任务型阅读。 There are over 80 known pyramids in Egypt, but the Great Pyramid i
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the largest of all.The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a
king called Khufu. It is on the bank of the river not far from Cairo. In fact,
all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians
compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies buried on the west bank of the Nile.
It is hard to appreciate how big the Great Pyramid is.It has over 2,300,000 blocks of solid stones. These huge stone blocks weigh average two and a half tons each, as much as a small car, and some even weigh fifteen tons. Without modern machines the ancient Egyptians cut, moved and lifted each of the
stones. Many blocks came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the river in boats at flood time. It took more than 100,000 slaves
twenty years to build the Great Pyramid.
2. From the passage we can see that the Nile lies to____________the Great Pyramid.
3. The kings were buried on the west bank of the Nile because_______________________．
4. Each of the stones____on average two and a half tons.
5. Thousands of slaves spent twenty years____the Great Pyramid.
答案
2. the east of.
3. the ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of
life and the setting of the sun to the end of life
4. weighs
5. building
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to play silly but harmless jokes on family members, co-workers, and friends.
A victim（受害者）of one of these pranks（恶作剧） is called an April
fool. If one succeeds in tricking someone, one laughs and says "April Fool", and then the person who has been tricked usually laughs, too. This holiday
originated（起源）in France. When the French first adopted（采用）the
Gregorian calendar（日历）in 1564, some people continued to use the old
calendar to celebrate New Year"s Day on April lst. These people were called April Fools. The custom of playing tricks on this day became popular in
France and then spread to many other countries. Here are some typical
pranks:
Telling somebody to call the zoo and speak to Mr Fox.
Putting salt in the sugar bowl.
Setting the clock back an hour.
Saying to friends, "Oh, my God! You have four holes in your coat-button
holes!"
Tying a string to a wallet and leaving the wallet in the middle of the side
walk. When someone stops to pick it up, the pranker yanks（猛拉）it out
of reach. In the United States today, April Fool"s jokes are mostly played
by children, who enjoy the holiday very much.
( )2. April Fool"s Day originated in England.
( )3. April Fool"s jokes are mostly played by children and old men.
( )4. Setting the clock back an hour is one of the typical pranks.
( )5. The custom of playing tricks on April lst spread to many other
countries from France.
people, the old history一Pa.ris is a great place to all the people in the world.
As the capital of France, Paris is a modern city with a long and rich history. So many events took place here and chere are so many places for the visitors to have a trip.
The Triumphal Arch(觊旋门) was finished in 1836. It"s a world famous build-
ing, too. The Eiffel Tower(埃菲尔铁塔) , which is 320 meters high, is the symbol of
Paris. It was completed in 1889. The Eiffel Tower is located on the left bank of the River Seine, at the
northwestern extreme of the Parc du Champ de Mars. The Tower is repainted every 7 years, with 50
tonsof paint.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用A表示，错误的用B表示。
( )2. Paris, the capital of England, has a long and rich history.
( )3.The Triumphal Arch which has a more than 200 years" history is a good place to visit in Paris.
( )4. Eiffel Tower, which is 320 meters high, is the highest symbol of Paris.
( )5. Every seven years, the Eiffel Tower is repainted.
Different school year in US and Cluna
With the beginning of the new semester, we have to say goodbye to the summer holiday. But do you
know students in America start their semester earlier than we do?
Most American schools have a total of about 180 days of teaching. The fall semester goes from early
September to mid-December, and the spring semester goes from early January to mid-June.
In China, we have two semesters and each has about 20 weeks. The US school year is about 20 days
shorter than it is in China.
In the US, school kids have a long summer vacation and a few breaks, which are like China"s Golden
weeks. One is around Christmas, lasting about two weeks. Another is in February, for only one week. It
can also be called "ski week", because some students go skiing during the break. And there is a
one-week-long spring break. It is in March or April, around Faster.
Throughout the vear, there are also a few other holidays when students don"t go to school, such as
Thanksgiving Day. This is similar to Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
Now we can understand why American students start, school earlier than us at this time of year.
1. Spring semester in America is from _____ to _____.
2. Fall semester in American school year is from _____ to _____.
3. There are there breaks, there, One is _____ .another is one-week-long spririg break, either in _____.
4. There are a few holidays when students don"t go to school, such as _____.
5. Thanksgiying Day in the USA is similar to _____ in China.
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| Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF(World Wide Fund for Nature). It l on the last Saturday of March every year. 2_ this day, every family and business will turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical things _3 0ne hour to tell people the need to _ 4 0n climate change. Earth Hour was first held four years ago in Sydney, Australia. About 2.2 million people and thousands of bussiness _ 5 their non-essential /lighs. Following Sydney"s lead, many 6 cities around the world adopted the event in March 2008. Morethan 400 cities,_7 bussiness and over 50 million people around the world tumed off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2009 was 8 larger. 88 countries and 4,088 cities took part in Earth Hour 2009. It is ten times more cities than Earth Hour 2008 had. Earth Hour 2010 took place 9 March 27, 2010 from 8:30 pm t0 9:30 pm local time. We believe it must be another largest climate event in the history. We have only one 10 . Let"s love it. |
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| English is very interesting and it is widely used nowadays. If your classmate says to you,"I can speak five countries" languages", don"t be surprised. You can say, "Oh yes,I can, too. I can speak the language of Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand." From the words, we can see English is so widely used. You can see English everywhere. English is written on many things. When you open your calculator(计算器),you can see the words-"on","off", "shift", "mode" and so on. When you walk in the street, you can see "Kentucky Fried Chicken"、 "DRIVE SLOWLY!" ""Sky Book Shop" beside you. When we go into the shop, we can see "CocaCola"、"Rejoice"（飘柔）and "Safeguard"（舒肤佳）. Every day, in the school, when we students meet, we say "Hi!" or "How are you?". When somebocly makes good friends, he will say "Good!". And when a boy fails the exam, he will say "Bad luck!". Another,a student meets something strange, he will shout "Oh, my god!". And on theplayground, when a class wins the football game, we will say "Congratulations!". English is not only in our book but in our English class. We can use it all the time. Let"s try to learn English well! |
| 1. When your cla.ssmate told you that he could speak five languages, you shouldn"t be________. |
| 2. "Nowadays, you c:an see English everywhere."means English is_______. |
| 3. You can find some English words, such as________on your calculator. |
| 4. When a boy didn"t pass the exam, he would say"________"to express his feeling. |
| 5. When our football team beat. another one, we will say"_______"to the team members. |