根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1._________ (luck), they didn’t win the basketball final math, though they put all their effort into it.
2.You are one of the ________________ (pretty) girls I have seen
3.After four _________ (hour) flight, I felt very tired.
4.My mother bought a big cake for my grandma’s _________ (ninety) birthday yesterday.
5.There are forty-five people in the classroom, __________ (include) the teacher.
根据句意和提示写出单词，完成句子。每空一词。
1.I want to buy a set of ___________ (家具) to match my new flat.
2.The hall is ____________ (空的). There is nobody left.
3.Zhai Zhigang, Liu Yang and Liu Wang were sent into space last year, they will be my _________ (偶像) forever.
4.When the film ended, the audience couldn’t stop _______ (鼓掌) for a long time.
5.If you like to go to Hong Kong for shopping, you can go there in any ___ (季节).
Much meaning can be carried, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he notices that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.
The same in daily life! If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others’ stare（盯着）with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite or even rude. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man look at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away from his looking, his purpose is obvious, that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people during a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what his friend is speaking, to tell him that he is interested.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uncomfortable. We usually find a poor liar（说谎者）looking too long at the victim, because he believes that it is a sign of honest communication to look straight in the eye. Totally wrong!
In fact, continuous eye contact only happens between lovers, who will enjoy looking at each other gently for a long time, to show feelings that words cannot express. Obviously, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the proper situation.
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A lot of feeling can be 2.to others with our eyes. There are a lot of facts to prove it. You may not feel very well when you are 3.at more than often. This time it will make you 4.and you will wonder whether there’s something wrong. If not, you’ll be really angry. |
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Looking too long at a girl you 6.means you wish to attract her attention. And most of the time, continuous eyes contacting is just for 7.. |
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If a speaker looks at the listeners at 9., it is a kind of 10.eye contact. |
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The Internet, mobile phones and Ipads are part of our lives now. Technology is greatly affecting all ways of our lives, from the ways we work to the ways we play. And it even causes a number of social problems such as cloning humans.
We have had lots of technology and it has changed our lives a lot. There is no doubt that humans will continue to use more and more technology. Here are some examples of modern technology that will change our ideas and will affect our lives greatly.
Global positioning system (GPS) (全球定位系统)
It’s a system that uses radio signals from satellites to show exact(精确地) information. It tells you where the user is on the earth in all weather conditions. It’s made up of three parts: satellites, control equipments (设备) on land and receivers.
Space Technology
Russian and American scientists have worked together for the international Space Station (ISS) for a long time. They hope the ISS will provide a long-lasting lab. Such a lab will bring humans limitless(无限的) advantages. It’s even hoped that one day space technology will take humans to their new houses in space.
Underwater Robot
Hercules is a kind of underwater robot with some high technology equipments. It will be used to search for ancient ships which were destroyed into the deep sea during their journey long ago.
The world is changing so quickly that it’s hard for us to catch up with all the new inventions because they seem to come out every month. It’s important for us to learn about new technology and the role that it plays in our lives. So we should be willing to accept modern technology, or we will fall behind the times.
1.______ can tell you where the user is on the earth exactly.
A．Satellites B．Receivers
C．Global Positioning System D．Underwater Robot
2.According to the passage, which is NOT true about the ISS?
A．It has carried people to other planets.
B．It will provide a long-lasting lab for us.
C．Russian and American are working for it.
D．Humans will get a lot of advantages from it.
3.Hercules is used to ______.
A．save lives in the sea B．take picture in the sea
C．repair the broken ships D．look for the ancient ships in the sea
4.From the passage, we know that ______.
A．the use of GPS is affected by the weather conditions
B．it’s very important for us to learn about new technology
C．it’s easy for us to catch up with all the new inventions
D．technology brings us many advantages such as cloning humans
5.What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To help us study some new technology.
B．To tell us technology is changing the world.
C．To help solve the problems that technology causes.
D．To remind us the advantages of technology are limitless.
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.
A．want to be as rich as their neighbours
B．want others to know or to think that they are rich
C．don’t want others to know they are rich
D．want to be happy
2.It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.
A．live outside New York City B．live in New York City
C．live in apartments D．have many neighbours
3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.
A．an important name B．a popular name in the United States
C．his neighbour’s name D．not a good name
4.If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.
A．do as the poor persons around him do
B．do everything he likes to do
C．do as his neighbours do
D．do as the rich people around him do
When we talk about stars, especially women stars, it seems that they are always young, pretty and own attractive body shapes. But recently a Britain’s Got Talent(英国达人) star Susan Boyle has changed our views completely.
Simon Cowell, one of the organizers of the talent show spoke of his surprise over Ms Boyle’s voice. “This lady came up, and I’m thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction(反应) and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through — it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted online and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world.
Speaking from her home in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hadn’t thought of changing her appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up. “I mean, it’s meaningless.” She added.
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her musical talents. “ I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and therefore it built my confidence.’’
1.Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because ________.
A．she was confident of her singing
B．she was satisfied with the organizers
C．she was pretty and in good shape
D．she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables
2.According to the passage, which is NOT true?
A．It was the musical talents that built Susan's confidence.
B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school.
C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.
D．Simon Cowell didn't think Susan Boyle a good singer at the first sight.
3.What can we learn from Susan Boyle’s success?
A．It’s never too old to learn.
B．It’s easier to succeed at the age of 47.
C．If you have a dream, keep trying to make it come true!
D．If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.
