[素材选自impact Book 3]

兄弟姐妹性格差异的原因

Have you ever wondered why you are the way you are? What makes you _____ from your brothers and sisters?

People have asked these questions for centuries, and _____ are trying to answer them. One idea they're exploring is that birth order _____ the person we become. In general, the oldest child is described as _____， organized, dutiful, and determined to get what he or she wants. Oldest children are seen as born leaders. Their younger brothers and sisters sometimes _____ them as bossy. They are always willing to tell younger brothers and sisters what they should do just _____ they're the oldest.

The middle child may be described as being competitive in order to get more _____. They _____ feel that their family ignores them because they are in the middle. Because middle children tend to avoid conflicts, they can be friendly and _____. They are usually more influenced by their friends than by their family, perhaps because they get more attention from ______ friends.

The youngest child is ______ as the baby of the family. They can be spoiled by their ______， who spend a lot of time with them and often give them what they want. ______ children enjoy being the center of attention, and they are seen as outgoing, open­minded, and likely to take risks.

What if you're an only ______？ Many people think that a child with no brothers or sisters needs lots of attention as he or she ______. Some think they're selfish, or unwilling to share with others.

1.A.absent B.similar C.same D.different

2.A.researchers B.writers C.reporters D.teachers

3.A.changes B.influences C.creates D.finds

4.A.unlucky B.confident C.serious D.special

5.A.choose B.wish C.see D.hear

6.A.though B.when C.because D.unless

7.A.achievement B.attention C.strength D.power

8.A.sometimes B.seldom C.never D.hardly

9.A.outgoing B.cruel C.poor D.upset

10.A.your B.our C.its D.their

11.A.described B.discovered C.understood D.realized

12.A.friends B.partners C.teachers D.parents

13.A.Oldest B.Richest C.Youngest D.Weakest

14.A.child B.adult C.student D.boy

15.A.puts up B.cuts up C.turns up D.grows up

    It's normal for you to feel shy and nervous when you are in the new environment.1. If you think you are too shy and want to be a little more active, try the following advice.

Tell people you're shy. There is no need to hide it.2. It will also help you feel easier in talks.

Try to smile often. 3. Remember that all people have feelings and most people will stay away from an angry­looking face.

You shouldn't keep quiet at a party all the time. If you find it hard to start a talk, you can say something nice about people around you. 4. It must be very helpful for you to start a talk! And after you begin to talk to someone or smile at someone for the first time, remember to say “I did it！” to yourself.

5. Think about more ways to enjoy the party and have fun. Don't waste time worrying about your look or whether all people like you or not.

If you keep trying the advice, you may not be shy in the new environment one day. I believe you can do it!

A.Pay your attention to important things.

B.It's natural to feel nervous, or shy in front of others at times.

C.Imagine how great you feel when someone says something nice to you.

D.When you smile, people will think you're friendly and want to talk with you.

E.When people get to know you are a shy person, they may understand you better.

    阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

[素材选自Keynote Book 1]

网购的两种支付方式

Do you shop online with websites like Taobao? When you make an order on Taobao, the money you pay doesn't go directly to the seller. Instead, it goes through Alipay，which keeps your money 1. a while. Then Alipay gives the money to the seller.

This is called “third party online payment”. 2. is a transfer station between sellers and buyers to make online shopping safe. Alipay is 3. biggest payment service company in China. It has more than 270 million users.

But WeChat payment is not the same. It doesn't have a transfer station. When paying through WeChat, the buyer's money goes directly to the sellers. That's why so many people 4. excited about receiving and handing out hongbao.

In 5. word, the two forms of payment are trying to make online shopping easily. Which one do you prefer? Show us your answer!

    吃火锅交朋友

To many local people in Sichuan, there is no problem that cannot be fixed with a hotpot. I was born in and grow up in Sichuan. Hotpot is an important part of my life. We usually even _____ big events with a hotpot.

However, when I went to the UK, I _____ that it was expensive to have hotpot in town (more than 100 yuan per person, without drinks), while the locals know nothing about hotpot. They don't even know that lotus root is a _____. Maybe the only kind of hotpot they know is Swiss chocolate fondue.

