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GRAMMAR
Choose the best answer
1. You can improve your English ______ reading English newspapers every day.
A. at B. by C. from D. in
2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?
A. She attends a course for junior hotel manager.
B. The frozen food is the most convenient.
C. He took her to the cinema last night.
D. A crowd gathered at the scene of the fire.
3. The enemy plane flew ______ the desert and landed in the village at sunrise.
A. in B. along C. on D. across
4. Eric won’t start the experiment until his teacher ________ him how to do it.
A. will show B. show
C. shows D. showed
5. A: How about seeing the film Pride and Prejudice tonight, Alice?
B: _________.
A. A good idea B. That’s all right
C. You are welcome D. Thank you
Complete a passage with words in the box.
Herbs(药草) garden are along sidewalks. Apples, pears, cherries and strawberries grow all inside the town. Corn grows ___6___ in front of the police station, and fruit trees surround the fire station. Vegetables with ___7___ to “help yourself” are next to the railway station.
This isn’t a fictional dreamland – it’s a real place. Known as Todmorden, it’s a small town of around 16,000 people in England. However, to many who live there, it has become happily known as Incredible Eatable Todmorden. Residents grow food for themselves on any ___8___ land in the town.
Eatable Todmorden was the idea of Pan Warhurst, who simply wanted to do something to make a difference. “You know, we’ve got some environmental problems ahead for our children. We must ___9___ the way we live. We must use fewer resources and do things differently.” said Pam.
Eight years ago, she ___10___ the town’s people together for a meeting. They decided to the action to make the town a better place, and they knew they wanted local food to be part of it.
Incredible Eatable Todmorden was born. The original idea was ___11___ : plant fruits, vegetables and herbs in open space around the village – in schoolyards, beside railway platforms and in front of the police station. ___12___ all the villagers, including kids in schools to help plant, weed and water them. Ask every to harvest and eat the food.
“It’s a really good story of ordinary people. We’re sure that we’re going to do something to make a difference,” said Pam. Now the world is taking notice of this outstanding ___13___ of local agriculture. More than 700 incredible eatable towns are being created throughout the world.
READING
fill in the blanks with proper words
People in Britain now spend more time w__14__ TV, gaming, and using their mobile phones and computers than sleeping. Research by the British communications agency Ofcom found that British use technology for 20minutes longer t__15__ they spend sleeping. The average U.K. adult uses technology for eight hours and 41 minutes a day. They sleep for an average of eight hours and 21 minutes. One of the b__16__ reasons for this is broadband and wi-fi. People can get online almost anywhere, so they sped more time online. Many people make telephone calls or surf the web while watching television. Television was the most popular activity. Adults watched an a__17__ of three hours a day.
The study looked at technology and different age group. It found that six-year-olds understand h__18__ to use technology at the same level as 45-year-olds. Another finding was that people understand digital technology most when they are 14 or 15. A doctor said technology is changing the w__19__ people communicate with each other. Dr. Arthur Cassidy warned that we are becoming more and more anti-social. He said we are moving away from face-to-face conversations because of technology. He added that people are becoming addicted to their smart phones. Technology also means people are working at home after they g__20__ home from work.
ANSWER
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1-5 BBDCA
6-13 BECD CAEB
14. watching 15. than 16.biggest
17.average 18.how 19.way 20.get
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