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　　The Mid Autumn festival falls in September or 　　1　　．On that day, people get together to watch the 　　2　　 which is said to be its 　　3　　 and brightest, and they eat 　　4　　．

　　The Lantern festival is on the fifteenth day of the 　　5　　 lunar month．It marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations．On that day, we eat the special food：　　6　　．The Dragon Boat festival falls 　　7　　 the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year．It marks the 　　8　　 of the hottest season of the year．It is 　　9　　 in the honor of Qu Yuan, and people take part in the dragon boat 　　10　　．What’s more, people eat Zongzi on that day．

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A close friend of my mother’s lives in the country in Yorkshire, and she often goes to the beautiful town of Harrogate to(1)________ her weekly shopping．After doing the shopping she usually has(2)________ in a small tea shop．One afternoon she was looking forward(3)________ having tea, so she went to her usual tea shop, but it was crowded with people from the market fair．The waitress felt rather sorry because there was(4)________ room for a regular customer, so she offered her a place at a small table, sharing with a middle?aged man．The lady was disappointed(5)________ wanted a cup of tea very much, so she agreed．The(6)________ showed her a table by the front window,(7)________ the man was sitting．The man smiled politely then returned to his paperback book．After a few minutes he got up and left．

The lady was drinking her tea(8)________ she noticed that there was a piece of fruit cake on the man’s plate．She looked around carefully but there was no sign of him．She was feeling very hungry and it seemed a dreadful shame to waste it, so she picked it(9)________ and ate it．Just as she was finishing the(10)________, the man reappeared and returned to the table．

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　　China’s 　　1　　 manned spaceship 　　2　　 at 9 a. m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu province．The spaceship is called 　　3　　．The 　　4　　 is Yang Liwei．The 　　5　　 was very successful．During the 21 hours 　　6　　, the spaceship 　　7　　 the earth 14 times．At 6∶23 a. m. on October 16th, the pilot 　　8　　 in Inner Mongolia safely．

　　Millions of people all 　　9　　 China were 　　10　　 TV when the spaceship landed safely．

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Debbie is an 　　1　　 in a large 　　2　　 in the centre of London．Everyday she goes to the company by the 　　3　　．It is very crowded usually．She has to 　　4　　 and often gets 　　5　　．Her lunch is very 　　6　　．In her spare time, she has　7　 and if weather forecast is good, she and her friends drive to the 　　8　　．She loves the 　　9　　 air．Paul is a 　　10　　．He gets up very 　　11　　 every morning．He works on the 　　12　　 all day．In his spare time, he likes to play with his 　　13　　．He goes to London 　　14　　 a year．They all 　　15　　 London．

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　　The opera house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful in the United states．It is small and open, with one roof over the stage where singers perform and another roof over part of the audience．This opera house in the mountain is one of the best in the country, which may seem surprising because performances are only given during seven weeks in the summer, and because Santa Fe is a very small city．

　　One reason why the Santa Fe Opera is so good is that it attracts many excellent young singers．They all hope to sing in famous opera houses like Metropolitan in New York someday, and they work hard to become well-known during the summer．The musicians and directors are experts who come from the best orchestras(管弦乐队)and operas in the country during their vacations．They enjoy working there because they like to live in Santa Fe, which is near both the mountains and the desert．It is very beautiful there in summer．

　　The state government of New Mexico advertises the Santa Fe Opera in newspapers all over the country, and a great many tourists come to New Mexico because of the opera．Still, most of the audience does come from Santa Fe and other nearby cities, and all the seats in the theater are sold for every show．

　　There is only one thing that some people do not like about the Santa Fe Opera, and that is the cold weather．Because the theater is open, performances cannot start before it gets dark at nine o’clock in the evening, and then the mountain air becomes very cool．Sometimes people complain about the cold air, but because the operas are good, these people come back again wearing warm coats．

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The Santa Fe Opera House

Location：________

Open Time：________

Performers：________

Audiences：________

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It’s no secret that we’re into computers．And why not?On the Internet, we can catch up on news, plan vacations, pay bills and make friends．But for some, once they type their way onto the Internet, they just can’t stop．Internet addiction(沉溺)can happen to anyone who’s lonely, and that includes two surprising groups：college students and homemakers．Away from their families, homesick and overwhelmed, many college students seek connections．Their brightest freshmen were failing to maintain good grades, they realized half were using the Internet excessively(过度的)!They couldn’t forbid it, because students needed it for schoolwork．So they provided counseling(咨询)to help students adjust to college－and a year later, the number of web junkie flunkers(不及格的学生)dropped by half．And homemakers are prone to(有……的倾向)addiction too, if they’re shy．But the more on-line connection vulnerable(易受伤害的)people make, the more they may neglect the connections they hold in real life．In recent study, 51 percent of men and 42 percent of women named the Internet as one of the reasons they’re not getting enough sleep!And 68 percent of Internet addicts surveyed(被调查的)said their on-line usage was destroying their relationships．The person will retire to the computers at night instead of the bedroom and to cyberspace(网络空间)relationships with strangers instead of communication with families．There are steps to take to make sure your family doesn’t get hooked(上瘾, 入迷), such as：Putting the computer in a common area like a living room where you can’t spend hours on-line; using a timer to limit on-line time; joining a club or taking up a hobby．Anyone with balance and face-to-face contact with others isn’t likely to get hooked．Your family member or friend could be a cyberholic(电脑狂)if：They’re lying about how much time they spend on-line．They’re spending more and more time on-line and less and less time with you．They get anxious when they try to cut back on on-line time．They’re losing sleep to go on-line．

