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Basketball players are usually very tall. Because they need to put the ball into the basket. Other sports players may be shorter than them.
Short people often have better balance (平衡) than tall people, so they don't fall over very often. In some sports， the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis, they don't need to have long legs to run fast! Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some are short. The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents.This is because they eat better than their parents. Good food can help children grow.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1.Are all sports players tall?
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2.Is it better to be short than to be tall?
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3.Do fast runners all have long legs?
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4.How tall is the tallest man in the world?
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5.Why do young people grow taller than their parents?
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阅读下面短文，把A--E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。1-5
On the suburb(郊区) of a town in England, there lived an old man in a nice house with a large garden. 1.____________ He watered and fertilized(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. 2._____________ He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers, why do you take notice of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener since I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 3._________________ Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As for the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don't know you. But I know that flowers are angles(天使) that everyone knows. 4._______________”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven. 5._____________ Beethoven himself couldn’t hear his wonderful music, but his music has encouraged millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
A. He cared for his flowers all the time. B. I can touch them though I can’t see these flowers. C. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. D. We enjoy the happiness which these flowers have brought us. E. He couldn’t hear anything in his later life and wrote great musical works. |
动词填空：根据短文内容，用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空，完成短文。（共5个小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
improve, listen, watch, learn, talk |
In the English club, some students are talking about the best ways1.________ English. Jenny thinks it is to make word cards. Most students agree with her. Bob says he has 2._________ his English by3.__________ with his friends in the club. Jack thinks 4._________ English movies can also help a lot. Clara advises everyone 5._________ to tapes every day. They all learn something useful there.