Dictionaries are very useful books. People use dictionaries to the meanings of words. If you are learning English, you would use an English dictionary. Some students havedictionaries. Their dictionari 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

—Are they from Canada?
—No, they ____.
A. are B. aren’t C. isn’t

DIY is very poplar in China now. Do you know what it is?
Yang Chen works ________ a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him ______after work.
“ for a long time, I had no choice except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself,” he said.
One day ________ he saw many toys in a toy shop, he had an idea. “ why _______ some kind of things and relax myself?” Then he began to ________ model planes, model ships and something else. The things he has made by himself don’t look as professionally(专业的) made as those in the shop, ________ he likes doing it.
“ Maybe it is not as much fun ______ as things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said.
Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful and his friends _______ them very much.
More and more people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things of their own. They like to do it __________.
Though making things with our own hands may _______ much time, some people enjoy doing it, now known as DIY-do-it-yourself, very much. They can make all kinds of things they like.
DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.

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In front of my daughter, Sherry, was a bowl filled with cabbage. She      cabbage. She sat there with tears (眼泪) in her eyes.
“Sherry, my dear, why don’t you      a little? Your mom will shout at me. ”
“OK, Dad. I will eat, but just a little.” Then Sherry asked, “Dad,      I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes.”
Sherry began to eat     . It took her almost half an hour to finish the food. Then she came up to me and said, “Dad, I want      my head shaved (刮，剃).”
“Sherry, could you      something else? If we see you with a clean-shaven head, we will feel sad, ” I said.
“But Dad, you     ! You should keep your word.” I had no choice, then Sherry had all her hair cut off.
One morning, I took Sherry to school. Just when we arrived, a      got out of a car and shouted, “Sherry, please wait for    !”
“Sir, your daughter is great!” A man got out of the car and said, “That is my son, Harvey. He had cancer. He lost his hair when he got ill. Sherry cut hers off    Harvey felt less    different. She is a special girl. ”
I stood there for a while. “My little daughter, you teach me how selfless(无私的) real love is!”
【小题1】A. enjoyed                B. hated               C. grew
【小题2】A. taste                  B. make                C. cook
【小题3】A. before                 B. because             C. if
【小题4】A. quickly                 B. slowly               C. easily
【小题5】A. have                    B. having               C. to have
【小题6】A. look for               B. ask for             C. care for
【小题7】A. refused                B. believed            C. promised
【小题8】A. boy                    B. girl                C. woman
【小题9】A. her                    B. him                 C. me
【小题10】A. so that                B. even though          C. ever since

This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learned by __ English. Some students had more specific ____. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was ___ reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also ____ a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “ I ____ study grammar. It’s too boring.”
Wei Ming feels differently. He’s been leaning English for six years and really loves it He ____ studying grammar is a great way to learn a ____. He also thinks that watching English movies ____ a bad way because he can watch the actor ____ the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating ____ the people speak too quickly.
Liu Chang said that ____ the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. “We get ____ about something and then end up speaking in Chinese,” she said.

In China, traffic keeps to the right. Cars, trucks, buses      bikes must all keep to the right side of the    . In most other countries, traffic      to the left.
How can you      the roads safer?
     you cross the road, stop and look each side.    left, then right, and then look left again. Don’t cross the road if you are not sure whether the road is clear or not. Don’t      across the road.    is dangerous.
If you      small children, old people, or blind people walking across the road, help     cross the road in safety. Helping others is a kind of virtue (美德).

Food is very important. Everyone needs to well if he or she wants to be healthy. Our minds (头脑) a kind of food, too. This kind of food is knowledge (知识). We began to get when we were very young. Small children very interested in everything around them. They learn everything while they are watching listening. When they are getting older, they began to read books, science books, and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and to find the answers.
What is the best to get knowledge? If we learn by , we’ll get the most knowledge. If we’re getting answers from others and do not ask why, we’ll never learn well.

Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy   and shoes. But the story is not so easy.
‘Mum, I want this pair of shoes!’
‘Dear! Those are 900yuan!That is too    !’
‘But all the boys in my class wear this brand!’
So the real story is :Kids     to catch up with fashion.
Chinese students      uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but       know the differences. The ‘rich ’kids wear amazing watches, ride     and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to       kids .The everyone else wants them ,too. For example, some ‘rich’ kids use pencil box that     1,000yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer(温度计)，a compass, a music box and even games in it! But think about it: Do you really need      a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass       a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意)you。
As for these ‘rich’ kids, they are not rich at all.      parents buy them all their cool things. They may have an advantage now,     it won’t last forever. If you want to show off    money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard .You will get a great job in the future.
Parents should also learn      to refuse their kids’ demands. They should      their kids: As students, what is really important is not school fation but good grades.

April 27 is a special day in       .It's called Take Our Daughters to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from America. On that day thousands of girls take a day     school and go with one of their parents to their work place. By doing this, it can     girls more about the society where they live.
Now the girls can have a closer look at     their parents are doing. This may help them in the future to choose a     . Marry experienced a day ofwork at her mother's office. This helped her     her mother's work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future. Schools and many companies     the activity, too. Some schools     make the day a necessary part of school life.
Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be      than girls with low confidence．     parents can set good examples to their children both at work and at home, then they will do better than others. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.