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D.whydoweusuallyhearthunderafewsecondsafterseeingWeareveryclosetotheOureyesareinfrontofourLighteningisthecauseofSoundwavestravelfasterthanlightWhatcanwelearnaboutlightningandthunderfromthelastTheycanbeseenandheardanytimeThingslikethemmightalsohappenaroundWeshouldbecarefulandnotgethurtbybothofBrushingyourfeetalongacarpetcanbeveryCHerearethreetraditionalChineseIntheWarringStatesPeriod,theStateofQinhadafightwiththeStateofZhao.SometalentedpeoplewereneededtoaskforhelpfromChu.ThenMaoSuithemanwhobelievedhewastherightpersonforthistaskcameandrecommendedhimself.AndhemadethekingofChusendthearmytohelpsuccessfully.Zhaowassafefromthemon.Oneday,ShangYangputathinwoodenpolenearthesouthgateoftheQincapital.Hepromisedtopay10goldpiecestoanyonewhocouldmoveittothenorthgate.ItwassuchasimplejobthatallpeoplethoughtShangwasjoking.Thenheadded40moregoldpieces.Amanmovediitandhereallygot50goldpieces.Afterthat,thepeopleofQinbelieveShangwasamanofhisword.SotheyallfollowedShang’snewlawlater.WangXlizhiwasoneforthemostfamouscalligraphers（书法家）duringtheEasternJinDynastyofChina.Whenhewasveryyoung,hepractisedhisarteverydayandneverstopped.Once,WangXizhiwroteonthewoodforanengraver（雕刻师）tocut.Thentheengraverfoundtheinkhadpenetratedonecentimetreintothewood.Now“RuMuSanFen”isoftenusedtoexpresssharpideasorusefulviews.Itisverypopularamongpeople.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“recommended”inparagraph2A.介 B.推 C.选 D.挑WhatdoesShangYang’sstorytellAmanofhiswordcangetpeople’sAmanofhiswordcanhavenewAmanofhiswordcanprotecthisD.AD.Amanofhiswordcanmakemore43.WhichofthefollowingidiomcomesfromthestoryofWangA.RecommendingB.Buildingtrustbyusingawooden第第页/共NUMPAGES RuMuSan D.DreamingofaWecanusethewords ”todescribethesethreetraditionalandboring B.funnyandmeaningless interestingandeducational D.intelligentandcleverWheremaythepassagecomeAnonlineshopping B.Amorningnews AWesternfood D.AChinesetraditional第二节阅读填空（515Itiswell-knownthateveryonehashisowndreamaswellashisownfuture.Butyouknowwhatfuturereallyis?Ihavetosaythatfutureisnow.Thatistosaywemusttreasureeveryminutenow.Ifwewanttohaveabrightfuture,weshouldknowhowimportanttimeisanduseitwell.ThereisanoldEnglishsaying,“46”Thenwhat’stime?Timeissomethingthatwecan’tseeortouch,butwecanfeelitpassingby.Timeisalwayswithus.Whenweareattable,timepasses;whenweplay,timegoesbyunnoticeable.Wealwayssay“47”,buttimeisevenmoreprecious（珍贵的）thanmoney,becausewhenmoneyisspent,wecanearnitback.Butiftimeisgoneaway,itwillneverreturn.So,someofusevensaytimeisWeshouldalwaysremember:Futureisnow.Forusstudents,weshouldtryourbestworkhardinordertocreateagreatfutureofourown.Weshouldmakethebestusemasterpossible.And“

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