21世纪英文包：攻克中考英语阅读 36. After-school club fun 讲义精简
2023淮安中考英语试卷
2023年江苏省淮安市中考一模英语试题（考试时间：120分钟满分：120分）2023.03欢迎参加调研测试，相信你能成功！请先阅读以下几点注意事项：1.本卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共8页。
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第Ⅰ卷（55分）I.单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
1.—Will you be free tomorrow?—I'm afraid not.I'm going to meet__________old friend from my hometown.A.aB.anC./D.the2.The opening meeting of the first session of the14th National People's Congress was heldat the Great Hall of the People in Beijing__________March5,2023.A.onB.atC.inD.from3.When his mother came back home,he stopped__________TV and went to the study.A.to watchB.watchedC.watchD.watching4.—Why does Mr Green feel tired every day?—Because he__________has too much work to,do.A.sometimesB.seldom C always D.never5.—What's your plan for the coming May Day holiday?—I__________a boat trip in Changjiang River with my parents.A will take B.took C.takes D.was taking6.__________good weather it is!Let's go out to fly kites in the park.A.What aB.WhatC.HowD.How a7.—__________water do you have?Can you give me some?I'm so thirsty now.—None left.You may ask Jane for some.A How much B.How many C.How long D.How far8.Finally,we were__________to the manager and we communicated with him directly.A.put upB.put onC.put outD.put through9.Good news!Many students in our school won the first prize in the Drawing__________.A.Vocation B Competition C.Question D.Instruction10.—Can you tell me__________?—For about an hour's drive.A.when did XiYou World of Adventure openB.where XiYou World of Adventure was builtC.how far it is from the city center to XiYou World of AdventureD.how you went to XiYou World of Adventure last weekII.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下文，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
【书面表达特训 中考英语】15 双减政策下的作业变化(解析版)
15 双减政策下的作业变化【热点材料】中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发《关于进一步减轻义务教育阶段学生作业负担和校外培训负担的意见》，明确提出要“全面压减作业总量和时长，减轻学生过重作业负担”。
如何改变学生作业负担过重，落实文件精神，教师需要在设计作业时，有四个方向的转变。
作业目标功能的转变很多教师认为，作业的主要目的是让学生通过复习和预习，强化对所学知识的掌握。
究其实质，作业被认为是学生巩固所学知识的工具。
因此，大量重复机械的作业成了学生掌握知识的有效途径。
这种方式窄化了作业的功能，直接影响了学生的发展。
所以，减轻学生作业负担的基本前提是教师要树立正确的作业观——作业作为课堂教学活动的必要补充，其根本目的在于促进学生全面发展。
作业不应是单纯的知识巩固，更应为学生的身心发展和能力提升作好准备。
在此基础上，教师设计作业时，更应从学生个体出发，教学中的因材施教，作业中也要有所体现。
作业形式与空间的转变在以往的作业布置中，作业分为课堂作业和课后作业。
作业的形式及内容都围绕着课本知识进行练习和巩固。
当我们将作业功能转变为学生的全面发展，作业的形式也要加以改变。
课堂作业巩固精练，课后作业拓展运用。
在课后作业设计中，注意空间的开放。
在基础类的知识积累中，聚焦重难点练习解读。
实践运用类作业，聚焦知识总结和应用。
对于英语学科，单词记忆和朗读背诵都属于积累型的基础作业，为避免机械训练，我们可以根据学生不同的心智发展规律，利用形式的改变和空间的改变，让学生在作业中巩固知识，掌握技能。
例如将低年级学生的朗读背诵，设计为表演、歌谣、猜口型、开火车等，中高年级可以利用自然拼读法记忆单词，角色扮演背诵课文，形式的多样提高了作业效率。
作业内容由零散独立到关联整合的转变以往大多数教师在布置作业时，常常会聚焦单课时的内容，根据当天学习内容，进行练习巩固、拓展运用。
这样学生在完成作业时，也会对一个单一的知识进行练习，思维的发散会有所局限，会造成思维的单一，不利于学生创新能力的形成。
上海中考英语完形填空(首字母填空)答题指导与分析
上海中考英语第三部分完形填空(首字母填空)答题指导与分析【预测：首字母填空：动词2个，名词或是代词1个或2个，形容词或是副词07-10都考了两个。
单词的词汇量都是课本上大纲要求背诵的。
单词并不复杂，主要是考查对文章的整体把握和理解。
中考英语首字母填空试题抓分技巧：中考英语中首字母填空这个单项被许多考生视为畏途，但是通过一定训练,掌握一些技巧,这个难关是可以被攻克的。
中考英语中首字母填空这个单项被许多考生视为畏途，但是通过一定训练,掌握一些技巧,这个难关是可以被攻克的。
现结合2006年上海市中考英语试卷的首字母填空试题，来探讨该类题目的答题技巧：When the London Underground goes on strike, my journey to work can be terrible. I remember a strike, which happened a few years a___1___the station near my house was closed and I had to use another station and take a different train. This a___2__about an hour to my journey, so I wasn’t very happy. E__3___went wrong at the station. People were late and they were panicking! By the time I go to the train, I was feeling upset and sorry for myself. Then I saw this man. There was something about him-he had such a familiar f___4__.A few minutes later, I realized that he was Jack, a fiend from my school days in Scotland.At the same time he a___5___realized who I was. Then we started talking about school days and the people we both used to k___6___.I was even more surprised when the train came into my station and he started to get off too! I asked him w___7___he was going and he said he was going to work. He told me he worked in Fitzroy Street. You see, I work in Fitzroy Street, too. It’s a small w__8__!It was such an amazing coincidence!全文概况是身处英国的作者在经历一次他印象深刻的伦敦地铁罢工事件时，巧遇他旧日在苏格兰的同学的故事。
