音乐在人们日常生活中起到了相当大的作用。

Music plays a key role in people’s________ ________.

We don’t know who first discovered a way to measure time. It was probably the Hindus, the Greeks, or the Egyptians. We do know, however, that more than 7, 000 years ago the Hindus looked at the sky and measured time by looking at the position of the stars and the sun.

The Egyptians used the water clock. This measured the time it took for a certain amount of water to pass from one place to another. The Egyptians were also the first people to make a calendar of 365 days. The earliest known water clock was found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh(法老)Amenhotep I, who was buried around 1, 500 BC.

The hourglass(时漏) was probably invented in the 3rd century BC. No one knows for sure. This was similar in a way to the water clock. Time was measured by the amount of sand that moved from one container to another. We still use this kind of clock today in the form of an egg timer(煮鸡蛋的定时器). This measures time in three minute periods.

The first clock of any kinds to be used in China were brought there by European explorers. And it was in Europe that the first mechanical clock was invented. The word “clock” comes from the Latin “clocca” which means bell, and it was first used in the 14thcentury.

根据短文内容，填写适当的单词或短语，完成下列句子。每空不超过两个单词。

1.More than 7, 000 years ago, the Hindus measured time with the help of looking at__________ of the stars and the sun.

2.People found the earliest water clock in________ where the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I was buried.

3.No one knows when the hourglass was invented_________.

4.__________ first brought clocks to China.

5.The first mechanical clock was invented in___________.

英汉互译

1._________八月

2.________咳嗽 v.咳嗽

3._______比较

4.__________发烧；发热

5._________吉他

6.height _________

7.quiet___________

8.seldom__________

9.Thursday ___________

10.volleyball________

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

What is your attitude towards making mistakes?

What have you learned from some of your past mistakes?

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of the last century. During his lifetime, Einstein t1.about the universe and solved many problems in physics. Einstein is most f2.for his Theory of Relativity(相对论).

Einstein’s early years

Einstein was b3.in Germany in 1879. After he finished school, he went on to study physics in Switzerland. In 1905, Einstein began to write articles and became a pioneer in the f4.of modern physics. For one of those articles, he received the Nobel Prize in 1921.

Einstein, the t5.

Einstein taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and went to teach a6.Princeton University in the United States.

Einstein died in 1955. He signed his last letter b7.he passed away(去世).The letter asked people to give u8.nuclear weapons(核武器).

Einstein’s sayings

“The important thing is not to stop q9..”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“1 think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion(结论) is false. The h10.time I am right.”

每个人心中都有一个自己认为最重要的人，他/她可能是自己的亲人，可能是自己的朋友，也可能是萍水相逢的一个……请你以“The Most Important Person in My Life”为题写一篇英语短文，简单描述一下你生活中最重要的人。

写作要求：

1.句子结构准确，要点齐全，内容合理，篇章结构连贯;

2.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;

3.不少于80词。

The Most Important Person in My Life________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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How does the man like to travel?

A.By train. B.By ship. C.By plane.