【题目】阅读短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填人一个最恰当的单词。

We dislike too hot days. Luckily, we have air conditioners and fridges. How did Chinese people stay cool in the hot season before they have air conditioners and fridges?

The most common way Chinese people in the past kept cool was to use fans. Many fans had poems or drawings on them.

Beginning in the Sui dynasty(朝代), Chinese people started to use porcelain pillows(瓷枕). These pillows felt cool, so people could sleep well on them.

People in old times didn't have fridges to make ice. Instead, they collected ice in winter and kept it underground, sometimes in wells(井). When summer came, they got the ice out and put it in their living rooms to cool them down.

Rich people and members of the king family had more expensive ways to keep cool. As early as the Han dynasty, some people used a tool(工具) like modern electrical fans. It was made of a wheel(轮子) and some fan blades(叶片). A person would pull a rope to make the wheel spin(转) and then the blades would spin around fast.

In the Tang dynasty, people found a way to make their whole house cool. They built their houses next to the water, used some machines to carry water to the top of the house, and made it flow down from the eaves(屋檐). This man-made waterfall brought cool air into the house.

How people kept cool in the past

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Fans: It was very common for people to use fans with 2 or drawings on them.

Porcelain pillows: In the Sui dynasty, 3people began to sleep on porcelain pillows4 these pillows were cool.

Ice: In winter, ice was collected and stored, and then in 5 , people got the ice out and put it in houses to make the

temperature 6

7 fans: In the Han dynasty, a tool like modern electrical fans was used by only a small number of people, for it was8

Water: In the 9 dynasty, people kept their houses cool by making 10 waterfalls.

【题目】How hard we all pray(祈祷) to grow up quickly,and look forward to the happy days of being a grown-up(成人), and enjoy the many interests that a youth should have.

At last,you grow up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you "young lady". You then enjoy being a young lady. You are proud (骄傲) of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you--this young lady warmly. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.

But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say, "Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone (用完) already."

"No," they say, "Your age is dangerous. If you have too much money to spend, it won't do you any good." Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.

Another time you tell your grandma, "Grandma, see,I am a grown-up now."

"Good,now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me when I go and have a rest. "To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work,which only a grown-up can do. After an hour,you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes (批评 ) your work. You hear what she says, "Such a big girl can't do such easy work." You wish then you were a child again.

But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can't help it. That's the way it goes.

1The passage is told about __________ problem.

A. a grown-up boy's B. a teenage girl's

C. an old woman's D. an old man's

2It is clear that the writer,as a teenager,___________.

A. is happy with the present life

B. is unhappy about growing up

C. doesn't think her present life happy enough

D. is sad about being a kid

3How does she know her prayer had been answered(得到回应)?

A. People treat her as a young lady.

B. She doesn't need to play with kids now.

C. People begin to call her teenager.

D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.

4From what her parents say,we know ____________

A. the girl always has much money in her pocket

B. it's dangerous for a girl to spend money

C. they love her more than before

D. they still treat her as a child

5Why does she promise (承诺) to help her grandma do some knitting?

A. Because she likes doing knitting.

B. Because she wants to show that she grows up.

C. Because she has much more free time.

D. Because her grandma is very tired.

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