Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) 1. (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents’ backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a 2. ['kwaət] life on their farm. Now things were 3. from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the 4. [jun'vəst] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in 5. (they) lives! Everything changed.
As you can guess, no one in the town had ever 6. (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn’t know 7. to do. Some people thought it would bring them good 8. (lucky) if they touched it.
Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her 9. [weər'evə] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a 10.. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?
1.老师捡到一块手表，想知道是谁的，他会这样问：
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2.你想告诉同学，你从来没有去过北京，你会说：
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3.你的朋友对你的帮忙表示感谢，你应该这样回应他：
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4.学弟想知道你是怎样学习英语的，他会这样请教你：
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5.你想知道现在几点了，你会这样问你的妈妈：
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65.father, yesterday 66.spend, $10 67.will, grow up
68.be good for 69.make, wood
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During rush hours, you never know when a bus or a taxi might come. Walking might be too tiring. If it’s about two or three miles away, which kind of transportation will you choose? 1.
Bike shares are a growing convenience in many cities around the world. 2. Riders usually have to pick up a bike at a self-serve station and return it at another station later. However, a Chinese bike-sharing company called Ofo, is bringing this idea to a new level.
Like any other bike-sharing service, Ofo users can get a bike at any time. 3. Instead, they can pick one up wherever and whenever they please. To get a bicycle, riders with the app are able to find the nearest one. 4. After parking the bike, all they have to do is to lock it.
This Chinese company already has its bicycle throughout China, the United States and Singapore. 5. “We want to reach more cities, connect more bikes and serve more people”, said Ofo founder Dai Wei.
A.Thousands of bike sharing programs have been set up by the governments.
B.When a rider is done with the bike, returning is just as easy.
C.This month, 500 Ofo bicycles will be set up in Cambridge, England.
D.For short journeys, riding a bike could be the best solution.
E.The big difference is that they don’t need to find a self-serve station.
What are fossils?
Fossils are the remains of plants or animals. For such remains to be considered fossils, scientists have decided they have to be over 10,000 years old. The word fossil comes from the Latin word “fossilis”, which means, “dig up”. Fossils can be divided into “body fossils” and “trace(痕迹) fossils”. Body fossils are the remains of a plant or animal’s body. Trace fossils are the remains of the activity of an animal, such as footprints, egg shells, and nests.
How are fossils formed?
Some animals were quickly covered after their death by sediment(沉淀物) like earth, mud or sand. Over time, the parts of the animals that didn’t rot (usually the harder parts like bones and teeth) were covered in the newly formed sediment. Then, a lot of chemical changes happened to the animals bodies. Water with minerals(矿物质) went into the bone and took the place of the chemicals in the bone with rock-like minerals. In the end we get a heavy, rock-like copy of the original object - a fossil. There weren’t any changes in size and shape when an object changed into a fossil, but the fossil of a bone doesn’t have any bone in it! It is chemically more like a rock! According to scientists, fossils have been found on every continent(大陆) on Earth.
1.Trace fossils can’t be formed from the ______ of some kind of animals.
A. footprints B. nests C. eggs D. bodies
2.______ brings the rock-like minerals into the bone.
A. Sunlight B. Earth C. Water D. Air
3.According to the last paragraph, the fossil is as ______ as the original object.
A. heavy B. big C. old D. clean
4.We can know that ______ from the passage.
A. scientists think that the fossils may have a history of 100 centuries.
B. people haven’t found any fossil on the continent of Africa.
C. we can find some real bones in the fossils of a bone.
D. there are many kinds of sediment in the fossils.
5.This passage most probably comes from ______.
A. an advertisement B. a medical magazine C. a science book D. a notice
The game of telephone is a classic ice breaker and party game. It’s easy to set up and a lot of fun to play. You and your friends will try to pick a word or phrase, “pass it on” by whispering(耳语) it to someone next to you, and have fun seeing how much it changed during the game. All you will need to play is a couple of friends, a word or phrase, and a whisper.
Get everyone in place.
Although the game of telephone is simple to play, you will need to arrange(安排) the players in a way that supports the game. Have everyone stand in either a line or a circle. Players should be spaced far enough apart that they won’t overhear the word when it isn’t their turn. Proper position is important when playing telephone.
Start the game.
Choose a person to start the game. Make the person think of a word or give a certain word to him or her. And he or she should whisper it to the person next to them. The pronunciation of the word should sound like many others’ as the idea is to see how much it changes by the game’s end. Once the word has been told to the next person, they will whisper it to the person next to them.
Continue whispering the word.
Players continue listening to the word and repeating what they think they heard to the person next to them. This is done until the last person in the line or circle is told the word. Every person should have heard the word or phrase by the end of the game.
See how much the word changed.
Once the last person hears the word or phrase, they will say what they think they heard out-loud. This is compared to the original word that the game started with. This is the moment when all the players get to learn just how much the word or phrase changed through their “telephone line”.
1.The writer wants to tell us how to ______ by writing this passage.
A. hold an interesting party B. learn words and phrases C. play a party game D. how to make friends
2.Picture ______ is the right way of playing the game of telephone.
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3.The words in Group ______ may be heard in the game of telephone.
A. duck-dark-park-luck B. except-expect-expert-express
C. good-well-better-best D. luck-lucky-luckily-unluckily
4.When the ______ person hears the word or phrase, he or she should speak it out loudly.
A. first B. second C. middle D. last
5.According to the passage, statement ______ is TRUE.
A. The people who are in this game should stand next to each other closely.
B. We need some friends, a word or phrase and a telephone to play the game.
C. When you pass the word to the person next to you, you should shout it aloud.
D. The game of telephone can be played both in birthday parties and New Year parties.
