            C．change           D．reject

3.According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may ____

A．keep students from doing independent thinking

B．encourage students to have in-depth conversations

C．help students to better understand complex themes

D．a(chǎn)ffect students’ concentration on course evaluation

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author ____

A．is quite stubborn

B．will give up teaching history

C．values technology-free dialogues in his class

D．will change his teaching plan soon