【1】The United Nations(聯(lián)合國) is an i____________ organization.

【2】The red paper is usually folded before it is cut into pictures with s____________.

【3】My brother has to c____________ the work by himself in two hours.

【4】The wood is fired at a very high h____________.

【5】Sky lanterns are like small hotair b____________ when they rise into the air.

最近,全市各學校正在開展“名著伴我成長”活動。請你根據(jù)活動主題并結(jié)合表格中所給信息,以“ Growing up with Great Books”為題,用英語寫一篇100詞左右的倡議書,向全校同學發(fā)出倡議.

要求：1.倡議書應包括所有要點。2.倡議書的開頭已給出，不計入總次數(shù)。

Growing up with Great Book

My dear friends,

Reading is very important.________________________________________________

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This Thursday, across the US, kids are going to work with their parents instead of going to school. They can help their parents do some cleaning, send e-mails and deal with other daily things. Because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.

I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to leave the school, but I also could sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.

▲ I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(暈車) and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. People wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. In fact, I started to miss the school.

Although the purpose of the day is to give kids a chance to experience possible jobs in their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to value school life. Where else can you play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?

Just like you’ll have to learn to love your job later, learn to love school now. If you don’t, try spending the day at work with your dad.

【1】What can the kids help their parents do this Thursday?

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【2】請選出能填入文中 ▲ 處的最佳選項。（填寫字母代號）

A. Of course, I enjoyed myself and felt free like a bird.

B. But after only 40 minutes of driving around the city, I was very bored.

C. But soon I got used to this taxi ride around the city with my father.

【3】What did the writer learn in the Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day ?

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【4】將劃線句子翻譯成中文。___________________________________

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?_______________________

think look stay tell hurt ring buy stop see catch watch

think look stay tell hurt ring buy stop see catch watch

It was Sunday afternoon．My brother and I were alone at home．My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother．I was doing my homework while my younger brother【1】 TV．Suddenly, the doorbell 【2】．Ding-Ding! My little brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened thedoor quickly．

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside．He said that he came to sell books and asked if our parents were at home．

Without 【3】, my brother said,“No”. Then the man asked if we would like【4】some story books．I refused him．When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door veryhardand came into our house.He took out a knife and said, “Don’t move, or I 【5】 you.” Then he ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope．I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie(解開)himself easily．The man then tied my hands up and locked both of us in the kitchen．

Soon, he went upstairs 【6】for money．“Brother, 【7】calm. Untie the rope on your own and then help me untie mine. ” I said．He did a very good job. Then we rushed to the telephone to call the police,but the line was dead．The doors were locked from the outside．It was lucky that the manforgetto lock the kitchen window．We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to thenearest pay phone to call the police．

Soonthe police came to our house and the man 【8】by the police．By that time, my parents had come home．We told them the whole story．“Don’t open the door for strangers. I 【9】you many times. ” Although my mother said angrily, she was glad that we were not hurt．She also told me that I【10】 my brother fromopening the door to strangers．I learned a lesson on safety．

close however you like lesson hard polite for so person never

close however you like lesson hard polite for so person never

Hosting（主持） an entertainment (娛樂) TV show seems to be a good job. You have the chance to talk with pop stars, and you could also make 【1】 famous.

【2】, it’s not easy to become a host. Liu Yan is the host of the popular music program “Pepsi Music Chart Awards”. The program is on show【3】 half an hour every day. Her job is to talk with stars 【4】 Jay Chou or Leehom Wang.

“The program takes a lot of work.” Liu said. Before she goes on, she reads something about the pop stars on the Internet or in newspapers. Sometimes she asks other hosts. She also learns the stars’ new songs or latest dance moves in order to get【5】 to them .

On the show, she respects（尊重） the stars’ privacy(隱私). She doesn’t ask【6】 questions, such as age and the information about their family. Instead, she lets the guests talk about things that they are comfortable with. She speaks 【7】to her guests, so her guests treat her in the same way.

Liu 【8】gets a holiday. “When I don’t work, I have to take dancing or singing 【9】,” she said, “I try to learn everything I can from life and I will work much 【10】in the future. ”

What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers；some chose bottled water；some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets．

Hu Qing's team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center.They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children．But unfortunately，they met urban management officers（城管）．The officers asked them to leave．“We played hide-and-seek（捉迷藏）with the officers for the whole morning．” said Hu．“Finally we had to give up．”

Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square．They didn't meet any officers．But few people were interested in what they were selling．The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”．It worked．More people came to their stall（小攤）．A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan．“He didn't want any change．He said he wanted to help the children，”said Wang．“We were moved．” Later that day they gave the 100 yuan and more to the “Project Hope” office．

Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier．They sold all their cakes in four hours，spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan．They made 40.5 yuan．“It was not easy to make the money，” said Meng．“Some people just looked．Others just tasted but didn't buy．Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money we need to lead happy lives．”

【1】In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School，what the students talk more about is .

