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1.I have a pet cat. It is very lovely and ______________ (重) about two kilograms.
2.Everyone knows that __________ (图书馆) are places for people to study.
3.Can you (借) us your pink blouse for our fashion show, Mum?
4.People in the USA think Halloween is a (特殊的) day.
5.Do you know the (高) of Yao Ming ?---- He is almost 2.3 meters tall.
6.Helen often listens to the teacher ________ (care), so she often科,gets high marks.
7.They are not talking about their school life. When are we going to talk about _________ (we)?
8.Now the air pollution is becoming (serious) than before.
9.Kate lives on the (five) floor of that tall building.
10.Mary spent as much time as she could _______________ (care) for the elderly.
When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck.
1.Which thing is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition?
A. A falling leaf
B. A rabbit’s foot
C. A shooting star
D. A cheerful wish from friends
2.According to Paragraph 3, we know that ______.
A. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night.
B. shooting stars can often be seen
C. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star.
D. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star.
3.British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.
A. the leaves fall in autumn.
B. there are so many leaves to catch.
C. they want to have a whole year of good luck.
D. the leaves can bring them a lucky month.
4.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.
A. leaves B. people C. trees D. years
5.The passage is mainly about ______.
A. how to wish upon a star
B. things that bring good luck
C. British people love leaves
D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest
Guilin is my favorite city in China because of its beauty, its waterways, its cafes, and most of all because I met my wife there. It is her hometown and we will both retire there in a few years.
Not only is Guilin a fascinating city, but there are many interesting places to visit within a short drive from there.
The Ling Canal is the oldest canal in the world. It was built about 2,200 years ago and connects two major river systems, the Yangtze and the Pearl River.
The Longsheng Rice Terraces (梯田) is another manmade wonder that was built around 650 years ago.I have some photos of both of these places in my China Daily homepage Albums.
The Gudong Waterfall Park is another attraction that is worth visiting. The hike to the top of all these waterfalls isn't very difficult and if you want, you can take a ride to the bottom on a personal rail car (机动轨道车) that you control the speed with a brake.
If you want, you can also climb up some of the waterfalls with the help of chains that are placed for the convenience of amateur climbers (业余登山者)．
I have only been in Guilin during the winter and spring, but my wife tells me it gets pretty hot in the summer time. That's OK because I grew up in the Midwest of the US where it gets very hot and humid during the summer months.
But in Guilin almost everything is within walking distance and if you need to go further the buses come by every 5 minutes on the busy streets and every 10-15 minutes just about everywhere else. There are plenty of taxis, too, and most trips are only 6 yuan. It's a perfect place to retire.
1.The writer likes Guilin best mainly because ________.
A．it has many water ways
B．he met his wife there
C．he likes its beauty
D．it has lots of cafes
2.Which of the following is the manmade wonder in Guilin?
A．The Ling Canal.
B．The Gudong Waterfall Park.
C．The Longsheng Rice Terraces.
D．A and C.
3.The underlined word “brake” means ________.
A．遥控 B．刹车 C．方向盘 D．油门
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Guilin is the writer's wife's hometown.
B．The history of the Ling Canal is three times as long as that of the Longsheng Rice Terraces.
C．It's convenient for the amateur climbers to climb up some waterfalls with the help of chains.
D．Guilin is really a good place to retire and live in.
5.What's the weather like in summer in Guilin?
A．Very hot. B．Quite humid.
C．Rather hot. D．A little cool
Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.
Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on March 30th, 2015. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday. |
Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on April 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club. |
Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6:00 am on April 13th, 2015. Free of charge(免费). |
We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pm on March 28th. |
1.The notice is about .
A. free tickets B. students’ activities
C. the West Hill D. poor children
2.Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before __________ on March 30th, 2015.
A. 2:00 pm B. 7:00 am C. 6:00 am D. 5:00 pm
3.If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village .
A. on March 30th B. on April 6th
C. on April 13th D. on March 28th
4.If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on March 28th.
A. the school hall B. the West Hill
C. a mountain village D. the reading room
5.How much will Tom, a member of the Hiking Club, pay if he wants to go hiking around the West Hill?
A. 2 yuan. B. 50 yuan.
C. 40 yuan. D. Nothing.
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Telling the truth is a very good habit. Here is a story of a man who did lots of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth ______ him.
Once the man came to the prophet (先知)Muhammad (S) and said, ‘Oh prophet of Allah, I have many ______habits. Which one should I ______ first?’ The prophet said, ‘Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth.’ The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man planned to go out to steal. Before______ home, he said to ______ , ‘If tomorrow the prophet asks me ______ I have been, shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I ______ say that. But neither can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will call me a______ .’ So the man ______ not to steal that night.
Next day, when he was about to ______ wine, he thought, ‘ ______ shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will______ me, because a Muslim (伊斯兰教信徒) is not ______ to drink wine.’ So he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
______ this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he______ remembered his promise to tell the truth. Step by step, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.
1.A. killed B. saved C. reminded D. developed
2.A. good B. great C. bad D. daily
3.A. look after B. care about C. put off D. give up
4.A. getting B. leaving C. arriving D. returning
5.A. himself B. herself C. itself D. themselves
6.A. where B. how C. when D. which
7.A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. might not
8.A. chef B. doctor C. thief D. member
9.A. continued B. decided C. refused D. forgot
10.A. make B. sell C. store D. drink
11.A. What B. How C. Which D. When
12.A. love B. teach C. notice D. hate
13.A. allowed B. asked C. invited D. provided
14.A. By B. On C. In D. As
15.A. hardly B. always C. never D. Sometimes
––I don’t know _______. ––You can go and ask Jack.
A. when does the train leave
B. that we will plant trees or not
C. if she had come yesterday
D. what I should buy for him
