阅读下列各句，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1.She had failed for twice in the driving test, and finally made _____ on her third try.
2.With the arrival of winter vacation, students are actively applying _____ volunteers.
3.People can’t wait ______ (know) the program for the 2020 Spring Festival Gala (春晚).
4.The little girl wrote a thank-you letter to the firefighter by ______ she was rescued.
5.The doctor recommended that we_______ (take) exercise regularly to keep fit.
6.Eye doctors recommend that the child’s first eye exam _______ at the age of six months old.
根据所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，在答题卡上写出空缺处单词的正确形式，每空一词。
1.The rescue teams helped to set up s_________ for local homeless women and children.
2.On holidays, most of the teenagers would like to p_________ bags and go off on a trip.
3.Sun Yang, the world record holder, is a natural swimming a_________.
4.The audience didn’t r_________ the singer until he took off the mask.
5.The Great Wall a_________ millions of tourists from all over the world every year.
6.The drought in South Africa in 2019 caught the _________(全球的) attention.
7.It’s important to learn to take a _________(积极的) attitude to life when you are in trouble.
8.No one was injured in the fire, but the building was completely _________(摧毁).
9.The major _________(挑战) of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of a growing population.
10.Chinese _________(文字) are becoming more and more popular around the world.
I have a close childhood friend. He spent the last eight years attending night______ to get his bachelor’s degree (学士学位) while also doing a full-time job. Last month, after years of late nights and weekends of studying, he______ graduated.
He ______ in our hometown after high school, ______ most of his friends, myself included, left long ago for other states for university and jobs. Over time, work, families, and other ______ have made it difficult for us all to be ______ in our hometown at the same time.
I put forward a wonderful idea: plan a weekend that we’d all be ______ to fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his ______. It was so much fun ______ the affair. The bait (诱饵): his mom told him that he was going to have ______ with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the family dinner would ______ a 20-person affair with friends from all around the states. I got to ______ a cake so that everyone ______ could enjoy it.
When the guest of honour arrived to “dinner with the ______”, he was greatly surprised and told us it made him feel special. The “white lie” dinner plan was a great ______ for me.
1.A.club B.party C.cafe D.school
2.A.finally B.quickly C.suddenly D.luckily
3.A.taught B.stayed C.arrived D.married
4.A.but B.so C.or D.for
5.A.adventures B.requests C.experiences D.arrangements
6.A.inside B.apart C.back D.out
7.A.safe B.eager C.free D.anxious
8.A.birthday B.achievement C.examination D.wisdom
9.A.debating B.studying C.planning D.controlling
10.A.lunch B.dinner C.time D.fun
11.A.turn into B.give up C.relate to D.focus on
12.A.sell B.deliver C.cut D.order
13.A.attending B.leaving C.receiving D.tasting
14.A.teachers B.grandparents C.classmates D.friends
15.A.surprise B.worry C.success D.stress
Which do you like better: breakfast or lunch? 1. Brunch gets its name from the first two letters of breakfast (br-) and the last four letters of lunch (-unch).
2.. They liked to go hunting. During the hunting break, they would enjoy a mid-morning meal that included meat, eggs and many other things.
Today, it is a meal eaten around late morning to early afternoon, usually on weekends. It might seem like a simple meal, but sometimes it raises breakfast to an artistic level. For example, ordinary pancakes might be changed to blueberry pancakes.
In Melbourne, brunch culture is also being welcomed. I decided to try it with my friend. We visited a cafe that is famous for its flower theme. 3.
This theme is also shown in its food and drinks. The pink rose tea latte (拿铁) had real rose petals (花瓣) on top. 4. For the main course (主菜), I chose the soft-shell crab. The crab was placed in a bread bowl with some fried crab claws (爪) on the top.
The brunch greatly satisfied my appetite (食欲). 5.
