【答案】

　　1.potato chips　【解析】由第一段第一句中“An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853...”可知答案。

　　2.Mr Crum(Crum)　【解析】由第一段的第二句“He was a chef at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs，New York.”可知Crum是美国纽约一家餐馆的厨师长。

　　3.sent back　【解析】由第二段的第一句“One day，a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them so thick.”可知答案。

　　4.he opened his own restaurant to sell chips　【解析】由最后一段的第一句可知，最后，Crum自己开饭店来卖他的炸薯片，这可能是令这位厨师长高兴的原因。

　　5.in stores　【解析】由文章的最后一句“Now potato chips are packaged and sold in stores.”可知答案。

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　　中学生上网一直是备受关注的热点话题。某班就这一话题组织了一次主题班会。以下是几位同学的观点，请仔细阅读下面内容，完成信息记录卡。

　　(L=Li Hua;W=Wang Gang;Z=Zhang Jie)

　　L：Surfing the Internet is very exciting. We can do lots of things，such as playing games, listening to music，chatting with our friends and so on. I really enjoy it.

　　W：I like surfing the Internet，too. Because I can learn a lot from it. I can get the latest news all over the world. I also can find the information I need so that I can spend less time on my homework.

　　Z：It's hard to say. I agree that the Internet is

　　helpful to our study. But it's not right to spend too much time on the games. And some information on the Internet is bad for our mind. What's more，surfing too much does harm to our eyes. In a word, we should use the Internet in a right way.

　　NamesOpinions

　　Li Hua◇play games

　　◇listen to music

　　◇chat with 1.________

　　Wang Gang◇get the latest news

　　◇get useful 2.________

　　◇do homework 3.________

　　Zhang Jie◇be helpful to our study

　　◇don't spend too much time on the games

　　◇be bad for our mind and 4.________

　　◇use the Internet 5.________

　　1.our friends/ friends　【解析】李华举了三个例子来说明上网可做的事，即玩游戏、听音乐及和朋友聊天，故此处填(our)friends。

　　2.information　【解析】由王刚的观点可知，上网可以找到需要的资料，即有用的资料，故填information。

　　3.faster/quickly/more quickly/better/easily...　【解析】王刚认为上网能够找到需要的资料，所以花在家庭作业上的时间更少，即做家庭作业更快或更容易。

　　4.eyes　【解析】由张洁观点的倒数第二句可知是对眼睛有害，故填eyes。

　　5.in a right way/correctly/properly　【解析】最后一句，张洁总结要用正确的方法使用网络，所以填短语in a right way或副词correctly/properly。

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　　阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

　　Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa.They have a big family.Mikayla is the oldest child in the family.She is six years old.The other children are Brandon，Joel，Kelsey， Kenny，Natalie，Alexis and Nathan.They are all five years old.Why are they all the same age?__1__.They are septuplets!

　　It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time.__2__.In the beginning，many people helped them.

　　They helped to feed，clean，and dress the babies.Every week，the septuplets used about 170 diapers(尿布)!__3__.

　　Now the children are older.The septuplets started school this year.But they go to school at home，like their big sister，Mikayla.When Mikayla was ready for school，Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home.__4__.Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children.

　　They drank a lot of milk, too.

　　Because they were born together.

　　Last year, Bobbie was Mikayla‘s teacher.

　　Kenny and Bobbie are interested in cooking.

　　But Kenny and Bobbie didn’t look after them alone

　　【答案】

　　1.B　【解析】问句与“因为他们一起出生”为因果关系。

　　2.E　【解析】由上句“同时照顾七个孩子是很难的工作”与E项“但Kenny和Bobbi不是独自照顾”构成转折关系。

　　3.A　【解析】由上句“每周七胞胎用大约170块尿布”与“他们也喝大量牛奶”构成顺承关系，说明抚养七胞胎之辛苦。

　　4.C　【解析】由上句“Kenny和Bobbi决定在家中教她”知“去年，Bobbi是Mikayla的老师”。现在Bobbi成了她的八个孩子的老师了。

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