You have grown up. You should depend __________ yourself.
a. with b. on c. to d. for
Could you please __________ any noise? I’m studying.
a. don’t make b. not to make
c. not make d. no making
根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的短文。所给英文提示词语供选用。请不要写出你的真实姓名和校名。
好的学习习惯对每个人来说都是很重要的。假设你叫李华，是美国中学生Linda的笔友。你收到了她的电子邮件，请给她回复，回答她的问题，分享你的做法，并就此谈谈你的看法。
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Hi! Li Hua, We had an interesting discussion in today’s class. It’s about learning habits. Some of my classmates think they’re important, but others disagree. Have you had this talk before? Hope you can share something with me. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon． Yours, Linda |
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Hi! Linda, I’m glad to hear from you.
I hope what I said can help you. Yours, Li Hua |
（回信的开头和结尾不必抄写在答题卡上）
根据中文意思完成句子。
1.为什么不跟我们出去散散步呢？
______ go out for a walk with us?
2.昨天他睡过了头，上学又迟到了。
He overslept yesterday and ______ school again.
3.他和他哥哥游泳游得一样快。
He swims ______ his brother.
4.她直到妈妈回来才停止弹琴。
She ______ her mother came back
5.我认为父母没有必要阻止孩子参加不同的社团。
______ different clubs.
There are hundreds of funny and strange expressions in the English language. A lot of them include country names or nationalities. Take these examples:
The Dutch（丹麦人）are the target of most English expressions about nationalities. Why are there so many jokes about the Dutch in English? And what do these expressions mean? In the 17th and early 18th centuries, there were three wars between the British and the Dutch, and Dutch became a bad word. So double Dutch means something that has no meaning or is impossible to understand. A Dutch uncle is someone who gives much stronger advice than they need to. There are later expressions, which are funnier and kinder, like to go Dutch, which is nowadays a popular expression. It means to pay for your part of a bill. This often happens when a group of friends have a meal together, and each person pays for the food they ate. I’m a Dutchman is another commonly used expression. This means not being able to believe something.
An expression with a similar meaning to double Dutch is it’s all Greek to me, which means I don’t understand. The expression was made famous in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar although the expression is actually hundreds of years older.
If you take French leave, you are not present or leave somewhere without permission. For example, you could take French leave from a classroom or the place where you work. This expression is from the 18th century when French people left parties without saying goodbye to the host or hostess.
There are Chinese whispers, which mean confused（令人困惑的）messages. This describes the fact that a message can often change as it is passed from person to person. This expression comes from the First World War when foreigners were often confused by Chinese language.
Many people find English expressions confusing, but now that you know about some of them, you can easily have fun finding out many more funny English expressions.
1.Are there many jokes about the Dutch in English?
2.When did Dutch become a bad word?
3.What does “French leave” mean?
4.Which three expressions mentioned above have similar meanings?
5.What do the funny and strange expressions in the passage have in common?
I’ll remember the first carnival（狂欢节）. 1.. My parents came from Jamaica and they helped to start carnival. We had very little money, but we made costumers from old bits of material and feathers, and colourful masks. We decorated old lorries, so that we could ride on them through the streets. It took us six months to get ready.
But on the big day, all our hard work had been worth it. People of all ages, from babies to grandparents, black and white, danced together in the street. 2.. The music was played on anything made of metal: it was very noisy.
There were people watching from the windows of every house. We ate all our favourite Jamaican food, washed down with beer.3.– but carnival helps you forget the weather!
When the carnival got too big, those old streets became too narrow for such big crowds（人群）. Some people said they felt frightened by the large crowds and the noise. We were worried that carnival would be banned（禁止）. Then we found an answer – everything was moved to a wider and safer street. 4..
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A. It was in the 1960s B. The weather was wet C. The policemen danced, too D. But sometimes it’s too crazy E. So carnival should continue for years. |
