Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college together with increasingly high expectations in a fast -moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. And after going to school for 12 years, it doesn't feel natural to spend a year during something that isn’t academic.
But despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not impede the success of academics—in fact, it probably promotes it.
Studies show that students who take a gap year are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not. Gap year experiences can lessen the difficulty when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities.
Nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once. Many students find themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes. At Boston College, for example, you would have to complete an extra year were you to switch to the nursing school from another department. Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.
Many people, however, argue that the gap year itself can take much money. That’s a math. There are formal gap year programs that are rather pricey, but there are also many opportunities to volunteer and receive free housing or even get paid for your gap year.
Perhaps the most convincing reason for taking a gap year is that it offers a unique opportunity that will likely never reappear. After graduating from college, it's possible to take some time off. Students should think about the next step in their future lives: Don’t rule out anything, including a gap year.
1.What might be the author's purpose by writing the passage?
A. To explain what the gap year really is.
B. To prove the necessity of the gap year.
C. To introduce the way to take the gap year.
D. To describe the students taking their gap year.
2.What stops students taking their gap year?
A. The pricey gap year programs.
B. Bad performance in high school.
C. High expectations for college life.
D. Worrying about falling behind in study.
3.What can we know about students from the passage?
A. Nearly 80 percent of college students change their majors only once.
B. High school students have little experience to choose college majors.
C. many new comers of college are suffering from acclimation blunders.
D. All colleges allow their students to change their majors free of charge.
4.What is the author’s attitude towards the gap year?
A. Favorable. B. Critical.
C. Concerned. D. Indifferent.
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4 Important Reasons to Raise Your Children Around Animals
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If you have a love for animals, chances are that you want your children to have that love too. 1. And getting along with animals is a great learning experience too. Starting that kind of bond with animals while your children are young is really important for many reasons and here are just some of them.
1. Increase empathy (移情) and compassion(同情心)
Children that are raised around animals are more likely to develop good qualities. They are learning to care about something with positive attention and responsibility. Additionally, animals are empathetic and compassionate themselves. Through their own love and caring, they teach their own lessons to our children.2.
2. Provide opportunity for responsibility
As children grow up with an animal, they learn to be more responsible. 3. They can help feed the fish or walk the family dog.
3. 4.
A recently published article shows that children can improve their reading skills while reading to the family pet. This might be because animals are such patient and kind creatures that help lower stress.
4. Give unbeatable comfort during hard times
Life is not always easy. 5. When there is a family pet, that pet is always there for the family to offer comfort. That pet keeps his company when your child feels lonely. Sometimes it is that silent hug and constant companionship that make children feel alright again with the stresses that come into their lives.
A. Pets increase reading success
B. Sometimes bad things happen.
C. Some people are cruel to animals.
D. Animals are great friends to people of all ages.
E. This way children will learn to respect animals.
F. Hopefully, you can feel pity for the homeless animals.
G. They must take on duties in order to care for that animal.
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科目：高中英语 来源：辽宁省2017届高三高考模拟测试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter自从进入高中以来一直觉得压力很大，学习状态不太好。请你给他写封邮件，以帮助他振作起来。
内容要要点：
1. 给他三条建议；
2. 表达期望并送上祝福。
注意：1. 词数100词左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter，
I’m sorry to hear about your situation.______________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：广东省广雅中学、江西省南昌市第二中学2017届高三下学期联合测试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Big messaging apps abroad
While WeChat is China's biggest mobile messaging app,there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features.
WhatsApp (US)
Users: more than 300 million
Platforms: Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry
Features: Text chat,push-to-talk,file sharing,location sharing
With more than 300 million active users,WhatsApp is one of WeChat's biggest competitors.Developed by two ex-Yahoo employees in 2009,WhatsApp originally focused on text chat,but on Aug.6 it also started push-to-talk service.It's noted for its accessibility,ease of use and the absence of adverts.The service is free for the first year,after which $0.99 (6.06 yuan) is charged for a one-year subscription.
Kakao Talk (South Korea)
Users: more than 100 million
Platforms: Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry and Bada (an operating system developed by Samsung)
Features: Text chat,group chat,push-to-talk,group calls,file sharing
With more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries,Kakao Talk is a multi-platform texting applicbtion that allows users to send and receive messages for free.With Kakao Talk,users can message each other one-on-one or in group chats with unlimited numbers of friends.You can also choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share them with friends.
Line (Japan)
Users: more than 200 million
Platforms: Android,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry and PC
Features: Text chat,group chat,push-to-talk,file sharing,location sharing,gaming,stickers
Line tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries.Apart from text and voice messaging,Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emoticons to buy from its own shop.In the first quarter of 2013 alone,it made $17 million just from stickers.The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the LINE Game.
1.Compared with the other two apps,which of the following features makes Line stand out?
A. Group mobile games. B. Free emoticons.
C. Free download of the app. D. Text and group chat.
2.Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Users can always send and receive messages for free with WhatsApp.
B. Users can share files with any of the three apps.
C. Kakao Talk frees users from unwanted advertisjments.
D. Line ranks first in the list of the most downloaded apps in 52 countries.
3.In which part of the newspaper may this article be found?
A. Advertisement. B. Economy and Finance.
C. Entertainment. D. Science and Technology.
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖南省2017届高三高考冲刺预测卷（六）英语试卷 题型：短文填空
When I was driving after school on Monday on 1. ( I ) way home, I saw a wallet on top of a white car just as the driver turned into the main road. The wallet 2. (fall) from the car and I sounded the horn（喇叭）twice but he didn't hear. So, I picked it up and checked 3. wallet to see if I could get any phone number 4. (call). I found and called two 5.(number) but I was told they were wrong number.
