—It takes me half _______ hour to play_______ volleyball every day.
—Me too.
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书面表达
寒假即将来临，对于如何安排孩子初中毕业前的最后一个假期，家长们和孩子们有着各自的看法。请根据下表提示，写一篇词数不少于80的英语短文，描述他们的不同看法，同时发表你自己对寒假安排的观点。
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How to Spend the Coming Winter Holiday
How will you spend the coming winter vacation ? Parents and kids have their own opinions .
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补全对话
请阅读下面对话，根据对话内容补上所缺的句子，使对话通顺、合理，意思完整。（每空一句，每句1分，共5分）
A : Hey , Peter ! ________1._________
B : I’m going to Mr. White’s office . I did so badly in the physics test . I think I need a second chance .
A : Oh , God , maybe I have to go with you .
B : Why ? You are so good at physics . It’s impossible that you can’t pass the test .
A : But this time , the questions are too difficult . ________2.______
B : OK . Let’s go together . Do you like physics ?
A : _______3._______ Physics is so interesting . Don’t you like it ?
B : No , I don’t . It’s too difficult for me .
A : ____________4.__________
B : English . I find it easy and very useful . My dream is to travel around the world . Speaking English well can help a lot .
A : Yeah , you are right . My English is very poor . ________5._______
B : Good idea ! I help you with English and you help me with physics . So great !
A : So it is !
On the fourth Sunday of every November , most Americans get together around the dinner table to celebrate Thanksgiving . Special traditions in the US have been around for many years . __1.___ These are four popular Thanksgiving traditions and how they started .
__2._ The first Thanksgiving meal was in the autumn of 1621 when the first travelers from England celebrated their first harvest（收获）. But it wasn’t made into an official（官方的） holiday until 1863 . The first large meal had turkey , fruits and vegetables , which are still common today .
__3.__ Historians say the first travelers invited Native Americans to the meal to thank them for teaching them how to grow food . Today at the large meal , friends and family will also say what they are most thankful for .
_4.___ The parade includes very large balloons that look like cartoon characters and beautiful floats that carry famous people . There are also many musical performances to watch . This parade started in 1924 , and today over 44 million people watch it on TV or in New York City .
__5.__ People started to watch football on Thanksgiving a few years after the day became an official holiday . Today , the National Football League takes advantage of this popularity and hosts three NFL games every Thanksgiving .
A. Giving thanks is what the holiday is all about . B. American football is something people both watch and play with their family on Turkey Day . C. However , some people don't always stop to think about where the traditions came from . D. Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner . E. A large meal is the important event every Thanksgiving . F. Every year , there is a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City . G. It took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day . |
Most people will answer a ringing phone. Usually you don’t know who is phoning or how urgent their business is, so a ringing phone is difficult to ignore. In one experiment, a researcher wrote down the numbers of several public phones in stations and airports. Then he called the numbers. Someone nearly always answered. When he asked why, people usually said, “Because it rang.”
A few years ago in New Jersey, a man with a gun killed 13 people. Armed police surrounded his house but he refused to come out. A reporter found out the phone number of the house and called. The man put down his gun and answered the phone. “What do you want?” he said, “I’m really busy right now.”
Imagine you’re at work and the phone is ringing in someone else’s office. Do you answer it or not? In one survey on telephone use, 51% of participants(参与者) told researchers that they did. We can’t ignore the phone and for that reason, it forces its way into our lives. It interrupts（打扰） what we are doing and on top of that, the caller is often someone we don’t really want to talk to. However, in the survey, 58% said they never turned off the phone, and 67% didn’t mind if someone called during a television program. For 44% it wasn’t a problem if someone rang during a meal, while only 28% were angry. If someone phoned in the middle of the night, 40% told researchers that they got nervous or frightened, while around 30% got angry.
Of course, when someone is really angry, you can choose to hang up on them. This is in fact one of the rudest things you can do on the phone, but 79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases. Only 6% told researchers they never hung up on people.
1.The gunman answered the phone because ____.
A. he decided to give in to the police
B. it was difficult to ignore a ringing phone
C. he was angry at the ringing phone
D. he decided to be friendly with the media
2.How do people feel while someone rings during a meal?
A. 67% of the participants got angry.
B. 44% of the participants didn’t mind.
C. 40% of the participants got nervous or frightened.
D. 30% of the participants got angry.
3.What does the sentence “79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases” (in
the last paragraph) mean?
A. They were angry with the rude callers.
B. They were prepared to become those rude callers.
C. They were likely to hang up on annoying callers.
D. They never hung up on others because it was rude.
4.The purpose of the survey is to find out ____.
A. how the phone helps people’s work
B. what role the phone plays in people’s lives
C. why people mind a ringing phone sometimes
D. when the phone communication is more welcome
Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair, or your fridge? Probably they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, thanks to the so-called “Internet of things”.
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. Earlier this year, Samsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things. He said that four years from now, every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, no matter whether it’s a remote control or a washing machine.
So, how do household objects that are part of the Internet of things work? Well, think of a common chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes. It can know people’s faces and has an infrared sensor（红外传感器), so even if it’s dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who’s there. If the person is someone you don’t know, it can tell you that, too.
But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security（安全）systems to the Internet, there may be some problems. For example, many early connected-home objects don’t have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked. Moreover, it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2015.
So, picture this: you enter your home.The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.
1.According to Samsung CEO, when will his product be part of the Internet of things?
A. In 2010 B. In 2020
C. In 2030 D. In 2040
2.We can infer(推断) from paragraphs 3 and 4 that _____________.
A. the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not
B. an unusual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in
C. an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house
D.an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone
3.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Advantages of living with the Internet
B. Disadvantages of living with the Internet
C. The coming “Internet of things”
D. The impossible “Internet of things”
4.Which of the following words best describes the writer’s tone (语气)in the article?
A. Doubtful（可疑的） B. Hopeful
C. Humorous D. Worried
