我们通过朗读来提高英语口语水平。
We improve our spoken English _______________.
大卫总能想出一些好主意。
Dave can always _______________ some good ideas.
汤姆很友好,也很容易相处。
Tom is very friendly and easy _______________.
这个实验室是用来做医学研究的。
The laboratory_______________ doing medical research.
出乎他的意料,他的计划很有效。
_______________,his plan worked out fine.
艾米过去留着卷发,但是现在是直发。
Amy _______________ have curly hair, but now she has straight hair.
我妹妹比我更外向。
当老师进来时,你们在干什么?
五年后将会有更少的空闲时间。
自从2000年以来他就住在这儿。
你能告诉我银行在哪儿吗?
(B)阅读下面短文,将短文中划线部分的句子翻译成中文,并将其答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。
There is a big, beautiful country in South America. It’s easy to see the country on the world map. It looks like a heart. It’s Brazil(巴西). Brazil is the biggest country with the most people in South America. It is a land with colorful culture.
Brazil is a country that makes you want to dance. Carnival(狂欢节) is the best thing to show this. And you should never forget Brazilian soccer. Brazil has a famous soccer team and some great players.
父亲离乡多年,思念故友。
Father _____________ his hometown for years and misses old friends.
那位资深的演员很谦虚,从不炫耀。
The experienced actress is so modest _____________.
纪录片《舌尖上的中国2》并不完美,但还是值得一看。
The documentary A Bite of China Ⅱis not perfect ,but___________.
有些背包客宁可住帐篷也不住宾馆。
Some backpackers___________than in hotel.
在未来几年,政府将在环保方面尽更大努力。
_______________ into protecting the environment by the government in the next few years.
你知不知道为什么在电影《归来》中人们都打扮成那样?
Do you know____________ in the movie Coming Home?
Of the three cities,Ningbo,our hometown,is the (生机勃勃的).
Thailand Literacy Program
Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of (1) (北 方的)Thailand.There are neither schools(2) (也没有)libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It
(3) (包括)bringing books to the villages.
A number of these villages can be reached only on foot,and there is always a very long rainy (4) (季节)in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most,especially (5) ( 在...期间)the rainy days?Of course,teams of (6) (大象) !
Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering (7) ( 七)or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.
In Bangkok,the capital of Thailand,there's a program called "Train Library for Young People",The train serves the homeless children on the (8) (街道).Years ago,the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children(9) (真正地)needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and
(10) (修理)some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.
In different countries and cultures around the world,free time is spent in different ways.
Several years(1) (以前),researchers made a couple of surveys on how people spent their free time.The results(2) (显示)that reading was the most popular activity in the United States,followed by watching TV.In UK,watching TV and videos was the most popular,and listening to the(3) (收音机)came second.For Japanese,eating out was their favourite activity in their free time.And they also like(4) (驾驶)around.
There were also differences in what people liked to do outdoors(5) (在……之中)the three countries.The most popular outdoor activity for(6) (美国人)was gardening while in Japan it only came(7) (第九).For British people,going to the pub was their first choice,followed by visiting the cinema.
(8) (虽然)people around the world may enjoy doing some similar things in their free time,their interests are changing.In the US,for example,the interest in(9) (电脑)activities is increasing.More people are spending their free time going online,or playing video games.As reading becomes much(10) (更容易的)on the Internet,online reading will be as popular as other online activities.
A large store had a big sale day.Ads had been placed in the (1) (当地的)newspapers several days before.The sales were so good that people rushed to the store that day.The opening time was 9 a.m.,but people had got together at the store as (2) (早地)as 7 a.m,waiting for the door to open.
A small man looked at the long line and tried to make his way to the (3) (前面).The crowd became angry and people started shouting at him.They (4) (推)him in order to force him back to the end of the line.(5) (尽管)the people in the crowd were angry,still the man tried walking to the door a second time.Many people near the door were (6) (更强壮的)than him but he still made it.
"Hey!"someone shouted in the crowd. "Is that you (7) (又,再)?When will you learn to wait in line?""They got him to the back of the line and three big (8) (女士)said they would watch him and stop him going forward. "That will make him think twice!"they thought.
The small man(9) (摇动)his head. "This is too much for me to deal with!"he said.He wanted to open the store,but he thought that it would serve these rude(10) (顾客)right if he went home and didn't open the store at all that day!
If we don't protect the environment well,we'll be (惩罚)sooner or later.
Things Spotter
If you often lose things,you'll be happy with a new(1) (发明)called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will(2) (连接)to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing,don't(3) (担心)!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.
Fire Recharger
It's really fun to(4) (扎营)in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries(电池)on your mobile phone are empty?Some(5) (工程师)are working on a Fire Recharger.It(6) (生产)electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge(充电)your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be(7) (广泛地)used in the future.
DigGoggles
Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful,but not easy to take.Besides,underwater cameras are not(8) (便宜的)enough.But soon you will have the(9) (机会)to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a(10) (特殊的)diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!