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Today's question is:

What do you think is the most useful invention of all time?

By Cindy Wu

There are many the train, the car, and the airplane the useful machines, but these are not my ____. For an everyday, useful invention, I vote for the air conditioner. I live in Taibei, and during the summer the temperature can be 39 degrees Celsius or more. It's so hot! I'm not joking when I said that, if there are no air conditioners, people here cannot work or study. A lot of people might also get sick____ cool air.

By Jorge

The most useful invention of all time is surely the Internet. We can now reach people and do business faster. I ___ a clothing store in Mexico City, and there's a lot of competition. I not only have a website as others, but also own a online store on Taobao.com. Now, people from all over the world can buy my clothing using the Internet. I can keep in touch with friends and family in Mexico and around the world using e mail. It's faster than____ mail, and it's cheaper than using the phone!

By Kazuo

I also think that the Internet is useful. But, in my opinion, there is an "invention" that is even more ____, and that's electricity. Of course, this is not a man﹣made invention, but people like Benjamin Franklin and Alessandro Volta learned how to use it. If there is no electricity, many of the world's greatest inventions would not ____.

1.A.choose B.choices C.thoughts D.think

2.A.with B.in C.without D.during

3.A.own B.owe C.design D.build

4.A.usually B.useless C.usual D.useful

5.A.importantly B.important C.efficient D.efficiently

6.A.job B.do C.use D.work

Reading is the key to unknown worlds. When I open a _______,I enter a colorful world.

Twenty Thousand League Under the Sea is a great book that I can't put down. It is about a wonderful trip all around the world _______the surface of the sea. There is also sunlight underwater,so I can _______ rocks and coral(珊瑚)reflecting the sunlight in the water. It is fun to walk in water. It is fun to walk in the undersea forest,_______ the leaves of trees grow well.

But there are other worlds to travel to as well. Let’s take a broom(扫帚)and_______ to Hogwarts with Harry Porter. Hogwarts is a magic_______ for wizards(巫师). Students there have many interesting things. They fly on brooms and play Quiddiitch,a(n)_______ like soccer but played in the sky.

There is still _______ to see. I can go and open the gate to the Secret Garden. In this story, a rich man locks up his garden because his beloved wife died. But Mary, a young girl, comes to _______ the lifeless garden. The grass and trees turn green, the roses bloom again, and a lost friendship comes back to Mary’s life.

Reading breaks time and distance. Our lives are short, but there’s ________ an end to reading. I hope I will never stop reading.

1.A.window B.room C.door D.book

2.A.under B.in C.over D.on

3.A.hear B.look C.feel D.see

4.A.which B.that C.what D.where

5.A.walk B.run C.fly D.do

6.A.office B.school C.bank D.home

7.A.party B.interview C.test D.game

8.A.less B.more C.larger D.smaller

9.A.clean up B.look at C.take care of D.look for

10.A.never B.always C.often D.usually

Some people have a very poor sense of direction.Unluckily,I am one of them.I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way.And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now,I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions,but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions.If anyone asks me the way somewhere,I would say,"sorry,I am a stranger here."

Once on my way to work,I was stopped by a man.He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building.I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps,I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him.I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office,the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions.Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because

A.she is a stranger to the city B.she doesn't know the people

C.she has no time to help others D.she's afraid of giving wrong directions

2.A man stopped the writer on the way to

A.sell her something B.ask her the time C.make friends with her D.ask for the direction

3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer

A.lives B.studies C.works D.teaches

4.The word "embarrassed" in the last paragraph means " ".

A.尴尬的 B.困惑的 C.激动的 D.拮据的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The writer is too shy to give others directions.

B.The writer has a very poor sense of direction.

C.The writer never got lost when she was young.

D.The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.

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