完成句子，阅读短文，根据汉语及首字母提示在文中的空格处填入适当单词，使短文完整、通顺。

　　February 21 is International Mother Language Day．The United Nations(联合国)n　　1　　(命名)it in 1999．The day aims to protect all languages around the world．In China, most people speak Chinese as their mother language．

　　More people speak Chinese than any other language in the world．About one fifth of the world's population(人口)speaks a form of Chinese, the BBC r　　2　　．?

　　The e　　3　　 known written record of Chinese is the oracle bone script(甲骨文)of the Shang Dynasty(17th century BC-11th century BC)．These are animal bones, especially tortoise shells(龟壳)with writing on them．Most Chinese characters are ideograms(表意文字)w　　4　　 combine(组合)two or more words together to make a new one, for example, jia(家)means “a pig under the roof”．This shows that people in ancient(古代的)times t　　5　　(认为)of home as a place to hold treasures(财富)．

　　As time went on, hundreds of thousands of words developed．However, people only use a few thousand of them in everyday life．Today, new words are still being a　　6　　(补充)to the Chinese dictionary, such as dishi(的士)for taxis, xiu(秀)for TV shows and fangnu(房奴)meaning “slave to one's home”．

　　With the fast d　　7　　(发展)of China's economy(经济), more people from other countries are taking i　　8　　(感兴趣)in Chinese．In a survey in the US last December, 2, 007 people were asked：“Which new foreign language would you learn? ” Chinese placed second, a　　9　　 Spanish, with 15 percent of the vote．

　　Confucius Institutes(孔子学院)around the world are more p　　10　　 than ever．More than 300 colleges in over 90 countries have Confucius Institutes, USA Today reported．

阅读短文，完成下面的练习。

　　Daniel________(过去在一家大公司工作)but he has his own company now．He is used to getting up early in the morning．Today when he opens the letter-box, he finds a letter for him have a picture of a blind man．(1)It's from a ________(慈善机构) asking him to donate money to help the blind who don't have money for ________(医学治疗)．After that, the doorbell rings and there is an old woman on Daniel's doorstep．She is asking money to help them．(2)

　　After a while, Daniel ________(打开)the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a weak child who is dying of hunger in Africa．He knows those poor children need money．cares, really, always, he, in, them, and, is, them, about, to, help, trouble, ready(3)In May, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300,000 to help scientists with the medical research(研究)．“I'm proud of my country and I must do something to help my country．”he said．(4)

　　People such as Daniel and Yao Ming are generous and many people are ________ (感激地)to them．

A)填一填。请将短文中括号内的汉语译成英语。

B)改一改。句(1)、(2)中各有一处错误，请指出并改正。

(1)________________　(2)________________

C)连一连。请将短文中句(3)处的单词连成一句符合语境的话。

________________________________

D)写一写。

1．请用be used to写一句话。________

2．请将短文中句(4)改成间接引语。________

3．根据短文内容，将下列句子补充完整。

(1)Daniel always helps others with ________

(2)Yao Ming is a famous ________．He is ________ and helpful．

E)想一想。请根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Daniel works in a charity now, doesn't he?________________________

2．What does Yao Ming raise money for?________________________

根据短文内容和首字母的提示，把文中所缺词语补充出来，使短文完整、正确、通顺。(每空限填一词，将其完整形式填写在文后相应编号的横线上)。

My biggest problem is that I'm too busy．When I was young, I used to have so much time, but these days I get up e 　　1　　 and stay in school all day．Then I go right home and eat d 　　2　　．Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time p 　　3　　 games with my friends, but I just don't have the time anymore．In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat w 　　4　　 my grandmother, but now I have to study．I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts．These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts．I do my homework and go to bed．I really m 　　5　　 the old days．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

根据短文内容和首字母提示，把所缺单词补充完整，使短文前后意思通顺、完整。

　　In England, people don't o 　　1　　 talk to each other when they travel．If you get on a bus or a train, you can see people sitting and l　　2　　 out of the window．Other people may be reading b　　3　　 or newspapers．

　　When you m　　4　　 somebody in England, you may start with talking about the weather．So when you want to chat with somebody in England, you can say,“Nice weather for the time of the year!”

　　“It was a bit cold yesterday．”Somebody may answer．

　　“But it will get a little w　　5　　 now than before．”You can answer．

　　Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”

综合填空：

　　It is interesting to visit another country, but there are sometimes problems when we d　　1　　 know the language very well．It may be difficult to talk with the people there．We may not know h　　2　　 to use the telephone．We may not know how to do shopping．

　　In a foreign country we might not know w　　3　　 to eat or order in a restaurant．It is not easy to d　　4　　 to tip(付小费)waiters or taxi drivers．When we n　　5　　 help, we might not know how to ask for help．It is not pleasant to have an experience l　　6　　 that．A　　7　　 a short time, then we learn what to do a　　8　　 what to say．We learn to e　　9　　 life in another country, and we may be sorry to l　　10　　．