What are you holding in your hand while you are taking the examination? Right. A pen.

Though it is small, the pen has changed the history, improved the trade of countries, recorded events, carried news, and done far more work for human beings than all other tools.

Progress without it would have been almost impossible. The invention of the wheels, the introduction of steam engine(蒸汽机), the use of electricity, all these have changed the lives of millions of people, but the pen has done more. It has taken away mountains, and it has prepared the way for all progress and development of the society.

In the past the pen did all the work if you wanted to keep any writing for some time. The lawyers took up their pens and wrote the law of the country from the days when papyrus(纸莎草纸) was first used. The most famous letters in the world were written with a pen. It was with a pen that the greatest thinkers of all time wrote down their thoughts.

The pen is very utilitarian. We cannot sign a bill or write a letter or buy a house without our pen. An agreement is worthless till our name is written with a pen. The writers encourage the world with it. The students take their examinations with it as well.

Our coming into the world is recorded with a pen. Before we have been at school, our name is written on the name list with a pen. We cannot be married till we have signed. A pen records the important events in our life.

Let us remember that we hold in our hand the most powerful instrument which man owns. The pen is a magic tool. Whenever you use it, enjoy it.

1.What is the writer trying to do in this passage?

A. Describe what a pen looks like. B. Introduce the history of the pen.

C. Advise people to prepare a new pen. D. Show the importance of the pen.

2.The word “mountains” in the third paragraph refers to(指代) “something to _________ ”.

A. explain the use of electricity B. lower the students’ scores

C. stop the social development D. change the law of the country

3.The lawyers started to write the law of the country _________.

A. before their thoughts were changed B. when papyrus was first used

C. as soon as they recorded their names D. after they took an important exam

4.The underlined word “utilitarian” in the passage means “_________” .

A. cheap B. boring C. special D. useful

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A. A Powerful Tool B. An Important Law C. A Valuable Record D. An Exciting Event

A: Hi,Peter, how long have you been in China?

B:1.However. I’m going back to Britain tomorrow. I’ve seen many interesting things in China.

A:2.

B: Oh, yes. I love it. But when I visited it last time, there were too many people. I’ve also been to the Bird’s Nest.

A: Wow, great!3.

B: Yes. I went to see the West Lake in Hangzhou. It is so beautiful.

A: OK. Have you tried and Chinese food?

B: Oh, yes. I love Chinese food.

A:4.

B: My favorite is Beijing Duck. It’s delicious.

A: Thank you for your time!5.

B: Thank you.

A.What’s your favorite Chinese dish?

B.Where have you been?

C.I’ve been here for two weeks.

D.Did you go anywhere outside Beijing?

E.Have a safe trip home.

F.I wish you will have a good time in China.

G.Have you been to the Great Wall?

这头大象来自亚洲。

The elephant ___________ ___________ Asia.

她正在打扫房间并收拾东西。

She's cleaning the house and ___________ things ___________.

在字典里查生词是个好主意。

It is a good idea to ___________ ___________ new words in the dictionary.

我们应该保护濒危动物。

We should protect the animals ___________ ___________.

当爸爸不在家的时候，我们尝试了戴维的游戏。

While my father was out, we ___________ ___________ David's game.

China opens the world's coolest library-The Tianjin Binhai Public Library. It has 1.2 million books. It is so amazing that it will take your breath away when you walk into it. It is designed to look like a 3D eyeball on purpose.

Nobody likes to be watched while they're trying to read a book, but we're willing to make an exception if it means getting to visit this fantastic new library in China. The incredible structure has a huge round auditorium (礼堂) in the middle, which makes the library look like a large eye.

This five storey library stands in the Binhai Cultural District of Tianjin, which was designed by Dutch design company MVRDV in collaboration (合作) with the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI) . And it has been named "The Eye of Binhai", and covers 34, 000 square meters and can hold up to 1.2 million books.

Taking just three years to complete, the library has a reading area on the ground floor, rest areas in the middle sections and offices, meeting spaces, and computer/audio rooms at the top. We're not sure how much studying we would get done, but we'd be too far busy being surprised at it!

1.The world's _________ library-The Tianjin Binhai Public Library opens in China.

2.It is so amazing that it will _________ when you walk into it.

3.It is designed to look like _________ on purpose.

4.The incredible structure has a huge round auditorium (礼堂) _________, which makes the library look like a large eye.

5.The passage mainly talks about _________.

It's a common school day at Southern Cross School near the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa. Teachers and pupils don't sit in a classroom. I1., they go through the forest or sit under the trees.

The school teaches students all the same s2. as the rest of the country's schools, but the teaching methods are completely different. Southern Cross uses nature as a teaching tool. The teachers and their pupils go out into n3. and work with animals and plants. These can be used to study a4. from maths and social sciences to languages. The school is in an area where animals live wild and can be hunted. To get to class, students travel a road through the forest that wild animals use as well.

The classroom for small preschoolers is a little different from the rest of the school. For example, the first lesson of the day is maths, but the teaching method is very s5.. In this school you won't hear a teacher saying "C6. how many apples Jane has in her basket." Actually, the children visit a nearby river to count the number of marks left by animals. This way they can see how many different animals come to d7. during the night.

The students are encouraged to take care of the injured and small animals. If they find a dead animal in the area, they study where the animal fits in the foot chain and how and why it d8..

The headmaster says, "We must make people understand what we are doing to the e9.. We need to care for our p10.."

假设你是李平，你的英国朋友Mary给你发邮件询问你在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间是怎么度过的，请你根据以下表格要点写一封信回复她。

注意：

1.词数：100词左右，短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

3.参考词汇：网课classes online, 社区community, 捐献donate, 传单leaflets, 新冠肺炎NCP(novel coronavirus pneumonia) 。

Dear Mary,

I am glad to receive your email. You asked me to share with you what I did in the epidemic situation. Here are my experiences.

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Thank you for your concern. I am looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Ping