Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language.（3） Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!

Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the (4) /f:st/ school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. （5）然后他們教給他們的學生手勢語 。 Soon there were schools for deaf people in other (6) / 'kntrz /.

Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

【1】在文中（1）處和（2）處分別填入一個合適的詞，使句子通順連貫。

（1） ________________

（2） ________________

【2】根據(jù)音標提示，在文中（4）處和（6）處分別填入一個合適的詞。

（4） ________________

（6） ________________

【3】將文中（3）句譯成漢語。

_____________________________________________________

【4】將（5）句譯成英語。

_____________________________________________________

【5】How can the deaf learn TV news in the USA today?

_____________________________________________________

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Thursday, August1 5th Sunny

Great weather! It was sunny yesterday. We arrived in Beijing at 9:00 in the morning. We had breakfast on the plane. We went to the hotel by taxi, 【1】 lunch and a short rest, we took a bus to the Summer Palace. We 【2】 the whole afternoon there. While we were in a boat on Kunming Lake, we 【3】 someone singing Beijing Opera on the bank. The singing sounded very 【4】 . In the evening we walked to Tian'anmen Square 【5】 it was next to our hotel. We took some 【6】 there. I think my parents will like them. This morning when we walked to the Palace Museum, we passed by（路過） a square and saw some people 【7】 kites. The kites were in different shapes(形狀). Some were like birds, and some were like fish. They were 【8】 beautiful. The day after tomorrow we'll 【9】 the Great Wall. I hear it's very great and I think I will have great fun 【10】 there.

假如你有一位澳大利亞朋友里克(Rick)�，F(xiàn)在請你根據(jù)下表的提示內(nèi)容，寫一篇不少于60詞的短文向大家介紹一下他。

Age：13

Can：play the guitar，swim

Favorite animals：elephants

Dream：go to Thailand for a trip

要求：1.語句通順、邏輯連貫；

2．包含所有提示信息，可適當發(fā)揮。

“My teacher asks you to go to our ______ tomorrow.He wants to have a ______ with you，”says Steve.

“To your school？Why？”

“Because he asks us a question，and only I ______ the answer(答案)，”Steve says.

“Really？You are ______，”Mom is very happy.“What is his question？”

“His question is ‘who spilt(灑) the milk on my chair？It makes my trousers ______．’”

【1】A. by B. with C. to D. from

【2】A. works B. finishes C. leaves D. relaxes

【3】A. still B. only C. also D. just

【4】A. gets B. goes C. arrives D. comes

【5】A. Why B. When C. How D. What

【6】A. class B. school C. club D. room

【7】A. drink B. look C. talk D. rule

【8】A. tell B. help C. wish D. know

【9】A. smart B. friendly C. funny D. lazy

【10】A. short B. dirty C. clean D. long

【1】他們的老師對他們要求嚴格。

Their teacher is____ ____them.

【2】你媽媽正在做湯嗎？

Is your mother_____ ____?

【3】孩子們，請準時到校。

Boys and girls，please get to school ____ ____．

【4】艾米覺得這本書有點無聊。

Amy thinks this book is ____ ____boring.

【5】這個女孩處于極大的危險之中。

This girl is _____ _____ ____．

【1】Dave's mother ____(teach) math in a middle school.

【2】The Browns are always ____(friend) to me.

【3】Lots of ____(child) are playing games there.

【4】Tim practices____(play) the drums for thirty minutes every day.

【5】Xixi is ____(study) for the math test in her room.

【1】在杭州旅游期間，我照了相當多的照片。

I took ___________ photos during the trip to Hangzhou.

【2】每天花費他至少兩個小時的時間做作業(yè)。

It takes him ___________ two hours to do his homework every day

【3】大衛(wèi)和他的哥哥在很多方面不同。

David ___________ his brother in many ways.

【4】那由你來決定。That's ___________ you to decide.

【5】我的媽媽總是準備著幫助我。My mom ___________ always ___________ help me.

【6】數(shù)百只鳥在空中飛翔。 ___________ birds are flying in the sky.

【7】他迸屋后打開了燈。He ___________ the light after he came into the room.

【8】昨天晚上直到媽媽回來我才去睡覺。I ___________ to bed ___________ my mother came back last night.

【9】請把這個蘋果切成兩半。Please cut the apple ___________ .

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

【1】After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

【2】The head man was interested in ________.

A. Thomas Edison B. the old machines

C. the new machines D. Edison’s telephone

【3】Edison made a telephone. It ________.

A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly D. carried voices much farther

—If it ___________, I ___________.

A. doesn’t rain；go B. won’t rain；go

C. don’t rain；will go D. doesn’t rain；will go

校報將出版一期以computers 為主題的�？�，號召全體同學積極投稿。請你根據(jù)以下要點，寫一篇文章。

要點：

1. 計算機是最偉大的發(fā)明之一，計算機在我們的日常生活中越來越重要，在生活和學習中幫助我們很多。

2. 幾乎每個家庭都有計算機，人們可以通過計算機給外國朋友發(fā)送電子郵件，計算機能夠開拓我們的視野，讓我們學習更多的新知識，我們要充分利用計算機。

3. 每天使用計算機的時間不宜過長，記住不要浪費太多時間玩電腦游戲，注意保護眼睛。

4. 你使用計算機的心得。（一、二點）

要求：80詞左右，可適當發(fā)揮。

詞匯：broaden horizons 開拓視野 make use of 利用