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篇一：At last month

At last month's meeting you asked me to draw up a report about the possibility of keeping the student center open twenty-four hours a day. I decided that the best way to assess the need for expanded hours was to talk to the people who were still in the student center at closing time.

First, over the course of the two weeks, I interviewed more than fifty students as they left the student center at its regular closing time of twelve midnight. About eighty percent of them said they would prefer that the center stay open later. Of the three main uses of the center --- eating in the snack bar, recreation in the game room or watching TV, and studying --- by far the most popular late night activity is --- and this may surprise you --- studying. Almost all of the people I talked to said that their main reason for being in the center after ten p.m. was to study in groups or to find a quiet place to studybecause their dorm was too noisy. Of course, many of these people used the snack bar or TV room for breaks.

My recommendation is that we ask the administration to keep the center open after midnight for studying. The recreation room and snack bar can still close at the usual time. This should meet the objection that it costs too much to staff the center from midnight to eight a.m., which I'm sure will be the first response.

篇二：December is the last month教学设计及试题

December is the last month

一.教学内容： Lesson 25——Lesson26 Unit 5 December is the last month 二. 本单元重难点：

学会基数词和相对应的序数词，其中，要特别注意不规则变化的词，在掌握这些词的基础上，会替换使用本单元的主要句型。 三. 单词：

1. January（Jan）一月 2. month 月 3. year 年

4. February（Feb）二月 5. March（Mar）三月 6. April（Apr）四月 四. 词组：

1. the last month 2. twelve months

3. in a year 4. the first month（of the year） 5. New Year’s Day 6. in China 7. the Spring Festival 8. winter holiday 9. in February 10. green leaves /grass 11. Tree Planting Day 12. on March 12th 13. on any day 14. during Easter 15. colourful Easter eggs 16. plant trees 五. 句型：

January is the first month of the year. 六. 语法： 1. 现在进行时：

现在进行时用来表示说话时正在进行或发生的动作。其基本结构是：助动词be+动词ing 肯定句：主语+助动词be+动词ing+其他

否定句：主语+助动词be+not+动词ing+其他 一般疑问句：助动词Be+主语+动词ing+其他+？ 如：Are you reading the book?

特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+助动词be+主语+动词ing+其他+？ 如：What are you doing?

在这个时态中，动词ing的形式变化是关键。动词ing有以下几种构成方式： （1）在动词词尾直接加ing。如：clean→cleaning , go→going （2）以不发音的“e”结尾的动词先去掉“e”，再加ing. 如：dance→dancing , write→writing

（3）以重读闭音节结尾的动词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，应先双写这一辅音字母，再加ing. 如：put→putting , run→running 2. 继续学习序数词： 七. 重难点分析：

1.The first day , January 1st,is called New Year’s day.

第一天，即一月一日，被称作新年。这句话可以这样表达： We call the first day ,January 1st,New Year’s Day. 2. Students have their winter holiday in February. 学生在二月份放寒假。

have a holiday 休假，度假，放假 summer holiday暑假

3. During Easter , children get colourful Easter eggs. 在复活节，孩子们得到色彩鲜艳的复活节蛋。 4. In China , the Spring Festival is in January or February. 在中国，春节在一月份或二月份。

Tree Planting Day is on March 12th 植树节在3月12日。 在月份名称前，要用介词in，如：in February；in January等。 在具体日期前，要用介词on。如：on October 20th ,on March 12th 等。

5. It can be on any day from March 20th to April 20th .

它（复活节）可能在3月20日至4月20日的任何一天。 from…to…从……到……。

如：from 2 o’clock to 4 o’clock从2点到4点；from Tianjin to Beijing从天津到北京。 6. 辨析It’s in January和It’s January. 7. everywhere 到处。 八. 语音：ir 九. 知识链接：

1. New Year’s Day 2. the Spring Festival 3. Women’s Day 4. April Fool’s Day 5. Labour Day/may day 6. Easter 7. Mother’s Day 8. Children’s Day 9. Father’s Day 10. Teachers’ Day 11. Mid-Autumn Day 12. National Day 13. Halloween 14. Thanksgiving Day 15. Christmas 16. Tree Planting Day 【模拟试题】（答题时间：40分钟） 一. 选出发音不同单词的序号：

（ ）1. A. those B. month C. only （ ）2. A. festival B. bed C. elephant （ ）3. A. tree B. coffee C. see （ ）4. A. anything B. any C. skate （ ）5. A. school B. too C. moon （ ）6. A. plant B. and C. apple （ ）7. A. pair B. year C. there （ ）8. A. stomachache B. school C. March （ ）9. A. yes B. carefully C. only （ ）10. A. there B. bear C. here 二. 用所给词的适当形式填空： 1. That little boy is_______（call）peter.

