rockschool认证

Thank you very much for choosing to come in such a cold night.Today my topic is about choice and process.A research shows that a man has to make 73 choices one day.With so many choices one day, people easily get so confused and afraid of ma-ki-ng wrong choice that they hesitate and finally miss the true part of life. In my opinion, the following part is of much more importance than the choice. There is no absolute right or wrong choice but wonderful or boring life, which the process makes the difference.

非常感谢你傅聪来选择在这样一个寒冷夜晚.今天我的话题是关于选择和process.A研究表明，一个人必须作出的选择73一一天，如此众多的选择，有一天，人们容易混淆，因此害怕作出错误的选择，他们毫不犹豫地并最终错过了真正的生活的一部分。在我看来，下面的部分是更重要的不是选择。没有绝对的对错选择，但精彩或乏味的生活，这使得该进程的差异。

Life is a box of chocolate,you never know what you will get. Forrest Gump made no decision by and for himself but he accomplished great success with his strong will in the process. The process is not the road itself but the attitudes and feelings ,the caution, courage and persistance we have as we encounter new experience and unexpected obstacles. Take myself as an example, I changed my major when I became a postgraduate. After the choice,days have been harsh for me.I cannot understand the new lessons at all. For they are closely related to mathmatics which I learned nothing about before. However wuth the belief that this is the great chance for me to experience new ideas and challenge myself,I persisted. I asked for help from every channel and reorgonized my life. Gradually I could understand some parts and even found maths interesting.Moreover, I learned to act instead of complaining. In retrospect,the choice left no trace in my mind but the happiness and bitterness of the past four months becomes an unforgetable experience in my life.

生活是一盒巧克力，你永远不知道下一步你会得到。阿甘正传作出任何决定，并为自己的成就，但他取得巨大成功与他坚强的意志的进程。这个过程是不是道路本身，而是态度和感情，谨慎，勇气和毅力，我们作为我们遇到了新的经验和意想不到的障碍。以自己作为一个例子，我改变了我的主要当我成为一个研究生。经过选择，天已经严厉的me.I无法理解新的经验在所有。因为他们是密切相关的数学，我的教训面前只字不提。然而密集的信念，这是很好的机会，我的经验新思想和新的挑战我自己，我依然存在。我要求帮助每一个通道和reorgonized我的生活。渐渐地，我能理解一些地方，甚至发现数学

interesting.Moreover ，我学到采取行动而不是抱怨。回想起来，选择没有留下任何痕迹在我的脑海，但幸福和痛苦的过去4个月成为一个难忘的经验，我的生活。

NO matter what the choice is, enjoy the process. In the process, your potential will be inspired and new discoveries,improvement and progress will come to you. These are the most beautiful sceneries and only on the way can you see it.These make your life colorful.

无论选择是，享受这一过程。在这个过程中，您可能会得到启发和新发现，改善和进步将来找你。这些都是最美丽的风景，只有道路上能看到it.These让您的生活多姿多彩。

There is no need and I donnot want to judge whether it right or wrong for me to be here,but I congratulate to myself for I gain and enjoy this fantastic experience. So my dear friends,never worry about your choice and enjoy the process. I am sure you will get something new and intersting tonight after you chose to come here. Thank you!

没有必要，我donnot要判断是否正确或错误，我来这里，但我祝贺我自己，因为我增益和享受这美妙的经验。因此，我亲爱的朋友们，永远不会担心您的选择和享受的过程。我相信你会得到一些新的和有趣后，今晚你选择到这里来。谢谢您!

Ideal Society。

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I’d like to start with a group of pictures.

"Modern and advanced"? This society forgets, and ignores the other two thirds of human beings. It"s far from the ideal! We call ideal as a utopian, a place where reality does not exist. A few people still look forward to the ideals. We make fun of them, considering they are na-iv-e. Will we still be content to live in such a society, if misfortune drops to us? No! Of cause not!

When we feel the warmth of the sun, these people, endure great sorrows and pains. Can we imagine that? They are our brother and sisters!

Facing them, will we still complain about our own misfortune?

Facing them, will we still have the mood shouting for our own freedom?

Facing them, will we still want to have more and more unnecessary stuff?

They are unable to meet their needs, even the basic needs of survival! Everyone, as a member of

humanity, shouldn"t feel ashamed? Our luxury deprived their lives, our indifference violated our soul, and our barbarity destroyed human civilization!

What"s the ideal society? It"s a society no one worries about their living, a society no one is refused from education, a society everyone can pursue his/her own happiness! The ideal society is filled with love, joy and kindness. In that society, we can touch the other"s hearts, we can share our dreams and most important, we can just be the true men!

