My children are up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger our house seems to get
. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a
home.
We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite
at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his
birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either.
He next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with
toys.
As for , I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be
, I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!
用所给单词的适当形式完成短文。
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modem communication (通讯设备)．Life today is much___ than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems．One of the biggest problems is
____．To pollute means to make things dirty．Pollution comes in many ways．We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it．
Man has polluted the earth．The more people, the ___ pollution．Air pollution is still the most
____．It’s bad for all
____ things in the world, but it is not the only kind of pollution．Water pollution
___ fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us angry more easily．
Many countries are ___ rules to fight pollution．They stop people from
___ coal in houses and factories and from putting dirty smoke into the air．Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution．It is caused by heavy traffic．We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be
___ air pollution．The earth is our home．We must take care of it．That means
___ the water, land and air clean
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请根据所给句子的内容，从下面方框中选出适当的单词，并用其正确的形式填在答题卷相应的横线上。每空一次，每词限用一次。
| nine invent clear great Canada operate heworry checkmiss |
He isn’t Chinese.He is __________.
The Smiths live on the floor of the white building.
Li Na is one of the __________ tennis players in the world.
Please wait a moment. Mr Li is doing a(n) ___________ at the moment.
These __________ have brought the old lots of happiness.
Mrs Zhao is _________ about her weight all the time.
He is old enough to look after __________.
He speaks French as _________as a person born in France.
Those people are looking for a _________ boy here and there.
After final exam,teacher are busy____________the examination papers.
单词分类。
请根据所给句子的意思，从下面的方框中选出可以填入句子中的单词，并将其字母标号填在答题卷相应的位置。每个单词不能重复使用。
| A.entry B. upstairs C. although D. tryE. downstairs F.but G. holiday H. runningI. vacation J. manage |
Let’s go _______/_______.
We / to finish the work on time.
I can cook some dishes,________/ they are simple.
This sign means “ No __________ /__________”.
We hope we will have a happy ______/_______ in three days.
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| break instead out change please special tell what life they |
As a student, what does it mean “ to be good”? The Code of Conduct for Primary and Middle School Students (《中小学生守则》) holds the answer.
Last year, a new draft (草案) code came ____, replacing the old content.There are some important __
__. Big phrases like “have deep love for your motherland, the people and the Communist Party of China” are not there anymore. The new code tells students to respect the national flag and national emblem (国徽) _
__. It also __
___ students to “know about China’s history”.
Also, the new code asks students to “lead a low-carbon (低碳的) _____”，“take part in voluntary work”， and “control the time you spend online”. The change on brave actions __
__ draws attention. The old code told students to act bravely when they saw people __
__ rules. But the new code asks students to learn to protect __
___ and ask for help.
Many teachers are ____ to see these changes. Students say they know __
___ to do when they face some problems.
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次，每空一词。
| could wide except die safe |
Internet is ________ used in the world.
When we found the poor dog, it was already _______.
He didn’t receive any presents ________ a box.
He was serious about the _______ of the children.
It ______ be Frank’s schoolbag. He lost one this afternoon.