Answer the questions.(根据短文内容，回答下列问题)
Vanessa Tahay is different from the other teenagers (青少年) in her school. Her skin is dark and her voice is thick. But these are the things she is proudest of.
Tahay is one of the best poets (诗人) in Los Angeles. But that doesn’t come easily to someone who comes from a small village in Central America.
When she first came to school, she was shy and laughed at by others for being short and different.
She spent hours after school and on weekends watching the same DVDs: English Without Barriers (障碍). Tahay’s elder brother, Elmer, advised her to join the after-school poetry club.
The first time Tahay read the poems in the club, she was shocked. “I wish I could write like that,” she thought to herself.
She wrote her first poem about her first year in America. She called it “Invisible (无形的)”. The day she read it in front of the team, she broke down crying. She cried a lot. “I had too much to express (表达) myself,” Tahay said.
Though her English was not good at that time, she kept at it. At first, she wouldn’t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they’d make fun of her.
But with time, her poems changed her. “They gave me pride,” Tahay said. “They told me I’m worth (值得的) something.”
1.What does Tahay take pride in most?
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2.Where does Tahay come from?
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3.What’s Tahay’s first poem “Invisible” mainly about?
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4.What event changed Tahay’s life?
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5.Why did Tahay seldom share her poems with her friends at first?
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6.What can you learn from this story?
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Bananas don’t grow on trees. They grow on a stalk (秆) that looks just a little like a stalk of corn. The stalk is soft enough to be cut with a k1..
It takes about a year before bananas are ready to be picked. Some are as small as fingers. Others are as long as men’s arms. Some banana plants grow as tall as a house — even taller!
Not all bananas are eaten as fruit. Some never get sweet, and they are cooked as a kind of v2..
People in most countries never see a banana until it reaches the store. But if you visited a country where it’s hot and rains a lot all the year, you might see a banana plantation, a large farm where bananas grow.
The tasty fruit doesn’t come from a seed but from a root planted deep in the ground. First, a stalk pushes up into the air. Then leaves grow. In the beginning the banana plant grows very f3. — sometimes as much as the length (长度) of your feet in one night. Soon, sweet-smelling flowers come out, and when their flowers drop off, bananas b4. to grow.
As they get bigger, bananas start turning up. It looks as if they’re growing upside down! Bananas are ready to eat when they t5. soft and yellow. Bananas are picked long before this — when they’re hard and green. This is because bananas have to travel many miles before they a6. at a store. On trucks, boats and trains bananas travel all over the world. There are special boats just for bananas and special trains that keep them just cool enough so that they will get ripe while traveling. If bananas are picked when they are ripe (成熟的), they will spoil (腐坏) on the way.
Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)
Ari’s mother asked him to pick up firewood for the fire. Instead of doing that right away, Ari thought he could ________his friends first.
Not long after, his mother began to want to know why he had not returned. It was already dark and she was worried. At the same time, Ari ________ that he had not done as his mother had asked and told his friends about this. The boys then began gathering the firewood.
Meanwhile, Ari’s mother came looking for him. She soon heard the boys’ voices. She had mixed feelings. She was _______ to know that he was safe but angry at the same time because Ari had disobeyed (没服从) her. She decided to give the boys a lesson.
She hid in the nearby woods. _______ she picked up a twig (树枝) and threw it. It hit the ground making a sharp noise. It caught the boys’ attention. They stopped what they were doing and looked at one another. She threw another twig in the opposite ________. The boys jumped. The mother cried in a low trembling voice, “ Listen to your mother!” Scared, the boys dropped ________ and ran home. Ari’s mother could not stop laughing.
After picking up some pieces of firewood, she headed home, where she found Ari in tears.
“Mother, Mother, I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you,” he sobbed (哭诉). His mother held him with love. She knew he was truly sorry and would not repeat his mistake.
1.A.care for B.play with C.depend on D.hear from
2.A.expected B.forgot C.realized D.decided
3.A.sad B.happy C.worried D.careless
4.A.Instead B.Therefore C.However D.Then
5.A.direction B.seat C.street D.woods
6.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
Choose the best answer.(选出最恰当的答案)
If you have only three minutes to get something that you can take from your home, and the other things are lost forever, what will you take? The following information will help you.
B.O.B.
B.O.B is short for Bug of Bag. It’s a bag with a collection of things that are needed for life in it.
Reasons to use a B.O.B.
When disasters (灾难) like earthquakes and heavy rainstorms happen, many people will have to run away from their homes and they may not return for a long time. They need to continue to live without food, water or a shelter in some unexpected situations.
Things in a B.O.B.
A sleeping bag, or at least a thin quilt (被子).
Drinking water.
High-calorie foods, such as chocolate and biscuits.
Necessary medicines.
Something for making a fire, and a small pot to boil water or cook.
A few basic tools like a knife and some ropes.
A flashlight (手电筒).
Money.
A copy of all your important papers.
(Be sure to make a B.O.B. as light as possible.)
Places to keep a B.O.B.
You should put a B.O.B. at a place where you can get it conveniently when disasters happen. Your home, your car, or your office can be a good place to put it.
A B.O.B. is very helpful to the people in need. You’d better prepare more than one B.O.B. if possible. Then think of the difference a B.O.B. will make if those disasters happen. So prepare one now.
1.A B.O.B has a collection of things ____ in it.
A.for research B.for traffic C.for life D.for study
2.Many people run away from their homes with a B.O.B.because ____.
A.they have to save many people’s lives B.they have no other useful things to take
C.they will be able to return in a short time D.they need to continue to live after disasters happen
3.People should make a B.O.B. as ____ as they can.
A.huge B.light C.common D.heavy
4.The underlined words “such as” are the closest in meaning to “____”.
A.besides B.except C.like D.without
5.The passage mainly talks ____.
A.about the types of the B.O.B. B.that we love the B.O.B.
C.about how to use a B.O.B. D.that the B.O.B. is important in our life
6.According to the passage, “____” is right.
A.Expensive things should be put in a B.O.B safely.
B.People should take a B.O.B. with them everywhere.
C.It’s better to prepare more than one B.O.B. if possible.
D.People are advised to put some more clothes in a B.O.B.
Rewrite the following sentences as required.(按要求改写句子，每空格限填一词)
1.Daniel had some noodles in the morning. (改为否定句)
Daniel ________ ________ any noodles in the morning.
2.I always walk to school. (保持原句意思不变)
I always go to school _____ ______.
3.Mr Hill flew to Shanghai.(改为一般疑问句)
_______ Mr. Hill ________ to Shanghai?
4.He hid the birds inside a special pocket in his trousers. (对划线部分提问)
________ did he ________ inside a special pocket in his trousers?
5.Sarah went to the bus stop in a hurry this morning. (保持原句意思不变)
Sarah ________ ________ the bus stop this morning.
6.Mary’s seldom late for school. (改为反意疑问句)
Mary’s seldom late for school,________ _______?
7.notice, I, playing games, the children, over there, this morning (连词成句)
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--- Would you like to have some more fish?
--- ______.
A.Here it is B.I don’t like it any more
C.No, I don’t like it at all D.It’s really delicious, but I’m full
