31、1．他以前是個(gè)老師，對嗎?   

    He ____ ___ be a teacher，____ he?

2．Tom被允許寫完作業(yè)后踢球。

    Tom is ______ to play football after his homework_____  ____．

3．士兵們盡力阻止水位上漲。

    Soldiers tried to _____the water _____  ____．

4．中國人口最多的是東南部。

The _____  ____ part of China is the southeast．

5．你怎樣看待污染?   

    How do you ______  _____pollution?

6．我們應(yīng)該知道改變壞習(xí)慣永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)太晚。

    We are supposed to know it is ______ _______ ______to change had habit．

7．我有個(gè)問題想和你商量商量。

I have a problem that I need to _____ ____ with you．

8．你還記得發(fā)生在你身上的最尷尬的事情嗎?

Do you remember the most _____ thing that _____ to you?

30、 

Xu Jinglei most popular blogger in the world

    The weblogs by Chinese star Xu Jinglei is now the world’s most popular．With more than 50 million clicks，it tops the“Technorati”billboard，a leading weblog search engine．

  “I didn’t expect it to be so popular．So many dicks have encouraged me to keep writing．”said Xu，adding that her blog is mainly to introduce her films．

    Xu，an actress 一turned—director，became famous over seas,8when she won a best director award for Letter From An Unknown Woman(一個(gè)陌生女人的來信)in the 2004 San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain．

    She considers blog writing to be the most convenient and economic way of publicizing(宣揚(yáng))her films．   

    While busy shooting her latest movie Dream May Come(夢想照進(jìn)現(xiàn)實(shí))，which was released(發(fā)行)in China at the end of June，2006，she wrote about the filming process and her marketing plans into her blog．

    She even inserted in her blog links to film clicks posted on the wedsite of her film company．

    Begun in October，2005，Xu’s blog at blog．sina．com．cn／m∥xujinglei only took 112 days to break domestic(國內(nèi)的)records with more than 10 million visits．

Since then，she has updated her blog every other day．But if she feels well，she sometimes posts two or three article in a day．

    Visitors leave thousands of message about each of her articles．

     A survey by baidu．com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in Chinese in 2005，with a total of 36．82 million weblogs．Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people．

1．From this passage We know that Xu Jinglei _________．

    A．is the most popular actress in the world．

    B．is a famous writer with many works．

    C．has made her blog the most popular in the world．

    D．is the director of The Banquet(夜宴)。

2．For what film did she win a best director award?

    A．Letter From An Unknown Woman．     B．Dream May Come

    C．Far From Home《我的美麗鄉(xiāng)愁》．    D．Spring subway《開往春天的地鐵》．

3．When was her latest movie Dream May Come released?

    A．In June，2004．B．In October，2005．C．In June，2006．D．In October,2006．

4．Which is her blog’s website?

    A．blog．Baidu．com. cn／m／xujinglei     B．b1og．Sohu．com．cn／m/xujinglei

    C．blog．Sina．com．cn／m／xujinglei       D．blog．Yahoo．com．cn／m／xujinglei

5．There were____million bloggers writting in Chinese in 2005．with a total of____    million web．blogs．

    A．16，50    B．16，36．82    C．112，36．82  D．50,10

29、 

Wealth and Health

    Different weather makes people feel different．It influences(影響)health，intelligence(智力)and feelings．   

    In August，it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States．People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month．In the Northeast and Middle West. it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times: People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March．

    Weather can also influence intelligence．For example，in a 1983 report by scientists，IQ of a group of students were very high when a very strong wind came，but after the strong wind；their IQ was 10％ below．The wind can help people have more intelligence．Very hot weather，on the other hand．can make it lower．Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year(July and August)．

    Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings．Winter may be a bad time to thin people．They usually feel cold during these months．They might feel unhappy during cold weather；But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer．At about 18℃，people become stronger．

    Low air pressure(氣壓)may make people forgetful．People leave more begs on buses and in shops on low air pressure days．There is“good weather”for work and health．People feel best at temperature of about l 8℃．

    Are you feeling sad，tried，forgetful，or unhappy today ?It may be the weather’s problem．

判斷正(T)、誤(F)：

1．Hot and wet weather have a bad effect oil health．

2．People may have higher intelligence when there is a rain． 

3．Students in many schools of the United States often get better on exams in the cold months of the year．

4．Lower air pressure may make people remember thing easily．

5．In“good weather”of 18℃，people feel very sleepy．

28、 

Thanksgiving Day

    Nov．23 was Thanksgiving Day in 2006．Let’s step back and give thanks for all the blessing we have.

The origin(起源)

    Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays in America and is closely tied to American  history．The origins of Thanksgiving can be traced back to 1620 when over 100 English Puritans(清教徒)sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and settled in the new world for religious(宗教上)freedom．But after they arrived，they found themselves in trouble．They have to deal with the new climate and almost half died from disease or hunger. Luckily，the local Iroquois(易落魁族人)tribe helped them out and taught them how to grow local plants．Finally they got a good harvest(收獲) and the colonists decided to celebrate with the local people as an expression of thanks．In 1863 President Lincoln declared the fourth Thursday of every November to be Thanksgiving Day and it be came a traditional holiday．

What to eat

    Thanksgiving Day dinner is a big deal．many people spend all day in the kitchen preparing things such as plum(李子)pudding，mincemeat pie(甜餡餅)，strawberry sauce，pumpkin pie and of course，roast turkey．Roast turkey is usually the centerpiece(中心裝飾品，餐桌中央擺設(shè))of the table，and has come to be a symbol that represents Thanksgiving．   

1．The Thanksgiving Day is_____．

    A．on Nov．23    B．in 1862    C．in 1863    D．on the fourth Thursday of November

2．Thanks to____，English Puritans were helped out and got their first good harvest．

    A．religious freedom    B．the local Iroquois tribe

    C．the new climate      D．President Lincoln

3．___________declared the Thanksgiving Day．

    A．English Puritans            B．The local Iroquois tribe

    C．The President Washington    D．The President Lincoln

4．________is symbol of the Thanksgiving Day?

    A．Plum    B. pudding    C．Roast turkey     D．Strawberry sauce

5．The thanksgiving Day is original(最初的)from _________．

    A．England      B．One of the European countries   

C．America      D．We are not told

27、 

Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自動(dòng)調(diào)焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(掃描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student�！眘aid Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下面各題。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改寫為同義句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?