● Last month, some volunteers from Xi"an went to a middle school in the mountain area. They
gave away 40 beds, 2 computers and hundreds of books to the students. The school lies deep in
the mountains. Students have to live in the school. But the school was too poor to provide beds
for them, so they had to
sleep on the desks. Thanks to the volunteers, now the students can sleep on their own beds in
the school. | ● The Zapps, from Argentina( 阿根廷), began their tour in their old cars several years ago. They
travelled to over 40 countries with four kids. Many people wondered what made them travel around
the world. They said, "It"s just oue dream, a big dream, from Argentina to the whole world. Thanks
to those who supported us during our journey, our dream came true in the end. "Do you want to see
your dream come true?" If so, why not start right away? | ● Jack Tsonis and Lindsay Morrison in Sydney decided to do something special on the UN"s
International Day of Peace. They both loved peace. They both wanted to break the world record for
the longest handshake to bring more love and peace to the world. To break the world record, they
needed to shake hands for over 11 hours without a stop. Finally they make it. Their arms hurt a lot,
but they were very happy. | 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，完成表格。
Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countryside are so
luckly.
There is a girl called Xiao Juan. She is ten years old and lives in a small village.When she was seven,
she wanted to go to school. But she could not,because her family was too poor to afford the school fees
(学费) for her, so her parents had to keep her at home.Instead of studying, Xiao Juan looked after her
brother and worked in the fields every day.Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Juan. It agreed to help
Xiao Juan to go to school.Her wish of study came true,and now she is studying in a school.
Unluckily, there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope
Project and help these chilren. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.
If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go school for a whole year. With
more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs,blackboards and books. Let"s
help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.
| Information Card | | The girl"s name | __1__ | | Her age | __2__ | | The place where she lives | In a __3__ | | The reason she couldn"t go to school | Her parents couldn"t afford __4__ | | Who helped her to go to school? | __5__ | | 完形填空。 | Much meaning can be carried clearly with our eyes,so it is often 1 that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kindof 2 _? In a bus you maylook at a stranger, but nottoo long. And if he 3 that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 4 wrong with you. lf nothing goes wrong, you will feel 5 toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak. right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds ,it may mean that he wishes to attract (吸引) her attention, to make her understand that he _6 her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the
listener from time to time, 7 make sure that the listener does pay attention 8 what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that 9 cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place 10 you stay.
| ( )1. A. spoken
( )2. A. experience
( )3. A. found
( )4. A. anything
( )5. A. happy
( )6. A. loves
( )7. A. in order that
( )8. A. for
( )9. A. eyes
( )10. A. which
| B. said
B. eyes
B. knew
B. something
B. angry
B. hates
B. so that
B. of
B. words
B. that
| C. told
C. mind
C. finds
C. everything
C. sad
C. thanks
C. in order to
C. with
C. minds
C. where
| D. talked
D. news
D. saw
D. nothing
D. thankful
D. looks
D. because of
D.to
D. body
D. there
| | 任务型阅读 | The 24th FISM World Championship of Magic Opened in Beijing
The International Federation of Magic Societies, or FISM, kicked off in Beijing, It lasted _______
July 26 to 31, and brought more than 2,000 magicians(魔术师) from around the world.
It is the first time China has hosted such an event, and the first time the FISM world championship
has been held in a developing country. Lin Jian, the secretary general of the event"s organizing
committee(委员会), said it was a good opportunity for the Chinese magic circle to learn from the
world.
Magic has a long history in China. Actually, China is one of the three countries that created the
magic art form. However, during the period of the "Culture Revolution", China" s magic has fallen
behind on the international scene. Along with the opening-up policy, many Chinese magicians went
abroad to learn from the rest of the world and many foreign masters have come to perform or give
(2) lectures in China.
For the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Liu Qian put on two magic shows. He attracted great
attention and wide interests from the audience.
(3) Now the public is showing more interests in magic. (4)Lots of people love to see magic shows
and even many children would like to learn magic skill. we can also see that some shops selling magic
equipments. In Beijing, a group of college students have set up a magic alliance (联盟). That" s
important for the development of the magic arts in China. As long as the number of magicians is
growing, our performing and skill levels will be improved.
Several Chinese magicians enrolled in the championship. | 根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
1. 根据上下文在空白处填写一个适当的单词：
2. What"s the meaning of the word "lectures"? ________
3. 写出文中划线句子的同义句：
Now the public____ ______ ______ _________ magic．
4. 根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。
When did China"s magic fall behind on the international scene?
________________________________________
5. 把文中划线句子(4)翻译成汉语。
________________________________________ | 任务型阅读。
Last night"s final 110m hurdles race in the Athletics World Championships in South Korea was perhaps
the most anticipated (预期的) game for Chinese audience. the nation"s TV station CCTV even make a
special short propaganda (宣传) film for Liu. However, it now becomes the most controversial (争议的)
race. Cuban Dayron Robles won the race but was disqualified (取消资格) after making contact with Liu
Xiang, causing Liu almost tripped over the last hurdle and ended up in the second place.
Moments after finishing the final 110m hurdles race, Liu Xiang mentioned to the Chinese media hat he
was hit by Robles during the race, but he said that he blamed nobody and "It"s just a game". An hour later
Robles was disqualified by the organizing committee, and Liu was "promoted" to the second place.
On Liu"s microblog page, he posted an entry later the night, saying, "I"m a little disappointed. But I"m
still pretty confident in myself. The only thing I would blame is I didn"t run fast enough, still need to train
more. Thank you for your care and support. Now I just want to go back home and enjoy my vacation!"
Now on the Internet, the name "luó bo sī" (萝卜丝, Radish, nickname of Dayron Robles, because the
Chinese name has a similar pronunciation as Robles. ) is everywhere. Heated discussion is going on online
and especially on the microblog website like Sina.com, where the topic with the key words "luo bo s?" is
rated as the hottest topic with more than 7497 entries posted on the topic in just one hour.
任务一：阅读短文 ,回答问题
1. What prize did Liu Xiang get?
________________________________
2. Why did Cuban Dayron Robles lose the gold medal?
___________________________________
任务二：句型转换
3. He said that he blamed nobody.(同义句转换)
He said that he _____ blame _____.
任务三： 把文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
4. _______________________________.
5. _____________________________. |
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The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds to claim title of