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Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They think they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them. I think we must stop wasting.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.
1.Why do some students ask for more food than they can eat?
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2.What will happen in 100 years?
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3.What should we do when we finish washing?
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4.将画线的句子翻译成汉语
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5.给短文拟一个标题.
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Two men were traveling in a lonely part of America. For days they hadn’t seen even a house, only a few wood huts(木房子). Then one day they 1.________(meet) an old Indian. They hoped that they could use their own language2._________(talk) with him. One of them had a little conversation with him and asked him if he3._________(tell) them what the weather would be like in the next two days.
“Oh, yes,” he said. “Rain is coming, and so is wind. Then there will be a heavy snow for two days, but after that the sun will be shining brightly.”
“Isn’t that wonderful?” said the man to his friend “These old Indians know many of the secrets of Nature than we do with all our science.” Then he turned to the old man.
“Tell me,” he said, “how you knew all that.” “It 4.________(hear) over the radio this morning.” The Indian answered.
动词运用
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空， 必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
My host family 1._______ (take) me to an Indian film festival next weekend. I’m not sure what to expect because I2._______ never (see) an Indian film before. Have you? Some people say they’re boring, but others3._________( say) they’re great. What kinds of films do you prefer?
单词拼写与运用
1.Spring Festival usually come in J__________ or February.
2.Alice used to be q__________, but now she is very outgoing.
3.The new term usually begins in September, the n___________ month of a year.
4.Nobody taught my sister drawing. She learned it by h____________.
5.My father was born in a small ____________ (村庄).
6.Thank you very much for ____________（邀请）me to your birthday party.
7.If you like shopping, Xidan will be your ____________(最喜欢的)place.
8.Hold on to your ________(梦想).One day they may come true.
Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune(发财)”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone numbers or vehicle license plate (车牌照) numbers. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon has nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes to（向---求婚）a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So what’s a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings skip(跨过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as, 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in many Christian countries. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
1.What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?
A. the shape of the number
B. the sound of the number in Chinese
C. the history of the numbers
D. the sound of the number in English
2.Chinese people regard the number 9 as______?
A. becoming beautiful B. living a long life
C. making a fortune D. living a happy life
3.From the passage, we know that_______.
A. Many Chinese people don’t like the number 4.
B. all people have the same lucky number
C. the number 9 is lucky because it means “wealth”
D. the number 8 is a lucky number for foreigners
4.What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Meanings of different unlucky numbers.
B. Meaning of different lucky numbers.
C. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Western culture.
D. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.
Many years ago, I had my first chance to visit Russia. “Russians are a very polite people,” I had been told before my arrival. One of my friends explained that a gentleman will pour the lemonade(柠檬水) for the ladies and show other good manners.
Toward the end of my three-week trip, I was invited by my Russian friend Nicolai Vasilevich and his wife Yulya out to dinner. At the end of a wonderful meal, Yulya asked if I would like a banana. I politely declined (婉谢) and thanked her, and explained I was most satisfied（满意的） with the meal. But my mind was racing: “What should I do? Should I offer her a banana though they are as close to her as they are to me? What is the polite thing to do?”
“Would you like a banana?” I asked Yulya.
“Yes,” she smiled, but didn’t try to take any of the three bananas in the fruit basket.
“Which one would you like?” I asked again.
“That one,” she pointed at one of the bananas. So thinking about Russian politeness, I picked the banana Yulya had pointed at. Then I peeled it half way and handed it to her. Smiles on Yulya’s and Nicolai’s faces told me I had done the right thing. After this experience, I spent much time letting the world know that in Russia, the polite thing was to peel bananas for ladies.
However, sometime during my third trip I learned I was wrong.
“Oh no, David,” a Russian politely corrected me. “In Russia, when a man peels a banana for a lady, it means he has a romantic（浪漫的）interest in her. ” How embarrassed (尴尬) I felt.
So to communicate properly with people of different cultures, we should watch carefully how people of the same culture communicate with each other. Besides, don’t be afraid to ask questions about their culture.
1.Before his first visit to Russia, the writer learned Russian gentlemen are polite to ___.
A. foreigners B. strangers
C. friends D. women
2.The underlined word “peeled” in paragraph 6 means “_______”.
A. took the skin off something
B. put something back
C. made something clean
D. cut something in two
3.Which of the following seems to be true according to the passage?
A. The writer’s third trip lasted about three weeks.
B. Russian gentlemen never peel bananas for ladies.
C. The writer tried to follow Russians’ behavior in Russia.
D. Yulya was pleased with the writer’s behavior but Nicolai wasn’t.
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to ______.
A. show us how polite Russian people are
B. tell us his funny experience in Russia
C. ask us to care about cultural differences
D. remind us what we should do in Russia
