阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Starting with an orchestra playing 1. (tradition) Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. 2. (See) the main characters come on stage, I was surprised! The 3. (voice) sounded really unique, some of which were so high 4. I was sure they could break glass! Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Research suggests success isn't simply the result of a high IQ. Salovey, 1. invented the term EQ indicates that at work, IQ gets you hired but EQ gets you promoted. 2. (support) by his research, he suggests when predicting someone’s future success, their character might actually matter more than their IQ. And most scientists 3. (agree) that a person’s EQ is not determined by birth but has a lot to do with education.
假设你是李华，你收到英国笔友 Tom 发来的一封邮件，得知他最近转入了一所新学校，在新学校里他没有朋友感到很孤单。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 帮他分析原因；
2. 给他提出建议（至少两条）；
3. 美好祝愿。
注意：1. 词数不少于 100；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 格式正确
Dear Tom,
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1.The Internet has already changed our lives so p _____ that we can’t live a day without going online.
2.The vast forests of West Africa _____（缩小）all these years due to the deforestation of local people. Thus the government must come up with an idea to stop it.
3.The map shows the _____（分布）of this species across the world.
4.Are you upset about how to remove the most s _____ spots? Try our washing powder!
5.He often talks in circles, frequently _____（矛盾）himself, which often ends up losing others’ trust.
6.A nearby volcano erupted v _____, sending out a hail of rocks and boiling mud.
The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential（潜力）of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically. Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically.
On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤) instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.
1.From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.
A.diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B.people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C.diet products are misleading people
D.people are fed up with diet products
2.In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means _______.
A.losing weight is effortless B.it costs a lot to lose weight
C.diet products bring no pain D.diet products are free from calories
3.Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products .
A.are over-consumed B.lack basic nutrients
C.are short of chemicals D.provide too much energy
4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
Notes: CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion
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B.
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Imagine your body is like the house you live in. Every day, your family creates rubbish. The rubbish builds up until it is put out for the weekly garbage collection.
Now, say you put three bags of garbage out, but because one of the collectors was away sick, only two bags are collected. You take the leftover bag inside to be put out again next week. The following week you put out another three bags, plus the leftover bag from last week. But again, only two bags are collected. Imagine this cycle is repeated over the following weeks.
This is a simple description of what happens to your body when your kidneys (肾) don’t work efficiently. Your body is not thoroughly emptied of waste products. Other areas of the body such as blood pressure and red blood cell production are affected and the insidious process that may lead to kidney failure begins.
It’s not uncommon for people to lose up to 90 percent of their kidney function before developing any symptoms. There may be no warning signs. This makes early detection(诊察) difficult.
Kidney’s main job is to remove toxins (毒素) and unwanted water from our blood. Every day our kidneys clean an average of 200 litres of blood. Kidney failure may be a gradual and silent process, going unnoticed because there is no apparent pain.
Research shows that more than 25 percent of patients found to require dialysis (透析) do not see a kidney specialist until less than 90 days before dialysis starts. Some risk factors for kidney disease such as age and genetic make-up are out of our control; however, some changes in lifestyle may help prevent kidney damage. Two major risk factors for kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, have been on the rise over the last few decades. Both conditions are chiefly affected by being overweight and not getting enough exercise, which are the potential factors for the disease.
1.The author gives the example of the house we live in to indicate that ________.
A.it’s safe and harmless for our body to keep some waste
B.it doesn’t matter much if the waste in our body is not emptied in time
C.it’s important for our body to empty the waste in time every day
D.our body will not produce any waste if our kidneys work efficiently
2.The underlined word “insidious” (in Paragraph 3) means ________.
A.gradual and unnoticed B.apparent and fast
C.smooth and safe D.painful and long
3.We can infer that when we find some symptoms related to our kidneys, ________.
A.the kidney failure begins
B.the kidneys may have been seriously damaged
C.we have lost about 10 percent of kidney function
D.the kidneys can still work properly
4.How many factors of kidney disease are mentioned in the passage?
A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.
5.Which of the following helps prevent kidney damage?
A.Go to see a kidney specialist shortly before dialysis starts.
B.Go to see a kidney specialist whenever you find any warning sign.
C.Try to keep low blood pressure and a stable lifestyle.
D.Take enough exercise and make early detection of kidney disease.
