D) 补全短文 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项是多余的。

My uncle has a beautiful umbrella. He loves it very much. I asked him if someone sent him as a gift. 1. “Then how did you get it?” I asked. “Well,” he answered, “there’ s a story about the umbrella. About ten years ago, I was walking along a street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had no umbrella.2. And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer. As I was on my way to a party, I was afraid to get wet. So I waited for the rain to stop. At last a young man came to the place where I was standing. 3. As I hoped he could walk with him together. So I asked him where he was going with that umbrella. As I suddenly appeared before him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella. 4.I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk.5.So I have kept it ever since.”

A. The rain became heavier and heavier.

B. He held a large umbrella over his head.

C. He walked through a noisy street.

D. He ran away and I couldn’t see him soon.

E. He shook his head.

F. I guessed he could take me to a place where I could take a taxi.

G. I knew it would be hard to find the owner.

A. The rain became heavier and heavier.

B. He held a large umbrella over his head.

C. He walked through a noisy street.

D. He ran away and I couldn’t see him soon.

E. He shook his head.

F. I guessed he could take me to a place where I could take a taxi.

G. I knew it would be hard to find the owner.

E) 阅读填空 根据下列短文内容，在文中空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

When Ryan was six years old, his teacher told him that in many parts of Africa, there 1.no clean water. People often became ill, and even died there. They drank or took 2.shower in dirty water.

What she said made Ryan upset. He decided to raise money for a well (井) 3.that people in Africa could have clean water. He did chores for his parents and raised $70 all by 4. . However, it needed $2,000 to dig a well.

Most people will give 5.at this point, but not Ryan. He was disappointed(失望), but made a decision 6.raise more money. Finally he collected over $2,000. That money was used to dig 7. first of “Ryan’s wells”.

After that, Ryan continued to raise money for more wells.8. fact, Ryan has raised over $1,500 ,000!

Ryan calls himself “a normal boy” and likes to play games9.he’s not at school. As for the future, he says that he isn’t sure what he 10. choose to do.

A)翻译语篇 阅读下面的短文，将文中画线部分按要求译成汉语或英语。

When Sam was an 11-year-old boy, a rainstorm hit his hometown on a dark night. 71.When the storm came , he was doing his homework. His sister was asleep and his mother was busy cooking in the kitchen. 72.他爸爸正在看电视. Suddenly, all the lights went off. 73. Then the rain beat against the doors and windows heavily. The wind blew strongly, so his sister woke up. She was scared and started to cry. 74. 这家人什么也做不了。Sam’s father took out the flashlight, but the batteries（电池）were dead. 75. So his mother found some candles and a box of matches. The next morning, after they listened to the news on the radio, they realized that a heavy rainstorm had happened.

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假设你是王明，你将代表学校参加市中学生英语演讲比赛。演讲的题目是We should help parents do housework. 请你用英语写一篇演讲稿。

要点提示：

要求：

1. 包括所有提示要点，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯;

2. 词数：80词左右。开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。

3. 文中不得出现自己的真实姓名、校名和地名。

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning! I’m Wang Ming. It’s my honor to give you a speech. My topic is “We should help parents do housework”.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s all. Thanks for your listening!

The girl is new here and she lives _______. So she feels _______.

A. lonely; lonely B. alone; alone C. alone; lonely

--The cake ______ so delicious. Who made it? ---My mom.

A. tastes B. looks C. sounds

Mother ________ when I got home.

A. cooks B. is cooking C. was cooking

He didn’t go there. I didn’t go there, _________

A. too B. also C. either

— is it from your home to the beach? —It is a one-hour walk from here.

A. How far B. How long C. How soon

It takes me more than an hour __________ to work every day.

A. to go B. go C. goes