You Can Make a Windsock (风筒)!

Have you ever seen a windsock blowing in the wind? Well, you can make one of your own！This is a fun project that you can do with things you may have. You just need to follow a few easy steps.

You will need：

●one piece of heavy colored paper ●five ribbons

●strong tape ●a string ●a pencil

What to do：

Step 1：Draw pictures on the paper. You can write your name on it. Do anything that will make it special to you.

Step 2：Make the paper into the shape of a tube. Hold one of the shorter edges over the other. Then make them together with the tape at each end and in the middle.

Step 3：Use a pencil to make a hole into both sides of the tube. The holes should be only on one end of the tube. Pull the string through both holes. Then tie the ends of the string together.

Step 4：Now make five holes around the top of the other end of the tube. Put a ribbon through each of the holes. Tie a knot in the ends. Make sure the knots are bigger than the holes.

Now your windsock is ready to use, but how does it work？The shape of the tube plays an important part. Wind blows through the tube and makes it fly and dance around. Hold the windsock up in the air by its string and run around. It will fly behind you. You can also hang it outside and watch it dance around on its own!

1.Which of these things do you need for Step 2?

A.Tape. B.Ribbons. C.A pencil. D.A string.

2.What do you do after you put ribbons through the holes in the tube?

A.Make holes in the tube. B.Tape the tube together.

C.Tie knots in the ribbons. D.Put a string through the hole.

3.What is probably the most important to make a windsock work?

A.Its shape. B.Its size.

C.The color of the paper. D.The number of the holes.

“Without music, life would be a mistake, ” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets.

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That's partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn't tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is beneficial in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

1.In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A.Public schools. B.Fired teachers.

C.Parents in Chicago. D.Students in Chicago.

2.What's the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.

B.Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.

C.Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.

D.Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.

3.How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?

A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.

4.What's the writer's opinion according to this passage?

A.Music is as simple as it looks. B.Music is a big part of our lives.

C.Music classes should be cut in some schools. D.Music isn't a very important life skill for us.

Real policemen can hardly tell any similarity between their lives and what they see on TV.

The first difference is that a policeman’s real life is almost around criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what can be used to prove someone guilty and lead him into prison. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more,he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.

Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal:as soon as he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding a criminal is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks, only a little effort is spent on searching.

Having made an arrest, a policeman really starts to work. He has to prove his case so that he often has to look for a lot of different clues.

A third big difference between the drama policeman and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force, they always have to behave completely according to the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants, they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.

If a policeman has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And most policemen feel the separation between themselves and the rest of the world is deepened. Most citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges are in some ways simple-minded, they suggest not punishing the criminals in a very strict way in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, most policemen feel is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stayed prison. This makes them feel rather bad.

1.Most crime drama on TV ends with .

A.a terrorist attack B.a criminal's arrest

C.another crime happening D.the discovery of clues

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A.A policeman needs to spend time chatting and typing on forms.

B.A policeman never searches unless some serious cases take place.

C.A policeman should be professional enough to know the law well.

D.A policeman can break the rules in small ways in order to get results.

3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence?

A.Most policemen feel tired out. B.Strong punishment causes crimes.

C.A policeman's work is boring. D.only a few criminals will reform.

4.The passage mainly tells us .

A.criminals should behave completely according to the law

B.people usually judge a policeman by his knowledge of law

C.a policeman’s real life is different from what is shown on TV

D.there is separation between the police and the rest of the world

My best friend Jenny and I got to the mall for shopping. She held up a white sweater and matching skirt.“Do you like this?” she asked.

“It’s great,’’I said. Jenny nodded and continued looking while I moved about. touching the beautiful clothes. “I’ll try this on.” Jenny walked towards the dressing room. After a while, she came out in the outfit(一套衣服). She looked beautiful.

I sighed. Part of me wanted to say how good she looked. but another part stopped the words coming out. Jenny was in such good shape that she’d look good in the outfit. Sometimes. I regretted choosing a best friend who was so pretty. God, why can’t I be the one with the rich parents and the great look? More and more, I was envious(妒忌的)of her.

“Well, Teresa, what do you think?” Jenny asked more than once. “Do you like it?’’

The outfit looked great on her, but I lied, “Not really. I think you need something with more colors.’’

“You think so?" Jenny said doubtfully.

“Just believe me. We’ll find something better, "I told her, pushing her back into the dressing room. “You just can’t buy the first thing you see.” I did my best to get Jenny out of the store, away from that outfit. As we left, Jenny gave the sweater one last look.

Just down the mall, we passed a yogurt place. ‘‘My treat, ’’Jenny said, pulling out her wallet.

