– How are you getting on with your father, Lucy?
– Couldn’t be . However hard I try, he just isn’t satisfied.
A. better B. worse C. the best D. the worst
from the moon, our earth with water seventy percent of its surface, appears a blue ball.
A. Seen; covered B. Seen; covering
C. To see; covering D. Seeing; covered
We can help poor in so many ways and even the smallest effort can make difference.
A. the; a B. 不填; the
C. 不填; a D. the; the
请根据你对右边这幅画的理解用英语写一篇短文。内容要求：
1.描述漫画内容，如情景，人物，动作等。
2.结合自身实际，谈谈你的感想。
3.举例说明你能在尊老爱老方面做些什么。
注意：
1.词数120左右。
2.参考词汇：按摩 massage n.﹠v.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确，并将该词完整地写在答题卡中相应的横线上。
My granny has lived in Beijing for about forty years. 1._____has seen the changes in Beijing herself.
In the 1960s, the 2.________(生活) conditions in the city were poor. Usually, a big family were 3.________(拥挤的) in a small house.Many families couldn't get enough food and only a few children had the chance to receive a good education.Life was 4.____ hard that people had no time or money to enjoy leisure activities.People 5. k in touch with their friends and relatives far away mainly by letter or telegram.
China has developed rapidly 6._______the reform and opening-up policy began to be carried out. Buildings in Beijing are becoming 7.t and brighter. People's life has improved a lot.And there are more kinds of food and clothes to choose 8.____.People can enjoy more sorts of leisure activities. Children can study not only in modern 9.s________ but also on the Internet. What's more, 10._______(交流) are becoming easier and quicker----people can use telephones, cellphones, fax machines and the Internet.
Today we'll talk about reading．When we read a text，our eyes move across a page in short，quick movements．We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate(停留，凝视)．Each time they fixate，we see a group of words．This is known as the recognition span or the visual span．The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person．It also varies within any person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text．In addition，it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.
Unfortunately，in the past，many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page．As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading，many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation．For example，in some exercises，words are flashed on to a screen for a tenth of a second．One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point，taking in the words on either side．Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids，so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive（连续的）fixation．All these exercises are very clever，but it's one thing to improve a person's ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words．Consequently，for these reasons，many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training，especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated(孤立的)words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text．
1.The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors except _______.
A.1ighting and tiredness
B.one's purpose in reading
C.the length of a group of words
D.one's familiarity with the text
2.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?
A.The ability to see words is not needed for an efficient reading．
B.The reading exercises mentioned are of little help to an efficient reading.
C.The reading exercises mentioned can help improve reading.
D.The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far.
3.The author may believe that reading ______________.
A.demands a deeply-participating mind
B.requires a reader to see words more quickly
C.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation
D.demands more eyes than mind
4.The tune of the author in writing this text is _________________．
A.supportive B.neutral
C.critical D.optimistic
