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Bill's family had a very
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| A. filled with B. several C. was ready D. pleasant E. was surprised at |
【小题1】She was so pleased when she saw the
【小题2】They saw the names and dates
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【小题4】Danny opened his heart to Mrs Morgan and told her the
【小题5】More and more
【小题6】The professor was very
【小题7】The door of parents'
【小题8】The town government has decided to
Mark Twain's writing was【小题1】on his own childhood and his personal experience. What makes this story great is that Tom Sawyer represents everything that is great about childhood. It is a story filled with【小题2】，adventure，ingenious（巧妙的）ideas，love，and schoolyard politics. The whole story is seemingly a complication of what Twain did or wishes he did during his childhood.
The book is a little difficult to read at first. Perhaps，it will take you a little【小题3】to get used to the 19th century dialect in the book. But on the whole，the book is an enjoyable read for people of all ages. I highly【小题4】this book for anyone looking forward to feeling young again
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Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more wonderful than you could ever i
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"Tom was a great hero once more—the pet of the old，the envy of the young，" Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.
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Jacob and about 25 other kids with disabilities learned to surf(冲浪) at a camp in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The yearly surf camp has been held for nine years. Each kid got a 30-minute lesson with the help of a swim coach and a few ________.
Being in the water wasn’t ________ to Jack Wenrich, He had been through swim lessons. It was his fourth time at the camp. His mom, Jennifer, said he has no fear. “Once he knew how to swim, he________ jumped right into the deep end,” she said.
Jack has autism(自闭症). But surfing gives him a sense of freedom Jennifer said. “it’s something they can do, something they can be________,”she said. Not everyone wanted to try surfing. Some just like being in the water and ________ on the board.
Karen Morgan-Hill, an organizer helped the surfers. All the students who went out on a board came back with smiles. Morgan-Hill said the water makes people open up more and builds trust.
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Can you understand the following sentence?
"My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3 kds FTF. "
The Scottish teacher who received it in class had no idea what the girt who wrote it meant. The essay was written in a form of English used in cell phone text messages. Text messages（also called SMS）through cell phones became very popular in the late 1990s. At first, mobile phone companies thought that text messaging would be a good way to send messages to customers, but customers quickly began to use the text messaging service to send messages to each other. Teenagers in particular enjoyed using text messaging, and they began to create a new language for messages called "texting".
A text message is limited to 160 characters, including letters, spaces, and numbers, so messages must be kept short. In addition, typing on the small key pad of a cell phone is difficult, so it's common to make words shorter. In texting, a single letter or number can represent a word, like "r" for "are", "u" for "you", and "2" for "two". Several letters can also represent a phrase, like "lol" for "laughing out loud". Another characteristic of texting is the leaving out of letters in a word, like spelling "please" as "pls".
Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers. The student who wrote the essay at the top of this page said writing in that way was more comfortable for her.（The essay said, "My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three kids face to face."）
Not everyone agreed that texting is a bad thing. Some experts say languages always develop, and this is just another way in which English is changing. Other people believe texting will disappear soon. New technology for voice messages may soon make text messages a thing of the past.
Mark Twain，the famous American writer and a great master of humor，liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man，one of his friends.
The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
"You bring your uncle to my talk this evening，"said Mark Twain. " I'm sure I can make him laugh.
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend what had happened. "Oh，"said his friend. "I know that man. He's been deaf for years."
The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy. It was carrying a cargo (货物) of 1,700 barrels of American alcohol which was worth 35,000 dollars. There were 10 people on board the ship: the captain, Briggs, his wife, Sarah, their two-year-old daughter, and seven crewmen. Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.
The mystery begins on 15th November, 1872. The Mary Celeste was between the Azores and the coast of Portugal when it was seen by the captain of another ship, Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor. There were no distress (求救) signals from the Mary Celeste and no reply when Morehouse tried to make contact, so he decided to take a small boat and climb on board the Mary Celeste. There was nobody on board!
There didn’t seem to be much wrong with the ship: it was not in danger of sinking, so there was no need for panic. However, the ship’s register and other paperwork were missing; the navigation instruments were missing; and everything on the ship, including the captain’s bed, was wet through. Another important fact is that there were no boats on board. And a strange fact is that when the cargo was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels of alcohol were missing. Can we find an explanation which fits all the known facts?
Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked. But why did they think it was sinking? It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic. The crew might have climbed into the boat and tied the boat to the main ship while they checked if the ship really was sinking. Perhaps a storm broke the rope and left them all in a small boat on stormy seas.
It seems that 92 now, but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions, and the only limit to these solutions will be the human imagination!
【小题1】Which place did the Mary Celeste leave for?
【小题2】What do you know about Briggs besides having a family of three people?
【小题3】How did Morehouse feel when he saw the Mary Celeste was out of control?
【小题4】Why did Morehouse guess that the crew panicked at that time?
【小题5】What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?
【小题6】Where do you think all the people on the ship might go? Show your possible reason(s)!
My favorite great book is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave. And finally, they find a box of gold.
My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive.
Tom is the hero of the story，but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair，Joe is Tom's best friend，and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story. The theme of the story is about children growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally，it talks about freedom，social rules and how people are punished（惩罚）for bad behavior.
Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book？Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876，but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it's only a story. Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century，so it sounds very real. Today it's thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on to read it！I know you'll enjoy it，too.
【小题1】What is Tom Sawyer like in the book？【小题2】What is the writer's favourite scene？
【小题3】List the important characters in the story.
【小题4】What's the theme of the story？
【小题5】Why does the writer think it's a great book？
【小题6】Do you want to read the book？Why or why not？
【小题1】尽管迈克未能在阅读竞赛中获奖，但是你们也不应该嘲笑他。（make fun of）
【小题2】露丝终于有了一个去老人院为老人表演的机会。（get a chance to）
【小题3】我们班所有学生都阅读过《汤姆索亚历险记》这本书，只有彼得除外。（except）
【小题4】每当我失去信心时，我父母总是鼓励我不要放弃并帮我克服困难。（lose my heart，encourage）
【小题5】你没有考虑过寒假去哪儿旅行？（think of）
【小题6】就在那时，电话铃响了。是我阿姨玛丽。（just then）
【小题7】稍作休息以后，我们继续上课。（go on）
【小题8】当机会来得适时时，她会抓住的。（come along）
