The students‘ life today can be very stressful (紧张的). They are under pressure (压力) every day. They need a break from it. Parents should ask children to do something else. (A) ______ not let them relax in front of the TV. A hobby is the perfect answer.
There are many different kinds of hobbies. Chess is a good example. It is a very enjoyable game and it also helps children develop their thinking skills.
Collecting something is also a good hobby for children. A child can collect almost anything: key rings, stamps, postcards, old coins, etc. Many of these collecting can be both interesting and fun. They teach children a lot. For example, gardening (园艺) is a useful hobby because it is a physical activity and it also teaches children about nature.
(B) A hobby can be a useful learning tool. Children may becomes experts in something if they really love their hobbies. Children will also learn to become more organized. Hobbies will also teach children a lot about responsibility(责任).
1. 在文中画线部分（A）的空白处填入一个适当的连词使句意完整连贯。
2. 在短文中找出可以替换下面所给句子的一句话。 It is a good hobby for children to collects something. 3. How many kinds of hobbies can you find in this passage? 4. Why is gardening a useful hobby?
5. 将文中画线部分（B）的英语句子译成汉语。
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Module 6 Animals in danger
Ⅰ. 重点短语
1. in danger 处于危险中 2. at last 终于、最后
3. be interested in 对……感兴趣 4. think of 想到、想出 5. take away 拿走；夺走 6. in peace 和平的、平静地 7. on earth 究竟、到底、在地球上 8. in order to 为了 9. look after 照顾 10. find out 找出、查明 11. do some research 研究
12. allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事 13. get close to sb. 慢慢接近某人 14. raise some money 筹集一些钱 15. all kinds of 各种各样 16. pick up 捡起，获得 17. around the world 全世界 18. set up 建立；创办
19.动词不定式做双宾语的结构：动词+sb. +(to)do; 否定形式：动词+sb. +not+ (to)do
20. Would you like sb. to do sth.? 询问、要求或邀请某人去做某事 21. It‘s sad/happy/sorry(for sb.) to do sth. 表示喜怒哀乐 Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 1. 很危险。请把这把刀拿开。
The knife is very dangerous. Please ________ ________ ________.
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2. 这座镇上的人们平静地生活着。
People in the town live ________ ________. 3. 为了通过这次考试他努力学习。
He works hard ________ ________ the exam. 4. 在那场大火中许多人失去了他们的家园。
A lot of people ________ ________ ________ in that big fire. 5. 为了保护这些小动物，我们建造了这所房子。
________ ________ ________ ________the little animals, we built the house.
6. 政府为人们修建了许多医院。
The government ________ ________ many hospitals for the people. 7.这个孩子失去了父母，没地方可住。
The child lost his parents and he ______ ______ ______ ______ ______. Ⅲ.综合填空。用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，补全短文。 talk, like happy, future, live, and, die, understand, all the time, have There was once a man who was very rich but very tightfisted at the same time. Nobody (1) ______him in the village. One day he said to them, ―I know you don‘t like me. When I (2) ______, I will give everything to you. Then everyone will be(3) ______.‖ Even then nobody believed him. The rich man couldn‘t(4) ______why they didn‘t believe him.
One day he went for a walk. Under a tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow(5) ______.
The pig said to the cow, ―Everybody likes you(6) ______nobody likes me.Why? When I provide people with meat, ham and so on, I give three or four things to them. But you give only one thing milk. Why do people like you (7) ______ and not me?‖
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The cow answered, ―Look, I give them milk while I‘m(8) ______. They see that I am generous with what I (9) ______. But you don‘t give anything while you are alive. Only after you‘re dead do you give meat , ham and so on. People don‘t believe in the(10) ______, they believe in the present. If you give you are alive, people will like you.‖ From that moment on, the rich man wasn‘t tightfisted any more. Everyone began to like him him, And he felt quite happy. Ⅳ. 任务型阅读
In the past , some people lived in some very cold places. They didn‘t have enough clothes to keep warm, so they would kill animals like bears and tigers. (A) People took animals furs(皮毛) to make clothes so that they could live in bad weather. Today, people use other materials(材料) to make many kinds of beautiful and warm clothes, (B) so we don‘t really need to use animals‘ furs for clothes. However, there are still some people who like to wear and use fur products. They believe those can make them look great. But other people don‘t think (C)__________. They think the way that people get furs isn‘t kind. Animals can feel lots of pain when people ―take off‖ their furs, and then the animals will die soon (D) ________.their furs. Some people think we shouldn‘t do things like that to animals.
It‘s true that we all like to be beautiful and rich. But when you think of animals‘ feelings before they died, can you still feel good wearing their furs?
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. 在下面的句子中填入合适的短语，使其与划线句子（A）意思相同。 _________________ live in bad weather, people took animals‘ furs to make clothes.
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