单词拼写：根据首字母和给出的中文，写出所缺单词的正确形式，每空填限一个词。
1.It was said that the movie “The Mermaid” was s___________ (拍摄) in Shenzhen.
2.There will be an a___________ (忧虑不安的) moment when the testing result finally comes out.
3.Nowadays the law g___________ (保证) equal rights for men and women.
4.China and India have s___________ (加强)their cooperation in many fields.
5.The medicine is e___________ (有效的) for knocking colds.
6.If someone has a___________ (滥用) the power, the national Constitution will definitely punish him.
7.Having no children of their own, the couple decided to a___________ (收养) an orphan.
8.He decided to give away everything he p___________ (拥有) in the past days and devote himself to charity.
9.They failed in all their a___________ (尝试) to cheat in the exam.
10.There was no p___________ (预测) for this earthquake, and therefore it caused great damage.
11.Now many young girls are dieting to keep a good f___________ (身材).
12.The annual r___________ (范围) of temperature in Shenzhen is from 10C to 38C.
13.He stood with the gun in his right hand and his left hand steadying his a___________ (目标).
14.This song is a t___________ (典型的) example of jazz music.
15.The teacher has s___________ (确切地) mentioned the important language points before the final exam.
16.Our study plan should be more f___________ (灵活的) so that we can adjust it when needed.
17.Sports clothes are not a___________ (适合的) for a formal wedding.
18.I think what you should do now isto be m___________ (精神上) prepared to face the reality.
19.If you want to improve your English, you’d better first recite large q___________ (大量的) of English words.
20.The citizens around this area all o___________ (反对) the building of a motorway for the time being.
语法单句填空
1.The doctor was very impolite to the patient, _______of course, made things even worse.
2.He got himself into a dangerous situation _______he was likely to lose control over the plane.
3.The science of medicine, in_______ progress has been very rapid, is perhaps the most important of all the science.
4._______are interested in it are welcome to participate.
5._______(know) as the mysterious prankster, Banksy is good at causing stirs in the art world.
6.The picture shows a young boy standing outside on a snowy day, arms _______ (outstretch) with his mouth wide open.
7."Curiosity killed the cat ", so be careful _______ (ask) questions.
8.Michael is strongly against "serous art". Neither _______he like it that one can only see art in museums.
9.My point here was _______less is more.
10.No one knows _______ he really is -- except that he's known by the name "Jan Thorburn".
11.It is not what you will do but how you plan to do it _______ counts..
12.I wonder ______ is being done to help the endangered species.
13.Much attention should be paid to the rainforest and human beings are supposed to appreciate _______ the animals live together.
14.Dashan, who _____ (learn) crosstalk, the Chinese comedic tradition, for decades, wants to mix it upwith the Western stand-up tradition.
15.Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As a child, few people guessed that he _____ (be) a famous scientist whose theories would change the world.
16.It _______(hope) that one day there will be enough animals to let them live in the wild again.
17.Never before _______I seen such a moving film.
18.I would appreciate ______ if you could do me a favor to carry the package upstairs?
19.Every means _______(try) to protect panda bears over the past decades.
20.The thought came to her ________maybe she had left the door open when she left home
阅读下面材料，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式。
One of the purposes of children’s slang(俚语) is to stop adults from being able to understand1. they’re saying. Obviously, the strategy works. Recent research shows that 2. majority of adults can’t translate the meaning of common slang.
In a survey of 4,500 people last month, it 3. (find) that 85% of adults didn’t understand accepted translations of emoji (表情符号) and text. The researchers warned that a lack 4. awareness of what children are communicating online can leave them unprotected, with phrases that express eating disorders and unhappiness not 5. (understand).
For young people growing up with technology, this new language comes 6. (natural), but it’s leaving some adults unsure about what is being said by their children online. 7. is important for adults to speak to young people about how they use social media and chat online.
Caroline Bunting, general manager at Internet Matters, said, “While it is unrealistic to expect parents 8. (know) every piece of Internet slang their children will ever see, online 9. (safe) starts with a conversation. It’s vital for parents to talk to their kids about their digital worlds, including the sorts of 10. (thing) they might experience online and the types of problems to be aware of.”
