(2019石家庄市一模)I don't like this restaurant. It's too ________. Let's go to a quiet one instead.
A.noisy B.dangerous
C.expensive D.dirty
(2019盘锦改编)The old man leads a simple life, ________ he has a lot of wealth.
A.although B.when C.unless D.because
(2019苏州)—Keep quiet, son! I need complete ________ when I'm working.
—Sorry, dad. I won't make any noise again.
A.trust B.silence C.control D.strength
(2019北京)This cap is nice, ________ it doesn't look good on me.
A.for B.so C.but D.or
I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge(边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya(肯尼亚). Since the age of nine, I have helped to look after my family's cows. As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronic toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices(仪器) for my neighbors.
At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family's farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution.
The__first__idea__I__got__was__to__use__fire,__because__I__thought__lions__were__scared__of__fire. But I came to realize that that didn't really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed(牛棚). So I didn't give up. I continued.
And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow(稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions [into thinking] that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animals.
So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch(手电筒), and that day, the lions didn't come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea...
1.完成句子Turere was interested in ________________ when he was a child in his free time.
2.完成句子Turere invented something that ________________ at the age of thirteen.
3.简略回答问题What's the final solution to driving the lion away?
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4.用英语写出文中第4段画线单词所指代的内容。
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5.将文中画线句子译成汉语。
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英语课上,同学们就“Life in the Future”为话题展开了讨论。假如你是李华,请你根据以下提示。写一篇英语短文,介绍你想象中的未来生活。
提示:
(1)Robots can do many things for people.
(2)A new kind of environmentfriendly car will be invented.
(3)There will be more global travel in the future.
要求:(1)短文须包含所给提示,可适当发挥。
(2)短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。
(3)词数80个左右。(开头已给出,不计入总词数)
参考词汇:environmentfriendly环保型的
What will life in the future be like? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________