That everyone’s too busy these days is a cliche. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There’s never any time to read. What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don’t seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles offering tips on making time to read; “Give up TV“ or “Carry a book with you at all times.“ But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning—or else you’re so exhausted that a challenging book’s the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication ... It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.“ Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can’t be obtained merely by becoming more efficient. In fact, “becoming more efficient“ is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you’ll manage only goal-focused reading—useful, sometimes but not the most fulfilling kind. “The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt, “ writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.“ No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book. So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You’d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us “step outside time’s flow“ into “soul time“ . You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. “Carry a book with you at all times“ can actually work, too—providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you’re “making time to read“ , but just reading, and making time for everything else.

How many consonant clusters exist in the sentence “The story was splashed across the front page of the newspaper“ ? 2 3 4 5

_____Andersen was the best of the most talented writers of his generation seemed indisputable. That What Whether Where

There are two small rooms in the beach house, ______serves as a kitchen. the smaller of which a smaller of which the smaller of them smaller of that

The word “offend“ originally meant “to strike against“ , but now the word signifies “to create or excite anger“ . This is an example of______. meaning shift widening of meaning narrowing of meaning loss of meaning

In writing and which activity is used to get students to exchange their papers and correct in terms of spelling, grammar point? Editing. Brainstorming. Mapping. Drafting.

Which of the following grammar activities is most communicative? Asking the students to read and correct the mistakes in the sentences. Asking the students to tell the differences between two pictures in groups. Asking the students to make sentences with the given words. Asking the students to complete the translation exercises.

What is the teacher doing by saying this in terms of instruction? “Now, did the questions help you understand the text better?“ Observing the activity. Evaluating the activity. Monitoring the activity. Controlling the activity.

下列教学片段选自某高中课堂实录。 T: Today we are going to talk about “travelling“ . Mike, have you ever traveled? M: Yes, I have ever been to Beijing. T: When did you go there? M: Last summer. T: How did you go there? M: We went there by bus. T: Why did you go there by bus? M: Because it isn’t too far away from here and it’s very convenient to go there by bus. T: Good. How about you? Li Ming, have you ever travelled? L: Yes, I have been to Hainan last winter vacation. T: How did you go there? L: I went there by plane. T: Why? L: Because it’s too far from here and we can save lots of time by going there by plane. Ask more students like this. 根据上面所给信息，回答下面三个问题： (1)该片段反映了教学中哪个环节?(4分) (2)分析该教学环节提问的目的。(12分) (3)从教学有效性角度评析这个片段。(14分)

It’s______real relief for us to know Anna was saved from______fire last night. the; a the; the /; a a; the

Which of the following statements about task-based language teaching is NOT true? Students should be given tasks to perform or problems to solve in the classroom. Students are task-driven. Task-based language teaching is student-centered. Task-based language teaching follows the PPP model.

A student finds it difficult to learn the English sounds [θ] and [*]. If you are the teacher, which of the following strategies can be used? Explaining how to make the sounds. Using tongue twisters. Writing them on the blackboard. Making up sentences.

When a student said in class, “I come home at 6 o’ clock yesterday“, the teacher said “Came not come“ . Which rule of effective feedback does the teacher NOT obey? Relevance. Accuracy. Guidance. Timeliness.

______is the constant aim of teachers and the uppermost way to improve the quality of teaching in subjects. To pursue the maximum of the classroom teaching Profound teaching experiences The unique teaching personality Precise classroom teaching evaluation

请谈谈在写作教学的PWP模式中，写前环节要考虑哪三个要素(10分)?并列举三种写作教学活动中的练习类型(10分)。

设计任务：请阅读下面学生信息和语言素材，设计20分钟的英语听说教学方案。教案没有固定格式，但须包含下列要点： -teaching objectives -teaching contents -key and difficult points -major steps and time allocation -activities and justifications 教学时间：20分钟学生概况：某城镇普通高中三年级学生，班级人数40人，多数学生已经达到《普通高中英语课程标准(实验)》六级水平。学生课堂参与积极性一般。语言素材： A great Chinese scientist Father of the Chinese space programme Yu Ping (YP) is talking to her friend Steve Smith (SS) about Qian Xuesen and his work as a rocket scientist. Part 1 YP: What do you want to be when you grow up, Steve? SS: I want to be an astronomer and visit stars. I wish to visit Mars one day. YP: I think I’d like to work in the space industry, too. I’d like to be a rocket scientist like Qian Xuesen. SS: What did he have to do to become a rocket scientist? YP: Well, he first studied at university to be an engineer. Later he went to America to study for his doctor’s degree. It was then he began to work on rockets. SS: So it was lucky for our space programme that he came back to China. YP: Very much so. There was no work on space rockets in China before his institute to design and build rockets to go into space. Part 2 SS: Do you think he wanted to travel into space in one of his rockets? YP: I have no idea but I believe he looked forward to the first space flight by a Chinese astronaut. SS: Yes. Now that China has sent satellites into space, I hope we’ll be the first to land on Mars. That would really be something special and if I were that astronaut I would put Qian Xuesen’s picture on Mars to show how much we admire his work. YP: Indeed. He is rightfully called the father of the Chinese space programme. He is my hero and this is why I want to be a rocket scientist. SS: Well, we’d better get on with our homework. We need good grades to get into university. YP: Right you are. See you, then. SS: See you.

First two hours, now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines. Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security procedures in return for increased safety. The crash of EgyptAir Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans’ economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating. Last year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried. Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago’s O’Hare International. It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become—but the lines are obvious. Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel, so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this. There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes. This allows the TSA to focus on travelers who are higher risk, saving time for everyone involved. The TSA wants to enroll 25 million people in PreCheck. It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock: Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks. Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck’s fatal flaw. Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level. But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways. The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines. It is long past time to make the program work.

That everyone’s too busy these days is a cliche. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There’s never any time to read. What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don’t seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles offering tips on making time to read; “Give up TV“ or “Carry a book with you at all times.“ But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning—or else you’re so exhausted that a challenging book’s the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication ... It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.“ Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can’t be obtained merely by becoming more efficient. In fact, “becoming more efficient“ is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you’ll manage only goal-focused reading—useful, sometimes but not the most fulfilling kind. “The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt, “ writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.“ No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book. So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You’d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us “step outside time’s flow“ into “soul time“ . You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. “Carry a book with you at all times“ can actually work, too—providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you’re “making time to read“ , but just reading, and making time for everything else.

Which of the following consonants does NOT fall to the same category according to the place of articulation? /k/ /h/ /η/ /g/

David returned after the vacation, only______that he had been dismissed. told telling being told to be told

His experience abroad provides a wider______on the problem. privilege perspective participation priority

The usual time-management techniques don’t work because______.

The “empty bottles“ metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to______.

Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps______.

“Carry a book with you at all times“ can work if______.

The best title for this text could be______.