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首字母填空。根据短文大意和首字母提示填空
A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c   and every kind of trap(计谋) that he set failed.
A young boy watched the man’s efforts and then took a pot with a narrow(狭窄的) neck. He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i   it. He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, “We should have a m      in a few hours.”
Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e and got a handful of peanuts, but he couldn’t p   his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot. The monkey was a   and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand.
The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e    the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s   and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap. “Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h to get it out?”
The boy laughed and said, “The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn’t w  to let go. They never are.

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Traveling is a very good activity. When you get tired of your work or study, and when you have free time, you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the beauty of nature or other cities. You can take in fresh air, meet different people and make friends with them. It’s good for your health to do so.
But  at times, traveling is not an enjoyable thing. For example, the weather can be changeable. There may be rain when you travel. You may catch a cold or be ill while traveling. The worst thing is that the thieves may steal your money. All these may happen to a tourist.
When you go on a trip, you must get everything ready. Firstly, you must have clear information about the weather .Secondly, ask a friend to go with you so that you can help each other. Thirdly, you must be careful everywhere and not to cause accidents. If you do this, you will surely enjoy your travel.

The title of this article
______________
 
__________ of travelling
When you have __________ time ,you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the _________beauty .
 
Disadvantages of travelling
But _________,travelling is an ___________ thing.You may catch a cold or get help when you __________.   And thieves may steal your___________  .
 
Other things about travelling
Before the trip,you should get ready ________ everything.Firstly,you must have clear information about the weather .Secondly,ask a friend to go with you so that each of you can  get help.Thirdly,you must be careful everywhere and not to cause accidents .If you do this ,you will be _________ to enjoy your travel.
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根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词。
I’m very happy to v_____ Beijing again. Great changes have t_____place here. Yesterday, I w_______ to visit Sunshine Middle School --- I had lived there for n_____ two years. Maybe you don’t believe I couldn’t f______the way there! A taxi driver took me there in the end. He said, “Beijing changes too much. Sometimes even people in Beijing cannot find the way.” You can see green trees on b______ sides of the wide and clean streets. And you can see tall buildings here and there. Now, many people in Beijing a _____English classes in the evening schools, and some of them can s______ very good English. I’m s______ a lot of travelers from the world will enjoy t _______ in Beijing.

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阅读下面的短文,根据短文内容完成相关任务。
What do you think of the most important invention in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are three other important inventions.
One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.

Important _______________
Some most important inventions
The TV, the _______, the _______, the computer
Three other important inventions
Before the inventions
the __________
________ ran into rivers from people’s houses
_________ were common in big cities
It was often difficult to find _______ drinking water
hay, animal food
Most animals were killed in ______ because there wasn’t enough food in winter
___________
Reading, writing and “close work” would be difficult for the people over _____________
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Sally is an       ( 澳大利亚) girl.But she can     (说)Chinese very well. She studies in China now. She gets on well with        (每个人) .She is always     (乐意的)to help others. She likes football very much. She’s looking               (球队)play football. She’s going to        ( 为……喝彩) the players. She      (希望) they will win the match. One interesting thing, Sally has a       (奇怪的) hobby. She keeps        ( 鸭子)as pets.

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任务型阅读:根据短文内容,完成表格中所缺的信息。(一空一词共10分)
Do you know an old city called "Pingyao" in Shanxi? The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It's a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.

The old city is not very large. It has an area of only 2.25 square kilometers. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones(石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on both sides of the street.
Pingyao is a square city. The city has a wall around it. It's about 6 km long and 12 m high. The wall has six gates. And you mustn't miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.
Pingyao is a place worth(值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It's less than 2 hours' bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.
The City of Pingyao

Location(位置)
In Shanxi,    Taiyuan.
         
  2000 years.
         
2.25 square kilometers.
Attractions(吸引人的东西)
Buildings: Most of them have two  . They are made of stones.
  : Many of them are on each ____of the street..
Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall ____the square city.
Food: Pingyao   tastes nice.
Transportation(交通)  
Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or  
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完成对话。在对话的空格中填上适当的单词,使对话完整正确。一空一词。 把答案按编号依次填入下面横线上。(共10小题,每小题1分;计10分)
A: Rebecca, We’re talking about shopping. Is there     you hate about shopping?
B: Yes, I don’t like shopping when there are crowds of people. Usually when the     are on, it can be a good time to shop and it also draws a lot of people and everybody is pushing and trying to get things they want.
A: Right.      , the thing I really don’t like about shopping is to try on clothes. You know, you go and you find your coat and then you put it on, but it     fit, then you have to try another on again.
B: Yeah, it seems every year the numbers are different sizes. You wear a size ten and then the next year it’s not the   size. That can be a real problem.
A: It drives me crazy. Now in Australia, when you are shopping in the store, do you normally get a lot of personal customer service?
B: Yes, They come up to you as soon as you come into the store, and if you say you’re just a look, then they leave you  , but it can be really good because I really don’t like being  around.
A: Yeah. In the United States I think the service is really good but  really annoying is that now they always want to have you join some club or some membership. I think I have so many cards in my wallet. When the assistant asks“Oh, are you a  ” and I pull out all my cards and find I’m not a member of them. So they ask me to join them again.
B: Right, Usually these days I just say no, but it’s just so annoying.

