Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly ( 有规律地). Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most-talked-about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2，000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, the Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever recorded was also in China, in which about 80，000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 2008.
Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming.
People can't prepare for them.
1.Earthquakes happen _______．
A.in all the places in the world
B.only in the countries that have a lot of mountains
C.regularly in most places in the world
D.only in a few places along the mountains
2.When and where was the worst earthquake ever recorded?
A.4; Alaska. B.2008; China.
C.1923; Japan. D.1976; China.
3.What may be talked about in the seventh paragraph?
A.How do earthquakes worry people?
B.What will people do to prepare for earthquakes?
C.How can we save people when earthquakes happen?
D.How do earthquakes happen?
Once there was a relative who offered a man and his three sons two baskets of peaches(桃子). One basket of peaches were just ripe(成熟) while the other were already overripe and would go bad at once.
The father asked, “Which way of eating can avoid wasting a peach?”
The eldest son said, “Of course, we should eat those overripe, for they can’t be kept for three days.”
“But after you eat up those, the peaches in the other basket will go bad!”Certainly, the father was not satisfied with the eldest son’s advice.
The second son thought for a while and said “We should eat the peaches just ripe. Choose the good ones!”
“If so, won't the overripe peaches be wasted? Don’t you think it pity?” The father turned to the youngest son, “What good idea do you have?”
“I feel,” thinking for a while, the youngest son said, “we’d better mix them together, give some of them to the neighbors, and let them help us eat, so that we won’t waste a peach at all.”
Hearing this, the father nodded and said with a smile, “OK. It is really a good way. Then let’s do it by your way.”
1.Who offered them two baskets of peaches?
A.A boss B.A friend.
C.A relative. D.A neighbor.
2.The father asked his sons a question about how to _______.
A.avoid wasting a peach B.sell the peaches
C.eat the overripe peaches D.send the ripe peaches
3.Which was the eldest son’s idea?
A.Eating them up. B.Eating those ripe peaches first.
C.Giving some to the neighbors. D.Eating those overripe peaches first.
4.Why did the father nod and smile at last?
A.He felt sad. B.He felt worried.
C.He was satisfied. D.He was disappointed.
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A.Text book. B.Newspaper.
C.Novel. D.Travel magazine.
假如你是李华，你的好友王强给你来信说，在家上网课时，他的父母最近总是吵架，为此他很苦恼，问你该怎么办，希望你能给他提一些建议。请你根据下列提示，给他写封回信。
1.等你的父母冷静下来以后，分别找他们好好谈谈；
2.跟你的父母说，你非常爱他们；
3.向你的父母许诺，你会好好学习，不会让他们失望；
4.拿出你父母以前的照片，让他们回想往日的幸福时光。
要求：1.词数100--120左右；2.不要逐字逐句翻译。
参考词汇 争吵 quarrel with sb
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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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。
I firmly believe that everyone in the world loves his mother. So am I. My mother is an ordinary teacher. She always works hardly, just as other mothers do every day. Actual, she isn’t in good health. She had been suffering from arthritis many years. In spite of this, he never stops working or gives up hope. I still remember the day that my mother received a card of congratulations for Teachers’ Day from her director. The card was read “Thank you for your hard works; Happy Teachers’ Day to you!” At that moment, I was so moving that tears came to my eyes. I’m proud of my mother.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
With the 1. (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 2. air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the 3.(follow ) reasons: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off poisonous gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories.4. reason is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 5. to others. Besides these, about 10%of air pollution 6.(cause) by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight 7. pollution. New fuel can be used 8. ( take ) the place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 9. (important) of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 10. (solve).
