A German who has been a volunteer teacher in the Guangxi countryside for ten years is a celebrity ( 名人)in China these days .

42-year-old Echart Lowwe was born in Hamburg , Germany . He graduated form the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1990, Echart Lowwe traveled to China and became greatly interested in the country . In 1999 , he started working as a high school teacher in the city of Hechi , Guangxi , Later he went to a primary school in the remote Banlie Village to work as a volunteer teacher . He is still teaching there now .

His teaching methods are different from Chinese teachers . He never uses textbooks in class or sets exams .He seldom tells students how to do things , but instead encourages his pupils to be independent . He teaches music , nature and painting . To teach his students the spirit of teamwork , he asked them to paint a picture together .

Lowwe loves being with children . Kids love him back . He is often seen surrounded by groups of kids. “I feel he is our loved one .He is close to us ,”one of his students says.

Lowwe said “ I have always had the desire to teach in the countryside. I am doing what I want to do now . If I had to die right now , I would die happily ,” he said .

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的（ T ）误（ F ）。

1.Echart Lowwe is a volunteer teacher from Germany .

2.He used to work as a painter in Hechi .

3.He has his own ways of teaching .

4.Kids love him because he helps them do exams better .

5.Echart Lowwe doesn’t regret what he is doing .

 

Move Earth — it’s no science fiction

LONDON — Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is send a few comets（彗星）in the direction of Earth, and its orbit will be changed. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of the solar system.

This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration（NASA） engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—effectively doubling its working life.

The plan put forward by Dr Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams ,needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.

“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,” Laughlin said.

Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn. The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated. In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to global warming, although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere（生物圈）— by cooking us.

That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.

The plan has one or two worrying aspects, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation（误算）in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly consequences.

There is also the question of the Moon. As the current issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its current position it is “most likely the Moon would be stripped away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.

What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?

A. A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.

B. Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon.

C. Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive.

D. The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.

If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ______years.

A.12 billion                  B.6 billion                    C.18 billion                  D.24 billion

What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?

A. The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon.

B. Earth might be moved too far away and man might be frozen to death.

C. The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.

D. Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened.

What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?

A. provide                    B. benefit                   C. share                     D. endanger

Which of the following best shows how the plan would work?

某中学高二·二班的同学进行了一场有关英语学习的讨论。讨论的题目是：学习英语要不要从儿童时期开始?请根据下表中的提示写一篇短文，介绍讨论的情况。

一些同学认为	另一些同学认为
1．应从儿童时期开始学习英语；	1．不应从儿童时期开始学习英语；
2．儿童时期记忆力好，可以记住很多单词；	2．儿童时期既要学习汉语拼音又要学英语，易混淆；
3．能为英语学习打下坚实的基础。	3．会影响汉语学习和今后的英语学习。
讨论未取得一致意见

注意：1．文章的起始句已给出；        2．词数：100词左右(不包括已给的起始句)。

参考词汇：基础foundation汉语拼音Chinese pinyin

The students of Class 2 had a discussion about whether it would be necessary to start learning English from childhood_____________________________________________________      __

 

Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion（混淆） over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever．

   Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye（颜料） that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003．

   Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been trying to remove some food products from the shelves．So far 580 products have been recalled．

Last week Sudan’s Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification(澄清) of the origin of the dye’s name．

   Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan’s Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye．

　　"We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there," she said．"Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country．But they told us there was no relationship．"

   The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy last week．

　"They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name," she said．"People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name．Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out．"

   Sudan dyes, which include Sudan 1 to 4, are red dyesused for colouring oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes．They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer．

1.What does the underlined word “carcinogenic” mean in paragraph one?

    A．Causing cancer．                     B．Having side effect．   

    C．Containing poison．                  D．Poisonous．

2.How did the Sudan 1 get its name?

    A．The dye is often produced in Sudan．

    B．The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan．

    C．Nobody is sure of the origin of the name．

    D．Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye．

3.We can infer from the passage that．

    A．the Sudan government is paying much attention to the food safety

    B．Sudan 1 is often used to be added to the food

    C．people didn’t realize the danger of Sudan1 until 2003

    D．many food shops will be closed down

4.Which of the following is the best title?

    A．Keep away from Sudan1

    B．No Sudan 1 dye links to the country

    C．How Sudan1 dye got its name?

    D．Pay attention to the food safety

 

 

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作文,文中共有10处错

误,每句中最多有2处.错误涉及一个单词的增加,删除或修改.

  增加:在缺词处加上一个漏字符号(︿),并在其下面写上该加的词.

  删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉.

  修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写上修改后的词.

  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)不算分.

Mrs. Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to see her doctor and had some test. The next day her doctor telephoned her to give her the list of things she should not eat. Mrs. Black careful wrote all the things down a piece of paper, and then she left it beside the telephone when she went out to a friends meeting. When she got back home two hours late, she found her husband waiting for her. Carried a big basket full of food, she said, “Hello, dear. I've done all your shopping for you.” “Done all my shopping？” she asked in surprise, “but why did you know what I wanted？”“Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the telephone，” answered her husband. “So I went down to the shop and bought everything you have written down.”