阅读下面材料，在标有1~10 的空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Celebrated across Thailand, the Songkra Festival is a holiday 1. welcomes the New Year with a countrywide water fight. It is also celebrated in other Asian countries like Cambodia and Laos, but the celebration in Thailand 2. (know) to be the most exciting.
Songkran was at first a time to visit families, clean away the old year and bring in a fresh one. Many Thais cleaned away the old year by 3. (wash) their homes and Buddhas around the house. They would collect the water than ran over the Buddhas and pour 4. onto the shouders of family members for good luck.
5. (final) the original purpose of the holiday became less important than the national water fight 6. (love) by Thais and foreigners today. The 7. (energy) people use whatever they can get their hand on and make each other wet with water.
Every year, 8. large number of tourist gather in Thailand to welcome the 9. (arrive) of Songkran. If you plan 10. (visit) Thailand, the days of Songkran are a great time to get to know Thai traditions.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。
I had an experience recently with someone saying that he had made a________ fifteen years ago. He told me that he had been the ________ of a certain store in the neighborhood where I once ________ , and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(纸板盒).
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had ________ into the store with my mother as usual to do the shopping. On that ________ day, there must have been a sale on eggs ________ there was an attractive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were ________ one on top of another, about three or four feet ________. I stopped in front of a display and watched those cartons ________ . Just then a woman came up with a full basket in her hand and ________ the cartons. For some reason, I ________ it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the ________ and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he ________ , I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were ________ , but to him it looked as though it was I who did that. He wanted me to ________ those eggs. I tried to ________ , but he did not believe me. After so many years, I had almost forgotten all about it; ________ , the manager hadn’t.
One of the qualities that most people like in others is their ________ to say sorry. It is extremely ________ sometimes to say a simple thing like “ sorry, I was wrong about that.” That’s why I have ________ opinions of this manager now.
1.A. mistake B. decision C.promise D. difference.
2.A. driver B. designer C. repairman D. manager
3.A. hid B. started C.lived D. worked.
4.A. walked B. jumped C. looked D. climbed.
5.A. happy B. special C. sunny D. windy
6.A. if B. because C. unless D. though
7.A. examined B. protected C. placed D. introduced
8.A. long B. wide C. deep D. high
9.A. closely B. quickly C. kindly D. proudly
10.A. picked up B. knocked over C. threw away D. held up
11.A. agreed B. hoped C. decided D. forgot.
12.A. laugh B. joke C. song D. noise
13.A. followed B. appeared C. practiced D. continued
14.A. broken B. warm C. ex
pensive D. fresh
15.A. look for B. cook C. pay for D. sell
16.A. relax B. explain C. fight back D. speed up
17.A. in other words B. besides C. as a result D. however
18.A. courage B. chance C. ability D. time
19.A. boring B. hard C. strange D. unfair
20.A. poor B. strong C. high D. honest
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Do you want to be fair a
s a parent? If so, then you should take the following tips into consideration.
Make an effort to really understand what is going on in your child’s mind. Before you want to punish your children or make a new rule, take the time to think about how this will influence them. 1.
Lisen to your children. Listening to your children can help to show them how muchyou care. 2. Still, make sure you can give your children the time they deserve and really hear them out.
Know that being fair doesn’t mean treating all of your children equally. One of your children may be much more outgoing than the other, or one may be shyer than the other. 3. . So pay attention to what your children really need and give that to them.
4. . If you want to be a fair parent, you have to let them know how much TV time they get, what you expect them to do in school, and any chores they must complete daily .And more importantly, you have to make your children do as they’re required to.
Work on doing as you say so that your children can see your rules are worth listening to. If you tell your kids to clean up while leaving your kitchen a mess. Then they’ll be confused and will think that you’re sending a wrong message. 5. .
A. Every child is unique and different.
B. Say sorry if you’ve made a mistake.
C. So don’t forget to be a good role model.
D. Allow your children to express themselves.
E. Make the rules of your family clear.
F. Of course, there may be some days when you’re just too tired to listen.
G. It is only fair that you consider how they might feel before taking action.
Celebrating her first day as an adult on July, 12,2015, 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize- winner Malala Yousafzai did the gift- giving---a girls’ school for Syrian refugees( 叙利亚难民) in Lebanon.
“ I call on leaders of all the countries all around the world that we must invest in books instead of bullets,” Malala Yousafzai said in a speech “ on behalf of the world’s children.” She made it an international conference. When she was 15 in the year 2012, Malala yousafzai was shot on school bus on her way home after school and seriously wounded by some gunmen of the Pakistani Taliban for advocating girls’ education. After recovering ,she continued her advocacy, which led last year to her becoming the youngest Nobel winner ever.
Malala told Reuters that she chose to open the school in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley “ because I believe that the voices of the Syrian refugees need to be heard, and they have been ignored for so long. We must help them to get education. It is my responsibility to set up some
schools for children there.”
More than a quarter of the estimated 4 million on Syrians who have fled the country’s civil war are gathering in Lebanon, including about 500,000 school-age children. They have no opportunities to go to school.
