你听说过一头叫Alice的鲸鱼（whale）吗？它被称为世界上最孤独的鲸，原因是这只鲸说话的频率有52赫兹，而正常鲸的频率只有15～25赫兹，所以说话的时候没有人听见，难过的时候也没有人理睬。请你根据下列描述，写一篇关于她的小短文。
1. 人们在1989年首次发现了Alice, 它长39英尺。
2. 人们很惊奇地发现Alice用不同于其他鲸鱼的频率(HZ)说话。
3. 没有鲸鱼能听到Alice说话, 它找不到它的家人和朋友。
4. Alice独自游过了太平洋 (the Pacific Ocean)。幸运的是，Alice看起来很健康。
5. 但是人们在2004年失去了Alice的消息，我…….
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八、阅读填空
Do you know an old city called “Pingyao” in Shanxi? The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It’s a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.
The old city is not very large. It is only 2.25 square kilometers in size. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones (石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on each side of the street.
Pingyao is a square city. The city has a wall around it. It’s about 6 km long and 12 m high. The wall has six gates. And you mustn’t miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.
Pingyao is a place worth (值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It’s less than 2 hours’ bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.
The City of Pingyao
Location (位置) | In Shanxi, 1. Taiyuan. |
History | 2. 2000 years. |
3. | 2.25 square kilometers. |
Attractions (吸引人的东西)
| Buildings: Most of them have only two floors. They are made of stones. |
Streets: There are shops on4. sides. | |
Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall around the square city. | |
Food: Pingyao beef tastes nice. | |
Transportation (交通) | Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or 5.. |
七、完成句子
1.他转过身, 试图向我们求救，但没有成功。
He turned around and __________________________________, but failed.
2.她再也不想周游世界了。
She ______________________________________________.
3.你最好能关着灯睡觉。
You’d better _______________________________________.
4.前几天在暴雨中李明把车开得像往常一样快。
Li Ming ___________________________________ in the heavy rain the other day.
5.中国比日本大30倍。
China is ____________________________________________ Japan.
6.我曾想知道你为什么这么怕蛇，现在我知道了。
I ___________________________________________ snakes. Now I know it.
六、动词填空
1.—How was your day off during the Qingming Festival?
—Pretty good! We _______________ (visit) Xu Xiaoxuan’s former home.
2.Can the little boy in a blue shirt over there _______________ (stay) at home alone?
3.There is an interesting place _______________ (call) the Great Wall in China.
4.Look! What _______________ (happen) over there?
5.He _______________ (read) the new book and told me about it later.
6.Last year the teacher told us that the Earth _______________ (go) around the Sun.
7.—_______________ Mary _______________ (buy) any music videos for her friend Kitty the day after tomorrow?
—I’m afraid she isn’t, because Kitty doesn’t like music at all.
8.The music from next door _______________ (sound) beautiful. Who is playing it?
9.The teacher asked the students to stop talking and _______________ (listen) to her.
10.—Thank you for the delicious food last night!
—I’m glad you _______________ (enjoy) it.
五、词形变化
1.Five days _______________ (late), he came to my home again and took away that computer.
2.“Where is my homework? I can’t find it.” The boy said to _______________ (he).
3.Do you know the engineer _______________ (lie) under the tree?
4.When he heard the news about his friend, he was so _______________ (surprise).
5.We listened _______________ (careful) to him, but heard nothing important.
四、单词拼写
1.I had a _______________ (奇怪的) feeling when I saw him for the first time.
2._______________ (不迟于) 2017, the population (人口) of the town will be up to 70,000.
3.The book is full of interesting _______________ (事实) about plant life.
4.He never _______________ (回复) to any of my emails, and I didn’t know why.
5.We can’t be good at our lessons _______________ (没有) our teachers’ hard work.
6.We took the _______________ (虚弱的) dog to the animal centre.
7._______________ (突然), a car stopped in front of me and came out two people.
8.The boy’s _______________ (出生) made the whole family very excited.
9._______________ (蚂蚁) can smell things as well as dogs.
10.The police _______________ (搜查) the hotel, but couldn’t find anything.
