完成下列各题 

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

Sometimes I feel that being the mother of three small children is like operating a large cir- cus(马戏团)． 21________ afternoon last week，my three sons were playing peacefully in the back yard(院子)，22________the ball from one to another． I jumped at the chance to talk to one of my friends 23________ the phone，but before I 24________ to the phone，I could tell the boys had begun to quarrel with each other about something．I rushed out to 25 ________peace，but before I got there Charles had 26________ a rock at Mark，and hit him in the eye．By the time I got to the back yard，they had begun to 27 ________about this．Even David，the oldest boy，who won’t usually fight with anybody about 28________，was involved(卷入)．First，I 29________ them stop fighting，and then I examined Mark’s eye．I decided that it wasn’t going to develop into a black eye．But I felt that they should 30 ________ at least a little for 31________ they had done．“I'm going to 32________ to your father about this when he comes home tonight，”I said．“He and l will think of how to punish you．”Things were 33 ________ quiet after that for about half an hour，and then Charles 34 ________ a glass in the kitchen，and at almost the same   35________ ，Mark fell out of the apple tree．

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说明：用英语记述下列内容，限100—120词。

假定你的朋友叫杨立，是优秀学生。校报请你写一篇介绍他的短文。他的基本情况是：

1)现在读高二，是班长，是全班学习最好的。

2)最喜欢学习英语和数学。

3)爱好体育，课余常踢足球，还是学校游泳队队员。

4)经常帮助别人。

注意：1)基本情况不可遗漏。

2)要有标题。

3)词数为100左右。

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How did Dickens see his childhood?

完成下列各对话，根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：Mrs．Brown和邻居谈天气，邻居说这里秋天有时下雨，建议她出门时带把伞，Mrs．Brown对此表示感谢。

Mrs．Brown：51________ today?Do you think We’11 have a fine day?   

Neighbour：It seems it’s going to be warm and sunny this morning，isn't it?

Mrs．Brown：52________ here in autumn?

Neighbour：It ts usually warm and sunny，but sometimes it rains．

Mrs．Brown：Oh，is that so?I hope it won’t rain today as I'll go shopping after lunch．

Neighbour：53________ with you if you go out．

Mrs．Brown：Umbrella?Do you think 54________ in the afternoon?

Neighbour：I'm not sure．But the weatherman says there will be wind this afternoon．

Mrs．Brown：Really? 55________ to tell me about this．Thanks．

Neighbour：You’re welcome．

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Popular British author，Charles Dickens’(1812—1870)family could hardly make ends meet．They could only afford to send one of their six children to school．Dickens was not that child．His parents chose to send a daughter，who had a talent for music，to an academy．

His lather was placed in prison for debts．And，being the oldest male at home，Dickens worked at a factory．His horrible experience there became the ruel for his future writing．His father was freed three months later，and Dickens was then sent to school．

From l836 to 1837，he wrote a series of stories．Thus the Pickwick Papers came into being，which brought fame to him．His works are Oliver Twist，Tale of Two Cities，David Copperlield and Hard Times．

“I do not write bitterly or angrily．for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am．”he once said．

His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became，as well as his writing career there areshades ofyoung Dickens in many of his most beloved characters，including David Coppeffield and Oliver Twist．“Minds，like bodies，will often fall into an ill—conditioned state from too much comfort．”he once wrote．

The book that called public attention to Dickens was________．

The phrase“shades of”in the last paragraph means________．

In“Are you pulling my leg or what?”，the phrase pulling my leg refers to________．