Welcome to my home. This is our sitting-room(客厅). It is a big room. There is a big TV set in the middle(中间). The TV set is on a long table. There is a sofa in front of the TV set. Mother is sitting on the sofa, watching TV. Next to the sofa, there is a lamp

(灯). There is a washing-machine(洗衣机) in the corner(在····的角落) of the sitting room. On the machine, there is piece of beautiful cloth(布). There are some flowers on the window, the window is in the white wall. I like my home.

6. There aren’t any ____________ in the sitting room.

A. TV sets      B. desks      C. sofas

7. The TV set is __________ the sitting room.

A. in the middle of      B. in the corner of      C. in the front of

8. Are there any flowers on the window?

A. Yes, they are.       B. No, they aren’t.      C. Yes, there are.

9. Washing-machine is used for (用来做)________.

A. washing dishes      B. washing clothes    C. washing clothe

10.The sitting room is_________.

A. not good        B. small       C. big

When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm, they are using electricity that comes from cows—cow manure (粪肥), to be specific.
Cows produce a lot of wastes. One cow can create 30 gallons of wastes each day. Now imagine the output of over 1,000 cows at Blue Farm. That’s really a big amount.
When farmers clean their barns, they put the wastes in a big heap, and spread some of them on their fields for fertilizer(肥料). But now places like Blue Spruce Farm have a new way of using cow wastes. They use them to produce electricity.
Here’s how it works: A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor. “The cows aren’t bothered,” says Marie Audet. “They are animals of habit; they get used to it, and just lift one foot and then another to let it go by.”
The machine pushes the manure into a big 600-gallon tank like a small swimming pool. The tank is called a digester (化粪池) because what happens there is just like what happens inside a cow: Bacteria(细菌) get to work and continue to digest the manure.
Methane gas (甲烷、沼气)in the atmosphere is known as a “greenhouse” gas because it keeps heat just like a greenhouse does, causing our planet to warm up. That’s an environmental concern. But the digester has a good result. Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators (发电机).
At Blue Farm, the generators make enough electricity to power 400 homes. The Audet family sells the extra electricity they can’t use themselves.
【小题1】We learn from the text that the Audet family is using cow wastes to ______.

Rewrite the following sentences as required.
【小题1】The medicine has a good effect on the illness. (一般疑问句)
_______________ the medicine _______________ a good effect on the illness?
【小题2】He will be responsible for the new project. (反意疑问句)
He will be responsible for the new project, _______________ _______________?
【小题3】Jimmy promised to work harder in English than before. (划线提问)
_______________ did Jimmy promise to _______________?
【小题4】The detective discovered some important clues for the case. (被动语态)
Some important clues for the case _______________ _______________ by the detective.
【小题5】There was something wrong with the machine as soon as the engineer left. (保持句意)
The machine _______________ _______________ as soon as the engineer left.
【小题6】Will they have a discussion after class? He wanted to know. (合并一句)
He wanted to know _______________ they _______________ have a discussion after class.
【小题7】for, used to, and, breakfast, have, milk, I, bread (连词成句)
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根据所给首字母和短文意思完成单词。
A man made a nice talk machine. It could weigh people’s w 【小题1】. The man wanted to t 【小题2】the machine before he could make a lot of them. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were a lot of people in and out.
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine. The machine thought for a few seconds to d  【小题3】 which language to speak.
‘Good morning, madam,’ it said in Indian. ‘Your weight is 72kilos. That’s three kilos m  【小题4】. If you eat more fruit and v 【小题5】, you’ll be soon all right. Please have a nice day.’
The s 【小题6】one to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to h 【小题7】her weight. ‘Good morning, Miss,’ the machine said in Chinese, ‘Your weight is 46 kilos. It’s all right for your a 【小题8】and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.’
The third one to use the machine was a very f 【小题9】American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke highly in E 【小题10】, ‘Good morning. Will one of you get off?’

A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.

He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could           .

A．tell the weight of people

B．tell people what they should drink

C．sell many kinds of drinks

D．make people laugh

2.The man put his first machine           .

A．in the waiting room of a station

B．in a train

C．in the doctor’s waiting room

D．in the women’s room

3.The machine told the Indian woman           .

A．she was a little lighter

B．she was a little heavier

C．it couldn’t speak Indian

D．to eat what she wanted to eat

4.The machine said to a Chinese girl that she            .

A．should eat more

B．should eat less

C．had to eat more fruit

D．kept herself healthy

5. How was the American woman?

A．She was healthy.

B．She liked thinking.

C．She was too heavy.

D．The machine didn’t like her.