21世纪报文章阅读理解(中考复习)
21世纪报文章阅读理解(中考复习)1. Super food guy勇敢的牙买加少年在美国小城里掀起食物革命。
IN 2010 when Kevon Johnson was 13 years old, he left Jamaica (牙买加) to live with his mother and sisters in Hartford, Connecticut. He quickly found life in the US was new and challenging, 1. e________ when it came to food.“I didn’t like the way the chicken tasted. It tasted spoiled,” Johnson, now 18, recalled. “And the fruit 2.t_______ like it was picked too early.”In his family’s old home in Jamaica, there were goats and chickens everywhe re. As 3.____ fresh fruit, “I’d just climb up a tree and pick it 4.m_______,” he said.But in Hartford, Johnson found that fresh food was harder to get. Stores sell a lot of processed foods (加工食品). And his family liked the cheap fast food 5._____ can be found everywhere.With concerns for his family’s 6.h______, larger questions about obesity (肥胖) and how to get fresh food, Johnson joined Grow Hartford. This is a youth program that has been harvesting vegetables on urban (城市的) farms and promoting (提倡) healthy food.Johnson quickly became a top youth leader for Grow Hartford. All while in high school, he worked as an urban farmer and 7.______(教育) people about the lack of full-service supermarkets in poor cities. He has done workshops (讲座) for groups including the Boys and Girls Club and Hartford Parent University.He also wants schools to have tastier and different types of school lunches, such as a weekly meal with Puerto Rican or Western Indian cuisine (饮食). Students would enjoy the different tastes and eat 8._____ junk food, he said.Johnson’s suggestions have been 9._____ (接受)by the Hartford school system. He was also 10._______ as the youth winner of the 2015 Hartford Community Food Security Award because of his outstanding work.2. AS more adults turn to meditation (冥想) for peace, more children are taking up this practice too. 1.______ Here are some simple meditation exercises kids can try.Look at cloudsOn nice days, go outside, lie down on the grass and look up at the sky. The clouds move through the sky. But the sky stays clear, open and free. This is also how our thoughts work.2.______ Allow your thoughts to come and go. Then you know your mind is clear and free just like the sky.Mindful jarFill a jar (罐) with water. The jar of water stands for our minds. Then add red and blue sand to it. Red stands for our thoughts, and blue represents our feelings and emotions (情绪). Now shake it up. 3.______ We need to wait and watch the sand settle (沉淀), as our thoughts, feelings and emotions settle just like the sand.Mindful listeningSit comfortably and hold a bell or anything that makes a simple sound in your hands.4._________ Pay attention to the sound from the very first moment you hear it all way to the end. When you can’t hear the sound anymore, open your eyes or raise your hand.Positive affirmations(正面肯定)This is an exercise for older kids who are between the ages of 9 and 13. 5._________ And say positive affirmations such as “I am strong.”“I’m confident.”Meditation is when people practice training their minds. They self-regulate (自我调节) and clear their heads. People find relaxation and peace through it.A.Press your thumbs on each finger (on the same hand) one by one.B.Just feel and hear its sound as you ring it.C.The water will get cloudy.D.Thoughts float (漂浮) in and out of our minds just like clouds.E.People practice training their minds every day.F.It helps people deal with stress and find a more peaceful outlook(看法) on life.3. ALMOST any reader could find the charm in the little library on the Schuster family’s front yard. The library is in Minnesota, US. Set on a 4-foot (1.22-meter) post, it holds 45 books. Anyone can borrow the books for free, as 1._____ as they return them or exchange it with another one.Mrs. Schuster, or Molly, received the little library 2._____ a Mother’s Day gift two years ago from her husband, Josh. Their kids Riley, 8, and Rowan, 5, decorated it with some neighborhood pals. “I fell in 3. l______ with it,”said Molly.The Schuster family is not alone. With the mission to promote the love of 4._______(阅读), the nonprofit organization (非营利性机构) the Little Free Library started a new library movement. Now over 25,000 little libraries can be 5. f _____ in more than 70 countries. The Schuster family is one of them.Each Monday, Molly and Riley stock (备货) their library with donated books and 6._______(杂志). Molly has met many people from around town through the library. And as a member of Little Free Library, she has also connected with 7.o_____ little librarians across the country and international ly. “The community,” Molly said, “has been the best part of this library for me.”Their library even has its own Facebook page, 8.