Translate the following sentences into English.1、郑和1371年出生于云南昆明，他不仅是明朝的外交家(diplomat)，也是中国历史上最著名的海上探险家(maritime explorer )。2、公元1405年起的28年间，郑和带领船队七下西洋(the Western Seas)，出海的人员共计10多万人，访问了30多个国家和地区。3、郑和下西洋是世界航海(navigation)史上的壮举，加强了明朝和海外各国之间的关系。

Evidently, travel itself 10)______ you with the freedom to do what you love, to rest, and to try something new. For many people, travel is not simply an enjoyable recreation, but an essential part of maintaining a positive mentality and improving cognitive abilities.

Task 5Directions: Read the following letter. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions— 6 —(No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should bewritten after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.Dear Mr. Smith,Thank you for your interest in our 4-day tour of Beijing. I'm happy to provide you with theinformation you requested.Regarding the price, we offer competitive rates for our Beijing tour package. For specific pricingdetails, please provide us with your preferred travel dates.Our tour covers the most popular places of interest in Beijing, including the Great Wall,Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace. You will also have the opportunityto explore the traditional hutongs and experience the local culture.Accommodation is included in the tour package, and we offer a range of options to suit differentbudgets. Our hotels are centrally located, providing easy access to the main attractions.To ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience, we provide English-speaking guides who areknowledgeable about Beijing's history and culture.The departure place for the tour will be communicated to you once your booking is confirmed.We can also assist you with airport transfers if needed.If you have any further questions or require additional information, please don't hesitate to reachout. We look forward to welcoming you on our Beijing tour.Best regards,Li MingLi Ming56.How can Mr. Smith find out the pricing details?By providing Li Ming with his _________________.57.What opportunity will Mr. Smith have during the tour?To explore the _________________ and experience the local culture.58.Where are the hotels for tourists during the tour?They are _________________.59.What can we learn about English-speaking guides provided for the tour?They are knowledgeable about Beijing's _________________.60.When will Mr. Smith be informed about the departure place?Once his _________________.

Sentence Patterns-|||-Complete each of the following sentences in English according to the Chinese given. Use a sentence-|||-pattern from one of the boxes below.-|||-Do .. . and sb./sth. will....(=If you do... sb./sth.will..) (As)+adj./adv.+as.(=Although.)-|||-e.g.Just give me some money, and I`ll get you the e.g. As remarkable as that revelation is,-|||-magazine. (= If you just give me some money,I`ll get you...) more remarkable is the story that-|||-(Pacap .10) accompanies it. (= Although that-|||-Read the story,and you will find how idiotic the Nazi racial revelation is remarkable,more remarkable-|||-theory was. is....) (Pa|.4)-|||-1 只要相信你自己,你就会赢得演讲比赛。-|||-you`ll win the speech contest.-|||-2 如果您留下地址,下星期我们就把镶好镜框的照片送上门。-|||-__ we`ll deliver the framed picture to you next week.-|||-3 只要听她讲一讲,你会惊叹她在学习英语方面所取得的了不起的进步。-|||-__ the remarkable progress she has made in learning English.-|||-4 尽管他天资聪颖,终其一生却几乎没什么成就。-|||-he achieved little throughout his life.-|||-5虽然我们想尽办.法跟他取得联系并邀请他,但他就是没露脸。-|||-he did not show up.

Listening for details.-|||-1.What things are good (G)or bad (B)for sleep? Write GorB below.Which activity does the-|||-speaker NOT talk about?Circle it-|||-__ eating bananas-|||-__ reading in bed-|||-__ playing video games at night-|||-__ sleeping in the afternoon-|||-__ watching TV or movies in bed-|||-__ exercising before bed-|||-2.Listen to the recording again and write down the answers to the questions.-|||-1)How does eating a banana before bed help you sleep?-|||-2) Is exercising before bed good or bad for your sleep?-|||-3)Why is playing video games in bed bad for sleep?

He said that two            would come to our school the next day.A. woman scientistB. women scientistC. woman scientistsD. women scientists

【题文】The Brightest Star in the SkyYuan Longping is one of the most famous scientists. He regards himself as a farmer because he dos his research in the fields. In fact, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of farmers. Dr. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid（杂交性的）rice. In 1974,he became the first agricultural（农业的）pioneer in the word to grow rice hat has a high output（产量）.This special rice makes it possible to produce one﹣third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from the hybrid rice strain（品种，种类）.He was born in Beijing in 1930. Since he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. He searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding（扩大，增加）the area of the fields.In a recent research，these increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries have planted super hybrid rice to increase their rice harvests.Unluckily, he died on May 22, 2021. Though he was ill in bed, he still cared about his rice in the fields. He always said, "A man is just like a seed. Please be a good seed." Yuan works for the people not only in China but also around the world. He has become a hero and is remembered in everyone's heart forever. He is called "the brightest star in the sky" by his students.【小题1】What does Yuan Longping do?A．A farmer.B．A pioneer.C．A scientist.D．A hero.【小题2】Why does Yuan Longping call himself a farmer?A．Because of his sunburnt face and arms.B．Because of his working place in the fields.C．Because of his slim and strong body.D．Because of his research of super hybrid wheat.【小题3】Yuan Longping was ________ years old when he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world.A．68B．91C．44D．89【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A．This special rice can produce about one third more than usual ones in the same fields.B．60% of the rice output is from common strains.C．7% of the world's people are fed by China.D．The production from 22% of the farmland can't satisfy the need of China.【小题5】What can we learn from him?A．Practice makes perfect.B．When in Rome, do as the Romans do.C．The early bird catches the worm.D．Where there is a will, there is a way..

