Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories
by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life the 18th century. Many countries have
different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
| four bright watch luck gift |
My brother enjoys _______________ TV a lot.
In summer, the sun usually shines ___________.
Children can get ___________money during the Spring Festival.
My uncle lives on the ______________ floor.
Mike gets a lot of ____________ on his birthday.
Moblogging is done just for fun too. On some posted moblogs you can find photos of friends making funny faces, photos from people and photos of new babies. Other fun moblogs might be spotting famous people, pictures of food in restaurants, or new clothes.
However, moblogs can be dangerous, too. Not long ago in Korea, a woman’s dog made a mess on the train, but she to clean it up, became angry, and left. Her picture was taken and posted on the Internet,
the story of what she did. People all around the country were angry with her. Imagine how she felt!
Moblogging can be wonderful, but it is really impolite to post another person’s picture on the Internet without asking for permission. One idea from Japan may help: people can no longer take pictures with their cell phones, Japanese cell phones “click” like a real camera when you take a picture.
| A.refused B. travelling C. quietly D. instead of E. together with |
Moblog is a combination of two words. The first word is mobile, which a mobile camera phone. The second word is blog, a website for posting words and pictures. Typically, mobloggers are people who take photos or videos with their phones and post them on the Internet. Moblogging has caused a lot of excitement. It has also caused a lot of
.
With a picture phone or a moblog, anyone can be a reporter. Moblogging first got the world’s during a terrorist attack on four London buses. People were posting photos on the Internet many minutes before real reporters could get there. Similarly, information about car accidents has been
right away.
| A. care B. chat C. broadcast D. means E. attention |
| A. crying B. laughing C. shoes D. all the time E. asleep |
When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger sister. At that time, my little sister was about four years old and she missed mum .
One day, after I had given her dinner, she started for mum. She was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed her up, put on her
, carried her on my back and walked out. Soon she fell
.
About half an hour later, I found that she had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took her off my back and put her down.
| international school; good treatment; achievements; discussion; population; pollution |
They were proud of their children’s ______________.
The ___________ was terrible because the shoe factory used to dump its waste into the river.
Would you like to study in that ____________ ?
We had a long ______________ about the question.
They went to a big hospital for ___________.
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The world paused (暂停) __________ a cultural giant on April 17 after Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at the age of 87.Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia but
_________ in Mexico for more than 30 years. He
_________ one of the 20th century’s most famous writers.He is best
_________ for his 1967 novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (《百年孤独》). It’s about a family over several generations. The story is about the development of Colombia since the 19th century. The novel
_________ about 50 million copies already.
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My school went on a camp in the north of the city _________. We did simple things like
cooking food in the bush and sleeping in tents. But they’re the exciting __________ that I enjoyed most.
One of the activities was _________ Flying Fox.
_________ you are taking part in the activity, you are attached to a wire that stretches from the top of a cliff to the ground. Then you jump off the cliff. There are very strong ropes and clips so you are very safe.
Before I went on the Flying Fox, I was a bit _________. My classmates kept on encouraging me. So I closed my eyes and jumped. I felt my whole body was flying! It was so exciting!
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Can you tell me the ____________ of the mountain?
Children, did you enjoy ____________ during the vacation?
Travelling by sea is a ____________ experience for most people.
He often ____________ gifts for his parents on their birthdays.
They live on the ____________ floor and they take a lift up and down every day.
| at the same time, the same size as, looking forward to, tried their best, Look out |
| pay，save，hundred，collect，safe，how，spend，else，hobby， different，decide，umbrella |
How to Collect Stamps
Do you want to collect stamps? Do you know to start? Just follow this easy five-step Guide to Collecting.
Step 1 What do you like?
A good idea is to start by stamps that are related to(与……相关) your other interests. Make a list of your favorite
and then see what stamps your can collect.
Step 2 New or used, home or away.
People collect both used and new stamps, so since you have chosen the theme or subject, you can if you want to collect both or just one.
Step 3 Where to get your stamps?
There are lots of places where you can get stamps—and you won’t have to all your pocket money on them.
For starters, if you tell all your friends and family you’re starting a collection and ask them toall their used stamps, in no time you’ll have stamps from people’s holidays and from relatives living in
towns or countries.
Step 4 Look after your stamps.
Keeping your stamps in a shoebox—or somewherewhere you won’t lose them—is OK, but as your collection gets bigger, you’ll need to put them into an album to keep them
, tidy and dry.
Step 5 Join a club.
There are of stamp clubs across the country that can give you help and advice.
In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $ 150, 000 --most of the money she made in her lifetime--to the University of Southern Mississippi. She just wanted to help poor students. Her friends and neighbours were surprised at the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and h . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h
the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣机) and dryers（烘干机）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i
.
McCarty n married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b
she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s
money all her life and finally had about $ 250, 000.
In an interview with the University of Southern Mississippi News, McCarty said, "I can't do everything, but I can do s to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t
the world a lesson in giving.
Although David is only 2 years old, he can learn to sing the song by_______ (he).
I'm doing a survey about how __________ (improve) English quickly.
My daughter likes collecting. She has collected all kinds of ___________ (knife).
I think there will be ____________ pollution in the future if we plant more trees now. ( little )
He did his homework so __________ that he made few mistakes. ( careful )
根据语境或句意，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确的形式填空，使句子意思正确完整，并将答案填入答题卡上指定的位置。
"Would you mind _______ the dishes?" "OK. I'll do them right away."
Henry gets on well with everyone in our class. He's always _________ to all of us.
Martin was_ in Chinese history after he came to China and he read a lot about it.
Teenagers are not _________ to smoke because smoking is bad for their health.
_________ of children like watching the TV show Where Are We Going ,Dad? It's really fantastic.
| achieve success, take part in, since then, disability, take place |
The Paralympic Games are the second biggest sports event in the world. The first Paralympic Games in Rome, Italy in 1960. The games have become more and more popular
. At the first games, there were fewer than 400 athletes. However, in 2012 in London, over 4,000 disabled athletes
the games.
The Paralympic Games make it possible for people with to show the world that they are just like anyone else. They show the world that everyone can
if he works hard and never gives up hope.
| A. improve B. why C. if D. own E. listening F. easily G. memory H. out I. on J. give K. long L. everybody |
Music has been an important part in people’s life for a long time. likes some or the other type of music because it has a psychological(心理上的) effect on their minds. It is seen to
an enjoyable experience to the listener.
Music has a calming effect mind, too. If we are stressed out,
to music can help us feel better. And people often relax after a
day by listening to their favorite music.
Music is also known to help people learn faster. This is music is so popular in school. Children can remember things
in the form of songs. Even older students make their
little songs to remember difficult things for their exams.
Music is used to help _ language skill of autistic(自闭症) children, as well as help them express themselves.
The words of a song and the tune (曲调) often bring back__. Playing the same songs again and again brings back certain memories to persons with Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症).
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