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Last month some parents visited a pizza restaurant in Florida with their children. On the door, they saw a sign in capital letters: “NO CHILDREN.” “Why can’t we bring our children?”, “What on earth does the owner intend to do?!” The parents were surprised and complained __________.
So why did the restaurant put up the sign on its door?
Troy Taylor, the owner of the pizza restaurant, found that many parents couldn’t control their children and many children couldn’t have meals quietly, which __________ other customers. Therefore, he made up his mind to ban (禁止) children from his restaurant.
Some people said that this was discrimination (歧视). Mr. Taylor, however, defended (为…辩护) his decision. He said that the restaurant was near a busy road, so there might be some__________ if the parents didn’t take good care of their children. Moreover, the restaurant served alcohol, which is not child-friendly.
Others _________ his decision. They said they were tired of noisy children in restaurants and now they could finally have a place for adults only.
_______, many other restaurants have also met the same problem. Some have done nothing and others have tried to ban children during certain times of the day. There’s one restaurant in Italy which has been __________ in dealing with the problem. They rewarded well-behaved children with a family meal discount (折扣), to encourage parents to control their children.
These methods may work for a while, but it may be a long time before restaurants find a permanent (永久的) solution to this problem.
1.A. politely B. angrily C. gently D. clearly
2.A. disliked B. trusted C. disturbed D. prevented.
3.A. noise B. joy C. food D. danger
4.A. supported B. cancelled C. refused D. explained
5.A. In brief B. In fact C. After all D. In return
6.A. creative B. responsible C. disappointed D. crazy
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阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
Last month some parents visited a pizza restaurant in Florida with their children. On the door, they saw a sign “NO CHILDREN.” “Why can't we bring our children?” “What on earth does the owner want to do?” The parents were surprised and complained angrily.
So why did the restaurant put up the sign on its door?
Troy Taylor, the owner of the pizza restaurant, found that many parents couldn't control their children and many children couldn't have meals quietly, so they disturbed other customers. Some people said that this was unfair. Mr. Taylor explained his decision . He said that the restaurant was near a busy road, so there might be some danger if the parents didn’t take good care of their children. So he made up his mind to ban(禁止)children from his restaurant.
Others supported his decision, they said they were bored of noisy children in restaurants and
now they could finally have a place for adults only.
83 In fact，many other restaurants have also met the same problem. Some have done nothing and others have tried to ban children during certain times of the day. There’s one restaurant in Italy. It has been creative in dealing with the problem. They rewarded(奖励) well-behaved children to encourage parents to control their children.
84These methods may be useful for a while, but it is difficult to solve this problem completely.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1.Why does Mr. Taylor ban the children from his restaurant?
__________________________________________________________________________
2.There are four methods to solve the problem in this passage. Which do you think is the best one? Why?
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B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3._________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________
C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
5._______________________________________________________
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Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap (代沟) between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said.
Voice of the students:
“Our parents hold too high expectations（期望）which put us under lots of pressure. They care too much about our lives and studies,” one student said.
“It’s impolite that some students’ parents read their children’s diaries without permission!” one student said angrily.
“Some of our teachers are so serious that we can’t make friends with them at all,” another student said sadly.
Voice of the parents:
One mother said, “After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can’t stand（忍受） her clothes and hairstyle!”
“I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn’t realize I was being cheated by him until I got a call from his teacher,” said a father.
Voice of the teachers:
An English teacher said, “Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students’ brain. The power (权力) teachers have kept students away from them.”
“Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades instead of creating a lively and colorful environment at home,” another teacher said.
“In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about,” said a teacher. “A school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure and frustration（挫折） bravely enough.”
1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Students like telling how they feel to their classmates.
B. More and more students don’t like to be surveyed.
C. Some parents don’t like their children’s clothes and hairstyle.
D. There has been a great distance between students and parents as well as teachers.
2.The underlined word “cheated” in the passage means ___________.
A. 欺骗 B. 批评 C. 表扬 D. 揭露
3. What can we infer (推断) from the teachers who were surveyed?
A. Teachers feel what they are doing for students is good.
B. Parents, teachers and educational rules all influence students greatly.
C. Teachers should care more about excellent students.
D. Now teachers and students communicate better than before.
4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Unhappy Teenagers B. Educational Rules
C. The Generation Gap D. Serious Parents
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Last month, I visited a school in Canada. What I 1. （听见）most often there was questions like “Shall we do the task in pairs?” and “Four students each group.” In Canada, I found students were often asked to act in groups. T 2. team spirit really surprised me.
