句型转换。
1. The dress cost so much that she didn’t buy it.（用too … to …改写）
The dress cost ___  ___  ___  her  ___  buy.
2. It rained yesterday, so I stayed at home.（用because改写）
____ it ____  yesterday,  I  ____  at home.
3. My parents will go to America in two weeks.（对划线部分提问）
___  ____ ___  your parents ___ to America.
4. People use thermoses (热水瓶)for keeping water warm.（改为被动语态）
Thermoses ____  ___  ___  ____ water warm。
5. I hardly ever meet him after he moved to another district.（对划线部分提问）
____ ____ ____ you meet him after he moved to another district?
6. Collecting coins interests the small boy.（用interested改写）
The small boy ___ ____ ___ ___ coins.
7. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor.（改为主动语态）
a Canadian doctor _______   ______.
8. Naismith thinks he can do it well.（改为过去时）
Naismith ____ he _____ do it well.
9. He divided the players into two teams of eleven.（改为同义句）
He ____ the players into two teams of eleven.
10. He might know anyone at the party.（改为表示否定推测的句子）
He ____ ____ know anyone at the party.

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married（结婚）. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations(情况) and their husband’s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband’s.
【小题1】Hanna changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is __________ for     
people to remember.

A．louder

B．easier

C．prettier

D．harder

【小题2】Famous people want their new names to ________________.

A．have special sound	B．be ordinary
C．have no meaning	D．be unknown

【小题3】Mr Li uses his new name when he___________________.

A．stays with his family	B．is at his job
C．is among Chinese friends	D．comes back to China

【小题4】What is the best title(标题) of this passage?

A．Family Names	B．Women’s Names
C．Changing Names	D．Special Names

【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．Some women don’t change their own family name after they get married today.

B．Some women use their husband’s family name after they get married.

C．Some women don’t have family name after they get married.

D．Some women use both their own name and their husband’s

Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.

Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents didn’t live together when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Robinson, in June, 1989 and married her on October 3^rd, 1992. The couple’s first daughter was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter in 2001.

Obama took office in January 20, 2009. However, just when he became the president, he had to face many serious challenges ---- two foreign wars, the climate change and what he had described as “the worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century”. But Obama said that he himself had been ready to face these challenges.

Obama’s success is a true milestone. It speaks to the fact that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and abilities and you work hard enough.

1.   How old was Obama when he became the American president?

A．48.

B．40.

C．37.

D．31.

2.   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Obama grew up with his father in Hawaii.

B. Obama has two sons with Robison.

C. Obama is the first black president in the USA.

D. Columbia University is in Washington.

3.Obama’s success tells us that __________.

A．any black people can become the president

B．you can succeed if you are talented enough

C．everyone can succeed if he is lucky enough

D．a talented person can succeed if he works hard enough

4.   What does the underlined phrase “took office” in the third paragraph mean?

A．生效

B．就任

C．离职

D．竞选

5.   According to the passage, Obama had to face the following challenges except for _____________.

A．the climate change	B．the financial crisis
C．the population problem	D．foreign wars

 

Dick ___________in America, but now he has been_______Chinese food since he moved to Wuxi.

A.used to live; used to eating  

B.is used to live; used to eat 

C.is used to living; used to eating  

D.used to living; used to eat

 

阅读下面的短文，判断文后的句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“T”，不符合的写“F”，短文未涉及的写“N”。

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was an artist and also an art teacher. He gave little Picasso the first lesson in drawing. The boy showed great interest in it and learned it very quickly. Picasso drew so well that he won a prize — “Science and Charity” for his first important painting at the age of 15. Later he studied in several cities in Spain. But no one could teach him because he had known so much.

When he was 19, he visited Paris. At that time, Paris was the center of the world for artists. Everything in the painting world was new to Picasso. When he was 23, he moved to Paris to live and spent the rest of his life in France.

In his 80s, Pablo Picasso still worked like a young man. He kept on looking for new ideas and new ways to work. He never stopped painting all his life.

Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists in the world, died in 1973.

1.Pablo Picasso was born in Spain.

2.Pablo Picasso won a prize of “Science and Art” at the age of 15.

3.Pablo Picasso was the only son of his parents.

4.Pablo Picasso lived in France for 91 years.