In Pontevedra, a city in Spain, people don't shout. Since cars are banned (明令禁止) in the city, there are no noises from cars. People don't have to try hard to make themselves heard. What you hear in the street, instead, is the singing of birds.
Miguel Lores, the mayor (市长) opens the windows of bib office, and the sound of human voices(1) (rise) from the street below. Lores says, "More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day. There(2) (be) more cars passing through the city in a day than people living here."
Lores became mayor in 1999. He spent months(3) (walk) around the city."The historical city is dead," he said one day. "It is full of cars. It(4) (pollute) heavily.There are a lot of traffic accidents. The elderly and children aren't able to use the streets because of cars.People who had a chance to leave have done so."
At first, Lores thought of improving traffic conditions. However, he couldn't come up with a good plan. After lots of discussions, the government finally decided(5) ( take ) action to ban cars.
The change(6) (bring )Pontevedra many advantages since then.Traffic accidents seldom happen.CO2 emissions(排放物)are down 70 percent.Many people are moving to the city,making it lively again.Most local people in the city like the change.Ramiro Armesto,a mother of two young children,said,"in the past, the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams.Now,the city is cleaner, quieter and safer."Raquel Garcia,another parent,said she had stayed in many cities around the world. However, she had never lived in a city as "easy to live in" as Pontevedra."Even while it(7) (rain), I walk everywhere. The feeling is wonderful," she added. "Pontevedra is paradise(天堂)"
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Seattle is a beautiful seaside city in the USA.Do you want to visit it(56) staying at home?A 14﹣year﹣old American student McKaulay made this come(57) with his computer game.
The game is called Seattle Monorail.The players can(58) a red or a blue train along the track(轨道),passing Seattle's famous places and buildings.
McKaulay started working on the game two years(59) .He built the game software(软件) for beginners.His idea came to him during a computer animation(动画) course that he took when he was in Seattle.He(60) over 200 hours programming the game.
"The thing is if people get(61) in this,it doesn't have to end where the train goes,"said his father,"McKaulay can make it go by anything."
Now McKaulay is building a website,www.McKaulay.com.He plans to share all his work on the website.He is also trying to put his(62) on the Seattle Centre website.If he makes it,he will sell the game to(63) ,and he will use the money to pay for a trip to China.
"Anyone(64) has heard about Seattle's train may think this is kind of fun,"McKaulay said,"I think people who have driven it would(65) find it fun.
Recycling your rubbish is a great habit. However. it's even better to turn your rubbish into something new and . (use)
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(1)As the of the popular film Hi,mom,Jia Ling is welcomed by more people.
(2)Wendy once spent a year in Los Angeles for further study in her .
(3)My pet cat likes playing with tail while my pet dog loves running after balls.
(4)Marie Curie's success in the discovery of radium is connected with her hard work.
(5)Millie asks Andy to fix her broken bicycle,however,he is about it.
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A group of frogs(青蛙) were traveling through the forest,but unluckily two of fell into a hole.The other frogs tried to help them.When they saw how deep the was,they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved.The two frogs didn't care and tried their to jump up out of the hole.The other frogs kept that they were sure to die.Finally,one of the two heard what the other frogs were saying and gave up.Then he fell n and died.
However,the other frog to jump as hard as he could. last,he made it out.When he got out,the other frogs asked,"Did you hear us?"The frog,who had a hearing,explained,"I thought you were encouraging me all the time."
The story teaches us a lesson:There is power of life and death in the tongue(言语).An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out a discouraging word can kill them.
After the Great Wall Station, Zhongshan, Kunlun and Taishan, China is now building its research station in Antarctica (南极洲). ( five )
A.that have died B.that has grown up C.make their city greener D.ask for help E.celebrates |
In San Francisco,there is a special group of volunteers.They call themselves Friends of the Urban (城市的) Forest (FUF).These volunteers want to(1)_____.Every year,the FUF plants nearly 1,000 trees.
The FUF welcomes new volunteers all year round and in all parts of its work.On Weekend Planting Days,FUF volunteers work with common citizens (市民) to plant trees.The planting usually runs from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.After the work is done,everyone(2)_____over a community lunch.
On Thursday Planting Days,the FUF plants "replacement (替换) trees".As their name suggests,these trees replace trees(3)_____.Planting Leaders are very experienced volunteers.They are able to help other volunteers at planting events.Planting Leaders usually wear a special FUF T﹣shirt.Some new volunteers know little about "replacement trees".They can easily find Planting Leaders and(4)_____.
