听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料读两遍。请把答案填入空格中。
1.What do Erin and her best friend Amy do?
They are__________________________________________.
2.How many times have Erin and Amy been to California?
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3.What animals did Erin and Amy fall in love with at first sight?
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4.When did Erin and Amy get to hang out with some real California surfers?
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听一段材料，回答以下小题。
1.Question 1:
A. The location. B. The service. C. The food.
2.Question 2:
A. For about four weeks. B. For about five weeks. C. For about six weeks.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。
1.Question 1:
A. Some tea. B. Some orange juice. C. Some soybean milk.
2.Question 2:
A. At 8:00 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 2:00 pm.
听一段材料，回答以下小题。
1.Question 1:
A. To give invitations to his friends.
B. To ask his friends for some advice.
C. To express congratulations.
2.Question 2:
A. Two months ago. B. Seven years ago. C. Thirteen years ago.
1.She achieved her goal more by luck than___ (判断力).
2.After a while, we___ (自然地) started talking about our children.
3.We high school students should take an active part in v___ (志愿者) activities to give back to our community.
4.The instructions on the box are so___ (令人困惑的) that none of us understand.
5.The movie also won very good___ (评论) in America.
6.Mark Twain’s vivid and amusing descriptions of life on the river e___ the reputation he still enjoys today.
7.The red dragon on the Welsh flag indicates strength and a sense of national i___.
8.He had a___to several universities and got an offer yesterday.
9.The suffering has affected both her mental and p___health.
10.I’m completely in f___of the proposal though many are against it.
One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem — inability to read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.
There on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.
Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.
My mother’s call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.
I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.
1.Why did the author’s mum force him to go to the public library to borrow at least one book? (no more than 10 words)
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2.What do the underlined words in the third paragraph mean? (no more than 3 words)
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3.Why do you think the author read through the book about Amos though he never read books?(no more than 15 words)
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4.In what ways did reading books make a difference to the author’s life? (no more than 20 words)
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5.What impresses you most in the article? Give your reasons. (no more than 25 words)
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