Go on a road trip? Check out these roadside attractions and museums.
World’s Largest Ball of Paint
In 1977, Michael Carmichael created the biggest ball of paint. Starting with a baseball as the center, he painted layer(层)after layer. After over 20.000 layers of paint. the ball weighs over 1. 300 pounds. Visitors can paint the balls themselves and become part of history.
Dinosaur Park
The land can be found outside Rapid City. On a hill overlooking the city, dinosaurs made out of brightly painted concrete(混凝土) stand guard. The park was built as a work project in 1936 by Debbie Sardone. The five dinosaurs are life-sized and can be seen from miles away.
The Museum of Dirt
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johanson. labeled glass bottles contain dirt from the Great Wall of China and sand from a desert in Sandi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Johanson has collected material from the Amazon River and from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration, lava(火山岩)from Mt Fuji in Japan and shells from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Best of all, visiting this museum is free.
Paper House
Ellis Stenman built a two-room house almost completely out of newspapers in 1922. At that time, “recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house was framed(框起来) with wood, but the walls were made of 215 layers of newspapers. The furniture was also made of newspapers. In all. it used about 100, 000 newspapers.
1.If you want to paint the balls, you can visit .
A.Paper House B.Dinosaur Park
C.World’s Largest Ball of Paint D.The Museum of Dirt
2.The five dinosaurs in Dinosaur Park can be seen from miles away because .
A.they were built on a hill
B.they were built outside Rapid City
C.they were made out of brightly painted concrete
D.they were built to be as big as the real one
3. is free for visitors.
A.Paper House B.Dinosaur Park
C.The Museum of Dirt D.World's largest Ball of Paint
4.Paper house was created by .
A.Glenn Johanson B.Elis Stenman
C.Michael Carmichael D.Debbie Sardone
5.You can see from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration in the Museum of Dirt.
A.material B.shells C.sand D.lava
The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Gao Yuqi, a 14yearold boy from Anhui, got up at 7: 00 am to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of this homework.
Gao was not alone. Many schools across the country required students to exercise during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination(中考). And the score is now worth up to 60 points.
Because of this, Gao's school now asks students to run when the weather is nice, and exercise indoors if it is bad. Students have to post (公布) exercise photos in their classes' QQ groups. At the Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 Middle School in Chengdu, students have daily exercise plans. For example, they have to skip rope(跳绳) for two minutes and do three sets of situps(仰卧起坐) each day. Their parents sign off(签名) on their plans when they finish exercising.
This has been a big challenge for many students, but has also helped to make exercise a bigger part of their lives. Many students like Gao used to hate running, but now they are able to run for over half an hour every day. They fell in love with exercise during the holiday.
1.How many kilometers did Gao Yuqi run every day during the holiday?
A.At least one kilometer. B.At least two kilometers.
C.At least three kilometers. D.At least four kilometers.
2.What did the schools require the students to do during the winter holiday?
A.To exercise. B.To be volunteers. C.To have a rest. D.To do a survey.
3.What do the students have to do when they finish exercising in Gao's school?
A.To call their tea. B.To put their plans online.
C.To ask their parents to sign off on their plans. D.To post exercise photos in their classes' QQ groups.
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Sit-up. B.Swimming. C.Skipping rope. D.Running.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A.How to exercise during the winter holiday.
B.Exercising is a big challenge for many students.
C.Physical education test scores are important now.
D.Exercising is becoming part of students' homework.
One day, Tom's teacher, Miss Mak held a class meeting. "There will be a flag day next Saturday. Does anyone want to join this meaningful event(活动)?" asked Miss Mak. Tom was interested in raising money for homeless children but he was not brave enough to talk to the strangers, so he kept quiet in his seat.
"Tom, you haven't sold flags before," said Miss Mak suddenly. "Would you like to have a try?" Tom was hesitant(犹豫的), but he finally nodded.
On the flag day, Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street. "Excuse me, Could you please buy...?" said Angela softly to the first person she met. The man smiled and put five-dollar coin into Angela's collection bag. Then she said thanks and put a flag under his shoulder. "I did it!" said Angela happily. "It's your turn now."
Feeling nervous, Tom began to shake. Soon, he saw a young lady walking towards him. The lady was smiling and holding a few coins in her hand. She asked, "Are you selling flags for Fund for the Homeless Children?" Tom's face became red and said yes. Then the lady made the donation(捐赠) and Tom gave her a flag. "You made it!" laughed Angela.
In the next couple of hours, Angela and Tom sold flags quickly and bravely. At last, their collection bags were so heavy that they had to hold them with both arms. They felt very proud.
1.Tom kept quiet in his seat because he was not interested in the activity.
A.Right. B.Wrong.
2.When Miss Mak asked Tom to have a try, he finally nodded.
A.Right. B.Wrong.
3.Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street.
A.Right. B.Wrong.
4.The first man pay Angela ten dollars for the flag.
A.Right. B.Wrong.
5.Tom and Angela feel confident after they sold the flags.
A.Right. B.Wrong.
Cindy and Anna were best friends. Some days they could spend hours happily together without any argument, but other days they just could not _______ on what to do.
One day they decided to play in the garden near their school. "Come on, let's play chess," Anna said.
"I don't want to play chess," Cindy replied.
"We always do what you want to do, Cindy. It's my turn to make a _______," Anna said. She was getting a little unhappy and _______, leaving Cindy alone.
Cindy was very angry. _______ she got home, she found she still had Anna's notebook in her schoolbag. "Well, I'm not giving it back to her today. I'm too mad at her, " Cindy thought.
The next day at school, their teacher Mrs. Stone _______ their notebooks. But Anna didn't have hers, and she looked _______. Cindy knew she should tell Mrs. Stone that she had the notebook, but she was _______ mad at Anna.
When it was time for lunch, Cindy finally told Mrs. Stone the _______. "Thank you for being _______, Cindy. I'm sure Anna will be thankful that you have given me her notebook," said Mrs. Stone.
Later, Mrs. Stone asked the two girls together and talked with them. Mrs. Stone helped them _______ that it was a good idea to take turns to decide the activity. They became best friends again.
1.A.agree B.live C.depend
2.A.promise B.project C.decision
3.A.went over B.went on C.went away
4.A.Because B.After C.Unless
5.A.gave away B.asked for C.handed in
6.A.worried B.normal C.proud
7.A.still B.never C.usually
8.A.chance B.method C.truth
9.A.patient B.honest C.active
10.A.describe B.explain C.realize
根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇 50-80 词的文段写作。文中已给出的内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。不要写出你的班级和姓名。
“战‘疫’之道，大道不孤！”在新冠肺炎疫情的防控阻击战中，医护人员冲锋一线用生命呵护我们的健康。还有无数人坚守岗位，用自己的力量支持这场战役。我们中学生应该做些什么呢？
某英文网站正在开展以“我是抗‘疫’一员”为主题的正文活动。假如你是李华，一名 7 年级学生，请用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈一谈在抗击疫情期间你都做了什么，来为这场战“疫”贡献 自己的一份力量的。
提示词语: volunteer, make contributions(贡献) to, wear masks, wash hands, study at home
提示问题: What did you do to fight coronavirus in the last months?
Fighters
In the past few months, all our Chinese were fighting with the new virus in their own ways. I did what I could to help this war.
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假如你是 Jim，正在给 Bob 写信描述一张你们家的照片，请根据图片内容，告诉 Jim 你们家人正在做什么，信件字数不超过 50 字。
Dear Bob,
Here is a picture of my family. We are all at home now.
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Jim
