| I check my emails 5 times a day. I am always online. I have a lot of friends all over the world. So I send many emails to them and I also get lots of emails. When I check nay emails, every email gives me some information. |
| I like playing games on the computer at the weekend. I like cooking games best because I can learn how to cook. |
| It is a habit for me to check my emails after l get up every morning. I like using emails because I can send pictures to my friends. |
—She has got ________ toothache.
Garden City?
From the Other Side
Lara and Tara are twins., but they are very different in everything else. For example, hot food is Lara's favorite, and Tara has a sweet choice.
However, this isn't the problem with the twin girls. They always argued that the opposite one was wrong. , while Tara insisted that mornings were fresh and it was difficult to stay up till midnight.
. To put an end to their fights, their parents decided to create a small drama. They wanted the girls to understand that they were both correct from their own point of view. Their parents covered the girls' eyes with black ribbons, and brought them to the dining room.. Lara was asked to stand on one side of the board and Tara on the other. They couldn't see the other side of it. When the ribbons were taken away, they were surprised to see a huge board between them.
Now, their father asked Lara, "What's the color of the board?" She replied, "It's black!" . She replied, "It's white!" The two girls began to argue again. While Lara was confident it was black, Tara was sure it was white. Then, they were asked to exchange(交换)their places. They couldn't believe their eyes. Tara, who insisted it was a white board, saw a black one. Similarly, Lara, who argued the board was black, was shocked to see a white one. They understood that each of them was right in her own view. Most of us are like Lara and Tara. We are right most times, but insist that others are wrong!
A. They look like each other B. For years, their arguments continued C. Their mother asked Tara the same question D. In the room, a big board was placed in the middle E. Lara thought it was terrible to get up early in the morning |
—About ten.
Lucy, at 9:00 last night?
— It's .
—No, we didn't . It was put off ________ the heavy rain.
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
1. According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.
A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed
B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war
C. a person who is new in a job
D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country
2. The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.
A.未完成的 B. 成熟的 C. 青涩的 D. 老练的
3. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?
A. If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.
B. The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.
C. Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.
D. Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.
4. We can know from the passage that _______.
A. all growing plants is green
B. green is the most important color in nature
C. a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well
D. the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years
5. The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. a greenhorn B. a green thumb
C. the Green Revolution D. the word “green” and its story
—What did your brother say in the letter?
—He told me he _____ to Anhui next week.
A. will return B. returned C. was going to return D. is returning
He_______ his watch in his bag but couldn't_______ it.
A. look for find B. find; look for C. looked for find D. found; look for
Lang Ping is a great coach who has the ability to the best in all the team members in each match.
A. give out B. take away C. bring out