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Hi Ben,

    I was talking to my mom yesterday about when I was a baby. I remember lots of things about when I was s  (1)  . I don't remember much about when I was a tiny b  (2)  . But mum had told me about that. I haven't always lived in LA. I was b  (3)   near Des Moines, Iowa. It's a small farming town in America. We lived with my grandparents on their farm. It was in the middle of wheat fields. We moved to LA when my dad c  (4)   jobs. I was eight years old. So my first school was in Des Moines, Iowa.

    I had to c  (5)   the bus to school. I had to stand on the road by our farm at 7 am and wait. If the bus was late, I waited for the bus. If I was late, the bus driver waited for me! If I was s  (6)   , someone went down to the road to tell the driver I wasn't coming. A lot of the students came from farms. So we all s  (7)  a lot of time on our farms, and we also played h  (8)   with brothers and sisters. We soon made f  (7)  . It was good to be with kids of our own a   (8)  . Some of us were very naughty at school I was of them! Were you naughty at school?

Eric

Reading comprehension

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Everyone has his teachers．I canˈt  f ___(1)___ Miss Dong，my first English teacher all my life．She is the best teacher I have had so far．She is not tall，but she has big eyes．Her voice sounds beautiful and she  s___(2)___ English very well. She taught us carefully and worked very  h__(3)____ ．She always gave us courage to speak English．And we were very  i___(4)___ in learning English．One day while we played a game in her class，I fell down hard．She was very worried and sent me to   h____(5)__ at once．She is not only a good teacher but also a kind mother．I wish my dear teacher happiness and good luck．

( B )

The World Wide Web (万维网) turned 25 years old on March 12th. It has become a very important part in our daily lives. We canˈt imagine living without the Web.

In 1989, a British engineer named Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea of the Web. It is a group of "pages" of information that are connected to each other around the world. That is the very beginning of the Web. Since then,the Web has greatly changed the way people live. With a click(点击) of a mouse we can read news，buy things，make friends and learn anything weˈre interested in.

Now, 25 years after its birth, how will the Web influence life in the future? Scientists believe there are both advantages and disadvantages.

A growing Web will help build " better relationships" between different cultures. Also in the future,everyday items could be connected to the Web. We could share plenty of information to make our daily lives more convenient(方便的) .So one day in the future,your front door could send you a message, "Dear sir,everyone has left the house,but Iˈm still open!"

But scientists warn(警告) us that if we share personal information on the Internet it could get into the wrong hands.

"Itˈs not wise to spend a whole day in front of the screen. People need to get close to nature and enjoy the sun. Never be controlled by the Internet," said Berners-Lee.

Answer the questions according to the passage.(必须用完整的句子)

(1)How old is the World Wide Web?

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(2)Who came up with the idea of the Web?

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(3)What can we do by clicking a mouse according to the passage?

(4)Will the Web influence life in the future?

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(5)What could happen if we share personal information on the Internet?

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Harry was about seven years old when his father  (1)  (die). His mother found   (2)   difficult to support the large family. However, she tried her  (3)  (good) to do so. Also, she sent Harry, the oldest son to school.

Harry needed a vocabulary book   (4)  his study at one time. His family was so poor   (5)   his mother could not afford one.

One morning, Harry found that a heavy snow had fallen, and the cold wind was blowing. “Ah,” he said, “It is an ill wind  (6)   blows nobody good..” With these words, he ran to the house of a neighbor, and helped the neighbor move away the snow around the house. The neighbor accepted the help  (7)  (happy). He   (8)  (pay) well after he finished the work. Then he went to another place for  (9)   same purpose, and then to another, until he had earned enough   (10)   (buy) a vocabulary book.

From then on, Harry was always the first in all his classes. Whenever he met difficulties, he tried his best to overcome them. Having the will, he always found the way.

Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In f   (1)  , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve( 提高) your study w  (2)   much work. Here's how: 

People in the Netherlands（荷兰）are quite e  (1)   this month. That’s because they welcomed the first pair of Chinese pandas on April 13th. The two pandas, named Xing Ya and Wu Wen, are both more than 3 years old and will stay in the country for scientific r (2)   for 15 years, according to Xinhua.

