—________, how can I go to the bank?
—You can take the No.17 bus.
A.Excuse me B.You are welcome C.Thanks a lot D.Never mind
It's windy today. ________ go out to fly a kite?
A.Why don't B.Why not to C.Why not D.Why don't to
My dad often takes ________ underground to the factory, but today he goes there by ________ bus.
A.a; / B.the; / C.a; the D.an; the
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For the past five years, 44-year-old Rami Adham has d1. much of his time to helping children in Syria(叙利亚). He keeps sending toys to them.
Rami Adham was born in Syria, but he was f2. to move to Finland with his family in 1989. When Syrian civil war(内战) took place in 2011, he decided to help the children in his hometown. In the beginning, he never planned on sending toys. He thought food, 3. and drinking water were more important. Once his daughter asked him to send her toys to the children in Syria. When Adham gave the toys to those poor children, he saw the j4. on their faces. From then on, he made toys on the top of his gift l5..
Adham soon became famous as the Father Christmas of Syria. He has travelled from Finland to Syria 28 times. And he won’t stop until the war e6.. Every time he goes to Syria, he carries a heavy bag of toys on his back all his way. It’s a trip full of d7.. He might get hurt or be killed at any time, but he never gives up. “Now children in Syria are facing death and many other possible threats. I think the toys are really v8. for the children,” he said. “No matter what they r9., they are always happy to share them with others.”
Adham is having a fund-raising activity at present. He wants to raise 100,000 dollars. If it is successful, he plans to use the money to build schools in Syria. The work of Adham is a light among the d10. for many children in Syria.
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Women make up 50 percent of world’s population and yet they are not treated equally. They hold less than one-fifth of the all parliamentary (议会) seats around the world， occupy less than 19 percent of board (董事会) seats in Fortune 500 companies and earn 17 percent less than men for similar skills and positions. As a group， they are passed over and looked down on.
On March 8 every year， millions of women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day. It is possible that you may not have heard about the International Women’s Day in the United States. Yet Women's Day had its origin in the United States.
Women’s Day was first celebrated in February 1909 in the US to mark the one-year anniversary of the New York Garment Worker’s Strike of 1908. Women used the chance to fight against warring and fight for women’s vote rights.
Did you know that it was a Women’s Day protest in St. Petersburg in 1917， which led to the revolution (革命) for bringing down the Russian empire? After the Russian revolution， Women’s Day came to be celebrated as a communist (共产主义的) or socialist (社会主义的) holiday. As a result， the United States government didn’t accept it as a holiday.
Today Women’s Day is celebrated in places such as China and Russia as a sort of state-approved Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. The tradition in these countries is to give flowers and gifts to the important women in one's life.
In 1975， the United Nations officially announced March 8 as International Women’s Day. Since then， it has been a practice to suggest an annual theme for each year. The theme for 2016 is "Pledge For Parity." It calls on women and men to challenge the present state and inspire positive change in their communities and workplaces.
There is a lot that needs to be done. As a society， we need to offer women and girls chances to make their dreams come true， have equal chances for leadership， respect and value differences， and develop a better work environment. This day challenges and reminds that everyone can be a leader in their own small way and can take positive steps to bring about gender equality.
Our world can truly be balanced when we use the potential that women have to offer. As we prepare children for the future， it is important that girls and women not be left behind.
Women’s present situation | Women make up1.of the world’s population. |
Women get2.chances and less money while working. | |
3.of Women’s Day | It was first celebrated in the US in 1909. |
The Women’s Day protest in 19174.the revolution in Russia. | |
It was not5.as a holiday in the United States. | |
The United Nations6.March 8thas International Women’s Day in 1975. | |
Ways of celebrating Women’s Day | Being7.as a sort of state-approved Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day. |
Flowers and gifts are8.to the important women in one’s life. | |
9.of Women’s Day | To help10.women and girls’ dreams. |
To help women get chances for leadership equally. | |
To develop a better work environment for women. |
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One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.
One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a newfocus.
The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn’t complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.
Still, the old woman didn’t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman’s husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.
Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.
A problem even experts couldn’t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn’t understand genetics. Wasn’t it a miracle?
To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!
1.According to the passage, ________ marigold is unusual.
A.white B.purple
C.brown D.golden
2.The underlined part “focus” is closets in meaning to “center of ________”.
A.energy B.activity
C.attention D.creativity
3.It can be learned from the passage that ________.
A.the children didn’t agree on their mother’s decision
B.the woman needed the great reward for her big family
C.the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigold
D.the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family
4.The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she ________.
A.was luckier than experts
B.put her heart into flowers
C.got support from her family
D.studies the seed genetics well
5.The passage mainly talks about ________.
A.the difficulties
B.the possibility of going beyond experts
C.the unforgettable development of marigold
D.the importance of holding on to dreams