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Charlie was a boy.His family was very poor.There was a chocolate factory near their house and Charlie loved chocolate more than anything else.
Mr.Wonka was the(81) of the chocolate factory.He had hidden five Golden Tickets inside chocolate (82) ,and the children who got the Golden Tickets would be invited to visit his factory.And they would get a prize.
Charlie wanted to get a ticket so badly.One day,he (83) some money on the ground on his way home,and he used it to buy chocolate.(84) ,he got a Golden Ticket!
When five children visited different chocolate rooms,four other children caused some trouble.Charlie was the only one who didn't cause any trouble.He won the prize﹣the factory (85) .He was very happy.
Until recently,Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty,she attends a school in Ilorin,Nigeria,wearing the same pink dress as two(1) (百)other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.
Ajayi runs her(2) (自己的)business making and selling bags,but she believes it is(3) (仍然)necessary for her to learn to read and write.
In class,she answers questions(4) (积极).She plays,talks and(5) (讨论)together with her classmates.
She is good at(6) (烹饪).Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy
(7) (她们自己)at school.
Ajayi's(8) (女儿)used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose(9) (支持)her efforts.
She plans to continue her(10) (教育)for four more years,saying it will help her business.
At 7 am,we got on the state﹣of﹣the﹣art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station.We stored our(1) (背包)and found our seats.Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much(2) (噪音),this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows,you could(3) (几乎不)tell we were moving.Yet,within minutes,we were passing over the rails at speeds of more than 350 kilometers an hour.
Soon,the towns of(4) (东部的)China were rushing by.I saw my wife smiling and(5) (指向)to a coin she had balanced on the table.She took another coin and balanced it next to the first,and then another,until she had a(6) (行)of coins.They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that,we(7) (两个都)went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside.We felt quite(8) (放松的).Then,before we knew it,we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing.For 1,318 kilometers,we(9) (花费)only 4 hours and 38 minutes.Thanks to high speed trains,we can travel in China much more conveniently.No(10) (疑惑),they will also bring the people of the country closer together,and in time bring about deep social changes,the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
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(1)I'm right here waiting you come back.
(2)I an environmental project last Saturday.
(3)Carmen loves the singer Dan Dervish very much.
(4)If you're looking for some birthday gifts,here is my .
(5)It takes half an hour to get to the park from my home.
方框内所给词或短语的适当形式完成下面短文.
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Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys.In fact,many teenage boys can't name a single best friend.When they(1) ,they often think for a while before answering, "My best friend?I can't (2) that.I am busy with my homework,and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one best friend."
Girls,however,can usually answer the question (3) , "A best friend?Of course.We have a lot to share with each other.We get much more (4) from talking,daydreaming."
We have to realize:boys share activities,while girls share feelings.The qualities (品质) that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same,regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships.The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships.We all need friends in our lives.
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Iris Marie Experience |
Dear Marie, I've been in Beijing for a month.I stay in a modern hotel(1) lies in the center of the city.I have visited many wonderful places,for example,(2) Great Wall of China.I have also met a lot of very friendly people here.Now I'm trying to learn Chinese from them and I am quite interested(3) it.Chinese food is really delicious and hot pot is my favorite.In China,it is interesting(4) see people eating with chopsticks.I'm practicing using them and I am getting more(5) more skillful now.I want to come back again next year.I hope you can come with me. Iris |
阅读短文,从方框中选择单词,并用适当形式填空,使短文意思完整、通顺.每词限用一次.
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I took up my first job as a teacher.The(71) in my class were about sixteen or seventeen years old,only several years(72) than me.In fact,some of them looked older and seemed more like grown﹣ups.And some of them even didn't listen to me carefully in the class.
The classroom was on the(73) floor and it was directly above the street.One day,I was writing on the blackboard(74) I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me.There was a man standing in the room with half an apple in(75) right hand.
"Who threw this?"he shouted,looking around the class(76) .
"I beg your pardon?"I said."Someone threw this apple out of the window,"he said,"It landed on my car."
"Who threw the apple out of the window?"I shouted to the class.There was no(77) ."I want the one who threw this,"said the man,"I will be waiting outside for you."And then he left,slamming(摔) the door.
The students were(78) in class and I went on with the lesson.
At the end of every lesson,as the bell rang,usually the class were all gone before it finished(79) leaving me saying"That's all for today."to an empty room.
This time,when the bell went for the end of the lesson,no one(80) ."That's all for today."I said."You go first,sir."said one of the boys.It made a nice change,being first out.
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