写出下面句子括号中所给词的正确形式。
1.We’ll make it before the clock_________(敲击) nine.
2.Welcome to drop in if it is __________(方便的) to you.
3.If you have any questions, don’t_________(犹豫) to ask me.
4.Books in the library are often _________(分类) according to subjects.
5.Fifteen people were under _________(逮捕) because of serious violence.
6.With China’s economy_________(繁荣), the country becomes powerful.
7.The_________(大多数) of his income is spent on his house every month.
8.He forgot to turn the _______(水龙头) off, and the water is running all over.
9.He could have finished it on time, but ________(不知怎么地) he fell behind.
10.I tried all means to look for my keys, but everything was in _______(徒劳).
For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school--- he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine （信条）and anything did I, _________, copied. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could__________ my dad taking me to school, running into him ________ during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.
As I grew older, we were not as _________as we used to be. He wasn't cool any more .He wore his socks too high, listened to _________ country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.
However, the _________ that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party, __________as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me！ I wanted to run away.
This _________ continued into high school, but we somehow began to find a balance .Things started to ______around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The ________was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio（比率）. All the students and physics teachers __________ . So did my dad, the only administrator！ Embarrassed, as usual, I _________ the scene._____________, later when I learned from my friends that my dad _____ all competitors and won everyone's admiration, I found that mixed in with my__________was a touch of pride.
I had needed someone else to show me what I ________ in my dad. It wasn't the fact that he'd won； it was more than that. I began to_________ that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to________ him, he still influenced me.
I feel_________ to have such an unusual father. The ________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I’ve grown.
1.A.temporarily B.naturally C.originally D.passively
2.A.apply to B.count on C.see off D.pick out
3.A.gradually B.previously C.regularly D.eventually
4.A.close B.reliable C.generous D.confident
5.A.creative B.familiar C.horrible D.live
6.A.failures B.coincidences C.competitions D.disasters
7.A.dressed up B.broken down C.settled down D.signed up
8.A.debate B.party C.progress D.struggle
9.A.happen B.change C.grow D.disappear
10.A.issue B.task C.lesson D.procedure
11.A.participated B.protested C.hesitated D.explored
12.A.fled B.investigated C.pictured D.made
13.A.Instead B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.However
14.A.convinced B.defeated C.ignore D.evaluated
15.A.confusion B.encouragement C.embarrassment D.fascination
16.A.recommended B.tolerated C.doubted D.appreciated
17.A.recognize B.demand C.argue D.estimate
18.A.approach B.limit C.resist D.believe
19.A.puzzled B.fortunate C.concerned D.awkward
20.A.strategy B.habit C.relationship D.potential
How old is “old” ?
How old is “old” ? 1.Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span(长度) increased to 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.
So, how old is old? The answer is one you’ve heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel!” The calendar(日历) simply tells you how many years you have lived. 2.
Once an unknown author wrote , “ 3.Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their goals.”
4.Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City commission for the Aging, said, “It upsets me when people say, ‘Gee, you look young for your age!’ What does that mean? Is there some model that you’re supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.”
There are many wrong ideas about aging. 5.Here are some of the more common ones. For example, most older people are in poor health, or older people are unable to change.
A.Old is a point of view.
B.It’s extremely terrible to be grown old.
C.The answer has changed over the years.
D.Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.
E.Older people are stubborn, unable to change.
F.Youth is not a time of life but it is a state of mind.
G.These ideas stereotype (固化) people on the basis of age.
A mother goat is able to pick out her own baby from its voice alone by the time the kid is just five days old.
Researchers from University of London played kids’ bleats to female goats and studied their responses. They were surprised to find that the animals were able to pick out their own kids’ voices.
“A mother and the kid rely a lot on smell to recognize one another and, in the wild, during the first week of their lives, the animals hide in grass and don’t call much. It’s a strategy they use to avoid enemies,” Dr Elodie Briefer, who led the research, explained to BBC News. “The mother call to the kids when she want them to come and feed, so we expected that kids would recognize the mothers’ voices.” In fact, this was the case for deer, which also use this hiding strategy, although they do not belong to the same family of species as goats.
