Title: Should students wear uniforms?
| As for this troublesome question, there is no 1______ that has been reached. | |
| Elementary schools | 2______ schools |
| Uniforms act 3_____ social equalizers. 4_____ the same way, children often feel less social stress. | The uniform is not the right answer to different problems that the high school 5______ is facing. |
| Wearing uniforms influences students" team 6______. | Most schools can"t feel that uniforms help them become a part of the school any 7______. |
| Students can save a lot of 8_____ which they would spend 9_____ what to wear every morning, | What may first appear to be economical may not be accurate in 10_____ life. |
| 1. agreement/ consensus 2. High 3. as 4. Dressed 5. education 6. spirit 7. longer/more 8. time 9. deciding 10. real | |
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| A child"s birthday party should be one of the most fun events of the year, for the birthday child, the guests and even for the hosts. The three keys to a successful child"s birthday party is planning, more planning, and even more planning. Kid"s birthday party games are important ingredients of every party and must be thought out and arranged in advance. Luckily, there is no shortage of fun and interesting games to keep kids busy and happy, so it is not difficult to come up with more than enough ideas. It is important to remember that children have a far shorter attention span (长度) than adults. For that reason, the host should not expect that one or two activities will keep the guests entertained for a long period of time. Plan a lot of short, fun games that will satisfy their needs. Make sure that the games are age appropriate:"duck duck goose" will keep little ones happy for a while, but certainly will not work for pre-teens. "Scavenger or treasure hunts" are great kid"s birthday party games for any age-just make sure that it"s neither too difficult nor too simple． Be sure to have enough ideas in mind so that it is possible to "throw away" an activity that is not going well. Kid"s birthday party games should be simple and fun. If a game is started and no one seems to be having any fun, simply end that activity and start another. Kids like changes and will not mind a bit. If the party is held indoors, it is a good idea to clear a room of breakables and make that room the game headquarters. For outdoor parties, make sure that the play area is free from potential dangers and that the games do not involve tree climbing or other activities that are likely to cause injury. Finally, remember to have prizes and treats on hand to reward the players. Prizes do not need to be large or expensive. Kid"s birthday party games are about teamwork, not rewards. Be sure to have prizes not only for the winners of the games, but for every child in attendance, so that each child goes home with some fun memento of the party and the time spent with friends. | |
| 1. What is/ are the most important thing(s) for a successful child"s birthday party according to the passage? | |
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| A. Planning B. Games C. Food and drinks D. Prizes | |
| 2. Many games should be planned for a child"s birthday party because _____. | |
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| A. the party will be held for a long time B. there will be many guests C. children can"t focus on one thing for too long D. adults will enjoy the games, too | |
| 3. When children seem to get bored with a game, parents should _____. | |
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| A. encourage them to carry on B. show them how to enjoy it C. make the game more difficult D. start another game | |
| 4. What does the underlined word "memento" in the last paragraph most probably mean? | |
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| A. moment B. memory C. prizes D. games | |
| 5. We can infer from the passage that _____. | |
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| A. If not rightly planned, a child"s birthday party can be boring to children B. Children will enjoy a birthday party anyway C. Children who like playing "Scavenger hunt" will also enjoy "Duck duck goose" D. It would be better to play indoors than outdoors, because outdoor parties can be dangerous | |
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| Dear Sir, I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along their route (路线): the number 49 and number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road it is always full, so I can"t get on it. I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it. The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day? The regulations say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop? The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 of them. It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service better? Yours Tired passenger | |
| 1. The writer has to take Bus No.49 because _____. | |
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| A. it arrives on time B. it is not always full C. it travels faster D. it has fewer seats on it | |
| 2. How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus? | |
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| A. Ten minutes. B. One hour. C. Half an hour. D. Nearly a day. | |
| 3. The regulations say that each bus may carry _____ passengers at most. | |
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| A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 129 | |
| 4. From the passage we can see that _____. | |
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| A. the bus service was poor B. no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road C. no passengers took their buses D. the writer was always the first to get on the bus | |
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| Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren"t with them, although they were very young. Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves. Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong… And the government never charges (收费) for them. It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps. | |
| 1. Now Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the _____. | |
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| A. holiday camps B. English holiday camps C. science holiday camps D. Chinese holiday camps | |
| 2. When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps their parents _____. | |
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| A. must be with them B. have to look after them nearby C. must stay at home D. aren"t with them | |
| 3. The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is _____. | |
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| A. to learn some English words B. to learn much knowledge about many things C. to learn to look after themselves D. to have a further study about many subjects | |
| 4. The cost to take part in a holiday camps is _____. | |
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| A. not mentioned B. not so cheap C. very high D. not high | |
| 5. The students who often take part in the holiday camps _____. | |
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| A. must have much knowledge about many things B. must be active in the future C. must go to college D. must be very beautiful | |
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| In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advices. Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programs and telephones hot lines, too. A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hot lines are completely anonymous－ callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too. Callers do not have to pay for advice or the phone calls-even if the calls are long distance (距离). At some hot lines, the advisers are volunteers (志愿者). Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are full-job people with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems. | |
| 1. A hot line is a telephone line _____. | |
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| A. that is hot B. through which people get advice C. whose number no one knows D. through which callers take a short class | |
| 2. When people call the hot line advisers, they _____. | |
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| A. often give their names and telephone numbers B. generally have to pay for the long distance calls C. usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice D. always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers | |
| 3. The advisers working at hot lines _____. | |
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| A. are not all paid B. are all volunteers C. all have years of education and experience D. have all been trained for a short time | |
| 4. How do the hot line advisers work? | |
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| A. They do what the callers tell them to do B. They accept the caller"s advice C. They give the callers advice D. They go to the callers" houses to help them | |
| 5. The writer of the article seems to think that _____. | |
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| A. with hot lines people won"t get advice from their families or friends B. hot lines help the callers a lot C. people had better pay for the advice and phone calls D. the hot line advisers will solve all of the callers" problems | |
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| Dear Sir, I"m writing to complain about the service offered by your company. I told your service department on November 21 that my washing machine needed repairing, Your service engineers have since been here four times-on December 1l, December 19, December 25 and January 5. The problem was found out on the first visit and the wrong parts were brought by different engineers on the two next visits. The correct part was fitted by the first engineer on the fourth visit. In short, my complaints are: a. I had to wait three weeks for an engineer to call and nearly two months for the machine to be repaired. b. The engineers who called on December 19 and December 25 had been given wrong information by the company, which made me take two half days off unnecessarily. c. The first and fourth visits lasted a total of thirty minutes. But in the invoice (发票), I have to pay for four visits of four hours" work. I will not be paying the invoice for their mistakes and I do hope to receive your answers to these complaints. Yours, Robert White | |
| 1. Robert"s main purpose in writing to the company is to tell the company _____. | |
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| A. how its service department is operating B. how its different engineers came for the repair C. that two of the engineers didn"t give him any help D. that he refuses to pay the company for their mistakes | |
| 2. The first of Robert"s complaints is that _____. | |
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| A. it took him three weeks to have the machine repaired B. it took him nearly sixty days to get his machine repaired C. it had been almost two months before the first engineer came D. it took the engineer 3 weeks to find out something wrong with the machine. | |
| 3. The second and third engineers brought the wrong parts because _____. | |
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| A. the company didn"t tell them exactly what they should do B. the company didn"t tell them where the correct parts were C. they were not sure about whether the machine worked or not D. they hadn"t been told where the right parts should be fitted. | |
| 4. It can be inferred from the letter that Robert promises to pay for _____. | |
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| A. there hours" work B. half an hour"s work C. an hour"s work D. four hours" work |