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（一） Lightning is one if the most beautiful natural phenomena . It is also one of the most deadly phenomena .

A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the surface of the Sun and gives out 30,000 amps of electricity. It can

travel at 100,000 kilometres per hour and has the ability to hit a target up to 40 kilometres per hour and has the

ability to hit a target up to do away. About 1,000 people worldwide are killed by lightening every day.

Only about ten percent of people struck by lightening will actually die, but the others are actually very badly

injured., with burns, broken bones, blindness, deafness, paralysis, or memory loss. However, when the electricity

passes through their brain, it can occasionally have unusual and even positive effects. Some blind people have got

their sight back after being struck by lightening. One woman said a psychological test showed her intelligence had

greatly improved, and one man said he could no longer feel cold at all and could go out in temperature below

freezing in just a T-shirt!

So what should you do to stay safe in a thunderstorm ? The most important rule is to stay inside--- but do not

go near phones, electrical appliances, plumbing , or water. If you are stuck outside, do not take shelter under a tree.

Instead, roll yourself up into a ball on the ground as small as possible. And do not think it has to be raining in

order for lightning to strike.

Strangely, lightning seems to prefer some people to others. If you are a man , you are six times more likely to

be struck by lightning than a woman!

Title 1. ________________

2. _________________

phenomenon

It is among the most beautiful phenomena.

A blot gives out 30,000 amps of 3___________.

It can travel at 100,000 kilometers per hour

Positive effects 7._______ results

people

A strange phenomenon It seems to 4. ______________ men to women!

Conclusion

Blind people may be able to 8__________about 1,000

5._________ again worldwide a year.

It may help people improve Causing a lot of injuries.

their 6.________ and build

their body.

Safety tips

Stay 9________ from things like phones, electrical appliances or

water inside the house.

Roll 10 ___________ up into a small ball on the ground

（二） Autumn is a good time for children to go outside and see the changing colours of nature. What outdoor

activities do children like? What do children in other countries in other countries like to do in autumn? Follow

teens and let’s have a look.

The wind is cool, the days are short and the leaves are changing colours. Autumn is a great season for kids to play

outside.

In China, students often have an autumn picnic held by their school. Usually, they will go to an amusement park

or to places that are close to nature.

What kinds of autumn activities are there for children in other countries?

Japanese students often go hiking. It is a perfect way to get exercise while enjoying the scenes. Climbing the

mountains in such nice weather is also a good choice.

Children in the US like to go for bike riding in autumn. Take a mountain bike ride and you can explore new trails.

Playing in a leaf pile is popular, too. Kids jump into the leaf pile to see the colourful leaves fly all around. They

also make leaf rain and leaf beds to have fun.

In the UK, school kids like to camp outside with their parents. They make snacks over the fire and tell ghost

stories.

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Students’ favourite ______1__________activities in different countries

___________2__________

China

Activities

Schools often organize students to have a

__3___ in an amusement park, or in places that

are close to ___4___.

Students like to go for a bike ride ___5___

it’s a good way to get exercise as well as enjoy

the ___6___

Students also like climbing the mountains in

such nice weather.

Children like to go to the mountains to take a

bike ____7___.

It is also popular to play in a pile of ___8___.

Kids like to go ___9___ with their parents.

They make snacks over the fire and tell

___10___ stories.

Japan

US

UK

（三） Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical

(典型的) high school and its students.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every

student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get

their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather

loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to

school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age,

most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their

state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They

can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one

or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies.

Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom.

There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are

involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and

soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

Title: 1 in an American High School

Outline Details

Introduction ◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its 2 .

Lockers and

◇Every student has a locker for textbooks and 3 clothes.

textbooks

◇They prefer loaning textbooks to 4 them.

◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their 6 send

5 them to school by car.

transport

◇They can 7 themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed

the required tests.

◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more

Classes and

8 classes.

classrooms

◇They go to 9 classrooms for each subject.

After-school ◇After school most of the students take 10 in their faviourite activities,

activities

including sports and clubs.

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（四） Milu deer, a kind of animal with large horns(角), used to be common in China long ago. Like other deer

they lived together and ate grass and the soft parts of trees. Milu deer were often killed for food or sport. The

Ming and Qing dynasties(朝代) did not protect them and many were killed. That is how the Milu deer disappeared

from China.

