Is there a chocolate-powered racing car in the world? Hey! You have read too (A)________ children's books! But wait! Now，there is really such a racing car in the world．A team from a British university made it．
The chocolate-powered racing car's engine(发动机) uses waste from chocolate factories or vegetable oil as fuel (燃料)．Its body (B)用土豆制成，its steering wheel is made from carrots，its seat is made of soybeans，(C)________its brake pads(刹车片)are made from nuts! Well，can this car run very fast? (D) Certainly! It can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds，and go as fast as 135 miles per hour．When the racing car is running，it cleans itself and lets out oxygen．
“It took us more than nine months to (E) complete the racing car，”said a team member．“The car is really green． You can find many of the car's parts at a farmer's market or even in a litter bin because most of the materials(材料) are waste in most people’s eyes．It’s fun．”
However，(F)this eco-friendly (环保的) car cannot be driven in the official(正式的)race because of the engine's unusual fue.
1.在文中(A)和(C)的空白处分别填入适当的词 ________ ________
2.将文中划线部分(B)译成英语：________
3.写出文中划线部分(D)和(E)的同义词语或近义词语：________ ________
4.将文中划线部分(F)改写为：the engine's unusual fuel makes it________ to________ this eco-friendly car in the official race
5.从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的短语：________
阅读短文，然后从短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Climbing the highest mountains in the world is not an 1. (easily) job．You have to fight bad weather，illness and fear．But Jordan Romero，a thirteen-year-old boy from America，will climb 2. (Asia) highest mountain，Mount Qomolangma．He will set out this month．3. (He)parents and helpers will climb with him．He plans to take 4. (second)months for his climb．“I'm ready．But if I don't reach the top 5. (successful)，I'll try next time，”he said. Jordan has already climbed the highest mountains of six other continents(洲)．If he 6. (get)to the top this time，he will become the youngest person to climb the world's highest mountain．
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As the World Cup is going on, South Africa's football grandmothers are also working hard. The team 1. made up of 35 women, aged from 50 to 84. It was developed 2. a housewife five years ago to help old women keep fit. The project has been so successful 3. they will take part in the Veterans Cup competition (元老杯足球联赛) in the USA.
"We are 4. to play in the Veterans Cup, where many grandmothers from all over the world come 5. and play football, "said the team leader.
Whatever happens, 6. , the grandmothers have no regrets. Most of them often play football in their aprons (围裙) after 7. .
"I suffered back pain and sore knees (腰酸腿痛) before joining the team three years ago. Now I am fresh. I don't feel 8. pain in my body，and I can run．At home I do all the housework by myself!” said 9. of the grandmothers．
Island University has a competition for middle school students.
Read about the competition on their web site.
School Competition
Students! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled(残疾人). Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There'll be three prizes. The winning schools will each get $15,000. Read the information below:
What do you have to do?
·Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day.
·Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled. Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled. Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention.
· Write a short description of your invention.
Who can join?
All middle school students in Hang Kong.
So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance!
1.Where can you find the information?
2.Why is the school competition held?
3.What prize will each winning school get?
4.How many words should be written on the difficulties the disabled have to suffer each day?
5.Who can join the competition?
A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤),the tree soon died,
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"
1.What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?
2.How many people are there in the story?
3.Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?
4.Why did the apple tree soon die?
5.Who destroyed the apple tree?
1.How much does it cost children under 4 to travel Hawaii?
2.What kind of hotel will be provided?
3.When is County Animal Hospital open?
4.Where is County Animal Hospital?
5.Do you need any pay to visit County Animal Hospital?
