根据短文内容及首字母提示填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。（改编自初中英语读本9A）
Six excellent students from the Liverpool City Academy celebrated their success after Prime Minister , Tony Blair , presented them with the t_1.____ award in the competition. Their idea of greeting cards impressed the judges(评委) and they w_2.___ a prize of £10,000 for their school and £500 for each member of the winning team. The judges p_3.____ the team members for “their excellent business plan, the quality of their greetings cards and their creative way of s4._____ ”.
The head of the City Academy was delighted by the team’s success. “ we are very p_5.______ of what the team has done. The students worked very hard, which l_6.____ to their success.”
One of the members told us ,” The best part about the business was working together a7.___ a team. That’s w_8.___ helped us to be successful. We all had different talents and strengths.” And the w_9.____ team agreed that running the business was a great way to learn and the e10.______ would help them when they were running their own businesses in the future.
词汇
A. 根据句意和汉语提示，用正确的单词填空。B. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.The __________ (对话) in Stephen Chow’s movies often makes me laugh.
2.We are often _____________ (鼓励) to speak out in English classes.
3._______ (假设) you see somebody stealing things on a bus, what should you do?
4.It’s a pity that yesterday’s football match was _________(取消)because of the terrible weather.
5.Nothing is more important than (安全) for pupils.
6.Lang Lang is famous as a young ___________ (music) all over the world.
7.The earth needs __ (last) peace. Wars bring too much sadness to people.
8.The robber who broke into the bank seemed to be in his___________ (twenty).
9.Hepburn acted so well that she was ____________(mistake) for a real princess.
10.There is no clear______________ (divide) line between the two villages.
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求回答问题。
Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favourite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular ,but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?
There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long ,long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries(干种子)from a plant. After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired ,so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛),and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later ,coffee came to Turkey(土耳其),then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America. People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America, so large coffee farms were started, and many coffee plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.
Answer each of the following questions in No More Than 6 Words.
1.Where did coffee come from?
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2.What was coffee first used as in Arabia?
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3.Why were large coffee farms started in South America?
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4.How did people get coffee beans from the plants?
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5.Why did people mix different coffee beans together?
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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 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 | People2.______ barrels of tar. | The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. |
Canada | Children leave their3. _______by the fireside. | Their shoes will be filled with 4._____ by Saint Basil. |
Jews | It is a time for people to5.____to do better in the future. People6.______ 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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Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter．A man with a walking stick is pictured there．A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man，and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir．Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．He walked more than a thousand miles across the country，through fields and woods．John Muir liked writing about the places he visited，describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems．In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down．This made Muir unhappy and worried，because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings．He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests．Soon，others began to listen．
Muir wrote letters to important people，such as President Theodore Roosevelt．The president admired Muir’s love for nature．When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation．Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park，the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter．
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died，people continue his work today．His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world．John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then，now，and for the future．
1.What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?
A．Watching natural views．
B．Writing about the places he visited．
C．Exploring the beauty of the wilderness．
D．Creating farmland for sheep and cattle．
2.Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature．
B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir．
C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.
D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland．
3.What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?
A．Many trees were cut down．
B．Five national parks were established．
C．More homes and businesses were built.
D．More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.
4.Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country．
B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests．
D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt．
5.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B．To make us interested in the story about a great man．
C．To tell us something about an important person in history．
D．To give information about how to conserve the environment．
Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011.Let’s look at the following advantages of banning smoking.
First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers. When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets. If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled.
Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up. Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours. When a smoker doesn’t smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too. As a result, people have to give up smoking.
Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents. When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily. Thus the number of teen smokers will increase. Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers. So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers.
Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率).Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working. So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller.
If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned. Smoking causes air pollution. If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse.
1. ________doesn’t belong to a non-smoking place.
A.A field B.A hospital
C.A library D.A restaurant
2.The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us ______.
A. banning smoking is good for restaurants
B. banning smoking is good for non-smokers
C. banning smoking is good for spread of diseases
D. banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers
3. How many advantages of banning smoking are mentioned in this passage?
A. Two. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
4.According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means ______.
A. men B. women
C. adults D. teenagers
5. Which of the following statements in NOT true?
A. If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase.
B. If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger.
C. If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better.
D. If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking.
