2. What sport is Simmons interested in?

1. Do Americans love sports?

5. Put the sentence “People tried to escape(run away), but it destroyed many towns.” into Chinese.

　(B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Why do people drink often? Because they are t　 1　 　,but this can’t be the o _2　　 　reason, there m _3　　 　be other reasons. In many countries, when friends see e　 _4　　 　other, they often have a drink while they sit and talk. Many English people don’t need a　 5　　 　else, they drink tea several t　 6 　a day even if they are alone.

In most countries people say something i　 7　　 　when they drink together. The English often

s　 8 　cheers. In all countries there are many places (cafes, bars, etc.) where　 they want to sell d　 9　　 . Since there are so many places for people to drink, it seems that many people drink more often than they really w　 10　 　to.

练习三

A) 根据短文内容，按要求答题。(回答1-5题时，不得超过五个单词。)

Americans love sports-they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results-at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow(肘部)and in this way they develop “tennis elbow”. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries(损伤)happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and didn’t know what to do.

Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.

For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens(镜头)inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”　

4. The scientists are difficult to predict the earthquake, aren’t they?

3. How strong was the earthquake?

2. What did the earthquake make in the India Ocean?

1. When was the earthquake?

5. The Canadians look the same, don’t they?

B)根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was s­­­­­­___1__ to find few people there. Zoos are very important places. They p___2 _ homes for many endangered animals. They also help to educate the public about caring f___3___ them. If we don’t s__4__ our zoos, they won’t have e__5 _ money to take care of so many fine animals. Therefore, people should go and visit the zoos m　 6　 　often to learn about animals and help to protect them better.

H__7___, some people do think so. They think zoos are t___8___ places for animals to live. “I’ve visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen o__9__ I liked or one that was suitable for animals to live in.” Jenny said. ‘The animals are k___10 __ in small cages and can hardly move at all. What’s more, they are only given food once week. That’s terrible.”

练习二

(A)根据短文内容，按要求答题。

December 26, 2004, was a wonderful day in India. Most people were happy, and were celebrating their festival. Then it happened. Suddenly, there was a sound, like the sound of thunder. Next, people’s houses began to shake. Buildings cracked and fell. In the town of India, the main street went up twenty feet, holes opened in the earth, and buildings fell in. The earthquake that hit India measured 8.7 in the Richter Scale(里氏震级).

In the India Ocean the earthquake made a tidal wave(海啸). This wave travelled at six hundred miles an hour. Shortly after, at about 2 p.m. it hit the coast (the land next to the sea) of India. It took away with it a piece of land four thousand feet long and six hundred feet wide. People tried to escape (run away), but it destroyed many towns.

The earthquake of 2004 killed about 150,000 people. It was one of the strongest earthquakes in the world. Scientists do not know when the next earthquake will happen. They are difficult to predict(预测), but you will know when it hits.

4. What language do most Canadians speak today?

3. How long have the European settlers been in Canada?