When you travel in China, you can often see some very special puppets (木偶) in many gift shops. They are thin, colorful, made of animal skin (皮) and in all kinds of shapes. They are traditional Chinese shadow puppets.

The Chinese shadow puppet play (皮影戏) is an old art. It's also called "the business of the five", because a shadow puppet play group is usually made up of five people. One moves the puppets, one sings and the other three play instruments.

How did this art start? There is a story behind it. It is said that more than 2 000 years ago, the wife of Emperor Wu of Han died from illness. The emperor was very sad. His minister (大臣), Li Shaoweng, one day saw children playing with dolls and the shadows of the dolls were dancing on the wall. Then Li went back home and made a puppet of emperor's wife. He put sticks (技条) on the puppet's hands and feet to make it easy to move.

When night came, he put up a curtain (帘), lit a candle, and invited the emperor to sit before the curtain. Li moved the puppet from behind the curtain. The emperor felt like he was seeing his wife again and was very happy. After that the shadow puppet play became the emperor's favorite pastime.

Over the past thousands of years, the shadow puppet play has won the hearts of many people in China. And now, more and more people around the world are showing interest in the art.

1.What is NOT the quality of Chinese shadow puppets?

A.Thin and colorful. B.Made of animals. C.Different kinds of shapes.

2.How many people are there in a shadow puppet play group?

A.1. B.3. C.5.

3.How did the wife of Emperor Wu of Han die?

A.Because of the illness. B.Because of the emperor. C.Because of the minister.

4.What is NOT necessary when we play the shadow puppets?

A.Spoons. B.Curtain. C.Sticks.

5.What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?

A.The emperor is a very strict person.

B.The Chinese shadow puppet play is a symbol of China.

C.Chinese shadow puppet play has been popular around the world for 2,000 years.

Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971. When he was seven, he got his first bicycle and started riding it every day. Later he was able to ride home by himself. Then he started entering races.

He didn't do very well in his first race. But after his persistent (坚持不懈的) training, he became famous around the world in 1996.

However, at the same time, Lance Armstrong often felt tired and weak, and he couldn't have his races as before. Doctors told him that he had cancer. The news didn't stop Armstrong from believing he could race again. With the help of doctors, he fought against cancer.

Armstrong returned to races in 1998, and then in 1999 he entered the Tour de France. Armstrong won the first prize. Then he went on to win the Tour de France seven times! He was the world's best athlete!

Armstrong's amazing comeback from cancer made him a very famous man.

1.How old was Lance when he got his first bicycle?

2.When did Armstrong become famous around the world?

3.Why couldn't Armstrong have his races as before when he was famous?

4.Did Armstrong's illness stop him from racing?

5.What do you think of Armstrong?

Here's all of the information you need to write on your party invitation. If it shows all of the facts about your party, 1.客人们将会觉得更容易做决定。They will be clear about if they can accept it or they have to turn it down.

The first thing you should put on your invitation is the name of the party host and the theme (主题) of the party. Your invitation should show the type of the party to the persons that you want to invite.

2.The next is the place where the party will be held. If your guests don't know about the address of the party, they may check the way to go without getting lost.

3. Clearly write the time of your party, with both date and day of the week. After checking the calendar, the guests will know if they are available on that day. 4.Your invitation also needs to tell your guests what time to arrive and how long the party will last (持续).

If you want your guests to reply to your invitation as soon as possible, you can give them a date by which you'll need an answer. 5.并且告诉他们一个电话号码或者一个电子邮箱地址 so that they can let you know.

1.______________________________________________

2.______________________________________________

3.______________________________________________

4.______________________________________________

5.______________________________________________

假设你是Leo，你的好朋友Peter邀请你周五去参加晚宴，但是你很忙。请你根据下面的时刻表，表达你对他邀请的感谢，告诉他你很忙不能参加聚会，并陈述不能参加的理由。要求书写工整，句意连贯，词数在70词左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

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I hope you can have a good time!

Your friend,

Leo

—May I use your phone, Sally? I left________at home.

—Sure, here you are.

A.yours B.his C.hers D.mine

—Peter, where’s Mom?

—She’s________the kitchen.

A.for B.in C.of D.on

I enjoy________movies online at home on rainy days.

A.watch B.to watch C.watching D.watched

How confident she looks! She________be ready for the competition.

A.need B.must C.can D.would

Hurry up, ________we will miss the best part of the show.

A.or B.and C.but D.although

One of________challenges for people is to believe in themselves.

A.big B.bigger C.biggest D.the biggest