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1.我们确定那个小女孩能够独自完成家务。
We are sure that the little girl can do the housework .
2.感恩节在十一月的第四个星期四。
Thanksgiving is celebrated ________ the __________ Thursday in November.
3.他们将在下周去国外出差。
They are going abroad_______ _______ next week.
4.五年后将会有更少的空闲时间。
There will be less in five years.
5.他最喜欢的照片是他两岁时妈妈为他拍的。
His favourite photo _______ ______ by his mother when he was two years old.
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What do you think is the most important invention? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report show that they are not the only important invention. Here are three other important inventions.
One of the simplest inventions is the toilet(厕所). Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illness were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay（干草） became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.
The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do “close work” after the age of 45. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above 45.
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Reading newspapers has 1. an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers 2. they have free time during the day 3. they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not 4. enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may 5. in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage.
Some newspapers are 6. once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day 7. many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy 8. different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short 9. . They just choose what they are 10. in.
补全对话。根据对话内容，选择正确答案。
A．Did you quarrel with your parents? B．But your parents are just worried about you． C．Now I feel very sad． D．What should I do now? E．Your parents are very glad． F．What’s the matter? G．I don’t agree with you． |
A: You look unhappy today． 1.B: Yesterday when I came home，I found my parents looking through my schoolbag．I got very angry．Shouldn’t I keep my own secrets?
A: Of course you can keep your private (个人的) ideas and secret things． 2.
B: No，but I shouted to them．They didn’t say a word．They just kept silent. 3.
A: In fact，your parents shouldn’t look through your schoolbag．They should respect your privacy （私人权利）. 4. They want to make sure you aren’t in any trouble，and they want to understand your life and study better in this way. Maybe you hurt your parents.
B: I agree. 5.
A: Say sorry to them．Try talking to them more. Let them know what you are doing, so that they won’t worry about you so much.
B: OK. I’ll do as you told me.
What is the hottest English word now? It’s “selfie”. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself. People usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手机)and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2004. In the past 12 months, its frequency(出现频率)in the English language has increased by 17, 000 percent. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone(QQ空间), ”said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life, ”said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism(自恋). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me! ”said US psychiatrist(精神科医生)Carole Lieberman.
But some people don’t see it that way. Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian《卫报》. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others, ”wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings, ”said Huang Xu.
1.According to the story, a “selfie” is .
A. a person with a smartphone
B. a smartphone which can take photos
C. a photo taken by oneself
D. an English dictionary
2.When was the word “selfie” first used?
A. More than ten years ago. B. In 2014.
C. When smartphones appeared. D. Nobody knows.
3.We can tell from the story that .
A. only famous people enjoy taking selfies
B. all people love selfies because of narcissism
C. people love to share selfies online
D. US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Selfies and narcissism
B. Selfies and sharing
C. Selfies and smartphones
D. Selfies, the hottest word in 2004
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded(全面的) and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements(成就) of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
1.People with little education usually ________.
A. spend a long time in school
B. have a good chance to get a job
C. spend the best years to choose jobs
D. have fewer chances to get a good job
2. The earliest education was probably to _______.
A. make a man lead a better life
B. teach a man to write and think
C. make people get a way of living
D. teach people to read good books
3. It is expected that educated people will be able to ________.
A. accept education as a way of livin
B. take an interest in the whole world
C. develop their abilities to make plays
D. learn subjects like language and math
4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.
A. education should make a man improve
B. people can get education in a short time
C. people should be able to get better paying jobs
D. all subjects are so important for a way of living
