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More and more A__1. are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are riding bikes to work? We can answer the question in d 2. ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline(汽油)，so it takes little m_3. to use them. S_ 4._____, a bike doesn’t need much space, so it is e 5. to find a place for it. And to ride a bike is good for one’s h 6. .People often d 7. their cars to offices or to shops in the past. But now people think riding bikes is a good way of d 8. sports. That’s w 9. more Americans are now riding to work by bike, and they are leaving（把...留下）their o 10. cars at home.
词汇运用
1.Can you see those ________(通知) on the board?
2.When autumn comes, tree _______ (叶子) begin to turn brown.
3.The baby panda _______ (重)30 grams and ran very slowly then.
4.The children were all _____________ (激动)because the CAVS won the NBA.
5.Drive _________ (径直地) on, and you’ll find the museum on your left.
6.The books on the shelf are that ____________ (visit).
7.To celebrate grandfather’s ____________(nine) birthday, children are going to hold a big party.
8.Mr. Lee _________ (reply) to my e-mail the day before yesterday.
9.It’s important for us to spend our money __________ (care).
10.Don’t you see the boy __________ (run) in the park every morning?
11.The little girl failed __________ (climb) up to the hill.
12.----- What’s happening? -----The policemen _____________ (search) for the lost child.
13.She got up too late and had to leave for school ________ (with) breakfast.
14.________ (ride) a bike to the countryside must be interesting.
15.It’s sunny. I don’t think it __________(rain).
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When people travel abroad(国外), they sometimes stay in the homes of the local people. This is a homestay.
I am living with an old English couple, in the west of London. They have a clean four-bedroom house. This is a new house. It has two bathrooms and a garden with many beautiful flowers. I have a bedroom of my own.
There are some shopping centres and a restaurant next to the house, and the house is close to an underground station. It takes about 30 minutes to take an underground to the centre of London.
I think a homestay may be a good choice for you if it is your first time to visit abroad. The local people are friendly and ready to help. If you want to celebrate the holidays with them, you will get to know more about their culture and customs.
What a homestay is | When people travel in another 1. . people stay in the homes of the local people. |
Where my homestay is | I live with an old couple in the 2. part of London. It is a house with four 3. and two 4. . There is a garden with many beautiful 5. in it. The house is new and 6. . There are some shopping centres and a restaurant 7. the house. It takes about half an hour to get to the city centre by 8. . |
What the local people are like | They are friendly and 9. . |
10. a homestay is good | It is a good choice to learn about culture and customs in the west if you go abroad for the first time. |
阅读表达
On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun does his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems(似乎) to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma was an English teacher in the past. Now he becomes the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake. There he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience(经验) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, he knew the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.
1.What does Ma Yun look like? __________________________________________
2.What did Ma Yun do in the past? ______________________________________
3.Where was Ma Yun born? ________________________.
4.When did Ma Yun find English interesting?______________________.
5.When did Ma Yun set up Alibaba in Hangzhou? _____________________________
A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old man following her around．Thinking nothing of it，she ignored him and went on shopping．After she got what she wanted，she went to checkout line，but the old man got in front of her．
“Pardon me!” he said，“I’m sorry if my staring（盯）at you has made you feel uncomfortable（不舒服的)，it's just because you look like my granddaughter，who just died recently．And I miss her very much．”
“I’m very sorry，”said the young woman．“Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Yes．” the old man said．“As I'm leaving，can you say ‘Good-bye，grandpa’ to me? It would make me feel so much better．”
“Sure，”answered the young woman．
As the old man was leaving，she called out．“Bye-bye，grandpa!”
When she stepped(迈步) up to the checkout counter（收银台），she saw that her total was $178.50．
“How can that be?” she asked．“I only bought a few things!”
“Your grandpa said you would pay for him，” said the clerk.
1.Why did the old man follow the woman and let her say “Bye-bye，Grandpa”?
A．He wanted to steal her money．
B．She looked like her dead granddaughter．
C．He wanted to stare at her．
D．He wanted her to pay for him．
2.According to the passage we can know that _______．
A．the young woman is a careless person
B．the young woman is as clever as the old man
C．the young woman was pleased to pay for the old man
D．the young woman didn't know the old man at all
3.What does the word “ignored” mean?
A．忽视 B．浏览 C．可怜 D．鄙视
4.How much did it cost that the young woman bought?
A．More than $178.50． B．Less than $178.50．
C．About $178.50． D．$ 78.50．
5.Which of the following is the best title of the story?
A．A kind-hearted young woman．
B．The total was $178.50．
C．Bye-bye grandpa
D．An old man and his granddaughter．
A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago. Alexandra’s father Nike left Romania for political (政治的)reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered(提出) to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared(出现) in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
1.Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _____
A. ten B. eight C. 18 months D. three
2.Which country does Alexandra live?
A. Britain. B. France. C. America. D. Romania.
3.Alexandra’s painting _________.
A. made her fall behind others in studies at school
B. took her a lot of time at school
C. made her drop out of school
D. didn’t influence（影响） her studies at school
4.When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.
A．Alexandra began to draw her painting
B．her parents left their jobs and worked for her
C．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings
D．their life was very hard
5.From the passage, we can learn ________.
A. Alexandra’s parents were good at English
B. Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life
C. Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV
D. Alexandra was not interested in travelling
