1. Claire Williams is 15. She is from Wales. Her friends always play volleyball and go to the cinema. They like _______ and dancing. But Claire doesn’t. She has ________ unusual hobby — beekeeping (养蜂). She’s got four beehives (蜂箱). She isn’t sure, but she thinks she’s raised about 40,000 bees.
In the spring, this is a special Sunday for Claire. Claire gets up ________ than other times. She has breakfast with her parents. She puts on her special clothes ________ can protect her and goes out into the garden. She ________ the bees with sugar and water. She sometimes takes photos of the bees, too.
Claire’s friends Hannah and Kate come round. They don’t go near the hives. “We ________ watch Claire with the bees,” They say. “But we’re a bit afraid of them!” Claire talks to her friends for a while. Then Hanna and Kate say goodbye, and Claire goes back to the bees.
It’s lunchtime. Claire likes telling ________ family about bees. “They fly 80,000 kilometers to make one kilo of honey!” She says, “And they visit about three million flowers!”
In the afternoon, Claire stays in her room. She loves reading something ________ bees on the Internet or in books.
In the summer, a lot of honey ________ by Claire’s bees. She takes the honey to a small shop and sells it. She doesn’t spend the money, ________ she wants to buy more beehives! She can have more money in the future.
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A．sing | B．sang | C．to sing | D．singing |
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3.
A．early | B．earlier | C．earliest | D．the earliest |
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5.
A．feed | B．feeding | C．have fed | D．feeds |
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7.
A．she | B．hers | C．herself | D．her |
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9.
A．produced | B．produces | C．is produced | D．was produced |
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10.
A．until | B．though | C．if | D．because |
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2. I study in a junior high school in Canada. A few weeks ago, I ________ a camping trip at Pitt Lake. ________ it was a new experience for me, I was both nervous and excited at first. ________, the weather was beautiful, so we got off to a good start. We had one big canoe (独木舟) and one smaller canoe. I chose to be in the smaller canoe with my friend Mirta, but we soon found that this was not a wise ________. In order to keep up with the bigger canoe, both of us had to paddle(用桨划) hard. My arms quickly became ________. To take our minds off the pain, Mirta and I played “20 questions” while paddling. In this game, one person thinks of an object and the other person asks 20 questions to try and _______ what the object is. We had a good laugh.
We ________ a fire soon after we arrived. At night, we sat around the fire together, listening to scary stories. Some of the campers put their wet socks beside the fire to dry. However, because of the ________, one pair of socks almost caught fire. One person got so ________ that he fell out of his folding chair. Everyone thought it was pretty funny!
The time ________ quickly. Soon, it was time to go back. We agreed that we would hang out together again sometime soon.
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A．looked up to | B．looked forward to | C．took pride in | D．took part in |
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2.
A．Though | B．Because | C．If | D．Until |
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3.
A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．Certainly | D．Normally |
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4.
A．hobby | B．reason | C．choice | D．goal |
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5.
A．painful | B．harmful | C．helpful | D．careful |
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6.
A．find out | B．leave out | C．make up | D．take up |
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7.
A．fought | B．caught | C．started | D．searched |
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8.
A．storm | B．snow | C．smoke | race实验D．wind |
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9.
A．relaxed | B．scared | C．tired | D．excited |
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10.
A．moved | B．went | C．grew | D．flew |
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3. If you have only three minutes to get something that you can take from your home, and the other things are lost forever, what will you take? The following information will help you.
B.O.B | B.O.B is short for Bug Out Bag (求生背包). It’s a bag with a collection of things that are needed for life in it. |
Reasons to use a B.O.B | When disasters (灾难) like earthquakes and heavy rainstorms happen, many people will have to run away from their homes and they may not return for a long time. They need to continue to live without food, water or a shelter in some unexpected situations. |
Things in B.O.B | A sleeping bag, or at least a thin quilt. High-calorie foods, such as chocolate and biscuits. Drinking water. Necessary medicines. Something for making a fire. A few basic tools like a knife. A flashlight. Money. (Be sure to make a B.O.B. as light as possible) |
Places to keep a B.O.B | You should put a B.O.B at a place where you can get it easily when disasters happen. Your home, your car, or your office can be a good place to put it. |
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A B.O.B is very helpful to the people in need. You’d better prepare more than one B.O.B.
1. A B.O.B has a collection of things ________ in it.
A．for research | B．for traffic | C．for life | D．for study |
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2. Many people run away from their homes with a B.O.B. because ________.
A．they have to save many people’s lives | B．they have no other useful things to take |
C．they will be able to return in a short time | D．they need to continue to live |
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3. People should make a B.O.B as ________ as they can.
A．huge | B．light | C．common | D．heavy |
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4. People had better not put a B.O.B ________.
A．at home | B．in the car | C．at the office | D．on the road |
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5. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．Expensive things should be put in a B.O.B safely. |
B．People should take a B.O.B. with them everywhere. |
C．It’s better to prepare more than one B.O.B if possible. |
D．People are advised to put some more clothes in a B.O.B. |
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4. From plastic bottles to disposable (一次性的) coffee cups, humans produce a lot of plastic waste. Plastic pollution has become a serious problem. To solve this problem, many companies and designers are starting to turn to nature. They have made products out of plants, which will help to reduce plastic waste.
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