Luckily before all of them were killed, some were takedn to Britain to improve the environment of the

beautiful park which belonged to the Duke of Bedford(贝德福特公爵). He liked them so much that he took them

from China to Britain. Milu deer liked the cool, wet weather in England and their number increased year by year.

As a result, when in 1985 the government of China wanted to bring back the Milu deer, the Duke of Bedford was

able to help. The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu park 20 kilometers south of Beijing and the

centre in Dafeng, Jiangsu province.

The deer certainly seem happy to be back in China because their number has grown quickly. There are now so

many of them that a new park has been opened for them in Hubei Province. At the moment the Milu deer live in

centres where they are being well protected and cared for. It is hoed that one day there will be enough animals to

let them live in the wild (野外) again.

Survival conditions

（生活状态）

Long ago The number of them was very

_1._____

In _2._____and Qing dynasties There were _3._______ Milu

deer left in China

Later A 4._______ Duck of Bedford

took some of them home and

protected them so well that

they became much _5._____

than before

In 6._________ They came back to 7._______

and have lived in centers since

then

They ate grass and the soft

parts of trees

They liked 9.______ and wet

weather

They will become really

10.______ animals again

Life habits

（生活习性）

Their favourite 8._____

Their favourite weather

Their future

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（一）“Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.

One day while I was w 1 on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing（轻擦）against my handbag. He continued his way, but turned b 2 and said “sorry” to me. Even in a

rush, he didn’t f 3 to say “sorry”. One day, after I bought some bananas, the shopkeeper was

passing me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. “Sorry,

Madam,” he said w 4 bending to pick it up. I was s 5 why he said “sorry” to me.

Another time, I stepped on a man’s f 6 at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we b

7 said “sorry”.

Slowly, I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don’t

c 8 much about who is wrong. If someone is in trouble, a “sorry” is always n 9 .

Perhaps that is w 10 I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.

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（二） Earthquakes may h_________ anywhere on the earth. When some plates of the earth move s__________,

an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. They often happen near the m___________, too.

D_________ an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even crack (断裂) open. H_________

fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.

Can we do something to keep ourselves s_______ from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and

make maps that show the “earthquake belts”. In areas in these belts, it’s p________ for earthquakes to happen. In

these areas we should b________strong houses to fight against earthquakes.

In the future, scientists will be able to tell when and where an earthquake will be b________ they happen. They

can also tell people w_______ to do and how to do it.

（三） The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets. And t_______are so interesting that quite a lot of people are

busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees

and flowers. The facts about h______ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great Presidents of the USA s______ hours and hours studying birds? A

businessman who lives near New York city became so interested in insects that he began to collect them. He now

has more than one thousand different kinds and keeps them in glass boxes c__________ .

Come then with me, and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and

fields. Here we shall find now a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear

and her young ones as they look for food and get ready for w_______ sleep. We shall watch bees d________ in

the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will s_______ you many other interesting things, but the

b______ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears o_______ when you go out of doors. Nature tells

her secrets o_______ to people who look and listen carefully.

（四）Now satellites are to forecast the weather. They are in s______, and they can reach any part of the world.

The satellites t_______the pictures of the atmosphere, because this is where the weather forms. They send these

pictures to the w________ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how

the weather will c______. Today, a_______ 500 weather stations in 60 countries can receive satellite pictures.

When they receive the new pictures, they compare them with the e_______ ones. Perhaps they may find that the

clouds have changed d_____ the last few hours. This may m______ that the weather on the ground may soon

change, too. In their next weather forecast, they can tell people about it.

So the weather satellites are h______ to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for

about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecast for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to

forecast the weather for a week or m_______ ahead.

（五）More and more families go on a car trip each year. (1) H_______, the thought of trouble on the road may

prevent you from going out. To avoid(避免) trouble, you need to make a careful (2) p_______ for you trip

First of all, choose a proper route for your trip. Consider (3) w_______ you are going and find several

possible routes to it. Traffic and the (4) t_______ that you will spend on the road must be considered when you

decide one.

Consider your luggage(行李) needs. (5) B_______ you begin packing your necessities(必需品), think about

how many people will be in your car and how much space they will need in order to (6) t_______ comfortably.

Try to avoid busy times. Usually highways are busier on Friday and Sundays, so going on Tuesday or (7)

T_______ will help you to avoid traffic jams. Driving at night is also a great way to miss the traffic and the kids

can sleep (8) d_______ the trip.

(9) F_______, od n’t expect to check your car carefully before leaving so that you can have a (10) s_______ trip.

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