I always come to school________ bus.
A.on B.by C.of D.in
I have a big family. There are eight people in ________family.
A.my B.I C.me D.mine
初中三年的学习生活让人难忘，毕业之际，你是否有想要感恩的人或事呢？请根据以下要点和要求，用英语写一篇短文。
1.要点 ：1）你想要感恩的人或者事是什么；
2）感恩的理由是什么；
3）你的感受。
2.要求： 1）文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2）词数 100 左右。
阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Before 1870, there were no soccer uniforms. Players wore their own clothes, which made 1.hard to know which team they were on. The first soccer uniform had long shorts. Players wore formal shirts 2.collars( 衣 领 ) and buttons. The whole uniform was made3.heavy cloth, such as wool. Players then put on soccer boots(靴子) that went up over their ankles(脚踝).
Soccer uniforms have changed many times through the years. The shorts are4.than before, and the whole uniform is made out of light cloth. This keeps soccer players cool as they run. Instead of boots, soccer players wear soft shoes. Each team now has its own colors. For example, players on the Brazilian soccer team wear bright yellow and green shirts, blue shorts, and white socks. Sports teams need uniforms5.are not only practical but also in fashion! So these uniforms will change, too.
Grandma has never been to school. When she was young, her family was poor and could not___________________her schooling. So grandma can only ___________________one or two Chinese words.
Over the years, she became a grandmother of eight. All her children have gone to school. She always encouraged them _________________well in their studies. It has been her lifelong___________________to go to school. She knows that without education, it's ___________________to do anything.
___________________,her children didn't disappoint her. They grew up,___________________their examinations, and left home to start university in big cities.
Before the first granddaughter left home, grandma made a special gift for her ___________________hand—a pillow（枕头）filled with buckwheat hulls（荞麦壳）.
One of her grandsons ___________________the gift. “Grandma, young people buy the new kind of pillows which are modern, soft and comfortable. ” he said. “Why do you spend a whole day____________________ buckwheat hulls, washing and drying them and sewing（缝）the pillow? It's too much work. And it doesn't look so good.”
But grandma continued her work ____________________she finished making the pillow. Grandma told them very seriously, “____________________can compare with a good night's sleep.”
From that time, it became a ____________________in our family. And all the ____________________received a special homemade pillow from grandma when they left home to study.
Now, when I see the new ads on TV for an expensive pillow in North America, I laugh. The pillow is just like the one my grandma __________________for us—a pillow filled with buckwheat hulls!
1.A.receive B.understand C.afford D.choose
2.A.hear B.see C.speak D.know
3.A.do B.to do C.doing D.done
4.A.choice B.dream C.lesson D.chance
5.A.difficult B.easy C.boring D.proper
6.A.Luckily B.Slowly C.Recently D.Quietly
7.A.enjoyed B.missed C.passed D.attended
8.A.by B.to C.at D.on
9.A.laughed at B.looked for C.thought of D.talked about
10.A.buy B.buying C.to buy D.bought
11.A.because B.until C.since D.when
12.A.Something B.Anything C.Nothing D.Everything
13.A.prize B.memory C.rule D.tradition
14.A.children B.students C.parents D.teachers
15.A.bought B.cooked C.made D.found
You may think,salt is just a simple cooking material that gives our food a little extra taste.1.Without salt our muscles would not move and our hearts would not beat.
Do you think rubbing salt in the wound will be useful?2. Therefore, " to rub salt in the wound” means to make a bad situation worse .
Early humans got the salt they needed to stay alive from the animals they killed . But the improvement in farming led to a diet low in salt . So, humans needed to find other sources . Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources for salt were lucky while those who did not had to trade for salt.3.The word "salary" comes from the word "salt" . Salt was so important , according to food historians , it was traded pound-for-pound for gold . Today , people still use the expressions "to be worth one's salt" or "worth one's weight in salt". The expressions describe a person of value.
Salt also played an important part in population movement and world exploration. Explorers understood that if they could keep food fresh , they could travel longer distances .4.
A person might also be called "salt of the earth" .5.However , when you say“I think we should take what he said a grain of salt”, you mean you accept it but remain some doubt about its truth.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。
A.However, salt is much more than that.
B.It means that you can depend on or trust the person .
C.So they used salt to preserve food and explored the world.
D.That would be painful and would make the wound more serious.
E.In fact , people used salt as a method of payment in the ancient world.
