This photograph taken and released on Sep 28, 2018 by Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management shows a house destroyed by a 7.5 magnitude (级) earthquake in the small town Donggala on Sulawesi Island. The quake brought down many buildings while tsunami waves hit into its beachfront. “All the things in my house were shaking and it left a small crack on my wall. Anyway, I survived!” one of the local people Mohammad Fikri said by telephone.
But the biggest killer was probably soil liquefaction (地基液化), which happens when a powerful quake turns the dry ground into a liquid mire (泥沼) and this totally destroyed several neighborhoods.
The official death reports rose to 1,948, and most of them were in Palu, the center of the Sulawesi Island. Bodies are still being dug out and the numbers from less populated areas are increasing but they seem to have suffered fewer deaths than the city. No one knows how many people are missing, especially in the areas hit by liquefaction, but it could be as high as 5,000, the National Disaster Agency said.
At a Palu middle school, fewer than 50 of its 697 students came. School principal Abdul Rashid said at least four students were killed in the quake. “Classes haven’t started. We’re only collecting data to find out how many students are safe,” he said. One boy chatting in the school with friends said he was disappointed that so few of his classmates had shown up. “I’m still waiting for the Ministry of Education to give us instructions on when to begin classes. For now, I don’t think we’re ready. Many children are so frightened that they need time to calm down.”
The government has collected $37 million to help victims of the earthquake. With the efforts of rescue workers and volunteers, the supply of gas and electricity has been recovered. Ruins would be cleared and areas hit by liquefaction would be turned into parks, gymnasiums and other public spaces, a spokesman said.
1.It can be learned from paragraph 1 that ________.
A.the photo is released by Mohammad Fikri
B.no death was reported in the small town
C.the quake damaged many local buildings
D.Donggala is a town located off the Sulawesi island
2.What caused the most damage in the quake?
A.A power failure. B.The cutoff of gas supply.
C.Soil liquefaction. D.The cracks of houses.
3.Which of the following statements about the earthquake is TRUE?
A.Few people in Palu were killed in the quake.
B.People in the countryside suffered more from the hit.
C.Few students showed up because of their disappointment over the school.
D.The government is taking active measures against the disaster.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To make a brief introduction of the damage caused by the tsunami.
B.To give a detailed news report of the Donggala quake.
C.To stress the importance of the rescue work after the quake.
D.To describe the students’ concern for safety at school.
荆门正在创建全国文明城市，假如你叫李华，你校将组织一批志愿者于1月11日星期六下午5：00—6:30到荆门市中天街参加志愿者服务。请你以学生会的名义用英语写一则书面通知，内容包括：
1．活动的时间。
2．活动的内容和要求。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头已给出，不计入总词数。
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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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每次错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
The first person I met in my high school was my deskmate, with that I fell in love at first sight.
She was warm-hearted and always wore a honest smile on her face. I was homesick in the first few days, unable to adjust the new school. It was with her help which I got familiar with the school. However, what impressed me most was her diligence and determine. When faced with a challenge in study, she would try out her best to solve it. Whenever I was in trouble, she would encourage myself and help me out. But for her encouragement, I wouldn’t have progressed so fast and steady.
Have so nice a girl as my friend is great luck for me. May our friendship lasts forever.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Traditionally, robots have been hard, made of metal and other rigid material. But a team of scientists at Harvard University in the US has managed to build an 1. (entire) soft robot —the “Octobot”.
2. (describe) in science journal Nature, the “Octobot” could pave the way for 3. (effective) autonomous robots that could be used in search, rescue and exploration than the traditional ones. “The Octobot is a minimal system which may serve 4.a foundation for a new generation of completely soft, autonomous robots,” the study’s authors wrote.
Researchers 5. (work) on building soft robots for decades. They’ve taken6.(inspire) from nature, looking to animals from jellyfish to cockroaches, which are often made up of more flexible matter.
However, creating a completely soft robot 7. (remain) a challenge. Even if engineers build a silicone(硅酮) body, 8. is still a grand challenge to construct flexible versions of essential parts, such as a source of power.
