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1.Zongzi are w__________(包) in bamboo leaves.

2.The company has p_____________(出版)all of that author’s works.

3.There are certainly b____________(益处) of suing a star in a film.

4.He admits that recently he has become a____________(入迷的) to playing online games.

5.As time went by, I gradually a__________(适应) myself to the school life.

6.I don’t really like the author, although I have to a_____(承认) his books are very exciting.

7.Dickens’ style of writing a_______(吸引) readers from all walks of life.

8.The study i________(表明) a connection between poverty and crime.

9.If you are not s_______________(满意) with the watch after you get it, you can return it within 30 days.

10.To keep healthy, we should keep a b____________(平衡) diet.

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Chinese might be heard when you take a ride on the street. 1. (turn) to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale. But you're not in China — you're in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many 2. cities. Chinese products have been going global.

In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap but not reliable. Things 3. (change) greatly, though. For example, Huawei, 4. is one of China's major smartphone 5. (make), overtook Apple in worldwide smartphone sales for the first time in the third quarter of 2018, only behind Samsung.

Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. They're not 6.(simple) made in China, 7. designed in the country.

Western countries have been enjoying Chinese food for a long time. Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes 8. (meet) local people's tastes.

With its rapid 9. (grow), China has been displaying an increasingly great influence when fitting in 10. the world.

    My wife Pat and I were having drinks outside our home, the weather was unusually_______for March in Mississippi, There was barely any breeze, after we finished the second cup, flashes of_______danced across the sky. When the first drops of rain drove us_______, the phone rang. Pat’s face_______on that gray and hot day. It was our son, David, a helicopter pilot who_______in the US Air Force in South Korea. David intended to sound_______, but we recognized the sign of homesickness from his voice._______, the power of conversation made us feel_______,until a crash shook the windows.

David wondered what it was, “Just thunder, “Pat said.

There were several seconds of silence,“David”,I asked, “are you_______there?”

“Yes…apart from the two of you, do you know what else I________most? Thunder, We have rain, wind, and________here, but it never thunders, Remember? Dad, when I was a kid, you laughed me out of fear of thunder? I wish I were there to________with you now.”

“Yes…”I said, trying to________my tears, On hanging up the phone, I told Pat, “I’m going to record our son some ________.”“Bob, the neighbors will think you’re crazy.”

“David won’t,” I said and went outside with a recorder, Later I ________the tape to David with a single line: A ________gift.

David called again, “Dad, “he said, “You won’t believe that some friends and I had a thunder party where we realized we were listening to the sounds of ________, Thanks, Dad! It was really a special present,” While David was in Korea, we found ourselves ________thunderstorms. ________feeling blue, we regarded the thunder as special which let us know that wherever we might be, we were ________together as a family.

1.A.wonderful B.fine C.hot D.unique

2.A.images B.lightning C.electricity D.clouds

3.A.over B.off C.outside D.inside

4.A.darkened B.lightened C.widened D.opened

5.A.served B.employed C.searched D.studied

6.A.miserable B.respectful C.comfortable D.Cheerful

7.A.Suddenly B.Gradually C.Increasingly D.Frequently

8.A.simpler B.less C.worse D.Better

9.A.still B.even C.instead D.yet

10.A.possess B.miss C.offer D.say

11.A.sky B.stars C.snow D.earth

12.A.play B.run C.Listen D.Work

13.A.gave out B.hold back C.took in D.Set off

14.A.music B.songs C.wind D.Thunder

15.A.gave B.presented C.mailed D.rushed

16.A.typical B.special C.common D.Strange

17.A.countryside B.city C.suburb D.home

18.A.expecting B.lacking C.trusting D.having

19.A.Other than B.Less than C.Rather than D.More than

20.A.established B.qualified C.linked D.pressed

    Maybe you are an average student. 1.. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here's how.

Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule(时间表) of your time. First your time for eating,sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 2.. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study.Look around the house for a good study area.Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study,concentrate on the subject.

Make good use of your time in class.3.. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day and read that material.4.. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful,and you'll remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge.The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be over worried.

5.. You will probably discover them after you have tried these.

A.There are other methods that might help you with your studying.

B.Don't forget to arrange enough time for entertainment.

C.Make full use of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.

D.No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E.You probably think you will never be a top student.

F.Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.

G.This will help you understand the next class.

    Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels (松鼠), for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.

They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut (黑胡桃) trees. The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.

Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls “death traps for seeds”.

Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.

The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.

1.The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ________.

A.find out the living conditions for squirrels

B.learn squirrels’ influence on black walnut trees

C.do something to get rid of squirrels

D.save the forests in the American state of Indiana

2.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in ________.

A.the way they gather the walnut

B.the time they have winter sleep

C.the place they have winter sleep

D.the place they store the walnuts

3.When Professor Swihart says “death traps for seeds”, he actually means that ________.

A.red squirrels eat more nuts than gray squirrels

B.gray squirrels and red squirrels will have severe fights

C.nuts above the ground will not develop into plants

D.seeds can be traps for other animals in the forest

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.The black walnut is equally attractive to both gray and red squirrels.

B.Gray squirrels do more harm to the forest than red squirrels.

C.Red squirrels and gray squirrels have helped the spread of walnut trees.

D.The cleaning of forest land benefits red squirrels directly.