"I have no special talent.I'm only passionately curious. " This famous quote from Albert Einstein might tell the reason for his success.When Newton discovered gravity，and when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb，their curiosity was greatly satisfied.If they hadn't been curious，what a loss for humans! There is a common truth that intellectual curiosity （求知欲）contributes to school performance more than intelligence.Some studies also show there are benefits of curiosity in improving the long - term level of learning and memory，and a lot of positive results are connected with curiosity. It has been known that both animals and humans are willing to take a risk to satisfy their curiosity despite knowing that the result will remain unchanged.Despite there being different views on the reason for curiosity，most experts reach an agreement that like the way the stomach looks for food，our brain looks for knowledge.People and animals are eager to know things because getting that information means a reward. An interesting thing is that our brain will release a pleasure-related chemical when it has been given new information ，making seeking information much like eating — another pleasant activity.Researchers newly found that increasing the release of the chemical greatly increased the curiosity in animals.However，how exactly the chemical plays a role still remains a mystery. Considering the present level of research on curiosity and the driving force of curiosity，including scientific curiosity，more research should be carried on in this field.It's safe to say that curiosity itself will help uncover curiosity.And remember even though the idiom says "Curiosity kills the cat"，it ends with satisfaction bringing it back.（1）What do the examples mentioned in Paragraph 1 intend to tell us？ ____ A.The importance of being curious.B.The advice from successful people.C.The reason why humans keep curious.D.The relationship between curiosity and efforts.（2）What can we learn about intellectual curiosity from Paragraph 2？ ____ A.It often requires long-term training.B.It helps people develop a positive lifestyle.C.Students with it learn better than those smart ones.D.Students born smart often have stronger intellectual curiosity.（3）Which of the following ideas is generally accepted about curiosity？ ____ A.Human curiosity comes when they want to change results.B.It is natural and common among humans and animals.C.It is often related to some adventurous activities.D.Animals' curiosity appears with hunger.（4）What does the author mean in the last paragraph？ ____ A.Curiosity takes many different forms.B.People may make mistakes because of strong curiosity.C.uriosity makes people dissatisfied with their present situations.D.People should do more research on curiosity with some curiosity.（5）Which of the following is TRUE about the passage？ ____ A.It's safe to say that curiosity itself won't help uncover curiosity.B.People shouldn't have any curiosity.C.Intellectual curiosity contributes to school performance less than intelligence.D.Increasing the release of the chemical greatly increased the curiosity in animals.

