Jared ___15___ to stay at home, but his mom sent him anyway.He had to sit next to Jessica. At reading time, Mrs. Thomas asked Jared toread. Reading aloud always made Jared ___16___ . As he picked up the book, his hands shook.“He can’t read,” Jessica said. “I didn’t call on you, did I?”
Du, 23,is a student from Shanghai University. He won third place at the ninth IOIO (國(guó)際折紙奧林匹克) in February this year. A total of 803 competitors from 59countries and areas took part in this year’s event.
Russia’s skating silver medalist AlexandraTrusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳)during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has everfinished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees (黑猩猩)are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours.The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching andhugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learnsimple sign language.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三輪車(chē))and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
在廚房蒸饅頭的母親,揭開(kāi)鍋蓋高興地說(shuō)到:“饅頭笑了?!蔽覜](méi)看出來(lái),就問(wèn)她怎么笑的。母親說(shuō):“就是饅頭開(kāi)口了,過(guò)年了,討個(gè)吉利,所以要說(shuō)笑了才行。”
Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____
Once, herfather took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg ____11____ two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was ____12____, andasked her father, “Do you want me to cook?”
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___ electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars,because at that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料)
TheChinese knot, a folk art, has a long history. People first made them to recordinformation and send messages before they started to use words. The knots wereused for decoration (裝飾) and to express thoughts and feelings in theTang Dynasty. They were later popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But thisart wasn’t really accepted by the common people until the Qing Dynasty.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Antarctica is a continent (大陸) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
Chopsticksoriginated from(起源于) China.Though simple and little, they are agreat invention in the history of humans. There are many legends aboutChopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.It issaid that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. Oneday, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot tocook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want towaste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meatfrom the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take outfood from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food withsmall sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
Mostschools offer different kinds of subjects and activities for students, but someschools offer additional training in certain areas, such as the performing andarts. In this way, schools can help students develop their artistic talentsfrom an early age and have greater success in their future profession. THE ROYAL BALLET(芭蕾舞)SCHOOL
風(fēng)能就是地球表面大量空氣流動(dòng)所產(chǎn)生的動(dòng)能。據(jù)估算,全球風(fēng)能約為2.74×1012千瓦,其中可利用的風(fēng)能約為2×1010千瓦,比地球上可開(kāi)發(fā)利用的水能總量要大10倍。 目前,風(fēng)力發(fā)電已經(jīng)成為風(fēng)能利用的主要形式。隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的高速增長(zhǎng)和能源消耗的持續(xù)上升,煤炭、石油等常規(guī)能源日益枯竭,環(huán)境持續(xù)惡化。
余幼時(shí)即嗜學(xué)。家貧,無(wú)從致書(shū)以觀,每假借于藏書(shū)之家,手自筆錄,計(jì)日以還。天大寒,硯冰堅(jiān),手指不可屈伸,弗之怠。錄畢,走送之,不敢稍逾約。以是人多以書(shū)假余,余因得遍觀群書(shū)。
十年春,齊師伐我。公將戰(zhàn),曹劌請(qǐng)見(jiàn)。其鄉(xiāng)人日:“肉食者謀之,又何間焉?”劌曰:“肉食者鄙,未能遠(yuǎn)謀?!蹦巳胍?jiàn)。問(wèn):“何以戰(zhàn)?”公曰:“衣食所安,弗敢專(zhuān)也,必以分人?!?/p>
【甲】予觀夫巴陵勝狀,在洞庭一湖。銜遠(yuǎn)山,吞長(zhǎng)江,浩浩湯湯,橫無(wú)際涯;朝暉夕陽(yáng),氣象萬(wàn)千。此則岳陽(yáng)樓之大觀也,前人之述備矣。然則北通巫峽,南極瀟湘,遷客騷人,多會(huì)于此,覽物之情,得無(wú)異乎?
京劇是流行全國(guó)的戲曲劇中之一。自清乾隆五十五年起,四大徽班陸續(xù)進(jìn)京演出,他們相互影響,并接受昆區(qū)和秦腔的部分劇目、曲調(diào)、表演方法,又吸收了一些民間曲調(diào),就是在這樣的融合、演變和發(fā)展中京劇逐漸形成。在京劇發(fā)展的歷程中,產(chǎn)生過(guò)許多優(yōu)秀的演員。
當(dāng)代大畫(huà)家李苦禪撒手人寰駕鶴西游的時(shí)候,我的老師許麟廬正在山東旅行。許老聽(tīng)到噩耗,立即登車(chē),直奔北京。到了苦禪靈堂,滿(mǎn)頭白發(fā)的老人,長(zhǎng)跪不起,慟哭不止。他和苦老,同是齊白石大師的弟子,手足之情,比一奶同胞還親。