根据所给的首字母填写单词
This story took place more than 2,000 years ago. There was a young farmer. His family had been farmers for generations（世代）. Year a 1. year and generation after generation,farmers used to plant in spring and h2. in autumn, beginning to work at sunrise and finishing work at s 3. . In good harvest years,they could only have enough food to eat and enough clothing to w 4. .If there was a famine（饥荒） due to(由于) crop failure, they had to go hungry. This young farmer wanted to i 5. his life. Being lazy and cowardly over everything,he often dreamed of having unexpected result. A strange thing t 6. place at last. One day in late autumn, two groups of people were hunting nearby while he was ploughing in the field. As shoutings were rising one after a 7. ,scared hares（野兔） were running desperately. Suddenly,a hare clashed(撞) itself against the stump of a dead tree in his field and died. That day, he ate his fill. From that day on,he no longer went in for farming a8. . From morning till n 9. ,he stayed by that stump, waiting for miracles(奇迹) to take place again.
Later people often use the set phrase "staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and clash t 10. against it to show trusting to chance and wind falls or dreaming to reap（收获） without planting. It is also used to show adhering（依附，坚持） to narrow experiences and not being able to be flexible（灵活的）.
阅读短文并按每小题的要求答题。
In the past twenty years, riding bicycles has become more and more popular among people of all ages. (1) Bicycles have long played an important part in the lives of American young people.But today an even greater number of adults cycle along roadsides and bicycle paths.These new riders are often trying to become fit or lose weight. They have found that bicycling is a pleasant way to stay healthy.
This is certainly good for health. But it has also brought some problems. With all these added people on the road, bicycle safety has become a matter of real importance.
Bicycle safety is mostly a matter of common sense. People should ride only on bicycle paths where they will not be badly hurt. There are also a number of rules that riders should follow,especially when riding on streets or highways. Bicyclists should never ride against the traffic,nor should they carry other people on their bicycles. They are also supposed to ride in single line on busy streets and to walk bicycles across the busy intersections（交叉路口）．(2)By following these rules, bicycle riders will___ _____ stay healthy_____ ______be safe.
In one recent year, the National Safety Council reported that 34 thousand bicycle riders were hurt in highway accidents. In the same year,another six hundred riders were killed. Since the introduction of crash helmets(头盔)in 1980,the number of injuries(伤者)and deaths from bicycling accidents had gone down. Today, more and more riders realize the dangers of bicycling. They are wearing helmets and paying closer attention to cycling rules.
1.将画线句子(1)译成中文。
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2.在(2)句的空白处分别填入两个适当的词，使旬意完整、上下文通顺。
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3.回答问题：According to the National Safety Council’s report,what’s the total number of injuries and deaths in one year?
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4.在文中找出与“Riders should follow a number of rules."意思相近的句子。
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5.在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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根据所给词的适当形式填空（15分）
1.Bill and I ________(agree)in the past,but we’re good friends now.
2.Just now more than one murderer ________(arrest) by the police.
3.You have to stay at home because it _______(rain)heavily outside.
4.With the help of the computer, the spacemen can be sent to the space even______(safe).
5.Mr Green asks Kate and me not to keep worries to _________.(we)
6.She looked ________at her son(angry) and didn’t say a word.
7.Look!Here __________(come) the bus.Let’s get on it.
8.Lei Feng devoted all his time he had to __________(help) people in need.
9.If you _________(not be)careful, you’ll make many mistakes.
10.---The bike has broken down many times.
-----Yes,and I don’t think it is worth_______(repair)
11.China sent up Chang’e III into space on December 2,2013 ________(成功).
12.They are going to have a big dinner to celebrate their grandpa’s ______birthday.(90)
13.The victim was attacked with a knife and found ________the next day.(死)
14.Fine behaviour and good manners will have important good ______on teenagers.(影
15.Could you help tell me where the ___________skirts are?(演员)
Making sense of how the US shows humor
Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak
One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.
The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words. Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.[
He said that since Swift doesn’t want to be with the boy any more, she doesn’t need to speak it aloud, she doesn’t need to sing unless she still keeps in touch with that guy. It sounds like she is a hypocrite.
Then he sang the song in a funny way. The audience laughed out loudly. I felt a little angry because Swift is my favourite star. I couldn’t understand why they laughed at Swift.
As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour. And people who are laughed at seldom get angry. Now I understand the speaker at the square. Now I’ve got used to the way the US people speak.
It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. But everyone should learn to understand different cultures and customs.
1.The man in the square was _______________.
A. teaching people how to give a speech
B. calling on people to protect the environment
C. giving a singing show in public
D. criticizing the US government
2.What does the underlined word “hypocrite” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. 会唱歌的人 B. 真诚的人 C. 虚伪的人 D. 爱护环境的人
3.From Paragraph 6, we learn that_________________.
A. many US people like to laugh at others
B. many US people are friendly and humorous
C. the US people get angry at others easily
D. the writer doesn’t like the way the US people speak
4.Which is Not suitable for the passage?
A. The writer went to America and protect the environment.
B. Americans show humour in a different way from China.
C. It’s easy to find culture shock when you are in a new place.
D. Tailor Swift is an American famous singer.
5.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Differences between the Chinese and the US people.
B. In what way the US people speak in public.
C. How to get used to life in the US.
D. A Chinese girl’s culture shock experience in the US.
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.
Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in(存在于)our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle(循环)of the seasons. Trees bud(发芽)in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter comes, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
1.What do writers use to share their life experiences?
A. Stories. B. Newspapers. C. Basketballs. D. Pianos.
2.Who Moved My Cheese? tells us that ______________.
A. changes exist in our life
B. we should move others’ things
C. we should use books to share our life experiences
D. there are difficulties in our life
3.The cycle of the seasons means _____________.
A. we should wear warm clothes in winter
B. we should accept the changes in our life
C. we should prepare for the weather
D. leaves turn yellow in autumn
4.If you fail a test,what should you think according to the passage?
A. I have no chance to pass the test.
B.Exams are hard for me.
C. I have bad luck.
D. It’s good for me because I know there are more to learn.
5.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Weather changes in different seasons.
B. Who Moved My Cheese? Is a good book.
C.We should change ourselves when life changes.
D. We should not lose heart when we meet with difficulties.
Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
1.A Japanese worker works __________ more hours a year than a French one.
A. 513 B. 1,646 C. 2,159 D. 3,805
2.The word “overtime” in Paragraph 3 means _____________.
A. 税费 B. 加班费 C. 学费 D. 冷饮费
3.People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.
A. France B. Germany C. the United States D. Great Britain
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.
B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.
C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.
D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.
5.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. Many workers have to work long hours.
B. Many people have vacations long enough.
C. Work hours are the same around the world.
D. There are a lot of dull people in the world
