—Jim, how do your parents like country music?
—________ my dad ________ my mom likes it. They both like country music.
A. Either; or B. Not only; but also
C. Neither; nor D. Either; nor
针对现在学生坐姿不正确，玩电脑、看电视时间过长的现状，你想发明一种特别的椅子来解决这些问题。假设下周你们学校的英语俱乐部将举行英语演讲比赛，主题为“I want to invent ...”。请你根据下面的要点提示用英语写一篇演讲稿为比赛作准备。
要点提示：
1. 材料是木头；
2. 座位与靠背安装有感应器(sensor)。没有坐直的时候，椅子会提醒学生；坐在椅子上超过一小时，椅子也会发出噪音。
要求：
1. 演讲稿需包括以上要点提示，也可适当增加内容；
2. 80词左右，演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
I want to invent a chair
Hi, everyone. As we all know, many great inventions have brought great changes to our life. I think we students can also invent something.
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That’s all. Thank you!
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Once there was a man named Clarke. He lived alone and owned a small shop in town. He was very kind-hearted and was always ready to help people in trouble. He often gave away what he had to the poor, so, as a result, he was quite poor himself.
In order to help the poor, he learned medicine by himself and tried to help treat the sick people. So the thankful people called him Doctor Clarke even though he wasn’t a real doctor at all.
One day a poor woman asked Doctor Clarke to go and see her husband, who was very ill and felt terribly weak. Doctor Clarke went there and found the family was very poor. The husband couldn’t find a job for a long time and the wife could hardly make any money, either. Doctor Clarke looked him over carefully and to his surprise, the husband was not ill. Instead, he was hungry because there was no food in the house.
“Come over to my house this evening and I will give you some medicine for your husband” Doctor Clarke said to the woman.
When the woman got to his house in the evening, Clarke gave her a paper bag with something inside and said, “Here is the medicine and it will be good for your husband. Don’t open it until you get home.”
“What are the instructions for taking it?” the woman asked.
“You will find them inside the bag.” answered Clarke.
After the woman got home, she opened the paper bag and found there was some money in it!
1.What did Clarke own in town? (no more than 5 words)
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2.Why did Clarke learn medicine? ( no more than 8 words )
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3.What was the matter with the woman’s husband? (no more than 4 words)
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4.请将文中画线句子翻译成汉语.
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5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题.
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On Sunday mornings，people often have a lie-in．That 1.(mean) they get up later than they do during the week．You won't feel so busy and nervous as weekdays. Some people go to church on Sunday mornings．2.(family) often have a big Sunday lunch together．The meal is usually roast meat with vegetables．A lot of adults spend the afternoon sleeping in front of the TV!
Shopping centers are popular places to go on Sunday afternoons. All the big shops are open 3. 11a.m.to 5p.m.，but most smaller shops are closed all day．
Then it's Sunday evening，and your parents say "Come on，it's school again tomorrow．" So it's time 4.(do) your homework if you haven't done it yet. Then pack your school bag and have 5. early night．
B
The monkey mother has two little monkeys. They 6.(live) in a big forest for many years．She likes the younger monkey，not the other. One day，while they 7.(play), a tiger came up to them．The monkey ran away with the younger monkey and left the older alone．She climbed up a tree and took the 8.(young) in her arms．
After some time，the tiger went away slowly．The monkey took the baby out of her arms．She was surprised to see that the baby was dead，because just now, the baby 9.(hold) in arms too tightly (紧紧地）．Very long time later，she remembered to look for the older baby．The older baby was hiding in a tree hole．He saved 10.( he)．How clever the little kid is!
Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, heads-down tribe members who use mobile phones while driving will be fined ¥200.
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost money. Besides, more and more interesting things happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. According to a piece of interesting TV news, a man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. Suddenly, he bumped(撞上) into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so scared that he ran away as quickly as possible.
Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone all the time.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try not to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.
1.Who are called the “ Heads-down Tribe” according to the passage?
A. People who are always looking for something with their heads down.
B. People who are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down.
C. People who are always sad with their heads down.
D. People who are always thinking with their heads down.
2.What will happen to heads-down tribe members if they use mobile phones while driving?
A. They will be fined. B. Their phones will be taken away.
C. They will be given ¥200. D. Their driving license will be taken away.
3.When heads-down tribe members eat in a restaurant,_____________.
A. they don’t use their mobile phones B. they don’t talk to the people who sit opposite
C. they talk to the strangers all the time D. they eat food all the time
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mobile phones are helpful and necessary. B. Let’s try to be the “Heads-down Tribe”.
C. We should use mobile phones right. D. We shouldn’t use mobile phones any more.
Born as the only child in the family, I am the “king” of the family. My parents are both businessmen and they come home every two weeks. Because they don't spend much time with me，they always feel guilty (内疚的) and will buy me many expensive things and let me do whatever I want. My grandparents never let me do any chores because they want me to do my schoolwork.
I used to take everything for granted (理所当然) and I never said “thank you” to people. As time went by，I found that my classmates didn't like me and my best friends left me. One day，I asked Leo, who used to be one of my best friends. He said that I was mean (自私的)，rude and bad-tempered (坏脾气)．“No one wants to make friends with a person who always receives but never gives anything！”he said. I was shocked at his words. “Oh，no! Please don't leave. I need friends! I will be lonely and unhappy without friends！” I locked myself up in the room and cried. “I want my friends back. But how？”
Then I noticed that all the popular kids in the class are friendly to others. They always smile and say “thank you” to others. They do whatever they can to help when others are in trouble. Other kids like them and always play with them. “I need to change! I will get my friends back,” I said to myself. From then on，I started to change myself. I learned to say “thank you” to others，I smiled and volunteered to help other kids. I tried to be as nice as I could. Gradually, I found that other kids liked to talk with me and they would ask me to play with them and even told me their secrets. My friends came back to me again.
Now I have more friends than I used to have and I am happier than I used to be.
1.What's the boy's life like at home?
A. He is the youngest one in the family.
B. His parents don't buy expensive things for him.
C. His grandparents let him do lot of chores.
D. Everyone in the family spoils (溺爱) him.
2.What does the underlined word “gradually” mean in passage?
A. At first. B. Day by day. C. At once. D. At last.
3.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. To make more friends，you need to try to please them.
B. A person who always receives but never gives can still have many friends around him.
C. The boy lost his friends at first because he didn't like them.
D. To be a nicer and better person，we need to make some changes.
