Americans think much about time. From childhood(童年) they learn to value(珍视) time. Parents tell children to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying(死), they say he is living on a borrowed time. 

Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact , they are running. 

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become servants(仆人) of the clock.

1.What do the Americans mean by “Time is money”?

A.If someone has time and works hard, he can make a lot of money.

B.It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C.Working hard can bring people health.

D.It is not easy to make money.

2.Americans think it wrong _______.

A.to work late B.to get up early

C.to be on time to do everything D.to be late for school

3.From this passage we can be sure that _______.

A.Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)

B.Americans live a hard life

C.Americans are good at wasting time

D.Americans always walk fast

4.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A.Time is money B.Americans’ ideas about time

C.Never waste time D.Learn to be on time

句型转换

1.We are in the school volleyball team.(保持句意基本不变)

We are ____________ __________  the school volleyball team.

2.These students study hard at all the lessons.(对划线部分提问)

_________ _________ hard at all the lessons?

3.Let’s have a walk after supper.(保持句意基本不变)

________ ______ having a walk after supper？

4.The girl under the tree is reading a comic book. (对划线部分提问)

_______ _______ is reading a comic book?

5.He does much housework every day.(改为否定句)

He _______ _______ much housework every day.

I’m going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there b_______ spaceship(宇宙飞船).

I will take a big blue spaceship. T_______ I’ll take the spaceship to the sun. The sun is very h_______. So I put on the super shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burgers for my b_______. At eight o’clock, I will play with my friends there. T_______ are a super dog and a super girl. The super dog is white and black. The super girl is very clever. The super girl and the super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for an hour and a h_______. Then I will do my h_______ on a small blue table. A_______ finishing my homework, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All things a_______ red. Then I need a lot of w________ because the sun is too hot. Then I will walk to the spaceship. After that I will take the spaceship to the earth.

This is a good holiday on the sun.

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Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time? Then join us to be a volunteer(志愿者)! We're a non-profit(非营利的) organization(组织). We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone aged 12-70 can become a volunteer.

You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.

“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. I’m happy to work for the children and see their happy faces.” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone helps out a little, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? What are you waiting for? Start volunteering now! Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.

1.Who can be a volunteer?

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2.What does Carlos Domingo want to get when she helps others?

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3.Does Carlos Domingo do volunteer work for children?

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4.Where can we read this passage, in a newspaper or in a story book?

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5.What do you often do in your free time?（请自拟一句作答)

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最近，启秀中学和英国汤力文法友好学校举行笔友书信活动。你想把李梅介绍给你的笔友May，请根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文。

注意：1. 表达中必须包含所给的要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译；

2. 词数90左右。标题已经给好，不计入总词数；

3. 表达中请勿提及真实姓名。

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根据括号内所给英文提示语将下列句子翻译成英语。

1.她今天早上打扫了她的卧室。 (clean up)

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2.和我去购物怎么样？ (What about ...?)

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3.我们可以在外面待到晚上10点之后吗？ (stay out)

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4.学好英语很重要。 (It's + adj. + to do sth.)

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5.一到家他就迫不及待地打开电视。 (can't wait to)

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My sister Alli and I always try to stop people dropping cigarette butts(烟蒂) everywhere. We have done this for seven years.

One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so dirty that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping cigarette butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.

At first, we drew pictures with letters “The earth is not your ashtray(烟灰缸)” on them. We put up the pictures in our hometown—in parks, on walls, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts did harm to the earth.

Most smokers don't think that dropping butts harms the earth. But it does！All rubbish does. Later, we wrote to factories and offices and asked them for money to buy ashtrays and gave them to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn't have to drop butts.

Now we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies would do it.

Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other groups of “No Butts About It” in America. And there are also groups in England, Australia and India！Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work.

But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day it will be.

1.For seven years, the writer and the sister have tried to ________.

A.get people to stop smoking

B.win the prize for their work

C.get people to stop buying cigarettes

D.ask people not to drop cigarette butts everywhere

2.What does their group usually do?

A.They write to companies and offices to ask them not to make cigarettes.

B.They buy some cigarette packs for people to place the butts in them.

C.They carry the ashtrays with them so they don't have to drop butts.

D.They put up pictures around to tell people dropping butts will harm the earth.

3.________are joining them now.

A.More groups in some countries

B.Forty other groups

C.Forty?five groups

D.Few people

Recycled plastic bottles have been used to make a house, but now Robert Bezeau from Canada is building a village with plastic bottles.

The amazing village, called Plastic Bottle Village, is deep in the jungles of an island in Panama. There are going to be 120 houses in the village. And each house needs thousands of plastic bottles.

According to experts, over 22, 000 plastic bottles are thrown away every second, and the number is growing. Where are they？Where do they go？Most of the plastic waste goes to the ocean. What's worse, it is always eaten by fish and birds. It is bad for their health.

Plastic Bottle Village is a very smart idea to turn the plastic waste into houses, and the ocean will be cleaner.

The village is in the jungles. They are very cool in temperature, so there is no need to use expensive energy for air conditioning in summer. What's more, the houses are “green”. And everything will be as environmentally friendly as possible.

“We are changing the world, without changing the earth, one house at a time, ” says Robert.

阅读上面短文, 完成表格里的关键信息。每空一词。

Robert Bezeau, a_____, is building a village with plastic bottles. There are going to be _____ houses in the village. Over 22, 000 plastic bottles are thrown away every_____. Some are eaten by fish and _____, which is bad for their health. So it is a smart idea to turn the plastic waste into houses. When people stay in these houses in summer, they will feel quite_____.

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根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思, 写出空白处各单词的正确形式(每空一词)。

We should do something that we can to _____(保护)the environment. In our _____(每日的)life, we should _____(分开)the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away. Try to use _____(瓷器)cups and bags. While shopping, it's better to use baskets than to use ______(塑料的)bags. Don't always think of buying new things. Some ______(用过的)things are as good as new ones. We can't hope for a ______(快速的)change, but let's take ______(措施)from now on. Repeat these things every day: ______(减少), reuse and ______(回收利用).

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Boys and girls, have you ever read the book The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle？It's written _____ Alison Inches, a _____(success)children's book author.

This is a great diary story about _____(recycle), told from the point of view of a plastic bottle. It _____(describe)the life of the plastic bottle from the factory to the store shelf, then to the rubbish bin and _____(final)to a recycling centre where it starts a new life as a jacket.

This book is both humorous _____ educational. It creates a sweet journey for its young readers _____(follow)and enjoy. It teaches us that recycling is not only good _____ the environment, but also gives something that seems not so _____(value)a change to be something else entirely. Read the book ______ you haven't read it. And you will never look at a plastic bottle the same way again!

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