Linda prefers______ outside to______ TV at home.
A. playing; watch B. to play; watching C. playing; watching
– Is this your pencil?
– No, it isn’t. ______ is red.
A. My B. Mine C. Me
Maria is _____ American girl. She can play _____ chess very well.
A. an; the B. a; / C. an; /
最近从媒体报道的一些家庭事件来看，孩子与父母的关系不和谐，隔阂越来越大，孩子普遍存在逆反心理。针对这个问题，某中学生英文报社开展了主题为“与父母和谐相处”的征文大赛。作为一名初中毕业生，你一定有自己的思想与辨别是非的基本能力，但你是否曾想过应该怎样和自己的父母相处呢？请以“How to Get on Well with Our Parents?”为题写一篇短文参加此次征文大赛。
一、写作要点提示
1.与父母和谐相处很重要。
2.与父母和谐相处的做法或建议：
（1）理解与尊重父母（如倾听与有礼貌表达想法）；
（2）多与父母交流（如分享快乐与倾诉烦恼）；
（3）为父母做一些力所能及的事。
3.与父母和谐相处的感受。
二、写作要求
短文应紧扣要点，但不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，以使短文衔接、连贯，词数控制在80－100词。
A．When are you leaving?
B．How will you improve it?
C．I have traveled to many places.
D．Where would you like to visit?
E．But I have changed a lot in the past few years.
F．I like places where I can meet a lot of people.
G．If I were you，I'd visit a tourist spot like Piazza San Marco in Venice.
A：Summer holidays are coming.What are you going to do?
B：First I will finish my homework，and then I want to improve my English.
A：76.1.
B：By speaking English every morning and listening to some English radio programs.By the way，what are you doing for the holidays?
A：I will take a trip with my parents.
B：77.2.
A：I'd like to visit somewhere peaceful.
B：78.3.
A：But such a tourist spot is always very crowded.
B：It sure is.79.4.
A：Lisa，you seem to be very outgoing now，but you used to be shy，didn't you?
B：Yes，I did.80.5.
A：So you have.
Do you have an umbrella？Someone invented the umbrella about 4，000 years ago.People used umbrellas in Egypt，Assyria，Greece，and China in ancient times.We use our umbrellas for protection from rain.However，people first used umbrellas for protection from the sun.People in China were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain.They put wax(蜡) on paper umbrellas.
European women used umbrellas before European men used them.Jonas Hanway was the first man to carry one in England.He made umbrellas popular for men and women.Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because of him.
We make umbrellas of many different things.The first ones were wood and cloth.Now many are plastics(塑料)．Today umbrellas are easy to carry.They are folded up into small packages(包)．The umbrella is a great invention.Don't forget yours the next time it rains.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
1.When was the umbrella invented?
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2.What were the first umbrellas used for?
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3.Who used umbrellas earlier，European women or European men?
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4.Why did some people in England call the umbrella a Hanway?
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5.What were the first umbrellas made of?
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