-- Finding information in today’s world is easy.
-- That’s right. The ____ is how you can tell if the information you get is useful.
A. ability B. competition
C. challenge D. Knowledge
请以I Have a Dream为题写一篇英语演讲稿,供英语课上交流。
Dream | I want to… |
Reasons | 1) be interested in… 2) … |
Ways to achieve my dream | 1) work hard at school 2) find out how successful people did it 3)… |
注意:1. 短文必须包括三部分内容,需要陈述理由(2条)和方式(3条);
2. 表中右栏信息仅供参考,也可以自由发挥;
3. 词数90左右。
I Have a Dream
将下列句子译成英语,并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。
1.消防队员花了一个半小时才把火扑灭。
2.政府已采取措施来减少空气污染了吗?
3.这台洗衣机我买了好几年了。
4.这家工厂并不是以生产丝绸而出名的。
5.许多年轻人宁愿在网上聊天也不愿意和父母交流。
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文,在答题卡上标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
1.The operation was moving along________________(顺利地)
2.You can’t imagine what difficulty you will have __________(控制) the car on snowy days.
3.The seats are especially for those ______________(教练 )
4.So far, the government has got an ______________(最新的) information.
5.Your power is ____________(超过 ) your imagination.
6.Water and paper can be ___________(循环利用), so we should collect them in our daily life.
7.These children’s reads should be written in______________(更简单的)language.
8.---What did the teacher say?
---He told the two children to help to the salad on the table..
9.---I have made up my mind to __________ most of my spare time to caring about the disabled.
10.---How can he come up with such a perfect design?
--- It all ______________on his ability.
Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.
Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.
Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.
Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.
Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.
As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.
1. A plover protects its young from a predator by___________.
A. getting closer to its young
B. driving away the adult predator
C. leaving its young in another nest
D. pretending to be injured
2. By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means_______.
A. chimps are ready to attack others
B. chimps are sometimes dishonest
C. chimps are jealous of the winners
D. chimps can be selfish too
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.
B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.
C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.
D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.
4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Do animals lie?
B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?
C. How do animals learn to lie?
D. How does honesty help animals survive?
The right name is important in the business world. All you have to do is think of the names for some of the products you buy every day and you’ll agree that the name and the product are connected in the everyone’s mind.
In many countries, successful trade or brand names are protected by law. This is so that other companies cannot make a product and, in fact, be buying something different. Businesses register a company or a product name with the government. In fact, more than 1,000 product and company names are registered every hour. Many companies spend a lot of money to find the right name for their products. A good example of this is in the car industry. Some successful names for cars have powerful associations (联系).The Ford Mustang and the Jaguar are only two examples of choosing the names of animals that are fast and strong.
When a U. S company decides to sell its product in another country, it has to make sure that the product name translates properly. When Coca-Cola introduced its soft drink to China, it looked for the right name. It wanted a name that would do two things. One was to present its image(形象)in Chinese and the second was to be close to its first brand name—Coke. It took some efforts before finding the right word —which sounds similar and translates as “happiness in the mouth”. Asian company names are not new to the United States. The brand names of Samsung and Sony have been successful. Finding the right brand name is a big business. Asian companies that sell to foreign markets pay to find a name that will connect with its customers. There are even naming companies that specialize in inventing product names. These companies can charge (要价)up to $100,000 a word for their creations. But it’s worth it. Successful companies know how important the right brand names are for their development.
1. Why are trade names protected by law in many countries?
A. To make companies pay for naming service.
B. To help people choose the best products
C. To present good images of the products.
D. To prevent good images from being copied
2. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Many companies care about the cost of finding the right names
B. Creative trade names can help companies to have a larger sale
C. The government often does business with naming companies
D. It is considered necessary for cars to be names after animals
3. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Business of Names
B. The Development of Names
C. The Rules of Naming Business
D. The Methods of Choosing Names
4. Where can you probably read this article?
A. In an economic magazine.
B. In a storybook.
C. In a sports newspaper.
D. In a science book.