When is the supermarket closed on weekends?

A. At 9:00 pm.    B. At 10:00 pm.    C. At 11:00 pm.

请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

A post titled“Goodness, what have I done wrong to have to do homework with my kids！” caused a tremendous response in the society.

After millions of views on Sina Weibo, parents flocked to social media to share their own frustrating stories and experiences screaming and shouting their way through homework with their kids.

Now, millions of parents in China are calling for something that China’s tiger mothers would have considered unthinkable only a few years ago - a break from homework.

Education chiefs are already fighting back against challenging workloads, with officials in the eastern Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and also the northern Ningxia province, ruling that homework should not become “parental homework” or be set “above the level of the curriculum or the ability of the student”.

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1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容;

2. 用约120个单词谈谈“父母陪孩子做作业”所带来的负面影响，内容包括：

⑴ 父母陪孩子做作业会带来哪些负面影响（至少两点）；

⑵ 结合自身经历或见闻举例说明其负面影响。

（写作要求）

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Ants: master cooperators

Millions of ants live together in a colony, but they don’t compete, get confused, or become disorganized. They behave in an amazing orderly manner at all times. Some scientists refer to ants as ‘super-organisms’ because they live in such highly organized societies that work together to survive. The way ants live and work together has made them one of the most important creatures on the planet.

Ants, like bees, belong to a class of eusocial insects. Eusocial insects are broken into groups within their community, and each group has a special job to do depending on the needs of the community. There are three basic groups in an ant colony: queens, soldiers, and workers. Queens are the largest ants, and their only job is to reproduce—they lay all of the eggs that will eventually become soldiers and workers. Soldiers are responsible for protecting the colony and finding new places for nests. Worker ants have many jobs within the community, including caring for the eggs and young ants, hunting for food and maintaining the nest.

Some scientists are studying how ants can lead to a better understanding of labor issues, social class, and the use of nature resources in human communities. Ants have had millions of years of practice in working together to survive and grow. For a colony to function successfully, ants have to cooperate, from which people can learn a lot. Researchers hope that gathering information about how ants live together in communities can help people learn to cooperate and compromise with each other.

However, others argue that there are fundamental differences between ants and humans that mean human societies are unlikely ever to attain ant-like levels of collaboration. For example, ants in a colony don’t compete with each other. When they are short of food in the colony, some worker ants automatically become ‘feeder’ ants and feed others with the food in their stomach, regardless of their usual job. When the food supply is replenished, they become worker ants again.

In addition, ants are able to work together without a leader giving them directions. Despite their names, queen ants are not leaders. Instead, ants find out what they need to do from their sense of smell. Research on harvester ants pass each other, they pick up a chemical smell which tells them what the other ant is doing. The number of ants they pass doing a particular job determines what they need to do. It is a form of communication, but unlike human communication it has no content; it is just based on numbers.

While ants undoubtedly have a great deal to teach us about organization and the structure of networks, those searching for a greater understanding of human behaviour and morals may need to look somewhere.

As time went on, Philip’s deformity was accepted like one boy’s red hair and another’s unreasonable obesity. But meanwhile he had grown horribly sensitive. He never ran if he could help it, because he knew it made his limp more noticeable. He stood still as much as he could, with his badly shaped foot behind the other. Because he could not join in the games which other boys played, their life remained strange to him; Sometimes they seemed to think that it was his fault if he could not play football, and he was unable to make them understand. He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent.

The biggest boy in his dormitory, Singer, took a dislike to him, and Philip, small for his age, had to put up with a good deal of hard treatment. About half-way through the term there was a game called Nibs. It was a game for two, played on a table or a form with steel pens. Soon nothing was seen but boys playing this game, and the more skilful acquired vast stores of nibs. But in a little while Mr. Watson made up his mind that it was a form of gambling, and forbade the game. Then he ordered all the nibs in the boys’ possession be handed in. Philip had been very skilful, and it was with a heavy heart that he gave up his winning; but his fingers itched to play still, and a few days later, on his way to the football field, he went into a shop and bought a pennyworth of J pens. He carried them loose in his pocket and enjoyed feeling them. Presently Singer found out that he had them. Singer had given up his nibs too, but he had kept back a very large one, called a Jumbo, which was almost unconquerable, and he could not resist the opportunity of getting Philip’s Js out of him. Though Philip knew that he was at a disadvantage with his small nibs, he had an adventurous disposition and was willing to take the risk; besides, he was aware that Singer would not allow him to refuse. He had not played for a week and sat down to the game now with a thrill of excitement. He lost two of his small nibs quickly, and Singer was jubilant, but the third time by some chance the Jumbo slipped round and Philip was able to push his J across it. He crowed with triumph. At that moment Mr. Watson came in.

