— It's wonderful! You can it in half just like closing a book.
— We'd better wear our sunglasses to avoid getting sunburned.
— I just want to be quiet for a while. I'm sorry, Dad. I failed the test again.
For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.
His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great 1 in speaking. At age 2, his family's house burned down. Pineda was hurt 2, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he3years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤儿院).
Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his4with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18, 5the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.
A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to6for Pineda's tickets to and from El Salvador.
When he was in the hospital, Pineda began7music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音乐专辑).Soon with the help of a musician, "The Sound of Gratitude(感激)" was born. On October 15th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to8his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far,
It was 9that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艰难). "We have a 10 in El Salvador, 'Suffer(受难）first, then enjoy.' I guess that's what's happening. " he said.
Four students are talking about May Day Holiday.
Li Yufang: I went to Xiangyang with my cousin. We visited the ancient city of Xiangyang. We ate the most famous Xiangyang Beef Noodles. Xiangyang is a beautiful city with the history of more than 2,800 years. I like it very much. We stayed there for two days.
Zhang Xin: My parents took me to Beijing by plane. We visited the Great Wall, the Bird's
Nest and the Palace Museum. We had planned to visit the Beijing Expo, but the tickets were too difficult to buy. My parents said they would take me there this summer.
Liu Liang: My uncle and aunt work in Shanghai. I took a train to visit them with my sister.
They took us to Shanghai Disneyland. It opened on June 16th, 2016, It is the sixth Disney Theme (主题) park in the world. It is different from the others.
Wang Lan: My father drove me to Hainan Province, It's in the south part of our country.
The weather there is pretty good. We stayed in Haikou for a short rest and then we drove on to Sanya. There, we found many beautiful beaches.
As the taxi leaves, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4:30 a. m. His grey hair is untidy from sleeping.
Moments ago, he got up to carry my bag for me and went into the cold open air.
He thanked me for a daughter's cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him. I told him that I worried about he would feel lonely again in the empty house.
"I have my plans," he said, in the moments before I walked out the door.
When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt it was quiet and lifeless in the house. Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they're gone, I am the last to leave.
As the taxi began to move, I watched the lights go off, but my father didn't leave. Even though he couldn't see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, beside the tree. It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year for the new year.
The life is hard for my father: my mother died years ago, and now his children are far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other, the life of the tree, cut for Christmas, is short; my father's is long and strong. But both of them are tall and straight.
I leave behind two trees: one with silver-grey hair, the other still freshly green.
When I saw Ronny for the first time, he looked like other kids in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as a Reading Mom. However, he usually arrived at school wearing old clothes.
On the day when it was Ronny's turn to read. He sat very close to me. I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as "he tried to speak out "Bud the Sub". It sounded more like "Baw Daw Saw" when he said it because of his difficulty with the alphabet (字母).
The year passed quickly and Ronny had made some progress but he was still below the level of grade. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an award(颁奖) ceremony. I had gifts and certificates(证书) for everyone. It took me a while to think about which Ronny fit; I believed the gift could cheer him up. I finally decided on "The Most Progressive Reader". I showed his certificate and a book.
A few days later, I saw Ronny reading the book when I went back to the school. His teacher said, "He hasn't put that book down. That's the first book he's ever owned. "
Fighting back tears(眼泪) I came near Ronny and asked, "Will you read me your book, Ronny?" He nodded.
And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more smoothly than I'd ever thought. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said, "Good book."
At that moment, I knew I should do what an author(作家) had done-care children and make them excellent.
I wish there would be a way to describe China in a simple word but that's impossible.
In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents.
I teach in Xiangyang, a beautiful city which the Hanjiang River goes across it and I live here better. The foods are cheaper than those in the US, so are clothing and articles(物品) of everyday us. People pay less for the public transportation, too.
However, it is reported that still there are a few children who can't afford the expenses(费用) of schooling. But the government organized Project Hope many years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school.
I seldom saw the things mentioned of the creative(有创造力的) changes China has made. But the economic miracles(经济奇迹) have the big problems.
To be honest, if I compare China with the US, my answer has always been the same: "We are not worse or better than each other; we are only different."
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A. It's a tradition to value education in China. B. I realize that family is everything in China. C. I am often asked which country I consider better. D. You'll not know China unless you go closer to it. E. I was used to reading the news of China in the US. F. The cost of living here isn't as high as that in the US. |
Most adults find it hard to remember the things happened while they were children. Now scientists have found exactly when these memories d.
A new study has found that most three-year-old children can remember a lot of what happened to them a year e, and these memories are still clear while they are 5 and 6, but by the time they are over 7, these memories become weaker r.
Most children by the age of 8 or 9 can only remember 35% of their e from under the age of 3 according to the new studies.
The scientists say this is because at around this age the way we form(形成)memories begins to change. They say that before the age of 7 children do not have a s of time and place in their memories. In older children, however, the early things they can remember become more adult-like in the way they are formed. Children also have a far faster speed of f than adults. The discoveries also help to explain why children can often have clear memories of what they have done, b then forget them just several years later.
The children were organized to the laboratory for the first time at the age of 3 and discussed 6 impressed(印象深刻的) things from their past, such as the first relaxing trip with your family, the first d accident you met, and the first day of school. The children then returned for a second s between the ages of 5 and 9 to discuss the same things. The scientists found that between the ages of 5 and 7,the amount（量）of memories that the children could remember r between 63%~72%. However, between the ages of 8 to 9, the amount of memories that the children could remember fell to between 35%~36%.
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2）理由充分（可针对增加考试的项目和调整的分值，也可只选其一。限三条理由）
3）给出建议（围绕你的观点提出一条合理化建议）。
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