阅读下面短文，根据所学课文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（至多三个单词）。
I’m sitting in the warm night air 1. a cold drink in my hand and 2. (reflect) on the day－a day of 3. magic! I went snorkelling on the reef offshore this morning and it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Seeing such 4. beauty, I think every cell in my body 5. (wake) up. It was like discovering a whole new 6. of life.
The first thing I became 7. of was all the vivid colours 8. (surround) me－purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and greens. The corals were fantastic－they 9. (shape) like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns of deer. And all kinds of small, neat and elegant fish were swimming in and 10. the corals.
阅读下面短文，根据所学课文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（至多三个单词）。
There’s no electricity or water and even no textbooks 1. ! I’m still trying to adapt to these conditions. 2., one thing is for sure, I’ve become more 3. (imagine) in my teaching. Science is my most 4. (challenge) subject as my students have no 5. of doing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket! The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, 6. I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! The boys 7. had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how 8. chemistry is to these students, most of 9. will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any 10. to these boys’ lives at all.
根据首字母或中文意思或用括号内单词的正确形式（至多三个单词），完成句子。
1.Day in and day out, Miss Zhang has been o_________ with her paperwork throughout a fortnight.
2.Some graduates will take part in a national test in order to get a business q________ for future work.
3.People don’t like to be forced to p_________ in too many social activities in their spare time.
4.You have to make the best of your time. O_________ you cannot finish so much homework in time.
5.From Jame’s face, I could see he was terrified of _________(抛弃) by us.
6.The water looks ________(浅的) but it flows quickly.
7.The clock tower _________(见证) the great changes in Haikou city in the past 30 years.
8.What a sweet victory it was _________(嫉妒) by those women!
9.I hope my suggestions will meet with your _________(赞同)
10.Oh! Am I late? I’m sorry _________(keep) you waiting.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（至多三个单词）。
In many countries, 1. is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. 2., in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.
But this type of housing, 3.(call) co-housing, is gaining 4. (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is 5. relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has 6. (private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities 7. (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.
A co-housing complex is a place 8. residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play 9., which many families like. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “ village”. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for 10. money than they would pay for nearby apartments.
Two Candles
Tom was a middle﹣aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man，often__ that he had been cheated by others．One day he told his wife he was so__ with the city that he had to leave．
So his family moved to another city．It was the evening of a weekend．When Tom and his wife were busily__ up their new home，the light__ went out．They had to stop work．Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait__ in a low mood．Just then he heard slight，hesitant__ on his door that sounded clear in the__ night．
"Who's it？"he wondered，since Tom was a__ to this city．And this was the moment he especially hated to be__，so he went to the door and opened it __．At the door was a little girl，shyly asking，"Sir，do you have candles？I'm your neighbor．""No，"answered Tom in anger and shut the door __．"What a nuisance （讨厌鬼）!"He complained over it with his wife．"No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __ things．"
After a while，the door was knocked again．He opened it and found the same girl outside．_____this time she was __ two candles，saying，"My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles．She _____ me here to give you these．"Tom was very__ by what he saw．When he became fully aware，he said，"Thank you and your grandmother．God bless you!"
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __ in life．It was his __ and harshness （刻薄） with other people．The person who had cheated him in life was __ nobody else but himself，for his life had been darkened by his unsympathetic __．
1.A.complaining B.telling C.hoping D.pretending
2.A.inspired B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.impressed
3.A.building B.turning C.coming D.tidying
4.A.horribly B.accidentally C.suddenly D.slowly
5.A.anxiously B.doubtfully C.hopefully D.helplessly
6.A.steps B.words C.knocks D.noises
7.A.dark B.quiet C.cold D.sleepless
8.A.newcomer B.traveller C.guest D.settler
9.A.called B.disturbed C.watched D.offered
10.A.surprisingly B.delightedly C.impatiently D.willingly
11.A.gently B.kindly C.politely D.violently
12.A.lend B.sell C.fetch D.borrow
13.A.And B.But C.So D.For
14.A.holding B.hiding C.blowing D.lighting
15.A.advised B.encouraged C.sent D.forced
16.A.frightened B.pleased C.puzzled D.Surprised
17.A.failure B.dissatisfaction C.complaint D.determination
18.A.responsibility B.coldness C.apology D.concept
19.A.doubtfully B.hardly C.actually D.finally
20.A.mind B.opinion C.behavior D.look
Venice is one of the most beautiful cities of the world. Venice is a cultural and tourist center and is famous for its museums, architecture, cityscape and world of art.
Only about 25 % of Venice’s 280, 000 people live in the historical center of the city. 1. The main method of transportation between the islands is by taking boats that travel up and down the city’s many canals. The main waterway is the Grand Canal, which winds through the heart of Venice. Hundreds of bridges connect the island.
2. The city’s most famous church, Saint Mark’s Basilica, and the Doge’s Palace which was the home of Venice’s rulers for hundreds of years, are the main attractions of the piazza. The square is a famous tourist attraction surrounded by cafes and vendor(大排档，小贩).
East of the historical center on the outer part of the lagoon (环礁湖) is Lido, a 10km long sandy island. 3. The Venice Film Festival is one of the major annual film events that take place there.
The location of the city at sea level and global warming have caused many problems for Venice. 4. From November to February they cause a situation in which sea level rises up to one and a half meters and cover many of Venice’s famous areas.
Salt water from the sea has damaged the foundations of many buildings and constant repairs are necessary. 5. Industries and tourism have steadily reduced the level of ground water in Venice, making foundations of building unstable.
A. Over the centuries the Mediterranean town has been regularly flooded by tides.
B. The central location of Venice is the Piazza San Marco or Saint Mark’s Square.
C. It attracts thousands of beach--goers throughout the summer holidays.
D. Water gets into the buildings, and destroys the walls.
E. The cost of living is also lower, in Venice.
F. The rest live on the mainland.
G. The city is full of tourists.
