2.   下个月，我们举办艺术节。
              , we_________ an art festival.

1,这学期我们为你们安排了一些有趣又好玩的活动。

We________   some interesting and fun _______ you this term.

4.   学校开放日  _____________

5.   体育节      _____________

6.   足球比赛    _____________

1.   art festival      ________

2.   book sale        ________

3.   English Day        ________

 假如最近你在北京遇到了一位外国工程师汤米。请你根据下面表格中是有关汤米的信息，用 英语写一篇短文，介绍这位外国工程师。

注意事项：

1.短文须包括表格中所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2.省略部分须用2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；

3.词数在90个左右。

Science behind animal shakes PIGS do it. Mice do it. Dogs also do it. Kangaroos? Not so much. Why do animals shake? The .short answer is，because they’re wet. But there’s actually more to it than that - a lot more.

Firstly, scientists find out that mammals (哺动物）save a large amount of energy by doing their cute little shakes. If they do not shake, animals, especially furry (多毛的）mammals would have to use up to 20 percent of their daily energy simply avoiding being wet.

Those that don’t, like kangaroos who shake only part of their body, usually live in desert climates (;少漠气候)where it is very hard for them to get wet.

Secondly, not all animals shake at the same rate (速率).

Smaller animals seem to shake more quickly, 30 shakes per second for a mouse, while bears, tigers and big dogs average (平均）only about five.

In an interesting finding, one scientist and his team have shown that these animals do the job as efficiently (有效地）as possible. In each case, the animals shake off about 70 percent of water in a few seconds. This should all be impressive to humans. It takes us not seconds but minutes to dry our hair — just over three percent on average.

1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._

“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment (失望)，my

mother would say this to me.

After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every radio station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire (雇佣）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete (运动员）to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded (提醒）me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, I felt so frustrated (沮丧).“How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened without the failure before.”

(    )    4.    Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

A. Because he never graduated from college.

B. Because he didn’t work hard in college.

C. Because he didn’t have much experience.

D. Because he didn’t know about sports.

(    )    5.    Which of the following shows the correct order of the events?

a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.

b. The writer was refused when he looked for jobs in Chicago.

c. The writer graduated from college.

d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.

A. c-b-d-a.    B.    c-b-a-d.    C.     b-c-d-a.    D.    b-c-a-d.

(    )6.    Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer.

B. There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.

C. The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.

D. The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.

(    )    7.    According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom    want to tell him?

A. He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.

B. Disappointment leads to failure.

C. He should be proud of himself.

D. Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

Unlike Chinese people, Western world has a complete system (系统）of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person’s characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.

Sagittarius (射手座）is one of them. Now, let’s take it as an example:

Sagittarius (November 23—December 21)

Sagittarius in short

Sagittarius are fiin, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they’re so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions (直觉）that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude. That’s only because they’re very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.

More about Sagittarius

Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted (吸引）by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood (十青绪). They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the fact, but they don’t mean to. Money is not their God. Their values (价值）are spiritual (_青片申的）rather than material.

They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it.

(    )    1.    Whose star sign is Sagittarius?

A. Miss Yao who was bom on Mar 18, 1978.

B. Peter, a boy who was bom on Nov 22, 1998.

C. Mr Zhou who was bom on Dec 23, 1976.

D. Lucy, a girl who was bom on Nov 30, 1991.

(    )2.    Which is WRONG about Sagittarians?

A. Sagittarians often tell lies.

B. Sagittarians can be rude.

C. Sagittarians show great interest in strange things and people.

D. Sagittarians can end up working by using their good intuition.

(    )    3.    What can we know from the underlined    sentence “Monev is not their God'？

A. Sagittarians care too much about money.

B. Sagittarians believe that money is from the God.

C. Sagittarians hate God.

D. Sagittarians pay no attention to money.

Are you good at learning some things by yourself, but not others? Do you find it 1 to understand art, for example, but not Maths. If you do, don’t be 2    . Everyone’s mind is different and some people are better at some things than others. 3 everyone is good at everything.

Many famous people were good at one thing but poor at others. Mozart was good at 4 but not very good at Maths — he never had enough money! Einstein was good at 5 and writing. He also played the violin but 6 people say that he wasn’t very good at that.

Max Berlitz’s parents and grandfather were Maths teachers but he was 7 at Maths. He was good at languages. He started a school that taught languages. Now many books and thousands of schools use his 8    .

George Schaller has worked all over the world 9 animals. InChina, he studied pandas. He said that when he was a boy, he always liked being outside looking at plants and animals. Now this is his job.

When Tiger Woods was a baby, his father used to play golf in front of him. His father did everything he could to make his son 10 golf. Now his son is the best golf player in the world.

(    )    1.    A.    interesting B. easy    C.    good    D.    hardly

(    )    2.    A.    sad    B.    frightened    C. surprised    D.    excited

(    )3.    A. Not    B.    Nearly    C.    Almost    D.    Sometimes

(    )    4.    A.    sports    B.    painting    C.    writing    D.    music

(    )5.    A. Maths    B.    music    C.    computer    D.    art

(    )6.    A. all    B.    most    C.    few    D.    none

(    )7.    A. good    B.    poor    C.    better    D.    clever

(    )    8.    A.    names    B.    languages    C. ideas    D.    teachers

(    )    9.    A.    raising    B.    feeding    C.    finding    D.    studying

(    )10. A. leave    B.    dislike    C.    like    D.    watch

Cellphones help us easily find people anywhere at any time. However, using cellphones too often

may cause cancer (癌症). The advice below may help you.

? When using your cellphone, try to keep it away from your body as much as possible. Don't put it under your pillow (枕头）or on a bedside table when you go to sleep.

? When you're on the cellphone, use the speaker. In this way, you have just 1/100th of the contact with radiation (岸昌射）you have when you hold it to your ear. An earphone is also a good idea.

? Try to keep your conversations short. If you need to talk longer, use an phone instead.

? Change ears when you're using your cellphone. Before putting it to your ear, wait until the person you are calling picks up the phone.

? Your phone gives out radiation when you talk or text (发短信)，but not when you're listening or getting messages. Listening more and talking less can lower the risk of cancer.

? Do not use your cellphone when the signal (信号）is not strong or when moving at a high speed. At high speeds your phone is trying to pick up signals, and this increases (增加）the radiation.