【题目】Some birthday customs(习惯) are quite similar(相似)in many parts of the world---- birthday candles, birthday games,and birthday cakes. But some customs are more special to some countries. Here are some children talking about their customs.

Linda---I am fourteen. I come from Aruba. In our country, children take something special to school for their classmates and all teachers. Every teacher gives the birthday child a small present like a pencil, an eraser or a postcard. The birthday child doesn’t need to wear special uniform(校服). He or she can wear family clothes.

Lucy---I am one year older than Linda. Denmark(丹麦) is my country. We hung a flag(旗帜) outside a window to show that someone in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while they are sleeping so they will see them at once when they wake up.

Tom---I am as old as Linda. I am from Brazil(巴西). The birthday child receives a pull on the earlobe(耳垂) for each year in my country. The birthday person also gives the first slice of cake to his most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.

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Countries

___2____

Special customs

Linda

Aruba

Fourteen

Each teacher receives(收到) something special from his or her students and gives the birthday child a small_3_.

___4____

Denmark

___5_

If you see a___6_ flying outside a __7__, you may know someone in that house is having a _8__.

Tom

__9___

Fourteen

The__【10__ slice of the birthday cake is usually given to mom or dad.

【题目】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) 【1】 (call) Internet addiction.According to experts,Internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.They lose control2the time they spend on the Internet.

For example,one college student was missing for several days.His friends were 3 (worry) and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. They called the police.The police 4 (find)the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet for seven days straight.

A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet 5(use) become addicted.The teenager spend more time on the Internet than 7friends and family. That’s why some experts worry most about young people.

Is 7(surf) the Internet” a hobby or all addiction for you? You may

have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms(症状):

★You go out with your friends less and less.

★You can’t wait to get online again.

★You’ve decided to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.

★You do not go to 8(importance) family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

What is the solution? Some experts suggest that people set 9(strict) limits on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, 【10the Internet would control you.

【题目】It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I ____ an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.

One day, while I was driving past him with my ____, I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. ____, when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.

“____ did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.

I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t ____ anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a ___, but next time she would try it as well.

We lived close to the old man, ____ we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started ___ at everyone who passed by his house.

One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very ____. She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know ____, and it felt really good.

As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the ____ of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”

Other friends gave similar ____. This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and ____, if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to ____ the giver and the receiver.

Moved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our ____ for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.

【1】A. noticed B. felt C. heard D. kept

2A. husband B. sonC. daughter D. friend

3A. Just now B. On timeC. In the end D. At the beginning

4A. WhyB. How C. WhenD. Where

5A. buy B. costC. hide D. guess

6A. friend B. driver C. classmate D. stranger

7A. orB. but C. soD. yet

8A. shouting B. wavingC. laughing D. looking

9A. angrilyB. excitedly C . loudlyD. carefully

【10A. him B. me C. her D. us

【11A. lesson B. accident C. news D. story

【12A. giftsB. notesC. opinions D. books

【13A. easyB. funnyC. usual D. special

【14A. pastB. betweenC. all D. both

【15A. attention B. thanks C. suggestions D. interests

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