As the clock struck nine, players ______their positions and the match began.
A．stood up B．took up C．made up D．set up
There ______ quantities of apples in the basket and there was ______ milk in the bucket.
A．were; a number of B．was; quantities of
C．were; a quantity of D．was; a good many
11月的第四个星期四是感恩节。2012年的感恩节是11月22日。某英文杂志社要举办一次征文比赛活动。活动主题是：“Learn to be grateful”。假如你叫魏来，请根据下列提示写一篇120词左右的短文投给该杂志社。
主要内容包括：
1.为什么要感恩？
2.对谁感恩？
3.感恩实际行动（给父母泡一杯热茶或给他们一个拥抱；给老师制作感恩卡；给同学和朋友发短信感谢他们的帮助等）。
Learn to be grateful
The Thanksgiving Day in this year is on November 22nd and__________________________
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.___________________________, she will spare no time to attend the party.(with)
有那么多作业要做，她抽不出时间参加聚会。
2.What I hate most is ______________________.(laugh)
我最讨厌被人嘲笑了。
3.________________________, we couldn’t get in touch with her.(know)
不知道她的电话号码，我们无法与他取得联系。
4.If you don’t go to play basketball tomorrow, _______________________.(nor)
明天你不去打篮球，我也不去。
5.This park is a good place for the people here to ________________ on weekends.(get)
这个公园是这儿的人周末去亲近自然的一个好去处。
6.The old man on the roadside ________________ after the kind girl gave him first aid. (come)
路边上的老人在这位好心的女孩对他进行了急救之后终于醒了过来。
7.As a president, Obama always ___________________________ Lincoln. (model)
作为总统，奥巴马总是以林肯作为自己的榜样。
8.____________________ the novel, he didn’t notice that the teacher was approaching.(absorb)
由于全神贯注地看小说，他没有注意到老师正向他走来。
9.I _____________________ the music “Tante”, which, however, is so popular online.(sense)
我弄不懂“忐忑”这支曲子，而它却在网络上这么流行。
10.When I entered the theatre, I found him __________________________. (seat)
当我进剧院时，发现他坐在第一排。
The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad (一度时髦的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” — and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer — which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet — adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear — popular in the US and the UK — that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of The Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.
In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.
Most “i” products are aimed at young people and considering the major readers of The Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, former head of the Language Center at King’s College London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBCMagazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says.
“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability (轻便).” Adds Thorne.
Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western world is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.
Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBCMagazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.
But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the trend unavoidably disappeared.
1.People use iPlayer to _________.
A．listen to music B．make a call
C．watch TV programs online D．read newspapers
2.We can infer that The Independent’s “i” is aimed at _________.
A．young readers B．old readers
C．fashionable women D．engineers
3.Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are _________.
A．portable B．environmentally friendly
C．advanced D．recyclable
4.The writer suggests that _________.
A．“i” products are often of high quality
B．iTeddy is a living bear
C．the letter “b” replaces the letter “i” to name the products
D．the popularity of “i” products may not last long
In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.
A．they hope their children may easily find a job there
B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
2.“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.
A．without parents B．living abroad alone
C．with university education D．speaking no English
3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ________.
A．want to leave their own country B．want them to go to university
C．return to their countries to work D．want them to be independent
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.
C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.
D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
