It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 2

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It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian got a house with three bedrooms through 14 trades(交易)that started with a single red paper clip.
Now more and more young people around the world like this kind of trading activities. They set up websites and trade on the Internet. People trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their old possessions. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery(递送).
Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end．After several trades she now has a piano which is worth more than 10, 000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go.
Maybe you can’t understand why people are doing this. As Kyle said, “What’s more important to a man in the desert—one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people.
小题1:Do young people like the trading activities?
小题2:Where can people trade things they do not usually use?
小题3:Why do these traders usually prefer face-to-face trading?
小题4:What did the Chinese girl hope to get at the end of the trade?
小题5:Why are the trade activities popular among young people?

答案

小题1:Yes, they do.
小题2:On a website called Peerflix.
小题3:Because in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery.
小题4:Students’ own answer.
小题5:略

解析

小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Now more and more young people around the world like this kind of trading activities.”理解可知。
小题2:细节理解题，根据文中语句“People trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their old possessions.”理解可知。
小题3:细节理解题，根据文中语句“These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery”理解可知。
小题4:（略）
小题5:（略）

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根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。（请在答题卡上写出完整单词）

Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w 1  us.
The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b 2 . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b 3  excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to
c 4  up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!
Chris s 5  the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo l 6  completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h 7 . He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a 8  the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c___9___. While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.
I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, h 10 , when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!

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Americans love sports . But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（毁伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.
A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation（手术）or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad
Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries.
For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens（镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.
Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”
小题1:Do Americans love sports?
小题2:What sport is Simmons interested in?
小题3:What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?
小题4:What problem may people have when they play sports?
小题5:Can Simmons do everything like before?

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Traveling has been popular with people for a long time. Many of today’s travelers are trying to find an unusual experience or adventure. Hiking may be a good choice.
Instead of spending your vacation on a bus, in a hotel or sitting on the beach, you may want to try hiking. Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do and doesn’t have to be very expensive. The basic equipments you need for hiking are simple: good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountains, in a forest or along a river. You can also go for a hike in the city.
Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety. Here are some basic tips for successful hiking:
Don’t hike alone.
Bring water, a good map and a mobile phone.
Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.
Answer the questions according to the passage.
小题1:Is hiking a good way to get close to nature?
小题2:What basic equipments do you need if you go hiking?
小题3:Where can you hike according to the passage?
小题4:How many tips on hiking are there in the passage?
小题5:What shouldn’t you forget during a hiking?

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A film star’s day
--Good morning, Miss Winters. What are you going to do today?
--I am going to swim for half an hour first, and then I’m going to have breakfast at ten o’clock with my producer Frank Zinc. Then the photographers will take pictures for a newspaper. In the afternoon I’m going to do some shopping.(1)I’m going to try on some new clothes for my next movie. (2) five o’clock I’m going to sleep for one (2) two hours, because at seven o’clock I’m going to have supper with a good friend. We are going dancing at the King Club…but I hope you aren’t going to write that in your newspaper. We are only good friends. And then I’m going to bed at about eleven o’clock.
--Ok, thank you.
小题1:将(1)句译成汉语。
小题2:将(2)句空白处填上恰当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：____________ _________
小题3:回答问题。What is Miss Winters going to do at seven o’clock?
小题4:在文中找出与but I hope you won’t tell others about that in your newspaper.
意思相近的句子
小题5:写出最能表达该短文主题的句子或短语。

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根据下表提示以My Sister 为题写一篇短文。

Name	Amy	Age	十四
Birthplace	英国	Living place	中国扬州
School name	树人中学	Class	七年级四班
Appearance （外貌）	短发，苗条，深棕色的眼睛	like	打排球，听音乐
Good at	英语和语文，打羽毛球	Dislike	……

要求：1. 语法正确，意思连贯，书写规范，要点齐全，发挥想象，适当拓展。
2. 80个词左右。
My Sister

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