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阅读下面短文,根据其内容完成后面各项任务。

Almost everyone has a piggy bank (储蓄罐), but do you know why people often make it in the shape (形状) of a pig?

Believe it or not, people made the piggy bank in the shape of a pig by mistake. In the Middle Ages, many containers (容器) at home were made of a kind of cheap clay (陶土) called pygg. 单词“pygg”听起来和“pig”一样。At that time, there weren’t banks like we have today, so people would save their money at home in some clay containers. Because the kind of clay was called pygg, people called the containers pygg banks. Over time this became piggy banks. After several hundred years, people forgot that the word “pygg” meant a kind of clay.

The English language also changed. People used the word “pig” more commonly. So when English workers were asked to make “piggy banks”, they thought they needed to make containers in the shape of pigs. Surprisingly (出人意料地), the pig-shaped containers were popular.

Today piggy banks are made of all kinds of things, and they also come in different shapes and animals. But people still call those cute containers for money “piggy banks”.

1.将文中划线的汉语句子译成英语。

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2.回答问题:

Where would people save their money at home in the Middle Ages?

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3.将文中划线的英语句子译成汉语。

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4.回答问题:

What does the underlined word “they” in the third paragraph refer to?

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5.回答问题:

Are piggy banks in different shapes and animals today?

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To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous(有冒险精神的) people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.

Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually generous and have given them food, wine and day trips.

Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is photographer Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers.

With these ways of making money, traveling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dream come true.

1.Why do most people feel hard to make their travel dream come true?

A. Because they can hardly find hotels.

B. Because the food is not healthy.

C. Because the cost of travel is high.

D. Because they are afraid of adventure.

2.The best word to describe the way of realizing the travel dream is _______.

A. special B. creative C. rich D. adventurous

3.It is known from the passage that Laura and Tanbay paid for their trips by _______.

A. staying in the house for free

B. being given food and day drinks

C. going to Australia and other countries

D. looking after pets for rich house owners

4.The underlined word “generous” here probably means _______.

A. mean with money B. willing to give freely

C. careful D. cold-blooded

Dear neighbours (邻居),

Next Saturday is the Volunteer (志愿者) Day of our community (社区). Here is the plan.

7:30 am: Meet at the Community Centre for breakfast.

8:00 am — 8:30 am: Decide which you’d like to work for. You can begin thinking about what you may want to do now.

Happy Homes: It gives home repairs (修理) to people in need.

Elder Care: It sends volunteers to old people’s home. Volunteers can play games with the old people there, or talk with them.

City Parks Association: It needs volunteers to help plant flowers and pick up rubbish in city parks. These are outdoor activities (活动), so remember to bring some drinking water!

Love and Learning: It helps children with learning disabilities (缺陷). Read books out loudly to groups of children and help them with their homework.

8:30 am — 9:00 am: Get on the bus for your chosen activity, and ride with the other volunteers to your activity site (地点).

9:00 am — 12:00: Work as a volunteer.

12:00 — 1:00 pm: Share lunch with your volunteer group.

1:00 pm — 3:30 pm: Go on with your volunteer work.

3:30 pm: Get on the bus that will take you back to the Community Centre. You can talk with other volunteers and share your experiences.

To know more information, please call 718-384-782. We are looking forward to your joining.

Central Community

1.What do volunteers for Happy Homes do?

A. They repair homes.

B. They clean up homes.

C. They visit old people’s homes.

D. They look after children at home alone.

2.If one chooses to work for City Parks Association, he needs to bring ______.

A.  B.

C.  D.

3.How will volunteers go to their activity sites?

A. By bike. B. By car.

C. By bus. D. By underground.

4.Volunteers will finish their work at ______.

A. 1:00 pm B. 1:30 pm

C. 3:00 pm D. 3:30 pm

5.The writer writes this passage to ______.

A. ask people to do Volunteer Day activities

B. show how important a volunteer is

C. describe a volunteering experience

D. tell people how to be a volunteer

Cook with Suzzane

Garden Tour& Cooking Class

909 North Cumbre Road, Santa Barara, CA

Saturday, October 24,2015.9:3.0am-1:00pm

Traditionally, American Indians’ dishes were made with corn, beans, potatoes and pumpkin. Take a tour around Trinity Garden, pick some of these foods and returns in the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them. It is surely a new experience! Suzzane will make an introduction of three traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time, you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest(收获)vegetables.

The menu includes the following:

Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping

Thanksgiving Soup

Fresh Vegetable Salad

Trinity Fruit Ice-cram

★$35 per person, including printed recipes(菜谱), the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane. Children under 8 can come for free.

★Booking by email by Oct 15; Suzzane landry @alt. Net

About Suzzane Landry: She is the writer of Healthy Eating and Fresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking, she traveled a lot, working in kitchen all over the world. This brought her the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below to get people’s attention to healthy eating. She is excited to share her knowledge through cooking chooses, cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries.

Learn More: Visit WWW.freshfoodcooking.com, and follow Suzzane on FACEBOOK and TWTTER.

1.The cooking class in advertisement will be given ________.

A. in spring B. in summer C. in autumn D. in winter

2.In this class, you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods ________.

A. brought from home B. bought from the market

C. picked in Trinity Garden D. booked from the Internet

3.If Mr. Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son, how much should he pay?

A. $35 B. $70 C. $105 D. $140

4.The menu offered by the cooking class including the following EXCEPT ________.

A. cake B. soup C. salad D. ice-cream

5.According to the advertisement, we know that ________.

A. we can book the cooking class on the phone

B. only American Indians enjoy Suzzane’s teaching

C. Suzzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs

D. Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food

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