WARBy Luigi PirandelloThe passengers who had left Rome, Italy by the night express had had to stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in order to continue their journey by the small old-fashioned "local" joining the main line with Sulmona.At dawn, in a hot and smoky second-class carriage(车厢)in which five people had already spent the night, a tall and heavy woman in deep mourning, was came in—almost like a shapeless bundle, Behind her—puffing and moaning, followed her husband—a tiny man, thin and weakly, his face death-white, his eyes small and bright and looking shy and uneasy.Having at last taken a seat he politely thanked the passengers who had helped his wife and who had made room for her, then he turned round to the woman trying to pull down the collar of her coat and politely asked:"Are you all right, dear? "The wife, instead of answering, pulled up her collar again to her eyes, so as to hide her face."Nasty world, " muttered the husband with a sad smile.And he felt it his duty to explain to his traveling companions that the poor woman was to be pitied because the war was taking away from her only son, a boy of twenty to whom both had devoted their entire life, even breaking up their home at Sulmona to follow him to Rome where he had to go as a student, then allowing him to volunteer for war with an assurance, however, that at least for six months he would not be sent to the front and now, all of a sudden, receiving a wire saying that he was due to leave in three days' time and asking them to go and see him off.The woman under the big coat was twisting and turning, at times growling like a wild animal, feeling certain that all those explanations would not have aroused even a shadow of sympathy from those people who—most likely—were in the same plight as herself. One of them, who had been listening with particular attention, said:"You should thank God that your son is only leaving now for the front, Mine has been sent there the first day of the war. He has already come back twice wounded and been sent back again to the front.""What about me? I have two sons and three nephews at the front, " said another passenger."Maybe, but in our case, it is our only son, " ventured the husband."What difference can it make? You may spoil your only son with much attention, but you cannot love him more than you would all your other children if you had any. Paternal love is not like bread that can be broken into pieces and split amongst the children in equal shares. A father gives all his love to each one of his children without discrimination(歧视), whether it be one or ten, and if l am suffering now for my two sons, I am not suffering half for each of them but double…""True … true …" sighed the embarrassed husband, "but suppose (of course we all hope it will never be your case)a father has two sons at the front and he loses one of them, there is still one left to comfort him … while …""Yes, " answered the other, getting cross, "a son left to comfort him but also a son left for whom he must survive, while in the case of the father of an only son if the son dies the father can die too and put an end to his distress. Which of the two positions is the worse? Don't you see how my case would be worse than yours? ""Nonsense, " interrupted another traveler, a fat red-faced man with bloodshot eyes of the palest gray.He was panting From his bulging(鼓起的)eyes seemed to burst inner violence of an uncontrolled energy which his weakened body could hardly contain."Nonsense, " he repeated, trying to cover his mouth with his hand so as to hide the two missing front teeth. "Nonsense. Do we give life to our children for our own benefit? "The other travelers stared at him in sorrow. The one who had had his son at the front since the first day of the war sighed: "You are right. Our children do not belong to us, they belong to the Country …""Bosh, " replied angrily to the fat traveler. "Do we think of the Country when we give life to our children? Our sons are born because they must be born and when they come to life they take our own life with them. This is the truth. We belong to them but they never belong to us. And when they reach twenty they are exactly what we were at their age. We too had a father and mother, but there were so many other things as well … girls, cigarettes, illusions, new ties …and the Country, of course, whose call we would have answered—when we were twenty—even if father and mother had said no. Now, at our age, the love of our Country is still great, of course, but stronger than it is the love for our children. Is there any one of us here who wouldn't gladly take his son's place at the front if he could? "There was a silence all around, everybody nodding as to approve."Why then, " continued the fat man, "shouldn't we consider the feelings of our children when they are twenty? Isn't it natural that at their age they should consider the love for their Country (I am speaking of decent boys, of course)even greater than the love for us? Isn't it natural that it should be so, as after all, they must look upon us as upon old boys who cannot move any more and must stay at home? If Country exists, if Country is a natural necessity like bread, of which each of us must eat in order not to die of hunger, somebody must go to defend it. And our sons go, when they are twenty, and they don't want tears, because if they die, they die inflamed and happy(I am speaking, of course, of good boys). Now, if one dies young and happy, without having the ugly sides of life, the boredom of it, the pettiness, the bitterness of disillusion(幻灭)… what more can we ask for him? Everyone should stop crying: everyone should laugh, as I do … or at least thank God—as I do—because my son, before dying, sent me a message saying that he was dying satisfied at having ended his life in the best way he could have wished. That is why, as you see, I do not even wear mourning …"He shook his light fawn coat as to show it; his livid lip over his missing teeth was trembling, his eyes were watery and motionless, and soon after, he ended with a shrill laugh which might well have been a sob."Quite so … quite so …" agreed the others.The woman who, bundled in a corner under her coat, had been sitting and listening had—for the last three months—tried to find in the words of her husband and her friends something to console her in her deep sorrow, something that might show her how a mother should resign herself to send her son not even to death but to a probable danger of life. Yet not a word had she found amongst the many which had been said … and her grief had been greater in seeing that nobody—as she thought—could share her feelings.But now the words of the traveler amazed and almost stunned her. She suddenly realized that it wasn't the others who were wrong and could not understand her but herself who could not rise up to the same height of those fathers and mothers willing to resign themselves, without crying, not only to the departure of their sons but even to their death.She lifted her head; she bent over from her corner trying to listen with great attention to the details which the fat man was giving to his companions about the way his son had fallen as a hero, for his King and his Country, happy and without regrets. It seemed to her that she had stumbled into a world she had never dreamt of, a world so far unknown to her and she was so pleased to hear everyone joining in congratulating that brave father who could so stoically speak of his child's death.Then suddenly, just as if she had heard nothing of what had been said and almost as if waking up from a dream, she turned to the old man, asking him:"Then … is your son really dead? "Everybody stared at her. The old man, too, turned to look at her fixing his great, bulging, horribly watery light gray eyes, deep in her face, For some little time he tried to answer, but words failed him. He looked and looked at her, almost as if only then—at that silly, incongruous(不协调的)question—he had suddenly realized at last that his son was really dead … gone forever … forever. His face contracted, became horribly distorted, then he snatched in haste a handkerchief from his pocket and, to the amazement of everyone, broke into heart-breaking, uncontrollable sobs.(1)How did the woman feel about their son leaving home? (2)What is the "fat red-faced man" like? Support your idea with evidence.(3)If you were in the carriage with these parents, who would you choose to comfort? How would you do it? (4)What can you learn from this story? Support your idea with evidence.