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Visitors to Japan are often excited about the delicious food, but many people are a little nervous 1.what to do at restaurants or in a Japanese household. So it's helpful to know basic table2.before going to Japan.

3.people use knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks to eat. But chopsticks are the most4.utensils (用具). When you are eating dinner with some Japanese friends, don't directly pass5.from your chopsticks to somebody else's chopsticks. It's also important not to6.chopsticks vertically (垂直地) into food, especially into a bowl of rice. It's not7.to move your chopsticks up and down above dishes or to point at somebody with your chopsticks.

It is polite to lift small bowls of rice or soup when you eat. It8.you from dropping food.

In Japan, it is common to slurp (吃时嘴唇发出很响的声音) while9.noodles. People say the noodles taste better10.they make slurping noises.

When I first met my fifth-grade teacher, I was happy. She seemed pretty nice, so I was excited to 1. a whole year with her. Every day the class would do a warm-up and then discuss it. We would also read stories, sing songs and learn about different cultures around the world. I thought I was very lucky to have such a great, kind and caring 2..

When December came around, my teacher suddenly stopped 3. to school. The whole class missed 4.. Rumors（谣言）spread around the school about 5. she didn’t come to school.

＂She’s 6. holiday,＂ some girls explained to each other during lunchtime.

＂She’s got really tired of us and decided 7. to teach us anymore,＂ some boys said.

8. no one knew the truth.

For the rest of the school year, I never saw her again. In the middle of the sixth grade, I received a disturbing（令人不安的）message. She had died of cancer（癌症）. I 9. very upset. I wish I could visit her in the hospital. Whenever I think about her, I remember all of the happy times we had together. Because of her, I can understand what matters most to me. I never told her how much she meant to me. And now it’s too 10..

（2017﹒重庆B）Sometimes we are used to drawing a quick conclusion(结论), but is it right or not? My little son gave me a 1..

One day, I took my five-year-old son to go out for a walk after dinner. On the way, we saw an old woman selling fruits. I didn’t take enough money with me. 2. my son liked eating fruit very much, I could buy only two pears and gave them to him.

The little boy held the pears in his hands. I asked him if he could share one 3. me. On hearing this, he quickly took a bite(咬) from one pear, and the 4..

I was quite surprised. I 5. myself what mistakes I had made in educating my son so that he acted in such a greedy(贪婪) way. I was lost in thought. Perhaps I was just 6. too much. My son was too young to know about sharing and giving.

Suddenly, my son gave me the pear in his right hand and said, ＂Mom, you have this one. This one is much sweeter.＂ Then I knew why my little son took a bite from 7. pear.

From then on, I always tell myself not to reach a conclusion too 8.. Try to spend some more time in understanding things better.

What will happen if a family without the Internet for a month? One American family decides to find out. They have sent invitation to a leading US television station, expecting that it will send a film group to record their day-to -day life 1. technology for a month.

When the film group meet 2. Smiths, they find that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two sons are so crazy about technology that 3. hardly do things together. At mealtimes, no one 4. at the dining table for their food. ＂Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen,＂ Mrs. Smith explains. ＂ 5. we don’t make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!＂

Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not 6., especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many 7.. For example, the two brothers have to go to the school 8. to borrow books for their scientific projects, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things 9.. As the family has picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time taking over meals, playing sports and doing all 10. of activities together.

Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge?

（重庆第一中学2017届九年级上学期期末）Thousands of runners took part in the 34th Beijing International Marathon. But many of them had to 1. face masks to protect themselves against pollution. Some runners gave 2. the race because of the pollution. British runner Chas Pope said that he was only able to run 10 kilometers of the race in a mask before he decided to stop. He also said that the race should have been stopped because all of the runners wanted to keep away 3. the bad air condition.

Gong Lihua is a Chinese runner 4. came third in the women’s race. She said the smog had caused some difficulties. ＂I felt I couldn’t breathe well when 5. in this kind of smog(雾霾),＂ she said. According to Beijing’s environment center, the air was seriously polluted on that day.

Besides the runners in the race, common people in Beijing are also 6. about the situation. Because there are 7. many factories built around Beijing that more and more pollutants(污染物) are produced. Also, there is too much traffic on the street, so air is polluted by the waste gas from the cars.

As a result, Beijing government suggests people cutting off outdoor 8. and staying indoors more. If they are going to go out, remember to wear a face mask.

Do you know how to make friends with a group of people? Let me tell you something about 1. friends with the group. Maybe it’s helpful to you.

First you need to know what kind of group they belong 2.. If people in the group are shy, never 3. them ＂Why don’t you talk?＂, ＂Why are you quiet?＂ or ＂Why do you look shy?＂ They don’t like such 4..

Next, remember that each group is different. They may use 5. words, like different things or have different ways of ＂hanging out＂.

Then, the important thing is that you must try to be outgoing. 6. you are outgoing, you will become very popular. Remember, 7. wants to make friends with a quite shy person.

Finally, find a right topic to talk 8. others or the one you want to make friends with. For 9., you can talk with them about the weather, their hobbies or their school lives.

If you do all these above, you will make more friends and get 10. well with them.

（广东省东莞市2017届中考冲刺考前押题）When I was 12, something 1. to me changed my interest. We lived near a wood and 2. sang beautifully in the trees every evening. I wanted to catch a bird and keep it in a cage so that I can have my own singer.

I did get one and put it in my cage. I felt very happy and looked 3. to some beautiful songs from it. On the next day, its mother flew to the cage with food. The baby bird 4. everything. I was happy to see this. Surely the mother knew 5. her baby liked better than me.

The next morning, I found the baby bird dead. What was wrong? I took 6. care of the bird. Arthur Wayne told me the reason. ＂A mother bird, finding 7. baby in a cage, will sometimes bring it some poisonous(有毒的) strawberries. She thinks it is 8. for it to die than to live in a cage.＂

Never since then have I caught any living birds or 9. it in a cage. It made me know following 10. rules in nature sometimes means everything to the living things.

It’s for all of you to understand the of the wetlands .

A. importance ; important B. important ; important

C. important ; importance D. importance ; importance

She to bed until she finished her homework .

A. went ; to do B. went ; doing C. didn’t go ; to do D. didn’t go ; doing

He needs people to help him do the work .

A. two other B. more two C. another two D. two others