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It will cost me ________ dollars to get the ticket.
我要花好几百美元才能买到票。 (of)

Please help me ________ the light.   
请帮我开灯。(turn)

We are ________ the reunion dinner at the Spring Festival.   
我们正期待着春节的团年饭。(look)

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
Beating the winter Blues
Does your mood (情绪) change with the seasons?
Some people find that when temperature goes down, so do their spirits. Those people sometimes feel sad for no reason. They eat more and put on weight. They have trouble sleeping. They can't think clearly. This is the winter blue.
1．.
Get out in the sun. Some experts say that the winter blues happen because we get less sunlight in winter than we do in other seasons. They say that the decrease (减少) in sunlight can make us feel bad. 2． .
Get some exercise. Taking a walk or doing some exercise will make chemicals (化学物质) called endorphins in your body. Endorphins are natural "feel good" chemicals.
3． Avoid having too much sugar. If you prefer sweet food, like cookies or candy, it may be a sign that you need more protein, like meat, chicken, or fish.
Reduce stress. Cut back if you have to many things to do. Make sure you have some quiet time to yourself. 4． . Don't be so busy that you get run down.
Get help. If you feel sad all the time and the feeling won't go away, you may have a bigger problem than the winter blues. 5． , or get help from a doctor.

A．Get some rest

B．Eat healthy food

C．Talk to a friend you trust

D．Here are some ways for you to beat the winter blues

E．Getting more sunlight each day can help you feel better

Homework Club Wednesdays 4:50-5:40 pm YMCA boardroom March 5 to June 20 Are you a recent immigrant or new to Peterborough and attending high school? Come out to the homework club where you will meet new friends and have fun while learning from qualifited and aspiring teachers. To register: Contact Dawn at the New Candian centre Or Call 705-489-211 Or e-mail dawn @peterborough.ca

1．When can you write your homework in the club?

A．Wednesday at 5:00 pm.

B．Wednesday at 4:00 pm.

C．Tuesday at 4: 50 pm.

2．You can do the following at the club EXCEPT________.

A．enjoy yourself

B．take cooking courses

C．communicate with new friends

3．How many ways can you register (报名) for the club?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

During the past summer vacation, a 15-year-old boy made a model plane on his own in less than a month. Then he flew it successfully, which surprised all the people around him.

The boy named Li Banghua is from Hefei, Anhui Province. He made the plane completely by himself. The plane is 0.6 meters wide, has a wingspan (翼展) of 4.4 meters and weighs about 40 kilograms. According to a local report, Li just finished his high-school entrance exam a year ago and got good grades. After the exam, he threw himself into the work of making the model plane right away.

Li has been interested in model planes since he was a child. Besides, he has been studying an building model planes for years. This time the model plane is the largest he has ever built and he considers it the most successful one.

Throughout the process of building the plane, he came across many failures. “But the biggest difficulty I had was that the adults couldn’t understand me well,” Li said. “When I said I was going to build a model plane, a lot of adults thought it was impossible. But I decided to keep on working hard. That is because once I start something, giving up is not a choice for me.”

What’s more, on May 1st, 2022, he took the “fire fighting drone” (消防无人机) to a test flight in the field of his hometown in Feixi County successfully.

When talking about his future, he said he dreamed of becoming a plane engineer.

1．What’s the weight of the model plane?

A．4 kilograms.

B．40 kilograms.

C．4.4 kilograms.

2．The biggest difficulty he had throughout the process of building the plane was ________.

A．the lack of time

B．the lack of money

C．the lack of understanding from adults

3．From Li Banghua’s words, we learn that “________”.

A．Where there is a will, there is a way

B．To help others makes us happy

C．Actions speak louder than words

4．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Development of Model Planes

B．History of Model Planes

C．A Boy and His Model Planes

Lantern festivals add magic to celebrations and their designs are deeply inspired (激励) by traditional culture. On Sept 24, 2023, Wan Songtao and his team organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hong Kong. Later, they hurried back to their hometown of Zigong in Sichuan province, where another grand lantern show was on the way.