    The pandas will live at a zoo with n  (3)   500,000 visitors each year. It has built the most beautiful panda house in history for the pandas, reported China Daily.

    At a cost of nearly 7 million euros (51 million yuan), the panda house covers 9,000 square meters and l (4)   like an ancient Chinese palace. It has areas for the pandas to sleep and play, as well as rooms for their f  (5)  babies to live in.

Many expressions that we use in American English come from novels.Today we will look at some of them from " Alice in Wonderland" in detail．

The story is about a young girl falling down a rabbit hole. When she finally l  (1)  , she finds herself in a strange world and meets some strange characters．

The f  (2)   character Alice meets is the White Rabbit, who runs past her and says some strange words．Alice chases（追赶）him，and that is where her adventures b  (3)  ．In English，chasing a white rabbit means chasing an i  (4)   clue and finding yourself in a misleading situation．

Then，as she runs after the rabbit，she falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland．To fall down the rabbit hole can mean to enter a confusing(令人困惑的)situation. H  (5)  , usually we use this expression to mean we get i  (6)   in something to the point of distraction(分神)．It often happens by accident and is about something not that meaningful．

Later in the story, Alice meets the March Hare and the Hatter at a crazy tea party. Hares(野兔)have long been thought to behave excitedly in M  (7)  , which is their mating(交配)season. Scientifically, this may not be true. But to be mad as a March Hare means that s  (8)   is completely mad，or crazy．The expression mad as a Hatter also means to be completely crazy．Of the two，mad as a Hatter is more c  (9)  . But donˈt tell the March Hare. Who knows how he will react（反应）！

Near the end of the story, Alice meets the Queen of Hearts. A woman who is called a Queen of Hearts likes c  (10)   others and always tries to control everything and everyone around her．

根据短文内容及所给提示，补全单词或用单词、固定短语、固定搭配的正确形式填空。

Like most Chinese, Mr. Zhang has a _____(1)_____(tradition) family. Both he and his wife are middle school teachers while their 6-year-old son is a pupil. Mr Zhang’s mother lives with _____(2)_____(they) and helps look after the kid. They love one another and live a happy life.

Yesterday was Mr. Zhang’s _____(3)_____(mother) birthday. The couple wanted to do something to s_____(4)_____ their love for her. After a big dinner, Mr. Zhang brought a basin (盆) of warm water and asked his mother to sit in front of the basin. He took off her shoes and put her _____(5)_____(foot) into the water. After that, he began to wash them _____(6)_____(careful). His wife helped to comb his mother’s hair slowly. Seeing this, the boy _____(7)_____ (follow) his mother’s example. He tried to comb his mother’s hair, too. But he was not tall  e_____(8)______ to do that. So he brought a chair and stood on it. Everyone could feel the warmth and love in the family.

As we all know, respecting the old and taking care of_____(9)_____ young is a good Chinese tradition. We should try our best to care for our family. When we g_____(10)_____ up, we must visit our parents as often as possible, and spend time with them even though we may work far away. Indeed family is a place for happiness.

Two simple words “thank you” have made a big difference   (1)   thousands of firemen in New York City.

 Savannah is   (2)   girl from Texas. “I was trying to think   (3)   I could help them out,”she says.After hearing about sacrifices(牺牲) made by firemen, she was moved by the risks they face,   (4)   Savannah made 200 thank-you cards for them. “I want to show how much I care about them.”

 “I told the firemen thank you,”Savannah recalls. “They are always there to help you.”

 Savannah decided   (5)  (keep) making cards. For the next seven months, she woke up early to paint and color and cut. In that time, she   (6)  (send) 1600 cards with bite-sized candy while   (7)   (meet) her heroes. Soon, fire stations started thanking her.

 Once too shy to give a speech at school,   (8)   is now easy for Savannah to speak regularly to firemen and school students. She is quite different   (9)   what she used to be.

 “She’s saying how   (10)  (thank) she is for them!” Savannah’s mom,Debbie, says, “Savannah sees that stepping out and doing something can really make a difference.”