You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. So you want to _______ the weather forecast first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the_______ make the weather report.

"It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning, _______ clearing by early afternoon. The high temperature tomorrow will be 85."

As there will be no rain, the whole family feels _______. Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your _______. But now, you can plan your picnic without worrying whether it will rain or not.

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the Weather bureau. He was the first person to publish _______ weather forecasts in the United States.

Abbe began his weather bulletins(简报)every day in 1869. They were based on weather maps he drew from telegraphed reports of weather _______. Because of their accuracy(准确), the reports were _______.

Congress(国会)became _______ in Abbe's weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist(气象学家), and he ________ to issue(发布)forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecasted probable storms. Abbe earned the nickname of “Old Probabilities".

1.A.produce B.attend C.check D.reply

2.A.fireman B.postman C.fisherman D.weatherman

3.A.so B.but C.after D.because

4.A.happy B.worried C.sad D.tired

5.A.time B.chances C.vacations D.points

6.A.online B.simple C.daily D.indoor

7.A.conditions B.stations C.reasons D.communications

8.A.strange B.popular C.terrible D.useless

9.A.successful B.smart C.bored D.interested

10.A.avoided B.began C.minded D.failed

Welcome to Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren Town! It has opened 28 museums. Eight of the museums are about Anti-Japanese War Series. Eight museums are about Red Age Series. Six museums are about Folk Series. Two museums are about other series. And the rest of them are about Earthquake Series.

Ticker Price: ●All Museums: RMB 100/person

●One Museum: RMB 20/person

People below can enjoy discount for all museums:

●Students: RMB 50/person

●People older than 70: RMB 25/person

●Children below 1.2m (including 1.2m): Free

Opening Hours: It opens from 9:00 to 17:30 all year round except the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Traffic Routes.●Get of the highway at the exit of "Anren - Museum Town of China"and then drive another 10 km to get to Anren Town.

●Chengdu Jinsha Bus Station has buses for Anren Town

TEL: 028-88318000

1.Mr. Li wants to visit all the museums with his 71-year-old father and his son, a middle school student, he should pay ________ for the tickets.

A.125 yuan B.150 yuan C.175 yuan D.200 yuan

2.People can visit the museums________.

A.on weekdays only

B.from Monday to Sunday all year round

C.every day in a year except weekends

D.every day except the day before Spring Festival

3.We can NOT get to Jianchuan Museum Cluster ________ according to the information.

A.by bus B.by subway C.by car D.by highway

4.________ can NOT be taken into the museums.

A.Kids below 1.2 meters B.Children without parents

C.Pets D.People older than 70

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Four museums are about Earthquake Series.

B.Students and old people don't need to pay for the tickets

C.People can visit the museums from: 9:00 to 18:00.

D.All exhibitions in Jianchuan Museum Cluster are about Anti-Japanese War.

What is your favorite holiday?Here are some students' opinions.

●Sandy from Taiwan

My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lot.

●Yagna from India

My favorite day is Deepavali. It is also called Festival of Lights. People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat(败仗)of the bad king. To celebrate it, we also eat sweets and delicious food, wear new clothes, and give presents to our friends and relatives.

●Pat from Thailand

My name is Pat. My favorite holiday is Songkran. It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. On the holiday people pour water on each other. Everybody gets wet but they are happy. It is a lot of fun. People also buy new clothes and they have big parties.

1.What is Sandy's favorite holiday?

A.The Mid-Autumn festival. B.New Year's Day.

C.Deepavali. D.Songkran

2.In order to celebrate Deepavali, people in India ______.

A.go to mountains B.wear new clothes

C.have a picnic D.have big parties

3.What does the underlined word "Songkran" probably mean in Chinese?

A.端午节 B.雪顿节 C.火把节 D.泼水节

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Pat from Thailand likes Festival of Lights best.

B.Sandy can celebrate her favorite festival by pouring water on each other.

C.Songkran takes place from the 13th to 15th of April.

D.Yagna always visit her grandparents on Mid-Autumn Day.

5.The passage is mainly about "________".

A.my favourite holiday B.my friends from different places

C.my family members D.my home town

Yuan Longping delivering an English speech becomes a hot search online

Editor:Zhang Huanqin

Source:english. rednet. cn

Updated:2017-07-13 10:02:59

On July 11 at the 10th Symposium for Overseas High-level Talents and Overseas Academician Qingdao "Yanxi Lake Forum", 87-aged Yuan Longping from Hunan province, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Science, delivered an English speech on super hybrid rice(超级杂交水稻)fluently for 20 minutes.

Up to 12:00 am on July 12, his English speech video had been accumulatively(累计地)viewed for more than 100 million times and his delivering the English speech at such high age had received a hot search on Weibo for about 200,000 times.

Yuan Longping mentioned in the speech as below:

It is expected that 60%more rice should be produced in 2030 than that in 1995. Currently, 1 ha.(公顷)for rice production provides food for 27 people. By 2050, 1 ha, will have to support 43 people.

"Yuan has made huge contributions to the country's agricultural(农业的)development. He has fed generations of people. "one net user wrote. "It's a surprise that Yuan can speak English at his age. "another commented.

根据短文内容, 判断句子正误, 正确的涂A. 错误的涂B.

1.Yuan Longping delivered an English speech on July the 10th.

2.From the passage we know that Yuan Longping was 87 years old in 2017.

3.Lots of people watched Yuan Longping's English speech on the Internet.

4.Now 1 ha. for rice production provides food for 43 people.

5.We can read the passage on the website english.rednet. cn.

The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York State(州)from Buffalo on Lake Eric to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

Over the canal industrial goods(工业产品)could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's larges city.

The building of the canal was paid for completely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费)were stopped, the state collected $121,461,891.

For a hundred years before the Erie Canal was built, people had been talking about a canal to join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. At that time some people laughingly called it "Clinton's Ditch(沟)". Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.

Clinton became governor of New York State in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome of New York State. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.

1.According to the map and Paragraph 1 we can know that ______ into the Atlantic Ocean.

A.the Great Lakes flow B.the Hudson River flows

C.Lake Erie flows D.the Eric Canal flows

2.We can see that the Erie Canal ______.

A.joined the Great Lakes together B.crossed New York State from north to south

C.played an important part in developing New York City D.was the first waterway built in the US

3.______ paid for the building of the Erie Canal.

A.The government of US B.Ships through the canal

C.People living along the canal D.The state of New York

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

B.Many other states helped New York build the canal

C.All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.

D.Clinton started building the canal after he became governor.

5.The Erie Canal ______.

A.was open for 57 years

B.is also called "Clinton's Ditch"

C.was first built on July 4th, 1817

D.cost so much that it was stopped in 1882

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