My husband decided to fix our kitchen and he had already chosen the materials he needed. But a few days later, he still did nothing. When I asked the reason, he said, “Today is not the best time to do such things. Maybe we should________some time.” I don’t like the man who blows hot and cold.
Have you________of “blow hot and cold"? It means changing ________easily. Let’s see how a man _______ his girlfriend.
“While a lot of my friends are getting married, I don’t know if I will be. You see, one minute my girlfriend talks about wedding(婚礼) plans________, but the next minute she says it’s better if we put _______ the wedding in a sad voice. The________she blows hot and cold makes me confused.”
This reminds me of my little sister and________ husband. They ________ to have a cat. They gave up the plan ________ they considered looking after it carefully. They have been blowing hot and cold for months.
The saying is from an old story. On a cold winter’s day, a traveler was blowing on his________fingers. A local person asked him the _______. He explained that he was warming his fingers with his breath. The local person invited the man to his _________ for a hot meal. This time the man blew on the food. He said that he was making the dish ________ . The local person told him _________at once. He didn’t accept anyone who could “blow hot and cold from the same mouth”.
1.A.get up B.care for C.think of D.wait for
2.A.thought B.dreamt C.complained D.heard
3.A.ideas B.address C.habits D.clothes
4.A.treats B.describes C.values D.supports
5.A.carefully B.quickly C.quietly D.happily
6.A.on B.up C.down D.off
7.A.way B.cause C.result D.lesson
8.A.my B.your C.her D.his
9.A.decided B.tried C.offered D.refused
10.A.as B.if C.unless D.though
11.A.big B.cold C.beautiful D.powerful
12.A.place B.time C.reason D.number
13.A.car B.school C.home D.hospital
14.A.delicious B.sweet C.cool D.clean
15.A.leave B.to leave C.leaving D.left
Many of us might want to take on traditional jobs when we grow up, such as being a doctor or lawyer. However, there are many more choices than just these that are available today.
In October, job-hunting website Zhaopin. com issued (发布) a report after surveying people who work in more than 800 different jobs in major(主要的) Chinese cities.1.
Most of the jobs pay well, with one in three workers earning more than 8,000 yuan a month. 2.These workers’ educational background is also impressive(引人瞩目的).3. Most of the workers said they chose their jobs out of love and interest in the area. Many of the jobs are no longer specific to one gender(性别). 4.These positions used to be filled almost only by women.
Many of these jobs are in the service industry. Economic((经济的) development means people have more money to spend and are in greater need of high-quality services, China News Service noted. For example, more people have started to raise pets. 5..The growing demand(需求) for animal care, therefore, have encouraged more people to become veterinarians(宠物医生)。
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A.For example, the report found that one-third of child care workers are men.
B.These jobs include early childhood educator(幼儿教育教师), fitness coach and makeup artist.
C.Over 60 percent of the surveyed workers have a college degree(学位)or above, the report says.
D.Pet owners will spend over 5, 000 yuan per pet this year, an increase of 15 percent from 2017, Xinhua reported.
E.The top-paying job is veterinarian----about 29 percent of these animal doctors earn over 20,000 yuan per month.
For years, I fought with the “bird’s nest” on top of my head. My mother thought my hair was naturally beautiful, but my classmates didn’t agree. They made fun of it, calling my hair “the mop (拖把)”.
When I got to university, I decided to change my hairstyle. I had my curly (卷曲的) hair straightened (拉直). However, it cost me $700 once every six months to do this. People said I was crazy to spend that much on my hair. But I would do anything to never again see that curly-haired girl in the mirror.
But when I had to rent my own apartment, the cost became too high. So I turned to Google. In the end, I found a “curly haired” salon, a place designed for girls with crazy hair. When I arrived there, the stylist, Jacquai, was waiting for me.
“Do you really think this will work?” I asked.
“No curly hair is hopeless,” she replied. “You just haven’t found a way to work with it. That’s all.”
After the hour was over, Jacquai had completed her task. She had fixed my hair using only her hands. I couldn’t believe it: my hair looked beautiful.
