Laura Fagan, a 29-year-old British girl, has a special job. She is paid well to

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Laura Fagan, a 29-year-old British girl, has a special job. She is paid well to taste chocolate, desserts and cakes.
Laura works in the famous supermarket, Tesco. Her job is to try different kinds of desserts. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. Also, she always travels for work. She needs to travel to different cities to try different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually, Laura begins trying desserts as early as 8 am, and is still trying new desserts at 6 pm before she goes back home. Luckily, the job hasn’t made her too heavy. She only worries about her teeth.
“Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don’t think my dentist will be happy if I tell her what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible,” Laura told a reporter. She goes to the gym to keep slim (苗条的) and takes more care of her teeth after trying the desserts. She said, “When I tell people what I do, they say it’s the best job in the world.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “I can learn about new trends (动态) in food,” she said.
根据短文内容，将下面表格中的信息补充完整。

Name	Laura Fagan
Age	29
Nationality	小题1:
Job	She tastes小题2:　　.
Advantages	◆She is paid 小题3: 　　. ◆She can learn about new trends in food.
Disadvantages	◇The job is hard. ◇The job may make her 小题4:　　. ◇The job is小题5: 　 for her teeth.

答案

小题1: British
小题2: chocolate, desserts and cakes
小题3: well
小题4: become fat / heavy
小题5: bad

解析

试题分析：短文介绍一位英国的女孩，劳拉·费根。她工作很特别，她是品尝巧克力, 甜点和蛋糕。看起来是很简单的工作，但是工作很难。通常, 劳拉从早上八点开始尝试甜点, 直到下午6点前回家。幸运的是, 这份工作并没有使她体重太重了。她只是担心她的牙齿。
小题1:细节理解题。问题：劳拉·费根的国籍。分析原文： Laura Fagan, a 29-year-old British girl, has a special job.句意：劳拉·费根29岁的英国女孩, 有着特殊的工作。明确她的国籍为英国。故填：British
小题2:细节理解题。问题：劳拉·费根的工作是做什么的？分析原文：She is paid well to taste chocolate, desserts and cakes. 句意：她是品尝巧克力, 甜点和蛋糕。充分介绍了她的工作是品尝巧克力, 甜点和蛋糕。故填：chocolate, desserts and cakes
小题3:细节理解题。问题：劳拉·费根工作的优点是什么？联系上文：She is paid well to taste chocolate, desserts and cakes. 句意：她是品尝巧克力, 甜点和蛋糕。故填：well
小题4:细节理解题。问题：劳拉·费根工作的不足点有哪些?分析原文： I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job 句意：当我开始从事这份工作的时候，我害怕变胖。因此工作中的不足点是使人变胖，或者是体重增加。故填：become fat / heavy
小题5:细节理解题。问题：劳拉·费根工作的不足点有哪此？分析原文：The main thing is my teeth. I don’t think my dentist will be happy if I tell her what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.句意：最主要的原因是我的牙齿。如果我的牙医知道我的工作情况，他将会不高兴的，因此我尽可能多刷牙。因此是对牙齿有害处。故填：bad

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Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface. But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface. You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Something must be done to prevent water form being polluted.
Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away!
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers in half—and you’ll be just as clean.
●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re wasting water!

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People often call the plastic bags “white pollution”. 小题1:, it becomes the worst invention for the human. It is reported that it takes 100–200 years to break down the plastic bags completely. However, a 16-year-old high-school Canadian student called Daniel Byrd discovered the way to break down the plastic bags!
The idea of the invention comes from his housework. 小题2: . Every time, when he opens the closet, the plastic bags fly out. This makes him very angry. 小题3: . With his teacher’s help, he found that when he put the two germs（细菌） mixture up and that made the plastic bags break down quickly.
He made an experiment first. He put some earth germs and plastic bags together. After 12 weeks, he found the plastic bags had been broken down. 小题4: . The experiment also showed that the plastic bags could be broken down in three months. And they only gave out some water and little carbon dioxide (CO₂).
Now Byrd has got 30 thousand dollars from his invention. 小题5:. He has also got a lot of award from many universities.

A. So he thinks how to deal with these plastic bags
B. Because it is hard to break down
C. Then he made another experiment
D. He wants to go to college with his money
E. He always helps her mother do the housework

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根据短文内容,用方框内所给单词的适当形式填入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺，每词限用一次,一空一词。
exercise，big， get，child，size，eat，clear ，arrive，what， make
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When you buy a dog, an important thing to think about is its 小题3: —buy a small dog if your home is small and a 小题4: one if your is larger. Many people don’t know小题5: to feed their dogs. Dogs eat almost anything! They like 小题6: meat, rice and lots of other things. You can buy lots of food which is小题7: for dogs in shops. Don’t let your dog eat too much. Always leave some 小题8: water for your dog. It can小题9: thirsty very quickly, especially in summer.
Remember that dogs need 小题10: .You should take it for a walk every day. Don’t keep your dog inside all day.

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Mr Scott is a well-known professor who teaches South-East Asian history in UBC. He is also an excellent photographer. In his spare time, he always goes outdoor to get some inspiration.
Mr Smiley is an electronic engineer who is busy all week except Saturday. He has two sons and they are crazy about doing tricks with each other. However, they are full of imagination and they hope that they will be as famous as David Copperfield.
Mrs Reid is a doctor. Basicallly, she works all week except Sunday. She is also a good mother whose son is only seven. She believes science and history are of great importance. As long as she is free, she will company her son to all kinds of activities or exhibitions.
The Morgans are an old couple who have been retired for over five years. Mr Morgan is fond of fishing while Mrs Morgan likes gardening. But their cats are naughty. They either eat their fish or play with the plants in the garden. So they want to train them to follow rules.

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Baby Showers and Babies’ Names
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