阅读填空。根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使其完整通顺。

I love living in Venice．I like 　　1　　 because it's quite a small city．There are no cars or lorries(卡车), but there are water buses on the main canals(水道)all day and all 　　2　　 and it's not far to walk anywhere in the city．But you 　　3　　 lots of money to live here．Houses are very expensive and everything comes from the mainland so the 　　4　　 of every day supermarket items are rather high．And apart from cinemas and theatres, there's not 　　5　　 to do in the evening．But I still like it here．

回答，阅读短文，根据短文简要回答下列问题。

David wants to be a tour guide．In fact, it's all he has ever wanted to be．He wants to travel, especially to English-speaking countries such as the United States and Australia．However, he knows that he has to improve his English, so he has started taking lessons at Yangguang Language School．The school has really helped him learn English．He's been a student there for a year now and he really loves it．Maybe when he leaves school, he will think about becoming an English teacher rather than a tour guide．

1．What does David want to be?

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2．Where does he want to travel?

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3．Does he know that he has to improve his English?

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4．How long has he been a student at Yangguang Language School?

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5．What will he think about when he leaves school?

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用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

　　Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge(知识)．If you remember the following information, your life 　　1　　(be)much safer．

Always notice the environment around you．You shouldn't walk alone outside．Make sure where the public phones are．If anything dangerous 　　2　　(happen), you can find them easily．

　　Your bag should 　　3　　(put)towards the front of your body instead of 　　4　　(carry)it on your back．

　　If you 　　5　　(follow)by someone whom you don't know, cross the street and go to the other side．Let the person who is after you know that you 　　6　　(notice)he or she is following you．Next, don't go home at once．You are safer in the street than you are alone at home or in the elevator．

　　If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try 　　7　　(get)to the stop a few minutes early before the bus leaves．This stops the other people from 　　8　　(watch)you．On the bus, don't sit alone．Sit behind the driver or with other people．Please remember not to sleep．

阅读短文，完成下题。

　　Stephen Hawking was bom in 1942．He's a world farnous acientist and exper on space and tine．Stephen in trying to find the snswers to some very big questions．such as ：How did the uni-verse begin? How will it end?

　　Stephen was a strdent at Oniversity．He studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty．he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family,”He has only two more years to live,” The doctors were wrong –he didn't die “He can't walk now but he usea a wbeclchair(轮椅)．He talks with the help of a computer．After Oxrord, Stephen went to Canadridge Univeraity．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor(博士)of philosophy(哲学)．

　　Because of his health problems, it was difficuk for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he star-ted to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world, In1981, he met the Pope(教室)in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief Histary of Time．It aold more than 5.5million cop-ies(册)in 333 difcrent Langusgees．

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．What did Stephen Hawking study at Oxlord University?

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2．What did he decome very ill?

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3．What did the doctors dhink of his disease?

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4．What kind of person do you think Stephen Hawking is?

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阅读下面短文，根据上下文，从文后方框内选出适当的选项填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整正确，然后完成下题。

　　Years ago, if a teenager(青少年)had some problems is her Iife, she might write in her dia-ry．Now a teenager with the same problems might go onto the Intemet and write about them in a blog(博客)．In many ways, a daiy and a blog are almost the same．So, what makes a blog different from a diary?

　　　　1　　 Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of secrets．Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day．

　　I have a little sister, and sometimes Igo onlime to read her blog．She writes about things like waking up carly for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry exam 　　2　　 Then, after Ifinished writing．Iwould hide my diary in a secret place because I was worried that my sister might rcad it!

　　Because a blog is such a public way of wriing, it has both good and bad points(特点)．　　3　　 If I am angry with a friend during school and write something bad about her in my dairy．she will never know．However．if my sister writes somcthing bad about a friend, that friend may read her blog and get angry．　　4　　

　　A blog has good points, of course．People choose to write in blogs they know that their friends will read what they write．If I am feeling and one day and write in my dairy,” Nobody cares about me,” no one will know about it．However, it my sister writes the same words in her hlog, her best friends will quickly reply and tell her how much they like her．Blogs help people stay in contact(联系)with their friends and hear what the people around them are doing．

　　If people are careful about what they write, blogs are a very good way to write about everyday life．However, I sail prefer my old diary!

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5．Which one is NOT the writer's idea?________

A．A dairy is safer than a blog

B．A dairy and a blog are almost the same in many ways．

C．Blogs can help people stay in contact with their friends．

D．Blogs are the beat way to write about everyday life．