One day a lion was sleeping under the sun . Suddenly he felt something on his face . Then a small mouse fell to the ground.
“I will kill you for waking me up ! ” the angry lion said.
“I'm sorry . Please let me go . I have a big family to feed .” said the mouse. “You are of no use to anybody . You are even too small to eat ! ” the lion said.
“No one's size tells the value of his life , ” the mouse said . “But I'll make you a promise . If you let me go , one day I will repay you .”
The lion laughed , “ It's impossible for a mouse to save a lion's life . But go and feed your children and never show your face again . ” The mouse left quickly . After that , he decided to keep his promise.
One day , hunters caught the lion and put him in a cage . The lion lay there sadly .
Suddenly , he saw a small mouse outside the cage . The lion recognized the mouse as the same one he had almost killed a long time ago . Without a word , the mouse began to work , and during the night , he bit through the cage . The lion ran into a forest safely . Before he left , he looked at the tired mouse and said quietly , “I will remember your help , and lions will no longer kill mice as long as I am alive . ”And so it was from that day on.
Don't judge a person by his size or appearance . Everyone has his own value.
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1.Why did the lion feel angry with the mouse ?
A.Because the mouse didn't feed his family B.Because the mouse was too small
C.Because the mouse woke him up D.Because the mouse didn’t help the lion to go out .
2.What did the lion think of the mouse at first ?
A.He was no use with small size B.He was helpful to other animals
C.He couldn't feed his family well D.He had great value with small size
3.The underlined word " repay " has the closest meaning to “________” .
A.thank B.return C.support D.hate
4.Who saved the lion at last ?
A.The hunter B.The mouse C.The lion's child D.The mouse's child
5.What can we learn from this text ?
A.The lion was caught by the hunter.
B.The mouse was hard to feed his children
C.The size played an important role in one's life.
D.Don't judge the value of someone according to his size or appearance.
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There's much to see under the sea , but you need to remember that light behaves differently in water than in air . The objects appear closer to you than they exactly are . You might find yourself reaching out to touch something and completely missing it.
Objects under water will appear larger than they would on surface , too . Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all ! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!
What's more , in deeper water , colors just don't seem as bright . In fact , it looks as if some colors are missing . Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths of light that are reflected from its surface . And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.
Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater . Let's take a bright red,yellow , and blue wet suit as an example . These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water.Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water . The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths , the longest among these three colors , are missing . As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part . Even at a place about 6 to 9 meters underwater , you will look terrible, like a ghost! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again !
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because________.
A.your eyesight is quite poor B.you are not quick enough
C.it disappears very quickly D.it is not as close as it seems
2.The example of the wet suit is used to explain the change of________of an object underwater .
A.the size B.the weight C.the position D.the color
3.The underlined word " descend " probably means________in Chinese in this passage .
A.上升 B.漂浮 C.屏息 D.下潜
4.Which of the following is true ?
A.A four-meter-long fish looks three meters long underwater
B.The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light
C.Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water
D.You will see a ghost if you go as deep as 6 to 9 meters into the sea
5.The best title of this passage is________.
A.The Standand of Color Underwater B.The Behavior of Light Underwater
C.The Brightness of Color Underwater D.The Direction of Light Underwater
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“I do hope that by writing about their stories , I'm helping things change for the better . " Li Xueqing, a China Daily journalist , based in New York City.
They're neither medical workers in close contact with the novel coronavirus nor government officials who receive the latest updates of the situation - yet they’re keeping us informed of the development of the epidemic . They are the media , and their eyes are far-seeing.
Zhu Xingxin is one such member of the media : a photographer with China Daily . He visited Tongji Hospital affiliated with Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan on Feb 3 to report on the lives of medical workers.
Before entering the isolation ward ( 隔离病房) , Zhu had to put on protective gear ( 装 备 ) like the doctors : a protective suit , a surgical mask ,goggles ( 护 目镜 ) , disposable ( 一次性 ) gloves and shoe covers.He described it as " stuffy (闷热的)” with all the layers on .“I felt anoxi( 缺氧的 ) under the masks , ”he wrote on China Daily . " So I lowered my voice and slowed down my motions， trying to make myself feel better.
The eyes of the media are not just here to see, but also to scrutinize.
On Feb 9, for example , a bus in Wuhan carrying severely ill patients was caught in traffic with no one guiding them and no hospitals claiming them . The incident was witnessed by Global Times journalists and was soon reported online. It ended with all the patients being properly settled in hospitals and officials in charge being held responsible . But it's possible that without journalists this incident would never have been exposed.
Li Xueqing , a China Daily journalist , based in New York City , is also aware of the media's role as a watchdog ( 监督者 ) . She wrote a story last month about a group of Wuhan University alumni ( 校 友 ) in New York City who donated medical equipment to hospitals in Wuhan . She was impressed by how they managed to collect such a large amount of supplies and build an international shipping pathway in such a short time . Yet she was also disturbed by how all the complex ( 繁 杂 的 )paperwork and bureaucratic (官僚主义的 ) procedures added to their already heavy workload.
" I do hope that by writing about their stories , I'm helping things change for the better , said Li.
Indeed , the media is like a pair of eyes watching out for us as they report on the world's most important news.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.By describing Zhu Xingxin's experience in Wuhan, the author intends to show________.
