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1、高二英语任务型阅读 26ADo you often see silly words or drawings scratched onto the desks in your classroom? Haveyou ever found chewing gum on the floor of your classroom or around the campus? How many times have you seen broken windows in the classroom and school buildings? This is vandalism, the destruction
2、or damaging of public property for no obvious reason.Vandalism in schools is becoming a growing problem, and it is costing us more than money. It is expensive to repair the desks, clear them of chewing gum and repair school furniture. Moreover, it costs us our sense of self-respect and feeling of pr
3、ide in our school. Many students see this damage and lose some pride in their school.How, then, can we prevent vandalism in schools? First of all, we need to make students realize the importance of taking care of public property. School property should be treated with care so that it can be used by
4、all the students. Therefore, damaging school property means damaging the enjoyment of other students. If we can explain this to people, then they will be less likely to damage school property when they know that it will only hurt themselves.Secondly, we should learn to obey school rules and regulati
5、ons. These rules and regulations are there to look after both the students and the schools. Whenever we see any acts of vandalism, we need to remind the people of the rules and try to prevent these acts from happening. If it is serious vandalism, we need to report it to the teacher.Thirdly, anyone w
6、ho vandalizes school property should receive some kind of punishment. For example, if someone has torn a page from a library book, he or she would have to carefully tape the page back into the book. If someone writes or draws on a desk, he or she should stay behind school and clean the desks in the
7、classroom. Such punishment is not harsh, but can make them know their misbehavior.Vandalism costs schools money that could be better spent educating students, and it harms students pride in their school as well. If we educate people about vandalism and work to prevent it from happening, then we will
8、 begin to see cleaner schools and happier students.Vandalism, a growing problem in schools 76._It means the public property in schools is 77._ or damaged.Some ugly 78._ you can see in schools because of vandalismwith words and drawings scratched on the deskswith chewing gum found here and therewith
9、windows broken in many buildingsThe effects of vandalismbecoming a growing social problembeing 79._ to repair the desks and so onnot feeling 80._ of schoolsThe 81._to the problemto make students 82._ of the importance of taking care of public propertyto have school rules and regulations 83._to make
10、students 84._ for their bad behaviorConclusionCleaner schools and happier students will appear if people receive more 85 _and work together to prevent vandalism from happening.BTime, a faithful company of our life, is a universal topic. People are always curious about what it is, how it travels and
11、who it meets.Stephen Hawking, one of the worlds smartest physicists, once said. “Im fascinated by time.”Many of us are, and the popularity of time travel novels, movies and TV series has proved that. After Palace and Startling by Each Step achieved astonishing ratings last year, Palace 2 aired on Ja
12、nuary 20, attracting time travel fans back to TV. Woody Allens movie Midnight in Paris achieved great success. It was nominated for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Art Direction for the 2012 Academy Awards.Dream of heroismTime travel TV series and movies connect both today and the p
13、ast, thus offering room for imagination. Imagination creates a chance for the young to fulfill a dream that is hard to achieve in reality.Chinese writer Xi Juan is a pioneer of time-travel stories in China. In 1993 she published a love story about a young woman time traveling to ancient times. The l
14、eading roles modern personality and perception of love help her win the heart of a cool, handsome martial art master. Such a plot satisfies female fans love fantasy.Starting from the late 1990s, novels about men traveling back to the past prevailed (盛行), with a Step into the Past as the most popular
15、 example. In these stories, the male leading roles accomplish great things with their modern skills and wisdom.It is usually “a dream of heroism come true”, along with enviable romances.Eye candy“Im hooked by the shows because they are characterized by dramatic and poetic love and have eye-pleasing
16、actors,” Xia Xiaoyan, who works for a foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, explained her love for time travel TV series.Her comment echoes a 2011 survey by Creat Marketing Research Co Ltd in China. When asked about what is so appealing about time travel TV series, 21 percent of respondents answered, “These attractive char
