每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
As a child, I learnt how to make paper masks from newspapers and old magazines. Later I used coloured cardboard. Making masks seemed like a popular art activity. After we made the masks, my classmates and I would put them on and pretend to be people that we were not. By hiding our faces b 1. the masks, it did not seem ridiculous to pretend to be an old man or a baby. Immediately, the mask helped us to step into the shoes of a 2. character.
A mask allows a person to take on different characters, to pretend and make-believe. Have you ever w 3. what the actual face of the clown at the circus is like? The clown’s mask, with white smiling mouth and the round red cheeks, covers whatever the clown r 4. looks like.
Masks can also be used to hide what we do not want people to see. For example, the Phantom of the Opera, tells the story of a man who fell in l 5. with a beautiful woman. However, one side of his face was ugly and terrible to show anyone. Thus, he wore a mask to hide that part of his face.
Adults, more than children wear different masks every day. These are not actual masks like the types that are made in art classes in schools. These masks refer to the person’s ability to hide his real thoughts and feelings. He will behave in different ways no matter what he is actually feeling i 6. . Sometimes, we will put on a happy face even though we are s 7. . We wear masks because we do not want people whom we do not know well to know what we are actually thinking and feeling.
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文。)
You may be surprised to learn how many animals actually have a memory. _______ your goldfish can show evidence (证据、of learning ability. If you have a pet fish, try this _______. Every day when you feed the fish, sprinkle (撒、the food only in the same location.
Keep a record of daily observations (观察）of the fish, taking down notes about the fish's swimming directions or behavior whenever you come to feed it. Before long, the fish should swim to the spot where you sprinkle the food whenever you approach (靠近、the tank. See how it reacts to your approaching the tank and take notes before, _______, and after your experiment.
In this example of animals' memory, we don't really know if your fish knows the fact that you are going to feed it. But it has showed its _______ ability to learn and to remember.
Bees _______ with each other in a way which shows an intelligent memory. When a bee finds a good location for gathering nectar (花蜜）, it will remember _______ to get to this location from its hive (蜂巢）. The bee then returns to the hive and passes along its memory by doing a complex dance to inform the others of where the food was found. It uses wings, legs, antennae (触角）and body to deliver the message. When the dance is over, other bees fly to this location to bring back food for the hive.
1.A. Ever B. Never C. Even D. Eve
2.A. experience B. experiment C. exercise D. excitement
3.A. during B. with C. to D. about
4.A. weak B. strong C. bad D. terrible
5.A. compare B. complete C. communicate D. complain
6.A. what B. where C. why D. how
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The Internet is full of false information. It is important for us all to avoid being fooled by such information. Here are three examples of Internet hoaxes.
On his website, a man by the name of Tony has asked for gifts of money to save the life of a pretty little rabbit named Toby that he rescued from under his house. A cat must have attacked the rabbit, the man claimed, so he took it in. he gave Toby loving care and nursed him back to health. There is a very cruel point, however. If the greedy man doesn’t receive enough money, he will eat poor little Toby. (Don’t worry, though.
Remember, it’s just a hoax!.
While the streets of New Orleans, the USA, were still flooded after a terrible hurricane (飓风., a frightening e-mail was sent around the Internet. It included a photograph of a large crocodile over five meters long. According to the message, it had been swimming around the flooded city eating people. It was later discovered that the photographs of the crocodile were of one that was caught in the Congo (刚果. years before.
The following e-mail hoax takes in many people. It claims that a large British company will pay you to send their e-mail to as many people as possible. For every person that you send the e-mail to, it promises you will receive $5.00; for every person that you send it to that sends it to someone else, you’ll get $3.00; and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $1.00.
To make it even more believable, the sender says that at first he thought it was a hoax, but the company soon sent him $800.00.
1.The underlined word “hoaxes” means .
A. games B. websites C. lies D. stories
2.Toby is the name of a .
A. man B. rabbit C. website D. cat
3.The crocodile in the photograph actually lived in .
A. New Orleans B. the USA
C. Britain D. the Congo
4.Some people believe that they can if they send e-mail.
A. become famous B. find friends
C. make money D. keep promises
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The city of New Orleans was flooded because of the terrible hurricane.
B. If the man doesn’t receive enough money, he will eat poor little Toby.
C. The crocodile swam around the flooded city and ate several people.
D. Someone received $800.00 from the company because of the e-mail.
6.The main idea of the passage is to .
A. teach how to create a professional website with attractive stories
B. show that anyone can create good Internet hoaxes with some facts
C. explain that, even though they seem false, Internet hoaxes might be true
D. tell people to be careful of Internet hoaxes by giving some examples
Rewrite the following sentences as required. 根据所给要求完成句子
1. Dad visited that area fifteen years ago. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________Dad visit that area?
2. She takes an active part in different kinds of sports to keep fit. (改为一般疑问句)
she an active part in different kinds of sports to keep fit?
3.Rose loves visiting museums with friends. She doesn’t love going there alone. (合并为一句)
Rose loves visiting museums with friends ________ ________ going there alone.
4. “Has the teacher decided on the date for outing?” the students asked. (改为复合句)
The students asked the teacher decided on the date for outing.
5. Mr. Brown worked very hard so as to make more money for his family. (保持原句意思
不变)
Mr. Brown worked very hard _______ _______ he could make more money for his family.
6. Nowadays people spend a lot of time on mobile phones or laptops. (改为被动语态)
Nowadays a lot of time _________ _________ on mobile phones or laptops.
7. the United States, ago, a terrible storm, hit , three months (连词成句)
__________________________________________________.
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (用所给单词的适当形式填空。)
1.Do you know the lady from the right in the picture? (one)
2.Their school is near the beach, quite similar with . (our)
3.Be when you cross the road alone. (care)
4.Remember to buy some new ____________. The old ones are running out. (battery)
5.The government will help more people get good care. (medicine)
6.____________ is more important than anything else. No one wants to lose it. (free)
7.Shall we the neighbours to our daughter’s birthday party? (invitation)
8.“May I ask you for the next dance?” the man asked the girl . (polite)
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。）
A. everywhere B. any more C. walk D. sit down E. full of |
One day, Dorothy finds the road easily and she and Toto start their long journey to the Emerald City. She doesn’t feel sad 1. . It’s a sunny day and the birds are singing. There are pretty blue fences along the road. There are fields of yellow corn. She can see the small, round houses of the Munchkins 2. . They’re blue too.
Dorothy and Toto walk for a long time along the yellow brick road. They don’t meet anyone. Dorothy is very tired.
‘Let’s stop and rest for a few minutes, Toto,’ she says. ‘It’s a long way to the Emerald City.’
They 3. on the grass next to a field of yellow corn. There’s a scarecrow (稻草人、on a pole in the middle of it. Its head and body are 4. straw. It’s wearing an old blue hat, old blue clothes and a pair of old blue boots. Dorothy looks at it for a long time. The Scarecrow looks at her. Then it winks at her slowly.
A. a big smile B. across C. happy D. replies E. angry |
Dorothy’s very surprised. She stands up and walks 5. the field to it.
‘Good afternoon!’ the Scarecrow says with 6. .
‘Oh! Can you speak?’ Dorothy says.
‘Of course,’ he 7. . ‘Can you take me off this pole, please? It isn’t very comfortable. I can’t move.’
Dorothy takes the Scarecrow off the pole and puts him on the ground. He’s very 8. . He moves his arms and legs and shakes his head. Straw flies everywhere.
‘Thank you very much,’ he says. I feel wonderful now.’
