My grandparents are b (忙碌) making zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival.
A. Glad to help you.
B. What else can we enjoy?
C. Is it worth traveling there?
D. Have you decided where to go?
E. Then it must have something special.
F. I don't think it fun to travel in big cities.
G. Do you have any plan for the summer holiday?
A: Hi, Alice(1)
B. Yeah. I'd like to do some traveling.
A: (2)
B: Not yet.
A: Do you want to travel in big cities?
B: (3)
A: How about Huangshan Mountain?
B: (4)
A: Sure! In China, it's considered to be the king of all the mountains.
B: (5)
A: Right. You can see special pines(松树), rocks and clouds. You can enjoy hot springs as well.
B: Great! Thank you.
Venice is considered to be one of the most (1) (beauty) cities in the world.It has been known as the "City of Canals"(运河),"City of Bridges", and" City of Water". The city is made up of about 100(2) (island), 150 canals, and 400 bridges. There (3) (be) no roads in the city,so there are no cars. The only forms of transportation (交通)are on water and (4) foot.There are roads, a train station,(5) an airport at the edge (边缘) of the city. One of the famous symbols of Venice is a "gondola (平底船)".Gondolas are still used today, though (6) (main)by tourists. All Venice gondolas are painted black﹣it was a law that was passed in the (7) (sixteen) century. Most Venetians travel by water buses called "vaporetti". Venice has one of the world's most famous bridges(8) (call) the Rialto Bridge, built in 1591.
Venezuela, a county in South(9) (American), means "little Venice". This is because the early European visitors to Venezuela first met the local people who lived in homes built over the water, reminding(10) (they)of Venice.
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford ﹣upon﹣Avon, in England. His father, John,was a glove﹣maker. His mother, Mary, was a farmer's (1) . He had two elder sisters, two younger sisters and three younger brothers.
William probably studied Latin, Greek and history, and (2) school when he was 14 or 15.Three years (3) he married Anne Hathaway. They had a daughter called Susanna and twins named Judith and Hamnet. Sometime before 1590 he let Stratford﹣upon﹣Avon and went to London,the capital of England.
London's first theater opened in 1576. Shakespeare worked in London (4) an actor and then started writing plays too. In 1593 the(5 ) plague (瘟疫) killed thousands of people and theaters were closed. During this time William started to write poems instead of plays. His short poems are called sonnets(十四行诗).
Shakespeare helped build a new theater called The Globe. It opened in 1599. It was round and had space for 3,000 people. The audience (观众) shouted, clapped (拍手喝彩) and laughed while they(6) plays.
Shakespeare wrote many comedies, tragedies and history plays.He became rich and (7) . He loved language and invented new words and expressions that we(8) use today.He died(9) he was 52. People all over the world love his works(10) he wrote wonderful stories about very interesting people.
In the summer of 1936, a poor sheepherder (牧羊人)fell ill and came(1) a small hospital in Fort Benton, Montana, with his dog.The sheepherder was seriously ill and died soon.
The sheepherder's body was (2) to his family by train.The dog cried as the train carrying his master's (主人的) body disappeared.
Trains came to Fort Benton four times a day.The dog stayed there to meet each one, waiting for his master to return.He watched each passenger(3) the train.
The station manager Ed felt(4) for the dog. He named the dog Shep and left him some food every day. He encouraged the dog to come inside the station. Finally, Shep get to trust Ed and would come inside. But every day when the trains (5) ,Shep was back waiting at the same place.
The passengers who came to Fort Benton wondered (6) the dog was always there ,greeting the trains.Ed decided to write a pamphlet(小册子)about Shep's (7) and sell it to the passengers for a small price. Some newspapers shared Shep's story across the nation.
Day after day, Shep continued to wait and watch.He was (8) old when he died in 1942.After his (9) ,the people of Font Benton made a beautiful bronze statue (铜像)of Shep to honor (10) . Today, many visitors still stop to look at the statue and buy the pamphlet.
(1)A. out |
B. to |
C. from |
D.at |
(2)A. burned |
B. hidden |
C. sent |
D. found |
(3)A.get off |
B. get up |
C. get along |
D. get to |
(4)A.lucky |
B. angry |
C. happy |
D. sorry |
(5)A.left |
B. came |
C. disappeared |
D. went |
(6)A.if |
B. how |
C. why |
D. what |
(7)A. story |
B. hobby |
C. habit |
D. look |
(8)A. much |
B. exactly |
C. mainly |
D. very |
(9)A. death |
B. birth |
C. illness |
D. success |
(10)A. them |
B. you |
C. her |
D. him |