1.我要迟到了。我已经等了近二十分钟的公交车了。
I'll be late. I have ______ ______ the bus for about 20 minutes.
2.他编了一个借口，但没有人信。
He ______ ______ an excuse, but no one believed it.
3.他们决定开个会，以查明真相。
They decided to hold a meeting to ______ ______ the truth.
4.难怪他生气了。
______ ______ he was angry.
5.他亲自前往纽约领奖。
He went to New York to receive the award ______ ______.
6.别担心你的汉语，我们可以教你。
Don't ______ ______ your Chinese. We can teach you.
A: What are you going to do for today?
B: I was thinking of visiting Tom. 1.
A: Does he know you are coming?
B: Yes, but I told him I'd call him first because I wasn't sure what time I was coming. What about you? 2.
A: I am not sure yet. 3.
B: I haven't seen him since he got back from the hospital. I have been hoping to see him.
A: It would be a good idea, if you did call on him. 4. Why not give Tom a call to see if he'd like to go over to Jack's?
B: OK. We can have a little party there.
A: 5. Remember, Jack is still sick.
A.Maybe we can have a big meal there.
B.He still does not feel well.
C.Maybe we will call on Jack together.
D.I haven't been to his house for a long time.
E.What are you doing today?
F.It will have to be a quiet one.
G.But I haven't had a free day.
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People are playing video games everywhere these days, whether they’re riding a bus or sitting in a restaurant. Some of them e1. these games so much that they can’t put them down.
But is this a healthy habit? The World Health Organization (WHO) doesn’t t2. so. In June, it named “gaming disorder (障碍)” as a mental disorder in its International Classification of Diseases, CNN reported.
“Gaming disorder” refers to persistent (持续的) or recurrent (反复出现的) video-gaming behavior, whether online or offline. Of course, not everyone who plays video games has this disorder. It has three m3. characteristics (特征).
The first sign is when the player loses c4. over his or her gaming habits. The second is when playing games becomes more important than other a5. for the player. The third is when the condition leads to serious problems in the player’s personal and family life.
Many experts have welcomed the decision. It is believed that new ways to t6. this disorder will appear following the WHO classification.
In fact, some countries are already working to s7. this problem. South Korea has introduced a law banning (禁止) children under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6 am, USA Today reported. Chinese tech company Tencent is also setting limits (限制) on the a8. of time that teenagers can play its games. Children between 12 and 18 years old can only play two hours per day.
If you have “gaming disorder", you should-ask for professional medical help. But you can Use delayed gratification (延迟满足）to d9. with it, if your condition is not that serious, the National Institute Of Education Sciences pointed that out.
For example, if you tell yourself not to play any video games on weekdays, you can allow yourself to play for three hours during the weekend. Or if you really want to play them after school, you can tell yourself that you cannot do so u10. you have finished your homework.
Each morning, I walked by a security guard (保安). He said hello to everyone that walked past him. I admired (佩服) how he knew so many people b1. their first names.
The first few times I saw him, I didn't say hello back to h2. when he greeted me. I was lost in my o3. world.
On Monday he asked, "How was your w4.?" I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly mother. He shared how he too had lost a parent to illness.
As I w5. away, I realized I did not even know his name. The f6. day, I asked, "What's your name?" He answered, "Gary." I said, "I'm Deborah." After that, we t7. a couple of times a week. We shared stories about our daily life, our dreams, and our families.
Gary got a job and m8. away. It's been years since I last spoke to him, b9. it seems like just yesterday we talked.
I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart. When you say hello to a stranger, you become a pebble (鹅卵石) in the pool. With each ripple (连漪) you create, you spread l10. that continues to give. Make a point of saying hello to a stranger today, you will give the gift that keeps on giving.
Last summer I went to one of the world’s most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors (皇帝) of the last two dynasties (朝代) in China, the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Forbidden City was built in 1,420. The palace has over 10,000 rooms. It was where the emperors dealt with the official business with their ministers (大臣).
In Mandarin (普通话), the Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City. However, the color of the palace itself is not purple. The color purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred (神圣的) that the common people could not even dream of ever going in.
The emperor also had some of the largest festival celebrations at the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperor would invite all the members of his family and his officials to a banquet. The banquet had a hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such an expensive banquet that it could feed a common family for three generations (三代人).
Right now the Forbidden City is known as a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyone can go in there. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques (古董) and treasures in it.
I really learned a lot about the Chinese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City. It was like a dream which has come true. And I was excited to go on the trip and see the things that I had always wanted to see.
1.How long is the history of the Forbidden City?
A.About 600 years. B.More than 600 years.
C.1,420 years. D.Over 10,000 years.
2.We call the palace the Purple Forbidden City because the color purple is the symbol for _______ of the emperor.
A.power B.beauty C.interest D.health
3.What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “banquet” in Paragraph 4?
A.performance B.competition C.exhibition D.dinner party
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Forbidden City in the passage?
A.The emperor lived there.
B.The wall of the Forbidden City was purple.
C.It is a historical place for visiting.
D.The emperor had festival celebrations there.
5.In the passage, the writer wants to show us _______ of the Forbidden City by comparing its past with present.
A.the beauty B.the treasures
C.the changes in use D.the building process
China is a great country with the largest population in the world. In order to solve the population problem, the government carried out one-child policy (政策) before. However, for some time, many people see not only its advantages but also disadvantages.
From 2016, two-child policy is put into effect. In my opinion two-child policy is the present for the only child. The only child in the family is always lonely. For some families, maybe the parents are the only child and they can also have only one child. When their child grows up and they grow older, and their child marries an only child girl, the burden (负担) on their child and his wife will be too heavy. Their child and his wife will have to take care of two couples. Usually, a young couple looking after an old couple is a little difficult. But their parents have two children, they can share the burden of taking care of their parents. It would be much better. At the same time two-child policy can guarantee (保证) the number of Chinese population.
All in all, one-child policy has been out of date. And two-child policy is needed and necessary. It can solve the problems of today and the future.
1.Which country has the largest population in the world?
A.America. B.Britain. C.China. D.Japan.
2.When did two-child policy begin?
A.From 2013. B.From 2014. C.From 2015. D.From 2016.
3.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A.One-child policy has its advantages and disadvantages.
B.It’s easy for a young couple to look after an old couple.
C.The only child in the family is always lonely.
D.Two children can share the burden of looking after parents.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A.Two-child policy’s advantages. B.One-child policy’s advantages.
C.The population of China. D.Ways to look after old people.
5.What’s the writer’s opinion about two-child policy?
A.He likes one-child policy better.
B.He has no idea about two-child policy.
C.He thinks the new policy is really good.
D.Two-child policy can not solve problems.
