Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast.One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him ameal. In return, he gave them a coffee mill (磨粉機(jī))and said, “Say, ‘Mill, please grind (磨粉)’,”
Thinking that her dream could never come true,Kelly was in low spirits and ____18____ her studies at school. Hermother did all she could to cheer her up, ____19____ Kelly refused tochange. She even took out all her anger and ____20____ on her mother.
YangHongwei, 56, was born into a kite-making family in Weifang. When she was young,she often saw kites with bright colors and different shapes in hergrandfather’s workshop.
As a boy, Kevin visited national parks and helearned the Earth is in ___12___ condition. He felt worried, and hewanted to ___13___ the Earth. In 2009, he went to swim in water nearNorth Pole(北極)todraw people’s attention to the melting glaciers(融化的冰川).
During 1907-1909, British explorer EarnestShackleton explored Antarctica on foot. In 1911, two explorers—a British mannamed Scott and a Norwegian named Amundsen—raced 1, 400 kilometres to the SouthPole (南極).Amundsen arrived first.
Taiping nijiaojiao is made of the mudfrom the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, andthe key step is to knead (捏) it with your hands. You can knead the clay toyinto anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult partto make, for the size of the blowhole makes a difference to the sound. Whilecoloring, you can use traditional cultural elements (元素) thatcarry good meanings. It’s hard to make taipingnijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.
When itcomes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. Alife filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, whatmakes a meaningful life?Manyresearchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors (因素): havinglong-term goals, believing that one’s life matters, and feeling that one’s lifefits together and “makes sense”.But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimeslife enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open toappreciating (欣賞) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).
①我媽是一個(gè)知青,我爸是一個(gè)農(nóng)民。在我幼時(shí)的歲月里,我爸應(yīng)該很辛苦。只有他一個(gè)農(nóng)村戶口,卻有三個(gè)城里人要養(yǎng)活,他的田地太少了。但他勤快,愿意為生活付出所有氣力。據(jù)說我家永遠(yuǎn)是每畝地里出錢最多的人家,而他的女兒們卻幾乎沒去過那片土地。
“幸好!”媽媽笑道,“走出五里路我就哭了,一哭哭了幾百里……”常樂想問為什么,忽然響起一片古怪的聲音。滿池塘都在怪叫。常樂像皮球一樣彈到媽媽懷里,大叫:“水里有怪物!”
一只蜉蝣從水里一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)鉆出來。遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的天邊,一個(gè)紅紅的家伙一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)冒上來。蜉蝣高興地和它打招呼:“你好,你很神奇呀,你一來世界就亮了。”“你好,小蜉蝣?!薄澳阏J(rèn)識(shí)我?你是誰呀?”“我是太陽?!薄疤?,我好快樂呀,我有一天的生命,你和我一樣嗎?”
出佛手園,遠(yuǎn)處有山,山中有嵐,有云。嵐清,云白,綢緞一般,棉花一般,曼妙而行,逍遙自在。除了愛,還有眼前這山川草木。小小人類身處自然,永不孤單。那些草木,那些動(dòng)物,那些自然界中的生靈,各安其所,相處自洽。而人類,不免焦慮,屢屢焦慮,內(nèi)在小宇宙紊亂,何不走到自然中,謙卑蹲下,去學(xué)習(xí)一株草、一顆露珠的寧靜?
B: It’s about theexperiments three astronauts are doing on the space station.A: That’s great. I’minterested in space, so I want to be an astronaut like them.
Once, herfather took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg ____11____two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was ____12____, and asked her father, “Doyou want me to cook?”
Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.
中國夢(mèng)是歷史的、現(xiàn)實(shí)的,也是未來的,中華民族偉大復(fù)興的中國夢(mèng)終將在一代代青年的接力奮斗中變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。閱讀下列材料,回答問題。材料一 五月四日下午一時(shí)半,十幾個(gè)學(xué)校的學(xué)生齊集天安門,人人手里拿著一面或兩面白旗,上面寫著“還我青島”“頭可斷青島不可失”……第二天,北京各大專學(xué)校總罷課……六月三日,北京學(xué)生在街頭演講時(shí)被北洋政府逮捕一百七十八人……第三天,上街演講的學(xué)生達(dá)到五千多人,社會(huì)影響加大。學(xué)生的愛國行動(dòng)得到越來越多各界人士的同情和支持……這是真正偉大的歷史轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。——摘編自金沖及著《二十世紀(jì)中國史綱》(第一卷)材料二(七七事變后)20歲的張?jiān)L朋投考了由廣西南寧遷到桂林的黃埔第六分校,成為第十六期期的一名學(xué)生……,為了鍛煉預(yù)備軍官們的指揮能力,軍校里不時(shí)進(jìn)行沙盤作戰(zhàn)演習(xí)……教官們講怎么指揮作戰(zhàn),講得很生動(dòng)這是張?jiān)L朋第一次從軍官的角度去思考如何作戰(zhàn)。——摘編自《我的抗戰(zhàn)》節(jié)目組著《我的抗戰(zhàn)Ⅱ》
16.(10分)報(bào)刊是歷史的檔案,不僅記錄了時(shí)代的變遷,而且影響了社會(huì)發(fā)展的進(jìn)程。閱讀下列材料,回答問題。材料一 1898年8月,《萬國公報(bào)》發(fā)表以廣學(xué)會(huì)名義撰寫的《速興新學(xué)條例》,提出了多項(xiàng)發(fā)展教育的主張。如主張派遣留學(xué),每年由國家從學(xué)有所成之士中選100人,資派出洋。又如,主張?jiān)诿恳桓诘睾褪墟?zhèn)各設(shè)學(xué)塾、書院,專以西文西學(xué)教人。 ——摘編自黃新憲《<萬國公報(bào)>與中國教育的近代化》材料二 東北自淪陷后,《申報(bào)》報(bào)道了大量東北義勇軍的戰(zhàn)斗情況,對(duì)他們的戰(zhàn)斗成果熱情宣揚(yáng)。1936年底,《申報(bào)》對(duì)傅作義及其所部在紅格爾圖和百靈廟戰(zhàn)役擊潰日偽軍的行動(dòng)進(jìn)行了連續(xù)報(bào)道,大大鼓舞了中國軍民的士氣。隨著盧溝橋的槍聲響起,《申報(bào)》對(duì)抗戰(zhàn)予以了更多的關(guān)注和報(bào)道。 ——摘編自盤霄遠(yuǎn)《抗戰(zhàn)全面爆發(fā)后<申報(bào)>對(duì)時(shí)局報(bào)道態(tài)度的研究》
Tim: _______36_______,Bob.Bob: Good afternoon, Tim. Icalled you just now, but nobody answered. _______37_______?Tim: I went to the cinema.And I watched a movie named The Battle atLake Changjin.Bob: Oh, great. It’s very famous nowadays. _______38_______?
___14___, I think an interest in Englishis very important. When I was in Grade Three, we had a new ___15___ — English,it was new for me. I was interested in it. I worked hard at it. Soon we had anEnglish exam and I got a very good mark. How ___16___ I was! After that,I learned English harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs,and ___17___ sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!
Bike-to-Work Day is held every year across NorthAmerica on the third Friday of May. It was started by the League ofAmerican Bicyclists in 1956. Its aim is to promote (促進(jìn)) the bicycle as a seriouschoice of getting to and from work. In today’s world where global warming is aserious issue, the bicycle is a perfect way of reducing our carbon (碳) footprint.
My arms were shaking and my heart was beating ____19____when I stood at the starting line. ____20____ the endless runway (跑道), I felt like a boatfighting against the wind and rain.