____ has more than 200 followers. Through Facebook groups, people 9._____(分享) ideas, exchange books and form friendships.“The attraction is simple”, says Rowan. “People like to read 10.m_____ books.”The library increased the whole family’s excitement for reading, Molly adds. “Now my husband, my kids and I, we’re always reading new books.”4. D.Film makes big splash幽默喜剧《美人鱼》传递环保意识。
2024年江苏地区中考英语真题分类汇编-书面表达(含参考范文+解析)
2024年江苏地区中考英语真题分类汇编-书面表达学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、书面表达1．（2023·江苏淮安·统考中考真题）假如你是李华，你们学校的英语社团将开展以“体育锻炼，健康你我”为主题的英语演讲比赛。
请以“Better Exercise, Better Life”为题，根据以下要点，写一篇英语演讲稿。
我的日常锻炼（1）最喜欢的锻炼方式（2）锻炼时长（3）带来益处（不少于两点)给同学的建议（1）校内锻炼方式（不少于两点）（2）校外锻炼方式（不少于两点）号召（1）希望大家多锻炼（2）…参考词汇：做早操do morning exercises上体育课have PE lessons压力减轻feel less stressed合理锻炼exercise properly注意：（1）词数在80—100之间，已给出的文字不计入总词数；（2）可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺；（3）文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。
Better Exercise, Better LifeDear classmates,I’m glad to be here to give a speech. My topic is “Better Exercise, Better Life”._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________That’s all for my speech. Thank you for listening. 2．（2023·江苏盐城·统考中考真题）在人生的旅程中，亲人、朋友、老师、书籍等陪伴我们同行，助力我们成长。
21世纪英语报答案
21世纪英语报答案[篇一：21世纪英语报初中版]>21世纪学生英文报,初一版tc boys are backdo you like top bine<tc>,the popular chinese boy band?the band has fivemembers:zhangyuan,theleader;limao;maxueyang;liuzhouchen g and jin ensheng from south korea.recently,the band went to south korea for two months of hard training.now they are bringing a lotback:newlooks,newdancemoves and a new album,grandness equal to heaven.the five boys are promoting their new album acrosschina.each of thw boys has put somethings of themselves into the album.some wrote music and some wrote lyrics for the eight songs.the albums name is pronounced qitiandasheng in chinese.it sounds the same as the monekyking.tc hopes they can bring some new chinese-style music to their fans.[篇二：21世纪英语报初一寒假版b版文章练习题]0 a.m.2. i go to school_______ car with my friends.3. sometimes, my parents drive _____ ______ school.a. we, at, atc. we, to to4. other times, my friends’ parents _______<送> us.5. a class usually ________<持续> 50 minutes.eak.a.are, manyb.is, manyc.is, muchd.are, much7.my classmates and i need to ___________ another classroom.a.rushing tob.rush atc.rushes atd.rush to8.my school ________at 9:20 p.m.a.finishb.finishingc.finishesd.is finishing9.i bring my _______<自己的> lunch to school.10.my lunch usually_________sandwiches, yogurt,chips,fruit and a chocolate bar.a.includingb.includec.includedd.includes11.the food________<尝起来> great.12.i usually finish my homework__________<在....期间> weekends.13.we can _______/ bai / a lot of snacks from the canteen.<请根据音标填出正确的单词>14.________<在....之后>lunch, i will go to play badminton.15.he___________ this dance very hard.a.practiceb.practicesc.practicingd.practical 请用划线单词的反义词填空>17. our school has a very big ________. we can borrow books from it.<请根据句子大意填空>18. what does " you go to school on foot " mean? it means "i ________ to school."〔同上〕19.we eat at 12:50 p.m. and have a rest_______<直到>1:50 p.m.20. we finish school at 9:20 p.m. from monday to thursday. but on friday, we can go home______. <late 的反义词>21. i do swimming and tennis _________<一周一次>. they are good _____ my health. and they also help me________.a.for, relaxb.to, relaxc.to, relaxingd.for, relaxing22. every saturday, my dad only________________tv for 2 hours.a.allow me watchb.allows me watchc.allows me to watchd.allow me to watch23. he looks like me. i look like him.<请用另外一个表达方式将这两句用一个句子写出来>______________________________________________________ ______24.