“9. soft robotics is still in its early stage, it holds a great promise for several applications, such as search-rescue operations and explorations,” Barbara Mazzolai of Technology’ Center for Micro-BioRobotics, wrote in a comment. “Soft robots might also open up new approaches to 10.(improve) wellness and quality of life.”
My dog died. Yes, she was very old, deaf, and partially blind. She had long lost her _______ energy. Watching her _______ into her bed was as painful for me as it was for her. In the past few months, she had begun to bark at strangers and neighbors. But she used to be _______ even if a child pulled her tail._______ her decline doesn’t lessen the loss, however.
My husband had found her _______ on his farm and brought her home. She was a black and dirty bag of bones who got _______ when we approached. I like to think the years she spent with us were filled with _______. Every so often, though, my husband would remind me her days were _______, and we agreed that if she showed any _______ of pain, we would put her down. No need for her to ________ ,no need for us to hold on tight. I prepared myself for her________ .
Yet, when it came eventually, I wasn’t ________ . I was angry about the __________ of it all. It appears as if we couldn’t negotiate with death, with fate but to __________ ourselves, assuming that we have more time. We can’t really live every day as if it were our last.
We do love our pets. They become a necessary part of the family. Now I still __________look for her in my home office, where she slept. I still ________ her to come and sit at my feet or to slide to the front door whenever one ________. And I miss my__________ of the walks, the feeding and the bathing. I miss her ________ and the sense of being around the house, but more than anything I miss the ________ that she loved me so unconditionally.
1.A.natural B.youthful C.special D.lasting
2.A.settle B.dive C.jump D.throw
3.A.angry B.brave C.friendly D.anxious
4.A.Feeling B.Enjoying C.Checking D.Knowing
5.A.rejected B.exposed C.abandoned D.protected
6.A.fearless B.disappointed C.proud D.nervous
7.A.sorrow B.love C.regret D.pain
8.A.finished B.approached C.counted D.ended
9.A.marks B.gestures C.aspects D.signs
10.A.fight B.suffer C.contact D.survive
11.A.departure B.arrival C.journey D.adventure
12.A.aware B.doubtful C.eager D.ready
13.A.unfairness B.failure C.battle D.challenge
14.A.inform B.convince C.remind D.fool
15.A.carefully B.unconsciously C.instantly D.actively
16.A.expect B.agree C.invite D.allow
17.A.shows off B.turns around C.stops by D.picks up
18.A.routine B.freedom C.hobby D.course
19.A.difference B.absence C.presence D.influence
20.A.reason B.knowledge C.wish D.desire
Ways to teach kids money management skills
No matter your financial situation, you can help your kids make smart money choices. Here are 3 ways my husband and I have started teaching money smarts to our children:
1. Review the family budget together
1.They also know that our income goes to pay for things like groceries, clothes, and toys. Recently, we’ve introduced some of the more unseen budget categories like retirement, car repairs, and Christmas savings.
Seeing what a budget is and how it works gives our kids ownership of the process and an understanding of why we do what we do each month. 2.
2. Let kids handle money
3.Our kids earn money on specific chores that are above and beyond the basic requirements of helping our family function. With the money they make for extra work, they practice counting, giving, saving, and, of course, spending!
3. Practice delayed gratification(满足)
My husband and I practice delayed gratification often and talk through our plans with the kids so they see that as a family we are saving rather than borrowing for immediate gratification.
4.And together we are all working a little extra to fund a trip to Disneyland.
No one likes to wait.5.But, delaying gratification is a valuable skill that our children can learn. It helps them discover many things are worth the wait.
A. That’s just not human nature!
B. Our kids know that Mum and Dad work to earn money.
C. Don’t worry if your current financial situation isn’t perfect.
D. Choose wise words when discussing money around your kids.
E. Right now they know that Daddy is saving for a new-to-him truck.
F. There is no better way to learn about money than to actually be responsible for it.
G. When we say, “There isn’t any more eating-out money left,” they understand why.
