阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
In US, the potato is one of the most widely consumed crops. French fries are commonly found in typical American fast-food burger joints and cafeterias. French fries were introduced to the US when Thomas Jefferson served them in the White House during his presidency from 1801 to 1809. Potato chips are popular with consumers as well.
The humble potato is more than just a kind of food. In many ways it's part of the American pop culture. Let's take a look at some pop culture potatoes.
Mashed Potato dance
The Mashed Potato dance is a craze that began in 1962. The name of the dance came from the song it accompanies, Mashed Potato Time, performed by American R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp. The move vaguely resembles that of the Twist dance style, by Sharp's fellow Philadelphian.
Chubby Checker.
Hot Potato!
Hot Potato! is an action puzzle video game released in 2001. In the game the player must drive a bus and clear the road of alien potato beings. The potato beings are either red or blue; when two like-colored potatoes touch each other, they disappear. Over the years, Hot Potato! has received mostly positive reception from critics.
Mr. Potato Head
Mr. Potato Head is an American toy invented by George Lerner in 1949. The toy consists of a plastic potato model and a variety of plastic parts like hands, feet, ears and mouths. In 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on television. This commercial revolutionized marketing and caused a boom that solidified this toy's place in American pop culture.
1.Which is the newest to the American pop culture?
A. French fries. B. Mashed Potato dance.
C. Hot Potato! D. Mr. Potato Head.
2.What can we infer from the text?
A. French fries were popular in US when first served in the White House.
B. Mashed Potato Time came from Mashed Potato dance.
C. Players can play Hot Potato! on their phone.
D. Mr. Potato Head can be taken apart.
3.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Enjoy American Fast Food
B. Have Fun with Potatoes
C. Different Uses of Potatoes
D. American Food Culture
假设大庆电视台打算开办“All-around Daqing” 的英文节目，节目编辑助理John就该节目向广大中学生征求意见。假如你是学生李华，请根据以下内容给John写一封信：
1. 该节目应当介绍当地的历史、教育、饮食文化、著名景点；
2. 播出时间应安排在每周六晚上，方便学生看；
3. 希望学生们有机会参与主持该节目。
提示词：主持：host
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear John,
I’ve learned that you’re going to set up an English program All-around Daqing for middle school students.___________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
Yesterday my friend Julia and me had lunch in the Pizza Hut behind our school. I knew Julia wasn’t crazy about pizzas, but she came along just because me. At the table next to ours, there were two guys from our class. One of them was real funny. He tried to imitate all the customer in the Pizza Hut. We couldn’t stop to laughing. And there were some people whom did not like the fact that two boys were imitating them. They complained to an owner of the Pizza Hut, so he came over and tell them to stop. Seeing it, Julia and I was greatly embarrassed.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever imagined 1. (live) in 2116, 100 years from now? A recent study describes robots, underwater cities and holidays in space. City planners and experts on space and architecture were asked 2. (give) their ideas on life in 2116. According to them, the way people live, work and play will be totally different 3. how we do these things today. They also said that 25 years ago, people couldn’t imagine how the Internet 4. the smart phones would change our lives. But today, both have changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things, and the changes in the next century will probably be even 5. (great).
Those 6. (question) in the research said that people may not go to offices in the future but will work at home instead. People will have advanced 3D printers that will let 7. download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then “print” the sofa, table or pizza at home. 8. will also be less need for visits to the doctor. People will have a home health capsule that will “diagnose” what the problem is and provide 9. (treat). They will also be going into space for holidays, and 10. (hopeful), to get resources that have been used up on the earth.
One advantage of living on the top floor is that you can get a good ______.
A. sight B. view
C. scene D. scenery
Don’t leave the water ______when you brush your teeth.
A. run B. to run C. running D. being run
