Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay On Disasters You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1. 灾难事件可能会给我们的生活带来沉痛的打击;2. 面对灾难,我们不要过度沉湎于悲痛,要积极面对人生;3. 请阐述在灾难面前你的态度。

作文标题:On smoking开始时间:2023-10-26截止时间:2023-11-02 Directions: Directions: Forthis part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay On Smoking . You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words . 1.吸烟问题是社会关注的焦点之一2.吸烟带来的危害3.我的看法字数建议:120-180写作限时:不限时 分数设置:15机评批改: 开启复制粘贴:不开启 提交次数:多次提交

Washington is home to lots of trees—it is the Evergreen State, after all—and it has lots of fireplaces and wood-burning heaters too. But what if you lived there and couldn't cut wood or couldn't afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, are happy to help. The three men cut truckloads（—卡车量）of wood, then give it to those in need.The idea actually started as a father-son relationship project, Shane told msn.Com. "I cut wood with my dad. He just loved doing it, " said Shane. He wanted to pass along that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer cutting. The result was a great wall of wood piled up（堆积）around their house. To buy that much it would cost about ＄10.000.It was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He posted online: "IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT, PLEASE PM [personal message] ME…If you know someone who BURNS WOOD, please help me and my boys make sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, " The response（反应）was immediate（立即）. One man offered to donate a wood-burning stove. Others raced over to Shane's house with more wood. One woman, noticing the photo of the McDaniels, started to feel warm in other ways: "I don't need the wood. But I am truly happy for what you have done!"Single mom Katelyn Ticer, 29, and her four-year-old daughter depended on a wood-burning stove as their only way of heat, so it was so good to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels. "To get that much wood brought me to tears, " she told "So much stress and worry is off my shoulders. I couldn't be more thankful."Shane is ready to help more people. "Giving is the reward", he said, "It has nothing to do with how well it's received; it's about how much it's needed."(1)What did Shane and his sons do to help their neighbours? A.They gave firewood to those in need.B.They bought wood-burning stoves.C.They raised about 10, 000 dollars.D.They paid someone to cut wood.(2)What happened after Shane posted messages online? A.His family received lots of presents.B.Some people quickly offered to help.C.Lots of wood piled up around their house.D.The weather suddenly turned freezing cold.(3)What did Shane think of what he had done to help others? A.Being needed drives us to give.B.Love is not giving but receiving.C.Helping others is just helping ourselves.D.Its better to help people fish than to give them fish.

A) proposal E)protective I) revlewng M) discovered-|||-B) Issue F)negative J)assigned N) associated-|||-C)developing G) fight K)risk O) potentlal-|||-D) stored H) collection L) found-|||-Being fat is bad for you.On that,almost everyone agrees.It is just possible,though,that almost everyone Is wrong.in fact,getting tat may be a-|||-mechanism that protects the body. The health problems 1 with fatness may not be caused by It but be another-|||-conseovence,another sympl of overeating.-|||-That is the heretical(异端邪说的) 2 of Roger Unger and Phllipp Scherer.They have been 3 翻-|||-sclence of what has come to be known as metabouc.syndinme (fearea症).This is a host of symptoms such as hIgh blood pressunen Insulln(期号-|||-素)resistance and fatness that seem to increase the 4 of heart disease and strokes and INer disease. Mitetabolle syndrome 13-|||- 5 in tan theta -sin x of the American population,-|||-"Syndrome" is the medical term for a 6 of symptoms whose common cause is not propeny undetstood.The symplom of-|||-metabollc syndrome that appears first is usually fatness,so this is generally regarded as the 7 cause.-|||-Dr. Unger and Dr.Scherer, however,turn this logic on its head.They point out that there is usually a perlod of many yeare botween a person-|||-becoming ovenwelght and his 8 other symptoms.II the growth of the body cells was directly hatmlut that would not be the-|||-case. This is one of the lines of evidence that has led them to the concluslon that, in addition to its role In storing energy as a way to-|||- 9 agalnst future famine,getting fat is a 10 mechantsin nganst metabou syndromm

Worried that the 27-year-old man making 70,000 as profiled (描绘) on an online dating service isn't so young or taking home that much cash? Chances are he's telling the truth if the site is aimed at long-term relationships. But if he's lying, he's probably a people pleaser—the type of person who'd try to put himself in the best light even if you'd found him offline first. In Professor Jeffrey Hall's survey of 5,020 men and women who belonged to an undisclosed Internet dating site, most respondents (被访者) indicated they wouldn't lie. But those saying they were most likely to lie generally gave answers to other questions indicating they were people pleasers, or "high self-monitors." Such people want to be liked and fit in, these people, whether online or off, may lie about weight, age, income and interests, Hall said. In the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, respondents were asked to rate on a 10-point scale the likelihood that they would misrepresent their education, income, relationship goals, personal interests, weight and age to a potential date online. "On average, answers were close to around 2 for the most part, which means less likely," Hall said. Men indicated they were more likely than women to lie in every category except weight, according to the study. However, the differences between men and women were small, Hall said. For example, men led women 2.01 to 1.83 when it came to lying about education and income. Women led men 3.24 to 2.37 in lying about weight. "Personality makes much more of a difference in how much people lie," Hall said. "People interested in long-term relationships tend to be the users that are attracted to this site." "Online daters shouldn't be concerned that most people are presenting a false impression of themselves," Hall said in a news released before Thursday's phone interview. "What influences face-to-face dating influences the online world, too."1. What is the passage mainly about?A) A 27-year-old man making 70,000 is dating online.B) People pleasers always lie to others online and offline.C) People should not believe in online dating.D) Online daters don't lie as much as people think they do. 2. According to Professor Jeffrey Hall, those "high self-monitors" always ________.A) aim at having a long-term relationshipB) behave as such people that everyone likesC) try various ways to make other people like them D) lie about their weight, age, income and interests3. What's one finding of the study mentioned in Paragraph 3 and 4?A) Men lie in more aspects than women when dating online. B) Women lie in more aspects than men when dating online.C) Women are more likely to lie about their salary.D) Men are more likely to lie about their weight.4. How much people would lie online is determined by ________.A) their weightB) their incomeC) their heightD) their personality 5. What can we conclude from Professor Hall's words?A) Online daters shouldn't be too worried about being cheated. B) Online daters should try to change people's impression of them.C) Face-to-face dating is far safer than online dating.D) Face-to-face dating is becoming less popular today.