A.what journalists should pay attention to while working
B.how medical workers fight against the virus
C.the importance of the media in fighting the epidemic
D.the efforts journalists make to report on the frontline
2.What does the underlined word “ scrutinize " in Paragraph 4 probably mean ?
A.examine closely B.discover potential dangers
C.make reference to something D.move somebody
3.What happened after Global Times journalists reported what they had witnessed on Feb 9 ?
A.All the patients received proper treatment
B.The officials apologized for what had happened
C.The journalists were warned by the officials
D.The patients received donations from overseas
4.How does Li Xueqing hope to improve the alumni’s donation process ?
A.Making shipping methods more convenient
B.Simplifying paperwork and procedures
C.Creating more professional quality tests
D.Reducing the heavy workloads of medical workers fighting the virus
5.Why does the author compare media employees to eyes ?
A.They usually have sharp insights B.They enable us to better see what happens
C.They help to change the world for the better D.They allow people to focus on recent events
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You may think,salt is just a simple cooking material that gives our food a little extra taste.1.Without salt our muscles would not move and our hearts would not beat.
Do you think rubbing salt in the wound will be useful?2. Therefore, " to rub salt in the wound” means to make a bad situation worse .
Early humans got the salt they needed to stay alive from the animals they killed . But the improvement in farming led to a diet low in salt . So, humans needed to find other sources . Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources for salt were lucky while those who did not had to trade for salt.3.The word "salary" comes from the word "salt" . Salt was so important , according to food historians , it was traded pound-for-pound for gold . Today , people still use the expressions "to be worth one's salt" or "worth one's weight in salt". The expressions describe a person of value.
Salt also played an important part in population movement and world exploration. Explorers understood that if they could keep food fresh , they could travel longer distances .4.
A person might also be called "salt of the earth" .5.However , when you say“I think we should take what he said a grain of salt”, you mean you accept it but remain some doubt about its truth.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。
A.However, salt is much more than that.
B.It means that you can depend on or trust the person .
C.So they used salt to preserve food and explored the world.
D.That would be painful and would make the wound more serious.
E.In fact , people used salt as a method of payment in the ancient world.
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Grandma has never been to school. When she was young, her family was poor and could not___________________her schooling. So grandma can only ___________________one or two Chinese words.
Over the years, she became a grandmother of eight. All her children have gone to school. She always encouraged them _________________well in their studies. It has been her lifelong___________________to go to school. She knows that without education, it's ___________________to do anything.
___________________,her children didn't disappoint her. They grew up,___________________their examinations, and left home to start university in big cities.
Before the first granddaughter left home, grandma made a special gift for her ___________________hand—a pillow（枕头）filled with buckwheat hulls（荞麦壳）.
One of her grandsons ___________________the gift. “Grandma, young people buy the new kind of pillows which are modern, soft and comfortable. ” he said. “Why do you spend a whole day____________________ buckwheat hulls, washing and drying them and sewing（缝）the pillow? It's too much work. And it doesn't look so good.”
But grandma continued her work ____________________she finished making the pillow. Grandma told them very seriously, “____________________can compare with a good night's sleep.”
From that time, it became a ____________________in our family. And all the ____________________received a special homemade pillow from grandma when they left home to study.
Now, when I see the new ads on TV for an expensive pillow in North America, I laugh. The pillow is just like the one my grandma __________________for us—a pillow filled with buckwheat hulls!
1.A.receive B.understand C.afford D.choose
2.A.hear B.see C.speak D.know
3.A.do B.to do C.doing D.done
4.A.choice B.dream C.lesson D.chance
5.A.difficult B.easy C.boring D.proper
6.A.Luckily B.Slowly C.Recently D.Quietly
7.A.enjoyed B.missed C.passed D.attended
8.A.by B.to C.at D.on
9.A.laughed at B.looked for C.thought of D.talked about
10.A.buy B.buying C.to buy D.bought
11.A.because B.until C.since D.when
12.A.Something B.Anything C.Nothing D.Everything
13.A.prize B.memory C.rule D.tradition
14.A.children B.students C.parents D.teachers
15.A.bought B.cooked C.made D.found
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阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Before 1870, there were no soccer uniforms. Players wore their own clothes, which made 1.hard to know which team they were on. The first soccer uniform had long shorts. Players wore formal shirts 2.collars( 衣 领 ) and buttons. The whole uniform was made3.heavy cloth, such as wool. Players then put on soccer boots(靴子) that went up over their ankles(脚踝).
Soccer uniforms have changed many times through the years. The shorts are4.than before, and the whole uniform is made out of light cloth. This keeps soccer players cool as they run. Instead of boots, soccer players wear soft shoes. Each team now has its own colors. For example, players on the Brazilian soccer team wear bright yellow and green shirts, blue shorts, and white socks. Sports teams need uniforms5.are not only practical but also in fashion! So these uniforms will change, too.
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初中三年的学习生活让人难忘，毕业之际，你是否有想要感恩的人或事呢？请根据以下要点和要求，用英语写一篇短文。
1.要点 ：1）你想要感恩的人或者事是什么；
2）感恩的理由是什么；
3）你的感受。
2.要求： 1）文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2）词数 100 左右。
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