It was 7:30 in the morning. As usual I was on the subway to school. It was so crowded with people that it felt like the air conditioner wasn't working. I was standing there looking around. Then, I saw an old lady get on the train with a 7-year-old child who seemed to be her grandson.
A warm-hearted gentleman generously offered his seat to the old lady. Instead of sitting down herself, however, the old lady called her grandson over and told him to sit.
Sooner or later, children mature and step into the complicated world. Love is necessary in the early development of children, yet, to the disappointment of many, too much love definitely prevents children from learning the rules of the real world. Teaching the child about the rules of society within the family helps the child to achieve success later. By giving up seats to their children, grandparents may destroy kids' best chance for character development.
This passage mainly talks about the importance of character development of children by giving an example of an old lady who gives up the seat offered by a gentleman to her grandchild.
It is common in our country that parents or grandparents often spoil the kids. For example, parents or grandparents will buy shoes of famous brands to satisfy their needs, no matter how expensive they are. What is worse, they provide kids with whatever they want and ask them to do nothing in return.
When these spoiled children grow up, many of them may greatly disappoint their parents. Some of them even commit crimes. If it happens, who is to blame? I think parents or grandparents are not supposed to spoil kids. Kids should go through hardships or do what they can to help parents or other people. Only by doing so can they be independent and responsible.
【亮點(diǎn)說明】本文采用三段式,結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn),銜接緊密,運(yùn)用高級(jí)句子。by giving an example of an old lady who gives up the seat offered by a gentleman to her grandchild. Who引導(dǎo)定語從句;It is common in our country that parents or grandparents often spoil the kids. For example, parents or grandparents will buy shoes of famous brands to satisfy their needs, no matter how expensive they are. it是形式主語,that引導(dǎo)真正的主語從句;they provide kids with whatever they want and ask them to do nothing in return. Whatever引導(dǎo)賓語從句;When these spoiled children grow up, many of them may greatly disappoint their parents. When引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句;Only by doing so can they be independent and responsible.部分倒裝的運(yùn)用堪稱經(jīng)典。
【題目】Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
“Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辭的) companion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through. What is it we want independence from, exactly?
Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhere.
The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle(涓涓細(xì)流)of biofuel available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.
Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits(禁止) to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?
Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive(得到,獲得) massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.
【1】What does the author say about energy independence for America?
A. It sounds very attractive.
C. It will bring oil prices down.
B. It ensures national security.
D. It has long been everyone’s dream.
【2】Why does America rely heavily on oil imports?
A. It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.
B. Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.
C. It wants to keep its own environment intact.
D. Its own oil production falls short of demand.
【3】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To arouse Americans’ awareness of the energy crisis.
B. To stress the importance of energy conservation.
C. To explain the increase of international oil trade.
D. To justify(證明… 有理的) America’s dependence on oil imports.
A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. ___【1】__water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to elder __【2】__ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man __【3】_ (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled ___【4】__ (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home __【5】__ a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let __【6】___ student taste the water. He spit it out, __【7】__ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like __【8】_?”
The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be __【9】__ (sweet).”
We understand this lesson best ___【10】___ we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe on a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
Each Indian tribe had a different language.Many Indians never learned any language except their own.Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other?They had two ways to talk without sound.【1】
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs.Indians used sign language when they met strangers.In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy.In the Indian sign language,signs were made with the hands.Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away.To make signals,an Indian might use a pony.【2】Or he might use smoke,a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals,an Indian rode his pony in a large circle.Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide.【3】
The blanket signal was visible from far away.An Indian held the comers of a blanket in his hands.Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him.【4】He could also send many signals with a mirror.He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger.Or he attempted to get the attention of a person for away.But he also used it to send messages in code.【5】At night,Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other’s language.They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
A.This meant that there was danger.
B.He might use a blanket.
C.Different things mean different to them.
D.One way was by sign language;the other way was signals.
E.An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
F.But they still can make themselves understood.
G.Of course,mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining.
Victor was traveling through a train for his parents. All the time he is glancing with joy at his newshoes what his father had bought for him. After some time, he removed his shoes to take him a nap.
After waking up, he found one of her shoes missing. He started crying unhappy. His parentstried to comfort him. His father told him it was no use cry and promised that after reaching home, hewould buy him a new pair of shoes.
Victor got very excited on hearing his father's words that he threw other shoe out of the train.
Reaching the destination, he suddenly found his losing shoe in a basket. How he regretted it!