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A Smart Dog

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany, ____1.______ When his owner says the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

___2.___. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

Then the researcher tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room and one new toy that Rico had never seen before. ______3.__ . This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times.!

Researchers cannot really say that Rico know words or languages. ___4.___They believed Rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to thin and remember thins as well as three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

A. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy.

B. However, these tests seem to show Rico is smart.

C. Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico.

D. His owner has trained him to find his toys.

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假如你是李华，你美国的朋友Tom 在寒假打算学习中文。请你根据他提出的问题给出一些学习建议。要求，50个词左右。

提示词语：practice, listen, speak, China, computer, easily

Dear Tom,

I am glad that you want to study Chinese.

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Best wishes,

Yours,

Li Hua

根据短文内容从方框中选词，并用其正确形式填空。

Ravi loved to talk to his grandma，who lived in India. Grandma had grown up in a small village called Tambaram and had lived there her whole life. Sometimes Ravi got to visit her with his mom and dad and his sisters. Grandma would make him tea and tell him 1. about her childhood.

When Ravi was younger，Grandma would often come to visit him in Texas. But now it was much 2. for her to travel，So She stayed at home. He 3. her visits. Smetimes she would call 4. the phone. Grandma always called late at night. Dad explained to Ravi that when it was nighttime in Texas, it was daytime in India. Ravi loved 5. her voice. He would always ask Grandma if she would make him a cup of tea. She would always laugh and gay，“Ravi sweetheart, I can send you my voice, 6. not my tea.

LuJialei, 14, from _____ Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won________first place in the CCTV Chinese Character Spelling Contest（中国汉字听写大会）．

A.／, the B.a,the C.a,a D.／,a

—Could you help me check the flight number and departure time?

—____________________.

A. Of course, I can B.Yes, I could

C. I’ve no idea D. Sorry, I couldn’t

A quiet boy like Daniel would like to stay at home doing nothing ________ going out.

A. because of B. instead of

C. such as D. together with

—Did you hear the news about the fire in our building?

—Yes. It took the firemen two hours to __________ the fire.

A. put off B. put out C. put up D. put down

—I’ve just heard that the speech to be given by Ma Yun, the Alibaba CEO, has been cancelled.

—Oh, ____________________.

A. It’s wonderful B. It doesn’t matter

C. I have no idea D. What a pity

The 4th session of 12th NPC didn’t finish ____________ March 16 this month.

A. when B. until C. while D. as

—Have you got an iPhone 6s P ?

—No, many young people now say “No” to it because of follow-up service.

A. it’s B. it C. its D. itself