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Nine-year-old Jimmy was given a task in school to write a story on "My family s ancestors(祖先)" The purpose was for the kids 【1】 their family history.

In search of some 【2】 for his task. Jimmy interviewed his grandmother who of course knew nothing about the reason why Jimmy asked such 【3】.

When she was asked, "Granny, where did I come from?" his grandma was quite 【4】. Why didn't he ask his parents? She had to be quite careful when 【5】 with a kid about such a subject. She 【6】 for a moment, then she replied, "Well, sweetie, the stork(鸛鳥) brought you." She said no 【7】, hoping that the subject would be dropped until Jimmy's parents came back.

"So, where did Mom come from?"

"The stork brought her, too."

"Well, then where did you come from?"

"The stork brought 【8】, too, sweetie.

"All right, thanks, Granny."

Jimmy's grandmother did not think 【9】 more about his questions. Three days 【10】, when she was tidying up and looking at Jimmy's desk, she read the first sentence of his paper, "For three generations(輩) there have been no natural births in our family."

【1】invite, dinner, my friends, for, I

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【2】doing, he, homework, is, busy, his

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【3】gift, my, for, bought, me, mother, a

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【4】reading, have, fun, books, of, we, lots

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【5】for, you, the, are, exam, ready, coming

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A.failureB.successC.mistake

— I agree with you. I believe that those areas will be with trees in a few years.

A.satisfiedB.busyC.covered

要求：1. 短文中不得出現(xiàn)任何真實人名、校名及其它相關(guān)信息, 否則不予評分;

2. 不少于 60 詞。

提示：

1. Do you like reading? Why or why not?

2. What kind of books is your favorite? And what about your reading habits?

3. How many books have you read so far? What have you got from reading?

4. How are you going to improve your reading next?

Reading is very important

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A.Better safe than sorry.B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Every dog has its day.D.When the cat is away, the mice will play.

A.preventB.stopC.keepD.protect

A.startedB.has startedC.has been onD.has been open

Car Free Day encourages drives to give up their car for a day to protect the environment.

People from around the world get together in the streets to remind the world that we don't have to accept the society full of cars. It was first started by 34 cities in France and September 22 is Car Free Day. The first Car Free Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. The slogan for the day is “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

Organized activities are held in many cities on Car Free Day. In Brussels, Car Free Day shall be valid (有效的) for everybody except persons with a special permit(許可征）, but they have to slow down to the speed of 30 kilometers per hour. The public transportation is free on that day. In London, they have special “green areas”. Walking, biking and public transportation are encouraged. The streets are open only to walkers, bicycles and buses from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. In Beijing, it asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. More and more people are joining in the activity. In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days, and you may see haze(霧霾) almost every day! We must do more for Car Free Day as a Beijing driver said. “We may not change the weather, but we can choose not to drive.”

But we do not want just one day and then a return to “normal” life. We should go on with Car Free Day.

【1】Where was Car Free Day started first?

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【2】How long should the car drivers not drive in the streets in London on Car Free Day?

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【3】Who’s allowed to drive on Car Free Day in Brussels?

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【4】What does Car Free Day ask Beijingers not to do every month?

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【5】What was the purpose of Car Free Day?

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As Pat was getting ready for bed one night, she remembered that she had only $2 in her bag. The next day she had to give $10 for a lunch for a co—worker. She didn’t want to get up early to go to the bank. So she had to go to the bank that night. She used her ATM card to take out $50 from her checking account (賬戶).

These are the steps she followed to withdraw (提取) money. First, she put her card in the lower slot (狹孔) on the right side of the machine. She made sure her card was facing the right way. Second, the computer screen said, “Please enter your PIN.” Pat pressed the number 1, 2, 3 and 4. Next, the screen said, “Please select type of transaction (交易) you want by pressing other keys.” Pat pressed the button key for taking out money.

Then the screen said, “From which account?” The choices it gave were Checking, Savings, and Money market. Pat pressed the key for Checking. Next, the screen said, “Please select amount (數(shù)量) of transaction (辦理).” Pat pushed the number 5 and then 0 three times, and the screen read, “50.00.” The screen then read, “Please wait.” In less than a minute, it read,“Please lift the lid and take your money.”

Pat lifted the lid marked withdraw (提取). She counted her $50 to make sure the ATM hadn’t made a mistake. Then she waited for her withdrawal slip to come out of the slot at the upper right corner of the machine. Pat checked the slip to make sure it was correct. Then her ATM card was returned through the card slot. She put it in her bag and walked away. If Pat had made a mistake at any point by pressing the wrong button, she could have pressed Cancel (取消, 刪去) and started over again.

【1】What was Pat’s first step?

A.Pressing the withdrawal button.

B.Inserting (插入) her ATM card.

C.Counting her money.

【2】What did Pat do at once after choosing the account?

A.Selected whether to withdraw, deposit (存款), or transfer (轉(zhuǎn)帳, 過戶) money.

B.Lifted the lid and removed her money.

C.Selected the amount of money she wanted to withdraw.

【3】When did Pat enter her PIN?

A.Right after inserting her card.

B.Right before selecting the account.

C.Right before selecting the amount of money.

【4】When did Pat select the type of transaction?

A.Right before receiving her withdrawal slip.

B.Right after recording her PIN.

C.Right after selecting which account she wanted.

【5】What did Pat do when the screen said “Please lift the lid and take your money.”?

A.Took her $50.B.Got out her card.C.Picked up her withdrawal slip.