This year is the year of the pig. Many people believe that pigs are naturally fat, lazy and dirty. But are any of those things true?
It is true that pigs eat a lot and are very fat, but they are useful to us. We get more than just pork from pigs. We can use their skin to make shoes. We can use their hair to make brushes. Pigs also provide us with something that can be used for drugs.
People sometimes say: “You are as stupid as a pig.” But pigs are not stupid. In fact, pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals. They have a good memory and can tell different shapes apart.
When you see pigs, they are usually in dirty water or mud. That’s because pigs have no sweat glands（汗腺）. On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud. This keeps insects off them as well. Mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.
These stereotypes of pigs often make us dislike the animal. For example, if someone eats a lot, we say that they have “pigged out”. If someone’s room is very messy, we might say his or her room looks like a pigsty（猪圈）.
But people in China and many other countries really like pigs. In China, people think the pig’s big head and ears are a symbol of good luck. They also believe the animal stands for wealth, as humans use every part of the pig. Piggy banks are a symbol of this. Most children have a piggy bank that they can use to save money.
1.Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that pigs are of great ______.
A.use B.quality
C.patience D.influence
2.Contrary to many people’s ideas, pigs are ______.
A.fat B.lazy
C.busy D.smart
3.What does the underlined word “stereotypes” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.象征 B.偏见
C.记忆 D.性格
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Pigs stand for wealth. B.Pigs are popular in banks.
C.Pigs bring us bad luck. D.Pigs are children’s friends.
5.What will probably be talked about in the paragraph that follows?
A.Pigs in China. B.The truth about pigs.
C.Pigs in other countries. D.Wrong ideas of pigs.
Summer is coming. How will you spend your summer holidays? Will you go camping, do sports or go on with your studies? Why not try some part-time jobs during the summer?
When I was in senior high school, many of my friends held part-time jobs. The most common jobs for teenagers were restaurant jobs. Working in the kitchen, waiting tables and washing dishes were a few of the most typical ones. But my first part-time job was working at a bookstore. I went to the bookstore every day after school to look for new books and hang out with my friends, so I thought, why not work there and make some money?
One of the reasons why these jobs are often worked by teenagers is that they pay low wages. But the wage is still ok. When I worked at the bookstore, I spent my entire salary in the same store buying books. It was almost like my boss paid me in books instead of money. But at the time, that was perfectly fine by me. By doing the part-time job, I made some money, met different people and became independent and responsible.
1.What does the writer advise us to try in the summer holidays?
A.Studying. B.Doing sports.
C.Going camping. D.Doing part-time jobs.
2.What was the most common job for teenagers according to the second paragraph?
A.Selling books. B.Washing dishes.
C.Paying wages. D.Mending tables.
3.Where did the writer start working?
A.In a school. B.In a library.
C.In a bookstore. D.In a restaurant.
4.What can be inferred in the last paragraph?
A.Teenagers often got high pay.
B.The boss paid the writer in books.
C.The writer benefited a lot from the job.
D.People became independent by reading.
5.What is the main purpose of the text?
A.To persuade. B.To amuse.
C.To compare. D.To argue.
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使其构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
The meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up, spilling his coffee over his notes. ''How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age.'' Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. Someone said, ''Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.''
''My embarrassing moment? '' I said and began to fall into the memory of the past, ''Honestly, it is the most regretful one for me in my life.''
I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family.
I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.
When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over, give me a big kiss on the cheek. It was so embarrassing for me. I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye.
注意：续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
第一段：Then one day when we got to the school with his usual big smile, he started to lean toward me. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二段：Tears began to well up in Frank’s eyes, as he spoke. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定你是学校学生会主席李华。你们计划举办一个“中国年”聚会，欢迎来学校访问的澳大利亚学生。请你给领队Mr. Smith写一封邀请邮件，内容包括：
1. 发出邀请；
2. 聚会的时间和地点；
3. 简要介绍活动内容。
注意：1. 词数80左右；开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith,
Welcome to our school and I have some good news to tell you.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当的内容（每空一词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Café Yeonnam is a uniquely-designed café in Seoul which makes visitors feel like 1. (step) into a world of comics (漫画). Located in one of the most 2. (fashion) neighborhoods in Seoul, the café recently became famous all over the world for its original 3. (decorate). It was inspired by ''W-Two Worlds'', 4. popular fantasy drama series that aired in South Korea in 2016 and 5. (focus) on the conflicts between the real world and a fantasy one. It was this drama series 6. inspired the interior design of this super café.
Ever since its opening 2017, the café 7. (consider) one of the most popular cafes in Seoul. From the walls and the floor to the furniture and tableware, everything seems taken out of a comic. When a Korean magazine visited the Café back in April, they found it a small room capable 8. sitting around 20 people. Even so, café-goers could expect 9. (wait) a while for their orders as the café only had a staff of one, the owner. 10. that may change soon with hundreds of tourists coming here especially.
Occasionally, I long to be lost in a ''memory meal, '' biting into one of the nostalgic foods I enjoyed as a child. As a vegetarian, some tasty food like fried bacon is no longer my _______, but old memories die hard. One day, after a meal of locally grown organic food, I found myself _______ something fatty, crisp — bacon.
Back then, bacon came _______ into our household. When it did, it was an event. I would stand excitedly in the kitchen, watching mum complete the _______ work with a strong woody scent. When it was ready, I always slowly took every _______ of the little fatty curls and wanted more. It would be months before the next bacon _______ entered our household.
I had not tasted bacon in years, but the moment I _______ my desire for it, my husband began _______ the grocery stores for the best ''fake bacon'' that could bring us back to the carefree eating of our childhoods. How could he cook that soy(豆制品)so that it would _______ the tatstes of our younger years? __________, Ron did the next morning.
After Ron __________ the bacon to me as if he were handing me a golden crown, I closed my eyes and took a big bite. The soy actually smelled and tasted like __________. I thought of my late parents. My mother was never a morning person, but she __________ to the cooking occasion when bacon was on the menu. My father would delay half an hour to work and share this __________ luxury with us. Suddenly I realized it didn't matter whether I was eating pork or soy: the __________ themselves were just delicious.
1.A.problem B.exception C.option D.condition
2.A.expecting B.resisting C.cooking D.handling
3.A.frequently B.rarely C.roughly D.completely
4.A.eye-catching B.mouth-watering C.heart-breaking D.time-consuming
5.A.step B.grab C.idea D.bite
6.A.study B.treat C.deal D.purchase
7.A.forgot B.distracted C.mentioned D.reflected
8.A.adopting B.buying C.combing D.heading
9.A.shift B.hide C.influence D.resemble
10.A.Incredibly B.Probably C.Constantly D.Practically
11.A.threw B.preserved C.selected D.presented
12.A.fruit B.bacon C.vegetable D.sugar
13.A.rose B.failed C.objected D.meant
14.A.usual B.regular C.occasional D.normal
15.A.attempts B.memories C.benefits D.offers
