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Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:
1.When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see ________ outside the window.
A．flowers B．presents C．a flag D．a chair
2. In _________ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
A．Japan B．Denmark C．India D．Holland
3. In _______, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school.
A．India B．Holland C．Denmark D．Japan
4.In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.
A．15 B．7 C．5 D．3
5.The passage is mainly about __________.
A．similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries
B．different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries
C．children’s birthdays in western countries
D．the importance of children’s birthdays
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The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing
basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may
be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking.
Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of "energy drinks" on the market. Most of
them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on
them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine (咖啡因) in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited( 限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
1.Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ________.
A. they have beautiful colors and cool names
B. they have lots of caffeine
C. they can keep them awake and better at sports
D. they are said to be helpful to health
2.The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause _____.
A. heart problems B. nervousness
C. sleeping difficulty D. possible health dangers
3.The underlined word "discouraged" can be replaced(替换) with "________".
A. encouraged B. stopped
C. helped D. disliked
4. From the passage we can know that _________.
A. advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks
B. energy drinks are helpful to teenagers' study
C. sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks
D. energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers
5.Which of the following can be the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. What's the Use of Energy Drinks?
B. Who Can Drink Energy Drinks
C. What's That in Energy Drinks?
D. Why Can't We Buy Energy Drinks?
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As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded
in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was
never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing
car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on
the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw
the curtains(窗帘) seem to move when there was no wind. A
very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times
louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the "enemy(敌人) " would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes(过程) growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
1. The author had _________kind(s) of fears when she was a child.
A. one B. two C. three D. none
2. _________ would scare the author at night.
A. Streetlight and car lights B. Wild animals and enemies
C. Moving curtains and wind D. Strange sights and sounds
3.When she went to some other places, she would _________.
A. walk away without others B. take a bus by herself
C. follow others closely D. make sure not to take a wrong bus
4.Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?
A. She was usually popular among people.
B. She was always the leader of the others.
C. She always' got poor grades.
D. She was not at all liked by others.
5.The underlined word "overcome" means "_________" in Chinese.
A. 接受 B. 忍受 C. 信服 D. 克服
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先阅读短文，然后根据要求答题。
President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ɛəriə / and bedrooms.
People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing
chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone
in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for
doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get
paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of
how to use it.
But for those who /tʃu:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache
deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic（经济的）times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rekɔ:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average（平均的）daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.
A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题：
1.Write out the word/' ɛəriə /：_________
2. Write out the word/tʃu:z/：_________
3.Write out the word/'rekɔ:dz/：_________
4.In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion（失去爆破）：______________
5.In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together（连续）：
_____________ _____________
B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词
6.President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.
7. In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.
8. Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.
9.Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.
10.It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.
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阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。
At a special ceremony（仪式）, a special award was offered
to a group of students from Changjian University on February 11,
2010. They were brave enough to help save two boys from
Changjiang Rive. All the students were there except three, who lost
their lives when they tried to save the boys.
On the afternoon of October 24, 2009, some students were
taking a trip to Changjiang River. Suddenly two boys fell into the river. Some of them quickly jumped into the water and saved one boy. However, things didn’t go so well when they tried to save the other one. More students joined in, and, hand in hand, they formed a human wall. Finally the other boy was saved.
However, the human wall broke down and many students were swept away by the rushing water. At that moment several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help and succeeded in saving many of the students. But the three of them, who were only 19, were nowhere to be found.
1.What did the students receive at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Were all the students who saved the boys at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
3.What was described in the second paragraph?
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4.Why were many students rushed away by the water?
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5. What’s your idea after reading this story?
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