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信息发布者:
237 years.
He is a writer.
No, he didn't.
Mark Twain's stories.
I will interview Chinese poet Du Fu. Because I'm interested with his life experiences.
In the past, people kept in touch with relatives or friends mainly by sending letters. They would read 
newspapers, watch TV, or listen to the radio for news and other information. People used to go shopping 
in stores by themselves. Big families had to share small rooms. Now people can talk to others by 
telephone or on the Internet at home. When they are free, they use smartphones or computers to watch 
the news and other programmes on the Internet. Shopping online is becoming more and more popular. 
More and more people live in big and bright apartments with several rooms, In a word, people live 
better than before.
with the help of 在……的帮助下
newly-invented 新发明的
encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事
gold miner 淘金者
close to 接近
have a talent for 在……方面有天赋
be famous as 作为……而出名
237 years.
题意:乔往回穿梭了多少年到达过去?
根据第一段:It's the year 2123. With the help of the newly-invented time machine, Joe (J), a middle school student in the United States, travels back to 1886 to interview Mark Twain (M).
现在是2123年。在新发明的时间机器的帮助下,美国中学生乔(J)回到1886年采访马克·吐温(M)。
可知乔从2123年穿梭回1886年,2123-1886=237(年),故答案为:237 years.
He is a writer.
句意:马克·吐温是做什么工作的?
根据常识以及短文第五行:
You are my favourite writer! (你是我最喜欢的作家!)
可知,本题答案为:He is a writer.
No, he didn't.
句意:马克·吐温发现了很多金子吗?
根据文章第13行马克·吐温说的话:
I worked as a gold miner. But sadly I didn't find anything close to gold.  (我是一名淘金者。但遗憾的是,我没有找到任何接近黄金的东西。)
可知,回答是否定的。
故答案为:No, he didn't.
Mark Twain's stories.
题意:划线单词“them”指的是?
根据画线句所在段:I enjoy writing stories. Maybe I have a talent for that. I sent some of my stories to the Territorial Enterprise. It was a leading newspaper at that time. The boss was so satisfied with them that he offered me a writing job.(我喜欢写故事。也许我在这方面有天赋。我把我的一些故事寄给了《企业报》。那是当时的主要报纸。老板对它们很满意,给了我一份写作的工作。)可知老板是对马克·吐温寄来的故事很满意,them指的是“Mark Twain's stories.(马克·吐温的故事)”
题意:如果你能穿越时间,你会做什么?解释你的理由。
参考答案:
我将采访中国诗人杜甫。因为我对他的人生经历很感兴趣。
I will interview Chinese poet Du Fu. Because I'm interested with his life experiences.
       Great changes have taken place in our city during the past thirty years. In the past, people kept in touch with relatives or friends mainly by sending letters. They would read newspapers, watch TV, or listen to the radio for news and other information. People used to go shopping in stores by themselves. Big families had to share small rooms. Now people can talk to others by telephone or on the Internet at home. When they are free, they use smartphones or computers to watch the news and other programmes on the Internet. Shopping online is becoming more and more popular. More and more people live in big and bright apartments with several rooms. In a word, people live better than before.

短语/词组积累:
① take place 发生
② keep in touch with 和……保持联系
③ by doing sth. 通过做某事
④ used to doing sth. 习惯做某事
⑤ use sth. to do sth. 使用某物做某事
⑥ in a word 总而言之

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