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A few years ago, I had to stay at the hospital for three days for a medical test. I 1.(ask) to stay awake for more than 30 hours because of the test. It could be 2.(extreme) difficult for anyone. And I didn't believe I could make it. My mother said she would accompany me. But I knew even 3. my mother accompanying me， it wouldn't be easy.
To my surprise， that afternoon 4. my mom came to my room， she had my friend Susan with her. That afternoon Susan called my mother. As soon as she 5. (hear) I needed to stay awake for so long, she decided to help me. So she offered 6.(come) to the hospital to stay with me and help keep me awake. Things became much 7. (easy) than I had imagined with Susan's help. She told me stories and jokes , and time passed very quickly.
Without Susan's help，8. whole stay in the hospital would have been much more difficult. And our 9.(friend) became deeper from then on. I think nothing can keep us apart. I'm so 10. (thank) that I have such a friend.
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1.He waited for the ___________(宣布) of the result of the competition.
2.I don’t know who is to ___________(责备) for the broken vase.
3.He is used to ________(折叠) his clothes as flat as possible.
4.The little girl was _________(不愿意) to admit she was wrong.
5.The man is not content with the large sum of money he has earned. He is too________(贪心的).
6.As we all know, leaving a good first __________(印象) is very important during an interview.
7.It was a hot summer and air conditioners were in great _________(需求).
8.It will be fine whenever you come, but you’d better _________(通知) me of that before you come.
9.Why don’t you _________(倒) yourself another drink?
10.The new technology was ________(应用) to farming.
Reading books is one of the best hobbies. It not only helps you pass your time but also helps you increase your knowledge in a meaningful manner. 1. Here we will give you a few tips that can help you.
● Fall into the habit of borrowing books to read.
This is a very old school practice but still it can be highly effective. When you borrow a book, there is obviously a deadline set. 2.
● Read everywhere.
Keep a book in your bag and read it anywhere you go. This will help you to pass your time in a very productive manner. 3. Anyway, you can read your book 24 hours a day.
●4.
This can easily be described as a new school technique. You can read out to your brother or sister and this will enable you to finish your book as well as increase the knowledge and understanding of your brother or sister.
● Choose your books very carefully.
5. Thus choose your books very carefully in order to enjoy your time and also finish your book effectively. If you choose a good book that can keep you interested for a longer period of time, there is no way that you are going to leave it incomplete.
A. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the reading habit.
B. Realize the importance of reading books.
C. Read out to someone else.
D. Find an excuse to read every day just by visiting book clubs.
E. This can encourage you to read it often to finish the book on time.
F. It doesn’t matter whether you are traveling or are about to sleep.
G. Yes, life is too short to read a book that doesn’t impress you.
Let’s face it. No one drinks diet sodas for the taste. People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it. Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn’t drink diet sodas. ＂What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain,＂ said Sharon Fowler.
The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.
While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations.
Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet sodas, they don’t lose weight at all. "We weren’t seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us,＂ said Rogers.
So why would diet soda cause weight gain? No one knows for sure yet, but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet sodas, and so over-compensate(补偿) for the missing calories.
A related study found some sweeteners (甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice. ＂Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky,＂ said Helen P. Hazuda, professor at the University of Texas’s school of medicine. ＂They may be free of calories, but not of consequences.＂
1.People drink diet sodas to ____________.
A. enjoy its taste B. achieve weight loss
C. stay in fashion D. gain more energy
2.The new study suggests that drinking diet sodas ____________.
A. causes people to become heavier
B. helps people to be healthier
C. makes people much thinner
D. offers people more calories
3.We can learn from the passage that ____________.
A. regular sodas make people lose more weight
B. diet soda drinkers tend to eat more food
C. diet sodas do help reduce calories
D. most blood diseases come from diet sodas
4.The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph probably refers to “_________”.
A. sweeteners B. diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers
C. sodas D. diet sodas and artificial sweeteners
Nowadays, parents worry a lot because their children spend hours and hours in front of the TV screen. Because this doesn’t happen to only one specific family, many experts warn us that there can be some serious effects of children watching violence on television.
