The Spring Festival

The Spring Festival（the Lunar New Year）is one of the most traditional（传统的）Chinese folk（民间的）festivals.Do you know the history of it？Do you know how the Chinese people celebrate（庆祝的）it？Do you know the English expressions（英语表达）about it？     

A Tree Frog on a Rainy Day

In Indonesia（印尼）, a tree frog is holding（抱着）a leaf. Why does it do this？Oh, it＇s raining. It is sheltering（躲避） from the rain!     

我爱科学

The planet we live on is called earth. It is special （ 特别的） in the universe（宇宙） because it has life on it. It moves around the sun so we call it a planet（行星）.Our home planet is a rocky one （石质行星）.Our rocky planet has water.Water covers about 70% of its surface（表面）.That＇s why the Earth looks blue from space.     

Spaghetti Maze

Do you like spaghetti （意大利面）？ Eating spaghetti can be fun, when you pick（挑选） the right one! Which one is it？. Is it A, B, C, D or E？     

斑马竞赛

In the middle of a thunderstorm （暴风雨） , a traveling circus （马戏团） leaves behind a baby zebra （斑马） . A farmer, Nolan Walsh, finds it and brings it home to his daughter Channing. Channing likes the zebra very much. She names the zebra Stripes.     

READ AND JUDGE

Do you know the sea？ Some people have seen （看见过） it but some people （人） haven＇t. Some people like it very much but some people don＇t.     

被盗的自行车

The bike is still locked, but the boy can carry it about 800 meters away. It＇s so strange（奇怪的）. How does the boy do it？ Now let me give you some tips （提示）.     

Apple Maze

The worm （蠕虫） is very hungry now. It sees a big apple and wants to eat it. But it must go through （穿过） the apple maze to get the apple. Can you help the worm？     

让步关系状语从句的几种考查形式

考题示例：1.（ ）the Internet is of greathelp, I don＇t think it＇s a good idea to spendtoo much time on it.（2008湖南卷）A. If ;B. While;C. Because; D. As     

世界上最大的兔子

In England, there is a very big rabbit. Its name is Darius. Darius 整天狂吃干草。 Now it weighs（重） 22.3 kilograms（千克） and it is 1.3meters long.它也因此成为世界上最大的兔子哦。     

湖南卷英语完形填空新题介绍

一、真题再现 Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home （48） their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write （49） after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator,（50 ）another place where their children are sure to find it.     

The New Life of the Old Newspapers

Look, the squirrel is putting its head into the lens （镜头） of a camera. Is it looking for anything？ What is it thinking？     

任务型阅读训练

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（A）Bob is from Toronto, Canada. He＇s 14 years old. He can speak English and a little 1 . （B）He likes going to the movies with his friends. His favorite subject at school 2 P.E. He thinks it＇s fun, but he dislikes math. He thinks it＇s too difficult!     

Blogging

It＇s hip （时髦的）, it’s hot, and everyone＇s. doing it. People often talk about it and friends tell each other how good their looks are.[第一段]     

Let Me Have It

A little boy went to a denhst（牙科医生）as he had a terrible tothache.The dentist checked（检查）his teeth and dcided to pull he bad tOOth out.W上en山e Oeration。。r,山e boy ask叨帅咖mist to let him haVhaV[ttoh. “仰咖咖 yoll wnt it for?h Mtist was pnsd.lain going to毗eit home,ill it ith sugar and wach it。仇,” he boy s。d ith ll sincerity（诚意）.（本刊资料）Let Me Have It…     

沙丁鱼群伪装成大海豚

Is it a white dolphin（海豚）？No,it isn’t．其实这个海豚的模样是由一个庞大的沙丁鱼群伪装成的。     

浅谈乔姆斯基等人语言器官理论及皮克、杰肯道夫等人与其的争论

Hauser,Chomsky和Fitch（简称HCF）于2002年11月在《科学》第298期发表《语言机能：是什么,谁拥有,是如何进化的？》（The faculty of language：What is it,who has it,and how did it evolve？）一文,在语言学、生物学等领域引起广泛关注和连锁反应。Pinker和Jakendoff（简称PJ）出于对语言进化乃至语言研究领域的许多重大问题的认识与HCF（2002）相左,多次撰文予以争辩,并相继在《认知》上发表论文《语言机能的独特之处在哪里》（The Faulty of language：what’s special about it？）和《语言机能的本质及其对语言进化的启示》（Thenatureofthelanguagefacultyanditsimpficafiomforevolutionoflanguage;简称JP（2005））。对乔姆斯基等人提出的唯递归性假设（therecursion—onlyhypothesis）进行了激烈的批判。“唯递归性假设”的提出和他们之间持久的争论在国际学术界搬起了轩然大波。本文将对这一引人注目的关于语言机能进化之争进行扼要对比和述评。并重点介绍一下乔姆斯基等人的语言器官理论。     

问路与指路

【考点链接】 All of us find __ necessary to take exercise every day. ．（2009年重庆市）A．this B．that C．it D．them【解析】选C项。find作“发现、发觉”讲时,可用于“find＋it＋形容词（作宾语补足语）＋动词不定式”结构。it是形式宾语,真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式。     

流利美语脱口出

1. feel （it） in one＇s bones 从心里感到 注解：此语含有“可疑”（suspicion）、“疑信”（suspect）的意思,     

The History of the World Cup

On May 26, 1928, at a meeting Amsterdam, the FIFA （世界足联） decided that a new tournament（联赛） should be played, and it should be open to all its members. A year later in Barcelona it was agreed that Uruguay, the Olympic champions and the era＇s football superpower should celebrate its 100 years of independence by hosting （主办）the first World Cup the following year.