Amazing chemistry experiment (化学实验)
Things you need: a cup some water ice cube (小方冰块) string (线) salt
Steps:
Firstly, fill a cup with water. Put an ice cube into the water.
Secondly, carefully put the string so that it lies(躺)on the top of the ice cube.
Thirdly, when the string touches (接触) the ice cube, ask your friend to add some salt on the ice cube.
Finally, wait for one minute. Then carefully lift(提)the ice cube from the water by picking up the string.
Why does it happen?
Salt can make ice melt (融化). Adding some salt on the ice cube makes a little puddle (水坑) of melted ice. While you wait, the ice cube freezes (凝固) the puddle around the string. Now the ice cube “sticks to” the string so you can lift up(提起)the ice cube.
1.Which of the following things don’t you need in this experiment?
A.knife B.water C.string
2.What do you need to add to the ice cube in this experiment?
A.water. B.salt. C.air.
3.The underlined(划线的) phrase “sticks to” means “ ” in Chinese.
A.碰到 B.分离 C.粘住
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Salt can’t make ice melt.
B.You should put the string into the water.
C.You should add some salt on the ice cube.
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You're going to a foreigner's party. You must be excited about it. Wait a minute！Do you know what kind of gift you can send to your foreign friends? Here are some tips.
In some Western countries, some gifts like kites, chopsticks, or an erhu may be people's favorites. Use beautiful paper to wrap the gifts. Remember not to use white, black or brown paper.
For Japanese, gifts like tea or pens are nice. They don't like big gifts.
For Frenchmen, gifts like candy, perfume(香水),wine or books are perfect.
British people and Americans like flowers, wine and chocolate, and you can relax and take it easy at their parties.
In Arab countries, it's not polite to send a gift to someone when you meet him or her for the first time. Isn't that interesting? You can give a gift when you meet a second time.
1.In some Western countries,________ may be people's favorite gift(s)．
A.cakes B.kites. C.apples.
2.What does the underlined word “wrap” mean in Chinese?
A.代替 B.衬托 C.包裹
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It's not a good idea to send flowers to an American girl.
B.In Arab countries，we should send a gift to someone we meet for the first time.
C.People from different countries have different favorite gifts.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Some tips about the kind of gift we can send to our foreign friends.
B.Some ideas about how to make friends with people from other countries.
C.Some popular gifts for Americans.
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Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. The number of people will become bigger and bigger in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
Our food will have many changes, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then cows and sheep will have less room to live in, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1.In the future people will ______.
A.live shorter B.become fatter C.have longer life
2.Every family will have at least a ______ in the future from the passage.
A.robot B.bus C.computer
3.People may not eat ______ as much as they do today.
A.fruit B.rice C.meat
4.One big problem in the future is that ______.
A.meat will be less expensive.
B.many people will not be able to find work
C.robots will do all the work.
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Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But during the summer vacation in 2011,Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their son: suddenly he seemed to be talking more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always closed” Joanna said.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14year-old daughter. “She used to sit with me on the sofa and talk” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated(对待) like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list” said Michael Riera the writer of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the ten years” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents are the best persons to help their children because they know what's going on in their children’s lives. To break down the wall of silence，parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them.And they must give their children a mental(心灵的)break, because children also need freedom.Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children, is a better way to know them.
1.“The door to his room is always closed” shows that the son ________.
A.is busy with his homework
B.doesn't want to talk to his parents
C.needs some sleep
2.What troubles Tina and Mark most is that their daughter ________.
A.only talks to her best friend
B.asks for too much money
C.talks with them only when she wants something
3.The writer thinks that parents should ________.
A.make their children study harder
B.understand their children
C.ask their children to open the doors
4.What is the passage about?
A.children do not talk much with their parents
B.changes of relationship between parents and children and some tips for children.
C.changes of relationship between parents and children and some tips for parents.
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The winter holiday is coming. What are the students going to do during the winter holiday? We did a survey and this is what we learned．
All students like the winter holiday because there is an important festival﹣the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, they are going to visit their friends and relatives. During the winter holiday most students say they are going to finish their homework first. After finishing homework，they can have a good time. They're going to buy some new clothes and good food. Most students are going to watch TV with their families. Some are going to play computer games with their friends．Li Lei is going to travel with his parents．They are going to Hainan Island because it's warm in winter. Huang Jing is going to the countryside to see her grandparents with her parents. Yang Fan is going to take guitar lessons. He loves to play the guitar. Lin Juan is going to play ping﹣pong every day in the winter holiday. She wants to have a healthy body．
I hope all of them can enjoy themselves during the holiday．
1.What does the underlined(划线的)word "relative" in this passage mean?
A.亲戚 B.旅客 C.乘客
2.What aren't the students going to do during the winter holiday from the passage?
A.They are going to finish their homework．
B.They're going to buy some new clothes and good food．
C.They are going hiking in the mountains．
3.Who is going to travel in Hainan Island?
A.Yang Fan B.Li Lei C.Lin Juan
4.From the passage, we know__________.
A.Yang Fan is going to play ping-pong to have a healthy body.
