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Learn by practising 1.Chores took up much of the childrens time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also theres cleaning, washing and helping mum with the meal.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?A.网上冲浪 B.家务活动 C.体育活动 D.家庭作业 2.One evening last July, my old car broke down on a highway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldnt reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. In this paragraph, pick.up best means _. A. take hold of and lift B. choose carefully C. give someone a ride. D. hear or learn 3.Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show tries to find the best talking bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out among the talking birds. She won this prize for 12 years from 1965 to 1976. What dose the word stand out mean in this passage? A. 站出来 B. 飞起来 C. 脱颖而出 D. 取出来 4.A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag.” It is the same as “to tell a secret”. Now when someone lets out (泄漏)a secret, he “lets the cat out of the bag.” John “lets the cat out of the bag” means he _. A. makes everyone know a secret B. the woman bout a catC. buys a cat in the bagD. sells the cat in the bag 5. “When I met herI felt very ,very happy”he said“And I saw that the money was used for a good causeIt brought me happinessI want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.” The underlined words “for a good cause ”means“_” in Chinese A施舍 B行善 C优惠 D. 赏赐 6.If she thinks something is right .She goes out of her way to do it.The underlined phrase in the first paragraph means _A. to get off B. to get in the way C. to go away D. to try her best 7.Chinese space experts, technicians and other work staff, joined by experts from Japan, Germany and other countries as well as millions of domestic audience from across the country, were watching the launching process(发射过程)What do the underlined words mean in Chinese?A. 工作人员 B. 机器 C. 工作时间 D.团队精神 8.If youve planted seeds(种子), you can expect too many plants to come out. You have to clear some away, so that the plants left will have room to grow. This is called thinning. The Chinese for thinning is _. A. 拔苗 B. 间苗 C. 除草 D. 育苗 9.Another factor (因素) that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. Most of them are kept off the modern world. What does the word “isolation” mean in Chinese?A自我封闭 B.与世隔绝 C.独立 D.淡泊 10. Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in. What does the underlined word cracks mean in the text? A. 缝隙 B. 表面 C. 夹层 D. 底部 11.British workers have the longest working week in Europe, with 23 vacation days - the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked. Three-quarters say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40% would sacrifice a days pay (工资) for one more vacation day .What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?A. Use up. B. Put up. C. Take up. D. Give up 12.As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they find lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.In the text, “put an end to” means “_”. A. stop B. cut C. kill D. fly 13.There is a place on our earth where hot water and steam come up under the ground. It is on a large island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is North Island in New Zealand. What does the word “steam” mean in Chinese?A. 自来水 B. 大气 C. 冰川 D. 蒸汽 14.Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say. Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, “Of course”.But thats not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice- the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves (声波). The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones (骨头) of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner (里面的) ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. Thats why they dont hear your voice the way you do.The phrase “ pick up” here means _.A. to raise B. to get C. to choose D. to pull 15.Ive loved my mothers desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters (做学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink, bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. But the desk, she said again, is for Elizabeth. I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But I still remembered when I was a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. I was too emotional( 易动感情的)“，but Mother only lived on the surface. And a gulf appeared between us. I couldnt understand her.As years passed, I had my own family. I got to know her love, and I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive (原谅) me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. I became disappointed. I couldnt be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. It seemed nothing had happened.Now the present of her desk told me why she had never been able to answer me. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers insidea photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded (折叠) and refolded many times. It was just my letter!Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.1. The writer began to love her mothers desk _A. after Mother died B. after she became a writerC. when she was a child D. when Mother g