英语第十四周练卷

高二英语第十二周

周练卷

一、阅读理解

A

Creative Writing Summer School

2-15 August 2015

Study at one of the world’s leading universities

About the Creative Writing Summer School

This programme is for those wishing to develop their existing creative writing skills, either for

eventual professional use, or out of personal interest Workshop courses take place twice a day. In a

series

of

plenary

（全体出席的）

lectures

(each

morning,

and

on

some

evenings),

novelists,

poets

and writers of creative non-fiction discuss their own work and the art of writing, Plenary lectures are

designed to expand students’ understanding of their own creative options. Students will

be expected

to

complete

daily

writing

tasks

outside

classroom

hour;

the

resulting

work

will

form

the

primary

focus of the workshops.

What will I be studying?

Workshop courses focus on practical writing skills and critical reflection; there are specialist

options

in

fiction;

creative

non-fiction

and

poetry,

and

writing

for

stage

and

screen,

as

well

as

a

more broadly-based writing course.

Who can apply?

The programme is open to university students, literature teachers, professionals and those with

other life experience; gap-year students preparing for university may also apply (students must be

accompanied by a parent/ guardian if under 18 when the programme starts). Participants must also

meet the language requirements specific to this programme and will be asked to provide a 300-400

word piece explaining their reasons for apply.

Who will be teaching me?

Courses

are

taught

by

a

combination

of

published

writers

associated

with

the

School

of

Continuing

Education,

Peking

University

and

by

guest

subject

specialists

from

beyond

the

university.

Where will I stay?

Participants c

an stay in the

School of Continuing Education, Peking University, close to the

teaching sites and city centre.

How do I apply?

You can download an application from or apply online.

Find out more: www. sce. pku. edu. cn.

1. Participants are supposed to finish their writing tasks .

A. in the morning B. in the evening C. after class D. during plenary lectures

2. The writing courses .

A. focus on practical writing skills

B. cover various kinds of writing

C. don’t include writing for stage and screen

D. are mainly about creative non-fiction

3. Applicants need to write an essay to .

A. introduce themselves

B. show their writing skills

C. state their language learning experiences

D. explain why they want to attend the programme

B

Up

to

60

Shanghai

maths

teachers

are

to

be

brought

to

England

to

raise

standards,

in

an

exchange

arranged

by

the

Department

for

Education. The

announcement

comes

as

a

campaign

is

launched to raise adult maths skills. A survey of 300 adults for the numeracy(

计算能力

) campaign

found that over a third thought their level of maths had held them back. An accompanying economic

analysis said that a lack of maths skills cost the UK 20 billion pounds per year.

The

plan

to

bring

60

English-speaking

maths

teachers

from

Shanghai

is

an

attempt

to

learn

from

a

city

that

has

been

the

top

performance

in

the

OECD’s

Pisa

tests.

The

OECD

says

that

children of poor families in Shanghai are on average better an maths than middle class children in

the UK. The Shanghai teachers, expected to arrive from the autumn, will help share their teaching

methods, support pupils who are struggling and help to train other teachers.

“We

have

some

smart

mat

hs

teachers

in

this

country

but

what

I

saw

in

Shanghai

and

other

Chinese cities has only strengthened my belief that we can learn from them.” said education minister,

Elizabeth Truss, who has recently visited Shanghai, accompanied by head teachers from England,

“They

have

a

can

-

do

attitude

do

maths

and

I

want

us

to

match

that,

and

their

performance,”

She

stressed

the

economic

plan,

we

are

determined

to

drive

up

standards

in

our

schools

and

give

our

young people the skills they need to succeed in the global race. Good maths qualifications have the

greatest

earning

potential

and

provide

the

strongest

protection

against

unemployment,

”

said

the

education minister.

4. Poor maths skills have caused serious consequences in England.

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A. academic

B. economic

C. culture

D. political

5. What is the main factor behind Shanghai teachers’ success in maths teaching?

A. Their students are from poor families

B. Their students have a talent for maths

C. They have a positive attitude to teaching

D. They teach in a highly developed city

6. According to Elizabeth Truss, raising standards can be helpful .

A. equipping young people with global competitiveness

B. promoting the pupils’ international test performance

C. teaching how to earn money in the global market

D. discovering one’s maths talent at an early age

7. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Good Maths Skills Are about Hard Work

B. Why Are English Maths Standards Left Behind?

C. Why Are Shanghai Maths Teachers Getting Popular?

D. Chinese Teachers Bring the Art of Maths to English Schools

二、七选五

There are so many things we do in our daily lives that have become a “habit”,

1

How you

answer the phone is a habit. The way you sit in the car when you drive is a habit. Have you ever

tried to change the way you do something, after you’ve done it in a certain way for so long? It’s easy

to do as long as you think about it. The minute your mind drifts to something else, you go right back

to

the

old

way

of

doing

things.

2

It’s

a

w

ay

of

doing

things

that

has

become

routine

or

commonplace. To change an existing habit or form a new one can be a tedious(

单调乏味的

) task.

Let’s

pick

something

fairly

easy

to

start

with,

like

spending

15

minutes

in

the

morning

reading

the

Bible

.

If

you

want

to

turn

something

into

a

habit

that

you

do

every

day,

you

have

to

WANT to do it.

3

Make a firm decision to do this on a daily basis.