Nicole, a 67-year-old Scot, has taught in Jinan for 15 years. He living and working in China a lot.
In 1997, Nicole was teaching Latin and Greek in a Scotland school when he was offered a job to teach in Shandong Economic University for . Even though Nicole had no idea of what kind of Jinan was, he decided to give it a try, because he thought if things weren’t good enough, he could always return to Scotland in one year. However, things to be quite different. The result: he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years.
During his 15 years in Jinan, Nicole has set up his own teaching . He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out in classes. “As an language teacher, I do think grammar is important in writing,” Nicole says. “Many English teachers don’t have real experience of teaching. They do know something is wrong, but they don’t know how to it.” In Nicole’s classes, nobody is to speak Chinese. If students cannot express themselves with one example, they are asked to try example until they understand.
Another reason for Nicole’s popularity his students is that he is more of a kind-hearted “grandpa” to them. he learns that some students cannot afford tuition(学费), he helps them overcome the difficulty and continue with their college education.
Though Nicole has 15 years in Jinan, he is not sure how many more years he will be in the city. But he is sure that his days in Jinan have in many ways been the of his life.
A．hates B．hopes C．enjoys D．wants
A．one year B．two months C．half a year D．two years
A．country B．city C．town D．village
A．turned on B．turned off C．turned out D．turned down
A．plan B．activity C．aim D．style
A．writing B．written C．speaking D．spoken
A．happily B．carefully C．politely D．bravely
A．exchanged B．old C．experienced D．unusual
A．explain B．read C．speak D．teach
A．advised B．allowed C．asked D．told
A．more B．another C．other D．some
A．among B．between C．of D．in
A．Wherever B．Whenever C．Whoever D．However
A．spent B．taken C．cost D．paid
A．saddest B．loneliest C．happiest D．loveliest
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Jim gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk breakfast. Then he begins to go to school. When he is on his way school, he is thinking, “I tell my teacher that my mother is ill Monday. I tell him that my bike is broken on Tuesday. What do I today?”
Jim thinks it over but he doesn’t a good idea. “May I come in?” says Jim at the door.
“Oh, my boy.” says Mr. White, “Please look at the on the wall. What time is it now?”
“It’s ten past eight,” says Jim.
Mr. White is not . “You are late class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”
“You are , Mr. White,” says Jim. “If we don’t have the clock, do you know I am late for class?”
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This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University. The made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.
Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes. , his little hand knocked over（打翻）a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess . “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with .
I and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look .” I took out a . “You see, Dad is a magician（魔术师）, I can change it into a big tree.”
His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.
We spent the whole afternoon and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew special happened.
The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always ways to solve the problems.”
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London is a ______ city. Over six and a half ____ people live there. People call the oldest part of London the city centre. It’s also a financial (金融的) city. _____ half a million people work in the _____. They go to work every day by train or by underground.Of course, lots of people go by car, too.
London has two airports, Heathrow and Gatwick. Heathrow, the larger______, is one of the busiest airports in the world.
There are also many places of ______ in London. Buckingham (白金汉宫) and Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂）are two of the favourite ones for tourists. But the most famous building in London is the Tower. All of them make London more beautiful.
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John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a good student when he was young. He was often late for _________ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, _______ he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher asked the students a question. “When Jack was ten years old, _________ brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and how old is Bob?” John said, “That’s easy. Bob is ________ as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.
Another time, the teacher in a science class asked, “When it thunders(雷电), ________ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John______, “Don’t you know our eyes are in front of our ears?”
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My dream home is very big and clean. It is near the . I can watch the sea and tennis on the beach.
My grandparents live us in the big house. room is the first floor. I always chat with them and help them some housework on the weekend. On the floor, there is a kitchen and a dining room. All the family will have dinner there. My bedroom, study and bathroom are on the third floor. There is a big balcony in my bedroom. I can play games, read books and chat my friends there. The furniture（家具） in my house is all made of wood. It is good my health. I like to music while reading books in my bedroom. I always ask my friends here. My parents' room is on the fourth floor. It's very big and clean.
There is a big and nice garden behind the big house. There are many flowers and tall trees in it. In summer, I can sit under the trees with my family. Behind the garden, there is a swimming pool. I can freely in it. I think it is very comfortable to live in my dream home.
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