题1:
Dear Peter,
I'm so excited.Guess what-it's my Dad's 40th 1.________ /’bə:0dei/ next week,so we're going to London to celebrate it! Cool,uh?
We're lying over on Thursday evening.As 2.________ as we arrive,we'll go on a tour of the city. Well take a trip on the River Thames,which 3.________(divide) the city into two parts.This way,we can see almost every place of interest in London.
On 4.F________ morning,we're going lo the Tate Modem.Since it's not far 5.________our hotel,we're
going to the London Eye.I can't wait to see the Houses of Parliament from up there!
Saturday is for 6.________(shop).Mom 7.________(advise) me to buy a teddy bear for my cousin as a present.We're going to Portobello Road in the morning.Then in the afternoon,we'll visit Harrods-the most
famous shop in London! Dad's not very happy 8.________ it,but I'm sure he'll 9.e________ when we're there.
On Sunday morning,we're going to Hyde Park,and we're going home by plane in the afternoon.
It's my dream trip-and it's 10. ________(happen)!
Hope everything's OK with you.
Lots of Love,
Cynthia
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题2:
Where I'm from,we're pretty relaxed about time. We don't like to rush around,so we 11.________(mind) if
people are a little late sometimes.If you tell a friend you're going to their house for dinner, it's OK if you arrive a bit late. We 12.________ /’ri:ali/enjoy our time slowly.We 13.________(valuable)the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives.We often just drop by our friends' homes if we have time.14.________ (besides),we don't usually have to make plans to meet our friends. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!
In Switzerland, it's very important 15.________ on time.We're the capital of clocks and watches,after all! If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you 16.________(expect) to be there at noon.If you're even 15 minutes late, 17.________ friend may get mad. So I make an________(effort)to be on time when I meet my friends.I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I think it’s impolite to keep others 19.________ (wait).Also,we never visit a friend’s house without calling first. We almost always make plans 20.________ see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting ,or go somewhere together.
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题3:
The story took place two years ago.I was in 21.________fifth grade. That year,I was only 11 years old,a little gift.One might,my 22.________ (father)car was broken by a thief.Even worse,all of the things in the car 23.________(steal),including my schoolbag,It had my small drawing board,school textbooks and notebooks in it. I was really sad.I had to go to school 24.________ nothing the next day.My teacher,Miss Taylor,was very kind t me.She gave me a new drawing board after I told her what had happened.She also handed me some crayons.She asked me 25.________ .I'd like to draw something on the drawing board. I didn't have any ideas. But I really thanked her for her kindness.
I didn't start to draw anything yet, something even 26.________(good)happened.Miss Taylor got a
call from the office. After she put down the phone, she said with 27.________(excite).“Helen,a miracle(奇
迹)has happened! Someone found your bag!” I ran to the office and got my schoolbag.When I opened it, I saw that all my things were still inside. A teacher in the office said,“You are 28.________/’IAki/. A couple found your schoolbag on the side of the road, and they found the address on your drawing board. So
they 29.________(bring)the bag to school just now. "
It shows that there are lots of people who are kind.There is no need for us 30.________(lose)faith just
because of one bad apple. The world is still so beautiful.
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题4:
On Saturday morning, every boy in town is happy,except Tom Sawyer. He has to paint the fence because he 31.________(punish) for the mistakes he made yesterday. The fence is at least nine 32.
________(foot) high and runs nearly half the block long. After only a few strokes,he sits down and begins to think of all the fun he has planned for the day.He knows that the painting 33.________( take ) up all afternoon. Even 34.________(bad), other boys will come by soon 35.________see him do his chores. Just then, Ben Rogers comes along the road with an apple in his hand.Tom has 36.________idea.He picks up his brush and goes back to work.
"Got to work,hey?" says Ben.“Work? What work are you talking about? Ir's not every day a boy gets to paint a whole fence 37.________ himself."Then Tom goes on 38.________/’peintig/. Ben watches Tom in
Silence.He becomes more and more 39.________(interest).After a while, he says,"Say,Tom,let me try.”
"No,I'm sorry.Aunt Polly says there isn't one boy in a thousand that's fit to paint the fence.”
"Come on,Tom.Let me just try, please...I'll give you my apple!”
Tom considers moment longer. Then very slowly he hands the brush over to Ben. Siting under a shady tree,
Tom eats the apple and watches Ben paint the fence in the hot sun.He thinks he 40.________(discover)
something wonderful since then:To make a boy want something,all you have to do is make that something hard to get!
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36.__________ 37.__________ 38.__________ 39.__________ 40.__________
题5:
(大脑爱听妈妈声音的原因)
We are often told to pay attention to what our mothers tell us.Most of us enjoy listening to our mothers' voices. Scientists have found that 1.________(compare) with other people's voices, our brains greatly prefer the voice of our own mothers.
Scientists at Stanford University,US,recently studied this.They scanned(扫描) children's brains while they
were 2.________(listen) to different sounds,including their mothers' voices.They found that 97 percent
of the time, children could recognize their mothers' voices at once.
Hearing their mothers' voices makes children's brains more active. We usually just use one part of our brain to deal with sounds when we 3.________/hiə/ something.But 4.w________we hear our mothers'
voices, many parts of the brain,5.________(include) those in charge of(负责)reward and feeling,start to work as well.
6.________do we respond so strongly to our mothers' voices? It starts even 7.________we're born. When children are still in the womb(子宫)or have just been born, they hear their mothers' talking.This makes
babies feel comfortable and teaches them language and social skills,even though they are still very young.The babies learn to recognize their mothers' voices as a rewarding sound.Later, when this sound is heard again,more attention is 8.________(pay)to it.
Some sounds are necessary for our survival or bring us pleasure.These sounds are recognized by our brains as rewarding sounds.Most human voices are not recognized in this way,since we hear them so often.But mothers' voices are 9.________(difference).They bring us a lot of comfort.
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题6:
(对在小学开设游泳课的看法)
Guangdong Province is set to make swimming lessons compulsory(强制性的)in primary schools starting from 2020,suggesting the courses be given 10.________the fourth grade. Is it necessary?Some readers share their 11.________(opinion).
Mister Panda(France)
I come from France where swimming lessons in school is compulsory.I even got my lifesaving(救命的)certificate(证书)in school.
White Bear (Poland)
In Poland,swimming lessons are not compulsory,but most of the schools have 12.t________.I think that
when it is possible, there should be the swimming lessons for kids. It is a lifesaving skill.
Jet Feng(China)
As a boy born in a rural(农村的)area,I learnt swimming in a river near my home when I was 7 or 8 years
old.I used to play in the river with boys every summer, which was also 13.________only entertainment we
could make at that time, but we enjoyed it so much! I just learnt how to dog paddle (狗爬式游泳)14.________no one taught us.Until I entered university,I got a chance to improve my swimming 15. ________(skill) in P.E.