阅读短文，将文中划线部分翻译成中文。
Books are out best friends. They give us both knowledge and pleasure. With books, our life is interesting.【小题1】Books are sogreat friends of ours that we can turn to them for help whenever we meet with difficulty.
However, we should make use of books. As there are bond of different kinds, we should read them in different ways.【小题2】In my opinion, some books are to be read carefully and we must think over and learn something from them. Some should be just looked through. There are a few books that we should never read, for they are not good for us.【小题3】The most important thing that wemust try to put what we learn from books to practice.

My sister and I are very different. When people meet us both, they are always surprised to learn that we are sisters. This is because we don’t look like each other, and we have different personalities(性格).

Are you similar to your brother or sister? My sister and I aren’t? similar to each other at all. I am tall, but she is very short. I have short dark brown hair and green eyes. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. I am strong, but she is not. I have big hands and feet; her feet and hands are very small. When we are kids, she was thin, but I was heavy. Now we’re both heavy.

We also have opposite personalities. She is always shy. I am more outgoing. She is very worried about what other people think and say about her, but I really don’t care. When she has a problem, she just worries about it, but when I have a problem, I try to fix it. She easily gets angry, especially with our mother. But I am more patient.?

1.When people meet the writer and her sister, they are always surprised to learn??????????

2.The writer and her sister are different in ??????????????????? ways.

3.The writer’s sister has?????????????????????? hair.

4.The writer’s sister is very worried about???????????? about her.

5.Do the write and her sister have the same personalities? ????????????

6.Find the topic sentence of the passage and copy it down. （找出文章的主题句并抄写下来）

7.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. （将划线的句子翻译成中文）

8.The underlined word “heavy” in the passage means “???????????????? ”in English.

In western countries, especially in America, some social customs have lasted still today. For example, ladies first, that is to say, women in those countries are respected(尊重) in many ways. In the U.S. and Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant unless the man have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or to give other services. On the street, men almost walk or across the street on the side of the ladies which is closer to traffic, but if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them.
【小题1】In this passage “customs” especially refer to _______.

句子翻译。阅读下面的短文，把下面划线部分的句子翻译成中文。（共5小题，计5分）
You probably think you will never be a top student. In fact, you can become a better student if you want to. You maybe say, 【小题1】“It takes me lots of time to study, but I don’t still make progess.” But if you can use your time well, you may improve your study without much work. There are a few ways here to help you with your study.
【小题2】 Plan your time carefully. You should make a list of things that you have to do during a week. First, you should write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then you should use the time that you can study. 【小题3】Of course, studying  shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave enough time for hobbies yourself.
Find a good place to study. Keep this place , which may be a desk or just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. 【小题4】Listen to what the teacher says carefully.
Careful listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it easier for you to learn well.
【小题5】 Can you give any other ways to study?

把正确的选项填入空白处，使短文意思完整。（5分）
In many countries, people produce power from coal, but it is very dirty and causes acid rain. Some countries use nuclear energy to produce power.1         . To solve the energy problem, people all over the world are looking for new ways to produce power.
China is one of the first countries in the world to use biogas technology. 2         . This renewable energy is used in people’s everyday life.
3         . Now there are electric vehicles in many countries. They are very efficient and cost very little to run. 4          , there will be an increase in electricity needs if they are widely used.
In China, the best—known maglev train is the German—built one in Shanghai. The train can reach a top speed of 431 km per hour.5          . There is no wheel noise, because there are no wheels. However, maglev guide paths are much more expensive than traditional steel railways.