B.the passage is about the Spring Festival.
C.the passage is about the students’ activities during the winter holiday．
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When I was twenty-eight years old, I left my hometown and went to another city. There I found my first_______.I worked_______ a dentist in a hospital.
It was cloudy yesterday. I got up early, had a breakfast and went to work. When I was _______, it started to rain. I was very sad because I found I _______ to take my umbrella. So I had to run to the _______. When I got there, my clothes were all_________It was getting colder and colder. I _______for about half an hour, but there weren't any buses coming. Just then a car _______ behind me. The woman in the car rolled(摇)down the window and asked if I_______a ride(便车). I remembered my mother told ________not to take rides from strangers（陌生人）.So I said, “No, thanks.”________she still asked me to get into her car. I looked at her________and she looked like a kind woman. So I__________in and she took me all the way to my house. I thanked her and wanted to________ her some money. She refused(拒绝) and left________I could ask for her name.
I was really lucky to meet such a kind woman in the strange city.
1.A.woman B.job C.dentist
2.A.like B.of C.as
3.A.at the station B.at home C.in the hospital
4.A.remembered B.wanted C.forgot
5.A.hospital B.bus stop C.home
6.A.dry B.over C.wet
7.A.cried B.looked C.waited
8.A.stopped B.drove C.went
9.A.came B.bought C.needed
10.A.me B.him C.her
11.A.If B.So C.But
12.A.happily B.carefully C.sadly
13.A.walked B.got C.climbed
14.A.give B.have C.share
15.A.before B.after C.when
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（1个或几个单词）。
1.If you go to the party, you’ll have_________great time.
2.—Did you buy anything in the new shop?
—No, I bought_________. Everything is too expensive.
3.—Can you come to my party tomorrow?
—Sorry, I can’t. I have to prepare_________an exam.
4.Problems and worries are normal in life and we’ll certainly feel worse_________we talk to someone.
5.—Kelly, you want to be a doctor, right? _________are you going to do that?
—I’m going to study medicine.
6.—Can you give me some_________(advice)on how to learn English?
—No problem.
7.—What will happen if he_________(come) home today?
—I’m not sure. Maybe his parents will be very surprised.
8.—Do you know there will be_________(few)jobs for people in the future because more robots will do the same jobs as people.
—Yes, I do.
9.—What do you want to watch tonight?
—I plan_________(watch)Days of Our Past.
10.—What’s the_________(good)movie theater to go to?
—Town Cinema. It’s the closest to home.
11.—Where did you go on vacation last summer?
—I_________(go)to New York City.
12.—Some scientists believe that there_________(be) more robots in the future.
—I think so.
13.—What does she do on weekends?
—She _________(sometime)goes shopping.
14.—Can he go to the movies?
—No, he’s not free. He might_________(has)to meet his friends.
15.—Do you believe that kids_________(not go)to the school in the future because they can study at home on computers?
—Yes, I do.
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阅读短文，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语。
There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should give a spring of water back to him or her.”That means if someone helps you a little, you should remember it and thank them more in return.
We should live in a world of thanks. We should thank people, even though they hurt us, because他们教我们重要的事情。We should thank people, even though they give us up, because we learn how to be independent(独立). We should thank people, even though they are selfish(自私的)because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people when they help us, teach us and care about us.
We thank our parents.他们为了给孩子更好的生活而努力工作。They cook meals for us；They do chores for us; They teach us what is right and what is wrong.
We thank our teachers. They give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but ask for nothing from us.
There are a lot of people in our life. We should find a way to thank them.
1._________________________________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________________
5._________________________________________________________________________
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Should friends be different or the same? Different people have different ideas. The following is what four of my classmates say.
My name is Susan. I am outgoing. I like to have friends and they are the same as me. Both my best friend Linda and I like traveling. We went to Italy with our families last summer vacation. We stayed there for two weeks. Next year we want to go to Paris.
My name is Mary. My friends are different from me. My best friend Betty is shorter and more outgoing than me. I am quiet and I like reading very much. Betty likes sports and she plays ping-pong well.
I’m Peter. I like to have friends and they are like me. It can be very helpful. I’m a little quiet and my good friend Rick is quiet, too. Sometimes I don’t know what to do with my problems and he can tell me what I should do, because he knows about me better than people who are different from me.
I’m Bill. I have both kinds of friends. I think it is important. That makes my life more interesting.
1.How long did Susan stay in Italy?
________________________________________________________________________
2.Are Mary’s friends different from her?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Does Betty play ping-pong or basketball well?
__________________________________________________________________________
4.Who is Peter’s good friend?
__________________________________________________________________________
5.Why does Bill think it’s important to have both kinds of friends?
__________________________________________________________________________
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基础写作
以“My friend and I”为题写一篇80词以上的英文短文。
内容包括：
1.你认为朋友在很多方面和你应该相同还是不同。
2.你和你朋友有哪些相同点或不同点。
3.你朋友对你做过的一件令你印象最深刻的事。
（参考词汇：be similar to 与......相似 be different from 与......不同）
My friend and I
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难度: 中等查看答案及解析