When a big ship is in very rough(不平坦的) sea, it has to be able to bend(弯) a little, otherwise it may break in two. If one end of the ship is on the top of one huge wave, and the other end is on the top of another, with the middle of the ship hanging in between; or if one huge wave comes up under the middle of the ship, leaving the two ends hanging, the ship's own weight will break its back if it is quite stiff(硬的).

　　To make a big ship elastic(有弹性的) enough to avoid (避开) this danger, it has joints where the sections of the ship come together above the water-line, and these joints (连接处) open and shut slightly as the waves lift one section(部分) of the ship or another. This is enough to save the ship from breaking into pieces.

　　One day a sailor was walking along a passage-way in a big ship during a storm when he was surprised to see a boy sitting comfortably in a chair at the end of the passage-way, which was opposite one of the ship's joints. The boy had a bag of nuts beside him, and every time the ship was lifted by a wave and the joint opened, he put a nut in it. As the ship came down again, the joint closed and cracked(压碎) the nut, gently but firmly. The boy then took it out and put the next one in as the joint opened again.

1．What does a big ship have to do when it is in very rough sea?

2．If one end of the ship is on the top of one huge wave, and the other end is on the top of another, with the middle of the ship hanging in between, what will happen to the ship if it is quite stiff?

3．Why does a big ship have joints?

4．What do these joints do?

5．Where was a sailor walking during the storm in this story?

6．What was he surprised to see?

7．What did the boy have beside him?

8．What did he do?

9．How was the nut cracked?

10．What did the boy do then?

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　　请根据下列内容提要写一篇日记

　　1．今天是七月六日，星期六，晴天，早上6点，你和你的父母乘汽车出发去海口市海滩。

　　2．你们上午8点到达海滩，看见海滩上有许多人，包括一些外国人。他们有的在游泳，有的在冲浪。

　　3．你父亲教你冲浪，你开始有些害怕，但试过一次后，你就学会了，然后你就进行了近两个小时的冲浪运动。

　　4．当回到家后，你虽然有些累了，但仍感到很高兴。

　　注意：1．日记开头部分已为你写好。

　　　　　2．词数：80个左右（不含已给出的单词）

　　July 6th　　Saturday　　Fine

　　Today is July 6th. My parents and I went to a beach in Haikou. At 6:00 in the morning we…________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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　　Long long ago, there once lived a young f1 . He worked very hard on his land. But n2 helped him with cooking. He did it h3 . One day he bought a picture of a beautiful girl and put it up on the wall.

　　One evening, he got home after a hard day's work. He was very surprised to find some nice f4 on the table . He wanted to know w5 cooked this .

　　The next afternoon, he came home a little e6 , trying to find the truth (真相) . T7 the window, he saw a beautiful girl doing the cooking. He looked at the picture and was surprised to find that there was n8 girl in it.

　　He at once went into the room carefully and quietly. When the girl saw the young man, her face t9 red. She tried to get i10 the picture , but it was too late . The farmer had already pulled the picture down. After that, they got married (结婚), and lived a happy life .

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　　A. I don't know how much time he has in China.

　　B. I don't know how long he has come to China.

　　C. I don't understand how long he has stayed in China.