“Lifelong learning” is a popular idea all around the world, but what does it mean?
Many people believe we can learn everything we need to be successful in life at school. ______ it is not true. In modern society, everything changes very fast. Lifelong leaning means learning new skills and knowledge through our ______ lives, not just when we are young.
Lifelong leaning can also mean leaning something to make our lives happier or easier. Older people might attend a ______ course because they cannot send an e-mail to their children, or someone might learn a new ______ so they can talk to their foreign neighbor. In one American city neighborhood, all the women went to a self-defense(自我防护) class so they could fight back if a thief attacked them! All these are different examples of lifelong learning.
Lifelong learning has helped people like Peter J. Daniels, an Australian businessman. Peter grew up poor and when he was a child he experienced learning difficulties. A teacher once told him, “Peter, you will never become anything in life.” After leaving school, Peter became a builder, but he still wanted to _____ and learn how to read. He bought a dictionary and slowly taught himself how to pronounce words and form sentences. Later, Peter started to read books from cover to cover. He read 6,000 books on politics, religion, business and history in two years. All this knowledge helped Peter start a business career. He has written several books and received many honours and awards.
Lifelong learning can help people realize their ambitions ______.
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完成句子按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。(本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分)我们主要通过邮件交流来互相保持联系。
We mainly __________________________ by email.电脑由主机、显示屏、键盘和鼠标组成。
A computer _________________________, a screen, a keyboard and a mouse.他梦想着不用护照环游世界。
He dreams of ___________________________a passport.我向下望去，看见一大群小人儿。
I looked down and _____________________ tiny people.他离开中国已经两年了。
He ____________________________ two years.我们在看《猫和老鼠》时忍不住一直大笑。
We __________________ when we watched Tom and Jerry.
完成句子： 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。这个男孩儿正在为他的生日聚会准备食物和饮料。
The boy ______ ______ food and drinks ______ his birthday party.这是一个在北京的东南面的小镇，离市里有14英里。
It is a small town ______ ______ Beijing, and it’s ______ ______ ______ ______the city.每到周末，就有一些大学生来帮助这些老人们购物。
These ______ students always ______ ______ ______ for the old people at the weekends.游到河的对岸使他有一点疲劳。
______ ______ the river made him a little tired.我最好的朋友正在带我参观他的家乡
______ ______ friend of ______ is ______ me ______ his hometown.
完成句子按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，在答题卷相应的横线上填写答案每空限填一词。(本大题共10分，1-5小题每格0.5分，第6题1.5分)为了逗他笑，我不停地给他讲笑话。
I him jokesmake him laugh.在火灾中，用湿毛巾捂住嘴巴非常重要。
It is very important our mouths wet towels in a fire.狼以吃小动物为主，但是有时候也吃水果。
Wolves small animals, but sometimes they eat fruit.上个月气温降到了零度以下。
Thezero last month.沙子掉在地上落成堆，看起来就像金字塔。
Sand piles the ground and looked just like the pyramids.由于人类的杀戮，老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。
______________________________________________ because of human killing.
根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。Many _______(参观者）come to visit the small town every year.
Do you know any_______(信息）about the new kind of computer?
Do you often use ___________( 刀 ) when you have dinner?
English people often go to the _____(剧院）to watch plays and shows.
完成句子按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，在答题卷相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一词。(本大题共10分，1-5小题每格0.5分，第6题1.5分)为了逗他笑，我不停地给他讲笑话。
I him jokesmake him laugh.在火灾中，用湿毛巾捂住嘴巴非常重要。
It is very important our mouths wet towels in a fire.狼以吃小动物为主，但是有时候也吃水果。
Wolves small animals, but sometimes they eat fruit.上周气温突然降到零度以下，然后女儿就病了。
Last week the zero suddenly, and then my daughter got .沙子掉在地上落成堆，看起来就像金字塔。
Sand piles the ground and looked just like the pyramids.由于人类的杀戮，老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。
______________________________________________ because of human killing.