你是一名中学生，设想假期有一段打工经历。开学初在英语课上，你用英语向同学们讲述你的体会。

试用所给短语，写一篇100词左右的短文。

1.　　   keep on asking parents for money

2.　　   learn the value of money

3.　　   get along with others

4.　　   get prepared for

5.　　   get a little working and social experience

短文开头已为你写好：

Nowadays it is not unusual for many students to find part-time jobs. During this past winter holidays, I once worked as…

 

你是一名中学生，设想假期有一段打工经历。开学初在英语课上，你用英语向同学们讲述你的体会。

试用所给短语，写一篇100词左右的短文。

1.　　   keep on asking parents for money

2.　　   learn the value of money

3.　　   get along with others

4.　　   get prepared for

5.　　   get a little working and social experience

短文开头已为你写好：

Nowadays it is not unusual for many students to find part-time jobs. During this past winter holidays, I once worked as…

 

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一　　 个最佳答案。

　　 　　 　　

    Drawing a picture is 1 way of putting an idea down on paper. That　　 is 2 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 3. The　　 alphabet 4 we now use 5 down to us over a long period of time. It was　　 6 from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

　　 　　 　　

    Picture writing was useful in many 7. It could be used to express　　 ideas as well as 8. For example, a drawing of a 9 meant the object　　 "man". But a drawing of a man 10 on the ground with a spear in him　　 meant "11".

　　 　　 　　

　　    　　 12 the Egyptians, the Chinese and the American Indians also　　 developed ways 13 writing in pictures. But only 14 much could be said　　 15. Thousands of pictures 16 to express all ideas that people might　　 have. It would 17 many thousands more to express all the objects 18 to　　 man. No one could draw so many pictures in a lifetime, 19 could anyone　　 learn the meaning of all 20 drawings in a lifetime.

　　 　　 　　

  

(1) A the simple    B. the simplest    C. more simple     D. simpler

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(2) A. when    B. because    C. where    D. how

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(3) A. over    B. more    C. else    D. later

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(4) A. when    B. how    C. which    D. what

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(5) A. went    B. showed    C. appeared     D. came

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(6) A. developed    B. discovered    C. increased    D. grown

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(7) A. sides    B. colors    C. ways    D. meanings

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(8) A. stories    B. animals    C. objects    D. subjects

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(9) A. creature     B. being    C. women    D. man

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(10) A. lies    B. lying    C. laying     D. lain

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(11) A. die     B. death    C. sleep    D. down

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(12) A. Besides    B. Except    C. Beside     D. Except for

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(13) A. to    B. of    C. on    D. off

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(14) A. not     B. very    C. so    D. too

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(15) A. as follows    B. this way    C. that much    D. at least

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(16) A. will need    B. will be needed   

C. would need    D. would have been needed

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(17) A. taken    B. have been taken

C. be taken     D. have taken

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(18) A. known    B. with    C. called     D. in

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(19) A. either     B. so    C. nor     D. also

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(20) A. many    B. some    C. that    D. such

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Hi! Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble — and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).
　　ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
　　Here’s an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telegram came. The woman’s father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
　　There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what’s behind these strange mental messages. Here’s another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and a carriage came by. The driver said, “There is room for one more.” The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, “There is room for one more.”
　　Then the man saw that the driver’s face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn’t get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!
　　Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.
【小题1】According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

A．in existence

B．imaginative

C．not real

D．impossible

【小题2】ESP lets people know _________.

A．about events before they happen

B．about events after they happen

C．about events that are happening some distance away

D．A and C

【小题3】By studying ESP, scientists may get to ________.

A．learn how people tell lies

B．know more about human dreams

C．know more about human mind

D．learn how strange things happen

【小题4】In the last paragraph the underlined word “coincidences” probably means _______.

A．things that may not happen

B．things that happen in a dream

C．things that must happen

D．things that happen by accident