‘What are you doing?’ he asked.

He looked from Singer to Philip, but neither answered.

‘Don’t you know that I’ve forbidden you to play that game?’

Philip’s heart beat fast. He knew what was coming and was dreadfully frightened, but in his fright there was a certain exultation. He had never been swished. Of course it would hurt, but it was something to boast about afterwards.

‘Come into my study.’

The headmaster turned, and they followed him side by side. Singer whispered to Philip:

‘We’re in for it.’

Mr. Watson pointed to Singer.

‘Bend over,’ he said.

Philip, very white, saw the boy quiver at each stroke, and after the third he heard him cry out. Three more followed.

‘That’ll do. Get up.’

Singer stood up. The tears were streaming down his face. Philip stepped forward. Mr. Watson looked at him for a moment.

‘I’m not going to beat you. You’re a new boy. And I can’t hit a cripple. Go away, both of you, and don’t be naughty again.’

When they got back into the school-room a group of boys, were waiting for them. They set upon Singer at once with eager questions. But he did not answer. He was angry because he had been hurt.

‘Don’t ask me to play Nibs with you again,’ he said to Philip. ‘It’s jolly nice for you. You don’t risk anything.’

‘I didn’t ask you.’

‘Didn’t you!’

He quickly put out his foot and tripped Philip up. Philip was always rather unsteady on his feet, and he fell heavily to the ground.

‘Cripple,’ said Singer.

For the rest of the term he tormented Philip cruelly, and, though Philip tried to keep out of his way, the school was so small that it was impossible; he tried being friendly and jolly with him; he abased himself, so far as to buy him a knife; but though Singer took the knife he was not placated. Once or twice, driven beyond endurance, he hit and kicked the bigger boy, but Singer was so much stronger that Philip was helpless, and he was always forced after more or less torture to beg his pardon. It was that which rankled with Philip: he could not bear the humiliation of apologies, which were wrung from him by pain greater than he could bear. And what made it worse was that there seemed no end to his wretchedness; Singer was only eleven and would not go to the upper school till he was thirteen. Philip realized that he must live two years with a tormentor from whom there was no escape. He was only happy while he was studying and when he got into bed. And often there recurred to him then that queer feeling that his life with all its misery was nothing but a dream, and that he would awake in the morning in his own little bed in London.

1.Why did Philip put his badly shaped foot behind the other?

A. Because he could maintain a balance.

B. Because he fell into that particular habit.

C. Because he had a strong desire to fit in with others.

D. Because he wanted to escape any reference to it.

2.It can be safely inferred about the game Nibs that _______.

A. the game amounted to much as to Mr Watson

B. the game was very fashionable among the boys

C. the game was the only way for Philip to socialize with others

D. the game favored those who were the most patient and skilful

3.According to the passage, which is the right order about the following events ?

a. Singer challenged Philip to the game Nibs.

b. Mr Watson took away all the boys’ nibs.

c. Singer tripped Philip over on purpose.

d. Singer was beaten by Mr Watson bitterly.

e. Philip couldn’t help but submit to Singer.

A. b-a-c-d-e    B. b-d-a-c-e

C. b-d-a-e-c    D. b-a-d-c-e

4.Which of the following can best describe the character of Philip?

A. Fragile and frustrated.    B. Depressive but strong-willed.

C. Talkative and adventurous.    D. Aggressive but independent.

5.What does the underlined sentence show?

A. Mr Watson showed sympathy for Philip.

B. Mr Watson discriminated in favor of Philip.

C. Mr Watson looked down upon Philip.

D. Mr Watson expected none of Philip.

6.What can we learn from the passage about Philip?

A. He didn’t intend to make up with Singer.

B. He felt inferior and left out.

C. He was negative about his future in the end.

D. He didn’t take pleasure in studying.

It is a psychological strategy that all parents will be familiar with: instead of scolding an misbehaving child, focus instead in rewarding them for good behaviour.

Now the idea is well received outside the nursery, with implications for everything from recycling clothes to policing.