【听力原文】 Police Departments in many communities across the United States say they are facing a serious manpower shortage and attracting new recruits is not as easy as it used to be. Police officer Reggie Brown is on duty in Oakland, California, a city known for its crime rate. After 18 years, Brown says the job has become routine. When he started, he loved the excitement. "It was everything you could dream of—I mean, you get to drive fast, chase folks, and put people in jail. It was like, you know, on a nightly basis—there was plenty of action then." The promise of such thrills had young people like him lining up for police work 20 or 30 years ago.But, as Miami Police Department spokesman Delrish Moss notes, things have changed "When I grew up, you wanted to be a police officer, an astronaut or president of the United States. I don"t hear those three on the top of the list anymore." 第1题A. The rising crime rate.B. A serious manpower shortage.C. A serious finance shortage.D. The crisis of reputation.第2题E. An astronaut is a promising profession.F. Reggie Brown didn"t love his work at first.G. A police officer was a popular profession.H. An athlete earns much more than the president.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on Printed Book or E-book? You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.1.随着网络不断深入人们生活，电子图书逐渐受到大众欢迎；2.与传统图书相比，电子图书具有的优势；3.我的看法。

Neon (霓虹) is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog is to San Francisco. When night falls, red and blue and other colors 1.__ a hazy (雾蒙蒙的) glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark, 2. by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs (发光二极管). Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy 3. , but still carry great cost. "To me, neon represents memories of the past," says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the city's famous signs."Looking at the signs now I get a feeling of amazement, mixed with sadness." Building a neon sign is an art practiced by 4. trained on the job to mold glass tubes into 5. shapes and letters. They fill these tubes with gases that glow when 6. Neon makes orange, while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours to craft a single sign. Blance spent a week in Hong Kong and 7. more than 60 signs; 22 of them appear in the series that capture the signs lighting up lonely streets-an 8. that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. "I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned 9. of neon," says Blance. The signs do nothing more than 10. a restaurant, theater, or other business, but do so in the most striking waypossible.A) alternative B) approachC) castD) challengingE) decorativeF) efficientG) electrified H) identifyI) photographedJ) professionalsK) qualityL) replacedM) stimulate N) symbolizes0) volunteers

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on The Way to-|||-Success.You should write at least 120 words but nà more than 180 words-|||-1.人们对于成功"有着]不同的认识-|||-2.阐述自己对"成功的认识并总结获得"成功"的方式

With economy being so unstable nowadays and job security being something of the past, many individuals getting ready to enter into the career world are wondering what the best careers will be in the near future. The key to finding a career path that will continue to be profitable is doing your research and determining which careers will continue to grow, which careers are not in danger of being taken over by computers and which careers will always require the human hands. The first category of careers that will continue to be in demand are healthcare careers. Although technology will continue to improve testing capabilities, there is no way for technology to take over the jobs of the many healthcare professionals required to keep a hospital running successfully. Therefore, for anyone who is comfortable with such a career as nursing, this is a great career path to follow. The next popular career path that will not diminish (缩减) anytime in the near future is in educational institutions. It is true that many college courses are being taught online these days but even then a real person is needed to move the class along. In regular classrooms all around the world technology is being used to supplement the traditional textbook learning but a teacher will always be needed to teach students how to make use of such tools. Food service careers are also a career category that will continue to be popular in the future. Technology may be able to improve the way we prepare and cook food but there will always have to be an actual person behind that technology making everything run smoothly and there will always have to be someone to serve food as well. Choosing a career for the future when nobody really knows what the future holds can be very scary (可怕的). Research a variety of careers in order to find one that's right for you but that won't be obsolete (过时的) in a few years and you will be thankful down the road .1. What does the author mean by saying "job security being something of the past"?A) People with jobs worry more about their safety now.B) The working environment becomes more dangerous now.C) The working conditions are getting worse and worse now.D) People with jobs are more likely to become unemployed now. 2. When it comes to choosing a career, individuals are advised to ________.A) follow a continuously profitable career path B) follow the healthcare careers such as nursingC) determine which career requires the high technologyD) determine which career can be taken over by computers3. What's the author's comment on the phenomenon of college courses being taught online?A) It will become less popular in the future.B) It will attract less attention in the future.C) It is true, but real teachers are still needed. D) It is true, so teachers are not needed at all.4. What does the author think of technology used in some fields of our life?A) It is being used to improve testing capabilities.B) It is powerful and it can take over the jobs of human workers.C) It is being used to improve the way we prepare and cook food.D) It is beneficial, but it cannot take over the jobs of professionals. 5. The phrase "down the road" (Line 2, Para. 5) can be replaced by ________.A) in the pastB) on the roadC) in the future D) along the road