—I won't have time to go shopping with you this afternoon.

—But you________ me yesterday.

A. ordered B. mentioned

C. knew D. promised

It is reported that nearly _________ foreign kids joined a British boarding school last year，and a third of them came from China．

A. nine thousand B. nine thousands

C. nine thousand of D. nine thousands of

—Jason, could you please ________ this picture on the wall?

—With pleasure.

A. put on B. put off

C. put up D. put out

—Jim, may I ________ your camera?

—Sure, but you'd better not________ it to others.

A. lend; lend B. borrow; borrow

C. lend; borrow D. borrow; lend

Tourists’ bad behavior by the government in our country from now on.

A. will record B. will be record

C. records D. is recorded

A British student has a new invention. It can make children do more ______ and also reduce (减少) the number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is ______“Square?eyes”. It is a little sensor (感应器) and it is put in children's ______. It can store the number of steps taken by a child during the day and ______ this information to the family computer. Software then tells the ______ how many hours of TV he or she can watch that evening. One hundred steps are equal to (等于) one minute of TV. ______ children use up all of their TV time, they have to do more walking.

The inventor, Gillian Swan, says, “This will ______ children to make exercise part of their daily lives from an early age.” She said that ten years ago, children were ______ because they often played outside ______ their friends, while today's children ______ too much time in front of the TV and don't exercise. This means that today's children have weight problems and become fat.

1.A. games B. studies C. practices D. exercise

2.A. watched B. named C. replied D. made

3.A. shoes B. glasses C. hats D. coats

4.A. take B. encourage C. read D. send

5.A. child B. student C. woman D. teacher

6.A. Unless B. If C. Although D. While

7.A. agree B. allow C. help D. set

8.A. cheaper B. cleaner C. healthier D. clearer

9.A. for B. by C. with D. on

10.A. spend B. take C. cost D. use

Trevor Graham Baylis was born on 13 May 1937 in Kilburn, London. He is best known for inventing the wind?up radio(the clockwork radio).

Trevor was an excellent swimmer. At the age of 15, he swam for Great Britain. Later, he served in the army for four years beginning in 1957. After leaving the army, he joined a company called Purley Pools, which was famous for building the world's first free?standing swimming pool. Later, Trevor left the company and started his own swimming pool company. At the same time, his love of swimming led him to work as a stuntman(特技演员) for television programmes. However, he met many stuntmen who were no longer able to work because of injury. Trevor_decided_to_invent_some_products_for_the_disabled. At his house, there was a special workshop where he invented things.

In the early 1990s, he saw a television programme about the spread of AIDS in Africa. He learned that in many areas in Africa the only means of communication was radio. However, batteries and electricity were too expensive and too difficult to get there. Trevor_wanted_to_help_those_people. At first, Trevor invented a wind?up radio which could play for 14 minutes with a two?minute wind. However, nobody was interested in his invention. Luckily, his invention was featured on the television programme Tomorrow's World. Two businessmen showed a great interest in it. With the money they invested,_Trevor developed his invention and founded a company called Freeplay Energy. In June 1996, the Freeplay radio was awarded the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.

1.Trevor joined the army at the age of ________．

A. 15 B. 20

C. 24 D. 25

2.Trevor started his own swimming pool company ________．

A. before he swam for Great Britain

B. before he joined Purley Pools

C. after he left Purley Pools

D. after he worked as a stuntman

3.From the underlined sentences, we can learn that Trevor was ________．

A. helpful B. rude

C. humorous D. silly

4.What does the underlined word “invested” mean in Chinese?

A. 投资 B. 抢劫

C. 拍卖 D. 储蓄

5.This passage is mainly about ________．

A. a great invention

B. a great swimmer and inventor

C. the history of the wind?up radio

D. an important television programme

用所给词的适当形式完成短文

The four great inventions of ancient China

In the Song Dynasty, a man named Bi Sheng1. (invent) printing. Later it was brought to other countries in the 1440s.

Gunpowder began in the Tang Dynasty. They 2. (use) in wars. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, some other weapons like “fire cannon” “rocket” were produced.

China was the first nation who invented paper. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a person 3. (name) Cai Lun made a new kind of paper. The invention of paper is an epoch?making(划时代的) event in human history.

The compass 4.(invent) in the Spring and Autumn Period. The circular centre represents Heaven, and the square plate represents Earth. The handle of the spoon points south. The spread of the compass to Europe opened the oceans of the world to travel and led to the discovery of the New World.

The four great 5.(invent) of ancient China played an important role in the ancient history. Each Chinese is proud of every invention.

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某英文杂志社正在进行征文比赛，征文的题目是“My dream invention”。请根据下面表格中的提示内容写一篇英语短文投稿。

要求：1.内容应包含表格中的所有提示信息；

2．不少于80词。

参考词汇： 快进fast forward; 后退rewind；

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My dream invention

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（题文）Bob spends a lot of money on books ________ he is not rich.

A. although B. or

C. because D. and