I have been flying since I was three years old. I am now 27 and cannot ever remember being afraid of flying until I was around 20. Suddenly, it seemed to come from nowhere. I began to be afraid of flying.
Two weeks before I was to fly I would have nightmares every night, all of which were centered on a plane crash. This would obviously add to my anxieties. The turning point for me was when I had to go on a business trip to Germany. My boss and my husband were with me, but nobody was allowed to talk to me. I was quiet and on the verge of (濒于) tears right up until boarding. On the flight I was even worse. I was crying, shaking and my palm were sweaty. It sounds so ridiculous, but if you have a fear of flying you will understand my distress.
I got home and my fear was getting out of control. It was upsetting for my husband when we were going on holidays together. I would never be excited because I didn't want to fly as I was certain the plane would crash, or we would be hijacked, or there would be a bomb on board, etc.
I thought about paying for expensive hypnotism (催眠术) to see if that would help me but I also wanted to try and help myself first. That was when I found this book.
I read the book as soon as it arrived. It answered the questions I had. After that, when I had a flight coming up, I read a few chapters of the book every night for 2 weeks before the flight. I also took the book in my hand luggage so it was there to refer to if I felt fearful during a flight.
This book is AMAZING and a MUST-HAVE for any nervous flyer.
1.We know from Paragraph 1 that the author ______ .
A. has been a pilot for over 20 years so far
B. has been afraid of flying for about seven years
C. has been aware of her fear of flying recently
D. has accumulated some flying experience
2.The underlined word “distress” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. suffering B. boredom
C. calmness D. interest
3.The writer’s fear of flying results from ________.
A. her sensitive body
B. her fear of strangers
C. her doubt about the crew
D. her worries about flight safety
4.The author writes the text in order to ______ .
A. give advice on how to beat the fear of flying
B. show how terrible the fear of flying is
C. recommend a book to those who are afraid of flying
D. persuade the readers to stay away from planes
Welcome to Adventureland!
Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore, enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?
The Travel Pavilion
Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…
The Future Tower
This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars!
The Nature Park
This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…
The Pyramid
This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.
1.The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors ______.
A. realize the importance of travelling
B. become familiar with mountain countries
C. learn how to make things such as fishing nets
D. learn something about different places in the world
2.When you visit The Future Tower, which of the following is NOT available for you to do?
A. Have a journey to Mars.
B. Enjoy your time in its space station.
C. Get to know about what people’s life will be.
D. Learn about the impact of progress on our lives.
3.If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?
A. The Travel Pavilion. B. The Nature Park.
C. The Pyramid. D. The Future Tower.
假如你是李华，你想邀请美国好友John观看京剧表演，但John不在家，请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 你到John家的目的；
2. 简要介绍京剧；
3. 询问什么时候方便，再约时间。
注意：1. 词数120左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
提示词汇：京剧 Beijing Opera
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am the shared bike. I’d like to be on the street to serve for people. They can ride me just via a mobile app. But horrible things happen a few days ago. Several people stole some of us with paying their bills on the app but treated us badly. They broke my saddle and even threw my friends everywhere. We felt angry for which those bad guys had done. Thanks to some kindly people, we received careful “treatment”. Now, you help as well as the whole society’s attention is what we need most. We are designed to help people who are stuck the heavy traffic. We are neither toy nor private vehicles. Please obey the basic rules.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It’s never easy for 1. Asia athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian 28, 2. (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a 3. (globe) medal in an individual event. 4. March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds, 5. (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.
The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004, 6. Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably, Su 7. (compare) to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.
As a matter of fact, Su had expected 8. (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver 9. bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in major world 10. (compete),” he said.
I was raised in a house where the TV was rarely switched on. With one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with _______, most of my childhood was spent on books I could _______. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as _______ as breathing and found books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, _______ and live in.
With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a _______. Every writer starts off knowing that he has _______ to say, but being unable to find the right _______ to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and _______ which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so _______ that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, ________ only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what________ he has.
Now I am in college, and have come to realize how ________ it is to read fiction. As a law student, my reading is in fact________ to subject matter. The volume (量) of what I have to read for ________ every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it ________ to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called ________. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life ________ my own. It ________ me to travel across high seas and through deserts, all from the ________ of my own armchair, to experience, though second-hand, ________ experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
1.A. beds B. tables C. shelves D. sofas
2.A. keep track of B. get hold of C. take care of D. make fun of
3.A. natural B. fierce C. difficult D. comfortable
4.A. give in B. participate in C. look in D. move in
5.A. teacher B. professor C. lawyer D. writer
6.A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
7.A. ways B. accesses C. keys D. attitudes
8.A. creating B. watching C. inventing D. discovering
9.A. strongly B. gently C. highly D. mildly
10.A. unless B. while C. because D. if
11.A. success B. dream C. progress D. voice
12.A. instant B. impossible C. tiresome D. important
13.A. used B. limited C. increased D. devoted
14.A. class B. recreation C. pleasure D. word
15.A. attractive B. possible C. clear D. clean
16.A. house B. college C. life D. world
17.A. within B. beside C. near D. beyond
18.A. allows B. arranges C. require D. forces
19.A. place B. laziness C. comfort D. satisfaction
20.A. peace-loving B. time-consuming C. heart-breaking D. fun-creating
