科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
One of the big challenges that students face in applying to universities abroad is writing the application essay.
The essay topics all have something in common.They attempt to get at what type of person you are, what motivates you,and what you feel passion for.In a single 500-word piece of writing,
admissions officers(招生負(fù)責(zé)人)attempt to gather all about you.So your task is of your personality on the essay and make yourself special.
You can try and guess what the admissions officers like.But that won’t work.The essay will sound empty and become another dull piece of writing,which admissions officers get thousands each year.
It is true that admissions officers aren’t exactly looking for anything.The answer is just as open-ended as the question itself.If they ask for someone who has inspired you, it could be anyone.It could be a grandmother, a teacher, or even a character from a movie.A lot of people will say their dad.But since you really feel it, you’ll have a lot to write about.
There are some important things to remember.These admissions officers want good writers.You don't have to be Ernest Hemingway, but you have to be able to form an interesting story.That means revision(校對)and editing,cutting out stupid grammar mistakes,reading it over several times,leaving it for a few days and looking at it again.Whatever you do, make sure the essay is as good as possible.
Also,you should use exciting language and really make the reader feel the same passion as you do.It also means finding something unique about your point of view, something that other people might not think of.For example,if you want to write about your dad, you can focus on a specific anecdote(趣聞)about him .Admissions officers love personal stories that ring true.
The purpose of the passage is to give advice on how to_________.
A.choose an essay topic B.read the officers’ minds
C.be a good writer D write an effective application
The underlined part of paragraph 2 suggests that you__________.
A.stick enough stamps before posting your application essay
B.write something unique in an essay to impress the readers
C.take the task of showing off yourself seriously
D.pay attention to your personal essay
When admissions officers ask who has inspired you,they mean to________.
A.know about your family members B.understand you better
C.find out what your father does D.discover your personal affairs
According to the writer, it is wise to produce an essay with__________.
A.500 beautiful words B.many funny things C.truthful specific stories D.indirect answers
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆河北省容城中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:填空題
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項.選項中有兩項為多余選項.
How to Eat slowly to Avoid Overeating
Eating slowly can help you to better understand your real hunger signals and can help you to recognize reasons for faster eating , such as emotions or simply liking the taste of a food. However, eating slowly is not a decision that you make suddenly.______【小題1】________
1.Adjust you mind. Do not even attempt to acquire the habit of eating slowly before you're mentally ready. Relax and use your imagination to create mental images that your brain will remember. As part of this mental process , imagine yourself lean and fit.
2.______【小題2】_______ .eating slowly isn't just about slowing down the chewing ; it also about slowing down your food choices. As you show out the processed food, replace it with healthy , unprocessed or much less processed choices.
3. Always relax before you start eating . Take a few deep breaths through the nose and not through the mouth . As you do so, hold your breath briefly and exhale(呼氣) slowly by the mouth.____【小題3】_______In this way, you start to remove any risk of comfort eating.
4. Drink a glass of water or eat a small bowl of soup before your main dish. This will help you sense of fullness . Be aware that not everyone advocates drinking during a meal though ,as some people believe that this can remove the nutrients from your meal ______【小題4】______
5. Spend at least 20 minutes on your meal . ________【小題5】________ Eat your last portion really slowly , if you are still hungry after 20 minutes ,it means you are eating too fast !
A.Put the fork down after putting food in your mouth. |
B.Get rid of the stress before you start eating. |
C.Rather ,it's a habit that you'll need to acquire with practice. |
D.However ,specialists believe water actually aids in digestion. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011浙江金華一中高三模擬考試英語試題 題型:閱讀理解
Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days.
Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found. Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children.
The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did – just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day. And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third (29 per cent) said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found.
Other findings showed social networking and parenting websites, as well as technology such as Skype, were important in providing help and support among female communities. Kate Fox, a member of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter & Gamble, said: ‘With increasing pressure on mothers to work a “double shift” — to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner — support networks are more important than ever.
It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialised nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a ‘primary activity’. Mothers who stay at home, on the other hand, manage twice as much time – more than two and a half hours – looking after their offspring, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their offspring in the hands of nurseries or childminders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk.
The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them - even if their husband is not in work. A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child - 18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work. Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children.
1.. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The good old days of mothers in the 1970s and 1980s.
B. The great sufferings of today’s children.
C. The statistics of working mothers and full-time mothers.
D. The big problems that today’s working mothers face.
2.. What does the underlined phrase “yearn for” probably means ___________.
A. hate B. miss C. abandon D. control
3. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Today’s mothers have less time left for their children and themselves.
B. The working mothers can hardly strike the balance between work and family.
C. Most of the mothers can not control their husbands nowadays.
D. Modern fathers do not spend enough time with their children.
4. From para. 4, we can infer that ___________.
A. working mothers can seek help on line
B. Skype is a very famous expert in studying social issues
C. working mothers’ double shift is to be a wife and a mother
D. Kate Fox has opened a website offering help to working mothers
5.. What critics say means that _____________.
A. it is wise for working mothers to put their kids in nurseries or childminders
B. too much time in nurseries or childminders is bad for kids’ mental and physical health
C. nurseries or childminders are dangerous places for children
D. children do not like nurseries or childminders at all
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010屆三輪回扣語法專項訓(xùn)練(動詞和動詞短語) 題型:單項填空
It is wise to have some moneyfor old age.
A.putaway |
B.keptup |
C.givenaway |
D.laidup |
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科目:高中英語 來源:20102011年海南省高二下教學(xué)質(zhì)量檢測(三)英語試題 題型:單項填空
It is wise of you to well trained workers for untrained ones in your workshop.
A.substitute B.change C.exchange D.employ
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