完形填空do seal will do and whale will do but walrus doesn’[篇三：21世纪英语报].电影中,两个性格截然不同的女孩结为挚友,她们的人生相互交错,也折射出了每个人灵魂中的两面.for the last couple of years, young adult romance films, adapted from online fiction by mainlandproducers/directors, have bee a *synonym for poor quality. soulmate <《七月与安生》>, which hit cinemas on sept 15, however, is trying to change all this.soulmate is based on best-selling ing-of-age story of the same name by novelist li jie, who’s better known by her pen name anni baobei. it revolves around the relationship between two girls, *rebellious and *erratic li ansheng <zhou dongyu> anddisciplined goody two-shoes lin qiyue <ma sichun>. they have been best friends since they were 13 but their friendship is put to the test when a man bursts into their lives and changes everything.the *premise of a love triangle sounds like just another tired chinese youth film. but soulmate decides to *ditch the done-to-death plotlines, instead of focusing on something that it hopes will offer better resonance with its target audience.the movie centers around the two girls’ intense friendship with one another. while li’s works are famous for being filled with*rhetorical flourishes, the film is brimming with small details which help bring the story to life and make it more relatable to a female audience.ansheng and qiyue sleep in the same bed, take a bath in the same tub, they are even familiar with each other’s bra size. they know each other inside out and are willing to do anything for one another. but at the same time they find themselves forced to choose between what matters the most – their long-standing friendship or their newly found romance. the man whom the two girls fall in love with acts more like a *catalyst for the *deterioration and restoration of their friendship.producer peter chan <陈可辛> calls derek tsang <曾国祥> "a director who best understands females," and whoever has watched the film would agree.more than simply trying to move the audience with *nuanced *sentiments, soulmate is also thought provoking. ansheng and qiyue live pletely *intertwined lives–they are the same person’s left hand and right hand–as one online menter puts it – but they still yearn for a deeper love outside of their friendship. the original novel which the movie is based upon ends seemingly positively: the "good" girl settles down into a "good" life with her first love. but the film totally twists the pair’s stories. thebeautifully posed closing scene of the film shows viewers a more plex side to ansheng and qiyue and even provokes viewers to question themselves, asking: who actually are we and who do we want to be?modest megastar小岳岳：相声界的阿甘导读：他内向、害羞、寡言少语,许多人都认为他并不适合相声这门艺术.但通过自身的努力,岳云鹏最终还是成为了相声界的一代巨星.introverted, shy, reserved. these are hardly words one would normally associate with a edian, but yue yunpeng, who possesses all these traits offstage, has bee one of china’s favorite *crosstalk superstars.among the many crosstalk performers who are also currently active in theater and tv shows, yue’s prevalence es second only to his master, guo degang. not only a star of the traditional chinese edic performance scene, 31-year-old yue has expanded his horizons to include movies. in theromantic drama i belonged to you <《从你的全世界路过》> which was released on sept 29, he plays a silly yet loveable fool.like many of his peers, yue first started to learn crosstalk as a survival skill. but unlike most other *apprentices, *buttering up the master wasn’t one of his strong points. even worse, he found himself judged by peers as not being cut out for the art, even ending up on the *verge of being thrown out of the edy club deyun society on three separate occasions.modern crosstalk is made up of four essential skills –speaking, imitating, teasing and singing. yue, a man of few words, later discovered his vocal chords were best suited to singing and imitating– his self-arranged song five rings <《五环之歌》> has bee a national hit.yue has also gradually formed his own style of speaking –mean, but in a funny way. he reorganizes some classic crosstalk works and adds his own distinctive henan *dialect to them. if