题目内容
Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.
Paper was first made in China about 2，000 years ago. In Egypt and the West，paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in Southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that，the forestry countries of Canada，Sweden，Norway，Finland，and the United States became the most important in paper?making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.
When we think of paper，we think of newspapers，books，letters，envelopes，and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.
Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated (隔热) with paper. You perhaps have seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland，in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.
1.What did the invention of paper mean?
A. It meant more people could be educated.
B. It meant more books could be printed.
C. It meant paper is one of the most important products.
2.When was paper made in Southern Europe?
A. Before the year 2000. B. After the year 1400. C. After the year 1100.
3.Which country makes the best paper?
A. Norway. B. Canada. C. Finland.
4.What's the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”？
A. Books are warmer. B. Newspapers are warmer. C. Paper is the warmest.
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. The invention of paper. B. The best paper. C. The uses of paper.
| Gone with the Wind Author: Margaret Mitchell ¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online) Gone with the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. | ||
A Little Princess Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥20 (online) A special offer: ¥18 (8:00a.m.-10:00 a.m. ) Motherless Sara Crewe’s father was very rich and Sara lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and she lost everything. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑). It’s an excellent book for children. |
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| Peter Pan Author: J.M Barrie ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. | ||
1.What difficulty did Sara Crewe face in her life ?
A. The American Civil War B. The loss of her parents
C. Adventures in Never-Never Land D. Her strong character
2.We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. we can buy all the above books in bookstores
B. two of the books are written by J.M Barrie
C. all the books have children as their main characters
D. Peter Pan is ¥3 cheaper online than in bookstores
3.If you want to buy all the three books, you have to pay at least ______ online.
A. ¥30 B. ¥12 C. ¥48 D. ¥42
Mr. Smith: Waiter, there’s a dead fly in my soup. Waiter: Yes, sir. I know.---Er,1.. | Teacher: Would Shakespeare（莎士比亚）be a great man if he were still alive today? Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far2.. |
“I’m sorry, Madam, but I shall have to charge（收费）you twenty dollars for pulling your boy’s tooth.” “Twenty dollars! Why, I understand you to say that charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes, but 3..” | Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. “What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?” “I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered. “You’re good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?” “Oh, 4..” |
“Boy, why have you got something in your ear? Is it OK?” “Yes, sir, but you said yesterday that5., so I am trying to stop it.” | |
A.Nobody has lived over 400 years
B.She is the one who sells the candy
C.It’s the heat that kills it
D.Everything you told me went in one ear and out the other
E.This boy cried so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office
课外阅读能丰富学生的课余生活，开拓他们的视野。但是，目前许多中学生并不重课外阅读。请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文，对这一状况进行分析并提出建议。
原因 | 1.作业太多； 2.没有时间读书； 3.时间花在电脑上或网络上。 |
好处 | 更好地了解世界； 学会如何思考； 生活更加丰富多彩。 |
建议 | ……(至少一点) |
注意：1.内容需包括以上提示，课适当发挥，但不要逐句翻译；
2.条理清楚，语句连贯；
3.80词左右，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
At present, only a few students do some reading after class. Here are several reasons. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________