根据下面短文内容,在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词,使短文完整、通顺。
Chinese today have many things to play with. They can watch television, surf1.Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children2.for fun long ago?
They read books.
Some of you might ask, "Are books3.fun?" Believe it or not, books provide many things that television or computers cannot. Since books use only words to4.a story, they can improve your imagination. You can picture the characters and background in your head and you can also imagine5.the characters feel.
The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot be6.often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and touching7.they can bring tears to your eyes.
Books also help us to think harder and deeper. As we continue to read, we ask questions to ourselves and try to find answers.
These are some of the8.why books are so fun to read.
Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.
根据所给提示,完成句子。每空一词,含缩略词。
1.He used to go mountain climbing with his friends. （改为一般疑问句）
_____________he _____________to go mountain climbing with his friends?
2.Lily's mother often makes her read English aloud at home. （改为被动语态）
Lily is often made _____________ _____________English aloud at home.
3.The girl gave a rather wonderful speech last Friday. （改为感叹句）
_____________ _____________wonderful speech the girl gave last Friday!
4.让别人等太久是不礼貌的。（完成译句）
It is _____________to keep others _____________for a long time.
5.习总书记说：“我们都在努力工作,我们都是追梦人”。（完成译句）
“We are _____________ _____________very hard, we are all dream chasers.” President Xi Jingpin said.
阅读下文并回答问题。
When talking about the Chinese women's Volleyball Team, we will think of one person, Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional skill to help the team go to the world stage. For us, she is a hero.
Lang Ping was born on December 10th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She showed great interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. In 1978, she started to play for the Chinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the World Championship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
People in China like to call Lang Ping “Tie Lang Tou”. She was so strong and did a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What's more, no matter what she did, she never gave up.
After retiring from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. There, she lived a quiet life and gave birth to a baby girl. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some world competitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of health problems.
Lang Ping has become the coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team since 2013. It is not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better than before. However, she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts（努力）paid off. On August 21, 2016, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team won the goal medal in the Rio Olympics.
Lang Ping is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We can learn a lot from.
1.Was Lang Ping 53 years old when the Rio Olympics took place?
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2.What does “Tie Lang Tou” mean in the passage?
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3.Why is Lang Ping a true hero?
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4.What can you learn from Lang Ping? Please write at least two.
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阅读下面对话,从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A. We always have fish.
B. Why is fish a lucky food?
C. Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve.
D. So people wish for riches in the new year.
E. What does your mother cook on New Year's Eve?
F. Children get red envelopes（红包）from their parents and other adults.
G. We usually have a big dinner in a restaurant on Chinese New Year's Eve.
A: Are you celebrating tonight, Mark?
B: Yes, I will go out and get dumplings.
C: Uh, what are you celebrating?
A: Chinese New Year! 1.
C: Oh, I see.
A: I think of my family at this time of year.
B: Me, too. My family gets together for Chinese New Year.
A: Mine, too. And my mom always cooks a big dinner! 2.
C: Why?
B: Some foods are lucky for Chinese people. Fish is one of them.
C: 3.
B: That's because “fish” sounds like“余”in Chinese. It means riches.
C: Oh! 4.
A: That's right. And children do get riches.
C: They do?
A: Yes! 5.The envelopes have money in them.
Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: "Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?"
Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. "We have a passenger on the plane who's blind and deaf," she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn't understand what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's palm. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, "How are you? Are you OK?" Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.
"He didn't need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk," Clara said.
So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. "Even though he couldn't see her, she looked attentively at his face with such kindness," a passenger reported.
"Clara was amazing," an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. "You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel."
Cook's reply: "Best trip I've ever had."
1.What was the air hostesses' problem?
A.They had a very difficult passenger. B.They couldn't understand the passenger.
C.They didn't know the passenger's name. D.They didn't have what the passenger wanted.
2.Why did Clara Daly believe she could help?
A.Because she happened to learn some ASL. B.Because she had helped people like Cook.
C.Because she thought she might know Cook. D.Because her grandfather had the same problem.
3.Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?
A.Because he was hungry and thirsty. B.Because he needed someone to talk to.
C.Because he was afraid of taking planes. D.Because he was interested in Clara's story.
4.Which of the following words best describe Clara Daly?
A.Brave and clever. B.Beautiful and lovely.
C.Patient and caring. D.Outgoing and friendly.
McDull（麦兜）is a well-known cartoon animation image（动画形象）in Hong Kong, China. He is a little pink pig who lives in Hong Kong. He is not bright, but he works hard. His dream is to make his mother proud of him. For more than a decade, McDull's cute animated pig image has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a national sprout（国民萌物）.
You probably know him. He's McDull. Most children are familiar with him. However, do you know the artist behind this lovely pig?
Let's meet Alice Mak（麦家琪）.
Mak is a shy artist in Hong Kong. Ever since she was a kid, she has liked drawing. In college, Mak decided to study illustration.
At that time, there were few illustrators（插画家）in Hong Kong. Mak, however, was lucky. Her teacher introduced her to lots of world famous illustrators. Mak wrote letters to them to ask about their opinions about her work. The young artist learned a lot from them.
Over the years, Mak has created lots of interesting characters. Some of them, like McDull, brought great success to her. The artist, however, is not interested in her popularity. She doesn't like giving speeches. She doesn't like talking to strangers either. At most times, she refuses to be interviewed. As a result, some people describe her as an unfriendly person.
Instead of preparing for interviews, Mak spends most of her time drawing. "To me, drawing is like a language," she says. "If I don't know how to say something to you, I will draw it."
Mak, the creator of McDull, can also be called "the mother of McDull". This person who has always liked to dream in a simple world doesn't seem to grow up until she becomes a wife and still looks like a lovely girl. She was born for comics, for McDull.
1.According to the article, which of the following statements about McDull is TRUE?
A.He is the brightest student in his class. B.His mother is always proud of him.
C.He is familiar to many children. D.He was created by Alice Mak when she was a little girl.
2.When did Alice Mak become interested in drawing?
A.When she was a little girl. B.After she created McDull.
C.When she became very shy. D.After she entered college.
3.According to the article, Mak spends most of her time ____________.
A.writing letters to other illustrators B.preparing for speeches.
C.drawing pictures D.thinking about what to say in interviews.
4.What does Mak do when she finds it hard to say something to others?
A.She writes it down. B.She draws it.
C.She asks her husband to say it. D.She gives up saying it.
