Ted told us ______ funny story, but he forgot ______ ending himself．
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Suppose you are a fan of “Where are we going, Dad”. Please write a letter to the programme and recommend a place for them to spend a 3-day trip.
提示：近来“爸爸去哪儿”节目轰动了全国。如果你是这个节目的忠实粉丝，请给栏目组写一封推荐信，推荐一个地方适合父亲与孩子一起共同度过一个三天两夜的旅行，并请至少给出两个理由。
Phrases for reference （以下短语仅供参考）
be located in/on/at famous for
share…with have interest in
（ 注意：文中不得出现具体人名、校名等个人信息，否则不予评分。）
Dear Editor,
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Yours
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon(巴比伦空中花园)
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built in the 7th century BC and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were amazing not only because of their beauty, but also because of their location.
In the 7th century BC a king named Nebudchadnezzar II created the gardens as a sign of love for his wife, Amyitis. According to legend, Amyitis, the daughter of the king of the Medes, was homesick. She missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.
Upon marrying Nebudchadnezzar II, Amyitis moved to the ancient chief city of Babylon. The area was in the Mesopotamian desert, and the climate there was totally different from where she had left. So the new queen was very sad about the flat and the sun-baked desert. To make Amyitis happier and more comfortable the king decided to build her a series of magnificent gardens.
Many think of the gardens as an otherworldly creation that hung in the air somehow. But experts agree that the gardens were actually built on a mountainside, rather than actually “hanging”.
The hanging Gardens of Babylon are famous. Stories of them spread throughout the ancient world, and ancient writers recorded a large number of descriptions of the gardens, but some wonder whether this paradise of the past ever existed. There are no historical records of it except stories. Whatever may happen, even the idea of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is amazing. They were essentially impossible to create because of the climate, but they were kept in the minds of many as a botanical beauty created in the middle of unattractive desert scenery.
1.Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, aren’t they?
2.What makes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon so amazing and famous?
3.Why did the king Nebudchadnezzar II create Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
4.What made the Hanging Gardens of Babylon essentially impossible to create?
5.According to the experts, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon really hanging or built on a mountainside?
6.Did Hanging Gardens of Babylon really exist? What makes you think so? (In no more than THREE sentences)
The story behind the shopping cart
Characters
Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop
Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)
One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i 1. – a shopping cart.
Sylvan: My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred: Really? So they p 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan: (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.
Fred: I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.
Sylvan: (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!
Fred: So why don’t they like the shopping cart?
Sylvan: Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.
Fred: Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.
Sylvan: Um…
Fred: What? They don’t like the cart e 5. ?
Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred: Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g 6. up on this invention!
Sylvan: We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.
Fred: What is it?
Sylvan: I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.
Fred: Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”
Sylvan: E 7. .
Fred: Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.
Sylvan: Great idea!
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)（12分）
Last year, over 11,000 abandoned dogs were put down by government dogcatchers. Why? Because there was too little kennel space to keep them. Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR) is a charity that rescues and finds homes for unwanted dogs. It’s a huge task and if this had received more support last year, fewer dogs would have been put down.
To support the efforts of HKDR, the Social Service Club held a fun festival last weekend. ‘We hoped the festival would raise money and also raise people’s awareness of the point of abandoned pets,’ said Louise Wong, the club president.
The club organized stalls second-hand clothes, delicious homemade cupcakes and even the fashions to keep pet dogs warm in the winter. Although there were fewer stalls than last year, items were sold. Louise explained that this was because prices were not set too high this year.
The festival also performances by the school choir and the hip hop group HK Boys. The crowd was extremely excited, and some members of the said there was too much noise to hear the performers. Louise admitted that everyone would have been able to hear if there had been better sound equipment.
The most interesting part of the day was the dance challenge, with contestants(选手) showing off some amazing moves. This year there were more contestants than last year. According to Louise, that was because the prizes, including G. E.M. concert tickets, were better. , this year’s fun festival was a big success. It raised far more money than last year: a record HK$12,000. And the festival also raised joy among the special guests – some of our four legged friends from HKDR!
1.A. team B. group C. club D. organization
2.A. selling B. buying C. offering D. delivering
3.A. few B. fewer C. many D. many more
4.A. put off B. put on C. put out D. put up
5.A. family B. band C. audience D. community
6.A. Faithfully B. Generally C. Importantly D. Recently
Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.
For example, Chloe Spencer’s blog ‘Neopets Fanatic’ gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason her blog has so many visitors is because she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.
Then there is Tavi Gevinson’s blog ‘Style Rookie’. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers’ collections. Tavi’s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.
Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites link to them or they get noticed by the media(传媒). For example, Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers’ sites.
So for some, blogging is just a recreation(消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job!
1. Teens nowadays ________ than their parents did.
A. have more ways of communication
B. share their feelings more
C. write in diaries more often
D. make more friends
2. In line 4, the underlined word ‘chatter’ means talk about ________ topics.
A. funny B. clever C. serious D. unimportant
3.Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both ________.
A. pet lovers B. teenage bloggers
C. interested in fashion D. keen on taking photos
4. From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who ________.
A. visits many websites B. loves pets
C. is easy to get angry D. rarely gives opinions
5. According to paragraph 4, Tavi Gevinson’s blog ________.
A. is not well-known yet
B. is written every night
C. became popular very quickly
D. got a lot of money from advertising
6.The best title for the passage might be ________.
A. How to be good teen bloggers
B. How teen bloggers attract the media
C. Keeping diaries or writing blogs
D. Teen bloggers mean business
