Susan was tired of having her three children talk back to her.One day，she climbed into her kids' tree house.It was（1） good place，she thought，for a mother to go on strike（罢工）.She was tired of（2） （drive） them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house.Until（3） （thing） changed，Susan decided to stay up in the tree.
Susan's strike got her kids' attention，（4） course.But that was not all that happened.Word of the fed﹣up mother spread.Before long，a camera crew from television's Today Show came into their yard.Now people all across America were going to find（5） who drove the kids' mother up a tree.
As the cameras worked，the three kids stood with their father near the tree house.Kate，the Today Show host，had a question for（6） （they）. "What do you think about your mom on strike in that tree house？" she asked.
"I am kind of embarrassed， " said Misty.
"I'm really shocked， "said Joseph. "I did not think it would go this far.My mom is much（7） （crazy） than we thought. "
Rachel added， "I think mom is so strange（8） I can hardly believe it. "
But Susan had made her point.If the kids（9） （want） her back，they should know what to do.When the TV crew left，the kids went into their house（10） （quick）and got busy.Not long after that Susan climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.
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In China, more and more people have realized the seriousness of climate（气候） change. Many young people have been living a low-carbon（低碳） life.
Zheng Xiyu is one of them. She has been trying to reduce her carbon footprint. Every morning, she takes a bus to her office and it takes her about 40 minutes. But Zheng has been thinking of changing this. She wants to try a different means（方式） of transport—cycling. Riding a bicycle to work, the lady says, takes about the same amount of time as taking a bus. “However, it’s better for the environment and my health.” she says.
Professor Li Lin has also been leading a low-carbon lifestyle. Her office uses energy-saving lights. These lights go off themselves when they are not needed. This has saved a large amount of electricity. Another way to save energy is to double-print the paper. Professor Li says small actions like these are important for protecting the environment. “Let’s say you have saved one ton of paper. That’s about two and a half tons of CO2.” Professor Li says.
Lin Hui always chooses products with a longer life when he shops. He says this helps to reduce waste. Two years ago, Lin and his friends set up an environment website, where he wanted to give some advice on saving energy and protecting the environment.
It’s easy to change to a low-carbon lifestyle. Everybody can do this and make a difference.
Use words with proper meanings and grammatical rules to fill in the blanks.
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（1）In China, more and more people have realized climate ________ is becoming ________ .
（2）Zheng Xiyu prefers ________ to taking a bus to ________ her carbon footprint.
（3）Professor Li Lin says doing ________ things is ________ for protecting the environment.
（4）Lin and his friends set up an environment website ________ ________ some advice on saving energy and protecting the environment.
（5）It is not ________ for everyone to change to a low-carbon ________ if he or she takes action.
Fill in each blank with a proper form of the word given or a proper word.
Zhang Guimei, ____（1）____ is the headmaster of Huaping High School for Girls, has been given the title（称号） “Role Model of the Times” for ____（2）____ (help) girls from poor families.
She moved to Lijiang to teach in the middle school in Huaping county ____（3）____ the age of 17. Once, she got badly ill but had no money. The local people raised money ____（4）____ helped her. “From then on, I told myself that I must do something for those people who helped me.” Zhang said.
She was sad when she saw her ____（5）____ (student) couldn’t afford to go to school. ____（6）____ (slow), a dream appeared in her heart. In 2008, she managed ____（7）____ (found) the Huaping High School. This is ____（8）____ free school for girls from poor families. When people asked why she worked so hard, she just said, “I hope these girls can live a ____（9）____ (happy) life than me.”
With her great efforts, she _____（10）_____ (send) more than 1, 800 students to universities so far.
根据下面短文内容，用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。
Beep! Beep! Beep! The barcode（条形码）technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. You have probably seen the black-and-white barcode on ___（1）___ (product) packaging（外包装）. In 2022, the great invention is 51 years old.
In 1971, an IBM engineer named George Laurer ___（2）___ (come) up with a code（代码）that could be printed on food packages. Then, a complete code system（系统）, the barcode was formed later. The system was used by many ___（3）___ (company) from 1973. Before this, shopkeepers had to ___（4）___ (record) prices by hand which took much time and energy.
Actually, a barcode is ___（5）___ (real) a simple idea: show each product’s information in different numbers（just like the ID card number）, then ___（6）___ (include) these numbers into a code and print it for computers to read. Today, barcodes are scanned（扫描）over six billion times every day and used by two ___（7）___ (million) companies.
What information does a barcode carry? Where the product comes from, ___（8）___ (it) price, production date…It can also help stores always ___（9）___ (know) about their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes _____（10）_____ (leave) on the shelf. In the 1980s, libraries started to use barcodes to follow their books in this way.
阅读你们班同学的项目化学习（Project-based learning）汇报展示文稿，完成所给信息记录表。每空不得超过三个词。
Tony: Hello, everyone. I am Tony, the group leader. These are my group members, Betty, Daming and Lingling. As we know, Jinhua is a beautiful city with a long history. But you may not know the two longest corridor bridges(廊桥) in China are here. They are Xijin Bridge and Shuxi Bridge. So we chose these two bridges as our project target(项目任务). Here is our presentation.
Betty: I’ll introduce the process. First we made a plan about the time we would need and how to do the project. It took us three weekends to do online searching, visit the bridges, interview the local people and make the leaflet.
Daming: After collecting all the information and doing the necessary study, we have made them into a leaflet as our product. Let’s take a look.
The two bridges are made of wood. They are called “sister bridges” because they look really similar. Xijin Bridge, the longest bridge, is in Yongkang and the second longest is in Wuyi called Shuxi Bridge.
Lingling: What we’d like to share with you most is our gains and feelings. We are all amazed by the wisdom(智慧) of the ancient bridge builders and feel so proud of our hometown.
Tony: Now, what do you think of our project? Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Thank you.
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Tony, Betty, Daming and Lingling |
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____（1）____ in Jinhua—Xijin Bridge and Shuxi Bridge |
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Process |
three weekends for online searching, visiting, interviewing and ____（2）____the leaflet |
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Form: a leaflet |
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Details(细节): *made of wood *called “____（4）____ bridges” *two longest corridor bridges in China |
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Gains & feelings |
*amazed by the wisdom of the ancient bridge builders *____（5）____ the hometown |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Some people say it is not easy for a middle-aged person to learn a foreign language. But is it ___（1）___（real）true?
Several years ago, I worked for ___（2）___ English newspaper which was doing such a research. They asked me to learn a new language for one month. Then I had to go to the country and do some “tests” ___（3）___（see）if I could “survive（挺过来）” in different situations.
I chose Spanish（西班牙语）and did a one-month course at a language school and ___（4）___（find）that some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. ___（5）___ example, hola isn’t very different from “hello”. Of course, there are other things which are more difficult. In Spanish you have to change the verbs（动词）for each person. But my ___（6）___（big）problem of all was the pronunciation. I found ___（7）___ was very difficult to pronounce some letters in Spanish, especially r and j. So I had to download ___（8）___（sentence）onto my phone and I listened and practised them again and again.
A month later I went to Spain. A Spanish teacher ___（9）___（call）Paula came and began the test. “Will I survive?” I wasn’t sure enough but _____（10）_____ I wished I would!
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