“The older I grow, the more I like lantern making.” the 54-year-old Wan Songtao tells China Daily. Early in the morning after landing in Zigong, Wan went to work at Chinese Lantern World, an ocean of light and color by huge lanterns in the shape of humans, flowers, animals and buildings to celebrate the traditional Chinese festivals. The show attracted (吸引) over 210,000 visitors from around China to the city, which is known for being home to one of the world’s best lantern shows.

Wan has made lanterns for over 30 years. In 2015, he was recognized as a city-level inheritor (继承人). At college, Wan studied painting, which led him to think about how to combine (结合) art with lantern design. Later in his work, he kept trying till now.

Each year, he invites a French light artist to exchange, and this year, he introduced the artist to the Chinese Lantern College. “I am excited to make it. Even though it is only a beginning, I am looking forward to seeing more breakthroughs (突破) in creative design for the lanterns,” Wan says.

1．Who organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hongkong ?

A．Yang Xiaoyu.

B．Wan Songtao.

C．Wan Songtao and his team.

2．How long has Wan Songtao made lanterns?

A．Over 50 years.

B．Over 30 years.

C．Over 20 years.

3．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The lantern show in Zigong attracted over 21,000 visitors.

B．In 2005, Wan was recognized as a city-level inheritor.

C．Wan invites a foreign light artist to exchange every year.

4．We may read this passage in the ________ section of a newspaper.

A．culture

B．sports

C．travel

Helen was sitting in the garden reading her favorite book. Some time later, her old ________ sat beside her. Suddenly, she pointed at something and asked Helen what it was. Helen looked at it and told her it was a sparrow (麻雀). Helen was ________ by the simple question.

Helen went on reading. Several ________ later, her old mother asked her the same question and Helen found it was the same bird. After a little while, the old woman again asked the question about the sparrow. This time Helen got ________. She shouted at her mother for asking the question again and again. The old woman ________ stood up and entered the house. Helen continued reading her book. A few minutes passed and her old mother ________ beside her again. She opened an old diary and put it in front of Helen. Helen picked up the diary and began to read it. It said, “Today, while I was ________ in the garden, my little Helen came to me. Looking at a sparrow on a tree, my child asked me what it was. I ________ at her, said it was a sparrow and kissed her. After a while, little Helen asked the question again. This went on until she went back into the house with me after I finished my work. Little Helen asked me at least ten times and I kept on answering her and ________ her.”

Tears came into Helen’s eyes. She closed the ________ and felt very sorry for what she did. She realized that she should treat her mother the way her mother treated her.

1．

A．father

B．mother

C．brother

2．

A．fooled

B．surprised

C．moved

3．

A．minutes

B．hours

C．days

4．

A．sad

B．anxious

C．angry

5．

A．suddenly

B．quickly

C．silently

6．

A．sat

B．stood

C．asked

7．

A．walking

B．working

C．running

8．

A．laughed

B．shouted

C．smiled

9．

A．kissing

B．helping

C．beating

10．

A．novel

B．diary

C．door

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友John向你发来了一封汉语学习的求助邮件。请根据邮件内容，用英语写一封邮件回复他，帮他解决困惑。

Dear Li Hua,

Is everything going well with you? I’ve been learning Chinese for about two months. It’s such a beautiful language that I love it very much. But it’s difficult for me to learn. How can I improve my Chinese learning? Could you please give me some advice?

All the best.

John

要求：(1)给出至少三条建议及其理由，可适当发挥。
(2)语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯。
(3)词数不少于80（电子邮件的格式、开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
Dear John,

I’m very glad that you love Chinese and want to learn it well.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Li Hua

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1．People can’t go to Sweet Tomatoes ________ for a meal.

A．on Sunday

B．on Tuesday

C．on Monday

D．on Thursday

2．Mr. and Mrs. Black visited Sweet Tomatoes with their two kids, Sara, aged 10 and Tom, aged 5. How much should they pay for the meal?

A．¥ 110.

B．¥ 120.

C．¥ 150.

D．¥ 180.

3．Where is the passage from?

A．A novel.

B．A newspaper.

C．A math book.

D．A story book.