A few weeks ago, I went to pick up my son from High School. Usually I______on the right side of the parking lot, and he______me there, I usually sit waiting for a few minutes, and catch up with my emails while I______
This particular day I was waiting there when I heard the______of the car open, and a voice say, "Hey mom, can you help me with this ?"I looked back and saw a huge, brown, wooden_______
Hudson was carrying it, and it was so ______that I couldn’t even see him "Wow! "I said, as I ____out of the car. "Let me put the back seats down for you, otherwise, it won't______in the back. ” I lowered the two back seats of the car, and helped Hudson put his creative______from his art lesson in______. As we drove home he showed me the gift certificate( 证明)that he and his team mates had won for _____this mini-Eiffel Tower.
Well done, darling, "I said. " it's quite a work of __ "The night before. he had asked me if I had any______Christmas lights that he could______for his art project, I gave him some, but didn't ask him about the______. I actually expected it to be a(n)______,small art project, perhaps something that shows a certain painting skill, or something, like oil paint, clay, or metal paper.
This, however, was much more than I had______It completely took me by _____.It sits in his bedroom now, and is ______I’m considering bringing it downstairs for our Christmas entryway decoration, it’ll make a______from a Christmas tree.
1.A. park B. keep C. run D. get
2.A. welcomes B. leaves C. watches D. meets
3.A. listen B. wait C. read D. think
4.A. window B. front C. back D. top
5.A. tower B. toy C. box D. basket
6.A. heavy B. new C. funny D. large
7.A. looked B. jumped C. thought D. grew
8.A. stand B. stay C. fit D. fall
9.A. work B. rubbish C. fun D. praise
10.A. silently B. secretly C. hurriedly D. carefully
11.A. moving B. building C. visiting D. showing
12.A. help B. use C. art D. space
13.A. extra B. bright C. colorful D. expensive
14.A. make B. spare C. buy D. use
15.A. school B. project C. light D. gift
16.A. strange B. great C. ordinary D. special
17.A. expected B. seen C. borrowed D. faced
18.A. fear B. chance C. silence D. surprise
19.A. put on B. lit up C. sent up D. picked out
20.A. change B. friend C. face D. drop
“Health is the greatest wealth, "wise people say.1.If you have a headache, tooth-ache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, I think you will go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest x-rayed.2.The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice
3.An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. 4.The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctors office.5.He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man. But you know, doctor, he said, it's not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
A. He looked cheerful and happy
B. All these will cost a lot of money.
C. He was more worried about his illness
D. After that he will advise some treatment of some medicine
E. You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
F. Speaking about doctor's advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story
G. He was suggesting the rule” Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.”
A study published by the World Health Organization(WHO )on Wednesday showed that the Spanish in general enjoy "extremely good health" The 2015 Global Health Statistics, which were presented in London, especially pointed out that the average life expectancy in Spain is 79. 5 years for men and 85. 5 for women: longer than anywhere else in Europe.
Claudia Stein, director of the Division of Information, Evidence, Investigation and Innovation in the WHO European Regional Office, called this" a huge achievement", which she put down to "a combination of lifestyle and diet", with the public health system also playing a role.
Although the Spanish are in good health they are becoming increasingly obese(肥胖 )the report said, pointing out that 23. 7 of those aged 18 or over were obese in 2014, higher than the 22. 1 percent in 2010, although well below the level of Britain where 28.1 percent of the population suffer obesity。
" Spain enjoys what we call the " Mediterranean diet, with a lot of olive oil and relatively few saturated fatso（饱和脂肪），The fact that obesity has risen is not related to diet. In fact， the reason is that physical activity has dropped, especially among young people, "explained Stein, who warned that if there should continue to be more fat people, that would influence many of the good results that have been achieved in health issues, “It would be a buskin, ”she said, especially as the Spanish are now taking in less alcohol(AA )and stopping smoking at a rate which is above the European Union average.
A report published earlier this month showed the benefits of the Mediterranean diet in helping prevent breast cancer among women. The report showed that four tablespoons of olive oil a day could reduce the risk of catching the illness by two thirds.
1.According to the first paragraph, the Spanish______
A. live the longest in the world B. are mostly healthy, especially men
C. live longer than other Europeans D. presented the 2015 Global Health Statistics
2.What does Claudia Stein think of Global Health Statistics?
A. Unbelievable B. Great C. A little limited D. Moving
3.What does the underlined word "buskin" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Pity B. Fact C. Wonder D. History.
4.According to the writer, Mediterranean diet helps______
A. remove obesity completely
B. increase physical activity
C. prevent some kinds of illnesses
D. prevent people using alcohol
In my memory, playing the shuttlecock( B! f)game was one of my favorite things during my childhood. My hometown is in northeast China where the winter is very long-almost five to six months. Playing the shuttlecock outside was the main game in winter. Because I liked to play this kind of game very much, the shuttlecock became my good friend who was always around me in the long winter.
