In most classes, students sit at desks and listen to teachers in a classroom. But in a new class at Chapman Middle School (CMS) in Kansas, US, students are leaving the blackboards behind for blue skies and green grass.

They are actually taking an outdoor life class. It’s not a typical class, but teachers are trying it out.

 “We want kids to experience the outdoors,” the class teacher John Harris said.

Twenty-six students attend the semester (一学期) long class. The class includes four parts: archery (射箭), hunter safety, survival (生存) skills and fishing. Also, students will discuss protecting natural resources (资源).

Before Harris’ class this year, archery teacher Andy Fewin taught a 9-week outdoor life class. All CMS students took it.

“It gets kids involved (使参与) in something other than sitting and playing video games,” Fewin said.

Harris shares the same idea. He believes everyone needs to “enjoy life” and “get outside”.

“The outdoor life class aims to get the kids interested in coming to school, really enjoying their class time and understanding the big picture,” Harris said.

But he said everyone needs to finish their other work first. “It really teaches them to focus and pay attention in class. If they don’t, then they’ll miss out on the fun things we’re doing,” he said.

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(2)What can students learn in the new class?

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(3) 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

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阅读短文，将划线处译成汉语

    There is a nice girl in our class. She is 13 years old. (1)She is a girl with two big eyes. She is short but she is very lovely. She has curly hair and wears glasses.(2)She is good at telling stories. So she wants to join the story telling club.

When you start a new school, go to a party or try to know a person, you often need to break the ice in order to start a friendly conversation. Breaking the ice means saying or doing something to stop feeling shy or uncomfortable around someone you don’t know well. Almost everyone feels uncomfortable or shy when people meet for the first time. If you feel like this, the following ① tips can help you out.

Smile ② When you smile, people think you’re friendly and easy to talk to. They are also very likely to smile back and help you feel more comfortable about starting a conversation.

Be positive Everybody likes being around happy people. Always look on the bright side of life and see everything positively（积极地）.

Be a good listener  Don’t control the conversation and don’t just talk about yourself. ③ 仔细听别人讲，并且问一些关于他们自己的问题。They’ll think you’re worthy of talking to.

Be easy-going ④  too,people,to,break,some,the,shy,ice,are, Don’t avoid being around new people just because you feel uncomfortable. If you face a situation again and again, you’ll soon break the ice.

A.questions      B.sentences      C.suggestions     D.conversations

(2)请将②处划线句子译成汉语。

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(3)请将③处划线句子译成英语。

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(4)请④处划线句子连词成句。

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(5) How many tips are mentioned(提到) in the passage?

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阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

It was 6:00 on a Monday morning. With his books in his bag, 13-year-old James Mwangi was on his way to school, the Mcedo-Beijing school in a slum（贫民窟）in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi (肯尼亚首都内罗毕). This school was built in 2001 with the help of China, for children from poor families. After getting to school, Mwangi went straight to his class to do his class work. It is usual that pupils in this school prepare for their lessons before the teacher comes.       

（83）To study in the school was once a dream for the poor boy. His mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Some days she took home nothing, and some days she could get about $ 3 — it was hardly enough to buy them a full meal for a day. Before joining the Mcedo-Beijing school, Mwangi was at home with his seven brothers, collecting rubbish.（84）The school gives these children hope for the future by providing them with a chance(机会) to get education.“For me, education is the best gift,” said Mwangi. 

根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。

把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

Fire was discovered many thousands of years ago. The first time humans saw fire was probably when a tree was destroyed by lighting(闪电). Humans soon learned how to make fire. They probably made the first fire by rubbing(摩擦)two sticks together.

Fire was very important to humans. They needed to keep warm at night. They used fire to cook food.(1)They used fire to keep enemies and wild animals away. In some parts of the world fire was used to send massages. The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message. In some other countries people lit fires to warm their friends of danger.

(2)火也被用来照明 Before the invention of the oil lamp(灯), humans burned sticks to get light.

One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal(相等的)parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wild blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.

(1) How did the Indians in America use fire?

