1. — Could you tell me _______________ we can start a conversation with a foreigner?

— Talking about weather is a good choice.

1.   The Earth is our home, so we must ____ people ____ polluting it. 

1.   As the capital of China, Beijing has a history of more than ____ years. 

1. We hope to live (peace) with people from other countries.

1. The school trip has been because it's raining cats and dogs. （取消）

1. I have too many rules at my home. (改为同义句)

too many rules at my home.

1.   ____ the end, Disney is famous ____ its fantastic theme parks, like Disneyworld in Florida. 

1. (2024九下·衡阳月考) You'd better take the map with you ________ you won't get lost.

1. (2024·扬州模拟) 阅读理解

    Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no" or "we don't know". But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings (人；生物).

    Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope (哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth."

    In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes (高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets. These planets might have intelligent life.

    Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals (信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.

1. (2024九下·九江开学考) The coach thinks ________ of Mary's sports talents, for she jumped very _______ at the sports meeting.