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What is "Walk to School"?
Now we are working on a programme of "Walk to School". We would like as many parents and
children as possible to take part, even if in a small way. Children who walk to and from school along
with their parents can learn essential (基本的) road safety and life skills.
You can take part by…
Walking to and from school with your child every day.
Walking for one or two days during the week.
Encouraging others to walk, if you already do.
Walking is great!
Walking is great exercise!A walk is good for your body and can keep you fit.
You won"t have to waste time looking for a parking site.
It"s free. You"ll save money by not using the car.
It"s pollution free.
It"s a good chance to talk to your children and to meet other parents, too.
Enjoying walking to school!
Here are some suggestions to help you and your child enjoy walking to school.
Plan a safe route together.
Teach children what a kerb (马路牙子) is and what it means.
Encourage your child to help you choose the safest places to cross the road.
Look at and discuss the things you see on your way －especially road signs and what they mean.
Walk to school! Thousands of parents and children already take part, could you?
Please go to www.walktoschool.org.uk for more information.
B. Parents and children.
C. Bus drivers.
D. Teachers.
B. road safety and life skills
C. running skills
D. knowledge about science
B. Learn what a kerb is and its meaning.
C. Choose the safest places to cross the road.
D. Find road signs and know their meanings.
B. making a phone call
C. going to the Internet
D. having a traffic lesson
答案
核心考点
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the post office?"
Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in
Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the
Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a
fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop."
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no
mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead
of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will
say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile."
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in
time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it’s about five minutes
from here." You say, "Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a
situation? A new Yorker might say, "Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I
don’t know." People in Yucatan believe that "I don’t know" is impolite. They usually give an answer,
often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
B. show him a map of the place
C. tell him the names of the streets
D. refer to recognizable buildings and places
B. Los Angeles.
C. Kansas.
D. Iowa.
B. as a test
C. so as to be polite
D. for fun
B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.
C. People have similar understandings of politeness.
D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.
sandwich.All the food in the restaurant is raw, including the pizza and the rice.
Juliano thinks that cooked food makes us sick. "Food is alive, like you and me.When you cook food,
you take away some of the vitamins,"he says, Juliano never eats food that is over 50 degrees. His
restaurant doesn"t have a stove (火炉) or a microwave (微波炉). But he has lots of clever ideas for
making raw food taste great. Instead of heat,Juliano uses water to prepare foood. He puts foods in wate
r to make them soft.For example, he places beans in water for a few days and rice in water for two or
four weeks.
Everything at the restaurant is cold, and the pizza and the rice taste good.So do the fruit and vegetable
juices made from carrots , apples, oranges and so on. Juliano"s restaurant doesn"t serve meat,but some
people who cat raw food also eat raw meat.Juliano has three friends who ate raw meat.They all got very
sick.One of them is still sick.
Juliano eats mostly fruits,vegetables, nuts, rice and beans. He says he feels very healthy. "Raw food
gives you lots of energy,"he says, Juliano says he needs only six hours of sleep a night,and he never gets
sick..
B. A special restaurant in San Francisco.
C. Raw food is better than cooked food.
D. How to make raw food taste good.
B. Foods are cooled in a fridge.
C. Foods are heated on a stove to a certain degree.
D. Foods are boiled and then cooled.
B. Cold pizza.
C. Raw rice.
D. Hot meat.
for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book,
"Versed".
"I"m delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even
the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win," said Armantrout.
"For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention,
suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising."
Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor"s degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied
with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master"s in creative writing from San Francisco State
University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the
way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think.
In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Versed."
"This book has gotten more attention," Armantrout said, "but I don"t feel as if it"s better."
The first half of "Versed" focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the
war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after
Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not.
"Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry," said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at
UCSD.
"Versed", published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier
works, which is about 2,700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.
B. her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected
C. the media is surprised at her works
D. she likes being recognized by her readers
B. She used to teach Denise Levertov.
C. She started a poets" group with others.
D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.
B. It is mainly about the American army.
C. It is a book published two decades ago.
D. It partly concerns the poet"s own life.
B. has a sweet voice
C. deserves the prize
D. is a strange professor
B. Cancer made Armantrout stop writing.
C. Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD.
D. "Versed" has been awarded twice.
day when we were born.Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and
maturity (成熟)-or so we hope.We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older. Most
of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others, as well. For instance, seeing our children develop and
learn new things makes us feel proud. For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a
wonderful process. But growing old? That is a different story.
Growing old is not exactly for people in youth-oriented (以年轻人为中心) American culture. Most
Americans like to look young, act young and feel young.As the old saying goes, "You"re young as you
feel." Older people joke about how many years young they are, rather than how many years old. People
in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom.But Americans seem to favor
those that are young, or at least "young at heart".
Many older Americans find the "golden years" to be anything but golden.Economically, "senior
citizens" often struggle just to get by. Retirement at the age of 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal
income.Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference. Older people may suffer from
poor nutrition, medical care, and housing. Some even experience age discrimination(歧视).American
sociologist Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets.She was often
treated rudely-even cheated and robbed.However, dressed as a young person, she received much more
respect.
Unfortunately, the elderly population in America is increasing fast.Why? People are living longer.
Fewer babies are being born. And middle-aged "baby boomers" are rapidly entering the group of the
elderly. America may soon be a place where wrinkles(皱纹)are "in".Marketing experts are ready noticing
this growing group of consumer.
B. American older people often joke about their old age
C. American culture is very young
D. different countries have different opinions on the old age
B. The old in America are leading a hard life without good nutrition, medical care or housing.
C. The old in America have to retire at the age of 65.
D. American social security benefits are not good.
B. cool
C. disappearing slowly
D. growing fast
B. The old are much more respected than the young in America.
C. Growing old makes people feel proud in America.
D. The young are often discriminated in America.
wait for their 2 .
I 3 coffee in take-out cups and patiently waited on customers who"d point through the glass case
and say, "No, not that one, the one two rows over."
Every afternoon around four o"clock, a group of school children would 4 into the shop. Adults
would glance in, see the crowd and 5 on. I didn"t 6 if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them pretty well. The older girls would tell me about their boyfriends; the younger ones
would talk about school. The boys were quieter, choosing not to 7 their secrets, but still, they"d wait
every day in the store 8 their bus came.
Sometimes I"d hand out bus fare when a ticket went 9 --always repaid the next day. When it
snowed, the kids and I would wait anxiously for a very 10 bus. They"d call their parents to let them
know they were okay. At 11 time I"d lock the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store
until their bus finally arrived.
I 12 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days. I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it never 13 to me that I
played an important part in their lives until one Saturday afternoon when a serious -looking man entered
the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o"clock. I 14 it was true, and
he introduced himself 15 the father of two my favorites--a brother and sister team.
"I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I 16 about them having to take two
buses to get home. It 17 a lot that they can wait here with you keeping an eye on them."
I told him it wasn"t a big 18 and that I enjoyed the kids.
"No, you don"t understand. When they"re with the doughnuts lady, I know they"re 19 . It is a big
deal. And I"m grateful."
So I was the Doughnuts lady. I not only had received a 20 , I had become a landmark.