Let"s break the ethnic divide, bridge the gap between rich and poor, hand in hand, to build a Great wall, protecting us from evil; to construct a steady bridge, connecting reality to the ideal society! Let"s pursue for that, that"s the only way to the bright future!

They are watching us!

Thank you!

Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation.

According to their figures, it is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide every year.

Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases, and even the WHO says that its impact on world health is not fully assessed.

Heart attack and stroke

UK studies show that smokers in their 30s and 40s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers.

Tobacco contributes to the hardening of the arteries, which can then become blocked and starve the heart of bloodflow, causing the attack.

Often, smokers who develop this will require complex and risky heart bypass surgery.

If you smoke for a lifetime, there is a 50% chance that your eventual death will be smoking-related - half of all these deaths will be in middle age.

Smoking also increases the risk of having a stroke.

Lung problems

Another primary health risk associated with smoking are lung cancer, which kills more than 20,000 people in the UK every year.

US studies have shown that men who smoke increase their chances of dying from the disease by more than 22 times.

Women who smoke increase this risk by nearly 12 times.

Lung cancer is a difficult cancer to treat - long term survival rates are poor.

Smoking also increases the risk of oral, uterine, liver, kidney, bladder, stomach, and cervical cancers, and leukaemia.

Another health problem associated with tobacco is emphysema, which, when combined with chronic bronchitis, produces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The lung damage which causes emphysema is irreversible, and makes it extremely difficult to breathe.

Harm to children

Smoking in pregnancy greatly increases the risk of miscarriage, is associated with lower birthweight babies, and inhibited child development.

Smoking by parents following the birth is linked to sudden infant death syndrome, or cot death, and higher rates of infant respiratory illness, such as bronchitis, colds, and pneumonia.

Nicotine, an ingredient of tobacco, is listed as an addictive substance by the US authorities.

Although the health risks of smoking are culmulative, giving up can yield health benefits regardless of the age of the patient, or the length of time they have been smoking.

Future impact

By 2020, the WHO expects the worldwide death toll to reach 10 million, causing 17.7% of all deaths in developed countries.

There are believed to be 1.1 billion smokers in the world, 800 million of them in developing countries.

without sunlight, there is no day of warmth; no rain, no grain of good harvest; there is no water, no life; no parents, no our own; no affection, love and friendship, it is not accompanied by the warmth of love...

thanksgiving, let us take heart is content to observe and cherish the people around, things and objects; thanksgiving, let us in gradually insipid numb, find life is so rich and wealthy; thanksgiving, let us understand and taste the gifts of fate and the passion of life.

thank heaven and earth, thank fate, heaven and earth wide, bumpy, but as long as there is love in the heart, be grateful, we"ll work hard, we can move on.

we accept it with a grateful heart, listen to their words, more than ten years of reading, benefit a lot. we feeling everything, with exquisite heart feeling affection of selflessness and without reservation. full of wise parents, their image in our hearts is so broad. we are surprised to find that at the same time, they are eager to understand us, also want to be our understanding. actually we can become friends. in the event we have a deeper understanding of what is affection.

the family is huangji oasis in the desert, when you"re lonely melancholy weak thirst disease, glance was filled with brightness, soul get ease, and not be lonely. will act quickly to, only a drop of water, roll life, wang yang will spread in the heart.

the family is the north star in the dark night. once our goal to pursue and ignore it, until the day we not bian direction, look slightly, firmly in the footstepsof a beam of light to guide us.

the family is a harbor in navigation, and when our time is on the rock, glided into, there are no winds and waves, we can stay here a little, repairing wounds, ready to supply, high set sail again.

没有阳光，就没有日子的温暖;没有雨露，就没有五谷的丰登;没有水源，就没有生命;没有父母，就没有我们自己;没有亲情、爱情和友情，就没有爱的温暖相伴……

感恩，让我们以知足的心去体察和珍惜身边的人、事、物;感恩，让我们在渐渐平淡麻木了的日子里，发现生活本是如此丰厚而富有;感恩，让我们领悟和品味命运的馈赠与生命的激-情。

感谢天地，感谢命运，天地宽阔，道路坎坷，但只要心中有爱，心存感恩，我们就会努力，我们就可以前行。

我们怀着感激的心接受这一切，听他们的一席话，远胜于读十年书，受益匪浅。我们怀着细腻的心感受着一切，感受亲情的无私与毫无保留。充满睿智的家长，在我们心中他们的形象是如此的伟岸。同时我们也惊喜地发现，他们渴望理解我们，也渴望被我们理解。其实大家可以成为知己。在这次活动中我们更深刻的理解何为亲情。

