1.我去过海南岛两次了。 I ________ ________ ________ Hainan Island twice.
2.昨晚我直到爸妈回家才睡觉。Last night I ________ ________ to bed ________my parents got home..
3.小梅多么忙碌！她总是第一个来，最后一个走。
________ ________ Xiao Mei is！She is always the first to come and the last to leave.
4.在中国人民的帮助下，肯尼亚在几个月前建成了一条新的现代化铁路。
With the help of the Chinese people, a new and modern railway in Kenya ________ ________ several months ago.
5.我和朋友都喜爱诵读中国诗词。我们每周都分享感受。
________ my friends ________ I enjoy reading Chinese poems. We share our feelings every week.
6.我不明白为什么他们在这个时候踢足球。
I can’t understand ________ ________ ________ ________ football at this moment.
7.不要放弃，终有一天你会成功。 Don’t ________ ________, and you’ll succeed one day.
1.Where is my phone? I can’t f__________ it.
2.I woke up late today so I had to hurry to get r__________ for school.
3.Your hands are very dirty. Go and w__________ them now, Ben!
4.As usual, she left her room c__________ and tidy before going to school.
5.The sofa is terribly heavy. Can you move it by y__________?
6.At the weekend, you may play a computer g__________, but you mustn’t play for more than 30minutes.
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In the middle of my home country there are very large places. They are hot and dry land called
deserts.
1. ____________ Families live a long way from other people. Sometimes they are the only people for thousands of kilometres. 2. ____________
About 65 years ago these people found that using strong radios was a possible way for families
living far away to communicate with each other. They decided they could use the radios for school. In this way, children could talk to each other like at school. 3. ____________
The children each spent about 30 minutes a day on the radio. They talked to their teacher about
their work and difficulties. The teacher designed some exercises and tasks based on what they
learned and posted them to the children. After finishing their work, the children sent it back to their teacher to mark. 4. ____________ He tried to visit each child twice each year. This was sometimes difficult. The journey was very long and could be dangerous. In addition, the school held camps once a
year. The children could all meet each other and shared their learning experience.
5. ____________. The government provides families with computers so that the children can
use the Internet to talk to their teachers and classmates by e-mail now. The teachers enjoy their
work very much because they get to know the children and their families very well. It is an interesting way to learn, don’t you think?
A. The teacher also travelled around the country.
B. All over the deserts are farms and small towns.
C. This was how the first“ School of the Air” started.
D. This families’ children cannot go to school like you.
E. With the development of technology, computers are becoming popular.
People can’t see you when you’re speaking on the phone, but they can hear you. So, the way you speak is especially important. In fact, researchers have calculated that 80% of communication over the phone is through your tone of voice; and only 20% is from the words you use. Here are our top tips on how to speak over the phone.
1. Facial Expressions
Your facial expression can influence your voice. For example, if you smile, your voice will sound warm and friendly, just the opposite, if you have an angry look on your face, it can make you sound unpleasant.
2. Volume
If you speak too loudly, you could sound angry. And if you speak too softly, it’ll be difficult to hear you. So, speak loudly enough to be heard clearly, but not so loud that you’re shouting.
3. Pace
The pace of your voice is how quickly you speak. And this can show how you feel. For example, an angry person might speak faster than normal. Or a downhearted person might speak very slowly. Try speaking a little more slowly than normal. This will make you sound confident, and it’ll make it easier for the other person to understand you.
4. Gestures
Gesturing can influence the tone of your voice. When you gesture, you bring more air into the lungs, which can make your voice sound warmer. Gestures are also useful to help you stress the right words or even find the words you need. The best thing about gesturing during a phone call is that no one can see what you’re doing, so you can gesture as wildly as you like!
5. Movement
If you’re feeling nervous, stand up and move around. It will reduce the nervousness in your body and help your voice to sound more confident.
6. Pauses (停顿)
Using pauses every now and then can help you to slow down. This will make you sound more confident and in control. Also, if you pause after giving some new information, it’ll give the other person time to understand it. At the same time, listen to how the other person uses pauses. They could tell you something about the speaker’s feeling. For example, when a speaker is really angry, he might use pauses and says, “I... am... so... angry...”
1.How much of telephone communication is from the words you use?
A. 20%. B. 40%. C. 60%. D. 80%.
2.What can people do to reduce their nervousness on the phone?
A. Gesture wildly. B. Move around. C. Raise their voices. D. Make facial expressions.
3.How can pauses help people talk on the phone?
A. The speaker can show he is friendly. B. The speaker can tell more information.
C. The listener will feel confident and in control. D. The listener will have time to understand the words.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to control the speed of your speech. B. Different good ways of talking on the phone.