1．The passage is about ________．

2．Internet addiction easily happens to ________．

3．Harm that Internet addition does：________．

4．How to prevent Internet addiction：________．

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　　Thirteen-year-old Andrew will never forget that Saturday．He was relaxing on his family’s sofa with his sister, Susan．Suddenly the heater exploded．His sister, who was unhurt, managed to pull 　　1　　 away from the fire 　　2　　 his mum dialed for an ambulance．　　3　　 ambulance soon arrived and rushed him to Children’s Hospital 　　4　　 he was operated on immediately．

　　Doctors told his mum there was little chance of Andrew being able to walk again．The damage to his body was so bad and the cuts in his legs was so deep that the 　　5　　(operate)took 11 hours．After a couple of weeks, he 　　6　　(allow)to go home but had to spend the next six weeks in a wheelchair．　　7　　 the help of his doctor, this brave young boy returned to school after only two and a half months．　　8　　(look)back on the accident, Andrew says he believes children can do 　　9　　 they want 　　10　　 they put their minds to it．

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　　Man has always wanted to fly．Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem．One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vince．In 　　1　　 sixteenth century he made designs for machines 　　2　　 could fly．But they were never built．

　　Throughout history, other less famous men 　　3　　(want)to fly．An example was a man in England 800 years ago．He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers．Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building．He did not fly very far．He fell to the ground and broke every bone in 　　4　　 body．

　　The first real step took place in France in 1783．Two brothers, the Mongol fliers, made a very large “hot air balloon”．They knew that hot air rises．Why not 　　5　　 a balloon with it? The balloon 　　6　　(make)of cloth and paper．In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon．They watched it 　　7　　 the very first air passengers into the sky．The passengers were a sheep and a chicken．We do not know 　　8　　 they felt about the trip．But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed 　　9　　．Two months later, two men did the same thing．They rose above Paris in balloon of the same kind．Their trip 　　10　　 twenty-five minutes and they traveled about 8 kilometers．

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　　A sense of humor, God’s greatest 　　1　　 to mankind, is universally considered the 　　2　　 personal wealth．It is to be cultivated．A person without 　　3　　 is just like a spring without flowers, a dish without seasoning(调料)．In a sense, your personality lies in your sense of humor．

　　Humor can improve 　　4　　 as well as the mental well-being．It helps us bear our burdens, 　　5　　 our tension, overcome our frustration(挫折), relax our body muscles．With a crack of joke, all our 　　6　　(worry), sadness and 　　7　　 are gone like mist and smoke, and we are full ofenergy once again．

　　Humor helps us live in harmony with others．It is unavoidable to 　　8　　 misunderstanding and tension with others during work or study．But humor can, as a “comforter”, 　　9　　 these problems 　　10　　(quick) than angry words or quarrels．With it you can always keep in good relations with others．

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　　Good afternoon, principal, teachers and all students．It is my 　　1　　 to be here to give a talk to all of you．I have studied in this school for five years．In these five years, I learned one precious thing that is important not only to me 　　2　　 to all of you here, and it is “reading”．I can always gain knowledge from reading．Reading doesn’t 　　3　　 take up a lot of time but I gain a lot．Now I would like to share my reading experiences with you．

　　I once read a book Rare Air：Michael on Michael, 　　4　　 by the greatest basketball player in the history, Michael Jordan．While we envy his great achievement in the basketball and business aspects, few of us focus on his spirit of persistence．In the book, he talks about his experience of how he walks on the 　　5　　 of success．In order to join the NBA, he put in every effort to strengthen his muscle, to improve his skills 　　6　　 training hard．Because of his efforts, he successfully entered NBA．

　　However, he did not stop his training．　　7　　, the training was even stricter, 　　8　　 prepared him to deny the statement released by the public, ’Michael is a weak guy!’ While the criticism against him diminished, he worked even harder to achieve his next goal－the championship of NBA．Finally, he succeeded．

　　People honor Michael as ‘God of basketball’ not only for his great basketball skills, but mainly for his spirit of persistence．While we admire his spirit, we can follow his spirit as well．Michael should be our example; we ought to learn from him．As long as we work hard, 　　9　　 is impossible．Bear in mind that all of you have the same quality．Nobody is born wise．Putting in effort is the only but effective way to advancement．My fellow schoolmates, before I go, I would like to encourage all of you that we should work as hard as we 　　10　　．When you grow up, you may be the one who is admired by the community．Let’s work hard together! Work for our future!Thank you．