D. old D. children D. seed D. many D. look D. January D. air D. cake D. February D. their

2. Listen ,they_________（talk）about their daily life. 3. ________（not do）that like this. 4. Ask _______（he）to come in. 5. She likes _______（study）English. 6. There’s a girl _________（sing）in the room. 7. One of the________（photo）is here. 8. Don’t ______ （write）your name in Chinese. 9. Would you like_________（come）to my school? 10. Wednesday is the________（four）day of the week. 三. 按要求改写句子：

1. Today is Sunday.（对划线部分提问） ______ _______ ________ _________? 2. They play games after class（对划线部分提问） _______ ________ they do after class? 3. They often go to school by car.（同义句） They often go to school ________their _______.

4. It takes him five hours to mend the kite.（对划线部分提问） _______ _______ ________it _______ him to mend the kite? 5. Her parents go to England by plane.（对划线部分提问） _______ ________her parents________ to England?

6. Mrs. Green usually goes shopping on Friday（对划线部分提问） _______does Mrs. Green usually ________ shopping? 7.It’s time for our class.（同义句） It’s time _______ have______ _______. 8.Take off your coat.（否定句） ____________ _______ your coat.

9.Tom is looking at the blackboard.（祈使句） Please______ ________ the blackboard.

10.They like skating in winter.（对划线部分提问）

______ ______ ________ _______ _______? 四. 连词组句：

1. Spring , the , is , in , Festival , January , February , or（.） ______________________________________________ 2. January , year , the , month , first , is , of（.）

_______________________________________________ 3. skating , is , she , now（.）

________________________________________________ 4. now , boys , the , are , trees , planting（.）

___________________________________________________ 5. girl , the , running , is , now（.）

___________________________________________________ 五. 阅读理解：

We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival . There’s a name for each Chinese year . We may call it the year of the cock , the year of the horse or the pig . And this year is the year of the cock.

Before New Year’s Day , people are busy shopping and cleaning the house . On New Year’s Eve , there’s a big family dinner . After it . All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year . Then people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends . They say “Good luck ” and some other greetings to each other . They usually have a good time. （ ）1.______is Chinese New Year 。

A. January 1st B. The Spring Festival C. Christmas Day D. Easter Day （ ）2.People________ in the Spring Festival. A. have a big dinner B. put on their new clothes

C. stay up late to welcome the New Year D. all of above

（ ）3.People say “______”when they meet each other during the Spring Festival.

A. Hello B. Good luck C. Thanks D. Nice to meet you （ ）4.Now it is the year of the_______.

篇三：Last month

Last month, Mike Burrows from Advanced Technologies attended a trade show in Tokyo Japan and saw many industrial robots. At the trade show he was very interested in the industrial robots made by Yamashita Limited. Then he met Charles Blake of Yamashita Ltd., and they talked about Yamashita’s robots.

Yesterday Charles Blake arrived in the U.S. and met Mike Burrows for lunch. After their meeting, Mike took Charles on a short tour of San Francisco. Today, Mike is going to meet Ms. Graham, a Vice-President at Advanced

Technologies. She is in charge of a large project to build a new factory.

Charles wants to sell his company’s industrial robots for use in the new factory.

Mike: Now, let’s see. Where is he? Oh, there he is, over there reading the newspaper. Mr. Blake!

Charles: Oh, hi Mike. How are you today?

M: It’s good to see you Charles. This is our Vice-President, Shirley Graham. Shirley, this is Charles Blake, from Yamashita Ltd.

Shirley: It’s nice to meet you Mr. Blake.

C: Great to meet you Ms. Graham.

S: How are you today?

C: Fine. And you?

S: Just fine. Mike told me that he took you around San Francisco yesterday.

C: We had a great time yesterday. We went down to Fisherman’s Wharf, and we had lunch, and then we drove around San Francisco …

S: Is this your first trip to the west coast?

