[素材选自21st CENTURY READING]
救助受伤的小鹿
Emily and her parents live in a big city. They like to get close to nature, so they go to the countryside on vacation 1. time to time.
Last summer, they went to a small village on vacation. They got on well with the people there and had a good time.2. was a family of deer living in the nearby wood. Emily named the baby deer Angel and often played with it. One day, the mother deer stopped Emily and stood there looking at Emily sadly. Suddenly it ran to the wood, but kept looking back 3. Emily. Then it walked a little further and looked back again. Emily was kind and helpful. She thought 4.it probably needed her help. Emily asked her father to go with her.
Following the mother deer, they found Angel in the wood.5. leg was broken. They took Angel back home and took good care of it. A few days later, Angel got well and could walk around the yard. Soon it went back to the wood.
好人自有天助
At the beginning of time, the earth was warm and people did not need fire.They ate raw _____. But slowly, the world grew _____. People got together in their cold homes and were freezing.
One day, a beautiful bird with a bright orange tail came to tell them, “You need to have fire so that you can warm your houses and _____ your food. I have fire and will give it to you.” said the bird.
But the bird did not give it _____. It said, “I will give it only to people who know what it is _____ others. Do you agree？” asked the bird.
Everyone _____. So the bird said, “See this orange on my tail? Bring some dry wood. When you touch my tail _____ the wood, you will have fire.” The people came quickly with dry wood, _____ the bird flew away. _____ chased after it. But the bird was fast, and people could not catch it. They fell down ______ and into lakes as they chased the fire bird.
As the fire bird was flying away, it______ a young woman sitting alone with a very old man. It landed beside them and said, “______ aren't you chasing after fire like all the rest？” The woman said, “This is my grandfather. He is ______， and I must care for him. That is all.”
The bird came close to the woman. “______ a sick orange tail, ” said the bird, “for you are the only one among your people worthy of the great ______．”
And so, fire came to the people.
Word Bank: raw 生的 tail 尾巴 chase 追赶
1.A.food B.dessert C.fruit D.vegetables
2.A.warmer B.colder C.better D.worse
3.A.choose B.buy C.cook D.sell
4.A.slowly B.luckily C.happily D.easily
5.A.help B.to help C.helped D.helping
6.A.agreed B.laughed C.cried D.left
7.A.about B.with C.before D.after
8.A.and B.or C.but D.so
9.A.Someone B.Anyone C.No one D.Everyone
10.A.houses B.mountains C.trees D.buildings
11.A.noticed B.helped C.reminded D.heard
12.A.What B.Why C.Where D.When
13.A.boring B.heavy C.lazy D.sick
14.A.Touch B.Pass C.Enjoy D.Receive
15.A.decision B.habit C.gift D.activity
Dust storms appear when strong wind blows sand and dirt from a dry surface. Strong dust storms may cause deaths and hurts. 1.
Be careful of dust storm warnings
Dust storms very probably happen on hot summer days. 2. You should listen to the local TV or radio before traveling, and consider changing or giving up your trip if dust storms are predicted.
Be prepared
If you are in a place where storms happen often, you should be prepared. 3. A pair of glasses is also needed to protect your eyes.
Stay inside
4.Because you will not be able to see hidden dangers. So if you're in a house, don't go out and just stay inside.
Protect yourself from flying objects
Cover your body as much as possible in a dust storm. 5. Therefore, you should try to stay low, and close to the ground, and protect your head with your arms or a backpack.
A.Do not move around when a dust storm comes.
B.It's not safe for people to travel during this period.
C.A strong wind of dust storms can carry heavy objects.
D.Carry a mask to keep dust and dirt away from your face.
E.So it's necessary to know how to protect yourself from dust storms when you meet them.
[素材选自One Story A Day Book 2]
西红柿——水果还是蔬菜?
Tomatoes are one of the world's oldest foods. They were discovered by the Indians of South America thousands of years ago. The first tomatoes were very small. By the time the Europeans brought them to Europe in the 1500s, they were larger. They looked more like the tomatoes we eat today.
When tomatoes first arrived in Italy, they were known as "love apples". Italians believed that if you ate a tomato, you would easily fall in love.
In the United States, people believed that tomatoes were poisonous, and that you would die immediately after eating one. It wasn't easy to persuade people otherwise.
That is, until 1820, when Robert Johnson decided to prove that people were wrong. He announced that he would publicly eat one bushel of tomatoes—about 50. A huge crowd showed up to watch. They were sure that Mr. Johnson was going to die. Of course, he survived. And the tomato went on to gain a big place in the American diet.
In the beginning, people argued whether a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable. From a purely scientific point of view it is a fruit. A fruit is the ripened ovary of any plant that makes seeds. However, this didn't stop most people from calling it a vegetable. They reasoned that tomatoes are eaten with the main meal—just like vegetables.
They are not eaten as dessert, like other fruits such as apples or bananas. Therefore, people thought the tomato must surely be a vegetable. Fruit or vegetable, tomatoes have survived a long time. They are not likely to disappear any time soon. They are just so good to eat.
1.What did Italians think of tomatoes?
A.They thought tomatoes were harmful to humans.
B.They regarded tomatoes as "love apples".
C.They didn't know tomatoes were fruit or vegetables.
D.They thought tomatoes were fruit.
2.Which paragraph proved tomatoes were safe?
A.Paragraph 2. B.Paragraph 3. C.Paragraph 4. D.Paragraph 5.
3.Tomatoes were fruit ________.
A.because it was from a purely scientific opinion
B.because they were discovered thousands of years ago
C.because tomatoes were eaten with the main meal—just like vegetables
D.because tomatoes were not eaten as dessert
4.What does the underlined words "ripened ovary" mean in Chinese?
A.茎 B.根 C.花蕊 D.子房
5.What's the best title for the text?
A.The history of tomatoes B.The value of tomatoes
C.The benefits of eating tomatoes D.The difference between fruit and vegetables
“绿水青山就是金山银山。”请你结合自己平时保护环境的一些做法,以“How to Make Our Hometown More Beautiful"为题,写一篇英语短文。
写作要求:
1.表达清楚,语法正确,上下文连贯;
2.80词左右(开头已给出,不计入总词数);
3.文中不得出现真实的地名、校名、人名等信息。
参考词汇: environment ; pollution; reduce; sort the rubbish(垃圾分类)
The clean water and green mountains are our treasures.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线( \)画掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My mother is the kind and nice woman. So she is very strict with me. One Sunday night, when I was watched the film Harry Potter , my mother asked me to go to bed. I loved the fim very much, so I didn’t move. After a while, I noticed that she didn’t say something. Then she got angry and turned on the TV. I was very sad and entered into my room. I thought, “I have only two nights in a week watch TV. Shouldn’t I enjoy it freely?" The next day, she cooked and talked with me as usually. I pretended not to hear, but she didn’t mind and tell me she wanted me to have a good rest. Then I understood hers. I love my mother.
