根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。start, take, modern, remain, increase,large

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根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。

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举一反三

start, take, modern, remain, increase,
large, destroy, build, occur, thousand

1. largest 2. modern 3. destroyed 4. Thousands 5. took
6. remained 7. built 8. increased 9. occurred 10. started

根据课文内容，完成下列表格，每空词数不限。

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Information about basketball

In China, basketball (1) by many, for fun and exercise.

basketball was invented by James Naismith who was a (2) .

The first basketball game in history was played on Dec.21st, (3) .

In 1936 in Berlin, basketball game became an (4) .

now basketball has become a more (5) sport for people to watch worldwide.

根据课文内容，回答下列问题。

1. How many years does the sport of basketball have a history of?
    _________________________________________________
2. Where can basketball be played?
    _________________________________________________
3. Can you say something about the aim of basketball?
    _________________________________________________
4. Is playing basketball dangerous? Why?
    _________________________________________________
5. What is the text mainly about?
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根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写适当的单词,使短文完整、连贯。

     The first day of April is full of fun. It is April Fool"s Day. A fool on that day is a p_ 1__ who does not
think carefully and easily b    2      things that are not true.
     On April Fool"s Day, people tell lies (撒谎) to fool o   3     people. They play tricks (恶作剧).
Then everyone around l     4     . You can tell a lie on April Fool"s Day. If someone believes the lie, say,
"April Fool!" But you should be c    5     . Someone may tell you a lie, too. If you believe it, he or she will
say, "April Fool!"
     Here are some April Fool lies.
     "Your shoe is untied."
     "There"s a bug on your shoulder (肩膀)."
     "Our teacher says we"re having a math t   6      today."
     "Your bike has a flat tire (扁的轮胎)."
     You can play such an April Fool"s trick:
     You n    7     a coin or a dollar bill, and the thread (线).
     Tape (用……绑起) a very long thread to the money. Put the m    8      down on the ground H    9
the other end of the thread. Stand away.
     When someone sees the money and tries to p  10     it up, pull (拉) back the thread quickly. Laugh
and say, "April Fool!"

阅读理解

       In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to
seal (封住)them in a special box. The box was marked "To be opened after midnight, December 31st,
AD 2000",and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
       One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定)day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening
of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代)of people who had placed things inside the
box.
       When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition.
There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including
one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of
Roosevelt"s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
       Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of
1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand
people. Now nearly half a million people live there.
       Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller,
whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a
great treasure. "This is a wonderful educational resource(资源).  We can learn so much about our
history,"he said. "I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. "

1. According to the passage, "time capsule" means ______.
A. a collection of clocks and watches
B. a machine for travelling through time
C. a collection of items for people to look at in the future
D. a collection of unwanted items

2. Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about.
A. the history of the town
B. the people who lived in the town
C. the politics of the USA
D. people"s hopes for the future

3. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.
A.helps him to get to know his grandfather
B. is worth a lot of money
C. brings back his memories of his grandfather
D. helps him to remember his younger day

完形填空

       World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in
1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of   1   .
       Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy   2
of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year   3   1998. World
Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading   4   he"s very busy. On
World Book Day 2009, he   5   people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. "Books can"t change the world, but people can change the world by changing   6
through reading," he said.
       Reading can benefit (有益于) people   7   . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more
intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the   8   developments of science and technology. Reading   9   us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things   10   are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain   11   about them or do more reading to find out the
answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the   12 we become. Reading is
also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language   13   English. We all know that we   14
learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.
       "Reading makes a full man." Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can
help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.  15 , it is necessary for us to form the habit of
reading every day.

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