亲情是荒寂沙漠中的绿洲，当你落寞惆怅软弱无力干渴病痛时，看一眼已是满目生辉，心灵得到恬适，于是不会孤独。便会疾步上前，只需一滴水，滚滚的生命汪洋便会漫延心中。

亲情是黑夜中的北极星。曾经我们向目标追逐而忽视它的存在，直至一天我们不辨方向，微微抬头，一束柔光指引我们迈出坚定的脚步。

亲情是航行中的一道港湾，当我们一次次触礁时，缓缓驶入，这里没有狂风大浪，我们可以在此稍作停留，修补创伤，准备供给，再次高高扬帆。#### 感恩的英语演讲稿三分钟2：

teachers and schoolmates: good morning, everyone! thanksgiving, is ubiquitous. what is the reason that i stand here? is gratitude.

thanks to the support of my teachers and classmates love, thanks to the school to give the opportunity to thank for a mother for the cultivation of thanks to my own effort. because thanks to these, i will stand here today, i know, we should be thankful, grateful to our parents fertility and gratefulness. parents to our care and love, parents of selfless dedication to us, we should feel very satisfied and happy.

i know, we should be thankful, grateful to our training school, she gave us a good learning environment, provide us with a lot of opportunities, she can let us stand on the stage of this sacred in the great hall of the people, this makes me unforgettable. dictionary composition nets: i know, we should be thankful, grateful to our teachers every, is he (she) brings us from the first grade of ignorance; the innocence of second grade; grade three naughty; in fourth grade restlessness; the growth of grade five, into today -- a graduating sixth graders. he (she) are among this shed too much sweat and hard work. i know, we should be thankful, grateful to give us the gift of nature, the blue sky white clouds, lakes, sea, sunshine, fresh air, flowers and green grass, full of boundless universe.

gratitude is not only a kind of etiquette, but also a healthy mind. let each of us with a grateful heart.rockschool认证

老师们、同学们：大家早上好!感恩，其实是无处不在的。我站在这里的理由是什么?就是感恩。

感谢老师同学的支持爱戴，感谢学校给予的机会，感谢母亲的培养，感谢我自己的付出。因为感谢着这些，我今天便站在这里了我知道，我们应该感恩：感激父母的生育之恩、养育之恩。有父母对我们的关心、爱护，有父母对我们的无私奉献，我们应该感到非常的满足和幸福。

我知道，我们应该感恩：感激学校对我们的培养，她给我们提供好的学习环境，给我们提供了很多的机会，她能让我们站在人民大会堂的这个神圣的舞台上，这件事让我终生难忘。查字典作文网：我知道，我们应该感恩：感激每一位教过我们的老师，是他(她)们把我们从一年级的无知;二年级的天真;三年级的顽皮;四年级的躁动;五年级的成长，带到今天——一名即将毕业的六年级的小学生。这中间他(她)们洒下了太多的汗水和辛苦。我知道，我们应该感恩：感激大自然给我们的恩赐，蓝天白云、湖泊大海、温暖阳光、清新空气、鲜花绿草、万紫千红的大千世界。

感恩，不仅是一种礼仪，更是一种健康的心态。让我们每个人都怀揣一颗感恩之心。

第二篇 rockschool认证《2017学年度房山区一模试题》

2017年房山区初三年级中考适应性训练一

英 语

听力理解（共30分）

一、听对话，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话你将听

两遍。（共5分，每小题1分） 1．

2．

3．

4． 5.

A．

B．

C．

A．

B．

C．

A．

B．

C．

二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。每

段对话或独白你将听两遍。（共15分，每小题1.5分） 请听一段对话，完成第6至第7小题。 6. Whose birthday is coming?

A. Her mother‘s. B. Her father‘s. C. Her friend‘s.

7. What does the girl buy?

A. A camera. B. A bike. C. A watch.

请听一段对话，完成第8至第9小题。 8. How old is the boy?

A. Fourteen. B. Fifteen. C. Sixteen. 9. What is the boy good at?

A. Football. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball. 请听一段对话，完成第10至第11小题。 10．Why does the man call the woman? A. He wants to visit her home.

B. He wants to join a health club. C. He wants to play tennis with her.

11．How often does the woman go to the club?

A．Once a week. B．Twice a week. C．Three times a week. 请听一段对话，完成第12至第13小题。

12. What does the boy think of the trip to South America? A. He doesn‘t like it.

B. He thinks it‘s exciting. C. He doesn‘t care about it.

13. What can we know from the conversation? A. The girl will research the places for the boy. B. The boy is going to work hard in the new year.

