Hello, dear family! I am having a fun week here at The Mall. I had lunch with Pan and Jack on
Monday. On Tuesday, I designed a new dress. Yesterday, Tom told me a funny joke. He always
makes me laugh! | 
Hi, all! Last week I was feeling sad. I had a bad day at work. My boss was angry at me. But
the next day was better. I did a good job and my boss was very happy, so I felt better. Sometimes
my work is hard. But I am really thankful for my job. | 
Hello! I miss you all. However, I don"t have much time to write this week. I"ll write more next
time. Bye, everyone! | 
Hi, everyone! I made a chocolate cake yesterday. That"s Amy"s favorite. I wish I could mail you
a piece, Amy! It"s really delicious. Today was warm and sunny. Your father and I went for a walk in
the park. We also waited your Aunt Betty. She told us some good news. Your cousin John got a new
Job! Oh, I"m writing too much, aren"t I? We really miss you all. Take care!
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Dear ones, let me tell you a story. A long, long time ago, A man lived a house on a hill. He
had a candle. He lit the candle every night. Everyone could see the light. Then one night, something
wonderful happened… |
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试题【阅读理解。 Amy"s family has fun. They mail a diary (日记簿、日记) to each other. Everyo】；主要考察你对 日常生活类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
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A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain. In the day, it can be so hot that you
could fry an egg on the ground. But during the night it is sometimes so could that water would turn
into ice.
Many desserts are covered in sand. But some have mountains, rocks, or lakes that have dried up
in the heat. The Great American Dessert has cliffs (悬崖) that have been made into amazing and
beautiful shapes by the wind. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has
red sand.
Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert. But there is water deep under the ground
and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it. Other plants have roots that spread out (延伸)
a long way so they can suck up the rain as soon as it falls. |  
One desert plant is the cactus, which has long, spreading roots. The cactus stores water inside
its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold. | 
Camels are a bit like cactus plants! They store water too-inside their bodies. They have special fur
which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night.
Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because
most of them only come out at night. This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or ears. | 
A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal for. A gerbil has huge eye, so that it can see at night.
It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals. | 
Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis. An oasis is where
water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep
animals.
Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there. | | 阅读理解。 | 
Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called "pommes frites" in France and
they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium (比利时) originally. French fries are made of
potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were fist seen
by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice
with a small pause in the middle.
During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They
ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they
missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That"s how French fries were fist
introduced to America.
French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes
French fries are just called fries.
French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as
McDonald"s and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually
served with hamburgers. If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will
probably hear "You want fries with that?" Why don"t you think about the history of French fries a little while,
and say "Yes, please. Thank you." | 1. What are French fries made of?
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2. Where do French fries originally come from?
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3. Why are the fried potatoes called French fries?
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4. Who first introduced French fries to America?
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5. What does the underlined "that" in the last paragraph refer to?
______________________________ | | 完形填空。 | A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars. It"s a new way of thinking. You can
use a car but you don"t need to own it. Now the idea of "car sharing" has become 1 in many countries.
As we know, most cars 2 in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars 3 one or two
hours a day on average (平均). When we don"t use them, we have to pay for parking and 4 things.
That costs too much money. To 5 money, some people come up with the idea of "car sharing". If we
share a car, we"ll only 6 when we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40,000 people have 7 it.
Japan is also trying to make 8 popular around the country.
Car sharing is the beginning of a new idea in 9 . It is also very convenient for us to travel everywhere
10 buying a car. Do you love to share a car with others? | ( )1. A. popular
( )2. A. are washed
( )3. A. as far as
( )4. A. other
( )5. A. make
( )6. A. spend
( )7. A. joined
( )8. A. time saving
( )9. A. fashion
( )10. A. without | B. interesting
B. are driven
B. as long as
B. others
B. save
B. cost
B. covered
B. money saving
B. transportation
B. with | C. funny
C. are parked
C. as much as
C. another
C. find
C. pay
C. dropped
C. car sharing
C. family
C. by | | 用括号中所给单词的形式填空，使语篇意思完整，必要时请用否定式。 | In the modern world, advertising is everywhere! Some people think that ads 1_______ (be) great. But
others hate ads, saying that they make our 2_______ (city) and countryside look ugly. It"s 3_______ (truly)
that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you 4_______ (compare) two different
products and save money. When prices 5_______ (list), you can go to the store with the 6_______ (low)
price. However, some advertising can be confusing or 7_______ (leading). Sometimes the picture in an
ad looks a lot better than the real thing. At other times, the words 8_______ (sounds) good but don"t really
tell you anything about the quality of the product. So 9_______ (your) have to be careful. 10_______ (let)
their words and pictures fool you. | | 完形填空。 | Be sure to come to the City Gallery! Amy Kim is one of the best-known Chinese 1 in the world today,
and some of her most famous 2 are on display in this exhibition. She has something for 3 . There are many
great photos of people 4 . Because people at work are the most 5 . There are also photos of the countryside
and city views. This is a great show from a world-class photographer. Whatever you do, don"t miss this
exhibition. | ( )1. A. writers
( )2. A. photos
( )3. A. no one
( )4. A. working
( )5. A. common | B. painters
B. books
B. someone
B. exercising
B. beautiful | C. photographers
C. paintings
C. everyone
C. relaxing
C. boring |
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