[素材选自One Story A Day Book 2]

西红柿——水果还是蔬菜?

Tomatoes are one of the world's oldest foods. They were discovered by the Indians of South America thousands of years ago. The first tomatoes were very small. By the time the Europeans brought them to Europe in the 1500s, they were larger. They looked more like the tomatoes we eat today.

When tomatoes first arrived in Italy, they were known as "love apples". Italians believed that if you ate a tomato, you would easily fall in love.

In the United States, people believed that tomatoes were poisonous, and that you would die immediately after eating one. It wasn't easy to persuade people otherwise.

That is, until 1820, when Robert Johnson decided to prove that people were wrong. He announced that he would publicly eat one bushel of tomatoes—about 50. A huge crowd showed up to watch. They were sure that Mr. Johnson was going to die. Of course, he survived. And the tomato went on to gain a big place in the American diet.

In the beginning, people argued whether a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable. From a purely scientific point of view it is a fruit. A fruit is the ripened ovary of any plant that makes seeds. However, this didn't stop most people from calling it a vegetable. They reasoned that tomatoes are eaten with the main meal—just like vegetables.

They are not eaten as dessert, like other fruits such as apples or bananas. Therefore, people thought the tomato must surely be a vegetable. Fruit or vegetable, tomatoes have survived a long time. They are not likely to disappear any time soon. They are just so good to eat.

1.What did Italians think of tomatoes?

A.They thought tomatoes were harmful to humans.

B.They regarded tomatoes as "love apples".

C.They didn't know tomatoes were fruit or vegetables.

D.They thought tomatoes were fruit.

2.Which paragraph proved tomatoes were safe?

A.Paragraph 2. B.Paragraph 3. C.Paragraph 4. D.Paragraph 5.

3.Tomatoes were fruit ________.

A.because it was from a purely scientific opinion

B.because they were discovered thousands of years ago

C.because tomatoes were eaten with the main meal—just like vegetables

D.because tomatoes were not eaten as dessert

4.What does the underlined words "ripened ovary" mean in Chinese?

A.茎 B.根 C.花蕊 D.子房

5.What's the best title for the text?

A.The history of tomatoes B.The value of tomatoes

C.The benefits of eating tomatoes D.The difference between fruit and vegetables

    “绿水青山就是金山银山。”请你结合自己平时保护环境的一些做法,以“How to Make Our Hometown More Beautiful"为题,写一篇英语短文。

写作要求:

1.表达清楚,语法正确,上下文连贯;

2.80词左右(开头已给出,不计入总词数);

3.文中不得出现真实的地名、校名、人名等信息。

参考词汇: environment ; pollution; reduce; sort the rubbish(垃圾分类)

The clean water and green mountains are our treasures.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    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:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线( \)画掉。

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。

My mother is the kind and nice woman. So she is very strict with me. One Sunday night, when I was watched the film Harry Potter , my mother asked me to go to bed. I loved the fim very much, so I didn’t move. After a while, I noticed that she didn’t say something. Then she got angry and turned on the TV. I was very sad and entered into my room. I thought, “I have only two nights in a week watch TV. Shouldn’t I enjoy it freely?" The next day, she cooked and talked with me as usually. I pretended not to hear, but she didn’t mind and tell me she wanted me to have a good rest. Then I understood hers. I love my mother.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容和情境，把文章中的画线句子(英语或汉语)翻译成汉语或英语。

More and more people are using mobile phones now. Smartphones are used as televisions, cameras and music players. (1)它们也被用于发送电子邮件或者上网。If someone talks about mobile phones, many Chinese will think of Huawei.

In China, even in the world, Huawei is a wonder(奇迹). Ren Zhengfei built up Huawei company in 1987. (2) The company sold 58.4 million smartphones in the first season of 2019. Huawei has got the second place at the mobile market.

Now, (3)华为已成为5G领域的引领者。 It has more than 75,000 top engineers and scientists on research. They try their best to bring digital and high technology to every person and place. (4)It’s more convenient for modern people to live in a rapid way . How useful technology 5G is!

We are looking forward to seeing a stronger Huawei. (5) It provides a faster and better communication way for us. It also brings “Created in China” to the world.

1._________________________________________

2._________________________________________

3._________________________________________

4._________________________________________

5._________________________________________

    Xi’an celebrated the first-ever China Hanfu Day on April 18. There were catwalk shows(走秀) and traditional music concerts which were held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing. 1. and put them online for a Hanfu photo competition, which lasted until May 18.

China Hanfu Day is on the third day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar(农历), which is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. In ancient China, this day was also known as Shangsi Festival(上巳节). 2.

Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. 3. However, some of its main characteristics( 特点) remain. For example, there are two parts that overlap(交叠) on the front, which is called “jiao ling”. 4.

China is becoming a leading country in the world, and the Chinese public feels more confident about its traditional culture than ever before. 5.

A.Its purpose is to encourage young Chinese to take pride in traditional clothing, as well as Chinese culture.

B.Hanfu fans from all over China gathered there to take photos

C.Another main characteristic of Hanfu is that it usually uses ribbons (系带) instead of buttons.

D.Wearing traditional clothing might be an interesting way of showing how they feel about this.

E.It has a history of about 3,000 years and it has changed greatly so far.

    All children 1.(grow) up one day. That is the way it has always 2.(be). You, too, are growing up. Even as you attend your daily classes, you are growing up. You should have fun as you are gowing up. But you must not forget that you have 3.(responsibility).

You might not know exactly 4. you want to be when you grow up. And that’s OK. You should try to find out 5. much as you can about future job opportunities. Discover what you’d like to do when you grow up.

Do you know anyone who could give you some good 6.(advise). What about your teachers? How about your parents, your uncles 7. your aunts? If you’d like to become a doctor, why 8. you meet with a doctor and discuss what it takes to become one? You’re only in junior high school, but years go by 9.(quick). It’s good to be 10. for the future.

    The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Zhao Yi, a 14-year-old student from Hangzhou, _______ at 7:00 a.m. to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of his _______.

Zhao was not  __________. Many schools asked students to __________during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination (中考).

Because of this, Zhao’s school asked students to run on sunny days and exercise indoors  _________ the weather was bad. Students had to post exercise photos in  _________ classes’ QQ groups. Sudents even needed to have daily exercise plans. For example, they had to skip rope for two  _________ and do three sets of sit-ups each day.

This has been a big challenge for many students, _________ it has also helped to make exercise become a bigger part of their daily lives. Huang zhichang, a 14-year-old student at the same school as Zhao, used to _________ running. But he is now able to nun for half an hour every day. “I didn’t exercise a lot in the past . Now it’s time to ______ others!" he said.

1.A.got up B.went to bed C.getting up D.going to bed

2.A.job B.entertainment C.homework D.housework

3.A.shy B.alone C.interesting D.exciting

4.A.exercise B.read C.write D.speak

5.A.what B.where C.if D.which

6.A.his B.your C.our D.their

7.A.seconds B.minutes C.hours D.days

8.A.but B.or C.and D.so

9.A.hates B.hated C.hating D.hate

10.A.catch up with B.have a rest C.go to school D.play basketball

It is 30-minute ride from my home to my school. (对画线部分提问)

________ ________ is it from your home to your school?

Making a good plan is half the work itself. (改为同义句)

It’s half the work itself ________ ________a good plan.

When will Ms. Zhu leave? I didn’t know. (改为含有宾语从句的复合句)

I didn’t know ________ Ms. Zhu ________ leave.