句子翻译(本题共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
1.我哥哥有许多有趣的书,他经常在空余时间看。
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2.他能用一个橘子做一盏灯笼。
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3.图书馆是个阅读和完成作业的好地方吗?
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4.海伦打算去看电影,不打算看电视节目。
Hellen is going to see a movie instead of watching TV programme.
5.令她吃惊的是,那个男孩很快解决了那道题。
Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.
No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.
In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.
The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.
On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.
In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.
New Year celebrations around the 1.
Country/people | Celebration activities | Special beliefs |
Scotland |
People 2. barrels of tar. | The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. |
Canada | Children leave their 3. by the fireside. | Their shoes will be 4. with gifts by Saint Basil. |
Jews | It is a time for people to 5. to do better in the future. People 6. New Year Bread to remind of harvest time. |
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Japan | People 7. their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos. | Symbols of 8. life |
European 9. | People attend church services 10. visiting friends and relatives. |
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Born in the city, we regard the country life as something far away. We are used to e 1. in the city. We are even getting used to the noises and pollution in the city. It has become a p 2. of our life. I have never been to the country. Nature is a word strange to us. This summer I had the chance to go with my parents on a v 3. to countryside.
For the first time in my life I have the experience with the country life. Here I r 4. what a life of nature is. This is a small village far from cities. It is at the foot of a mountain. The life there is s 5. . It is different from the city life.
There are few cars or other t 6. on the way. The air is fresh. The sky is high. The people are friendly. They are not as busy as t 7. in the big city. Everywhere you can find people bathing i 8. the sun. They drink clean water. The water comes from the mountain. They e 9. the quiet life very much. What's more, there you can hear the sound of nature. You can find the children p 10. with water in the river and the dogs running after the people. All these make a wonderful picture of countryside. How I love the country life!
根据句意,用所给单词的适当形式填空。(本题共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
1.These stickers are expensive. Do you have ______ (cheap) ones?
2.Before we have the meal, let’s have some _______________ (tomato) soup first.
3.Look out! The car is (complete) out of control.
4.The clothes they wear are like these_______ (hero).
5.The audience were waiting so (patient) for the pop star that they made loud noise.
6.When Tom heard the news of getting a scholarship, he _____(simple) couldn’t believe his ears.
7.Do you like the horror film _________(direct) by Cindy Clack?
8.Do you have any difficulty ____________ (解决) your problems?
9.________(无论何时) you lose heart, things will get worse.
10.We are surprised to find that Jim is (缺席的) from school today.
Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?
Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.
She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!
Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!
Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”
Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.
Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.
Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.
“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.
1. Alexis Martin is a girl who .
A. has many hobbies B. has a high IQ
C. is good at telling stories D. likes reading
2. According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as .
A. 158 B. 159 C. 160 D. 101
3. Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at .
A. the age of 2 B. the age of 1
C. one and a half years old D. the age of 3
4. What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?
A. She would refuse to listen.
B. She would try to recite it.
C. She would correct him.
D. She would laugh at it.
5. Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?
A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club.
B. She has made a lot of friends.
C. She learned to read at the age of 2.
D. She learned a foreign language by herself.
Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.
‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?
‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!
‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’
I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’
1.Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?
A. Because he could not speak English.
B. Because he did many unlucky things.
C. Because he understood British customs.
D. Because he went shopping in England.
2.What do many British people think of spiders?
A. They are afraid of them.
B. They keep spiders as pets.
C. They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.
D. They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.
3. What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?
A. Excited. B. Satisfied.
C. Afraid. D. Happy.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.
B. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.
C. For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.
D. People never give purses as presents in England.
5.How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?
A. 5. B. 6. C. 8. D. 10.