C. The boy will travel to South America for about 6 weeks. 请听一段独白，完成第14至第15小题。

14. What should you do with younger sisters or brothers if you are with your friends? A. Get their attention.

B. Promise them something. C. Lock your bedroom door.

15. What‘s the speaker mainly talking about?

A. How to look after your younger brothers or sisters. B. How to help younger brothers or sisters to grow better. C. How to stop younger brothers or sisters from troubling you. 三、听对话，记录关键信息。本段对话你将听两遍。（共10分，每小题2分）

请根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在答题卡的相应位置上。

知识运用（共25分）

四、单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）

从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. —I can‘t find my bag. Could you help _____ find it?

—Sure. A. him B.me C. her D. you 22. People like to visit Jiuzhaigou _____ summer.

A. at B. on C. in D. of 23. Hurry up, _______ you will miss the party.

A. and B. or C. so D. but 24. I think autumn is ________ season in Beijing. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 25. —____ volleyball is this?

—It is Grace‘s. She loves volleyball.

A. Whose B. Which C. What D. Who 26. – Lucy, where is Mary? – She _____ in the library. A. reads

B. read

C. was reading D. is reading

27. —_____ you hear me?

—Sorry, I can‘t hear you clearly.

A. Can B. Need C. Should D. Must 28. Mary‘s English is very good. She _____ English since she was a little girl. A. will learn B. learns C. has learnt D. is learning 29. A talk on pop music ____ in the school hall next Sunday.

A. is given B. gives C. will be given D. will give 30. — Do you know ______ to Shanghai last week? — Yes. Last Friday.

A. when Kate will go C. when will Kate go

B. when did Kate go D. when Kate went

五、完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

A Friend in Need

Suraj was a student in Class 5. He was a naught boy who liked making fun of other classmates. They didn‘t like this but could do nothing.

One day, after the science class, Suraj went to fool one of his classmates, Kiran. Kiran felt and just sat on the chair. As soon as their math teacher arrived to the class, Suraj moved back to his place quickly. The class started and the was asking some questions to the students.

And it happened. Suraj wet his pants! He felt very ashamed. He

how his classmates would think about him. His wet pants would be the hot

topic of the school! His friends would talk about this for years. The girls in the class would never look at him as a friend. The boys and girls would never speak with him. He would become the joker for everyone in the class. Suraj‘s imagination was going so wild.

The math teacher noticed a kind of uneasiness in Suraj. She was watching him for a few minutes and him in some kind of trouble. Suraj noticed the teacher watching him and tried to act normal.

pleaded(恳求), ‗Dear God, you have to help me. In 5 or 10 minutes, I will be dead. I really need some from you.‘

The teacher again saw that Suraj was uneasy and she looked at him. He smiled at her. Kiran made a request to let him drink some water. , Kiran from the back chair took his water bottle and started to move out of the classroom. As he crossed Suraj‘s desk, he dropped the water bottle. The cap opened and all water fell on Suraj.

It surprised everyone greatly and the teacher to help Suraj. She asked a student to get a towel from her office.

His friends cleaned the desk and helped him. The teacher asked another student to bring a pair of gym pants for him to wear until his pants got dry. The act of being laughed at suddenly became sympathetic(同情的). When Kiran tried to help him, he was cornered. The teacher punished him for being so 39 .

And of course, Suraj was so relaxed. He looked at Kiran, who stood silently in a corner.

After school, Suraj walked to Kiran and thanked him with all his heart. Kiran smiled and said, ‗Hey, I know buddy! Because I also 31. A. upset B. happy C. satisfied D. excited 32. A. student B. teacher C. classmate D. friend 33. A. expected B. understood C. found D. imagined 34. A. showed B. felt C. saw D. kept 35. A. silently B. loudly C. strangely D. carefully 36. A. hope B. decision C. choice D. help 37. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Naturally D. Gradually 38. A. rushed B. agreed C. decided D. preferred 39. A. helpless B. hopeless C. useless D. careless 40. A. expressed B. experienced C. described D. completed

阅读理解（共50分）

六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

（共30分，每小题2分）

A

South China Mall Shopping Coupons(优惠券)

41. If you spend ¥100 or more in the store, you can get _______.

A. a free shirt B. a free stamp C. a free book D. a coupon of free parking 42. If you go to the Book Store, you can choose _______.

A. shirts B. meals C. Children‘ books D. movie tickets 43. Linda wants to have a free soft drink, she can go to _______.

A. Mike‘s Café

B. Daniel‘s Menswear

C. the Books Store D. DJ Music Store

44. If you buy a full-price movie ticket on Tuesday, the second ticket you buy will be _____.

A. full price B. free

C. 10% off D. half price

B

Unconditional Love

第三篇 rockschool认证《2016届高三下学期第一次全国大联考英语试卷(浙江卷)》

2016年第一次全国大联考【浙江卷】

英语试卷

选择题部分（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

1. —Do come here on time next time.

