5. 俄罗斯n. 6. 伦敦n.

7. 不同的国家 8. 中国首都  

基础词汇过关(英汉互译)

1. 紧邻 2. in town

3. 加拿大n. 4. 日本n.

Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming.

Even in early times,people could realize the 1 of dreams. If a person has a dream and works hard,he or she will find a way 2 bring it into success.

Children do not have 3 knowledge. However,they are natural dreamers. We should not 4 them. With their rich imagination,they will 5 with fantastic dreams. History is 6 of examples. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to 7 ostracizecK排斥) when he was in primary school,but his achievements were greater than 8 in his time.

Teenagers and young people should also be 9 to dream. They had big dreams and their dreams 10 their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They 11 developed technology and brought great progress to humans besides making money for 12 Older people should believe that it is never 13 late to dream. Colonel Sanders 14 KFC at the age of 62. Everyone has a chance to make dreams 15

() 1. A. important   B. importance   C. most important

() 2. A. to   B. of   C. for

() 3. A. many   B. a lot   C. much

() 4. A. make fun   B. laugh at   C. look down

() 5. A. come up   B. catch up   C. get on

() 6. A. full   B. filled   C. fill

() 7. A. being   B. be   C. been

() 8. A. else everyone’s   B. everyone else,s   C. everyone else

() 9. A. encouraged   B. encouraging   C. encourage

() 10. A. change   B. changed   C. to change

() 11. A. had   B. have to   C. have

() 12. A. them   B. themselves   C. theirs

() 13. A. so   B. very   C. too

() 14. A. set up   B. set out   C. put up

() 15. A. come true   B. achieve   C. realize

In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand,there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different k 1 of music—everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so p 2 ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes,it\s both of the things,but it’s a 3 something else: They’re elephants.

These musical elephants started at the TECC(泰国大象保护中心) in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love them. And,like many zoos a 4 the world,the TECC encourages elephants to paint.

Richard Lair w 5 for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals^' paintings are very good. But,in fact,elephants h 6 better than they see. And so he had an idea： If elephants are s 7 and they have good hearing,maybe they can play music. To test his idea,Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance (表、演) ，the elephants play a number of i 8 ,including the drums and the xylophone (木琴) .

But can elephants really make music properly? Yes,says Lair. They are very creative. Humans e 9 the animals to play,but the elephants make their own songs;they don't just copy their trainers O10 other people. There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.

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6. 7.8. 9. 10.

4. 她经常埋怨房间太小了。

She oftenthat the room.

3. 这个机器人能做任何它被要求做的事。

The robot can do.

2. 谁是我们镇第一个拥有机器人的人？

Who isin our town?

1. 所有的苦活机器人都能做吗？

Can all the hard work?

() 5. — Didn’t the robot have a rest? —. Because it never gets tired.

   A. No,it did   B. Yes,it did   C. No,it didn’t   D. Yes,it didn’t

() 4. I have no time this afternoon. Who will this card me?

   A. post;to   B. post;for   C. past;to   D. past;for