C. Reasons of making gestures while talking. D. How to improve communication among friends.
5.What is the writer’s opinion about telephone talk?
A. Your voice on the phone will show what you’re feeling.
B. Using too many pauses while talking will annoy others.
C. Speaking loudly makes it easier for others to understand you.
D. The words you use are more important than the way you speak.
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Public libraries
Most towns in Britain have a public library. A library usually has a large selection of books and other resources, which library members can use and borrow for free.
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Britain’s First Public Library The first public library in Britain opened in Manchester in1852. It’s first librarian was a man called Edward Edwards, Edwards attended the library’s opening ceremony and two famous writers called Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were there too.
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How to Join a Library To join a library, go to your local library and fill in a form. you’ll receive a library card which is needed when using library services
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Mobile Libraries Not everyone can get a library. Some people live far away from towns and cities. Other people find it difficult to go out because they have an illness or a disability .Thanks to mobile libraries, these people can still borrow books. Unlike most libraries, which store books in buildings, mobile libraries usually keep their books in a mini –bus. The back of the mini- bus has shelves for the books, and it is big enough for borrowers to step inside and look around. A driver takes the mini-bus to a certain place at a certain time, so people know when to expect it. They can then return their books and borrow some more .
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All Aboard the Library A school in London didn’t have space for a library inside the building. However, everybody agreed that it was still important to have a school library. So the head of the school, Graham Blake decided to park an old bus on the school car park and changed it into a library. Pupils helped to paint the bus, and after eight months, the new library was ready .
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1.Who was the first librarian of the first public library in Britain?
A. Charles Dickens. B. William Thackeray C. Edward Edwards. D. Graham Blake
2.Who can use public library services?
A. CD or DVD sellers. B. Anyone living in Britain.
C. A person with a library card. D. Newspaper or book writers.
3.What is special about the mobile library?
A. Keeping books in buildings. B. Returning books to readers.
C. Offering special services to pupils. D. Going to a certain place at a certain time.
4.Why did the school in London build its library on an old bus?
A. Because parents offered the school an old bus.
B. Because pupils thought it was fun to read on a bus.
C. Because the school didn’t have enough money to buy books.
D. Because the school didn’t have enough space inside the building.
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Schools in London like mobile libraries. B. Public library services in the UK are free.
C. People living far away can’t use libraries. D. Many famous British writers lived in Manchester.
Tim Berners-Lee is not the most famous inventor in the world. However, his invention has changed
our lives.
He was born in London, England in 1955. When he was a small boy, Tim was interested in
playing with electrical things. He studied science at Oxford University. He made his first computer
from an old television at the age of 21.
Tim started working on early computers. At that time, they were much bigger than now. He worked in England then Switzerland. Tim was really interested in two things, computers and how the brain
works. How could the brain connect so many facts so quickly? He had to work with people all
over the world. They shared information about computers. It was hard to manage all the information. He answered the same questions again and again. took a lot of time. It was even difficult for computers in the same office in Switzerland to share information. Tim also forgot things easily. Could a computer work like a brain? Could it “talk” to other computers?
There was an Internet already but it was difficult to use. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) all by himself. This had a special language that helped computers talk to each other on the Internet. When people wanted to share information with others, they used the World Wide Web. The Internet grew quickly after that.
Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think he did anything special. He says that all of the ideas about the Internet were already there. All he did was to put them together. He says that many other people worked together to make the Internet what it is today.
Most inventors want to become rich. But Tim gave away the World Wide Web for nothing. He now works in America. He helps people share technology and wants the Internet to be free for everyone to use. Maybe he is the most important but least famous inventor in the world today!
1.What was Tim Berners-Lee interested in?
A. Looking for jobs in different cities. B. Talking to people around the world.
C. Studying how to connect computers. D. Exploring how to improve memory.
2.The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refers to “__________”.
A. Working on early computers B. Connecting different facts together
C. Travelling to the office in Switzerland D. Repeating the answers to the same questions
3.Why is Tim Berners-Lee one of the most important men in the world?
A. He made information sharing on the Internet possible.
B. He made the first computer when he was 21 years old.
C. He helped people understand better how the brain works.
D. He invented the Internet and made it free for everyone to use.
4.In what order did the following events take place?
a. Tim worked in England. b. Tim worked in Switzerland. c. Tim made his first computer.
d. Tim invented the World Wide Web. e. Tim studied science at Oxford University.[来源:学。科。网Z。XA. c – e – d – a - b B. e – b – a – c - d C. c – d – a – e - b D. e – c – a – b - d
5.What does the writer think of Tim Berners-Lee?
A. He is not famous because he is not rich. B. He has changed our lives and he is great.
C. He did nothing special but make people a good life. D. He has made great achievements in memory research.
