It ________ about eight minutes for sunlight (阳光) to travel from the sun to the earth.
A. takes B. spends
C. costs D. pays
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任务型阅读 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we won’t have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English ch
anges so much shows that it is alive and well.
1. What does the writer think of the change and development of language?
He thinks it is .
2. Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?
Because their and education levels are different.
3. How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?
The writer mentions reasons.
4.How do young people help develop language?
They do it when they others of their own age.
5. What is considered a dead language according to the passage?
The one that over time is considered a dead language.
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—No, it’s worse.
A. better B. bad C. less D. well
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would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while? _____
A. sure, be careful on the way B. oh, don’t you like children?
C. of course not, dear D. yeah, I hope so
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Three bridges ________ over the river five years ago.
A. built B. build
C. were built D. are built
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________ delicious these beef noodles are!
A. What B. How
C. What a D. How a
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词形转换
用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，每空格限填一词。
1. There are (seventh) small apples in the bowl.
2. Mona also bought an alarm clock yesterday. I compared my alarm clock with (her).
3. Everyone knows that (library) are places for people to study.
4. Listen. Do you hear the sound of birds outside? Thanks to your ears, you can hear it
(c
lear).
5. It is said that (tomorrow) sports meeting has been put off because of the bad weather.
6. His two daughters are very (difference) from each other.
7. The (win) of the photo competition was a 30-year-old man from Shanghai.
8. Mr Smith and his son used to smoke, but they (like) smoking now because they think it’s unhealthy.
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— I didn’ t expect to see you studying at the library so early in the morning.
— , huh?
A. Every dog has its day B. Many hands make light work
C. The early bird catches the worm D. Too many cooks spoil the broth
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单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mary advised that I should buy ______ iPad for my son as a birthday present. Young people are dreaming about owning______.
A. a; it B. a; one C. an; one D. an; it
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