—My parents always argue with each other.
—They should have more time for proper ___________.
A.competition B.importance C.difficulty D.communication
They have eight people in the team.___________ eight of them all know only good teamwork will enable them to get the job done ___________ time.
A.The; in B./; on C.The; on D./; in
4月23日是“世界读书日”，学校正在开展“读书伴我成长”主题读书日活动。请你用英文写一篇发言稿，介绍一下你喜欢阅读的书籍种类，你的阅读习惯（如阅读时间、地点、阅读方式等）以及你的阅读收获。
提示词语：habit, knowledge, benefit, improve
提示问题：
● What kinds of books do you like reading?
● What are your reading habits?
● What have you benefited from reading?
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假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter给你发邮件询问你们学校学生在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间的学习情况。请用英语回复一封邮件，告诉他你们疫情期间的学习时间、地点；学习内容与方式以及你的学习感悟。
提示词语：the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒), online, course, special, hard
提示问题：
● When and where do you study?
● What and how do you study?
● How do you feel about it?
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to receive your email._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
Pizza: the World's Favorite Food
Food, and the way we eat it, is always changing. As society develops, we learn new ways of growing, processing and cooking food. What we ate 200 years ago was very different from what we eat today. Also, when people travel to live in other countries, they take their knowledge of cooking with them. And food must fit modern lifestyles and local tastes, too. One food that has done this successfully is pizza.
The pizza we recognize today first appeared in Italy in 1889. A famous baker from Naples made a special Pizza for the Italian royal (皇室的) family. He was very worried they wouldn't like it, but they did. Queen Margherita loved the dish so much, and the baker named it after her. Since then, this simple meal of bread, cheese and tomato has traveled the world, and it has adapted (适应) to local cultures. The pizza began its journey in the 1890s, when many Indians moved to New York in search of a better life. There they continued to make pizzas, and the first pizzeria opened in 1905.
At first it was only popular with Indians, but by the late 1940s, Americans discovered a taste for it. Today they spend $37 billion a year on pizzas. That's more than $100 per American.
The Pizza continued its travels around the world, adapting all the time. In Sweden, for example, it is usual to have bananas on pizzas. In Belgium, people eat chocolate pizzas with marshmallows on top. Japan is a nation of seafood lovers, so not surprisingly, they love octopus and squid, as well as roasted seaweed, toppings. Australians sometimes choose kangaroo or crocodile on their pizza.
The popularity of the pizza is also related to our changing lifestyles. In today's super-fast society, people often don't have the time or energy to cook. So, they order take-out and very often, it's a pizza. Sometimes you don't even have to pick it up, it's delivered (递送) to your home. If you don't even have time to sit down, buy a single slice and eat it standing up.
The Pizza has come a long way. From its beginnings in an Italian city, it has grown to become one of the world's favorite foods.
1.What do people like taking when they travel to live in other countries?
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2.Did the Italian royal family like the pizza?
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3.When did the pizza move to New York?
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4.In which country do people love pizzas with bananas?
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5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
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The woman was very frightened. What could she do? She dialed 999. The emergency call operator Robert Naylor answered the call immediately.
"Please help me! It's in my bathroom! It's moving!" the woman cried. "What is it that's moving?" Robert answered calmly.
"A spider!" the woman shouted back at him.
Robert believes that a significant number of the calls are not emergencies. The actual number across the country is close to 75%.
Firstly, there are "silent calls". The emergency number is dialed, but when an operator answers, no one speaks. Often it's a small child or even a pet who has been playing with her phone and has accidentally rung the emergency number.
Then there are "joke calls", often from teenagers. An operator answers the phone and the caller immediately hangs up. Robert believes these are declining, as there are far fewer public payphones these days. "People are less interested to make a call when they are doing it from their own mobile phone and they know we have their number!"
The police always follow up both types of calls. It's a huge waste of money, the average (平均的) cost of responding to a silent or joke call is around ￡250.
The great numbers of the none-emergency calls are like those from the woman above. A situation like this isn't an emergency. But this example is far from the worst. What do you think of the following?
● A teenager girl in America called the police because her parents had decorated her room and she didn't like the color.
● A mother in Italy rang the emergency services when her 16-year-old son refused to get out of the bed.
● A Brazilian teenage boy rang and asked the police to remove a video of him from YouTube. In the video, the boy was falling off his bike.
There are many other examples, and most of these are from adults. These calls waste more than time and money. "If someone makes a joke call and the police manage to find them, then they can expect a fine of up to ￡5,000, and even a prison sentence (监禁)," warns Robert. "But for people whose emergency aren't really serious, we simply try to deal with their calls as quickly as possible," he continues. "The person often quickly realizes their situation isn't really an emergency and ends up apologizing (道歉) for calling us. But if someone refuses to listen, then we have to hang up. Someone with a real emergency is probably waiting to speak to us."
1.How did Robert think of the woman's call?
A.It was an emergency call. B.It was a joke call.
C.It was a none-emergency call. D.It was a silent call.
2.What does the underlined word "declining" probably mean?
A.Getting serious. B.Turning worse.
C.Getting useless. D.Becoming less.
3.Why are there so many none-emergency calls?
A.Operators give excellent service. B.Callers do not take any responsibilities.
C.Dealing with none-emergency costs little. D.Many don't consider it an improper behavior.
4.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A.Emergency services. B.Is it an emergency?
C.Different kinds of emergency calls. D.Who is to be responsible?
