下列素材选自牛津英语教材。请根据右侧图画所给的示例及下图A、B、C、D、E的提示完成句子。
1.If you make the wheels
A ，they will turn more easily．
2.The plants will die if you
don't give them B ．
3.If I work hard，I'll C good
exam results．
4.If I go to Beijing，I'll visit D ．
5.If Sam buys E newspapers a week，he spends
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Do you carry too much on the way to school or home? Don’t worry．Try e-readers(电子阅读器)and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag．
An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books．So people want to(A)扔掉沉书包 and read with small, light e-readers．For example，Cushing Academy，a high school in Massachusetts，USA，replaced(替换)most of the 20，000 books in (B) its library last summer．Teachers and students will use e-readers instead．
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g．They can download(下载)an e-book in 60 seconds．“It's (C) so easy．You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky．16．
Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers．At the Shanghai World Expo(世博会)，an e-schoolbag is now on show．It is a special e-reader．Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers(服务器)．(D)It can also send and receive homework．Some Schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years．“It’s excellent．I (E)don't have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore，”said Xiao Qi，15，Beijing．
New e-readers are not just for reading．They have Wi-Fi and multimedia(无线电视和多媒体)．Parents worry that these may hurt their children's study habits． “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids，”said Zeng Wenwen，43， Beijing．
1.将文中划线部分(A)译成英语:________________
2.文中划线部分(B)指代的是:________________
3.写出文中划线部分(C)和(E)的同义词或近义词：________ ________
4.将文中划线部分(D)改写为：Homework can also_______ _______and received through it．
5.从文中找出两个修饰或描写e-reader的形容词：________ ________
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?