Everyday on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular_______my attention. It musthave suffered some _______. Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to _______ its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn _______ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a _______ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be_______ . It was a reminder to me that _______ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change _______ in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect _______ of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was _______. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would _______ myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I _______by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my _______ found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had _______ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too _______.
A picture of a tree is not of great _______. But my lesson rang through clearly _______ I found out one of my colleagues had been_______with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many _______.
What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would _______ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
1.A. paid B. caught C. fixed D. escaped
2.A. damage B. influence C. experience D. defeat
3.A. follow B. design C. change D. imagine
4.A. applying B. attempting C. happening D. learning
5.A. shelter B. signal C. sign D. symbol
6.A. interested B. satisfied C. encouraged D. educated
7.A. even though B. as if C. in case D. if only
8.A. purpose B. plan C. habit D. direction
9.A. glance B. view C. picture D. knowledge
10.A. busy B. free C. worried D. bored
11.A. tell B. help C. call D. see
12.A. wandered B. drove C. rode D. ran
13.A. surprise B. pleasure C. regret D. happiness
14.A. taken off B. cut off C. put off D. called off
15.A. cold B. far C. sunny D. late
16.A. value B. achievement C. fun D. disappointment
17.A. when B. before C. because D. unless
18.A. linked B. combined C. provided D. diagnosed
19.A. lives B. tomorrows C. lessons D. opportunities
20.A. surely B. almost C. ever D. never
“So, what are you doing after graduation?” Many juniors and seniors get bored answering that question over and over. Most students, however, choose to go to college for further study.1.
Talking to Your Parents
2. Talk openly with your parents about your plans---both for the short term and the long term. If your parents want you to go to a college but you don’t feel that college is right for you, explain why.
3.
Your parents probably don’t know everything. For school and career guidance, visit your school consultant and talk with adult friends. Make an effort to talk to people in the fields that interest you. Ask friends in college about their schools and other schools they’re familiar with.
Making a Decision
Some people know from an early age exactly what they want to be and how they plan to get there. However, not all of us are so sure of our plans, though, and that’s OK too. School is also not just about careers and getting a high-paying job after graduation----it’s a place for learning about yourself and the world. 4. You can always go back to school or change a career path----lots of people do.
Selecting a School
If college is in your future, you need to plan. Which schools appeal to you? How do you decide on a school when there are thousands to pick from? Once you’ve narrowed down your choices, you can visit their websites or make arrangements to visit. 5.
A. Whatever you choose to do now does not have to be what you do forever.
B. This is the fact that young people have to take into consideration.
C. Getting advice.
D. Try to do this during school time so you can get a good idea of what life is really like on campus.
E. Talking to friends.
F. What if your post-graduation plans differ from what your parents have in mind？
G. Here are some practical tips to prepare yourself for the journey.
Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns (双关语) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?
Over the centuries, various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(优越感) theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesn’t work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.
The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory, the idea that humor arises when there’s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it — jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.
With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentle violation(违背)theory”, the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is actually OK or safe. A dirty joke, for example, trades on moral or social violations, but it’s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about. Similarly, puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense.
And while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling (挠痒痒), or just avoided the phenomenon altogether, my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter. Tickling involves violating someone’s physical space in a gentle way. People can’t tickle themselves — because it isn’t a violation.
1.What is the author’s attitude towards Plato and Aristotle’s theory?
A. Critical. B. Approving
C. uncaring D. Unclear
2.According to Sigmund Freud’s theory, we can infer that __________ .
A. people will laugh when they see others suffer
B. telling dirty jokes is a relief of one’s nervous feelings’
C. unexpectedness can explain how humor works
D. tickling doesn’t involve psychological tension
3.According to the author, why are some things funny to some people but not to others?
A. Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person.
B. Because people have different expectations for the same thing.
C. Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart.
D. Because people’s understanding of violation is different.
4.What is the author’s main purpose of writing this passage?
A. To draw people’s attention to the research of humor.
B. To criticize people’s misconceptions about humor.
C. To explain what exactly causes people to laugh.
D. To prove the sense of humor can be developed.