Now my world has changed. I am more outgoing and confident than ever. People say that I’m looking better than ever but that they don’t know what has changed. Hair is not just hair. I don’t need to tell them. My hair speaks for itself.
1.The writer’s classmates thought her hair was ________ .
A.beautiful B.straight C.tidy D.ugly
2.The writer found that getting her hair straightened ________ .
A.was expensive and useless B.did not make her look good
C.was helpful but too expensive D.caused others to make fun of her
3.What was the reaction of the stylist in the salon when she saw the writer?
A.She was very angry because the writer was late. B.She thought the writer's hair was a disaster (灾难).
C.She was calm (冷静) and sure of her work. D.She thought there was no way to fix the writer's hair.
4.The writer's world has changed because________.
A.she became confident. B.she cut her curly hair.
C.she found a way to straighten her hair. D.people knew her change.
5.The best title of the passage can be________ .
A.A successful stylist B.Road to beauty
C.Learn to live with my curly hair D.No curly hair is hopeless
The world uses about a thousand million (百万) tons of water a day. Water is a human right and everyone should have their share. Yet more than 700 million people around the world have trouble getting clean, safe water.
Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it also helps the environment by keeping waste out of rivers and oceans. 80% of wastewater around the world is not treated at all, and it is running into oceans. But now we have got the technology to treat and reuse the wastewater.
While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh water—that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow. The rest, 98% of the water, is in seas and oceans. It is too salty to drink. Then desalination businesses come in. More than 19,000 factories have been built around the world, mostly in coastal countries. They process (加工) more than 92 million tons of water every day. But the technology they use requires a lot of energy.
Scientists are working to create a less costly technology. They want to produce 20 times more clean water and make sure everyone has enough. But for now, the world still faces each day with not having enough water for everyone.
1.How many people have trouble in getting clean water around the world?
A. Under 10 million. B. Only 19 million.
C. About 92 million. D. Over 700 million.
2.Treating wastewater helps the environment by _____.
A. storing waste in ice and snow B. letting waste run into oceans
C. keeping waste out of rivers and oceans D. sending waste to coastal countries
3.What does the underlined word "desalination" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. 远洋运输 B. 潮汐发电 C. 食盐销售 D. 海水淡化
4.At present, the technology to process water_____.
A. needs much energy B. saves much money
C. satisfies everyone D. causes pollution
5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Water should be a human right. B. The water problem is still serious.
C. Our planet is covered with water. D. Everyone has enough clean water.
On January 27, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance War(抗击新型肺炎战)，the Ministry of Education issued (公布) a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020. It was said that school should not start before February 17. The exact start time of school will depend on situations and further notices.
However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may affect children’s studies. If they have such a long winter vacation, children will not learn any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learned before. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental health.
In short, the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how should we avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a notice, that is, to organize online teaching and create a network platform (平台) where necessary courses will be shown every day, and online teaching will be given by excellent teachers of the subject, and students can learn at home through computer or mobile network.
It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not worry about the infection (感染)of the disease, but also make them study at home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no suspension of classes”. Both the platform itself and the recorded lesson resources are more useful, and are welcomed by parents and teachers.
Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about health knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus and other knowledge popularization; at the same time, it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which is good for physical health at home.
1.Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because________.
A.children may be infected by virus B.they don’t like the idea of online learning
C.children’s study may be affected D.parents have no time to look after children
2.Except for learning at home, what is also necessary according to the writer? ________
A.To keep playing online games B.To keep touching different people
C.To do some physical exercises outside D.To teach children about health knowledge
3.The underlined word "suspension "in Paragraph 4 probably means________.
A.plan B.stop
C.growth D.change
4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Students would rather go to school B.The date of going to school is decided
C.Online teaching will help student’s study D.Parents believe children can teach themselves
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.A Special Way to Learn at Home B.A New War with a New Chance
C.A Way to Keep Mentally Healthy D.A Method to Make Parents Worried
进入初三后，同学们的学习任务重了，也更努力拼搏了，请用英语写一篇10-120词的小短文，来说说自己在学习上的变化吧。
要求：1、以一个具体的学科为例，谈谈自己在该学科上取得的进步。2、谈谈你是如何取得进步的。
