One day I read an article and my life changed forever. I was just back home from_______ when I read an article that was telling the story of people who were_______on US $5 a month. I realized that I _______ more money on my own shopping than a whole village of people.
I asked myself, “What am I doing here? I should be there to_______ them.” That’s the moment I made my final_______ about leaving Turkey and moving to Cambodia. That’s why I decided to open this soup kitchen (救济站) and to finally_______ help. Yes, the country is very_______ but people don’t have the money. Cheapness doesn’t have much_______ unless you have the money. I can feed a village of people with the_______ amount of money that I use to feed myself.
Was I unhappy? No. I wanted to find real__________and it was only possible by making other people happy. It’s the__________thing to see children’s laughter and you will never__________what I am doing here if you don't smile back at a child’s smile. They are such__________creatures that I always want to dance, sing, paint and run around with them. I want to__________their lives. They have such a__________smile in their eyes that it makes me want to stay in Cambodia forever.
I wanted a new purpose in my life. I believe that this is a(n)__________ for everyone nowadays. We see so many__________ stories in the newspapers. That’s why I wanted a(n)__________ and to start my day by playing with kids instead. I wanted to watch these people who look at each other with__________ and smiling faces. If you also wish to help our children and people have a better__________, if you wish to donate, please send us an e-mail: aynebilimben@gmail.com.
1.A.school B.station C.airport D.shopping
2.A.surviving B.acting C.building D.performing
3.A.spent B.borrowed C.lent D.saved
4.A.teach B.encourage C.help D.prevent
5.A.comment B.decision C.request D.attempt
6.A.be busy with B.be anxious for C.be able to D.be proud of
7.A.grand B.rich C.cheap D.clean
8.A.interest B.idea C.impact D.meaning
9.A.same B.large C.small D.great
10.A.reason B.happiness C.target D.truth
11.A.best B.hardest C.cleverest D.politest
12.A.mind B.understand C.forget D.experience
13.A.popular B.cautious C.beautiful D.safe
14.A.copy B.balance C.touch D.control
15.A.pure B.funny C.lucky D.mysterious
16.A.barrier B.entertainment C.offence D.wish
17.A.positive B.admirable C.actual D.terrible
18.A.change B.adventure C.service D.space
19.A.curiosity B.anger C.love D.doubt
20.A.memory B.future C.solution D.argument
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Alexis Vaughan, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She stared out the window at the Preston, Idaho, cornfields.
Alexis, a high school student, let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Still, she was terrified when a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them, just a few feet off the road. "Dad, there's a deer, there!" Alexis said, rolling down the window for a better look. It was a three-point buck (雄鹿) — a male deer with sharp, three-pronged antlers (角) on each side of its head.
As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the buck's head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream. A few seconds later, she saw an arm fly up near the buck's head. Alexis realized the buck was attacking a woman. Sue Panter, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The buck had come out from the tall corn and began following her. Having lived in rural Idaho for years, Sue knew that most bucks got frightened by humans. But this buck edged closer, even when she threw at it with a handful of gravels (石子).
Sue went to pick up a log to use for self-defense, and the buck attacked her. It lifted her with its antlers (角) and threw her into the air. Sue could feel the horns punctured (刺穿) her leg and blood flowed down her leg. Within seconds, the buck had pushed her off the road and into the cornfield.
When Alexis and her father pulled up, the buck was rolling Sue like a rag doll. Alexis looked into the woman's terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the 104 pound teenager jumped quickly out of the car and down the slope toward the buck. She was kicking and hitting it to get its attention. Then Michael, her father, who had followed his daughter, wrestled the buck away from the women by holding the antlers.
注意：
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2） 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Alexis helped Sue up the slope.
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Paragraph 2:
Then she heard her father yell.
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假定你是李华。你的美国朋友Tom来信说,他将在暑假期间来中国学习中国画,希望能在本市参加一个短期课程。你帮他联系了一所艺术学校,请给他回信,告知以下内容:
1.学习内容:水墨山水画(Chinese ink landscape painting);
2.课程时间:六周;
3.收费及食宿安排。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.短文中不得出现学校或地区名称。
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A Colorado pair brings new meaning to the word “determination”. When one couldn’t walk and the other couldn’t see, they _______ up to share their love of the great outdoors.
Melanie Knecht has to use a wheelchair to get around due to born spina bifida (脊柱裂). Trevor Hahn only recently became blind after he _______ an eye disease five years ago. Both living in Fort Collins, Colorado, the two met at an adaptive boxing class — and they soon ran into each other again at an adaptive rock-climbing class.
They immediately _______ over Knecht’s lifelong hobby of camping and Hahn’s passion for outdoor sports. When she told him about her recent trip to Easter Island, where she got the _______ to be carried on another person’s back, an unusual idea occurred to her.
_______ his lost sight, he’d been able to scale a Himalayan peak, using poles and _______ directions from his companions.
