— Is this book yours?
—No, it’s not ______. It’s Betty’s.
A. I B. me C. my D. mine
根据中文和英文提示，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的回信。信的开头和结尾已给出，其词数不计入所要完成的回信内。所给的英文提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
假如你叫张明，最近和英国朋友Tim通过邮件谈论各自日常生活中所喜好的收藏，他想了解你平时最喜欢收集什么东西，请你根据他的问题回复邮件。
提示词语：kinds, collect, so far, keep, take good care of, learn, because
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To: Tim From: Zhang Ming Subject: The thing I like collecting Hi! Tim, I’m glad to hear from you. ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Yours, Zhang Ming |
完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）
根据中文意思完成句子。
1.现在是户外活动时间。
_______________to do outdoor activities now.
2.在学校，我们既学汉语又学英语。
At school, we learn _________________.
3. 爱玛在考试前花了两周的时间复习功课。
Emma __________ her lessons before the test.
4.他后天一到这儿就会给我打电话。
He will ring me up _____________ the day after tomorrow.
5. 汤姆在图书馆里专心看书，他根本没听到我喊他。
Tom was so concentrated on his book in the library________________________.
British band “Duran Duran” is going to be the first pop group to perform online concerts on the online game Second Life.
Second Life is an online 3-dimensional, digital world, which is imagined, created and owned by the players—people all over the world.
It is thought that 370,000 computer game players worldwide have Second Life characters that exist in the Second Life world, on the Internet.
Earlier this year, BBC Radio held music festivals and played an interview from inside the game.
In May of 2006, it held a music festival in Scotland, but also created a festival inside the Second Life game so that people all over the world could take part in their computers.
One of the members of the band, Nick Rhodes, told the BBC News website: “When I first saw Second Life a few months ago, I couldn’t believe my eyes. When I started looking at the people on screen, talking, walking around and doing normal things, I thought this is somewhere between a strange TV show, a strange experience and a video game. I wanted “Duran Duran” to be part of it.” Each band member has a 3-dimensional person and it is hoped they will do their first online concert soon. The audience will be able to join in and react (反应) while the band is on stage.
Rhodes said new technologies like Second Life will become more and more important in the music industry in the future.
The number of people joining the Second Life is growing quickly. Some computer experts said it probably would be the ‘Next Big Thing’ in the future.
1.Is Second Life an online game?
2.What did BBC Radio create inside the Second Life?
3.What was Nick Rhodes’ new idea?
4.How will the band show their first concert online?
5.What does the writer tell us in the last two paragraphs?
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
One day, my friend Judy called and told me that she was going to join an oil painting class on Friday evenings. 1. . I was hesitant (犹豫) to join her because I had never painted before. But she encouraged me to join the class just for fun. Finally I agreed.
The first day in the class we met our teacher, Mr. Chou, who just came back from France. 2. and told us some knowledge about art history. He said, “I know most of you have no experience in painting, but in fact everyone is an artist and every
one can draw or paint. Don’t lose your heart! Just do it!”
3. . We also painted the most beautiful and the ugliest things in our minds. When I was painting, I forgot everything that I worried about. Sometimes I even forgot the time.
Mr. Chou not only opened the door of art for me but also gave me a way to broaden (拓宽) my life. I started to borrow art books from the library and visit museums in my free time. 4. .
Every painting shows the artist’s personality and feelings. After I started to paint, I felt my dried-out brain began receiving a new source(资源) of refreshing water.
A. We started to paint the things we liked or hated B. She asked me to join the class together with her C. I’m not really good at painting, but I certainly enjoy it D. Mr. Chou was strict with Judy, so she made great progress E. He showed us a lot of pictures of paintings all around the world |
There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let’s have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful.
The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag first. If there was too much alcohol(酒精) in their breath, the car wouldn’t start. It sounded like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his children watched too much TV. He linked the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was generated(产出) by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal(踩踏板) very hard. I found another invention on the Internet which was intended (倾向于) to encourage good habits. Believe it or not, this invention was an ashtray(烟灰缸) which spoke to you when you lit a cigarette! The “voice” of the ashtray was activated (启动) by the heat from the cigarette and reminded you how dangerous it is to smoke.
One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead? A friend of mine at school once bought a strange pair of football shoes. On the bottom of the shoes there was a rotating pad of studs (转动钉垫). The idea was that you would change direction more quickly if the studs rotated with you. The problem was that every time you stopped you changed direction whether you wanted to or not! I think he wore those shoes twice! One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built-in radio so you can listen to sport all day with your hands free. While we are on the subject of sport, the Americans invented a kind of robot for sports fans. If you were watching your team on TV on your own, you could press a button and the robot would do “high fives” with you! Fantastic! I wonder if you have any good ideas for inventions like these.
1.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the inventions mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A. The writer regrets he knew nothing about
the inventions.
B. The writer doubts if the inventions will be popular soon.
C. The writer thinks people will benefit from the inventions.
D. The writer finds these inventions are the strangest of all.
2.What can we know from the passage?
A. The father used his invention to stop children watching too much TV.
B. It was very bad for the drivers to blow into a bag before their driving.
C. The bike crossing rivers was considered one of the best inventions.
D. The invention of new shoes would make players run much faster.
3.The underlined word “inflate” in the third paragraph means __________.
A. check outB. blow up
C. look intoD. turn over
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Popular Inventions Today.
B. Technology and Invention.
C. The History of Invention.
D. Inventions with a Difference.
