《2025年中考复习指导英语浙江科学技术出版社》

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| get, read, fast, sentence, patient |
Jack is a little nervous. He has to finish reading a book and give a report next Monday. He thinks he is a very slow __1__ . He asks Annie for help. Annie tells him to just read quickly __2__ the main ideas at first, but not to read word by word. Jack doesn't understand many of the words. He has to use a dictionary. Annie suggests he should try to guess a word's meaning by reading the __3__ before and after it. He probably understands more than he thinks. And Annie asks him to be __4__ . Annie adds “It takes time. You can become better by reading something you enjoy every day. The more you read, the __5__ you'll be.”
Hope this can help Jack and he can finish his report successfully.
1. reader 2. to get 3. sentence(s) 4. patient
5. faster

答案： 1.reader 2.to get 3.sentence(s) 4.patient 5.faster

The Magic Lick(舔)
For most people, ice-cream is all about tastes. But for Spanish physicist(物理学家)Manuel Linares, it's the color that counts.
Manuel found a new way to make ice-cream even __1__ . He invented a magic ice-cream that changes colors when you lick it! This surprising ice-cream now only has one flavor. It __2__ out to be blue, then changes to pink and in the end becomes purple as it's licked.
“My ingredients are all __3__ ,” said Manuel. “Do you know why my ice-cream can change colors? Because mouth acids(酸性物质)and temperature have something to __4__ color change.”
The inventor teaches high school physics and math. He is also an ice-cream lover. His __5__ have become very popular so far, so he has got lots of calls and e-mails from many ice-cream companies in Singapore, Germany, America and Russia. They all plan to sell his color-changing ice-cream.
The future is looking bright for both Manuel and his ice-cream.
1. better 2. starts 3. natural 4. do with
5. products

答案： 1. better 2. starts 3. natural 4. do with 5. products