C: Well, not really. I was here seven years ago, just for a brief visit, and now I have more time to see some of the city

M: Well, I hate to interrupt , but we have a car outside, and we have

reservation at 12:15. So why don’t get over to the restaurant and continue our conversation there, Okay?

S: Okay.

C: Sounds fine to me.

M: Okay. Let’s go!

篇四：2014年初三英语六校联考试卷

2014年绍兴市九年级六校联考试卷

英 语

总分：120分 时间：100 分钟

（一）听力部分（共25分）

一、听力（本题有15小题；第一节每小题1分，第二、三节每小题2分，共计25分）

第一节：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片。

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B. 第二节：听长对话，选择正确的答案，对话读二遍。

听下面一段对话，回答6—7两个小题

( ) 6. What does the boy do?

A. A headmaster. B. A teacher. C. A student.

( ) 7. How much should the boy pay if he wants to take a course?

A. 20 pounds. B. 30 pounds. C. 60 pounds.

听下面一段较长的对话，回答第8至10三小题。

( ) 8. Who made John’s computer?

A、Himself. B、His father. C、A famous computer engineer.

( ) 9. When was John’s computer made?

A、Last year. B、Last month. C、Last week.

( ) 10. What does the girl want to do some day?

A、She wants to make her own computer. B、She wants to buy a computer.

C、She wants to be a computer engineer.

第三节：听短文，回答第11-15小题。

（ ）11. What is Mattel?

A. It is a supermarket. B. It is a factory. C.It is a person.

（ ）12. When were Barbie dolls first sold?

A. In 1995. B. In 1959. C. In 1955.

（ ）13. Why did Ruth Handler want to create Barbie？

A. Because her daughter liked to play with dolls that looked more like adults.

B. Because her daughter liked to play with dolls that looked more like babies.

C. Because her daughter liked to play with dolls that looked more like young children.

（ ）14. Who like to play with the most popular dolls in the world?

A. Boys. B. Adults. C. Girls.

（ ）15. The name Barbie was named after _________.

A. The supermarket that first sold Barbie dolls. B. the person who created Barbie. C. Her daughter.

(二) 笔试部分

二、单项选择（本题有10小题、每题一分，共计10分）

( ) 16. – What do you think of the trip?

– ________unusual experience! We will remember it forever.

A. A B. An C. The D. /

( ) 17. — Hello, can I book a ticket of EK335?

— Sorry, there are no more _________ for this flight.

A. passengers B. seats C. chairs D. rooms

( ) 18. ---Mom, I’m a little hungry!

---Dear, there are some cakes on the plate. You can take ___________.

A. that B. it C. one D. this

( ) 19. --Did you go camping with your cousins ?

-- I planned to. But I went alone _________, for they two had to babysit their little sister.

A. therefore B. anyway C. instead D. certainly

( ) 20. -- Whom do you think is the proper person for the job, Dick, Mike or Harry?

-- If I had to choose, Dick would be _________ choice.

A. a good B. a better C. the worst D. the best

( ) 21. –- Excuse me,

–- I’m really sorry. I thought it was mine.

A. must B. should C. may D. need

( ) 22. A panic _______when the ship began to sink little by little. And the bad weather made the situation

worse.

A. went off B. set off C. broke off D. put off

( ) 23. Thanks to the Internet, the latest news of the missing MH 370 flight _________ soon.

A. is learned B. will be learned C. is learning D. learned

( ) 24. – Could you tell me ________________?

-- In 10 minutes.

A. how soon the film will end B. how the film was made

C. what the film is about D. how long has the film been on

( ) 25. -- I am going to finish the whole project all by myself.

-- Don’t be silly. _________. You need help from others if you want to get everything done in time.

A. Practice makes perfect B. No man is an island

C. Every dog has its day D. Better late than never

三、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket(毯子) wrapped around me, so I to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the special treats for people us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in apartments, but their air was so polluted that they not even see the stars.

―your favorite star.‖ Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas . ―You can’t give me a star,‖ I said, ― owns the stars.‖

―That’s right,‖ Dad said, ―But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.‖

I my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one. ―I want that one.‖ I said.

Dad smiled. ―That’s Venus（金星）,‖ he said, ―Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her reflected（反射）light.‖

―I like it anyway,‖ I said, ―I had loved Venus even that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.‖

Dad said, ―Ok, it’s Christmas. I your decision. You can have it if you want.‖ And he gave me Venus. We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth（圣诞传说）and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. ―Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,‖ Dad said, ―you will have your star.

