Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. 1. When they talk to an Indian, he or she often shakes his or her head. They might think that the Indian does not agree what they said. 2..

The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads a little when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes” .3.

At one time a foreigner in India told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. 4. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir!” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.

A.The foreigner said his request again and the driver still shook his head.

B.Body language can be very difficult to understand.

C.But some people will probably be puzzled(疑惑的) when they first go to India.

D.But in fact, he or she is trying to say “Yes!”

E.If a person doesn’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.

On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. “And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car,” Leila explained. “I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this was dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path(小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!”

Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides(隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, there are many hides around lakes, too. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade(荫处) out of the wind and rain.

Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazine and newspapers. But only 5 percent of the photos you took may be good. It is not easy to take a good wildlife photo if you don’t have any good plans beforehand.

1.Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?

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2.Why didn’t Leila get close to the elephants she wanted to take photos of?

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3.How can photographers take good wildlife photos according to the passage?

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4.What are good wildlife photos needed for?

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5.Is it easy to take a good wildlife photo?

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Lunch breaks(午间休息)are important for office workers, since 1. we all need to relax our mind to make it work at its best. And more importantly, it’s the part of the day where we can enjoy some time to ourselves. Normally, a lunch break lasts 60 minutes, which leaves around 40 minutes after eating. You could take a walk, make a phone call to your friends, take a nap(小憩) or even do some sport during this time. For a lot of Chinese workers, 2. 小憩片刻似乎是最受欢迎的放松方式。However, a recent China Youth Daily survey found that 3. almost 60 percent of the country’s office workers are not able to enjoy a good nap during their lunch breaks.

If this also happens to you, 4.我们建议你可以写一下关于这一天的事情。Doing something else while allowing your mind to relax may be a good choice. Because working overtime at night is often the case and there’s almost no time left before going to bed. 5. Using lunch breaks to write a diary couldn’t be better for people. This also gives your eyes a break from the screen.

1._______________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________

4._______________________________________________________

5._______________________________________________________

手机正改变着人们的联系、娱乐和出行等方式。你知道手机的起源和发展吗？请根据下面表格的提示信息，结合手机的发展情况、外形、用途等方面，谈谈它的变化与发展。

要求：

（1）80 词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（3）短文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名。

Mobile phones are becoming more and more important in people’s daily life.

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She was a little sad to see little attention _______ her arrival.

A.paid on B.was paid to C.Paid D.pays on

— Why didn't you answer my call?

— sorry. I _______ an old friend and we _______all the time.

A.have met; are talking B.met; talked C.met; are talking D.met; were talking

The world is changing fast every day. I wonder _______ in the future.

A.what will the world look like B.how we think of the world

C.whether the world will have peace D.which country wins the mat

--- Although Ms Zhou is an old lady, she is always in the pink.

---Yes. Because she exercises every day and eats a balanced diet. Here “in the pink” means __________.

A.healthy B.lucky C.beautiful D.creative

It was a cold morning, and Eduardo Ortega received a large envelope (信封). In it was his dream. But he was too nervous to _______ it. He put the envelope into his pocket and caught the school bus. Eduardo arrived at school, walked past his classmates and sat down in the school library. He took a deep breath,_______ the envelope out of his pocket and carefully opened it. As he read the _______,"Congratulations…you have been accepted," he was already in tears. He remembered the long hours working in the fields, picking strawberries and beans. During those years, Eduardo was much more than a child _______. After work every day, his tired friends drank coffee or slept. Eduardo went to the evening school. He studied, read, and wrote poems and short stories. Although he _______ some classes, he became the best student.

When he was thirteen, Eduardo _______ one of his dreams-to fly on an airplane for the first time. He wrote a poem that won a prize-a trip to San Francisco. _______ he flew, he promised himself to become a pilot. He loved to fly.

Even though Eduardo worked to help his family, his father _______ encouraged him to go to school. So, while he worked, he also studied. Many days, he thought it was _______, too tired to read his books. But his father just smiled and told him he could ________ it.

So, now, Eduardo knew his dream of becoming a pilot was not ________. He knew that it was his father's ________, too. He would soon become a pilot, flying every day to all the exciting areas in the world.

1.A.open B.know C.answer D.write

2.A.placed B.drew C.reached D.made

3.A.story B.words C.sentence D.book

4.A.writer B.waiter C.poet D.worker

5.A.watched B.missed C.left D.chose

6.A.realized B.found C.thought D.wanted

7.A.Because B.As C.While D.Before

8.A.sometimes B.never C.seldom D.always

9.A.careless B.hopeless C.uninteresting D.unimportant

10.A.stop B.take C.make D.work

11.A.lost B.planned C.needed D.done

12.A.job B.way C.advice D.dream

①Choosing seating in the classroom can have an influence on a students performance (表现), a study suggests.

②Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK did a survey on students' seating positions in a classroom. Here are the results.

③The more prepared and hard-working students sit in front rows. They almost always score higher on exams. Perhaps, the front row is the perfect position for students who have trouble concentrating (集中注意力). Also, sitting closer to the front of the classroom does have an influence on the student-teacher relationship, which is connected with greater performance.. According to a study in2018, the Grade Point Average (平均成绩) decreased (下降) by 0.1 point for every row further back students sit.

④Still, some students prefer the middle rows. Dr. Robert Wallace, a member of the National Education Association, thinks of choosing to sit in the middle of the classroom as one of the worst decisions a student can make. "In a classroom, a teacher's eyes often go to the front and the back of the classroom. They don't look at the centre of the classroom very often or with the same amount of attention" said Dr. Robert Wallace.

⑤If neither the front nor the middle is suitable for a student, there can only be one way out: the back. The back row would have the lowest value. That's where students are more likely (有可能的) to chat, play video games or do some other things. However, things are not always what they seem. There are also some good students who work hard in the back row.

1.From the third paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A.good students always sit in the front row

B.teachers like students who sit in the front row

C.poor students have trouble paying attention to the teacher

D.students in the front row may get along well with the teacher

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Students in the front row can concentrate more easily.

B.A student s performance can't be influenced by where he sits.

C.A teacher pays more attention to students in the back row.

D.Students in the back row like to play video games very much.

3.Which of the following can best describe the structure of the passage?

A.①②③/④⑤ B.①/②/③④⑤ C.①/②③④/⑤ D.①/②③/④⑤