Everything has a name. All people, places and things have names. For example, Jenny is the name of a student from England. England is the name of her country. Cities and towns have names, too. Schools and office building also have names. All things have names. Names are important.
Names are different all over the world. In Jenny’s class, Jenny must learn the names of students from all over the world. This is very difficult because the names are different. www.
In the USA, most people have a first name, a middle name, and a last name. Parents choose the first and middle names for their baby. There are names for boys and names for girls. For example, John, Peter, Tom and Mike are all names for boys. Elizabeth, Betty, Susan, and Mary are all names for girls. The last name is the family name. Usually it is the father’s family name. In a family, the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name.
Names are different all over the world. They can be long or short, but they are always very important.
1.Why does everything have a name? Because ______.
A. it is very interesting to have a name
B. it is very easy to be remembered
C. it is very easy to be told from others
D. both B and C
2.It is difficult to learn names all over the world because ______.
A. there are many different languages
B. the names in different countries are different
C. some names are very short, some are very long
D. there are many names all over the world
3.Which of the following is true?
A. It’s difficult to learn the names because they are different
B. There is no difference between girls’ names and boys’ names
C. Jenny doesn’t want to learn the names very well
D. It’s easy for Jenny to learn the names of her classmates.
4.What names are for girls?
A. George, Linda, Susan B. Tom, Jill, Candy
C. Elizabeth, Betty, Mary D. Peter, Jeff, Jack
A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god (神). They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.
The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.
1.A long time ago, people said the sun was ____.
A. a golden horse of god B. a god on a golden horse
C. a god with golden dress D. a god and a golden horse
2.The earth travels over ____ miles an hour.
A. 1,000 B. 100,000 C. 6,000,000 D. 60,000
3.One year is ____
A. the time for the earth to turn round.
B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles.
C. one circle the earth goes round the sun.
D. the journey of the earth.
假设你是Linda ，你现在正感到生活不快乐，不健康，有压力，可又不知道如何改变自己的生活方式，于是写信给你的一个好朋友，请求他/她提些建议。
下面是你的朋友提的几点建议，请你按照以下内容给Linda回一封信（约100词左右）
1．要有足够的睡眠，至少8小时，这样才能精力充沛（energetic adj.）、学习积极（active）。
2．多锻炼是非常重要的。
3．多吃水果和蔬菜，不要吃垃圾食品(junk food)。
4．学习之余听听音乐可以减轻压力。
5．尽可能地微笑，它会帮助你快乐、忘记烦恼。
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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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)划掉。
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。
Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher’s office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn’t cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 1. these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 2. (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 3. rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 4. day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea 5. he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 6. doing this for a whole day, 7. he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 8. (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 9. (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 10. (result) in the contrary to our intention.
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of things, but his promise to tell the truth _ _ him.
Once a man came to a prophet（预言家）and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad . Which one of them should I first？”The prophet said,“Give up telling first and always speak the truth. ”The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out , he thought for a moment about the he made with the prophet. “ tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say？Shall I say that I went out ？No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be for stealing.”
So the man not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will me, because a Muslim is not to drink wine.”And so he gave up the of drinking wine.
In this way, the man thought of doing something bad, he his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very person.
1.A. hardly B. always C. sometimes D. never
2.A. time B. money C. energy D. trouble
3.A. bad B . great C. strange D. stupid
4.A. educated B. bothered C. saved D. tested
5.A. habits B. friends C. purposes D. collections
6.A. take in B. bring back C. depend on D. give up
7.A. stories B. truths C. lies D. reasons
8.A. plan B. promise C. secret D. mistake
9.A. Because B. Unless C. Since D. If
10.A. drinking B. stealing C. walking D. dancing
11.A. none B. someone C. anyone D. everyone
12.A. controlled B. admired C. killed D. punished
13.A. refused B. decided C. tried D. agreed
14.A. talked about B. felt like C. adapted to(适应) D. broke down
15.A. hate B. understand C. like D. respect
16.A. allowed B. encouraged C. invited D. advised
17.A. chance B. disadvantage C. adventure D. idea
18.A. wherever B. whatever C. whenever D. however
19.A. forgot B. remembered C. doubted D. regretted
20.A. attractive B. good C. practical D. generous(慷慨的)