audience members heckle crosstalkers during a show, while guo degang would retaliate in a witty way, yue goes for a more direct approach, normally shouting: "get out!" his*straightforward language, alongside his*exaggerated facial expressions – especially his popped-out but small eyes – create *hilarious edic effects.an article by blog weekly calls yue "the forrest gump of the crosstalk world", but while crosstalk may not have e naturally to him at first, his *persistence and sincerity have led to his success.as a down-to-earth figure, yue attracts fans not only with his talent, but more importantly, his*authenticity. he even admits to marie claire magazine that he take offers of tv reality shows and films just to make more money. wang yuqin〔←？查过了,说这个人叫王俣钦〕, yue’s agent, also tells blog weekly that yue doesn’t like it when someone stands behind him to take a picture and then*ridicules his big face.he doesn’t see himself as a pin-up celebrity. he’s no t a*flatterer. he responds to annoying things just as we non-famous people do. but just like us, he’s not perfect, except at crosstalking, that is.heritage should be remembered这些百年老建筑值得被铭记导读："首批中国20世纪建筑遗产"名录于近日公布,人民大会堂、##外滩等近代历史建筑榜上有名,唤起了人们对这些百年历史老建筑的保护意识.a national list of architectural masterpieces was released in beijing on sept 29 to remind people of the country’s disappearing heritage.ninety-eight sites were *inscribed into the first edition of the 20th-century chinese architecturalheritage list, which was drafted by the chinese society of cultural relics and the architectural society of china.landmark architecture of new china, like the great hall of the people and the monument to the people’s heroes, ranked high up on the list.renowned western-style architecture from the early 20th century was also included, such as the bund in shanghai, the russian-style saint sofia cathedral in harbin, heilongjiang, and tianjin’s marco polo square, a former italian munity.college campuses also play host to notable architecture. old buildings at tsinghua university, nanjing university and wuhan university are among some of the buildings that made the list. "many of the included structures have abundant stories and are witnesses of historical *vicissitude, and they are thus alive," said shan jixiang, head of the chinese society of cultural relics. "however, more historical munities from the 20th century outside the list are endangered."he added that the new list will work as a way to make people more aware of preserving more recent architectural sites for future generations."when restoring them, they should be treated as cultural heritage sites rather than general construction. otherwise, historical information will be *irreversibly lost," he said.as an architect, shan criticized the way china became a playground for foreign designers’ *maverick blueprints in the first decade of the 21st century."masterpieces of the 20th century prove that chinese architects’ spirit and techniques are well inherite d," he said. "and they deserve to be passed on to modern times.""the list shows that a new type has been added into categories of immovable cultural heritage sites," said gu yucai, deputy director of the state administration of cultural heritage. "this meets mon practice in the rest of world."。
school life in the uk课文last year
school life in the uk课文last yearSchool life in the UKLast year, I had the chance to study at a British secondary school as an exchange student. I stayed with a lovely host family and went to school with their son, Daniel. We were both in year ten and we got on well. He is learning Chinese and will come to stay with me this year in China!去年，我有机会作为交换生到英国的一所中学读书。
我寄宿在一个亲切友好的家庭，并与这家人的儿子丹尼尔一同上学。
我们去年都读十年级，相处得很融洽。
丹尼尔正在学习中文，今年要来中国与我一起学习生活。
英国的学校上午9点开始上课，下午4点放学。
中学生通常要学习九门功课。
英文、数学，以及科学课（生物、化学、物理）是必修课，学生们还可以选修其他课程，比如历史、艺术和商业。
The British school day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Students usually have to learn nine subjects at secondary school. Every student in the UK must study English, Maths and the Science subjects: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students can also choose to study other subjects, such as History, Art and Business. The classes are different from those in China. Each teacher has their own classroom and the students move around for every lesson. In most of my classes, there were only about 20 students. In the beginning, however, it was still tough for me to remember everyone’s name!英国的学校上午九点开始上课，下午四点放学。