A. It tasted as sweet as it looked.
B. Lack of food is the main cause of brunch.
C. Well, with brunch you don’t have to choose!
D. Though I was full, I still wanted to have another one.
E. Rich British people are believed to have invented brunch.
F. Even if I was busy with work, I still spent enough time having breakfast.
G. There was a wall full of various types of fresh and colorful flowers.
Many people feel that dream is unique to humans. However, many dog owners will likely disagree on that. They have noticed that their dogs at various times during the sleep may shake legs, snort (哼) and sometimes growl (低声吼叫) which gives the impression that they are dreaming. These things may wonder us about whether dogs dream.
Scientists confirm that dogs probably do dream. It turns out that dog brains and human brains have many similarities during sleep cycles. Researchers used special machines to measure electrical activity in a dog’s brain and human’s brain. Scientists already knew that when humans dream, a certain part of the brain is active during sleep. Researchers discovered that the same part of the brain is active in sleeping dogs. Scientists have other data that back up these findings.
Many people dream that they are trying to move but cannot. Interestingly, part of that experience is not a dream. When people sleep, the brain produces a chemical that causes the dreamer to become temporarily paralyzed (使麻痹). Researchers think this happens so that people cannot physically act out dreams while they are sleeping. Dog brains make the same chemical. In one study during which this chemical was blocked, sleeping test dogs performed physical activities, such as standing up, sniffing around the room for imaginary rabbits, or chasing imaginary balls.
Because of these similarities, researchers believe that the content of a dog’s dream might come from the same source as a human’s dream. “People’s dreams are usually based on things they did that day,” says Dr. Samantha Hudspith. “So there is reason to believe that dogs dream about the things they’ve done that day. Of course, there will never be a way to prove this. Dogs cannot describe their dreams the way that humans can.”
1.What does the underlined phrase “back up” mean in the second paragraph?
A.Disagree. B.Support.
C.Record. D.Show.
2.What happened to a sleeping dog when this chemical mentioned in paragraph 3 was cut off?
A.It woke up. B.It stopped dreaming.
C.It acted out its dream. D.It couldn't move its body.
3.How is the text mainly developed?
A.By telling stories B.By giving examples.
C.By comparing details D.By listing differences.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Do Dogs Dream? B.Why Do Dogs Dream?
C.Signs of Dog Dreams D.Similarities Between Humans and Dogs
I realized I would not see a real person named Sophie at Sophie’s Eatery because, like most new restaurants these days, Sophie’s is a robo-restaurant.
When I walked in, a cute little manager robot appeared, looking rather like a toaster with blinking (眨) blue eyes. It escorted me to a nice table in the back. The menu monitor popped out of my table and showed me pictures of my dining choices. I tapped my choices and clicked OK, and the screen slid back down.
I watched as full plates rode the conveyer belts that moved along each aisle (过道) of tables. In just a few minutes, my dish stopped at my table, and I took it from the belt. Later, I placed my empty plate back on the conveyer belt, and it was taken away into kitchen to be cleaned.
I watched the little toaster showing customers to tables while I ate my main dish. The food was delicious, but I was starting to feel extremely angry because dealing with robots always makes me feel inhuman. Pretty soon, I wanted to talk to someone real, even if it was just a few sentences.
So when my dessert arrived, I took action. I dropped my plate on the floor with a satisfying crash. I was so happy when I saw the manager toaster’s blinking red eyes—at last, a real live person would arrive!
But instead, a crew of two robots quickly appeared. A robot broom rushed over and started to sweep the piece of the broken plate into a robot garbage can. They finished and moved back into the kitchen.
My plan to get a little reality into Sophie’s Eatery failed. I hope the robo-restaurant trend ends soon. I want to deal with people again!
1.What does the underlined word “escorted” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Registered. B.Guided.
C.Conducted. D.Rushed
2.What is the purpose of the author crashing his plate?
A.To deal with a real human. B.To catch attention from the robots.
C.To play jokes on the robots. D.To complain about the bad service.
3.Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling at Sophie’s Eatery?
A.Satisfied. B.Shocked.
C.Annoyed. D.Curious.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.The trend of dining with robots.
B.The advantage of robo-restaurants.
C.The food variety of a robo-restaurant.
D.The dining experience at a robo-restaurant.
