Just as the stock market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our beliefs about what is possible. Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to _____our belief systems determines the success of our inner economy. For example, imagine that your family of origin had a belief that musical talent was not something they _____ As a member of that group, you would likely _____ that same belief about yourself. As a result, even if you had a great desire to create music, you might be _____ to really get behind yourself. Because you might fear that your _____ would not pay off. Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not born_____ would probably stop your trying. And that would be a major _____ to invest your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, belief isn’t anything ____ If you found a way to _____ that negative belief, a great flood of energy would pour forth, greatly increasing the possibility of your success. How much energy we are willing to invest in the various ideas and dreams is like the money people are, or are not, willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market. And in both cases, ______ plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something. One way to open up the possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable _______we sometimes think. There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our faith in, such as passion, feeling, and sense. Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that go against the grain, trusting their sense over the ______opinion held by ordinary people about what will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart’s desires and our sense to guide us,
questioning any beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves. As we take out energy from limiting ideas about what is possible, we ______ the resources that have the power to make our inner economy prosper.
1.A.simplify B.challenge C.eliminate D.maintain
2.A.possessed B.trusted C.objected D.missed
3.A.reject B.preserve C.deny D.share
4.A.willing B.sorry C.reluctant D.ready
5.A.success B.knowledge C.profession D.investment
6.A.devoted B.talented C.concerned D.interested
7.A.obstacle B.excuse C.chance D.principle
8.A.important B.fixed C.changeable D.stimulating
9.A.enhance B.reserve C.release D.follow
10.A.energy B.hobby C.expense D.belief
11.A.guide B.ability C.goal D.policy
12.A.unacceptable B.strange C.unbelievable D.common
13.A.stick to B.lead to C.free up D.leave out
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
It’s interesting when you think about how Japan is a nation 1. appreciates the virtues of silence and good manners, and yet when it comes to eating noodles, Japanese people can be 2. (loud) in the world.
According to lifestyle website grapee.jp, slurping (发出"哧溜"声) when eating noodles 3. (encourage) in Japanese culture. It’s believed that taking air into your mouth 4. enhance the flavor of the noodles, and that it helps cool down the noodles. It’s also considered to be a way to show appreciation for the dish. Sometimes, just making the noise alone seems to make the noodles more enjoyable.
It wasn’t until a new expression – “noodle harassment(骚扰)”-- came out last year on social media 5. Japanese people started to realize that the slurping noise is making some foreign visitors uncomfortable.
6. a response, Japanese instant noodle maker Nissin introduced a so-called noise-canceling fork last month. The fork, which looks like an electric toothbrush, is connected wirelessly to a smart phone. When the person using the fork starts to slurp, the fork sends a signal to the person’s phone, 7. (make) it play a sound to mask the slurping noise.
But is it really necessary? Dining traditions do vary. 8. is considered to be proper table manners in one country is likely to be seen as rude in another. In India, people eat with their hands 9. they think in this way they build a connection with the food. However, people who are used to eating with forks might find it uncomfortable to get their hands 10. (cover) in oil and bits of food. But this eating method is part of Indian's culture, just like Japan's slurping is part of its own.
“So, if your are eating noodles, whether that’s ramen, uudon, or soba, please slurp,” wrote reporter Brian Ashcraft on blog Kotaku. “If anyone gets annoyed while you are doing that, pay them no mind because they're missing the point entirely.”
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Edward正在学习汉语, 来信希望你给他推荐一个适合他的汉语学习网站。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 推荐网站名称：如www.edchinese.com；
2. 介绍网站内容。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Edward,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
删除：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。
The other day I saw a beautiful dress at a shop and fall in love with it. I tried it on and found it fit perfect so I bought it! My favorite thing about the dress is that it has such many pockets that I don’t need take a bag any more. I also get lots of attentions from my friends whenever I wear it, that makes me proud. What’s funny is that the style is very similar with what people wore back in the 1990s. In the fact, I have found some old photographs of my mother wear a similar dress. It’s really amazing that we’ve started to wear things that was popular about twenty years ago.
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，并填在答题卡的相应位置。
Have you ever wished your vocation could meet all your 1. (expect)? Well, this is possible when you choose 2. (go) on a cruise (游轮). Recently, cruises have become 3. (popular) places than traditional forms of traveling. 4. is not necessary to make reservations at different hotels, find places to dine, or arrange different transports in advance. Everything you can imagine is available whenever you want it on such 5. cruise ship.
Cruise ships are like miniature (小型的) cities on water. They are 6. (full) loaded with restaurants serving all kinds of dishes. The staterooms (特等客舱) can be compared to rooms 7. (find) in five-star hotels. The big difference is 8. you get to have a moving ocean view. What’s more, there are activities designed for people of all ages and interests, and 9. (vary) sports facilities like gyms and rock climbing walls as well as clubs and shops are also accessible. Quality entertainments like Broadway shows and live music 10. (provide), too.
Three years ago, I was working as a lawyer. For a year or longer, my work was beginning to suffer. I ____ got to the point where I couldn’t concentrate --- one of the early signs that something was _____. I kept forgetting things. Legal work is complicated, and you have to have a good ____ to do that work. So I ____ my job. I talked to my doctor about my family’s ____ of Alzheimer's; my father and grandfather had it. Then I was asked to do some tests. It ____ that I have early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Needless to say, my life has ____. My husband Dan retired soon after my diagnosis (诊断) ____ we spend a lot of time together. ____ going to work, I used to spend my days having lunch with my friends and _____ my mother. I could drive up to see her before I started getting ____. The situation wasn’t _____, but I’d had to turn around enough times that it frightened me. Now I ____ drive out of town. I stay in town.
I am an independent person, but now I have to ____ some of that independence. My husband and I mostly do the shopping together because I ____ the list.
Dan and I are enjoying life while we can. Some people are saving money for trips years down the road. We’re not _____, we take a trip every year.
The one thing I wish I could change is people’s ____ when I tell them I have Alzheimer’s. They shut down. I can still ____; it’s not like suddenly I can’t remember anything. This happened with my father. He was very ____, and he had lots of friends. When his friends learned he got Alzheimer’s, they wouldn’t come to visit him. I think people should learn more about Alzheimer’s and ____ that people with the disease can still socialize.
1.A.hardly B.possibly C.finally D.certainly
2.A.different B.strange C.difficult D.wrong
3.A.reason B.brain C.chance D.hand
4.A.got B.enjoyed C.left D.continued
5.A.habit B.description C.idea D.history
6.A.made sure B.added C.turned out D.meant
7.A.begun B.changed C.returned D.ended
8.A.so B.but C.as D.unless
9.A.Apart from B.Along with C.Because of D.Instead of
10.A.helping B.visiting C.missing D.calling
11.A.bored B.hurt C.tired D.lost
12.A.funny B.terrible C.similar D.special
13.A.never B.again C.often D.still
14.A.ask for B.look at C.give up D.show off
15.A.forget B.make C.take D.hate
16.A.waiting B.caring C.pretending D.listening
17.A.interests B.relationship C.lives D.reaction
18.A.travel B.drive C.talk D.learn
19.A.brave B.social C.honest D.proud
20.A.realize B.explain C.expect D.imagine
