I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always _________ to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this _________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher _________ I should try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy idea because I didn’t have a good sense of _________, nor did I have the team ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “going for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Taking the _________ to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started attending the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game. Sometimes I’d get _________ and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. _________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to _________ learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the _________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and exciting. Very soon the competitive part in me was winning over my __________ confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process— friends who __________ my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my improved self-confidence comes more __________ from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “__________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call __________ to myself, to raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent __________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
1.A.admitted B.chose C.forbidden D.affected
2.A.reflected B.remained C.changed D.ruined
3.A.admitted B.objected C.suggested D.considered
4.A.balance B.exercise C.angle D.expression
5.A.signal B.impression C.courage D.hesitation
6.A.confused B.bored C.assisted D.frightened
7.A.Effectively B.Regularly C.Historically D.Luckily
8.A.glance at B.concentrate on C.apply for D.have access to
9.A.rules B.structures C.remarks D.gestures
10.A.preference to B.overuse of C.lack of D.expert in
11.A.maintained B.included C.preferred D.respected
12.A.stress B.praise C.wonder D.sigh
13.A.sealing B.lasting C.attracting D.hiding
14.A.attention B.authority C.hostility D.damage
15.A.rude B.normal C.likely D.sure
Directions: After reading the passages 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.
Different background shouldn’t mean less education, Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, 1. would make decisions about the rest of their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years,
Many grammar schools 2. （establish） hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students 3. （study） until they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had 4.（few） resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.
Things have changed. In the 1960 s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools” were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without 5. （take） any entry examination.
The British often disagrees about the best way 6. （educate） their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody 7. similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially 8. from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, the government plans to open new grammar schools 9. almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.
And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared what had happened to them. After university, Paul was qualified as a teacher 10. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. In fact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul— so perhaps life is fair after all.
假设你是李华，你们市将举办一个中国古代发明展览，你打算邀请你校的交换生David一起去看展览。请你给他写一封电子邮件，
内容包括：
1. 展览的时间和地点；2. 展品及意义；3. 参观时的注意事项。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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。错误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（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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’d like to express my sincere appreciation to you for your kindness and selflessly help.
It had been a month since I came to this beautiful school. You offered me so much help the first day when I met you in the school. Because your warm help and useful pieces of advice, I have got use to the new school life so soon. However, I find it difficult to make the more friends who native language is English. In add, I still have difficulty in speak to my foreign teachers freely. Therefore, I hope you can recommend a club for me to joining so that I can improve my English.
Again, I’d like to expressing my thank to you, and look forward to your early reply.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Memory likes to play tricks on us. Sometimes it takes us to places 1. we once loved but haven’t seen for many years.
It was an early morning. I was sleeping when something woke me up. It was my grandson Henry, a boy who was very 2. (intelligence), bouncing (蹦跳) his way down to the kitchen to “cook breakfast”.
I suddenly thought about cookies, the perfect cookies my grandmother had made. They were as sweet as a baby’s smile. I 3.(extreme) loved those cookies. I learned a lot from my grandmother, whose job was 4. farmer. And she quite took responsibility for her job. She was worth 5. (learn) from. But I never learned how to make cookies her way. I’ve made them according to various cookbooks. They’re not bad, but not half as good as hers were.
I rolled out of bed and went downstairs to hug my grandchild. My grandson said to me, “Breakfast is being cooked by me now.” I made some cookies for him. They weren’t great cookies, but they were good enough. Henry ate two and kept looking at my cookies with a greedy smile. I made a 6.(respond) to him, “Henry, so far two cookies 7.(eat) by you. Do you want anymore?” Then I gave him half. I said to him, “Come here tomorrow and many more cookies 8.(make) for you.” I told him to come here 9. next day. He said, “I am meeting you tomorrow afternoon.”
The memories we leave with our children and grandchildren-like the cookies we make-are never made with perfection. They’re just made with love. We attach great importance 10. love.
It was a few days before Christmas many years ago. It looked like it would a(n) ______ one for my family. The factory where I was working had laid off(解雇) many of us workers, so we didn’t have much ______. My wife and I had saved to buy our young children some toys, ______ an unexpected car repair had taken most of our cash. We decided that we could only ______ to get one small gift for each of our children.
We arrived at the ______, walked down the parking lot and saw people putting gifts into their ______. We searched all through the store ______ to find one thing each of our small children would like. ______, we were able to get one for each of them. We ______ the checkout (结账台), bought the toys and were ______ that we even had a few dollars ______ finning. As we walked out of the store into the winter ______, I stopped and dropped those ______ into the charity box. I didn’t have a dime (一角硬币) left but that didn’t ______. Suddenly, it felt like Christmas.
I think the ______ actress Dale Evans ______ it best when she said: “Christmas, my child, is love in ______.” It doesn’t have to be a gift of money, either. When we ______ our smile, it’s Christmas. When we give others our ______ and compassion (同情), it’s Christmas. When we do anything at any time to ______ another, it’s Christmas. May you do all you can to make it Christmas every day of the year and every day of your life here.
1.A.colorful B.poor C.early D.exciting
2.A.time B.energy C.noise D.money
3.A.but B.or C.so D.if
4.A.refuse B.remember C.afford D.hesitate
5.A.store B.station C.gym D.hospital
6.A.offices B.bedrooms C.cars D.houses
7.A.forgetting B.agreeing C.pretending D.hoping
8.A.Immediately B.Thankfully C.Sadly D.Strangely
9.A.headed for B.gave up C.turned off D.kept off
10.A.discouraged B.worried C.puzzled D.surprised
11.A.watched over B.looked over C.left over D.taken over
12.A.air B.forest C.cave D.season
13.A.gifts B.books C.dollars D.fruits
14.A.work B.bend C.stop D.matter
15.A.lucky B.wonderful C.foolish D.proud
16.A.put B.broke C.threw D.cleaned
17.A.force B.control C.action D.silence
18.A.hide B.share C.change D.support
19.A.truth B.power C.kindness D.health
20.A.choose B.hold C.enjoy D.help
