All the family—my grandparents, my parents, myaunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister and I— ___27___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___28___.It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot of work to cook…and there are a lotof chances for things to go wrong.
Zu Ti was a great man of Jin Dynasty. He was ____16____ for his hard work andgreat achievements. But when he was a child, he was a naughty (頑皮的)boy who showed little ____17____ inreading. As he grew up, Zu Ti ____18____ hedidn’t have enough knowledge.
Liu Min is an English teacher. These days, herfamily are experiencing a different life of working and studying. They get upand do morning exercises at 6:30 in the living room. After breakfast, theystart their work and study. Her husband turns on his computer in the study (書房), reading his e-mails andmaking a list of today’s work.
ThreeRiver-Source National Park on the Qinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原),is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of theYangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it “China’s water tower”.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三輪車)and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
Lastsummer, I was holding the net when Grandpa asked me ____19____ I couldhelp him teach Frank how to play chess. I said no because I wanted to catchfish. Grandpa had been the one who’d taught us how to catch fish, but then the ____20____ made him stay behind.
All thefamily—my grandparents, my parents, my aunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister andI— ___22___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___23___. It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot ofwork to cook…and there are a lot of chances for things to go wrong.
An unexpected thing happened in the ____11____ of my eleventh year. Thehome I had ____12____inwas burned to the ground in the middle of the night. ____13____ , mymom, dad, grandma, brothers and I escaped(幸免于難).
I lost mysmartphone at West Park on Loomis Road on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The photosin it haven’t been uploaded(上傳)to the Cloud. They are very important to me.Please call me at 730-8607.
Some schools have organized too many tests thatare too difficult. As a result, students have to study hard all the time andthey have been under a lot of stress. It has been harmful to students’ mental (心理的)and physical health and it must be changed.
My mum and dad bought a nice, big turkey a fewdays before Thanksgiving. ___29___was proud of herself as she got it for a good price. ___30___ Thanksgiving, Mum got the turkey out of thefridge.
Jared ___15___ to stay at home, but his mom sent him anyway.He had to sit next to Jessica. At reading time, Mrs. Thomas asked Jared toread. Reading aloud always made Jared ___16___ . As he picked up the book, his hands shook.“He can’t read,” Jessica said. “I didn’t call on you, did I?”
Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____
Antarctica is a continent (大陸) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
Mostschools offer different kinds of subjects and activities for students, but someschools offer additional training in certain areas, such as the performing andarts. In this way, schools can help students develop their artistic talentsfrom an early age and have greater success in their future profession. THE ROYAL BALLET(芭蕾舞)SCHOOL
Chopsticksoriginated from(起源于) China.Though simple and little, they are agreat invention in the history of humans. There are many legends aboutChopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.It issaid that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. Oneday, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot tocook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want towaste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meatfrom the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take outfood from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food withsmall sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
余幼時(shí)即嗜學(xué)。家貧,無從致書以觀,每假借于藏書之家,手自筆錄,計(jì)日以還。天大寒,硯冰堅(jiān),手指不可屈伸,弗之怠。錄畢,走送之,不敢稍逾約。以是人多以書假余,余因得遍觀群書。
余幼時(shí)即嗜學(xué)。家貧,無從致書以觀,每假借于藏書之家,手自筆錄,計(jì)日以還。天大寒,硯冰堅(jiān),手指不可屈伸,弗之怠。錄畢,走送之,不敢稍逾約。以是人多以書假余,余因得遍觀群書。既加冠,益慕圣賢之道,又患無碩師名人與游,嘗趨百里外,從鄉(xiāng)之先達(dá)執(zhí)經(jīng)叩問。先達(dá)德隆望尊,門人弟子填其室,未嘗稍降辭色。余立侍左右,援疑質(zhì)理,俯身傾耳以請(qǐng);或遇其叱咄,色愈恭,禮愈至,不敢出一言以復(fù);俟其欣悅,則又請(qǐng)焉。故余雖愚,卒獲有所聞。
桃花峪是黃河中下游分界線,把橋建在這里自有講究。我個(gè)人的選擇原因,就實(shí)用層面來講,自是離老家更近,卻也有非實(shí)用層面:是它的外形更時(shí)尚更壯觀,名字我也格外鐘愛:桃花峪——黃河——大橋,既明艷又鏗鏘,既堅(jiān)固又綿長(zhǎng),不是么?
大雪紛飛的日子,教室內(nèi)暖氣充足,溫暖如春。大地負(fù)責(zé)的那盆對(duì)對(duì)紅,,早已長(zhǎng)出一片片流油般的綠葉。葉片都是兩側(cè)對(duì)生,先端漸尖,如一柄柄出鞘的青劍,亦如大地那一對(duì)好看的劍眉。兩葉中間也長(zhǎng)出了高接不一肥粗直溜的莖。離考試還有三周的時(shí)候,大地于某個(gè)課間拾綠葉擦拭灰塵時(shí),發(fā)現(xiàn)那些莖頂端竟都一左一右鼓出了大花苞。大地的身體里瞬間灌入一股熱流,心里充滿期待。