Hi, I’m Zhang Hong. (1)我和我的家人一起居住在北京. If you want to visit Beijing ,you should choose (选择) the best time .In spring , it is often windy .I like to fly kites with my friends. In summer, it is very hot. I think summer is very boring. In winter, it is too cold for people to go out, but I like playing in the snow. I think the best time to visit Beijing is autumn(秋天) . (2)It is not hot or cold in autumn, the weather is good. It is usually sunny .If you like going for a walk, it is really a good time. Welcome to Beijing!

阅读短文,完成下列任务.

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  Last month, I went on a v__________ to Beijing with my parents. We went to Beijing Wildlife Park. There I saw some rhinos and egrets. They lived together. What an amazing r__________they had. I also saw tigers. I like tigers ________(well) among all the animals. Because they are symbols of strength and c________. They are very b________. If you watch carefully, you can find some black _______(线条) on the tiger’s forehead. They look like the Chinese w_______”WANG”. It m_________“the king of the world” in Chinese.The tigers usually __________(重) about 200 to 300 kg. But they can run very fast. They run at a s________ of 20 metres per second.

Tom and Jim are good friends. They often go to school and play together （一起）. Tom usually gets up at around six forty and eats breakfast at about seven fifteen. He eats lunch at 12 o’clock at school. ①He usually eats dinner at around ten to six. Jim usually gets up at around a quarter past seven. He doesn’t eat breakfast in the morning. He eats lunch at eleven thirty at home. ②吉姆吃晚饭很晚, about a quarter to eight. Tom goes to bed at around twenty past nine. Jim goes to bed at the same time.

May 20 is National Student Nutrition Day. Why is student nutrition important？

    Just as a cell phone needs energy from charging(充电)，we humans need energy from food. (A) 虽然吃食物是唯一的方式使我们强壮 ，what we eat and the way we eat it are also very impor⁃ tant，because they decide (B) whether we can get good nutrition.

Many of us have bad eating habits. For example，some don’t eat breakfast. Others eat too much fast food. These bad habits may cause  nutrition problems，which are bad for the growth of(C)_______bodies.

A study by the government in 2005 showed that (D)over 20 percent of people aged 13 to 20 have nutrition problems，such as obe⁃ sity (肥胖) and high blood pressure.

More students of Chinese middle and primary schools are now having nutritious meals，such (E)_____ milk and fruit. This year，the  theme (主题) of National Student Nutrition Day is“improve the nutrition of students in the countryside”. (F) The government will spend  quite a lot helping students get nutritious meals.

Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are (E) __________ the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.

There are many traditional stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most moving. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s (A) beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, (G) 当后羿不在家时，他试图偷药。Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round (F) __________ he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out (D) her favorite fruits and food in the garden. （C）How he wished that Chang’e could return!

After this, people (B) started the tradition of admiring（欣赏）the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

There is a zoo in my city. They have four new animals today. A panda, a lion, a koala and a giraffe. The Panda's name is Molly. It __A__ from China and it's three years old. It likes eating bamboos(竹子). ①它很可爱还有一点害羞。The name of the lion is Bill and it is from Africa. It is five years old and it likes meat best. ②It is a strong and dangerous animal. So don't be near to it. The third one is Lorry. ③koala , a ,two is, of, years ,It ,old. It is from Australia. It is very lazy but smart. It sleeps during the day and at night it gets up to eat leaves. The __B__ one is a giraffe. It is very beautiful. Its name is Polly. Polly is four years old and it's from South Africa. It has a long neck. It likes eating grass very much.

（1）任务一：请分别在文中A、B两处的横线上填适当的单词。

A. ___________ B. _____________

（2）任务二：请将文中①处后划线的句子翻译成英文。

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（3）任务三：请将文中②处后划线的句子翻译成中文。

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（4）任务四：请将文中③处后的斜体单词连成句子。

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（5）任务五：请回答问题： When does Lorry eat leaves?

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One day as I was sitting in a coffee shop, I notice d a girl working on her laptop. Two people (A) passed by and accidentally knocked over her drink. To avoid the embarrassment (困窘), the girl pretended (假装) that (B) ______ had happened and continued working on her computer.

This reminded me that both in China and Britain, when something strange happens around you or when you are in an embarrassing situation, (C) people tend (倾向于) to use this common way to not catch other peopled attention.

A lot of the time, Britons use self—depreciating humor (自嘲式的幽默). This is a well-known British characteristic. For example, imagine walking (D) ______ your friends and you fall over. Your friend may just say (E) “旅途愉快!” Or you may just laugh about how clumsy (笨拙的) you are. For many Britons, making fun of yourself is a way of showing your strength of character.

Also, British are considerate when it comes to embarrassing others. For example, students (F) usually have a birthday party every year. So during the school day, a student will give out invitations to the class. If one person doesn’t get an invitation, but the rest of the class does, he or she will feel embarrassed. To avoid it, it’s com mon for students to even invite people who aren’t (G) their friends.

(2)在文中 (B) 和 (D) 的空白处填入适当的单词: ______ ______

(3)将文中划线部分 (C) 改写为: people tend to use this common way ______ ______ other people won’t notice it.

(4)将文中划线部分 (E) 译成英语: ______

(5)文中划线部分 (G) 指代的是: ______

My name is Brad Li. I’m here today to tell you about my experience as an exchange student in the United States last year.

I must admit that at first America was a big culture shock for me. Many things were strange to me: the language, the food and even the school.

I stayed with a host family in a small town. My host parents, Mr and Mrs Hurst, were very kind. (A)They organized a lot of activities for me in my(B) spare time in order that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely.

However, to a certain degree, (C)美国生活很难习惯 . My main problem was with the language. I failed to understand much in the first few weeks because everyone spoke so fast. Though I soon(D) managed to get used to it, I still had problems because they used a lot of idioms. For example, they often say they are “under the weather” when they are(E)____. Their everyday English is very different from what we learn in China.

Another difference was the food. My host family always had bread, potatoes and salad for meals. I really missed the dumplings, rice and delicious dishes from home.

School was a big shock too. (F)They do not require students to wear uniforms, so students can wear almost whatever they like. Some students have strange hairstyles as well. Some students (G) ______ have pink or purple hair!

(2)在文中（E）（G）处填入一个适当的词_________ __________

(3)写出文中划线部分B和D处的同义词或近义词语________ ________

(4)将文中C处译成英语____________________________________________

(5)文中划线部分F处改写为Students ________ _________to wear uniforms

Today it is found that most middle school students pay little attention to sports. It’s because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! They usually spend over ten hours a day revising for exams. So many of them almost become bookworms. In the summer holidays they could hardly do anything they like. Books ①_______ them from going in for sports. ②因为来自父母和老师的压力,他们不得不更加努力学习. As for the students themselves, they want to get good results so that they can go further for their studies. ③They don’t have to put all their effort into studying and give up all the sports and hobbies. In fact, education cannot go without physical exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along a weak body.All the students should remember: If you don’t have a strong body, you can never achieve anything, let alone a great success in your life.

(1)在①句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整，上下文通顺。____________________

(2)将②句译成英文。_________________________________ 

(3)将③句译成汉语。________________________________

(4)写出与下列句子意思相近的句子:

It usually takes them more than ten hours to revise for exams

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(5)找出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。

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