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阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项中有一项为多余选项。

China and Western countries may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals, but when it comes to pigs, we have somehow reached an agreement — pigs are ugly, lazy, stupid and shameless. Just look at some expressions in our languages. In Chinese, we have the saying of “Boiling a dead pig”, and “A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig”. And in English, there are expressions such as “eating like a pig” and “sweating like a pig”. 1.. But the truth is that pigs do have some better qualities(品质). And there's probably no better time to clear their names than now, with the arrival of the Year of the Pig on Chinese Spring Festival, which fell on Feb.5 this year.

2.. According to a paper published in 2017 in the International Journal of comparative Psychology , pigs are “mentally(智力上) and socially similar to dogs and chimpanzees(黑猩猩)”. They like to play. They have good long-term memories. And they know the difference between those who don’t.

There are lovely pig characters in cartoons too. Peppa Pig, for example, a UK carton that began in 2004, has now become one of the most popular cartoon's in 180 countries and areas. The four members in the cartoon’s pig family teach children from all around the world about love, friendship, and the value of family. And in China, the adventures(冒险) of McDull have been described in films since 2001. 3..

“People are paying too much attention to immediate(立即的) results and success. 4..” said McDull's creator Brian Tse, “He has a heart of gold,” Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep in mind when we celebrate this Chinese New Year — their cleverness, cuteness, patience and innocence(纯真).

A. To begin with, science long ago showed that pigs aren't stupid at all

B. Some people think pigs are smart, cute and patient

C. None of them has good meaning

D. They are about a pig who works hard toward his dreams even though he keeps failing

E. However, MeDull is slow and patient, and not afraid of repeated failures

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life.

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced in war many years later.

Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying, he watched the way birds fly. Among his sketches(素描) we can see many objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo spent many hours thinking about: How to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was very unusual in those times. He never published his ideas and discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which look like writing in the mirror starting from the right side of page and moving to the left.

We have very few of his works today. Leonardo finished only a few of his painting. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men that the world has ever known.

1.What was Leonardo da Vinci?

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2.Did Leonardo invent any machines used for war?

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3.How did Leonardo try to find out the secret of flying?

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4.Why didn't Leonardo finish all his works?

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5.How do people nowadays like Leonardo?

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语篇翻译阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

1. A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper about 2 ,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting paper， there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day， people throw away about 2，800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper from now on.2. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees.

So how can we save paper? 3. Some people suggest we should use both sides of every piece of paper. We can also choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（手帕） and not paper ones.4. 当我们逛街时，我们可以使用更少的纸袋子。If the shop assistant gives use paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. 5. 让我们现在采取行动节约用纸。

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假如你是李华，你的朋友李明得知长沙在今年五一期间成为了网红城市，他写信给你告知他暑假想来长沙旅游，向你询问一些长沙的情况。请你给他回一封信，从长沙的著名景点、特色美食以及长沙人的热情友好等方面向他介绍长沙。

要求：（1）80词左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（3）文章中不得出现真实的人名和校名。

提示词:Orange Island, firework（烟花）show, stinky tofu, shrimp（虾） taste

Dear Li Ming,

I'm glad to receive your letter.

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Yours,

Li Hua

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