I could never say no to chocolate, so we got some and sat down at a table. As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her. Those feelings weren’t kind.

Sitting there,______Jenny was attractive(吸引人的)not just because of her good luck, but more because of her kindness. Treating me to chocolate was far from her only show of generosity. She also let me drive her car and borrow her clothes.

Finishing our chocolate, we headed for the next clothing store. ‘‘Look at that red sweater.’’ Jenny said as we passed the window. ‘‘It would be perfect for you. Soon maybe you’ll have enough by saving your babysitting money to buy something like that.”

A few minutes earlier, all I had heard was about saving my babysitting money. I had hated the fact that Jenny could ask her parents for anything, and they’d buy it for her. This time, though. I heard more. I heard the voice of someone who loved and cared me for who I was. I needed to express the same to her.

1.Teresa felt _________ when Jenny came out of the dressing room in the new outfit.

A.envious B.excited C.lonely D.comfortable

2.Teresa and Jenny __________ after they left the first clothing store.

A.headed for the next clothing store B.talked about the outfit Jenny wanted

C.had some chocolate at a yogurt place D.ended the friendship between them

3.Which of the following can be put in the blank?

A.Jenny lent me some money. B.Jenny asked for more chocolate.

C.I told Jenny my unkind feelings. D.I began to see Jenny in a new light.

4.We can infer(推断)that Teresa would ________ that day.

A.forget all about what had happened B.ask her parents for money to buy something

C.buy herself the red sweater in the next store D.push Jenny back to the first store for the outfit

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式（每空一词)

Do you think getting cold can give you a cold? Is it bad to drink milk when you have a cold?

Ranit Mishori, a family medicine doctor in Washington, says colds are more common in winter, but not because of low temperatures. The cold weather just means people stay inside more. People like staying together and may get the common cold virus if they shake hands, sneeze or cough near one another.

Adults generally get two to three colds a year. Children are likely to catch four or five. Dr. Mishori says some people wrongly believe they can become protected from colds for the rest of their life once they get the virus one time.

There is still no cure for the common cold. But Dr. Mishori says there are ways to feel better sooner.

If you get a cold, you start taking about two grams of Vitamin C a day. There is evidence that it might shorten the number of days that you will be having the cold. Dr. Mishori says honey, bears’ favourite food, seems especially helpful to children with colds.

Have you ever heard the old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever”? Dr. Mishori says this is not necessarily a good rule to follow. She says if you have a cold but do not feel hungry, then don’t eat.

According to Dr. Mishori, you have to drink a lot. You can drink water or you can drink tea – anything that gets into your body. That’s very important.

But what about drinking milk during a cold? Mishori says, “Drinking milk during a cold possibly does make you uncomfortable. But clearly if you have a baby and that’s all it drinks,you should not stop giving the baby milk.”

What do you know about a cold?

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完善，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整第写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空一词)

A ceremony where boys become crocodile men

When does a teenager grow up and become an adult? In many countries, it h1. on your 18th birthday, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something special to e2.the world of grown-ups.

On an Oceanian island, some people live near the Sepik River, which is full of crocodiles. They believe that crocodiles made the earth and its people. When it is time for t3. boys to become men, a “crocodile ceremony” takes place.

The boys are taken to small house c4. the “Crocodile Nest”. In the house, the boys are told to think of their crocodile “fathers and mothers”. Old people in the village say that if the boys think of their crocodile p5., they will be stronger and braver because the ceremony will cause great pain. To take their minds off the p6., the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay s7.. Surprisingly, some of the boys even sleep d8. the most painful parts of the ceremony! It will be eight weeks before they leave the house.

When the boys f9. leave the crocodile house, there is singing and dancing in the village to w10. the new crocodile men.

句子翻译

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。

1.原来他和那个案子无关。

2.这个欧洲人匆匆忙忙地去赶火车。

3.她表演地如此好以至于人们误以为她是天使。

4.这个教授成功地推动了信息技术的运用。

5.它里面有宏伟的建筑和艺术珍宝，非常值得一游。

学校举行征文比赛，要求用英文介绍你的家乡扬州。请根据下列提示，完成你的征文。

要求：

1）必须包含所有提示信息，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数;

2）意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范；

3）请勿在文中使用真实的姓校名及提示信息以外的地名。

As a local person in Yangzhou, I am proud of my hometown. It's my great honor to introduce my great hometown to all of you.

Berlin is _________capital of Germany.

A./ B.a C.the

–Would you like to go to the concert with me? –I’d love to, ______ I’m afraid I have no time.

A.so B.or C.and D.but