This was 3. writing lesson. The teacher asked every five students to work in one group and each group should write one article 4. （一起）. In a group, the first student began the story. After that, the student had to pass the paper to the n 5. one. That student should go on with the story. Just like this, the paper was p 6. until the last student tried his best to finish the story with a good ending. Each of them only had one 7. ['mɪnɪt] to do the job and they all did well.
Finally, a group of students got prizes because of their best story. All the 8. were excited because the lesson was actually like a game. Learning how to write through the game was fun to them. We all know that cooperation（合作）, but how can we have 9. [sʌtʃ] an ability? I think we can learn something 10. schools in Canada. Maybe it’s a good idea to begin with group activities.
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--- I visited a middle school in Shanghai last month.
---There were about six _____________ students in it.
A. thousands
B. thousands of
C. thousand
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Last year I went to Australia to study and travel. I stayed in Sydney _____ two months. I visited places of _____ in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed with a family from Sydney. The homestay(寄宿家庭) parents and brothers were very _____ to us. We talked about a lot of things with each _____ in English.
My spoken English improved _____ in Australia. I used to speak very little English in _____. But in Australia, I had to use it very often. I was soon able to _____ my teachers and homestay family freely.
To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House. You can look at it from different sides. I think it is one of the most wonderful _____ in the world.I cannot sing very well, _____ when I was inside, I really wanted to sing.
Time ______ fast when I was in Sydney. Soon came Christmas, then the New Year. I had never spent the New Year ______ my family. But this year, I was so far away from them. I felt ______ sad.I missed them so much, and I knew they missed me so much ______. In the evening, I phoned my family. When I heard their ______， I began to cry. My homestay mother held me in her arms and comforted me. ______ kind foreign mother I had!
1.A. since B. for C. before D. after
2.A. fun B. help C. interest D. use
3.A. friendly B. nervous C. happy D. serious
4.A. others B. another C. other D. the other
5.A. strongly B. greatly C. hardly D. widely
6.A. Australia B. America C. England D. China
7.A. quarrel with B. fight against C. talk with D. complain about
8.A. building B. buildings C. built D. build
9.A. unless B. but C. so D. though
10.A. ran B. jumped C. flew D. walked
11.A. with B. without C. to D. for
12.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
13.A. either B. also C. as well D. nor
14.A. faces B. pictures C. voices D. smiles
15.A. What B. What a C. How a D. How
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We took seven days ______ last month. We visited our aunt in the countryside.
A.off B.about C.on D.out
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Jimmy and his parents visited us _________ a cold night last winter．
A. at B. in C. of D. on
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D. Answer the questions(根据以下内容回答问题.)
Last month some thieves stole a valuable teapot from a museum in Hong Kong. They took the teapot to America, but the American police found it. The museum sent Mr. Chan, a member of the museum staff, to collect the teapot. On the plane back to Hong Kong, he noticed two men. They were watching him closely. "Perhaps they're going to steal the teapot again. I must think of a plan,” he thought。
Mr. Chan’s daughter, Amy, met him at Hong Kong afterwards. Mr. Chan was carrying two boxes. He gave his daughter the pink box and said to her in a low voice, "Take this gift box home with great care." He walked away with the brown one. The two men followed him.
Amy opened the box at home. She was expecting a pair of sports shoes, but she just found an old teapot. "This is not a very interesting gift, " said Amy, a bit disappointed. "That’s all right. Let’s make some tea in it, "said her mother. Then they found a note in the teapot. It said, " Dear Amy ,___93____Love Dad.”
The two men kidnapped(绑架). Mr. Chan on his way to the museum. They opened his box and found a pair of sports shoes inside. "Where’s the teapot?" the two thieves shouted at the top of their voice with red faces. "How dare you cheat us? We saw you give your daughter a box at the airport. Come with us! We’re going to search your home, one of them said.
When the thieves entered Mr. Chan’s flat, it was dark and quiet. All of a sudden, the door closed and the lights went on. The police were waiting inside.
Amy and her mother came out of the bedroom with the teapot. "That teapot is very valuable, said Mr. Chan. "A long time ago it belonged to an emperor. He drank tea from it.”
“We were going to drink tea from it, too, "said Amy, laughing.
1.Was the teapot found in America?
2.What did Mr. Chan notice on the plane back to Hong Kong?
3.What was in the pink box?
4.How did the two thieves feel when they didn’t find the teapot?
5.Where were the thieves caught?
6.What did Mr. Chan probably write to Amy in the note? Fill in the blank with TWO sentences.
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This Western restaurant sells the best pizza in Nanjing. You can’t find pizza in the city.
A. delicious B. more delicious
C. the most delicious D. less delicious