In some countries, people eat rice every day. ____ they eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper. They can ______ __it, fry(煎) it or _____ __ it into rice noodles. They usually eat it _____ __meat, fish and vegetables. Some people do not eat some kind of ______ __. Mullins, for example, do not eat pork , and Hindus do not eat beef. The Japanese eat a lot of fish. Japan is an island and its ______ __ go all over the Pacific looking for fish to ______ __. The Japanese sometimes eat uncooked fish, and they also eat a lot of rice. In ______ _ such as Britain the most important food is ____ __ or potatoes. People there usually make their bread from wheat flour. They ______ _potatoes in different ways. They can boil them, fry them and roast（烤） them.. In Africa , maize（玉米） is the most important food.__ ____ __rice and wheat, maize is a kind of cereal. African people make the maize______ __flour. From this flour they make ______ __kinds of bread and cakes. Many Africans are very ______ __ and they can’t afford to eat much______ __with their cereal（谷物）. Cereal are a very important kind of food ______ __ we also need plenty of vegetables and lots of fresh_____ __. Some people eat ______ __ fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or ______ _that comes from animals. They eat only food from ______ __. Some people say that food from plants is better for us than meat.
1.A. Sometimes B. Sometime C. Some time D. Some times
2.A. drink B. eat C. have D. boil
3.A. make B. turn C. change D. eat
4.A. as B. like C. with D. together
5.A. apples B. fish C. meat D. vegetables
6.A. trains B. planes C. fishing boats D. life boats
7.A. buy B. weigh C. hold D. catch
8.A. the world B. countries C. the east D. developing countries
9.A. bread B. cake C. flour D. vegetables
10.A. cook B. eat C. make D. take
11.A. Like B. As C. Being D. With
12.A. of B. from C. into D. up to
13.A. the same B. different C. every D. each
14.A. rich B. poor C. strong D. weak
15.A. meat B. maize C. flour D. bread
16.A. so B. as C. because D. but
17.A. rice B. cakes C. fruit D. potatoes
18.A. not only B. only C. besides D. except
19.A. something B. anything C. pork D. beef
20.A. plants B. apples C. pigs D. fish
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Health and Medicine
What life will be_______ in the future is difficult to predict. It is, however, p_____ to use models to make forecasts about future development. One way to catch a glimpse of the future_______ to examine the major trends in contemporary ________ (社会).People in the future will be able to enjoy a longer and ________（健康） life and remain active even in old age. People are now______ more attention to the importance of a healthy diet and life. They are careful about what they eat and exercise_________（有规律地）. Advances in medical science also a_______ us to deal with new diseases such as SARS. Some diseases have already been successfully d_____. W_____ a better understanding of the human body, scientists and physicians will be able to cure more diseases.
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1.___When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(迫使) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. 2.__Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits, and sometimes become ruined by them.
3.____Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness.
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. 4.___ Unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been avoided.
5.___
A. There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help.
B. Whether good or not habit are, they are easy to get rid of.
C. We ought to keep from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.
D. Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed.
E. It is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits.
F. These are all easily formed habits.
G. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits.
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One afternoon after school had finished , Peter and Jane were walking along the street. Suddenly they heard a big noise.
“Come on” shouted Peter.“That sounds like an accident. Let’ see what’s happened.”
They ran to where the noise came from. As soon as they got there, they could see what had happened. A small car had knocked into the side of a truck. The accident had happened in a quiet street with only four houses in it. Peter and Jane were the first ones to reach the site. No other people came.“We must be the only ones who saw the accident,” said Jane. They found that both the car driver and the truck driver were hurt.
“Peter,” said Jane,“ Run back down the road to Mrs Day’s house. Ask her to call the policemen and the ambulance. Hurry. I’ll stay here.”
Off went Peter as fast as he could. There was nothing Jane could do but wait. She knew that when people were hurt in an accident, they shouldn’t be moved. It wasn’t long before the police car and the ambulance arrived. The policeman got the car door open and they carried the man out. Then they got the truck driver out. The men weren’t seriously hurt, but they were both taken to the hospital. The policemen thanked Peter and Jane, “You were very good to act so quickly when you saw the accident. Thank you for all your help.”
1.The accident happened _______.
A. in a quiet street one school day afternoon
B. in a busy street one school day afternoon
C. in a quiet street one Sunday after noon
D. in a busy street one Sunday afternoon
2._______heard the noise.
A. Only Peter
B. Peter and Jane
C. Peter, Jane and Mrs Day
D. Peter , Jane, Mrs Day and the policemen
3.______in the accident.
A. Only the car driver was hurt
B. Only the truck driver was hurt
C. Neither of the two drivers was hurt
D. Both the drivers were hurt
4._____called the policeman.
A. Jane B. The drivers
C. Mrs Day D. Peter
5.Jane did nothing before the policemen arrived because _____.
A. she was too frightened to do anything
B. she was alone after Peter left
C. she was waiting for Peter.
D. she knew she shouldn’t move the two drivers.
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For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of their time alone. They're called latchkey children, They're children who look after themselves while their parents work outside. Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids bed chains around their necks with keys attached. 1 was often telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly , she learned they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working parents had on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to are reported to be scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume.
It ‘s hard to get numbers on latchkey children and most patents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.
1.The main idea about "latchkey" children is that they ______.
A. are growing in numbers
B. suffer problems from being left alone
C. watch too much TV during the day
D. are also found in middle schools
2.The main feeling these children have when they are at home alone is_____.
A. tiredness B. freedom
C. loneliness D. fear
3.Which sentence is the topic sentence of Paragraph 1 ?
A. We had a school rule against wearing jewelry.
B. A lot of kids had chains around their necks.
C. I was often telling them to put their keys inside their shirts.
D. She learned the chains around their necks were house keys.
4.The underlined word "nightmares" means _____.
A. night suit B. night habit
C. terrible dreams at nightD. staying up at night
5.We may draw a conclusion that _____.
A. latchkey children enjoy being left alone
B. latchkey children try to hide their feeling
C. latchkey children often watch TV with their parents
D. it's difficult to find out how many latchkey children there
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I was a high school student then, from low-income family. So I have to work to support my family. My first one job was to clean tables in a small restaurant. I still remember going there early and felt anxious about the new world. I worked harder because I was afraid of losing the job. At night, I was sometimes very tired to do my homework. And I came to understand that was not easy to earn money, and knowledge could change my life. So I learned from the job, in a hard way, was much more important as what I earned.
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假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom上个月来到北京学习。七月份你将去北京参加暑期中学生英语演讲比赛, 你在资料搜集、语言运用等方面遇到了困难。请根据以下要点给Tom写一封电子邮件：
1. 询问Tom的生活和学习情况；
2. 谈谈你的困难并请Tom帮忙；
3. 告诉Tom你打算赛后去看他。
注意：1. 词数 100词左右，
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 演讲比赛：speech contest
Dear Tom,
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