Consumers end up with piles of unwanted clothes. Every year in the UK, 300,000 tonnes ends up in landfill — 235 million individual items.

Now however, apps such as ReGain, Regive and Stuffstr are making it simpler — and more worthwhile — for people to return their unwanted clobber.

The ReGain app can be used to find one of 20,000 drop-off points. In return, the diligent consumer earns rewards such as discount coupons for high street retailers. Stuffstr works in partnership with John Lewis to help people get cash in return for unwanted items from the chain.

“Possibly the one prediction that we economists get right is that if you incentivise (激励) a behaviour, you will get more of it,” says Dr Matthew Levy, a lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics.

He cites research, including his own, showing that financial incentives encouraging regular exercise, stopping smoking and losing weight effectively promote healthy behaviours and that there is no backlash when the incentives are removed.“If anything, the incentives can be used to jump-start a healthy habit that keeps going,”he says.

In the four months after its launch, the ReGain scheme received almost 17,000 parcels containing 47 tonnes of used clothes and shoes, of which 95% could potentially be reused, according to its founder Jack Ostrowski.

“We need to find a way to influence behaviour, and discount coupons help,” he says. The platform is also working with brands and retailers to find ways to divert used clothes from landfills and into the production of new clothes, he adds.

Other reward schemes have had success in encouraging behavioural change.

When police in Canada issued“positive tickets”— coupons for free food or movie tickets — to reward good behaviour among young people, they reported an almost 50% drop in youth-related service calls.

“My officers would say‘In the old days we’d drive up in the police car and the kids would run away from us, now they run to us’.”

In a similar venture, Hull city council have announced plans to launch a digital reward token — the HullCoin — that can be earned by volunteering and spent at local retailers.

Elsewhere, a study on the recruitment of health workers in Zambia found that highlighting economic incentives during the recruitment process caused future employees to be more motivated and task-focused.

“Obviously different groups are motivated by different factors,” says Ostrowski. “For some, the‘feel good’factor is enough, and for others, that reward stimulus is required.”

1.Dr Matthew Levy might agree that______.

A. there is an undesired effect when the incentives are removed

B. economists always make some predictions to convince people

C. used clothes would be recycled via incentives, otherwise in landfill

D. financial incentives are the key to people’s getting rid of bad habits

2.The benefits of financial stimulus are mentioned EXCEPT ______.

A. increasing the sales of clothing and food

B. young people’s behaving well in public

C. leading to people’s disgust at smoking

D. future employees’ concentrating on tasks

3.It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

A. ReGain helps consumers get rewards from John Lewis

B. ReGain has the biggest share in the 20,000 drop-off points

C. ReGain has the absolute advantage over Regive and Stuffstr

D. ReGain plays a positive role in making for recycling clothes

4.What can be the best title?

A. Use carrots, Not sticks    B. The magic of reward coupon

C. The better you are, the more you’ll get    D. Positive or Negative

Our cities have never been denser, taller, or busier than they are now, and with that, comes the constant battle for land. But if we look at aerial images of any city center, we can quickly spot plenty of unused space — the rooftops.

So what can we use this precious resource for? In a growing number of high-density cities, some of it is dedicated to recreation — everything from bars and pools, to soccer pitches and running tracks can now be found atop skyscrapers. But when a rooftop offers access to sunlight, there are two more obvious candidates for its use - agriculture and solar power.

Green roofs have been growing in popularity for more than a decade, and in some cases, growing in scale too. Green roofs can provide a habitat for birds and insects in an otherwise hostile environment.

Cities can be several degrees warmer than the surrounding countryside. Green roofs come with the added benefit of mitigating the dreaded urban heat island effect. Trees and green spaces can absorb shortwave radiation, and use it to evaporate water from their leaves — a kind of ‘double cooling’ effect.

With food security and urban nutrition ever-higher on the agenda for the United Nations, there’s also a worldwide movement of using green roofs for hyper-local food production. In regions with suitable climates, hundreds of different vegetables, fruits, and salad leaves can be grown on rooftops.

But what about solar power? With so many cities now stopping using fossil fuels, and the costs of solar panels dropping dramatically, PV systems have become the ‘go to’ option for generating distributed power in built-up areas. And, even with standard commercial panels, the energy gains are dramatic. It is estimated that rooftop PV systems could generate almost 40% of electricity demands nationwide.

There’s no doubt that in both cases, a network of ‘productive rooftops’ could benefit the local community by supplying a portion of a necessary resource — either food or electricity — while also reducing their environmental burden. But is one better than the other?