Malala Yousafzai set up Malala Fund shortly after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then she has done a lot of work to raise money for the education of poor children all around the world. The school, near the Syrian border, can hold up to 200 girls aged14 to 18. The school was paid for by Yousafzai’s non-profit Malala Fund. On that day, all the students in the school shared the birthday cake and sang songs, bringing the Nobel winner to tears.
1.What do you know about Malala Yousafzai?
A. She is a middle school student.
B. She is a teacher in Lebanon.
C. She makes gifts for Syrian refugees.
D. She is a Nobel Prize winner.
2.What happened to Malala when she was 15?
A.She was shot by some gunmen.
B. She suffered from a terrible disease.
C. She made a speech in an international conference.
D. She set up her first school for girls.
3.What did Malala choose to do after she won the Nobel Peace Prize?
A. To fight in the civil war in Syria.
B. To protect Syrian refugees.
C. To open some schools for Syrian children
D. To teacher Syrian children in a school.
Over 40 years ago, a country music DJ convention(大会) was held every year in Nashville, Tennessee. Many country performers used to attend the convention to give their performances. Fans would go to Nashville hoping to see their favorite performers. In the end, so many fans began showing up in Nashville that a festival named Fan Fair was born.
The first Fan Fair was held in April 1972, in Nashville for four days. Some of the country music’s biggest stars attented. There were about fifty thousand fans. The first Fan Fair was so successful that planning began almost immediately for 1973. The date was changed to June, when the weather would be better. Over one hundred thousand fans attended the second Fan Fair.
Every year brought so many performers and fans to Fan Fair that, in 1982, it was moved to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fan Fair stayed at the fairgrounds for another nineteen years.
There was always the unexpected during the festival. In 1974, former Beatle Paul McCartney attended. In 1992, more than six hundred reporters cover the appearance of a popular star, Billy ray Cyrus, who had introduced a new country line dance. In 1996, Garth Brooks, who made a surprise appearance, signed autographs（签名） for 23 hours.
In 2001, Fan Fair returned to downtown Nashville as the world’s biggest country music festival. Now, over one hundred and twenty-five thousand country music fans go to Nashville every June. As you can imagine, those who want to attend Fan Fair must plan ahead. For example, they need to buy a ticket several months ahead of time. Of course, there’s much more to prepare.
1.According to the text, Fan Fair _______________.
A. has a history of more than 50 years.
B. lasts almost half a month every year.
C. Is a time when country music lovers get together
D. is the most important music festival in America
2.The second Fan Fair _____________.
A. was held in th
e spring of 1972
B. was more popular than the first one.
C. was moved from Nashville to the fairgrounds.
D. was attended by former Beatle Paul McCartney
3.The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to ___________.
A. show why Fan Fair has been popular
B. introduce three famous musicians
C. explain how Fan Fair started
D. ask people to attend Fan fair
4.What will the author probably talk about next?
A. Education in Nashville. B. Music in America
C. Advice for fans. D. The future of country music.
Some people were killed when a huge explosion hit an industrial area of China, injuring hundreds of people. The explosion is believed to have come from a shipment of explosive inside a warehouse at about 11:30 pm local time (5:30pm in Britain) in the north-eastern city of Tianjin.
Videos of the accident showed fires lighting up the night sky, raising dust dozens of feet into the air, and people nearby said the explosion had broken windows. Tianjin resident Zhang Siyu, who lives several miles away from the accident site, said, “I thought it was an earthquake, so I rushed downstairs without my shoes on. Only once I was outside did I realize it was an explosion. There was the huge fireball in the sky with thick clouds. Everybody could see it.”
Post on Chinese social network Weibo showed a fireball shooting into the air and as least two separate explosions, while photos showed people in the street apparently covered in blood. Others image showed children being carried in blankets to safety.
It was reported that the two explosions happened within 30 seconds of each other and about 100 fire trucks were sent to the scene, with most of the injuries caused by broken glass and stones. The firm running the warehouse was named by local media as Ruihai Logistics. The company says on its website that it was set up in 2011. It says it handles one million tons of cargos（货物） per year.
The National Earthquake Bureau reported two major explosion before midnight local time---the first with an amount of 3 tons of TNT（三硝基甲苯）, and the second with an amount of 21 tons. Six thousand firefighters brought the terrible fire under control, although it was still buring . It was reported that the firefighters were combing （梳理）the neighborhood for the possible injured.
1.When did the fire break out by Beijing time?
A. At 11:30 am B. At 11:30 pm
C. At 5:30 pm D. At 5:30 am
2.What did Zhang Siyu do first when hearing the explosion?
A. He recorded videos of the big accident.
B. He posted what he saw online as soon as possible.
C. He called the firefighters when he went out.
D. He ran downstairs as soon as possible.
3.How might most people know the accident first?
A. In the newspaper. B. By the radio.
C. From the Internet. D. In the textbook.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Thousands of firefighters worked hard to save people.
B. Thousands of firefighters had tried to put out the great fire.
C. There wetre thousands of people injured in the big accident.
D. There were thousands of cargo missing in the great disaster.
