The summer holidays are coming up. It’s time to fill the bookshelves with quality literature for the kids. Here are some great books.
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French
Price: A$14.99 (for ages4+)
Josephine is a kangaroo who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don’t dance; they jump. But Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air. When a ballet group comes to town and the lead ballerina(芭蕾舞演员) is injured, Josephine is called upon to help save the day. Can she do it, and, more importantly, does it matter that she’s a kangaroo?
House of Secrets by Chris Columbus
Price: A$19.99(for ages 9+)
The Walker kids — Caroline, Brendan and Nell — may have saved the world, but they can’t save their home and must leave Kristoff House. Things can’t get any worse, but then it turns out that the Wind Witch is still alive and planning an attack. To defeat her, the Walkers must return to the book world. The Walkers always help each other, but they must go it alone in their most important mission yet. And this time, if they fail, there’s no chance of coming back.
Edge of Extinction Book 1 by Laura Martin
Price: A$16.00(for ages 9+)
If you like The Land of the Dinosaurs, you will love this book. Two hundred years ago, the first dinosaur was successfully cloned(克隆). Soon after, humans realized they’d made a big mistake... Thirteen-year-old Sky Mundy’s father suddenly disappeared five years ago. Along with her best friend, Shawn, she steps out into the world above — a world of dinosaurs — to look for him. Then she learns that everything she’s been taught has been a lie.
1.Which book will you choose if your child is five years old?
A. House of Secrets.
B. Josephine Wants to Dance.
C. The Land of the Dinosaurs.
D. Edge of Extinction Book 1.
2.What can we learn about the Walker kids from the text?
A. They live in a secret house.
B. They hate each other.
C. They are afraid of the Wind Witch.
D. They have to carry out the task alone.
3.What is the world like in the last book?
A. Animals live happily together.
B. It is full of dinosaurs.
C. Many dinosaurs attack the earth.
D. Many adults are killed by the dinosaurs.
4.The text is especially helpful for those who .
A. are interested in raising animals
B. want to make friends during the holidays
C. plan to educate their children during the holidays
D. want to explore an unknown world during the holidays
科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省牛津译林版英语Module5 Unit2 复习练习 题型:单项填空
There is some doubt among people _________ $749 is too much for an iPhone 5.
A. that B. whether
C. what D. if
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科目:高中英语 来源:广东省肇庆市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型:单项填空
—So kind of you to give a ride to the station.
—_______.
A. It doesn’t matter B. Never mind
C. Don’t mention it D. My pleasure
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科目:高中英语 来源:福建省莆田市2018届高三第一次月考英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting. But where are we doing all of this waiting, and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours? To understand the issue, let’s take a look at three types of “waits”.
The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait. It is without doubt the most annoying of all. Take filling up the kitchen sink (洗碗池) as an example. There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until it’s full. During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks. This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindless.
A cousin to the Watched-Pot Wait is the Forced Wait. This one requires a bit of discipline. Properly preparing packaged noodle soup requires a Forced Wait. Directions are very specific. “Bring three cups of water to boil, add mix, simmer three minutes, remove from heat, let stand five minutes.” I have my doubts that anyone has actually followed the procedures strictly. After all, Forced Waiting requires patience.
Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the Lucky-Break Wait. This type of wait is unusual in that it is for the most part voluntary. Unlike the Forced Wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen.
Turning one’s life into a waiting game requires faith and hope, and is strictly for the optimists among us. On the surface it seems as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes, but the Lucky-Break Wait well serves those who are willing to do it. As long as one doesn’t come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.
We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting. The next time you’re standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you’ll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don’t be desperate. You’re probably just as busy as the next guy.
1.What is the difference between the Forced Wait and the Watched-Pot Wait?
A. The Watched-Pot Wait needs directions.
B. The Forced Wait makes people passive.
C. The Forced Wait requires some self-control.
D. The Watched-Pot Wait engages body and brain.
2.What can we learn about the Lucky-Break Wait?
A. It doesn’t always bring the desired result.
B. It is less voluntary than the Forced Wait.
C. It is more fruitful than the Forced Wait.
D. It doesn’t give people faith and hope.
3.What does the author advise us to do the next time we are waiting?
A. Take it seriously. B. Don’t lose heart.
C. Do something else. D. Don’t rely on others.
4.The author supports his view by _________.