This was the question posed by researchers from MIT and the University of Lisbon in a recent paper in the journal Cities. Focusing on the rooftops of a mixed-use neighborhood in Lisbon, they carried out a Cost-Benefit Analysis. Starting with existing data on everything from installation costs and resources used, to carbon footprint and yield, they modelled the impact that each installation would have on the local community over a period of 50 years.

And by looking at it that way, they concluded that for Lisbon, the use of rooftops for food production could yield significantly higher local value than solar PV energy generation. Of course, this is very site-specific. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to make cities more sustainable, and anyone who tells you otherwise is massively over-simplifying a complex issue. Now, all I hope is that some of those decision makers start using it.

1.According to the passage, green roofs don’t make a difference to ______.

A. medicine    B. agriculture

C. electricity    D. ecology

2.What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph ?

A. Lisbon is the perfect targeted city for researchers.

B. In another city, the opposite conclusion can be drawn.

C. The conclusion about Lisbon can apply to all other cities.

D. It doesn’t make sense to install rooftop PV systems in Lisbon.

3.The author writes this article in order to ___________.

A. instruct decision makers what to do

B. inform us of the rise of urban rooftops

C. predict two fields where we can use rooftops

D. persuade us to make cities more sustainable

BackJoy Orthotic Seat: Easy, Drug-Free Relief from Back Pain

Why BackJoy?

BackJoy is an innovative device that provides relief from back discomfort by aiding in maintaining your posture (姿势) anywhere you sit, hard or soft seats.

● Proven effective � over 2.0 million units sold, durable to provide long-lasting support

● Recommended by doctors and nurses

● Safe and effective � a natural alternative

Back Pain Is A Problem!

● We average over 9+ hours of sitting each day!

● 80% of adults will suffer from back pain in their life

● Back pain is the No. 2 reason for visiting the doctor

● Mom was right: “Sit up straight!”

How to use

BackJoy is made small on purpose. It is designed to cradle the space around the two sitting bones at the base of your pelvis and must be smaller than your buttocks to do so.

● Sit on top of it

Handle goes in front and between your legs

● Pull it tight & cup to fit

Feel it cup & lift your hips above the seat from below you

1.Which of the following statements is True?

A. You will be free of back pain after you use BackJoy.

B. Most of the users will experience immediate relief.

C. 94% of the doctors and nurses recommend it to others.

D. A majority of adults experience pain back in their life.

2.It can be inferred that______.

A. BackJoy doesn’t work on soft couches

B. BackJoy works for any health condition

C. BackJoy can help users to adjust the way they are sitting

D. BackJoy doesn’t work for adults weighing less than 90lbs

When Lyndsay and Matthew took home their newborn twins a few days after Christmas 2016, they knew that baby William’s days would be short. ______ he looked perfect and healthy, he had a severe heart defect, ______ in the womb.

“It was one of the ______ days of my life when we found out that we would lose our son ______ months still left in my pregnancy, but because at that time we were able to _____ ourselves,” said Lyndsay. “My husband and I both have a strong ______ in God and through prayer, we felt God’s love, peace, and ______.” She said that the love and help from family and friends have been ______ in their journey.

One friend made a special ______. Knowing how important it was to document his short life, a family friend ______ to a Toledo photographer she followed on Facebook.

“The days with both of our babies at home together were ______,” said Lyndsay. “We tried our best to focus on enjoying the time together and creating ______. We were able to do this and felt like God blessed us with the time to get to know our son.”

And although Lyndsay_______ hesitated to do a photo shoot, now she says she’s so glad she did.

“The photos are going to be even more important as time goes on,” said Brentlinger. “ I can

____ on our time with our whole family together and remember our newborn son with the

____ big eyes. His twin sister, Reagan , will be able to see the love and special ______ they shared together.”

What ______ Brown, the photographer were the parents and the strength and love they displayed during the shoot.

“The parents were extremely strong ,” Brown said. “ They ______ acted and treated both babies like nothing was wrong. So that ______ my heart watching them. We sort of lost it in the very end... Then the tears just started ______.”

William is a gift for his twin sister, his parents and everybody. Surrounded by love, life is eternal.

