Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language.（3） Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!

Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the (4) /f:st/ school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. （5）然后他们教给他们的学生手势语 。 Soon there were schools for deaf people in other (6) / 'kntrz /.

Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

【1】在文中（1）处和（2）处分别填入一个合适的词，使句子通顺连贯。

（1） ________________

（2） ________________

【2】根据音标提示，在文中（4）处和（6）处分别填入一个合适的词。

（4） ________________

（6） ________________

【3】将文中（3）句译成汉语。

_____________________________________________________

【4】将（5）句译成英语。

_____________________________________________________

【5】How can the deaf learn TV news in the USA today?

_____________________________________________________

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Thursday, August1 5th Sunny

Great weather! It was sunny yesterday. We arrived in Beijing at 9:00 in the morning. We had breakfast on the plane. We went to the hotel by taxi, 【1】 lunch and a short rest, we took a bus to the Summer Palace. We 【2】 the whole afternoon there. While we were in a boat on Kunming Lake, we 【3】 someone singing Beijing Opera on the bank. The singing sounded very 【4】 . In the evening we walked to Tian'anmen Square 【5】 it was next to our hotel. We took some 【6】 there. I think my parents will like them. This morning when we walked to the Palace Museum, we passed by（路过） a square and saw some people 【7】 kites. The kites were in different shapes(形状). Some were like birds, and some were like fish. They were 【8】 beautiful. The day after tomorrow we'll 【9】 the Great Wall. I hear it's very great and I think I will have great fun 【10】 there.

假如你有一位澳大利亚朋友里克(Rick)。现在请你根据下表的提示内容，写一篇不少于60词的短文向大家介绍一下他。

Age：13

Can：play the guitar，swim

Favorite animals：elephants

Dream：go to Thailand for a trip

要求：1.语句通顺、逻辑连贯；

2．包含所有提示信息，可适当发挥。

“My teacher asks you to go to our ______ tomorrow.He wants to have a ______ with you，”says Steve.

“To your school？Why？”

“Because he asks us a question，and only I ______ the answer(答案)，”Steve says.

“Really？You are ______，”Mom is very happy.“What is his question？”

“His question is ‘who spilt(洒) the milk on my chair？It makes my trousers ______．’”

【1】A. by B. with C. to D. from

【2】A. works B. finishes C. leaves D. relaxes

【3】A. still B. only C. also D. just

【4】A. gets B. goes C. arrives D. comes

【5】A. Why B. When C. How D. What

【6】A. class B. school C. club D. room

【7】A. drink B. look C. talk D. rule

【8】A. tell B. help C. wish D. know

【9】A. smart B. friendly C. funny D. lazy

【10】A. short B. dirty C. clean D. long

【1】他们的老师对他们要求严格。

Their teacher is____ ____them.

【2】你妈妈正在做汤吗？

Is your mother_____ ____?

【3】孩子们，请准时到校。

Boys and girls，please get to school ____ ____．

【4】艾米觉得这本书有点无聊。

Amy thinks this book is ____ ____boring.

【5】这个女孩处于极大的危险之中。

This girl is _____ _____ ____．

【1】Dave's mother ____(teach) math in a middle school.

【2】The Browns are always ____(friend) to me.

【3】Lots of ____(child) are playing games there.

【4】Tim practices____(play) the drums for thirty minutes every day.

【5】Xixi is ____(study) for the math test in her room.

【1】在杭州旅游期间，我照了相当多的照片。

I took ___________ photos during the trip to Hangzhou.

【2】每天花费他至少两个小时的时间做作业。

It takes him ___________ two hours to do his homework every day

【3】大卫和他的哥哥在很多方面不同。

David ___________ his brother in many ways.

【4】那由你来决定。That's ___________ you to decide.

【5】我的妈妈总是准备着帮助我。My mom ___________ always ___________ help me.

【6】数百只鸟在空中飞翔。 ___________ birds are flying in the sky.

【7】他迸屋后打开了灯。He ___________ the light after he came into the room.

【8】昨天晚上直到妈妈回来我才去睡觉。I ___________ to bed ___________ my mother came back last night.

【9】请把这个苹果切成两半。Please cut the apple ___________ .

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

【1】After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

【2】The head man was interested in ________.

A. Thomas Edison B. the old machines

C. the new machines D. Edison’s telephone

【3】Edison made a telephone. It ________.

A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly D. carried voices much farther

—If it ___________, I ___________.

A. doesn’t rain；go B. won’t rain；go

C. don’t rain；will go D. doesn’t rain；will go

校报将出版一期以computers 为主题的专刊，号召全体同学积极投稿。请你根据以下要点，写一篇文章。

要点：

1. 计算机是最伟大的发明之一，计算机在我们的日常生活中越来越重要，在生活和学习中帮助我们很多。

2. 几乎每个家庭都有计算机，人们可以通过计算机给外国朋友发送电子邮件，计算机能够开拓我们的视野，让我们学习更多的新知识，我们要充分利用计算机。

3. 每天使用计算机的时间不宜过长，记住不要浪费太多时间玩电脑游戏，注意保护眼睛。

4. 你使用计算机的心得。（一、二点）

要求：80词左右，可适当发挥。

词汇：broaden horizons 开拓视野 make use of 利用