A. the officers B. the kind foreigner

C. the activity called “making money” D. the money they made last weekend

【2】 took part in the activity．

A. All the students B. Some teachers

C. About 200 students of the three grades D. Part of Junior 1 and Junior 2 students

【3】Hu Qing's team finally gave up because ．

A. the parents didn’t like to buy the books

B. the Children Activity Center was too crowded

C. the officers didn’t allow them to sell anything there

D. the team played the game of the hide-and-seek the whole morning

【4】Why did more people come to Wang Bing's stall at last?

A. The team put up a magic board．

B. A foreigner came up and helped them．

C. The people liked to help country kids．

D. The people were interested in their ice cream．

【5】According to the passage the students learn ．

A. it’s impossible for them to make money

B. it's not easy for their parents to make money

C. it's very important for them to make a living

D. it’s necessary for school to hold more activities in the future

提示詞語：kind, helpful, study, play

提示問題：

Who is your best friend?

What is he／she like?

What do you usually do together?

At my school, we are talking about the importance of friendship. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

提示詞語：make a welcome speech, sing, game, dance, gift

提示問題：

when and where are you going to have a party?

What are you going to do at the party?

What do you advise Join to prepare for the party?

Dear Join,

How is it going?

I’m writing to invite you to our party to welcome our exchange student Mike.

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I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

It started in Winchester, Massachusetts, 43 years ago, when Rick Hoyt was born. Somehow his umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs (四肢) .

The doctors told Rick's parents that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life. But Nick Hoyt, Rick's father, didn't believe it. He noticed the way Rick's eyes followed him around the room.

When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. "No way,' Nick says he was told. "There's nothing going on in his brain.'

"Tell him a joke,' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed.

Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? "Go Bruins!'

And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, "Dad, I want to do that.'

Yeah, right. How was Nick, a self-described "porker' who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. "Then it was me who was handicapped,' Nick says. "I was sore for two weeks.'

That day changed Rick's life. "Dad,' he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'

And that sentence changed Nick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.

"No way,' Rick was told by a race official. The Hoyt's weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. So, for the first few years, Rick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway.

Later, they would find a way to get into the race officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said, "Hey, Rick, why not a triathlon?'

How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon?

Still, Rick tried.

Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironman Competitions in Hawaii.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Nick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 - only 35 minutes off the world record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the time.

【1】Where was Rick Hoyt born?

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【2】Who said that Rick would be a vegetable for the rest of his life?

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【3】How did Rick communicate with others?

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【4】What sentence changed Nick’s life?

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【5】What is Nick Hoyt like?

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IQ tests and other similar tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge．Flynn knew that intelligence partly comes from our parents and partly is the result of our environment and experience, but the improvement in test scores has been happening too quickly to be explained by heredity. or our surroundings. So What was happening in the 20th century that was helping people achieve higher scores on intelligence tests?

Scientists have proposed(提出)several explanations for the Flynn effect．Some suggest that the improved test scores simply reflect an increased exposure(暴露)to tests in general. Because we take so many tests, we learn test-taking techniques that help us perform better on any test. Others have pointed to better nutrition. (營養(yǎng)) Since it results in babies being born larger, healthier, and with more brain development than in the past．Another possible explanation is a change in educational styles，with teachers encouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather than just memorizing information. This could prepare people to do the kinds of problem-solving that intelligence tests require.

Flynn has limited the possible explanations when he looked carefully at the test data and discovered that the improvement in scores was only on certain parts of the IQ test．Test-takers didn’t do better on the maths or vocabulary sections of the test；They did better on the sections requiring reasoning and problem solving. For example，one part of the test shows a set of abstract (抽象的) shapes and test-takers must find the patterns (模式) and connections between them and decide which shape should be added to the test.

According to Flynn，this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases．Every time you play a computer game or figure out how to program a new cell phone, you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test．So are you really smarter than your parents？In one very specific way，you may be．

【1】The "Flynn effect" is ______.

A. used to measure intelligence

B. an increase in IQ test scores over time

C. the influence of technology on intelligence

D. connected our experience

【2】The underlined word “heredity” means _______.

A. the technological improvement

B. the advanced educational methods

C. the help of our peer or schoolmates

D. intelligence passing down from our parents

【3】According to the passage，which of the following statements is true?

A. Taking fewer tests can help us get higher scores.

B. Experience have more effects on our intelligence than surroundings.

C. Newer education encourages children to find things out by themselves.

D. People’s vocabulary ability and visual intelligence have improved.

【4】What could be the best title for the passage?

A. What is Flynn effect?

B. How can we do better on IQ tests?

C. Are parents helping in our intelligence?

D. Are human beings getting smarter?