Hi！亲爱的朋友们，你们好！我是定冠词the，用在名词前，我的意思是“这(些)、那(些)”。我们冠词家族人丁稀少，但是作用可不小。我只有两个姐妹a和an。她们通常表示“一个(位、件……)”，用于单数可数名词前。我的性情有些古怪，你想了解我吗？

　　1　我喜欢演奏乐器，所以我常常出现在乐器前。如：play the piano/guitar(弹钢琴/吉他)等。

　　2　我经常和世界上独一无二的事物在一起，为此我非常自豪。如：the sun/moon(太阳/月亮)等。

　　3　我还喜欢帮助一些形容词、分词，与它们一起来表示一类人或事物。如：the old(老人)、the rich(富人) 等。

　　4　我没事时就喜欢和姓氏的复数形式闲聊人家一家子的情况。如：the Greens(格林一家)等。

　　5　我还喜欢和序数词一起强调数字的顺序，但当序数词前有形容词性物主代词等修饰限定时，我就会赶快逃走，销声匿迹。如：This is my eleventh birthday．(这是我的第十一个生日。)等。

　　注意：当我和序数词一起表示日期时，我经常躲起来，但如果在of短语中，我就一定会露面。如：May(the)first＝May 1st＝the first of May(五月一日)。

　　1　我不喜欢和科学名词在一起。如：math(数学)、English(英语)等。

　　2　我对球类运动不感兴趣，你在球类运动前根本找不到我。如：play basketball/soccer(打篮球/踢足球)等。

　　3　我还有个坏毛病——挑食，三餐饭前从来找不到我的影子。如：eat breakfast/lunch(吃早餐/中餐)等。

　　你了解定冠词the的生活习性了吗？赶快来找我吧！

请根据定冠词的“生活习性”填空，不需要填的地方打“×”。

1．He usually eats ________ dinner at 6:00 p. m..

2．Let's go and play ________ volleyball now.

3．She can play ________ violin very well.

4．We can speak ________ English and Chinese.

5．We should help ________ poor in the world.

6．My birthday is ________ 23rd of March.

7．I usually go to ________ school at 7:00 in ________ morning.

8．September is ________ ninth month of a year.

9．________ Greens live in China now.

10．I like to stay at ________ home and watch TV.

"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.

Time proved(证明) that the baby's hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak (畸形的)."

　　The boy's father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"

　　"I believe I could graft (植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.

　　One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."

　　The operation(手术) was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.

　　He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."

　　"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."

　　For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother's body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.

　　"Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?”

1.The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby__.

2.The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."

3.Why did the boy's mother never cut her hair?

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

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

One day in April, No. 1 Middle School held a special activity called “Food.Street” on the playground in Xi’an.【小题1】. The students in each class formed some groups. Each groupsold different kinds of foods.【小题2】Thestudentscookeddeliciousfoodsuchasfriedchicken, potato chips and vegetables. 【小题3】Thecustomerswereallthestudents,teachersand parents. 【小题4】
“It’s really hard work.” said one of the students, “We must make a plan before the cooking. We must know the cost of the food. Also, we must learn how to serve customers well.”
“ This activity is to give a practical(实践的）chance to the students,” said a teacher, “ What’s more,the students will not only learn how to make money by their own hands, but also know the meaning of life.”

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Thousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.

The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings（海啸警报）across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.

In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately（普通的） damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize（使降到最低） the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.

1.The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.

A. illness         B. disaster       C. terror          D. danger

2. Which is true according to the passage?

A. Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan.

B. Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious      situation in the days.

C. The tsunami devastated not only the coastline in Japan, but also the areas across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast.

D. The massive earthquake caused the tsunami.

3.According to the passage, which earthquake is the largest one since 1990 ?

A. the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011

B. the one in Chile in 1960

C. the fifth largest earthquake since 1900

D. We don't know.

4.If you're in Tokyo these days, what you can't get from the convenience store?

A. newspapers and magazines

B. some medicine

C. paper napkins and toothpastes

D. rice balls and bottled water

5.The passage can't be in/on __________.

A. March 10th newspapers        B. TV             C.  Internet                    D.   Radios