So I came up with an idea. It was to invite some international friends to a hotpot _____ dinner. The dinner helped me to _____ our culture. It also gave me a(n) _____ to make friends.

I first showed my _____ for cooking for my best friend, who is a German girl. I took my rice cooker, the pot I used to make hotpot with me _____ I went to her house in Germany.

My friend_____ her gift—a couple of Chinese bowls. And she told me that this would be the first time she had used ______. She had different kinds of vinegar, but not the Chinese kind. Since we didn't have any, we ______ it with another kind. The taste was ______ better.

Her mom______ a piece of lotus root, and I could still remember her face when she put it into her mouth—she was surprised at it. But it was a(n) ______ hotpot night.

When you go to a foreign country, a good way to make more friends is to introduce your own culture through something ______， like food. This will attract more friends and you will get great pleasure from it.

素材选自：21世纪英文报

1.A.hold B.discover C.celebrate D.experience

2.A.showed B.found C.wondered D.reminded

3.A.fruit B.vegetable C.drink D.cake

4.A.with B.for C.around D.from

5.A.accept B.understand C.learn D.spread

6.A.idea B.reason C.chance D.choice

7.A.opinion B.love C.gift D.value

8.A.before B.since C.when D.until

9.A.gave out B.put out C.handed out D.took out

10.A.them B.her C.it D.him

11.A.preferred B.changed C.completed D.compared

12.A.even B.already C.still D.only

13.A.tries B.tried C.was trying D.is trying

14.A.boring B.awful C.tiring D.wonderful

15.A.strange B.creative C.special D.terrible

    Brooke wanted a dollhouse and some sugar cookies. So the 6­year­old Brooke asked Alexa to get them. It was a voice­activated home assistant powered by AI. And it made Brooke's wishes come true.

Alexa isn't the only AI willing to serve you. Apple Homepod has Siri, Google Home has its Assistant, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who have these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and setting timers. According to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping is rare. But many scientists predict a boom in voice shopping in the near future.

Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking, cleaning, or driving.

But voice shopping has its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren't the biggest problem. It's usually very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing that worries some people is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able to respond when you want them. So they listen for “Alexa” or “OK Google” or another order. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have worried about what happens to these recordings. Should companies be allowed to use them to learn about people's shopping habits? And what if someone hacks the device? The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device.

What do you think? Are you ready to start voice shopping?

1.From the passage, we know that Alexa ________．

A.can look after the baby

B.can cook delicious food

C.is a toy doll sold online

D.is one kind of AI device

2.What does the underlined word “rare” mean in Chinese?

A.罕见的 B.昂贵的 C.有害的 D.不可能的

3.What's the main advantage of voice shopping?

A.Its speed. B.Its price.

C.Its quality. D.Its convenience.

4.Which paragraph tells us that personal information might be recorded when trying voice shopping?

A.Paragraph 1. B.Paragraph 2.

C.Paragraph 3. D.Paragraph 4.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A.The advantages and disadvantages of voice shopping

B.The voice­activated home assistant—Alexa

C.The convenience of AI

D.Brooke's wishes

阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Although the world is hungry, it is even thirstier. While nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water, we are short of drinking water. Actually about 97% of the water on the earth 1. sea water.

2. can we deal with the problem of lacking drinking water? Firstly, we should save water instead of wasting it. Second, we 3. protect our water resources and not pollute them. Lastly, we should discover ways to reuse water. Scientists 4. got some achievements in this field. But people's need for water is increasing day by day. We still don't have enough water.

The sea seems to have the best answer.There is plenty 5. water in the sea. But we need to take the salt away from the sea water. This is very expensive. Many scientists can find cheaper ways to do it. Without doubt, we will solve the problem gradually.

    A zero­waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero­waste theme store is about _____ people with a number of everyday, practical and pleasant zero­waste products to help them start on a one­stop, zero­waste life journey.

“Zero­waste” or “danshari” was first _____ by a French woman Ben Johnson. “Live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different methods to protect the earth.” she said.

Yu Yuan, 27, is _____ attracted by this idea.

