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（A）The number 13 is often considered unlucky．In some parts of the world，buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no houses with the number 13．In Japan，“4”is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word“four”is pronounced the same（B）______the word“death”．

Japanese never give four knives，four napkins，or four of anything．

What are the lucky numbers? Seven is a lucky number in many places，and“8”is considered a lucky number in Japan and China．In China，businesses open on August 8（8—8），and many couples register（登记）to get married at eight past eight on August 8．

In 1937，when the toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company，（C）they asked a fortuneteller（算命者），“Will Toyoda be a be a good name for the company?”The fortuneteller said it would not be．He said that“Toyota”would be a better name for the company．The family（D）______his advice. （E）Finally，millions of people drive“Toyota”but not“Toyoda”．Maybe，this is a funny story about“numbers”，but it reflects a country’s culture．That’s interesting．Let’s know and enjoy it。

1．将划线部分（A）译成汉语：

2．在（B）和（D）的空白处填入一个适当的单词：______ ______

3．将划线部分（C）改写成：

they asked a fortuneteller______“Toyoda”would______ a good name for the company．

4．写出划线部分（E）的同义词组：______

5．在文中找出人们认为幸运的数字：______

Time flew while I was in Sydney．Soon came Christmas．then the New Year．I had（A）________spent the New Year without my family．But this year, I was so far away from them．I missed my parents very much．（B）But l was too busy to make a telephone call to them．Sometimes I thought about what my family was doing．I didn't know（C）他们想念我是否像我一样那么多地想念他们。That afternoon，my school held a New Year party for us．But this made me miss my family even more．In the evening，I couldn't wait to （D）phone my family．（E）________I heard their voice，I begun to cry．I found that I missed them so much．This had been the first time I cried since I （F） arrived in Australia．My homestay mother held me in her arms and told me not to cry．（G）This made me feel better．I was so lucky that I had a good family in Sydney．Now those days in Australia have become the sweetest time in my life．

1．在（A）和（E）填入恰当的词语________；________

2．将划线部分（B）改写为：But I was ______busy ______ I couldn't make a telephone call to them．

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________

4．写出划线部分（D）和（F）的同义词或近义词：________；________

5．划线部分（G）指代的是：________________________

What do you think life on earth will（A）________in 100 years? More comfortable ?More high-tech? Maybe. But many scientists see a different future. （B） They say that by the year 2100 the earth will become a worse place for us to live.

   Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）are warming up the earth, melting（熔化）ice, and raising the level of the oceans. All these changes may bring more disasters（ 灾难）,including earthquakes and floods（ 洪涝）.

   Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Luckily, things may become so bad. Most countries in the world have agreed to slow down earth warming.

   In February, the Kyoto Protocol （京都议定书）began.（C） 这是全世界141个国家间的协议。 They want to produce less greenhouse gas and slow the rising temperature. （D） By 2010,35 developed countries will cut greenhouse gas by 5 percent of the amount they produced in 1990. （E） In order to produce less greenhouse gas, countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations. They also need to look for new types of energy（能源）.Countries that signed the agreement include China, Japan, Russia and the countries in the European Union（ 欧盟）.

1．在（A）的空白处填入一个适当的词语：________________

2．将划线部分（B）译成汉语：___________________________

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________________________

4．将划线部分（D）译成汉语：______________________________

5．将划线部分（E）改写为：Countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations _____________they can produce less greenhouse gas.

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, （a）出生于in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for （b）______________ he was born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything（c）他需要知道。

   When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, （d）he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with sudden change. （e）This made the readers surprised.

1．将划线部分（a）译成英语:_______________________________________

2．在（b）的空白处填入适当的词组:_________________________________

3．将划线部分（c）译成英语: ______________________________________

4．将划线部分（d）译成汉语: ______________________________________

5．将划线部分（e）译成汉语: ______________________________________