1.A. Even though    B. As though    C. Unless    D. In case

2.A. realized    B. recognized    C. identified    D. induced

3.A. wildest    B. worst    C. oddest    D. heaviest

4.A. in    B. before    C. with    D. after

5.A. devote    B. urge    C. comfort    D. prepare

6.A. feeling    B. determination    C. tie    D. faith

7.A. mercy    B. enthusiasm    C. support    D. energy

8.A. diverse    B. permanent    C. adequate    D. crucial

9.A. instruction    B. suggestion    C. conclusion    D. decision

10.A. pointed out    B. cried out    C. reached out    D. went out

11.A. amazing    B. thrilling    C. discouraging    D. disappointing

12.A. memories    B. miracles    C. missions    D. motivations

13.A. terminally    B. initially    C. eventually    D. lately

14.A. look forward    B. look up    C. look down    D. look back

15.A. thankful    B. tearful    C. soulful    D. cloudy

16.A. care    B. bond    C. appreciation    D. mind

17.A. stuck    B. inspired    C. influenced    D. struck

18.A. truly    B. frankly    C. generally    D. gradually

19.A. moved    B. melted    C. matched    D. mended

20.A. flashing    B. flaming    C. flowing    D. floating

---So you missed the wonderful lecture given by the famous professor?

---_____. I got there 10 minutes before it finished.

A. You got me there    B. You said it

C. I hate to say it    D. Not exactly

---Have you heard of the Chinese Zodiac Art Exhibition being held in the Palace Museum now?

---Sure. Han Meilin, a veteran artist _____ no less than 600 new artworks in it.

A. is presenting    B. has presented

C. will present    D. has been presenting

There are many online shopping payment methods in China, and you can choose, when the order is _____, cash, POS or checks, to pay for the goods.

A. deposited    B. delivered

C. deduced    D. defined

Not far from the club was there a garden, _____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.

A. whose    B. its

C. which    D. that

---Haven’t you finished the construction of the teaching building to be used next term?

--- Yes. My workers and I _____ on it for over nine months.

A. have worked    B. have been working

C. worked    D. had worked

Recent years have seen a growing increase in the emergence of cyber terms, without which our life _____ so colorful nowadays.

A. won’t be    B. hadn’t been

C. wouldn’t be    D. can’t be

Universities must adopt stricter rules and conduct stricter reviews of submitted material to make enrollment procedures more _____, the Ministry of Education said on Jan 4, 2019.

A. complicated    B. effective

C. precise    D. transparent

---How do you find the movie Nobodies released recently?

---It’s fantastic. What a huge box office hit on the first day！And it has been _____ ever since.

A. catching on    B. pushing on

C. carrying on    D. counting on

Linda couldn’t have broken into the teacher’s office at midnight, for it was only nine o’clock ______she returned to the dormitory and had a sound sleep.

A. before    B. when

C. that    D. until

China successfully launched a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, which, _____ misunderstanding, is not always dark.

A. similar to    B. familiar to

C. contrary to    D. superior to

Chairman Xi Jinping and Jong-un held talks, reaching the important _____ that the two sides agreed to make joint efforts to push for continuous new development of China-DPRK relationships in the new era.

A. consistence    B. consensus

C. conscience    D. compromise

--- How do you instruct your students to dip into their studies after class?

--- Well. I often accompany them as much as I can, _____ most of the headteachers in our school.

A. so do    B. as have

C. so are    D. as do

General Secretary Xi Jinping _____ clarified the policy that we Chinese unconditionally aid the developing countries in need, believe it or not, without any additional conditions.

A. apparently    B. absolutely

C. ambiguously    D. aggressively

--- Dr. Saxena, a knowledgeable and ever victorious physician, has been down in the dumps these days for his experiment failed again.

--- Every one has his _____ and he is not exceptional.

A. Achilles’ heel    B. Daniel in the lion’s den

C. Herculean task    D. Waterloo

Guandan, a Poker game, originating _____ Premier Zhou Enlai was born, has been popular with the men in the street around the country.

A. from which    B. in where

C. where    D. what

假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom给你来信说寒假就要到了，但他不知道在寒假期间做些什么有意义的事，希望你给予建议。请你根据以下要点给Tom回信：

寒假建议：1.合理休息，补习差科；

2．结交新朋友，发现新事物等；

3．游览参观，看书等开阔眼界。

注意：词数100左右(开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数)

Dear Tom，

From your letter I know that your winter vacation is coming.________________________________________

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Yours，

Li Hua

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。

Listening, speaking, reading and writing are importance to our study. Of the four skills, I think listening is the harder. I like watching English films but I have trouble understanding the way in that native speakers speak.