They started small, but next month — with her vision and his _______— they will trek to the top of a 14,000-foot mountain.
“It just seemed like common sense. He’s the legs, I’m the eyes! _______, we’re the dream team.” said Knecht.
At the start of each hike, a friend lifts Knecht _______ a carrier on Hahn’s back. From that point on, she gives him oral directions to lead the way.
Hahn said, “It made me so happy to help someone experience what I’ve been able to experience my whole life. The best part is being able to make her smile — that gives me ________.”
In addition to this sense of purpose, the two share an understanding of how ________ it can be asking able-bodied or sighted people for assistance in everyday life. They get immeasurable ________ from being able to do this on their own.
While the two accept that others ________ what they’ve been able to do, they’re not looking for ________— they just want others to encourage solutions for their friends with disabilities. Don’t ________ them because you think they won’t be able to do something.
1.A.rose B.made C.teamed D.ended
2.A.developed B.cured C.spread D.diagnosed
3.A.handed B.argued C.got D.bonded
4.A.opportunity B.competence C.permission D.admission
5.A.On account of B.In spite of C.On top of D.In view of
6.A.spoken B.opposite C.confusing D.gesturing
7.A.optimism B.strength C.guidance D.wisdom
8.A.Hopefully B.Instead C.Together D.Similarly
9.A.over B.up C.off D.into
10.A.relief B.courage C.reward D.purpose
11.A.convenient B.difficult C.ridiculous D.essential
12.A.suffering B.wealth C.satisfaction D.depression
13.A.appreciate B.oppose C.dismiss D.advocate
14.A.criticism B.attention C.praise D.curiosity
15.A.convince B.reject C.contact D.approach
Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life. 1. There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, competition is one of the motive forces to the development of society.
2. Therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. Growing in a competitive environment is important for a child because future adult life is difficult. Finding a good job, for example, is an extremely competitive activity.
Today, most people obtain knowledge through various ways and a large number of people get good education. 3.The quality of people is rapidly increasing. Competition is more violent than what we thought it should be. The potentially successful job applicant has to be prepared in stronger position by gaining more qualifications and experience. In the sports contests, the strongest will come out as winners. In the business world, to beat your competitors, you must be better than the other employees. 4.
Though the only way our world rewards people is to give honor to the winners, not to the losers, by attempting to compete at different activities, we can still learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and weaknesses. Competition prepares us for the tough things in life.
Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract. 5.
A.Otherwise, you will be defeated.
B.Modern society demands high-quality talents.
C.Learning to be competitive is clearly the best preparation for life.
D.There are also many people who have higher degrees in their special fields.
E.Children have to learn to be competitive in order to adapt to modern society.
F.In the natural world, the weak will be replaced by the strong and the fittest can live.
G.We compete when we play games and when we try to do better than others in our study.
Scientists say they have developed a system that uses machine learning to predict when and where lightning will strike. Researchers report the system is able to predict lightning strikes up to 30 minutes before they happen within a 30-kilometer area.
Lightning is a strong burst of electricity in the atmosphere. Since it carries an extremely powerful electrical charge, it can be destructive and deadly. European researchers have estimated that between 6,000 and 24,000 people are killed by lightning worldwide each year. For this reason, climate scientists have long sought to develop methods to predict lightning.
The system tested in the experiments uses a combination of data from weather stations and machine learning methods. The researchers developed a prediction model that was trained to recognize weather conditions that were likely to cause lightning.
The model was created with data collected over a 12-year period from 12 Swiss weather stations in cities and mountain areas. The data, related to four main surface conditions: air pressure, air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed, was placed into a unique machine learning algorithm (算法), which compared it to records of lightning strikes. Researchers say the algorithm was then able to learn the conditions under which lightning happens.
The researchers test-ran the system several times. They found that the system made predictions that proved correct almost 80 percent of the time. “It can now be used anywhere,” the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology said in a statement.
The researchers plan to keep developing the technology in partnership with a European effort that aims to create a lightning protection program. The effort is called the European Laser Lightning Rod project. Scientists working on the project are experimenting with a laser technology that could someday control lightning activity, transferring lightning charges from clouds to the ground. They hope that such technology can one day be used as protection against lightning strikes. Possible uses could be at stations, airports or places where large crowds gather.
1.Why was the system developed?
A.To meet kids’ curiosity about lightning.
B.To show the power of lightning.
C.To keep track of lightning deaths.
D.To protect people from lightning.
2.What is special about the system?
A.It was based on a number of samples worldwide.
B.It adopted a different machine learning algorithm.
C.It used an effective method of collecting data.
D.It required low cost of predicting lightning.
3.What will the researchers do next with the laser technology?
A.Monitor lightning activity. B.Prevent the occurrence of lightning.
C.Direct energy from lightning. D.Generate electricity with lightning.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.A System of Controlling Lightning B.A Method of Forecasting Lightning
C.A Theory of Employing Lightning D.A Model of Creating Lightning