A. exploring various causes of “waits”
B. describing detailed processes of “waits”
C. revealing frustrating consequences of “waits”
D. analyzing different categories of “waits”
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖北省天门、仙桃、潜江三市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:完形填空
The alarm clock was ringing! I got out of bed and walked over to my desk and turned it off. It was 6:30 in the morning and I was very tired. It was very ____ outside and I couldn’t see anything! My mother was already ____ and told me to go and take a shower because I was going to be late for ____. I took a shower for about ten minutes and then I came out and took my towel and ____ myself. Then I got my ____ and put all my books in it so I wouldn’t forget anything when I went to school.
I walked to the ____ so that I could make myself some food. I ate and ____ for about half an hour. My mother still wasn’t downstairs to ____ me to school, so where was she? I went to my parents’ bedroom and saw my mother ____! She must have gone back to bed!
I ____ her up and said, “I’m going to be late for school!”
She turned around and said, “Go and look _____.”
I went to the window and opened the curtains. It was ____ now and I could see outside. But I didn’t see the black road or the green grass. I saw ____ everywhere. There was snow on the trees, the roads, and even my basketball hoop! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I ____ my mother had tricked me! She wasn’t really sleeping; she was just ____. It was a snowy day and I didn’t have any school! I ran up to my mother and ____ her because I was so happy. She gave me a jacket, books, a cap and a pair of gloves and told me to ____ in the snow for a little while. It was really fun but really ____, and I came inside after an hour. My dad was sitting at the table with two cups of ____ chocolate, and one was for me! I drank my hot chocolate really ____ so it would last longer, and I felt warm again. It was one of the best snowy days ever!
1.A. dark B. cloudy C. beautiful D. hot
2.A. busy B. anxious C. awake D. energetic
3.A. breakfast B. school C. date D. work
4.A. cleaned B. washed C. wiped D. dried
5.A. backpack B. box C. key D. pen
6.A. yard B. bedroom C. kitchen D. store
7.A. imagined B. talked C. watched D. waited
8.A. take B. expect C. force D. require
9.A. sleeping B. packing C. cooking D. laughing
10.A. picked B. called C. woke D. pulled
11.A. around B. outside C. inside D. back
12.A. clearer B. cooler C. warmer D. lighter
13.A. green B. black C. white D. color
14.A. figured out B. turned out C. broke out D. stepped out
15.A. hiding B. pretending C. protecting D. observing
16.A. hugged B. shook C. blamed D. disappointed
17.A. stand B. play C. think D. study
18.A. natural B. terrible C. cold D. lucky
19.A. fresh B. sweet C. delicious D. hot
20.A. quickly B. slowly C. gently D. quietly
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科目:高中英语 来源:河南省南阳市六校2016-2017学年高二下学期第二次联考英语试卷 题型:完形填空
Since my early childhood, my parents have always told me to enjoy every part of my life, no matter how ordinary it may seem. Before the summer of 2005, I never thought there was anything _______ about living in Sugar Land, Texas. All I wanted was to _______ Texas.
For most people, spending three weeks in the Tuscan countryside is a(n) _______ vacation. It also _______ my family. During my first week abroad, I admitted I _______ the foreign atmosphere. A new language and culture _______ me. For those seven days, I was totally absorbed in becoming something I could never be—a(n) _______. It was almost as if I wished to _______ my own identity for something new that was not _______ to me at all.
At some point along the drive between Florence and Genoa, it ________ me: I didn’t want to throw away who I was for any ________ wonders. Italy was an attractive and impressive country, ________ I had no emotional connection with it. I ________ Sugar Land. From that moment on, all I ________ was to return home.
I think it’s ________ that I could never fall in love with my home until I left it. Now I ________ the everyday parts of my life in Sugar Land are really the most prized treasures in my heart. Now ________, I find all my time spent living in Sugar Land made me ________. Therefore, now I can ________ say that being a Texan is who I am, and there’s no way I can ________ that.