6.(late), I found an ID card and used the address to find his home, which is a 15-minute drive. When 7. (arrive) there, I saw his wife and the first thing she asked was 8. I found a wallet. I started smiling and said yes. The lady was really 9. (happily) and called her husband. After I gave the wallet to him, he saw everything was inside. The couple offered me 20 yuan for gas 10. I refused it.
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖南省湘潭市、长沙、师大附中、岳阳市、株洲市二中、常德市2017届高三下学期六校联考英语试卷 题型：完形填空
“I won’t stop learning new things _________I die,” 105-year-old Zhao Muhe told domestic media.
He got his first bachelor’s and master’s degrees in his _________, and is now working on his PhD. He traveled the world after _________and learnt to use the Internet.
Zhao, born in Shandong in 1912, moved _________ Taiwan at 39, and found a non-teaching job at National Kaohsiung Normal University. Almost 30 years later, he retired from the university. That's _________ the time for people to begin a peaceful but boring pensioner's life, _________with friends and looking after grandchildren. _______that was not for Zhao.
He decided to go to _______ university, this time to study. Zhao _______the National Open University in Taiwan in 1999. He commuted to school by bike every day, never ________ a single class. He studied __________ into the night, and it only took him four years to finish the 128 academic ________ required to graduate with an arts degree, which he did at the age of 91.
Several years later, Zhao decided to ________ his studies. He passed the entrance examination for Nanhua University in Taiwan and got a __________ in philosophy two years later. He is now auditing classes at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan __________ he prepares to earn a doctorate degree. He thinks it's __________ too late to learn.
________ studying, he also fulfilled his dream of touring the world. Now he is learning to use a ________. "Internet is no use for a dying man like ________, bro," his fellow pensioner said humorously to him. "But I'm still __________," he replied with laughter.
1.A. because B. if C. when D. unless
2.A. eighties B. twenties C. nineties D. thirties
3.A. adjustment B. retirement C. presentation D. examination
4.A. to B. away C. out of D. from
5.A. suddenly B. gradually C. normally D. typically
6.A. hanging up B. hanging out C. hanging down D. hanging over
7.A. But B. And C. So D. For
8.A. another B. each C. that D. his
9.A. arrived at B. graduated from C. studied D. attended
10.A. sharing B. refusing C. stopping D. missing
11.A. later B. late C. latest D. lately
12.A. reports B. lessons C. credits D. notes
13.A. get on with B. put off C. reunite D. continue
14.A. master’s degree B. bachelor’s degree C. doctor’s degree D. teacher’s degree
15.A. when B. after C. before D. as
16.A. ever B. never C. still D. yet
17.A. In case of B. By means of C. In addition of D. In spite of
18.A. computer B. camera C. shaver D. bike
19.A. him B. her C. you D. it
20.A. awake B. alive C. asleep D. alone
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科目：高中英语 来源：河北省卓越联盟2016-2017学年高一下学期第三次月考英语试卷 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Li Ming as well as his classmates are always helping others.On May Day,his class went to the Senior Center and did some voluntary works.On arriving,they were all warm welcomed.Then they begin to work,cleaning the windows and swept the floor.Everything done,we sat in the yard reading newspapers to the elderly.The manager here praised and thanked them.They felt very proud because of what they did brought joy to others.From their experience, I've learned that the elderly should be paid more attention.So I've made a promise which I will give the elderly as much help as I can.
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科目：高中英语 来源：广西省桂林市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假设你是李津, 最近在你班的班会上进行了一次有关是否有必要在国外读大学的讨论会, 请根据以下提示写一篇英文短文为校报投稿.
内容要点：1. 优势：学校注重培养团队合作、环境优雅等
2. 不足：费用高等
3.个人看法
注意：1.内容应包括以上所有要点；开头和结尾已经写出,不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯，字数100；
Dear Editor of the school newspaper,
I contribute to your newspaper to introduce something about the recent class meeting of mine.
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Yours,
Li Jin
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省枣庄市2016-2017学年高一下学期5月月考英语试卷 题型：完形填空
A good heart to lean on
When I was growing up, I was_______to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled(瘸) and very short, and when we walked together, his hand to my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly(内心)feel uncomfortable at the unwanted ______, he never______ on.
I was difficult to coordinate(协调) our _____---his halting(蹒跚),mine impatient-- -and because of that, we didn’t ____much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “you set the pace. I will try to ____ you.”
Our_______walk was to or from the subway, which was______he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would _____it to the office even if others could not.
He never talked about himself as an ____of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more ____or able. What he looked for ____ others was a “good heart”.
Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper ____by which to judge people, even though I don’t know precisely what a “ good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.
He has been ____ many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he _____ my reluctance(unwillingness) to be seen with him during our _____.If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how I _____ it. I think of him ____I complain about trifles(轻视), when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.
At such ties I put my hand on his arm to ____ my balance ,and say, “You ____ the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”
1.A. embarrassing B. willing C. embarrassed D. surprised
2.A. care B. situation C. friendship D. attention
3.A. liked B. let C. found D. showed
4.A. bodies B. steps C. minds D. eyes
5.A. see B. walk C. say D. pay
6.A. follow B. keep C. catch D. adjust
7.A. ordinary B. often C. usual D. common
8.A. when B. how C. why D. where
9.A. get B. take C. walk D. make
10.A. aim B. person C. object D. purpose
11.A. fortunate B. successful C. hardworking D. rich
12.A. at B. with C. in D. on
13.A. method B. standard C. value D. level
14.A. gone B. missing C. loss D. died
15.A. agreed B. sensed C. smelled D. recognized
16.A. walks B. talks C. visits D. stays
17.A. thought B. regretted C. annoy D. recall
18.A. though B. that C. since D. when
19.A. fill. B. keep C. regain D. find
20.A. take B. set C. put D. run
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