( )26. A. at first B. at once

( )27. A. asked B. provided

( )29. A. among

( )30. A. fantastic

( )31. A. needed

( )32. A. give out

( )34. A. Everybody

( )36. A.slower

( )37. A. weak

( )38. A. when

( )39. A. dislike

( )40. A. even B. like C. at all D. at least C. required D. offered C. of D. around ( )28. A. looked up B. looked for C. look out D. look after B. ugly C. old D. poor B. could C. should D. had better B. take out C. put out D. pick out B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody B. farther C. closer D. higher B. lonely C. strong D. own B. before C. after D. until B. refuse C. accept D. mind B. never C. already D. still

A

( )33. A. dinner B. card C. party D. present ( )35. A. lowed B. put C. raised D. rose 四、 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

( ) 41. Why does Alfie want to be an angel?

A. Because angels can fly.

( ) 42. That’s My Mum is written in______.

A. English and Japanese

C. English and Chinese

A. Alfie’s Angels. B. English and Korean D. English and French B. Because angels can do anything. C. Because angels look like each other. D. Because angels are cool. ( ) 43. Andy is a Korean boy. Which book can he read? B. That’s My Mum. C. What Is Peace. D. Farmer Duck.

B

Last month , I returned to Australia to attend my sister’s wedding .Although it was a very modern wedding, my sister kept one tradition that comes from an old English poem .

The poem says that a bride (新娘)must wear "something old, something new ,something borrowed ,something blue.‖ It is said to bring good luck to the marriage .

Something old is something passed on from the bride’s family .It could be an heirloom(传家宝) that has been in the family for years ,or a piece of her mother’s dress. This is meant to show a connection with the bride’s family .

Something new brings hope for the future of the couple .It can be the new wedding dress, or new shoes.

Something borrowed is normally an item of clothing or jewelry(珠宝). It is borrowed from one of the bride’s friends who have a happy marriage. It is believed to bring some of the friend’s luck in her marriage to the bride . Last is something blue ,which comes from another rhyme:―Marry in blue ,husband be true.‖ This means that a bride who wears blue will have a faithful(忠诚的) husband .It could be blue on her jewelry or on her shoes .

These days, most brides do not believe that wearing these items will really bring them good luck. However, they wear them anyway in recognition that traditions are important.

( ) 44.The wedding tradition the writer’s sister kept is from ________.

A. her family B. an English poem C. an English song D. a TV show

( ) 45.According to the wedding tradition ,the bride should _________.

A. wear her mom’s wedding dress B. borrow some jewelry from her sister or cousin

C. get something new from her family D. have something that is passed on from her family

( ) 46.The bride wears blue ,hoping to ________.

A. get rich in the future B. have a faithful husband

C. have a wonderful wedding ceremony D. bring good luck to her husband

( ) 47.From the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A. most brides don’t wear the traditional items now

B. brides get good luck if they wear the four items

C. brides wear the four items just to follow tradition

D. brides consider it out of date to wear the four items

C

Zebra’s stripes(条纹) have puzzled scientists around the world for centuries. What is the biological purpose of being covered with in black and white stripes?

There are many theories that try to answer that question .Charles Darwin , the famous biologist ,thought that Zebra’s stripes were used to attract partners .

Alfred Wallace ,the British naturalist and biologist thought the stripes were camouflage(伪装). They make the zebras hard to see at night and create an optical illusion(视错觉) in the day .This protects them from being hunted by lions and other fierce animals .

But the zebra’s real enemy might be a whole lot smaller .A new study by Tim Caro from the University of California has come up with an entirely new theory on why zebras have stripes .He thinks that their stripes will keep biting flies away from them .

Caro and his colleagues took a different route to other scientists who have studied zebra’s stripes .Instead of looking just at zebras ,he looked at all equids (马科动物)（horses ,zebras and asses）and the different patterns of their stripes.

He found that species (物种）that lives in areas with dangerous flies were more likely to have stripes all over their bodies .Zebras live in Africa ,where biting flies can cause great harm by both passing on diseases and sucking(吸）out dangerous amounts of blood.

Caro is happy that they have answered the question of why zebras have stripes, but now he is left another question: why don’t flies likes stripes ?

