The Sydney Opera House is like a huge sailing boat with water ____ three sides.
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“整个场面我要hold住”，“今天，你hold住了吗？”，“今天我要跟你PK”，“你out了吗？”。。。。。。曾几何时，在我们的谈话和写作中，网络语言层出不穷，这种“混搭”语言究竟好不好呢？每个人看法不同。请根据下面提示，以“Internet slang（俚语）words”为话题，谈谈你的观点，80词左右。（开头已给出，不计入总词数）
提示：
1．网络语言的好处：有趣、时尚。。。。。。
2．网络语言的坏处：有些词意思不明确，影响我们正常的交际。。。。。。
3．我的观点：网络流行语在正确的场合使用。。。。。。
4．可能用到的词：interesting, fashionable, confusing, misunderstand(曲解、误会), opinion, Information Age (信息时代), right situation (正确的场合)
Internet slang words
Now we hear of lots of Internet slang words, like “hold”, “PK” and “out” in our daily life. ________________________________________________________
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阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably also sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims（宣称）as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species（物种）are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. (76▲) If a stranger should enter your territory and want to hurt you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. (78▲)一只鸟也将会做同样的事. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting （筑巢）season. So he is screaming（尖叫）all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate（同伴）and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
1.根据 (76) 处划线部分的意思来完成下面句子。（每空一词，共2词）
You might frighten a stranger away by _______ _______ him if he should enter your territory and want to hurt you.
2.根据文章，给下列问题选择最佳选项。
What is a bird’s “territory”? ( )
A. A place where other families of the same species are welcome.
B. A place where a bird can sing loudly.
C. An area where birds often fight against each other.
D. An area which a bird considers to be its own.
3.将 (78) 处划线句子翻译成英语。
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4.从文中找出一个与“establish” 同义的短语，并填在横线上。
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5.概括本文的中心大意（不超过10个单词）。
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阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
People and animals live in the same world. We should keep the balance (1) b_____________ people and animals. If the balance is destroyed，there will be bad result to both people and animals. Wild animals are (2) f_____________ of people. We have to (3) p_____________ them, or there will be no wild animals in the future. Now we know that there are (4) n_____________ 2,000 nature reserves（自然保护区）in China
There is a black and white animal (5) l_____________ in China. It is always known as the national treasure（国宝）of China. Everyone knows it is called Giant panda. Now there are (6) f_____________ pandas than before. Most of them live in Sichuan and Gansu Provinces. There are also some other rare animals in China. (7) H_____________, the (8) n_____________ is becoming smaller and smaller than before. So people should try (9) t_____________ best to help these animals. They are in (10)d_____________ of disappearing from the world.
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
Wu Juping is a 31-year-old woman from Zhejiang Province. She (1)_____________ (call) “The Most Beautiful Mother” because she saved a 2-year-old girl who (2) _____________ (fall) from the 10th floor of a building in Hangzhou on July 2, 2011.
The 2-year-old girl (3)_____________ (sleep) in the bedroom when her grandmother left her to get something. Before her granny (4) _____________ (return), the little girl woke up and crawled to the windowsill.
A neighbor who lives a floor below tried (5) _____________ (reach) the girl on the windowsill, but he didn’t succeed and the girl fell down.
Wu, who lives in the same neighborhood, (6)_____________ (pass) by. She immediately took off her high heels and ran towards the building. She (7) _____________(catch) the girl before she hit the ground. Though she (8) _____________ (not hold) the girl, she managed to break the 2-year-old girl’s fall.
Wu is now in hospital with a broken arm and the little girl (9) _____________ (get) better now.
“I did it out of a mother’s instinct（本能）,” Wu said from her hospital bed later.
“If the baby (10) _____________ (hit) the lady’s head, she would probably be dead at once. This is the great love of a mother!” said Doctor Jin Dengfeng who treated Wu.
For many in the United States, Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population. Though Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to American society in fields from literature to politics to medicine, many Americans know very little about Americans of Arab backgrounds.
Arab history in the United States goes back to the late 1800’s when large numbers of Arab immigrants first began making their journey to a land known simply as “Amreeka”.
Historians generally describe Arab immigration to America in two waves. The first wave took place between 1860 and 1924.The first wave consisted of Lebanese and Syrian, and some Egyptian immigrants. These new immigrants, who were mostly Christian, came to America in search of better opportunities. Even the doomed Titanic, which set sail for America in 1912,had close to a hundred Arab passengers aboard. The majority of Arab-Americans today are descendents of the first wave of immigrants; they are the third or more generation Americans.
The second wave of immigrants followed after World War Ⅱ,caused by political unrest in the Middle East. This second wave of immigrants consists of mainly Arab Muslims（穆斯林）and continues to this day.
Arab-Americans make up 3 million of the population in the United States, according to demographers. And quite different from popular belief, 64 percent of them are American-born. Eighty-two percent of Arab-Americans are US citizens.
Arab-Americans are beyond the national average in both education and income. Education is important among Arab-Americans; 82 percent have high school diplomas, 36 percent have bachelor’s degrees or higher, and 15 percent have graduate degrees. The-median（中位数的）average income among Arab-Americans is $39,580, which is higher than the US average.
1.The first wave of immigrants took place because__________.
A. all Arabs were Christian at that time
B. Arabs wanted to gain higher income
C. the Second World War broke out
D. Arabs wanted to hunt for a better development
2.The writer of this passage mentioned Titanic__________.
A. to tell us that taking ship at that time was dangerous
B. because Titanic became a well-known disaster
C. to show us there were many Arabs flocking into America at that time
D. to inform us that Arabs are brave enough
3.From the last paragraph we can infer that__________.
A. Arab-Americans are much more clever than native Americans
B. the higher education you receive, the higher income you will get in America
C. Arab-Americans are hard-working people
D. The-median average income among Americans is $39,580
4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE？
A. Arab-Americans have made great contributions to American society only in literature.
B. Arab history in the United States is to the early 1800’s.
C. The first Arab immigration to America took place between 1860 and 1924.
D. Few of Arab-Americans are US citizens.
5. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Arabs in America.
B. The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America.
C. Arab-Americans, Contributions to America.
D. Arab-Americans, Education and Income.