She and her team recorded and played back young kids’ calls to the female goats and recorded their responses.She explained, “Even when the calls came from kids that are five to six days old, we could see the mothers responding more to the voices of their own babies.” Hearing the voice of their own kids, the females would look towards the speaker that the sound was coming from, moving around and calling in response.
The scientists say that understanding how goats behave and communicate is very important. “This helps us understand just how smart these animals are,” said Dr. Briefer. “Farmers might be able to change their way to raise goats considering this natural behaviour.”
1.What does the underlined word “bleats” means?
A.habits B.voices
C.responses D.videos
2.During the first few days of the baby deer, the mother and the kid mainly depend on ______to recognize each other when they are hiding in grass.
A.voice B.touch
C.videos D.smell
3.In the experiment, what does a mother goat do when hearing her kids’ voice?
A.Making voice in response. B.Jumping over and over.
C.Hiding herself somewhere. D.Behaving just as usual.
4.The passage is mainly written for ______ to read.
A.teachers B.writers
C.farmers D.lawyers
It’s quite a time for the strange weather, and it does not get much stranger than snow falling in one of the hottest places in the world.
On Sunday morning, Ain Sefra, a desert town in Algeria known as the “Gateway to the Sahara”, experienced a large amount of snow for reportedly the third time in 40 years. Some reports said parts of the area got as deep as 15 inches of snow, but Ain Sefra officially reported less than one inch in some places. Some people were very excited about it. It was strange enough to provide some very special pictures from an area that usually sees some of the hottest temperatures on earth during the summer.
Now, it’s not uncommon for the temperature across even the hottest of deserts to drop tens of degrees Fahrenheit at night, meaning any unusual snow could stay there around for a while. But photographers at the scene said the snow actually stayed intact (完好无损的) for a good portion of the day.
“We were really surprised when we woke up to see snow again,” photographer Karim Bouchetata told Shutterstock. “It stayed all day on Sunday and began melting at around 5 p. m.” While snow is not often falling down in the desert area, a similar snow phenomenon happened just last year. Before that, it had been 37 years since Ain Sefra’s last snowfall.
1.Why were some people in Ain Sefra excited?
A.The snow was one inch deep in some places.
B.They could take some wonderful pictures.
C.They never experienced a snow before.
D.They knew nothing about Ain Sefra.
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true about Ain Sefra?
A.It belongs to Algeria.
B.It has witnessed 3 snowfalls in 37 years.
C.It is one of the hottest places in the world.
D.It is referred to as the “Gateway to the Sahara”.
3.Why could the snow stay for a while?
A.It was unusual to snow.
B.Nobody touched the snow.
C.It fell in the coldest of deserts.
D.The temperature was low enough at night.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Snowfalls in One of the Hottest Places in the World
B.Happiness Coming from the Strange Weather
C.The Gateway to the Sahara — Ain Sefra
D.The Hottest Places in the World
My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer.
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated (仔细考虑) the correct answer. So this time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
Over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, “No, but you are getting smarter every year, my child.”
Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”
I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.”
I asked, “Is it because it holds up your head?”
She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.
1.Why did the writer first think “ears” were the most important part of body?
A.Because he thought that the sound was sweet to hear.
B.Because he thought that the sound was essential to humans.
C.Because he thought that the sound can be heard by people.
D.Because he thought that the sound can pass through quickly.
2.What happened to the writer’s family last year in the passage?
A.His house was burnt.
B.His mother left home.
C.His grandpa passed away.
D.His father was hurt in an accident.
3.Where did the writer get the correct answer from his mother?
A.At home. B.At the school.
C.At the station. D.At the funeral.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.We should learn to understand others’ pain.
B.We should listen to our mothers’ words.
C.We should hold up our head high.
D.We should often cry in life.
