– How time management can be _____ to your corporation?
– This would definitely bring good results to my company.
A. beneficial B. accessible C. relevant D. fundamental
– Do you know Backstreet Boys _____ to Beijing this month?
– Of course. I am going to fly to Beijing to watch their fabulous live show!
A. was coming B. are coming C. come D. have come
–You just said you hate your brother. Why?
– He is a black sheep of the family, always _____ trouble to my family.
A. make B. makes C. made D. making
_____ playing dumb with teachers. They know very well their students.
A. It’s no use B. There’s no use C. It’s no need D. There’s no need
下表是某中学的研究性学习小组对高一、高二和高三学生的课外阅读情况做出的调查结果，请你结合下面的信息和自己的生活实际，给中学生英语报写一篇120—150词的英语短文。
（一）调查结果
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Grades |
Sumter I |
Sumter Ⅱ |
Sumter Ⅲ |
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Hours spent on reading per week |
1 |
3 |
2 |
（二）要点提示
1．简要描述相关信息；
2．分析产生的原因；
3．谈谈你的看法。
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后面的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）
[1]some popular expressions are a raystery. No one is sure how they developed. One of these is the expression “carry a chip on your shoulder”. A person with a chip on his shoulder is a problem for anybody who must deal with him. He seems to be expecting trouble.
[2]One writer believes that the expression might have come from an old saying. The saying warms against striking too high, or . That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.
[3]Later, in the Unite States, some people would put a real chip on their shoulder as a test. They wanted to start a faint. They would wait for someone to be orate enough to try to hit it off.
[4]The word ship appears in a number of special American expressions. Another is chip off the old block. This means that a child is exactly like a parent. This expression goes back at least to the early sixteen hundreds. The British writer of plays. George Colman, wtcte tonse lines in seventeen sixty-two. “You’ll find him his father’s own son, I believe. A chip off the old blank, I promise you!”
[5]The word chip can also be used in a threatening way to someone who is suspected of wrongdoing. An investigator may say. “We’re going to let the chips fall where they may.” This means the mvestigation is going to be complete and honest. It is also a warning that no one will be protectexl form being found guilty.
[6]Chips are oaten used in card games. They represent money. A poker player may, at any time, decide to leave the game. He will turn in his chips in exchange for money or cash.
1.What’s the text manly about? (no more than 5 words)
2.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the allowing one?
It seems that he is likely to get into some trouble.
3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph? With proper words. (no more than 10 words)
4.Chip can be used on the occasions when people (no more than 20 words)
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5.Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.