— .

A．Made it

B．Got it C．Understood it D．Remembered it

2. I am delighted to come to ________ National University of Singapore and talk to you as _______ guest speaker of Singapore Lecture.

A. the; a B. a; he C. /; the D. a; a 3. The teacher would take your school performance into when giving you an assessment.

A．concern B．account C．imagination D．thought

4. __________ poverty and turmoil for over a century, China knows full well the importance of development and stability.

A. Going through

C. Gone through B. Having gone through D. Went through

5. Any nation with hope cannot be without heroes and any country with ________ prospects cannot be without pioneers.

A. promising

admirable

6. You ______ use your cell phone here in our hospital because of the disturbance

to the electronic equipment! It’s forbidden.

A. shouldn’t

mustn’t

7. —I saw your girlfriend in the park at eight yesterday evening.

—Come off it. She TV with me in my home then.

A. watched B. had watched C. would watch D. was watching B. may not C. needn’t D. B. convincing C. desperate D.

8. Dozens of people were waiting with a camera for ______ seemed like hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the US First Lady, Michelle Obama.

A. that

B. when C. which D. what

9. There is certainly no difference between you two _______________ intelligence.

A. in memory of B. in honor of

terms of

10. I don’t like people who try to _______ you with how much money they’ve got.

A. strengthen

impress

11. The ongoing Paris climate talks should reject the narrow-minded mentality of zero-sum game(零和博弈), Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Monday, ________ all countries, developed countries in particular, to assume more shared responsibilities for win-win outcomes.

A．urging

urge

12. As we all know, the Internet is becoming _________ important in our daily life.

A. steadily

D. naturally B. increasingly C. instantly B．urged C．urge D. to B. attack C. convince D. C. in search of D. in

13. ________ class wins in the competition will be praised by the president.

A. Whatever B. Whichever

No matter which

14. —Is he always on time to school?

—_______, hardly is he; he is always the last to come to school.

A. What’s more

As a result

15. Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it ________ and is beyond our control.

A. has passed

had passed 16. She was disappointed to find her new plan , so she was in low spirits.

A．put away

out

17. He is a good student, ______ worthy of being praised

A. that

one

18. This kind of material for ships can _______ extreme weather conditions.

A. hold

C. No matter what D. B. In other words C. On the contrary D. B. will pass C. passed D. B．carried out C．turned down D．left B. it C. the one D. B. support C. stand D.

tolerate

19．Developing nations insist that richer countries, ________ have already completed

their own polluting industrial revolution, must shoulder the greater burden for the carbon emission cuts.

A. that B. what C. it D. which

20. —Would you mind if I opened the window?

—________________.

A. Never mind

B. Yes, please C. Of course not D. It doesn’t matter

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

You Have Only One Life

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be 21 you want to be, because you have only one life and one 22 to do all the things you want to do.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trails to make you 23 , enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always keep yourself in other’s 24 . If you feel that it hurts you, it probably 25 the other person, too. The 26 people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the 27 of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the 28 of people who have 29 their lives. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be 30 a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in life until you 31 of your past 32 and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone 33 you was smiling. Live your 34 so that when you die, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is 35 . Please send this message to those people who mean 36 to you, to those who have affected your life in one way or another, to those who make you smile when you really need it, to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are

really 37 , to those who you want to let them know that you 38 their friendship. And if you don’t, don’t worry, nothing bad will happen to you, you will just miss out on the opportunity to 39 someone’s day with this 40 .

21. A. where B. what

22. A. chance

method

23. A. cruel B. strong C. frightened D. C. why D. when D. B. sense C. spirit brave

24. A. hair

shoes.

25. A. believed

explained

26. A. strongest

brightest

27. A. most

less

28. A. importance B. satisfaction

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29. A. waited B. appreciated

trusted

30. A. interested in

based on

31. A. take care

keep in touch with

32. A. trouble

D. experience

33. A. around

besides

34. A. agreement

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35. A. cutting

growing

36. A. something

everything

B. tool B. doubted B. important B. more B. buried in B. get along C. let go B. failures B. behind B. life B. smiling B. nothing C. success C. hurts C. happiest C. least C. interest C. affected C. concerned with D. C. difficulty C. after C. word C. crying C. anything D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D.

37. A up B. afterward

38. A. remind B. wonder

appreciate

39. A. shorten

broaden C. upward C. understand D. down D. B. lessen C. brighten D.

