江苏省南通市启东市2021~2022学年七年级下学期英语期中...

—He is Tom. He is hard working and often buys _____useful book to read.

—Let me try.

—Sorry. I don't know what happened _____________it.

—Well it's not very far. It's about ten minutes by bus.

一Well, it is usually full of fun. But I have to keep busy.

—It's ___________. It's __________second car.

—It is very easy, but I don't think ___________________can pass it

—____________. Can you find someone to help me fix it?

—Thanks.____________ next time.

—It usually _____________me an hour.

一_____________. He is having an important meeting in Beijing now.

Some years ago, an old businessman had a large shop in Boston. He wanted a   1to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the2. The next morning, many boys came to the old man's office, asking for the3.

There was a nail（钉子） in the desk. He took a walking-stick（拐杖） and said. "You each have three chances.4who can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once will5the job. "

The boys thought it was very6. They all tried,7nobody could make it. Then the old man said, "8that I can't take anyone of you." And they left.

The old man kept the advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many more boys came. Among them was a thin boy who came for the9time—he came here the day before. This time, the boy hit the nail successfully（成功地）for three times. The old man felt10and asked the boy, "11did you do that?"

"Dear sir, "said the boy. "I failed12, but it taught me a lot. I went home and practised13something small with a stick till I could do it. "

The old man smiled, "You are the boy for me now."

That was a(n)14way to do everything. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried his best. And it was not very long15he became the best clerk in the shop.

Let's Explore（探究） The Nature!

Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your summer holiday and learn something interesting and useful?

Here comes your chance（机会）! Youth Explorer will prepare a three-day summer program! You can take part in many activities and meet with animals—pandas, tigers and so on! More information about the program is as follows:

Age: Students aged 8~14

Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students.

Program cost: $230 for members;$250 for non-members

What to do: Simply come to our centre（135 Fifth Street）to get an application form（申请表）

Send your form on or before 15th July, 2022 (Friday)

Notes: 1 No free lunches because of personal food differences. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

2 Both programs will start a day later if there is a warming（警报）of rainstorms.

Come and join us now! Don't miss this chance!

Face masks on adults and children over 2 years old can help slow the spread（传播）of coronavirus. Here are some tips to help children wear masks when you go out:

Help children get used to（习惯）masks. As much as you can, give children time to practice wearing their masks before they may need to wear one outside your home. Teach them how to put them on and take them off.

Make masks together. If you make face masks at home, let older children help you. Some masks are easy to make, often with materials like T-shirts, bandannas, etc.

Help make it fun。 With younger children, try to play games with them. Children can dress up as a doctor or nurse when wearing their masks. They may want to "take care" of a toy ordol.

Get a few masks ready when children play. This lets them think about how to use them. It also helps make masks a more common part of their everyday life. You can ask your child to put a mask on a doll, and then ask him/her questions about why the doll is wearing the mask. If your child's reply shows worry, you can speak in a clear way to make them not worried.

Helping your child choose a hobby is very good for him or her. They can learn a lot when they are enjoying themselves. To help your child choose a hobby for fun, here are a few tips that may help.

Match your child's interests, If she likes to cook, buy her a cookbook. If he likes collecting baseball cards, buy him a special scrapbook. Show your interests in their interests.

Try something different. Show your child a new hobby as a birthday or holiday gift. Your child may become interested in it.

Share a hobby with your child. Take an art class as a family. Go for a mountain climbing together Spending family time doing fun things can make a healthy and nice relationship.

Lead it to a higher level. If your child likes pop music, visit a singer star's website. Go to a concert. Make it more fun for him.

Don't push your interests to your child. Let kids choose their own hobbies, though you can always introduce them to new one. Don't show your disappointment（失望） if they choose something different from your idea.

What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 888 million in August, 2021. That is, about 93. 4% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both. If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. Tik Tok has more than 800 million users around the world.

Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relaxed（放松）. but also teach them useful skills. "I love watching Lao Qiao's short videos on my phone, "Francis, one of the short video users, says "Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favourite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shaanxi noodles in no time at all. "

However, quite a few people think short videos are not so good. "There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports, "they say, "All of them are more meaningful（有意义的）to people. What's more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly（几乎不）stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. "

Some educators（教育家）say people should not spend much time on short videos. "Most of them are just for fun. They don't teach people to think or to improve themselves. It's not good for people, and not good for society（社会）, either. "

Language（语言）students often think they have memory（记忆力）problems. They worry because they can't remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn't with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you se, hear, or read something, it goes fist into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is 1like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library. it's organized（有条理的）. When you put away a book or memory. you can't just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example。if the word is "height", you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it. 

You can the third turning the left.

visit the Palace Museum this Sunday?

Suzy, late for class.

he a book on the desk for his sister to read?

will people have robots at home?

Some of the most interesting buildings in the world are the pyramids（金字塔）. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, the kin Egypt built them as tombs （坟墓）. They thought pyramids would help them bring life back a death （死亡）. They also wanted the world to remember them bthey think they are very important.

There are many pyramids along the Nile River. They are very fin the world. One of the largest is the Great Pyramid at Giza. Every year, millions of people from around the world visit them. Today it is just as p as it was 4, 000 years ago. During most of that time it was taller than any other building on Earth.

How did people make it? The Great Pyramid has over 2 million blocks（石块）. Many of them are very big and some are as h as five school buses! The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had their own djobs. Some dug up the stones, and omoved （搬）them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid.

Even though （即使）there were so mteams, no stone is in a wrong place. The pyramid is so wonderful and great. Even day nobody k how the workers moved them to the top yet.

How amazing!

As the prices of fuel and oil（燃油和机油）keep going up, the electric cars will become more and more popular in people's life. Many companies spend money in making electric cars no.

Electric cars are different from usual cars. They are powered by batteries（电池）. There are different kinds of batteries for different cars. The battery of the car affects how long the car can go. An electric car can go from 50 to 250 miles at a time. It costs less than the usual car. According to a report, when a usual car goes a mile, it costs about 12 cents. But for an electric. car, it only needs about two cents. It saves lots of money.

Electric cars are good for the environment（环境） if the batteries get power from nuclear, wind or solar power. But the companies shouldn't use coal to power the batteries of electric cars because it can produce environmental pollution like the usual cars.

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Dear Amy,

I would like to invite you to visit my home.

I hope to meet you soon.

Yours,

Sandy