How do you keep cool during summer?Air conditioners or electric fans are good tools in modern society.But(36) that,people could only use fans.
Over 3,000 years ago,fans began to be used.They were made of feathers (羽毛),bamboo or silk.They came in different (37) ,including round and square.
Later,with the invention of paper,folding(可折叠的) paper fans became popular during the Song Dynasty.There are usually beautiful (38) on fans.Some are landscapes(风景).Others are flowers and animals.Moreover,many great people including Su Dongpo,a poet of the Song Dynasty,and Tang Yin,scholar (学者) and painter of the Ming Dynasty,once painted their masterpieces (杰作) on fans.This made fans not only(39) tools in daily life but also great artworks.
So,with its value of beauty,people take fans as a symbol of status (地位).That's why in old China,emperors and scholars often held fans.
Today,fans are also great collectors'items (藏品) and gifts.On the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,folding fans were(40) to leaders and officials (官员 ) of other countries.While they were(41) fans to get cool,they were also experiencing Chinese culture.
36.A.before |
B.after |
C.from |
37.A.colors |
B.sizes |
C.shapes |
38.A.plants |
B.pictures |
C.persons |
39.A.useful |
B.beautiful |
C.careful |
40.A.bought |
B.posted |
C.given |
41.A.holding |
B.waving |
C.playing. |
请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词,并用其适当形式填空,使句子通顺。
| thirty usual brave she pride |
After coming back from the earthquake, she felt she was not _______.
I’m __________ that all of you have done a good job.
No matter what difficult problems we meet, please face them ________.
It’s a (an) __________ experience, few people will forget it.
I haven’t seen him since he left hometown in his _________.
选词填空.
go for , in fact , look for , make money ,, think about Let’s _ ______it and decide next week .
It was dark .They had to _______somewhere to live .
_________,it’s the training—not the trainers—that improves a runner’s speed or score .
People should _______and spend it in a reasonable way .
She always ________fashionable clothes when she goes shopping .

This week ,I’m going to Qingdao.I’m going to do some sightseeing there and lie on the ______.And I’m going to ___
___a lot of things for my friends there. I’m going to __
__ in Qingdao for a week.So I’m going to __
___my books with me and ___
___over my lessons in the evening.

I like playing the ______. I am Chinese so I can speak __
___very well and I can speak English too. I am very __
___and I help my mum to clean our home.I want to be the cleaning ___
___ at school because I want to make our classroom___
____.
根据句意,用所给单词、短语的适当形式填空,每词或短语只限使用一次。
| harm ninety mouse fall off drive |
This cat caught three _____________ in the yard last night.
His mobile phone rang while he _____________ his new car on the street.
You’d better stop smoking. It’s _____________ to your health.
He _____________ the tree and hurt his left leg.
Next Sunday is my grandmother’s _____________ birthday. We will hold a party for her.