“Chicken” idioms（习语）
The word “chicken” is used in so many English idioms. Do you know the following?
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
The expression“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”means “Don’t expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch. “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Don’t depend on things working out just as you want them to.” this saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesop’s Fables.
A chicken-and-egg situation
In history, philosophers（哲学家）and scientists have met this dilemma（困境）: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken-and-egg situation” means a situation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.
Don’t be such a chicken
There seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe that’s not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Don’t be such a chicken” means “Don’t be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend fear to do something, you can say to him or her, “Don’t be such a chicken. Just have a try!”
1.The underlined word “hatch” means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 孵化 B. 长大 C. 破碎 D. 出售
2.While discussing the idiom “A chicken-and-egg situation”, the writer mentions Aristotle and Stephen Harking to show that_________.
A. Aristotle’s opinion was wrong
B. Stephen Hawking’s opinion is wrong
C. it’s impossible to find the right answer to this question
D. philosophers and scientists usually have the same answer to a question
3.We may use the idiom “Don’t be such a chicken” in the situation when someone_______.
A. is not brave enough B. enjoys counting his chickens
C. has difficulty making a choice D. hopes things will work out just as he wants
4.The writer probably appears in the __________ part of a magazine.
A. food B. culture C. travel D. sport
Here are two pieces of news from a newspaper.
Hong Kong’s first sightseeing restaurant bus went into service, offering tourists and locals a fresh experience of sightseeing and dinning. People now don’t need to plan where to go or worry about where to eat. The sightseeing restaurant bus has two floors with 47 seats. It tours around the city while serving food prepared by the famous Michelin restaurant there. Its service includes day and night tours, with day tour covering over 20 sights from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island or to the New Territories. The two-and-a-half-hour day tour costs each passenger 380 HK dollars（$48.9）。
Night tours are only for booking out the whole bus and guests can choose the route（路线）for themselves.
With no smile and only terrible teeth, two robot-like dinosaurs（恐龙）standing at the desk are always ready to
help customers check in. They are professional workers for Henn-na Hotel in China, Japan, the second robot-staffed hotel. Robots in this hotel can greet guests in English, Chinese and Japanese languages and every room has a doorkeeper robot called “Tapia”, who can talk to customers or can offer such services as turning on or off TV or providing weather news. The hotel opens on Wednesday and the price of the room starts from 170 dollars a night.
1.The robots in Henn-na Hotel can speak _________kinds of languages.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
2.From the passage, we learn the robots in Henn-na Hotel________.
A. have no teeth B. never talk to customers
C. don’t greet people with a smile D. refuse to turn off or on TV for guests
3.Which is NOT true about the sightseeing restaurant bus?
A. The price of the day tour is 380HK dollars.
B. Passengers can enjoy the food and sights at the same time.
C. Michelin restaurants provide food for the tourists on the bus.
D. Passengers can choose the route for day tour by themselves.
课外阅读能丰富学生的课余生活，开拓他们的视野。但是，目前许多中学生并不重课外阅读。请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文，对这一状况进行分析并提出建议。
原因 | 1.作业太多； 2.没有时间读书； 3.时间花在电脑上或网络上。 |
好处 | 更好地了解世界； 学会如何思考； 生活更加丰富多彩。 |
建议 | ……(至少一点) |
注意：1.内容需包括以上提示，课适当发挥，但不要逐句翻译；
2.条理清楚，语句连贯；
3.80词左右，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
At present, only a few students do some reading after class. Here are several reasons. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
语篇翻译 阅读下面的短文，将画线部分译成英文或中文。
46.Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28,551BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. 47.他十五岁时开始学习音乐, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. 48.He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were rich or poor. He had about 3,000 students and many of them became famous.
49.Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. 50.他说年轻人人应该照顾老年人。 People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.
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My friend Peter was kind and lovely. But as a student, he was bad at maths, English and science because he didn't have an aptitude (资质) for that kind of study.
One day we were playing football and the bail got stuck in a tree. Peter climbed the tree to get it, and one of the teachers, John Marston who was looking out of the window, noticed that he was a talented climber.
Mr Marston was an expert (专家) in climbing. He had climbed many mountains.
One weekend Mr Marston invited Peter to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Peter really enjoyed the climbing. Mr Marston told Peter he was a very talented climber for his age. Peter left school three years later with no qualifications (毕业证), but he kept climbing regularly until he became very good at it. In his early twenties, he became a professional climber. He said," I'll always remember Mr Marston because he showed me I had an ability which no one else, including me, knew about."
1.Which subject was Peter not good at?
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2.When did Peter and Mr Marston climb Mount Kilimanjaro?
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3.How did Peter feel about the climbing?
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4.What did Mr Marston say about Peter?
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5.Did Peter know he had an ability to climb at first?
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When I was 5 years old，I went to the USA with my mom. I can still remember the first Halloween holiday I had in the USA.
On the morning of Halloween，we paid a visit to a pumpkin（南瓜） farm. Each of us brought a pumpkin to school with us. I used the pumpkin to make a lantern which had two triangle eyes and a scary mouth.
In the afternoon，we put on the Halloween costumes and went on parade in school. Some of the costumes were nice，but some of them looked scary. I chose to wear a suit of Superman's clothes.
I did a lot of things that day，but the part I liked best was “trick or treat” in the evening. After dinner，I went outside with an empty bag. I hoped to get a lot of candies from people. At first，I was a bit nervous，so when I knocked at the door，my heart was beating very fast. A lady came out，and I said carefully to her，“Trick or treat.” My voice was very low，and even myself could hardly hear it. To my surprise，the lady was so kind to give me two candy bars，and I was so excited，thanked the lady and moved on. I couldn't remember how many houses I visited，but I could remember how many candies I got — I got 91 pieces of candy that day，and I was so proud of myself.
What a happy Halloween I had！And I wish we could have a Halloween every month!
My First Halloween in America | |
In the morning | Each of us visited a pumpkin farm and brought 1. to school. |
In the afternoon | We went on parade in school in Halloween 2.. |
In the evening | “Trick or treat” was my favorite part. I went outside with an 3. bag. At last I got 4. pieces of candy. This made me feel 5. of myself. |