She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot _____ she saw a video about “zero­waste”．

The _____ is about a family of four, and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar.

After watching the video, Yu wanted to _____ this zero­waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.

Yu says that a zero­waste life _____ the 6R principle—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot.

Over August—October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both _____ only two cans of rubbish.

Now, the couple have opened a small _____ called The Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, to support a  zero­waste life.

At the store they use environmentally friendly products. For example, they use wood products to replace ______ ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zero­waste logos for customers. Most of the products sold in the store can be reused, and a small number of ______ which are not recyclable can degrade. The store ______ has secondhand books and audio­visual CD/DVDs.

For used toiletries(things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself) there is a company which accepts them, and the couple regularly mails their waste to it.

Yu says that those who were once not ______ in the  zero­waste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity. The zero­waste lifestyle, she adds, is for everyone.

“It's ______ us at our fingertips.” Yu expects some of her friends to ______ her on the road to zero waste. As the saying goes, many hands make light work.

1.A.offering B.providing C.giving D.affording

2.A.invented B.found C.discovered D.suggested

3.A.hardly B.luckily C.clearly D.deeply

4.A.unless B.until C.after D.when

5.A.video B.film C.article D.newspaper

6.A.experience B.change C.represent D.spend

7.A.accepts B.receives C.follows D.believes

8.A.saved B.produced C.kept D.wasted

9.A.shop B.factory C.hotel D.company

10.A.paper B.cloth C.silk D.plastic

11.A.it B.them C.their D.its

12.A.too B.either C.also D.only

13.A.proud B.worried C.amazed D.interested

14.A.behind B.around C.ahead D.above

15.A.organize B.record C.join D.encourage

    Earth Day is an event most commonly celebrated on the 22nd of April each year. It is a day on which people around the world take part in activities aiming at raising public attention about our mother planet and how to protect it.

1.

Below, we have listed 4 things you can do to make this a better place, a better world for the future generations.

▲Leave your cars at home

Cars, being the greatest source of air pollution, can be left at home this weekend. Travelling by public transport is the better choice.

2.

▲Be a little dirty

3.

A daily shower isn't a matter of health; it's a matter of comfort. Showering every day can wash away the natural oils that our skin and hair need.

▲Volunteer yourself

This is one of the best things you can do. Why? Because it will do you good too. Join other like­minded persons in a common task.

4.

▲Green­up your home

5.

Save energy by turning off all power whenever they are not in use. Besides, take out all the plugs from plug points even after turning them off.

Remember that every step counts. The future of our planet is in your hands!

A.If you have the time, there are lots of opportunities out there to offer help, for example, planting trees, cleaning a park or simply coming up with ways you can protect mother Earth.

B.No, we don't mean it ‘that’ way. We simply mean to say, don't take a bath. Yes, saving water is very important. A day or two without a bath won't harm you, but it will certainly do a lot of good for our planet.

C.You can celebrate Earth Day by showing your attention of environmental problems and by letting others know what they can do to make a difference. Even small actions can have great influence!

D.Turn off your home's lights when you leave. However, this is not something you should do just for a day or for only an hour on Earth Day.

E.Other greener choices are carpooling, riding a bike or you can also walk if you want a healthier lifestyle and if your workplace is not far away from your home.

    校园旅行是让学生在繁忙的学习中得到放松的一种方式。请以“My special school trip”为题，用英语写一篇短文，描述自己一次特别的校园旅行。

要求：1. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；

2. 词数100左右。

My special school trip

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    Sometimes choosing where to eat in Suzhou is something of a challenge. But for me, “Song He Lou Restaurant” is a great place 1. of its delicious food and a near perfect location.

Before coming to Suzhou, I 2. warned by my friends from other cities in China that the food could be too sweet. For the first few months I chose to eat in Sichuan style restaurants instead of eating local food. However, later I came to realize that the food is so closely connected with local culture. So I asked a local friend to recommend 3. best place to try real local food. She came up 4. the suggestion of Song He Lou.

For a first time visitor, 5. is a good choice to try “Song Shu Gui Yu” or “Xie Fen Tofu”. I was lucky to enjoy every dish on the menu.

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