40. A. sense B. report C. advice

message D.

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

I find it humorous sometimes that even the most common occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is encased by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.

We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area our ‘rock garden’. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area.

Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identify, I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a Sunflower. It was spindly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.

That’s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the capability of doing the same thing.

第四篇 rockschool认证《香港朗文6B C1-2测验》

Test for Chapter 1 & 2

Name ______________ Class _____________ Points _____________

一 单项选择 (1*10)

( ) 1. The new dining hall of food.

A. offer a wide range of choices B. offers a wide range of choices

C. offer a wide range of choice D. offers a wide range of choice

( ) 2. For more information, you can call me 12345678 or e-mail me ________ .

A. on, on B. at, at C. on, at D. at, on

( ) 3. ---You can go to England America.

Which would you prefer? ---I prefer to go to England.

A. both, and B. either, or

C. neither, nor D.either, nor

( ) 4. I in summer.

A. prefer swim B. prefer to swimming

C. prefer to swim D. prefer swimming

( ) 5. There are about 100 classrooms in our school, IT rooms, music

rooms, and art rooms.

A. include B. includes C. included D. including

( ) 6. The number of students in class is 40. There are 40 students in

class at most.

A. minimum B. maximum C. most D. least

( ) 7. John _____ Jack been to the U.S.A, so they can’t tell

you anything about it.

A. Either, or, has B. Neither, nor, has

C. Either, or, have D. Neither, nor, have

( ) 8. Which tourist attraction is not in England? .

A. Tower Bridge B. St Paul’s Cathedral

C. Hyde park D. The Golden Gate Bridge

( ) 9. Can you tell me A. how get to the museum B. how can I get to the museum

C. where is the museum D. how to get to the museum

( )10. Go straight the road, then turn left Rock Road.

A. along, into B. along, on C. to, into D. to, on

二 完型填空 (1*10)

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had

the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failure, Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding

over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses arerockschool认证

very . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started,

he felt his feet hurting. Then he

The pain was pretty bad, but with the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the top through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of was extremely good, almost as great as that wonderful view. The mountain below was surrounded(包围) by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, and Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

( )1. A. left B. reached C. jumped D. ran

( )2. A. encouraged B. ordered C. allowed D. warned

( )3. A. real B. safe C. special D. expensive

( )4. A. remembered B. expressed C. shouted D. regretted

( )5. A. Happily B. Hopefully C. Unfortunately D. Luckily

( )6. A. success B. decision C. freedom D. friendship

( )7. A. way B. words C. book D. secret

( )8. A. suggested B. realized C. expected D. hoped

( )9. A. love B. help C. face D. heart

( )10. A. place B. lesson C. aim D. story

三 阅读理解 (2*10)

A

The word “shanzhai” originally means "mountain village", but it means “copy’ in Chinese now.

I started to research this topic and found a whole new shanzhai world. There are shanzhai products and online games, even shanzhai culture. It is so popular that some people say to each other "have you shanzhaied today”? Like it or not, shanzhai has become part of our life in China.

I even met an American IT professional recently who has just had his shanzhai mobile phone. He was so proud of it and would not stop talking about all the functions while showing off the look of his phone. I could hardly see the back cover as he had stuck fake logos(假冒标记)“iPhone”, “Nokia” &LG on it.

But why has shanzhai become so popular in China? Why do over 50 percent of the people surveyed by CCTV support it? Firstly, many may not realize it but for Chinese people, the word “shanzhai “also reminds us of "the heroes of Liangshan”. Secondly, there would be no shanzhai without the Internet. Shanzhai has caught the interest of millions of Chinese online.

There are also shanzhai celebrities. Many shanzhai singers can be seen performing in some places where people cannot see performances by the actual "real" stars. These events are very successful, even though people know that

they are not getting the "real" thing.

( )1. Shanzhai means ________ today.

A. copy B. mountain village

C. terrible accident D. the heroes of Liangshan

( )2. Shanzhai is a popular word in ________.

A. Japan B. America C. China D. England

( )3. Shanzhai appears because of ________.

A. the telephone B. the television

C. the radio D. the Internet

( )4. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “remote”?

A. 虚拟的 B. 遥远的 C. 真实的 D. 近处的

( )5. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Many people are interested in shanzhai.

B. Shanzhi has become popular on the Internet these days.

C. Some shanzhai singers perform well and people love their performance.

D. People who watch shanzhai celebrities didn't know they are false.

B

When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.

Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.

All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.

Try an sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.

Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.

Smart(clever) uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!

( )6. The underlined word “mislead” means _____.

A. affects B. effects

C. causes someone to have a wrong idea D. give wrong directions

( )7. We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in _____.