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美文赏析初中版> 21世纪学生英文报·初三版> 第332期Never forget how small you areThere was once a young man who, after some small achievements, began to feel self-satisfied (自满的).One day, the young man took a walk with a wise man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging (吹牛) about himself, but the wise man didn‟t say a word. “Look downward, what do you see?” asked the wise man once they got to a peak (山顶).“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as small as ants working in the fields (田野),” the young man said.“What do you feel?” the wise man as ked.“Everything is below me. I feel like I ” the young man answered.υrule the Earth,The wise man said nothing. After a minute, he asked the young man to look up. “What do you see t his time?” the wise man asked.“I see birds flying around high mountains, t he white clouds on the mountains and the blue sky above the white cl ouds,” the young man answered.Then he asked the wise man‟s feelings.“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered. “A person who knows to look upward can clearly understand his position. A person who knows the blue sky is always overhead won‟t be so foolish as to believe he rules over t he Earth or any other people.”The young man felt foolish for his pride. From then on, whenever he began to feel as if theAn 8-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him. One morning, the girl heard her father say to her mother: “Only a miracle can save Andrew now.” The girl went to her bedroom, collected all of her money and counted it carefully. She hurried to a drugstore (药房).“How can I help you?” asked the salesman (售货员).“I want to buy a miracle,” the girl answered. “My brother has something bad growing inside his head. My daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?”“We don‟t sell miracles here, my dear. I‟m so sorry,” the salesman said, sadly.“What kind of a miracle does your brother need?” asked a wel l-dressed man standing nearby.“I don‟t know,” she answered. “He‟s really sick and needs an operation in his hea d. So I broug ht all my money.”“How much do you have?” asked the man.“$1.11,” she answered.“Well, what luck,” said the man. “$1.11 is the price of a miracle. Let‟s go to see your brother.”That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous brain doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn‟t long before Andrew was well again. Sometimes miracles do happen.1. The girl hurried to the drugstore to _______.A. buy some medicine for her parentsB. ask the salesman to buy a miracle for herC. ask someone to help her brotherD. buy something called a “miracle” for her brother2. Why did the man say “$1.11 is the price of a miracle”?A. Because a miracle just cost $1.11.B. Because he wanted to sell more miracles.C. Because he was moved by the girl.D. Because he didn‟t know the real price.3. Andrew was well again because _____.A. his parents made enough moneyB. his sister bought some medicine for himC. a famous brain doctor helped himD. his sister did an operation on him4. From the passage, we learn that _____.A. miracles may happen when there is loveB. $1.11 is the right amount of money to buy a miracleC. we can buy miracles in drugstoresD. miracles can be found everywhere初中版A young college student thought that he chose the wrong major (专业) at a common college, so he drank every day and didn‟t study at all. He be came more and more frustrated.But he was never absent from Professor Yang‟s biology class. He liked the course. Besides, Yang‟s class was so interesting that he a lways listened carefully, never caring about whether the other students were paying υattention or not in class.Once he put a note in the homework he handed in, saying: “Professor, it is said that today‟s college students are cheaper than potatoes. Do y ou agree?”That day Professor Yang sent for him after class. When he came, he found the professor at a table with food on it. They drank happily over their meal.When they became half drunk, the professor produced a small potato that was sprouting (发芽的). “Do you know how much this costs?” he asked the young man. “It‟s soft but poisonous (有毒的). Nobody will take ” He then threw the potato away.