How the game was played
Actually, this game was very simple. In a word, it just was played by a person who kicked the shuttlecock with his or her foot (right foot or left foot)and kept it from dropping down on the ground as long as possible
Sometimes we were divided into two teams, and each team had one, two or more persons. Then we had a match to see which team could keep playing for a long time(usually we counted the number of the kicks). The team that could keep playing much longer would win.
How I made the shuttlecocks
It was easy to make them by hand. At that time, I really didn't know where I could buy a shuttlecock. Therefore, I always made them by hand and by myself(I didn't realize that they might be a kind of folk art, so I threw all of them away when I left the primary school)I used chicken feathers to make the shuttlecock. Particularly, I preferred to use rooster feathers because of their colors. Sometimes, I also used some thread, which was made of hemp, flax, or some similar things to make the shuttlecock, if I didn’t find chicken feathers.
For the small metal base, I usually chose two or three ancient Chinese coins with a hole in the middle. I just put the chicken feathers into the hole of the base, and then tied them together very well.
1.What can we know about the writer?
A. It is warm in her hometown in winter
B. She only played the shuttlecock in winter
C. The shuttlecock was one of her favorite games
D. With the shuttlecock. she needed no other friends
2.Why did the writer make shuttlecocks by herself?
A. She had no extra money
B. Nobody sold shuttlecocks
C. Shuttlecocks were easy to make but hard to buy
D. Shuttlecocks made by hand were considered a kind of folk art.
3.To the writer, the best material for making a shuttlecock was____
A. new coins B. bird feathers C. some thread D. rooster feathers
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Shuttlecocks made of feather
B. How to play shuttlecocks
C. My shuttlecocks
D. My childhood
Welcome to Los Angeles. Here are some best things to do in Los Angeles(LA)with your kids
Fun at the beach
Thanks to its almost perfect weather all through the year, a visit to the beach is one of the best things to do when in LA with kids. While they enjoy themselves nearby, you can simply relax and have a good rest in the sun.
Trip to Disneyland
A trip to the City of Angels with your litte angels is incomplete without a visit to the Magic Kingdom. The joy they’ll feel from being around all those Disney characters will light up your day, too.
Visit to the museums
If you want to turn your stay in LA into an educational one for your kids, you should visit the museums, Starting with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, or the California Science Center, or even the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena, you have many choices. I’m sure a visit to all these places will make your kids feel smarter.
Visit to the Universal Studios Hollywood
Your kids could get to see interesting things from some of the most popular movies ever. From the theme park of Jurassic Park to Wisteria Lane from the TV play Desperate Housewives, the Universal Studios Hollywood is a place that we all find wonderful.
1.The passage is written for those who_______
A. will go on a business trip to Los Angeles
B. plan to have a trip to Los Angeles with their kids
C. want their children to experience world cultures
D. are interested in the food and traffic of Los Angeles
2.Parents who prefer their kids to learn should choose________
A. the beach
B. the museums
C. the Magic Kingdom
D. the Universal Studios Hollywood
3.The writer suggests visiting the beach because________
A. parents can take a rest there
B. children can learn a lot there
C. it provides different sports equipment
D. it's the best beach in the world
Family of a Sydney father sticking to life following a New years Eve fireworks explosion(燃放鞭炮)say the incident was an "unexpected accident. Adrian Alafaci, 28, from Sans Souci, was in a dangerous condition on Thursday afternoon after a firework exploded in his face when he tried to light it just after midnight.
Adrian was ringing in the new year with a small group of friends on a beach near river-side Drive at Sans Souci. The explosion left him with serious face and head injuries and he was taken to St George Hospital without any delay. His daughter was not with him at the time. No one else was injured during the incident, police said.
People around San Souci and Brighton Le Sands said fireworks were going off in the streets for hours with some even thrown from passing cars.
Whitney Pitman posted online that someone threw a cracker(w*)at her car from a unit block as she was driving. Luckily, it was only knocked off her car. "Imagine if my window was down, " she said. "Seriously, how stupid are people these days.”
Another woman said one was let off under her son's window in Ramsgate. " We were up all night, too, she said.
Colleen Euston, who lives in Sans Souci, posted online that fireworks were going off in her street from 9 pm to 2 am and some were thrown from a passing car.
In New South Wales it is never legal to use fireworks without a license Only "toy fire works" such as sparklers, party poppers and toy pistol caps, can be used without a license.
1.From the first paragraph we can learn that_________.
A. a fireworks explosion means a disaster
B. a Sydney father got injured by a firework
C. a Sydney family were injured in an accident
D. accidents cannot be avoided at New Years Eve
2.When the incident happened, Adrian________
A. was on a street B. was with his family
C. was celebrating Christmas D. lit a firework himself
3.What was Whitney Pittman worried about?
A. Throwing fireworks at passing cars B. Throwing fireworks from passing cars
C. Letting off fireworks under the window D. Fireworks going off from 9 pm to 2 am.
4.In New South Wales, lighting fireworks is__________
A. always against the law B. limited to toy fireworks
C. not permitted without a license D. the main cause of human injuries