A. light blue or light green B. deep red or deep brown

C. deep orange or deep red D. light green or light yellow

( )8. If you want to ______, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.

A. weigh something with your hands B. study attentively

C. face the lake or the sea D. enjoy some rock music

( )9. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green

B. Scientists have known some differences among some colors

C. When you’re tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away

D. The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool.

( )10. The reading mainly shows us _____.

A. the difference between red and blue

B. how to get on well with others

C. how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life

D. how to paint and decorate our rooms

四 根据要求完成句子(1*10)

1. I prefer to live in the d________ at school because I can be with my good friends.

2. The subway in the city provides us with great ____________（方便）when we want to go downtown.

3. The Teachers’ office is at the other side of the ____________（走廊）. Just follow me, I’ll show you the way!

4. The d__________ of Sino-US summer camp in our school is 2 weeks.

5. Because of the terrible weather, it was very difficult for the rescuers to find the __________（地点） of the crashed plane.

6. We really appreciate the __________（住宿） in the school, because each of us can have a separate room.

7. ---What is the m__________ number of students in your class?---20 in each small class.

8. We can __________（换乘）to Metro Line 1 at Xinjiekou Metro Station to go to Confucius Temple.

9. It's necessary to buy i__________ for the car every year in case that you have an car accident.

10. Let's meet at the c____________ to have lunch together, OK?

五 词性转换 (1*10)

1. As a student from Asia, I am interested in the _____________ (culture) differences I met in my studying and living in the West.

2. I want to be an __________(explore) in the future because I am interested in unknown places.

3. A little shop had been built for the _____________ (convenient) of the local people here.

4. Purple Mountain is one of the most famous ____________ (attract) in Nanjing.

5. That ___________ (tour) comes from America is taking a picture of that little girl.

6. Mr. Brown always makes his class lively and keeps his students _______ (interest) in class.

7. It is important to improve the English language ________ (learn) style in China now.

8. The iPhone 6s has some new functions(功能) and longer battery _______ (during) .

9. He has been deeply shocked by the ___________ (suddenly) death of his

grandfather.

10. Neither the Houses of Parliament nor the British Museum _______ (be) open on

Saturday.

六 翻译句子(1*20)

1. 上我们的课程提高你的英语。

Take our course ________ _________ your English.

2. 我更偏爱通过我感兴趣的话题去学习英语。

I’d ________ __________ learn English __________ __________ which are interesting _________ me.

3. 你既可以住青年旅社也可住寄宿家庭。

You can stay ________ in a ________ or ________ a _________ _________.

4. 一直沿着走廊走，自助餐厅就在你的左边。

_________ _________ __________ the corridor, the ______ is ______ your left.

5. 汤姆刚才告诉我如何找到各种不同的观光胜地。

Tom told me how to find _________ __________ ________ just now.

七 任务型阅读 (1*10)

Intense physical exercise is not the only way to better health. Studies show that walking several times a week can lower risk of many diseases. They include heart disease, stroke, diabetes, bone loss, arthritis (关节炎), and depression. Walking also can help you lose weight.

Fast walking is good for the heart. It lowers the blood pressure. It raises the amount of good cholesterol（胆固醇）in the blood. Researchers say walking can sharply reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack.

Studies have also shown that walking for 30 minutes a day can delay and possibly prevent the development of diabetes. People who are overweight have an especially high risk to develop this disease.

Walking strengthens the muscles and builds up the bones that they are attached to. Studies show that walking could decrease the risk of developing osteoporosis （骨质疏松症）. Walking can also help ease the pain of arthritis in areas where bones are joined. This is because walking strengthens the muscles around the bones.

Experts say walking is one of the safest ways to exercise. There is a low risk of injuries. So it is good for people who are starting an exercise program for the first time and for older people.

A walking program is easy to start. You should wear loose clothes and good shoes. There are shoes that are designed especially for lots of walking.

How fast should you walk? For the best effect, doctors say you should walk fast enough to cause you to breathe hard. Yet you should still be able to talk. Let your arms move freely while you walk.

There are no rules to starting a walking program. You might walk short distances. Or you might walk up hills to strengthen your leg muscles. Health experts say you can gain the most from a walking program if you walk at about five kilometers an hour for 30 minutes a day. You should do this about five times a week.

