完成下列各题 C

There was a river with a small town on either side of it．The towns were linked by a bridge．One day，a hole appeared in the bridge．Both towns agreed that the hole should be mended．However，disagreement came up as to who should mend it．Each town thought that it had a better reason for the other to mend the hole．The town on the right bank said that it was at the end of the road，so the left—bank town should mend the hole．The town on the left bank，on the other hand，insisted that all the traffic came to the right—bank town，so it was in their interest to mend the bridge．

The quarrel went on and on，and so did the hole．The more it went on，the more the hostility between the two towns grew．

One day a man fell into the hole and broke his leg．People from both towns questioned him closely about whether he was walking from the right bank to the left or from the left bank to the right，in order to decide which town should be blamed for the accident．But he could not remember，since he got drunk that night．

Some time later，a car was crossing the bridge and broke an axle(轴)because of the hole．Neither town paid any attention to the accident，as the traveler was not going from one to the other．but was merely passing through．The angry traveler got out of the car and asked why the hole was not mended．

On hearing the reason，he declared，“I'll buy this hole．Who’s the owner?”

Both towns at once declared that they owned the hole．

“One or the other，whoever owns the hole must prove it．”

“How shall we prove it?”asked both sides．

“That’s simple．Only the owner of the hole has the right to mend it．I'll buy the hole from whoever mends the bridge”

People from both tow ns rushed to do the job while the traveler smoked a cigar and his driver changed the axle．They mended the bridge in no time and asked for the money for the hole．

“What hole?”The traveler looked surprised．“I can’t see any hole．I've been looking for a hole for several years now．I'm prepared to pay a good price for it，but there’s no hole here．Are you pulling my leg or what?”

He got into his car and drove off．

What did the two towns quarrel about?________．

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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完成下列各题

D

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________．