It’s not easy _____ a best friend in a new place.
A find B finds C finding D to find
Lin Tao _____ his uncle from the UK tomorrow.
A will see B saw C would see D had seen
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
随着科技的发展，iPod 已成为中学生的新宠。用iPod既可听音乐、阅读纯文本电子书， 又可玩电子游戏。请你用英语写一篇小短文，谈谈中学生使用iPod的情况。内容必须包括以下几点：
使用iPod对学习的好处；
对课堂纪律和学习可能产生的负面影响。
注意：词数不少于120个。
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.
I’m not a fast reader and I don’t read as much as many other people, but reading is something I enjoy. It opens new worlds to me and widens my perspective(洞察力,眼力).
Recently I found Kobo，an online book store that allows me to buy e-books and read them on a device of my choice. I’m a girl living in Indonesia, where e-books are not available and I had to buy physical books from Amazon in the past. There are two problems with it:
Shipping cost. Since I live far away from the United States, it costs a lot to ship a book. Shipping costs almost as much as the book itself.
Shipping time. It takes about three weeks for the books to arrive through postal mail.
Now with Kobo, I can eliminate those two problems. Not only does it cost less time and money to get the books, but also I prefer to read e-books this way than reading physical books. Here are three reasons why:
I can easily bring the books everywhere. Since all the books are in my iPod touch, I can simply put the device into my pocket and bring it everywhere I go.
The size is smaller. The size of the iPod Touch is smaller than a physical book. This makes reading more convenient for me.
I can read in any position I want. The iPod has a light source, so I can read when I am in darkness. This means that I can read in practically any position and condition.
One more advantage I haven’t mentioned is space. Physical books take space, but e-books don’t.
1.Why does the author like reading? (no more than 11 words)
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2.What are the problems with buying physical books from Amazon? (no more than 9 words)
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3.How can the author read when she is in darkness? (no more than 6 words)
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4.What’s the author’s attitude towards e-books? (no more than 1 word)
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Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer a chance to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child-care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A. red one stands for a living mother. A. white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services（宗教仪式）to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit their graves(坟). On these days, families get together at home and in restaurants. They often have outdoor BBQs for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephones companies and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
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to show love and respect for parents. |
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offer a chance to think about 4. |
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● wearing carnations on Mother’s Day. ●6.attending to honor parents. ●7.visiting ●8. at home and in restaurant. ●9. |
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Giving cards and gifts to parents. |
New rules for pubs and clubs, including a ban (禁令) on drinking games like the awful "dentist's chair", will be introduced in Britain this year to prevent the heavy drinking culture, which costs the country billions of pounds a year.
Other activities like "all you can drink for 10 pounds ", "women drink free" nights and speed drinking competitions will also be banned.
But, on the other hand, offers of cheap alcohol in supermarkets will not be affected, which is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Britain's problems with under-age and over-drinking.
Doctors and health experts argue that the government has failed to use its most effective weapon, the taxation(征税) of minimum price controls on alcohol.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson said that the government and the industry had a duty to act on heavy drinking." These bans have a real impact on society, not to mention the lives of those who just want to enjoy a good night out," he said.
“The dentist's chair”, where drinks are poured directly into the mouth by others, was made famous by the celebrations of footballer Paul Gascoigne at Euro '96. That game and others that promote large consumption will be banned from April and publicans (酒店老板) will have to ensure free tap water is made available to the drinkers.
The government says over-drinking costs Britain up to 12 billion pounds a year and has announced that any pubs that go against the new mandatory code (强制性规定) will face severe punishment. For instance, publicans and vendors (小贩) could lose their licenses, be fined up to 20,000 pounds ($32,750) or face six months in prison.
1.New rules for pubs and clubs will be introduced in Britain to ban heavy drinking because ________.
A．people drink too much without paying taxes
B．drinking games are infamous
C．drinking competitions are very crazy
D．drinking in the country costs too much
2.Some people believe when the tough new rules come into effect, ________.
A．supermarkets will stop selling alcohol in low prices
B．“women drink free” nights will not be closed
C．over-drinking will still not be stopped
D．under-age people will not continue drinking
3.What is probably the most effective way to control alcohol?
A．bans B．education C．force D．taxation
4.According to the passage, “the dentist’s chair” is ________.
A．a chair for the patient whose teeth should be treated
B．a drinking game made famous by the celebrations of footballers
C．a way to advertise different types of alcohol
D．to be banned in October this year
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Heavy drinking will be banned in Britain.
B．Over-drinking will be taxed.
C．Drinking in Britain will be banned.
D．12 billion pounds is spent on drinking.
