A. with; to share B. with; sharing

C. to; to share D. to; sharing

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A. I’m happy you enjoy it.

B. It doesn’t matter.

C. Please don’t say so.

D. No, it’s not so good

A．tradition B．similar C．communication D．spread E．hear of

The Origins of April Fools Day

What is April Fools Day and where does it come from？It is commonly believed that in medieval（中世紀） France，New Year was celebrated on 1April．Then in 1562，a new calendar was introduced，changing New Year to 1January．With no modern【1】，news travelled slowly and new ideas were often questioned．Many people did not【2】the change，while some just forgot．These people were called fools．People send invitations to‘New Year'parties that were not existed and other jokes were played．Then a【3】of playing jokes on April 1st started．The custom finally【4】to England and Scotland，and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the American and the French．April Fools Day has now developed into an international festival of fun，with different nationalities celebrating the day in special ways．

A．strangers B．balanced C．experienced D．catch E．knowing

April Fools Day around the World

In France and Italy，if someone plays a trick on you，you are the‘fish of April'．By the month of April fish have only just hatched（孵化） and are easy to【5】．Children stick paper fish to their friends'backs and chocolate fish are found in the shops．

In Scotland，April Fools Day lasts for two days!The second day is called‘Taily Day'．Often a sign saying‘kick me'is stuck onto someone's back without【6】．

Today，Americans and the British play small tricks on friends and【7】on April 1st．A common trick is to point to a friend's shoe and say"Your shoe is not tied．"When they look down，they are laughed at．Schoolchildren might tell a friend that school has been cancelled．A bag of flour might be【8】on the top of a door so that when the‘victim'opens the door，the flour empties over their head．

Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone．The best trick is the one where everyone laughs，especially the person upon whom the joke has been played．

A. girls; friends B. girls; friend

C. girl; friends D. girl; friend

A. the cheapest B. cheaper

C. the worst D. worse

—It is nice.

A. in B. to C. of D. at

—No, ________.

A. this; it isn’t B. this; it is

C. these; they aren’t D. that; it is

Your sister often volunteers for the People's Food Bank. She shows you a poster about this charity．

People’s Food Bank

Christmas Food Tree

Help to feed this year's tree!

Please donate（捐贈）：

cereal biscuits rice milk powder tinned food

Before 25 December

Food that will go bad in two months is not accepted.

The following people are helped by your kind donations:

※Families in financial difficulty

※Low-income families

※Poor disabled（殘換的）people

※Homeless people

Without your help,many people will go hungry this Christmas.

About People's Food Bank：

We aim to...

※Provide emergency food for people in need.

※Teach society to value food.

※Encourage the community to raise funds for the disadvantaged.

You can bring your donations to our food collection points. You can donate money online. You can learn more about our fund-raising activities on our websites. You can also volunteer at People's Food Bank.

If you donate food to this charity, many people will have a happy Christmas!

【1】According to the poster, you should not donate to the People's Food Bank．

A.cerealB.riceC.tinned foodD.milk

【2】According to the poster, food that is accepted．

A.can't be used after 25DecemberB.won't go bad until April

C.will go bad in one monthD.helps to feed the Christmas tree

【3】According to the poster, people who are not helped by the donations．

A.are too busy to cookB.have no place to live in

C.are blind and poorD.have money problems

【4】What cannot we do for People's Food Bank？

A.Do volunteer work．B.Save money online．

C.Learn about fund﹣raising activities．D.Bring food to the collection points．

【5】People's Food Bank ．

A.stores food for Christmas treeB.sells food to the people in need

C.reminds people not to waste foodD.purchases food for the community

【6】The main purpose of the poster is to ．

A.look for volunteersB.set up a food bank

C.celebrate ChristmasD.introduce a kind of charity work

A small cloud floats through the air in a hospital operating room. In the room a patient, suffering from cancer, lies on a table. The cloud surrounds(包圍) the patient, covering her body and filling her lungs(肺). The cloud is not smoke or steam. It is made of millions of microscopic robots called nanorobots(納米機器人). These tiny robots move from cell(細胞) to cell in the patient’s body, destroying the cancer.

Fighting cancer with nanorobots is only an idea today, but scientists say that it could be possible in the future. Using nanorobots for good purposes such as fighting disease or repairing the environment may be the solution to many of today’s problems.

However, nanorobots could be a dangerous risk as well. Since nanorobots are so tiny, they will have to work in large teams of many thousands to many millions. For this reason, nanorobots will have to be programmed to build themselves. Scientists will not have the ability to build millions of nanorobots one by one.

This ability to reproduce is making some scientists worried. What if something goes wrong in the programming? Quite a lot of crazy nanorobots would be far worse than any disease. Some people think that if they get out of control, nanorobots could destroy the Earth.

What should be done? Should we continue researching nanorobots or should we search for other methods? This is one of the many difficult decisions that we have to make in the future.

【1】What is the cloud in the passage, smoke and steam or microscopic robots?

________________________________________________________________________

【2】What can be the good use of nanorobots for us?

________________________________________________________________________

【3】Why will nanarobots have to work in large teams?

________________________________________________________________________

【4】What makes it possible for nanorobots build themselves?

________________________________________________________________________

【5】Can you give the passage another title?

________________________________________________________________________

【6】Are you for or against using nanorobots in the future? Why?

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Raymond finds a brochure about a special language.

Express Esperanto (世界語) Schools (EES)

Learn Esperanto fast

Mission

Our aim is to help our students of all ages to learn the universal language of Esperanto so that they can communicate with people all over the world. It is fun and easy to learn.

Facts about Esperanto

The language was invented by L.L. Zamenhof and first appeared in a book in 1887. He made it easy to learn by making the grammar rules simple to follow. There are no irregular verbs as there are in other languages. The words are not difficult to pronounce. There is a core vocabulary of only 900 words.

Information about our schools

Founded in 1998 with just one school, we have grown rapidly and now have centres in many major cities. Our teachers are all highly trained and well qualified. Some of them have been learning Esperanto since they were born! All our schools have a computer centre for online learning and a library with a wide range of books in Esperanto for students to borrow.

Summer programme for young learners

Dates: Every Friday from 25 July to 30 August Time: 9.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Quota(限額): 8 (aged 7 – 13) Level: Beginners

Daily timetable:

Every weekend we organize trips to places of interest and encourage our students to use their Esperanto to write and talk about where they have been and what they have seen.

【1】In Line 11, “them” refers to _______.

A.centresB.teachersC.citiesD.students

【2】What is special about Esperanto?

A.It does not have any grammar rules.B.The words are difficult to pronounce.

C.There are no irregular verbs.D.It has a large core vocabulary.

【3】What will the students be doing at the end of the lesson during the summer programme?

A.B.C.D.

【4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Esperanto can be used to communicate with people all over the world.

B.The summer programme is held once every week in summer.

C.The first Express Esperanto School opened in 1887.

D.Students can borrow Esperanto books at Express Esperanto School.

【5】On the summer programme, students usually do grammar _______.

A.in the morningB.in the afternoonC.in the eveningD.at the weekend

【6】The brochure may be interesting to someone who _______.

A.wants to apply to teach in the schoolB.feels like learning Esperanto

C.wants to volunteer for the summer programmeD.is fond of travelling around the world