The summer holidays are coming up. It’s time to fill the bookshelves with quality literature for the kids. Here are some great books.
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French
Price: A＄14.99 (for ages4+)
Josephine is a kangaroo who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don’t dance; they jump. But Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air. When a ballet group comes to town and the lead ballerina(芭蕾舞演员) is injured, Josephine is called upon to help save the day. Can she do it, and, more importantly, does it matter that she’s a kangaroo?
House of Secrets by Chris Columbus
Price: A＄19.99(for ages 9+)
The Walker kids — Caroline, Brendan and Nell — may have saved the world, but they can’t save their home and must leave Kristoff House. Things can’t get any worse, but then it turns out that the Wind Witch is still alive and planning an attack. To defeat her, the Walkers must return to the book world. The Walkers always help each other, but they must go it alone in their most important mission yet. And this time, if they fail, there’s no chance of coming back.
Edge of Extinction Book 1 by Laura Martin
Price: A＄16.00(for ages 9+)
If you like The Land of the Dinosaurs, you will love this book. Two hundred years ago, the first dinosaur was successfully cloned(克隆). Soon after, humans realized they’d made a big mistake... Thirteen-year-old Sky Mundy’s father suddenly disappeared five years ago. Along with her best friend, Shawn, she steps out into the world above — a world of dinosaurs — to look for him. Then she learns that everything she’s been taught has been a lie.
1.Which book will you choose if your child is five years old?
A. House of Secrets.
B. Josephine Wants to Dance.
C. The Land of the Dinosaurs.
D. Edge of Extinction Book 1.
2.What can we learn about the Walker kids from the text?
A. They live in a secret house.
B. They hate each other.
C. They are afraid of the Wind Witch.
D. They have to carry out the task alone.
3.What is the world like in the last book?
A. Animals live happily together.
B. It is full of dinosaurs.
C. Many dinosaurs attack the earth.
D. Many adults are killed by the dinosaurs.
4.The text is especially helpful for those who .
A. are interested in raising animals
B. want to make friends during the holidays
C. plan to educate their children during the holidays
D. want to explore an unknown world during the holidays
为了鼓励在家多读，联合国教科文组织确定4月23日为“世界读书日” (World Book Day)。请你写篇英语短文呼吁同学们多读书。内容应包括：
1.简述世界读书日（时间及目的)；
2.读书的益处；
3.呼吁同学们多读书。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。
My parents run the restaurant in our city. I help out there after school every time when I am free. Yesterday afternoon I went there help out as usual. While I was there, two foreigners from Australia came to have a meal. Learned that they didn’t speak Chinese at all，I went up and greeted them with English. I recommended some typical dish to them and they had a nicely meal. After the meal, they expressed their satisfaction with the food but praised me for my English. It was the first time that I have communicated with foreigners. My parents felt proud of mine.
1.At the crossing of the street you can find the __________(农业的) Bank of China.
2.It was our __________(祖先) who invented the paper-making, the compass and so on.
3.How can I __________(积累) enough cash to get out of debt.
4.He is still involved in __________(自愿的) work promoting local enterprise.
5.I met her because of a lucky __________(巧合).
6.If you spend more time reading your English, you can improve it r__________.
7.In Canada, smoking will be b__________ in all offices later this year.
8.I need some m__________ to make a dress.
9.With the d__________ of science, many new things are invented.
10.Though I haven’t met him for many years，I could r__________ him immediately.
I’ve recently discovered that I have a second personality(个性) when I speak English, compared to the original me when I speak Chinese.
Speaking English brings out 1. more outgoing, enthusiastic, relaxed and confident side of me. I am also more open 2. physical expressions when speaking English, such as hugging, gesturing and using more exaggerated (夸张的)3. (face) expressions. I have to say I love this new version of me 4. (well).
Similar things happened to my friend when we were traveling in Japan. My friend, a Chinese 5.(speak) fluent Japanese, showed a more modest and gentle attitude when using Japanese. I think it must have something 6. (do) with the fact 7. the Japanese use special words and styles to show respect for an older person or a person at a higher position than themselves.
So learning a new language is really worthwhile. We can not only have direct 8. (communicate) with people from other countries, but also fully understand 9.(we) and explore the different sides of us.
I’ve recently started to learn German. Probably in a few years I 10. (see) a more cautious, accurate and hardworking version of myself.
Since my early childhood, my parents have always told me to enjoy every part of my life, no matter how ordinary it may seem. Before the summer of 2005, I never thought there was anything _______ about living in Sugar Land, Texas. All I wanted was to _______ Texas.
For most people, spending three weeks in the Tuscan countryside is a(n) _______ vacation. It also _______ my family. During my first week abroad, I admitted I _______ the foreign atmosphere. A new language and culture _______ me. For those seven days, I was totally absorbed in becoming something I could never be—a(n) _______. It was almost as if I wished to _______ my own identity for something new that was not _______ to me at all.
At some point along the drive between Florence and Genoa, it ________ me: I didn’t want to throw away who I was for any ________ wonders. Italy was an attractive and impressive country, ________ I had no emotional connection with it. I ________ Sugar Land. From that moment on, all I ________ was to return home.
I think it’s ________ that I could never fall in love with my home until I left it. Now I ________ the everyday parts of my life in Sugar Land are really the most prized treasures in my heart. Now ________, I find all my time spent living in Sugar Land made me ________. Therefore, now I can ________ say that being a Texan is who I am, and there’s no way I can ________ that.
1.A. special B. certain C. disappointing D. ordinary
2.A. improve B. leave C. control D. ignore
3.A. adventure B. public C. annual D. dream
4.A. expected B. shocked C. attracted D. welcomed
5.A. sensed B. created C. needed D. liked
6.A. upset B. amused C. impressed D. discouraged
7.A. traveler B. farmer C. American D. Italian
8.A. abandon B. waste C. hide D. damage
9.A. rude B. related C. useful D. close
10.A. hit B. warned C. disturbed D. embarrassed
11.A. old B. foreign C. real D. potential
12.A. so B. and C. but D. or
13.A. rely on B. show off C. stand for D. belong to
14.A. desired B. remembered C. admired D. hated
15.A. inspiring B. terrifying C. interesting D. rewarding
16.A. prefer B. guarantee C. imagine D. understand
17.A. looking back B. checking up C. growing up D. fighting back
18.A. exist B. smile C. insist D. succeed
19.A. safely B. smoothly C. confidently D. warmly
20.A. spot B. change C. use D. lack