Children who become addicted(上瘾的) to TV sit down and turn on the TV as soon as they get home. Although they have lots of homework, they become absorbed in TV programs.
Since they spend tons of time watching TV, they have less time to enjoy real life activities such as playing with friends, playing outdoor sports, or enjoying other kinds of entertainment.
There are too many violent scenes on TV. Some experts say there are 25 acts of violence per hour on TV. In addition, there are many experiments by psychologists which show how TV violence influences children. Finally, people worry that children tend to imitate what they watch on TV and may start to behave more violently.
What should be done? First of all, the government should regulate TV violence. It should also encourage people to invent and develop new technology which can block violent scenes from the programs children watch. For example, with a rating system(分级制度) and the V-chip, unfit scenes of violence and sex can be blocked out. Second, parents should monitor what their children watch. At the same time, they should make their children interested in real life activities. Then when the children start to spend more time playing with friends or reading books, parents can stop their monitoring.
It is a fact that there is more violence on TV today than there was ten years ago. Moreover, violent incidents occur more frequently in real life. It’s time to realize how harmful watching TV violence is, and it’s time to keep our children from watching violence.
1.What experts really worry is that .
A. children spend too much time watching TV
B. TV violence has a bad influence on children
C. children become addicted to TV programs
D. children have less time to do their homework
2.The author explain how the government should control TV violence by .
A. giving a definition B. giving an example
C. making a comparison D. presenting research findings
3.What does the underlined word “imitate” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A. explain. B. avoid.
C. ignore. D. copy.
4.What is the author’s purpose for writing this text?
A. To express his own worries about TV violence.
B. To ask parents to take good care of their children.
C. To inform readers of the latest situation about TV violence.
D. To call on the whole society to save children from violence.
In one of the old buildings near our school，one could see an old man sitting by a large window on the first floor．His name was James．During the three years at school, I had hardly ever found him missing from his usual position．
He was a high-ranking government official and lived happily with his wife．Once there was a bus accident，in which a number of passengers were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital for treatment．James was responsible for the rescue operation．It was a big hospital，but James was shocked to notice how ill-equipped it was．There were no enough life-saving drugs and life—supporting equipment． The injured and their companions had to struggle there．James attempted to help．However，though he emptied his pockets，many of them died that day．
That was a turning point in his life．He made a decision to devote his life to helping others，particularly the poor and needy patients and their companions．He began spending much of his income on these people．Since this required a lot of time and energy，he found it difficult to fulfill(履行) his official duties and therefore chose to retire，which，in turn，reduced his income considerably．
His wife was deeply worried. Most of the time，James was out and paid least attention to home affairs．Meanwhile，as he was spending a lot helping others，she had to struggle even to meet the household expenses．Though she was not opposed to his helping the poor，she urged him not to overlook his own life and home，but it had no effect on him．One day they had a heated argument and in the end she left him，never to return．Though he continued with his work，this was a great blow and did serious harm to his health and enthusiasm and was soon forced to stay indoors．That was when he took his position by the window，spending his time looking outside．
A few weeks after my graduation，I returned to school，only to find the buildings gone．I heard that they were torn down．All the people left except James．He refused to go and the next morning，he was found at his usual place by the window，dead．
1.What changed James’ view towards life?
A. The difficulties in his career．
B. The deaths in the bus accident．
C. The bad conditions in the hospital．
D. The responsibilities in the operation．
2.James chose to retire in order to____________________.
A. spare more time and energy to help others
B. find a better job to increase his income
C. take care of the injured passengers
D. stay away from the difficult official duties
3.James’ wife left because_________________________．
A. she was strongly against his deeds
B. James paid too little attention to his work
C. her work to support their daily life was too tiring
D. James failed to keep a balance between charity and home
4.What is possibly the reason why James sat by the window every day?
A. He expected his wife to return.
B. He looked forward to going out.
C. He desired to watch the students.
D. He attempted to know the outside life.
