If you live far from school, you may have to use lunch boxes to take lunch to school. Do you want to know what the early lunch boxes looked like?1.

From the 19th century, people used baskets to take meals. A nice wooden box would be used by rich people.2.The tins were large enough for a piece of meat, some bread and some cheese.

Walt Disney made the first “character” lunch box in 1935 by putting Mickey Mouse on the box. 3.In 1950，TV cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy, agreed to put his picture on the outside of the blue and red lunch boxes. Over the next 30 years, different popular characters controlled the market, such as Aladdin, Miss America, and the Flying Nun. The Florida government said that the metal boxes could be used as weapons(武器) and they were dangerous for children.4.In 1986, people began to use lunch boxes which were made of plastic. 5.Now we can see many plastic lunch boxes with beautiful pictures on them.

A. By the 1860s, people started making tins to make meals.

B. The last meal lunch box was made in 1985.

C. Let’s see the history of lunch boxes.

D. Children liked this kind of lunch box very much.

E. The plastic lunch boxes have been using since then.

F. Metal lunch box was popular.

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I hate my new neighbor very much. She has a big dog and the dog always 1. (make) too much noise at night. It makes me not sleep well. I talked about the problem many 2.(time) with my new neighbor.

Every time she was very polite but she didn’t do anything 3. (solve) the problem. She told me the dog belongs to her little son. She had no right to deal4.her son’s dog. One night, I couldn’t stand the barks. 5. I rushed into my neighbor’s house. Surprisingly, I saw a disabled boy playing with the dog6.(happy). It was the first time my new neighbor and ? had a deep conversation. She told me that her son likes the dog very much because the dog was his only friend. She 7.( add) that she was busy and hardly had time to play with her son. I left my neighbor’s house without 8.(say) any words. The boy likes the dog 9. brings the pleasure to him. I also have no right to take the pleasure from the boy. Understanding 10.(be)the most important thing among the neighbors. From then on, on weekends, I would take my daughter to my neighbor’s house. My daughter also likes the boy’s dog.

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随着一带一路的深入推进，越来越多的外国朋友喜欢上了汉语。 假如你是孔子学院的一名老师Wang Hai，学校将举办“如何学好汉语”的演讲会，请你写一篇80词左右的英语演讲稿。演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总数。

内容提示：1. 学习汉语的必要性。

2. 学习汉语的困难

3. 对这些困难的建议（至少3点）。

要求： 1. 语言表达要准确， 语意要通顺、连贯。

2. 内容包括所提供的信息，可适当发挥，不得使用真实姓名和学校。

Good morning everyone, I am Wang Hai from Confucius Institute.

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Last year, my uncle met _______ elephant in _______ wild in Thailand.

A.an; an B.a; the C.the; a D.an; the

—Millie, ________ do you take the course in DIY?

—Every Saturday afternoon.

A. how long B. how far C. how much D. how often

Alan didn’t take the coat with him on a cold night. _________, he got a cold.

A.In fact B.Because of C.As a result D.For example

—Wild animals need more people’s help.

—Yes. People working in the reserves are doing everything they can ________ them.

A.save B.saving C.to save D.to saving

How beautiful the cranes look! Words can’t ________ their beauty.

A.understand B.describe C.report D.write

—Mum, I don’t quite understand the Chinese saying.

—Dear, don’t worry. ________ the years go by, you will get to know it.

A.As B.While C.Since D.Until

—I want two bottles of juice.

—Sorry. There is ________ left.

A.nothing B.none C.some D.anything