―That’s what happens in science‖, he told The New Yorker magazine .―You answer one question and it leads to six more.‖

( ) 48. According to Tim Caro, zebras have stripes to ___________.

A. protect them from being seen B. attract partners

C. create illusions D. keep biting flies away

( ) 49. Caro and his colleagues got the findings by __________.

A. examining the stripes of zebras B. staying with zebras in Africa

C. observing zebras at night D. studying all animals with stripes

( ) 50. The last sentence suggests that __________.

A. scientists sometimes find it difficult to answer the question

B. people can never really find the answer to the question

C. there are always unknown things for people to study

D. scientists need to answer seven questions to find out the truth

( ) 51.Where can we probably read this passage ?

A .In a guidebook . B. In a science fiction book

C. In a science magazine . D. In an introduction to a zoo .

D

I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance(保险业) company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job----I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma (精神创伤) and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife.

Bruce, the interviewer, was politely empathetic(同情的), but he didn't probe (探问)any further. He admitted my loss and with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview, Bruce took me

篇五：Over the last month

Over the last month, I’ve been traveling the country, talking to Americans about how we can out-educate, out-innovate, and out-build the rest of the world. Doing that will require a government that lives within its means, and cuts whatever spending we can afford to do without. But it will also require investing in our nation’s future – training and educating our workers; increasing our commitment to research and technology; building new roads and bridges, high-speed rail\reil\抱怨 and high-speed internet.

In cities and towns throughout America, I’ve seen the benefits of these investments. The schools and colleges of Oregon are providing如果，假如 Intel – the state’s largest private employer – with a steady stream 一股，小溪of highly-educated workers and engineers. At Parkville Middle School outside of Baltimore, engineering is the most popular subject, thanks to outstanding teachers who are inspiring students to focus on their math and science skills.

In Wisconsin, a company called Orion is putting hundreds of people to work manufacturing制造品 energy-efficient lights in a once-shuttered快门 plant. And in the small community of Marquette, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, widely accessible high-speed internet has allowed students and entrepreneurs to connect to the global economy. One small

business, a third-generation, family-owned clothing shop called Getz’s is now selling their products online, which has helped them double their workforce and make them one of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing companies in a recent listing.

Each of these places reminds us that investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure 基础设施are an essential down payment 预付定金on our future. But they also remind us that the only way we can afford these investments is by getting our fiscal 政府财政的house in order. Just like any family, we have to live within our means to make room for things we absolutely need.

That’s why I’ve called for a freeze on annual domestic spending over the next five years – a freeze that would cut the deficit赤字 by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President. Just to be clear, that’s lower than it was under the past three administrations, and lower than it was under Ronald Reagan.

Now, putting this budget freeze in place will require tough choices. That’s why I’ve frozen salaries for hardworking civil servants for three years, and proposed cutting programs I care about deeply, like community

action programs in low-income neighborhoods. I’m not taking these steps lightly – but I’m taking them because our economic future demands it.

Still, a freeze in annual domestic spending is just a start. If we’re serious about tackling our long-run fiscal challenges, we also need to cut excessive spending wherever we find it – in defense国防部，防卫 spending, spending in Medicare and Medicaid, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes漏洞，观察洞.

I’m willing to consider any serious ideas to help us reduce the deficit\defict\ – no matter what party is proposing 建议，提议them. But instead of cutting the investments in education and innovation we need to out-compete the rest of the world, we need a balanced approach to deficit reduction. We all need to be willing to sacrifice, but we can’t sacrifice our future.

Next week, Congress will focus on a short-term budget. For the sake of our people and our economy, we cannot allow gridlock 交通全面堵截，堵塞to prevail劝说，占优势. Both Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate have said they believe it’s important to keep the government running while we work together on a plan to reduce our long-term deficit.

Given that, I urge 鼓励and expect them to find common ground so we can accelerate使加快, not impede妨碍，阻止, economic growth. It won’t be easy. There will be plenty of debates争论，争辩 and disagreements, and neither party will get everything it wants. Both sides will have to compromise.

That’s what it will take to do what’s right for our country. And I look forward to working with members of both parties to produce a responsible budget that cuts what we can’t afford, sharpens 使变得更好America’s competitive edge优势地位 in the world, and helps us win the future. Thanks everyone, and have a nice weekend.

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