1.A. special B. certain C. disappointing D. ordinary
2.A. improve B. leave C. control D. ignore
3.A. adventure B. public C. annual D. dream
4.A. expected B. shocked C. attracted D. welcomed
5.A. sensed B. created C. needed D. liked
6.A. upset B. amused C. impressed D. discouraged
7.A. traveler B. farmer C. American D. Italian
8.A. abandon B. waste C. hide D. damage
9.A. rude B. related C. useful D. close
10.A. hit B. warned C. disturbed D. embarrassed
11.A. old B. foreign C. real D. potential
12.A. so B. and C. but D. or
13.A. rely on B. show off C. stand for D. belong to
14.A. desired B. remembered C. admired D. hated
15.A. inspiring B. terrifying C. interesting D. rewarding
16.A. prefer B. guarantee C. imagine D. understand
17.A. looking back B. checking up C. growing up D. fighting back
18.A. exist B. smile C. insist D. succeed
19.A. safely B. smoothly C. confidently D. warmly
20.A. spot B. change C. use D. lack
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014-2015学年湖北武汉第二中学高二上期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完成句子
完成句子(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)阅读下列各小题,根据汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1. a car, I could get out of this place. (only)
要是我有一辆车,我就能离开这个地方了。
2.Afraid of the fire, away . (run)
由于怕火,那些野生动物逃跑了。
3.The girl fell down on the playground but got up quickly, the race. (determine)
这个女孩摔倒在操场上,但很快爬了起来,决心完成比赛。
4. sitting in the classroom all day may account for these students’ dropping out. (feed)
厌倦了整日坐在教室里可能是这些学生辍学的原因。
5. the job was the chance to travel. (attract)
这份工作最吸引我的地方是有旅行的机会。
6. the poem than the students began to ask her questions. (finish)
她刚读完这首诗,学生们就开始向她提问题了。
7.It won’t make much difference today or tomorrow. (go)
无论你是今天还是明天去,关系不大。
8.In Australia, health authorities confirmed on Thursday that a 57-year-old woman
in a hospital in Queensland state for the deadly Ebola virus. (assess)
澳大利亚卫生当局星期三证实,一位57岁的妇女正在昆士兰州一家医院接受致命的爱博拉病毒评估。
9.The records are not so good the standards. (compare)
这些记录和标准比起来还不算很好。
10.Our situation has been made worse now, and we have reached a stage almost no right at all. (have)
现在我们的情况变得更糟糕,已经到了这样一个阶段:我们几乎没有任何权利。
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科目:高中英语 来源:广东省肇庆市2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型:书面表达
请根据以下的说明内容,使用连贯的英语句子写一篇短文。
假如你是李华,你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。根据下列要点写封回信。
1.参加中文学习班
2.看中文书刊,杂志,报纸,电视
3.学唱中文歌曲,能更好的记单词
4.交中国朋友,帮助学习。
要求:1. 回信包含所有要点,可适当增加内容,使行文连贯
2. 字数100字左右,信头已给出,不计入总字数。
Dear Peter,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours truly
Li Hua
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科目:高中英语 来源:四川省遂宁市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末教学水平监测英语试卷 题型:完形填空
In my living room, there is a plaque(匾) that advises me to “Bloom(开花) where you are planted.” It ____ me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s,when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the ____ of each teacher in the program. Dorothy ____ in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road ____ around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting ____ by the same train five times. Rather than feeling ____ by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The ____ level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of ____ .
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(忧郁) ____ . Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was ____ with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were ____ poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t ____ , poke greens are a weed type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ____ reports of exciting activities of her students. Her ____ never cooled down. When it came time to ____ for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ____ . She came to the assessment(评价) and ____ in all areas. Afterward, she ____ me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to ____ her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be ____ with things.
1.A. convinces B. reminds C. informs D. warns
2.A. classroom B. family C. office D. dormitry
3.A. hangs out B. moves out C. stands out D. turns out
4.A. winding B. hiding C. jumping D. swinging
5.A. forgotten B. abandoned C. picked D. caught
6.A. tired B. excited C. scared D. regretted
7.A. education B. wealth C. health D. poverty
8.A. happiness B. shame C. hopelessness D. regret
9.A. disappeared B. deepened C. increased D. flooded
10.A. comforted B. satisfied C. greeted D. encouraged
11.A. serving B. smelling C. stealing D. tasting
12.A. care B. know C. eat D. like
13.A. kept a record of B. complained of C. took notice of D. ran out of
14.A. anxiety B. enthusiasm C. sympathy D. depression
15.A. search B. sit C. pay D. look
16.A. nervous B. shy C. ready D. careful
17.A. passed B. failed C. picked D. falled
18.A. attracted B. forced C. invited D. introduced
19.A. show B. celebrate C. declare D. decide
20.A. packed B. made C. broken D. matched
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