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浙江省宁波市2019年普通高中保送生英语考试试卷
It's every parent's worst nightmare: there's a fire in the house the alarms are beeping, but the children are sleeping on. Now scientists have found a better way to rouse slumbering youngsters. Researchers in the US have discovered that playing a child a recording of his mother's voice is about three times more likely to wake him up than a traditional alarm.
Writing in the Journal of Pediatrics, Smith and colleagues report how they compared the effects of four different smoke alarms on 176 children aged between 5 and 12 years old, none of whom had hearing difficulties or were taking any medication that affected their sleep. While one alarm featured a high pitched beeps he sort of commonly found in households the other three featured the voice of the child's mother calling either the child's name, giving instructions such as: "Wake up! Leave the room or both. Each child slept in a lab-based room that resembled a real bedroom.
The results show that vocal alarms appear to be more effective than high-pitched beeps. About 90% of children woke for a voice alarm compared with just over 53% for the traditional alarm
"High pitched beeping alarms don't wake up children well at all under about 12 years of age." Said Dr Gary Smith, a co-author of the research from the Nationwide Children's hospital in Ohio, although he said at present it is not known why He said it was important to look at developing better alarms
Prof Niamh Nic Daeid, director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee, said the research found a human voice combined with a low frequency pulsing tone was far more effective in waking up children than a traditional high-pitched alarm. She also noted that more work was needed to explore whether other familiar sounds, such as a dog barking, might also prove effective in rousing children.
Sadness hits every person living on this planet.If you haven't yet experienced this emotion（情绪），then consider yourself as a truly different person.Do you know what you should do when you are sad？{#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Write.You can write down your sad stories in your notebook or on your Weibo.If you're brave enough，make your Weibo public and let people read it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Listen to music.Not the sad type.Just listen to the type of music that can heal（治愈） your soul and put you in a better mood.Lots of people agree that listening to music can make them forget sadness.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}If you have a pet，it's a great idea to play with it!If not，then go to the local animal shelter and spend some time with those cute animals.Dogs especially make humans happy，so go ahead and play with them.
Do chores.Finish all those chores you' ve been putting off for a while. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Go and buy some new bowls，plates，forks and other tools.These small things are just excuses to make you forget your sadness.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Volunteer at your local children 's hospitals and old people 's homes.If you can 't help yourself，at least you can help someone who needs your help，right？Lots of people say that helping others can make them happy.
A.Help others. B.Play with animals. C.Fix those broken windows. D.Here is some advice for you. E.No one can be happy all the time. F.Many things can affect our feelings. G.You can share your sadness with them，and you will feel better soon. |
Long time ago, children didn't have smart phones, iPads or computers to play with. However, they thought of interesting games to play. Let's take a look.
Flying kites
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites weren't made of paper, but wood. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, the Tianjin kite and the Weifang kite. The swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
____ Playing a stone ball game around was a welcome sport in old China, and people often played the game in winter to keep warm. Stones were like small balls and played with feet. Watching shadow plays
The closest thing to watching a movie for fun during old times was to see a shadow play (影子戏) . People use puppets (玩偶) behind the screen, telling stories with music. |
Have you ever wondered why you can speak Chinese well but find it hard to speak English? Maybe you think it's easier than English. You are wrong! Chinese seems easy because you've spoken it since childhood. Now, we can't go back to our childhood to learn English, but we can learn from kids. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Play to learn.
Kids learn when they play games. You can't just learn English by reading a textbook or you will lose attention. You can learn English through imaginative play (想象游戏) like a kid. You can imagine that you're ordering a meal in London. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Learn in an English-speaking environment.
Kids learn from people around them. They see, listen, experience and speak. You'll need to create a similar learning environment. For example, you can stay with friends who are learning English, too. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} That's helpful for English learning. As there is usually one central topic, you can hear and learn some words about the topic in the English-speaking environment.
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One of the reasons kids learn so well is that they have no fear! Don't worry about making mistakes—just keep practicing until you get things right! {#blank#}5{#/blank#}But if you stick to it, and you will achieve your goals. Trust me—it's worth it!
A. It's important to retell what you read. B. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. C. Learning a language takes time and effort. D. Don't choose a book that is too easy or too difficult. E. Here are some advice on learning English like a kid. F. If you don't have such friends, go to an English corner. G. Think about how you talk to others and what food you would pick in English. |
We all know about Mozart (莫扎特), the famous musician from Austria.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} But he was also very hard- working. The story of Mozart is useful when we think about a serious question. That is which is more important for success, talent or hard. work?
Talent is something that you have naturally (天生的). {#blank#}2{#/blank#} But being talented is not enough for most people to succeed. Do you know the story Shang Zhong Yong? Zho ng Yong is a very talented boy. He wrote a poem(诗) when he was very young. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} His father thought he didn't need to study as hard as other people. After years, Zhong Yong learned nothing and couldn't write great poems. Some people may show talent first, but if they don't work hard, they still can't get success.
Life is like a running race. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Marie Curie from France had a hard life when she was a kid, but she succeeded in finding radium and polonium(镭和钋). How did she make it? Although she met lots of difficulties that we can't imagine, she never thought of giving up(放弃).
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A. Many people felt surprised about what he wrote. B. It can make you become successful more easily. C. All in all, hard work is more important than talent. D. If you stop working hard on the way, you can't win. E. There is no need to work hard if you are a talented person. F. Many people think that his success was the result of his talent. |
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