(2) What happened to the candle if there was a wind blowing on it?

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It’s known that the marmots(土拨鼠) are very shy around humans, beating their tails and making loud noise with their teeth to tell other members of their colony to run away.

But when these marmots see Matteo Walch, they run to his side and show him nothing but affection(喜爱).

 The eight-year-old Matteo Walch built up a great relationship with the creatures since first being taken to see them by his nature-loving family four years ago.

The family return to visit these marmots in Groslocker in the Austrian Alps(阿尔卑斯山) for two weeks every year.

 Matteo loves those animals and they are not at all afraid of Matteo because he has a feeling towards them and they understand that.

Marmots stand at around 18cm tall and can reach up to 50cm in length. Strangely, the animals are heavier in autumn, when they can weigh up to 8kg, but 3kg in the spring months.

Michael, a teacher from Innsbruck, Austria, has taken lots of photos of Matteo and his marmot friends during the past four years.

He said,“I could spend several hours watching animals. It’s great that I have been able to document the marmot’s natural behavior around Matteo without making them afraid of me and my camera, I wanted to capture(用影片文字等记录…的原样) the animals exactly the way I see them ---the way they behave among each other.”

从照片上很清楚地看出，马蒂奥和土拨鼠彼此相处得很好。

I could spend several hours watching animals. 

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从照片上很清楚地看出，马蒂奥和土拨鼠彼此相处得很好。

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Do you keep fish in your classroom at school? Do you ever have a class in a boat? Do you put the food you leave over into a compost(混合肥料）box? That’s all part of a school day at Barnard School.

Barnard School is a “green” school in America. (A)This school wants to tell kids the importance of caring about the environment. The students can also learn a different way to live a healthier life.

With the special lessons, about 300 students in the school study the environment all day long. They learn about turtles and many other animals in their classrooms. Students throw some lunch leftovers(剩饭菜）into a compost box in a greenhouse. They use the compost to help plants grow.

At Barnard School, almost everything has something to do with the environment.

(B)_______Their art work also has something to do with the environment. (C)甚至他们的数学课也与环境有关。

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A. Students sing songs about the environment.

B. Students never cut off the young trees.

C. The kids must care about the grass.

D. The kids need to learn math.

Whereis the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥) ask.(1). But no one can give an exact answer because there is no wall around the university. The21universityis thecity. You can find classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. 

(2).Cambridge became acity in the1950s and now it has a population of over 100,000.Many young

students in other countries expect to study atCambridge. A large number of people from all over the world cometo visit the university. 

Many people run for exercise. But what will you do if you are not a “born” runner or jogger (慢跑者)? You may still want a kind of exercise that’s inexpensive and easy to do. Why not try walking?

   Walking requires no special equipment (装备). It is a kind of exercise that almost any normal, healthy person can do. Walking is good for your health like jogging or running; it will just take longer. Jogging and running make your heart work harder than walking. They also put more stress on your legs and feet than walking does.

   The problem with walking is that most people don’t take it seriously. But there’s a big difference between serious walking and the walking that most of us do. Walking, like jogging, should have a steady and continuous motion (稳健而持续的动作). 

   If you want to get your exercise by walking, you need to have your own walking plan. After all, runners and joggers set goals for themselves. Walkers need goals, too. You also need to set a course to walk. Start by walking about 15-30 minutes a day. Increase your time and distance (距离) slowly. And try increasing your walking speed little by little.

   If you prefer to jog or run, follow the same advice. Start off slowly. Spend most of the first few days just walking. Then, start walking and running on the same day. Run or jog a short distance, then walk for a while, then, run, then walk. Follow that pattern for 15-30 minutes a day. Slowly make each run longer and each walk shorter. Later on, you can increase your distance, speed and exercise time. 

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A. Have a walking plan.             B. Walk fast at the beginning.

C. Start by walking an hour a day.     D. Increase distance and speed little by little.

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Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness.In fact, happiness depends on ourselves. The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Another secret of living a happy life is to help people who are in need.