ϖit even if it‟s free.The professor then showed him another potato. It was half the size of a football and perfectly round. “This potato is organic (有机的). It is not only large and fresh but also free of pollution. It is in hig h demand and quite expensive.”The young man was impressed by what he‟d heard. “Be such a potato,” said the professor.Can you sing or dance? Do you ride a unicycle (独轮车)? Do magic tricks? Drink a glass of milk in ten seconds? Recite poems from memory? Well, you‟ve got talent, my friend! And what better time to show it off than at the school talent show!Middle school talent shows in the US happen every year. Whatever you‟re good at, you have five minutes to show the world. It‟s early in the school year, and kids can become little celebrities. The shy boy who spends his evenings practicing Spanish guitar will surprise his classmates with beautiful music. The sporty girl on the soccer team will wow (让……惊叹) the crowd with her sweet singing voice. Everyone has a chance to shine.Almost anyone doing almost anything is allowed into a talent show. As long as your act isn‟t rude or illegal (不合法的), it‟s a “go” (尝试). Of course, you must audition (试演) first, usually in front of a group of teachers. You will have a few weeks to practice your act and there will be at least one dress rehearsal (彩排).On the day of the show, all the students sit in the school gymnasium, ready to cheer for the many skills of their classmates (and sometimes teachers, too).True or false:1. Middle school talent shows in the US happen every year.2. Kids can become the celebrities because of talent shows.3. Only students in the middle school have the chance to take part in talent shows.4. Illegal acts are allowed.5. Students will be given at least one dress rehearsal.1. Which of the following is TRUE about the school talent show in the US?A. It happens at the beginning of every term.B. A student has five minutes to show off.C. Shy boys and quiet girls don‟t like it.D. There are many competitions.2. You can‟t take part in the talent show if ______.A. your act is not very goodB. your act is rude or illegalC. you are a new studentD. you don‟t have a funny actB Hold on to your loveAre you still doing the V for victory sign? It‟s out. The latestpopular hand gesture (手势) is to curl (卷曲) both of your handsand put them together to make a heart-shape.The heart-hand gesture means something betwee n …I love you‟and …thank you‟. I t‟s a sweet, simple message which you ca n sendwithout saying a word.” Known as “hand heart”, many young starsin the US have done the move in recent photos. Last month during acharity show, they did the hand heart and put the photos online. They did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.“It used to take longer for nonverbal (不用语言的) culture to move. But now, with smart phones and the Internet, it‟s much faster,” said an American language expert.In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”C Man runs across AmericaHow long does it take to run across America? A 40-year-old Englishman did it in just 100 days, running across 13 states. He ran about 48km each day, 1 than a marathon(马拉松). His running 2 ￡74,000 (765,000 yuan) for a hospital in England and a children‟s charity. 3 his 100 days of running, he overcame (克服) a lot of 4 , such as cold weather, After finishing, he was very 5 of himself. “It‟s amazing. I ran 96.6km today. I‟m not sure how, though. I极有趣的) thing.” We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living inthe 21stcentury, too? Miguel Napa, an eighth-grader at Fairfield Middle School in Ohio, US, got a big surprise when he saw his modern classroom on the first day of school.In Napa‟s classroom, there are many new electronic (电子的) tools, like iPads. Starting this semester, they will use the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework.“It‟s amazing,” said Napa. “I prefer using an iPad to work on math or other projects with my team members.”The school uses new technology (技术) in classrooms to help students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience their tasks, according to Greg Rasmussen, an official at the school. “Technology is pretty common in most of our classrooms now,” Rasmussen said. “It‟s about trying to use technology to open the world up to kids. You can bring the outside world in.”Science teacher Jared Nissen agrees. “It is a quick way for students to know the outside world,” he said.Nissen now sees himself as a guide of learning instead of as a teacher. “If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them where to find the a nswers rather than tell them what the answers are,” he said.Jonathan Bower, 15, loves technology, but was not really interested in class before. Now he likes the classes very much. “It helps me use what I know about technology at school,” Bower said. “Most importantly, I enjoy the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies.”II.科普自然类初中版People say dogs are man‟s best friend. They are trained to help people inmany ways.Most dogs are used as search and rescue (救援) workers. They use theirsmelling ability to search for lost people or bodies after a big disaster or in thewild. They can also save people in the water.Some dogs work as guide dogs. They help blind people walk safely. Thesedogs usually wear a chain (狗链) and understand some human words. Guide dogs are popular in the US and Japan. Many guide dogs visited China during the 2008 Olympic Games.There are also dogs working with doctors. They can help autistic (自闭症的) children. These children usually don‟t talk and like to do the same things again and again. A study from Canada in 2010 showed that dogs could make autistic children feel relaxed, safe and independent (独立的).Herding dogs (牧羊犬) are important to sheep owners. They keep the sheep safe. They are common in Australia, New Zealand and some parts of China. Now, many people have these dogs as pets.初中版> 21世纪学生英文报·初三版> 第338期October 10, 2011Rice feeds the whole worldRice may be the most important food in the world. According to a survey by the University of Arkansas, rice helps feed two-thirds of the world‟s population.Rice grows in many places as long as there‟s enough water. It is grownon flooded and dry land, in the rain forests of Africa, in the deserts of theMiddle East and in the Himalayan Mountains.Scientists say that people in China started growing rice at least 3,000to 4,000 years ago. Now, rice is commonly used in people‟s daily meals, in dishes s uch as porridge. It is also eaten as a traditional food for festivals. Every Spring Festival, people make New Year cake with sticky rice (糯米). Zongzi, eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival, is also made of sticky rice.China consumes (消耗) more rice than most other countries. In order to increase the production of rice, Yuan Longping,“The Father of Hybrid Rice (杂交水稻)”, led the Super Rice program starting in 1996. In September, Super Rice produced more than 900kg per mu. The success of Super Rice can help to lessen the global grain shortage.The harvest of rice is connected with many factors. Rice grows well between 18℃ and 35℃.A good rainfall makes a great harvest. Farmers also need to fertilize (施肥) the rice and be careful of insects.How people eat rice around the world▲JapanSushi (寿司) is one of the most popular rice dishes in Japan. Some sushi is made with slices of raw (生的) or cooked fish on top of a small rice ball. Other sushi is made of nori seaweed (海苔) and filled with rice, seafood and vegetables.▲IndonesiaIf you eat in Indonesia, you eat rice. There are many ways to cook rice, such as rice cooked with coconut milk or rice cooked in banana leaves. It is common for Indonesians to eat rice with their hands.▲South KoreaKoreans love bibimbap (拌饭). It is white rice, vegetables, egg, meat and chili paste (辣椒酱) in a hot bowl. People need to mix all of the things together before they eat.III.时事热点类The lives of her students最美女教师舍身救学生失去双腿。