I am not happy with this situation, but last week I have a talk with my friend Wang Ting. She told me some good ways of improve listening. She suggested using my iPad to listen English songs and learn English expression. Besides, she said watching the news and interviews on CCTV9 were also helpful.

I will do as her advised. I’m sure I will gradual make progress.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在后面相应位置上。

In order to realize his dream, Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, gave up 1.(study) in Harvard University, 2. is the most famous in the world. He set 3. a company and researched the computer software. As an old 4.(say) goes, “Interest is the best teacher.” I quite agree with this idea. I began to be crazy 5. English when I was a little girl. I got particularly interested in foreign 6.(culture) and customs. To meet my curiosity, I read English stories every day. It seemed to be the 7.(good) “meal” of the day. As 8. result, I always did very 9. in my English exams. Interest is the key to 10.(succeed).

A good dictionary is _______important tool(工具). It will tell you_______ only what a word means but_______how it _______. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop(发展) and a good dictionary must _______these new changes.

A new English dictionary will only tell you_______most people use the language today. It won’t tell you what is right _______ wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only _______ people use a word, a dictionary will _______ tell you this or not list(编列) it.

________ dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type(用打字机打) a word and the word is too long, ________in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you________to break(拆开) a word. And they also show you how a word ________.

Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings(意思). In some dictionaries, the main(主要的) meanings are often listed first. In________, the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always________the front part. This part explains________.

Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes ________. Do you know that the word “brand”(标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because ________ years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who ________them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals ________they would not be stolen.

Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.

1.A. a    B. an    C. the    D. very

2.A. no    B. that    C. not    D. if

3.A. too    B. either    C. yet    D. also

4.A. uses    B. is using    C. is used    D. used

5.A. to show    B. show    C. shows    D. be shown

6.A. how    B. what    C. why    D. if

7.A. and    B. or    C. but    D. not

8.A. a little    B. many    C. a few    D. a lot of

9.A. neither    B. nor    C. both    D. either

10.A. Every    B. Some    C. All    D. Many

11.A. look up it    B. look for it    C. look it up    D. look it out

12.A. when    B. where    C. why    D. which

13.A. speaks    B. is spoke    C. be spoken    D. is spoken

14.A. another    B. the other    C. others    D. other

15.A. see    B. look    C. watch    D. read

16.A. how use it    B. to how use it    C. how to use it    D. to how to use it

17.A. into    B. up    C. by    D. from

18.A. hundreds of    B. hundred of    C. a hundred of    D. hundred

19.A. builds    B. makes    C. build    D. made

20.A. when    B. in order to    C. so that    D. before

My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.1.  Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2.  She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

3.  Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.4.  She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5.  This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. She enjoys listening to classic music.

B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

C. She loves her students and cares for them.

D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

G. Can you tell us something about your mother？

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. 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, 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 2008. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.

Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People cannot prepare for earthquakes.

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 coast

2.When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported?

A. In 1964 in Alaska.    B. In 1556 in China.

C. In 1923 in Japan.    D. In 2008 in China.

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed.

B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly.

C. Earthquakes can cause fires.

D. People still don't know how to tell when an earthquake will come.

4.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?

Eye Health Care

Daily

Healthy habits mean healthy eyes. Here are some daily tips for eye health.

◆P Clean your eyes with pure cold water regularly. This is one of the best ways to keep eyes healthy and disease free.

◆Avoid looking directly at the sun

◆Roll your eyes up and down, then side to side. Then move your eyes in a circular motion（圆周运动） Exercise5tol0 times a day to relax your eyes

◆ Keep a good distance from the computer screen-sit about 22-28 inches away from it.

◆Visit your eye doctor on a regular basis

There are also some tips for healthy contact lens（隐形眼镜）wear and care to help prevent eye infections (感染). Please visit CDCS healthy contact lenses website and you can also follow them on social media(www.cdc.goy/contactlenses).

1._____is not good for your eyes

A. Eating vegetables    B. Wearing sunglasses

C. Wearing contact lens    D. Looking at the sun directly

2.How to relax your eyes according to the tips?

A. Clean eyes with pure cold water    B. Look at the sun directly

C. Make eye movements    D. Wear contact lens

3.In which column can we read this text?

A. Education    B. Health

C. Entertainment    D. Advertisement