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李明同学有写英语日记的习惯,他在单词拼写上遇到一些困难,请大家帮他补充完整。一空一词。(本小题有10题,每小题1分,共10分)
Thursday, September 1st
I’m a Grade 3 student this year. I have made my    (决定)to be more active in class and work______ (努力) than before. I’m not good at history, so I should spend more time on it. If I have any problems that I can’t______  (解决), I will ask my teacher for help. Luckily, the new history teacher is_______(知识渊博的 )and humorous. He has a strange way of making his classes interesting and we students are    ___(有活力的). I’m quite confident in him and myself now. My mother told me not to _____(闲聊) on QQ any more. She thought it was     (浪费)my time. I think I won’t do that again this year.
Sunday, September 18th
It’s Sunday today. The weather is fine. My friend Eric called me to go out for a picnic with him. At first I       (拒绝)because I was afraid my parents won’t let me do so. But to my great surprise, they acted completely     (不同地)today. Usually I’m not  (允许)to do anything they think is not good for study. I felt so excited and had a very pleasant day today.

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任务型阅读(本题有5小题,每小题1分,共计5分)请阅读下列文字材料,从方框A、B、C、D、E、F六个选项中选出五项与71—75题中的描述一一对应。
_______ Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.
_______ Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.
_______It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.
_______ What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.
_______ Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.

A.Pet hotels
B.Smaller pets
C.Robots for pets
D.A panther for pet

E. Pet restaurants
F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals

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用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文完整正确。

Yesterday my classmates and I went to visit an old people'shome with our parents. It  was quite   
from our school, so we went there by bus. After forty minutes, we    there.When the old people saw us, they felt very glad. We did a lot of things that day. First, we cleaned the house. It      us the whole morning to do the work. And      we cooked and ate lunch with them happily. After that some students sang and danced for them, some students told funny stories to them, and    students chatted with them. The old people smiled all the time. Our       worked hard, too. They made good examples to' us students. Doing things with our parents is      and exciting. We like it. We were all very        when we left. But we thought it was a special experience for us. And    of us felt that we were members of a big family. How happy we were! It is important for us all to help the people in need and show our        to everyone.

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根据中文意思补全单词。(10分)
Joe and Tony were______(都)twenty years old. They studied in a medical college. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to travel in the country. They went to some____(城镇)and  villages, and visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of _________(有趣的)things. They enjoyed  _______ (他们)there.
One afternoon they felt too hot to go _________(任何地方). How they wished they could find a river and jump in the______(凉爽的)  water. They were driving the car___  (慢地)when they were looking around. Suddenly Joe saw a lake not far away. They_____  (停)the car beside  the lake, looked around, and found a man who was sitting on a stone  fishing there. They took off  their clothes and _____(跳)into the water. Just  at that time, the man came up to them and shouted, "Sorry, swimming is not allowed  in the lake!"
"Why didn’t you tell us about it ______(在...之前)we took off our clothes?" Tony said angrily.
"But it isn’t forbidden(禁止) to take off clothes  beside  the lake," said the man. 

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My home is about 10 kilometers from school. I usually _______(have) a quick breakfast. And I______(步行)to the bus station. Then the bus _______(take) me to school. It _____(花费) me 25 _________(分钟).

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This is Lin’s first longt___________ by train. His brother, Jin told him not to forget where he came from. Linn____________, unable to speak. Heh__________ Jin in his arms. Witht____________ in his eyes, Jin pushed Lin away. Lin jumped onto the train and found a young man was sittingi___________ his seat. The young man was w___________ jeans and a very smart jacket, and was smoking a c____________. The young man would geto_____________ the train at Hangzhou. At first, he didn’t agreed tom____________. But with the help of a man w_____________ glasses, Lin got back his seat in the end.

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缺词填空
The room goes dark. The audience becomes quiet. The music begins. The movie starts. In the US, it is
g   1   to see parents watching cartoons with their children, or a group of male friends watching an action film together.
People often eat popcorn in the c   2  . They drink soda. Theaters also sell candy and chocolate. S  3   people bring their own food in to save m   4   .
But how do you know which films you can w   5  ? The US has a rating(分级) system. If a movie is rated G, it means General Audience, and a   6   can see it. PG means Parental Guidance(家长指导). That means you need your p   7   to go with you, if you’re really young. A PG-13 movie means you h   8   to watch it with your parents if you’re y   9   than 13 years old. And a   10    R rated movie means unless you’re o   11   than 17, you need your parents to be w   12   you.

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