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Electricity is of great  【小题1】 to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.
When I was in that country, the power went off  【小题2】every few days. This happened not only in small towns, 【小题3】even in the capital.
One day when I went to the airport, the power was  【小题4】. I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course  【小题5】 The weather was very hot. To my 【小题6】, restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was  【小题7】. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or  【小题8】 in bed. How boring!
I wondered what 【小题9】 I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I 【小题10】 nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.

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(1)Daniel(丹尼尔)  was always making excuses for forgetting to do things. His usual excuse was: “I was too busy.” or “I didn’t have time.”

Daniel’s parents were worried about him. “He shouldn’t make so many excuses.” his father said. “No one will believe him.”

(2) “I don’t know what we can do.” his mother said.

“I have an idea” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will.”

The next day was Daniel’s birthday. He wanted to get exciting presents from his parents. But all day they only said “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was really sorry.

“Never mind.” he thought. “There is a surprising present for me after school.” But there wasn’t. Sadly he said to his parents at dinner, (3) ________(今天是我的生日).”

“Oh,” his father said. “So it is. I forgot.”

“So did I.” his mother said.

“How could you forget?” “We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday because we were too busy.”

Poor Daniel! He never had an excuse for not doing something again.

1.请把(1)处译成汉语。 _________________________________________________________。

2.请把(2)改成同义句。（用两个词）I don’t know what ______ ______.

3.请把(3)处译成英语______________________________________.

4.Did Daniel get his birthday present at last?

____________________________________________________________________________.

5.What do you learn from the story? _________________________________________.

Do your parents ever say, “Act like a lady” or “Be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today’s teenagers, what qualities (品质) should a lady or a gentleman have? Let’s take a look.
What is a gentleman?
The girls have their say:
Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman is not a strong, stupid guy. He doesn’t get angry. He cares about others’ feelings. He’s always ready to help. There is a boy in my class I think is a gentleman. I didn’t do well in the mid-term English exam. He comforted (安慰) me by saying I would do better next time. His words made me feel happier.
Chen Tingting of Henan: A gentleman always says, “ladies first”. When cleaning the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. There aren’t any gentlemen in my class. When there are snacks, the boys in my class are always the first to grab them!
Boys tell us what they think a lady is:
Wu Yifan of Dalian, Liaoning: A ladylike girl is gentle and quiet. But she’s not shy; she’s not afraid of expressing herself. She is kind and beautiful. To me, actress Dong Jie is a lady. She is pretty and gentle. She also has a kind heart. She does a lot for charity.
Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just pretty-looking but wise too. She never says rude words. She is not noisy. She is always calm and at ease. There aren’t any real ladies in my class, I think. Most of the girls are of a style I call “wild beauties”.
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The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much    【小题1】   than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is    【小题2】    . To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people are, the more pollution is. Many years ago, the problem was not so 【小题3】    because there were not so many people. When the land was    【小题4】  up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another one. But this is no    【小题5】     true. Man is now slowly pollution the   【小题6】   world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world, but it is not    【小题7】  one kind of pollution. Water pollution   【小题8】    our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to    【小题9】    pollution. They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is certain that if there are fewer people driving, there will be   【小题10】   air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means   【小题11】    the land, water and air clean.