第五篇 rockschool认证《理工专业》

职称英语《理工类》

第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)

下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

1 The manager gave us the identical cottage each summer.

A temporary B similar

C same D attractive

2 Mary has derived a good deal of benefit from her job.

A obtained B accepted

C bribed D produced

3 He is charming; nevertheless, I don't quite trust him.

A however B therefore

C despite D afterwards

4 Her behaviour is extremely childish.

A simple B immature

C beautiful D pretty

5 Even in a modernized country, manual work is still needed.

A hard B mental

C simple D physical

6 She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.

A rejected B thought of

C accepted D criticized

7 He talked about the feasibility of setting up an experimental school in which each child works at his or her own pace.

A practicability C necessity

B possibility D reliability

8 It's an unpleasant affair; in spite of this, we can't change it.

A in effect B in addition

C as a matter of fact D still

9 Although the arguments were rational, he was not convinced

A sensitive B true

C reasonable D persuasive

10 All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice.

A insist on B stick to

C depend on D add to

11 But ultimately he gave in.

A in the end B surely

C certainly D lately

12 With regard to future oil supplies, the situation is uncertain.

A Judging B Talking

C Concerning D Thinking

13 Mozart showed a particular aptitude for music when he was young

A talent B fondness

C affection D passion

14 They will cut back expenditure on unnecessary items

A stop B continue

C shorten D reduce

15 There is no reason why you shouldn't tell them beforehand that you are leaving

A in advance B ahead

C before long D early

第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。

Where Has the Salt Come from?

Every now and then, we meet a fact about our earth that makes us feel strange and no answer for the fact has yet been found. Such a fact is the existence of salt in the oceans. How did it get there?

We simply do not know how the salt got into the ocean! We do know, of course, that salt is water-soluble, and so passes into the oceans with rainwater. The salt of the earth's surface is constantly being dissolved (溶解) and is passing into the ocean.

But we do not know whether this can explain the huge quantity of salt in oceans, if all the oceans were dried up, enough salt would be left to build a wall 180 miles high and a mile thick. Such a wall would reach once around the world at the Equator (赤道)!

The common salt that we all use is produced from seawater or the water of salt lakes, from salt springs (源泉) and from deposits of rock salt. The concentration (浓度) of salt in seawater ranges from about three per cent to three-and-one-half

percent. The Dead Sea, which covers an area of about 340 square miles, contains about 11,600,000,000 tons of salt!

On the average, a gallon (加仑) of seawater contains about a quarter of a pound of salt. The beds of rock salt that are found in various parts of the world were all originally formed by the evaporation (蒸发) of seawater millions of years ago. It is believed that the thick rock-salt deposits were formed after about nine-tenth of the volume of seawater had been evaporated.

Most commercial salt is obtained from rock salt. The usual method is to drill wells (井) down to the salt beds. Pure "water is pumped down (抽进去) through a pipe. The water dissolves the salt and it is forced through another pipe up to the surface. 16 We have not fully understood how salt got into the ocean.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

17 The author is sure that the dissolved salt from the earth's surface is the only source of the huge quantity of salt found in oceans.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

18 If all the oceans were dried up, the salt thus obtained would be extremely great in size.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

19 The percentage of salt content in the Red Sea is higher than that in the Dead Sea.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

20 Beds of rock salt are found in every part of the world.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

21 After evaporation, about ten percent of seawater becomes rock salt.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

22 Most commercial salt is obtained from seawater.

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每题1分，共8分)

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上.

Early Ideas about the Universe

1 Early man got his ideas about the universe by looking at the stars as you do. He observed carefully, and learned many things about the sun, the moon, and the stars.

2 Suppose you were asked to collect evidence about the sun as early man did. You might go out morning after morning and see it come up in the east. Even on cloudy mornings, you would observe that the darkness goes away and the world becomes light. You might not see the sun but would be sure it is there, because you notice that the earth warms up. As you continued, the sun climbs higher in the sky each day during part of the year. It stays in the sky longer. The earth gets warmer. Things begin to grow. It is spring and then summer.

3 After a while the sun stays in the sky for shorter and shorter periods. Many plants begin to die. Leaves fall. Winter comes. Year after year this is repeated and you cannot tell exactly why it happens. But you realize that the sun seems to make the difference. Primitive (原始的) man felt that since the sun was so powerful it must be a god. It may seem silly to us now to worship (崇拜) a sun-god, but primitive man was right about the importance of the sun to life on earth.

4 You have been told that the world is round. But suppose no one had ever taught you that the world was like a huge ball. Would you have ever thought of it yourself? You cannot see the curve (曲线) of the earth at once. You would have no idea of how big it was. That's why early man believed that the earth was small and fiat. Such ideas appeared from the evidence they had.

5 If you watch the stars night after night, you will see them rise and set. As you look at the sky, it is not difficult to imagine that you are in the center of a vast collection of twinkling (闪烁) lights. Some early astronomers (天文学家) believed the sky was a crystal shell or series of crystal shells, one inside