先通读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的词,使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出
A young man saw an elderly couple (夫妇) sitting down to lunch at McDonald’s. They had o_____1. one meal and an extra drink cup. The gentleman c_______2.divided the hamburger in half and then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, u_________3. each had half of them.
Then he p_______4.half of the soft drink into the extra cup and put that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat and his wife sat w________5., with her hands folded (交叉) in her lap.
The young man decided to ask w_________6. they would allow him to buy a________ 7. meal for them. The old gentleman said, “Oh, no, we have b______ 8. married for 50 years, and everything has always been and will a______9.be shared, 50/50.” The young man then asked the wife if she was going to eat, and she replied, “It’s his t_______10.to eat with the teeth.”
句子翻译 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子 (本大题共9分,每小题1.5分)
1.计划尚在讨论中,我们还没做出决定。
The plan _____________________________ and we ______________________________.
2.你对英语越感兴趣,你就会觉得它越容易。
__________________ you show in English, __________________ you’ll find it.
3.他毫不关注怎样与其他人融洽相处,明智吗?
Is it wise of him ____________________________________________________________?
4.我想知道昨天下午那对心情不好的双胞胎在干什么。
I wonder what the twins ________________________________________ yesterday afternoon.
5.这些建议很重要,值得倾听。
These suggestions are of such __________________________________________________.
6.据报道过去的几年中,雾霾对环境造成了不良影响。
It was reported that the thick haze ________________________________________________.
动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (本大题共8分,每小题1分)
1.The fish on the plate smells so nice. Who _____________ (cook) it?
2.He said the next time he came here, he _____________ (stay) for a longer period of time.
3._____________ (not talk) to the boy who is learning German all by himself now, will you?
4.When the teacher came in, I _____________ (complain) about too much homework.
5.The chicken soup _____________ (taste) so salty that I had just a bit of it.
6.The boys played computer games happily, _____________ (forget) all about their homework.
7.The fashion show _____________ (hold) unless it rains next Saturday.
8.She told us that the prices of fixed gear bicycles _____________ (rise) a lot recently.
根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.Look at ____________ (you) in the mirror. How dirty your faces are!
2.It’s surely the __________ (tough) experience in his life that the brave young man has had.
3.Seven ____________ (twelve) of the students in our school are boys.
4.All of them want to know how the matter is ____________ (progress) at the moment.
根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式。
1.Too much time on computer games leads to the children’s poor ____________ (视力).
2.We made our way ____________ (穿过) the crowd to the centre of the square.
3.What a beautiful wedding dress! It was ____________ (专门地) made for her.
4.They went to the mountain for a trip and had an ____________ (令人愉快的) day there.
LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is to send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit (轨道) will be changed. Our world will then be sent moving into a safer older part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—hopefully doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid (小行星) so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy (重力势能) to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter (木星) or Saturn(土星). The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to worldwide warming, although the team was actually worried about a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈)—by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying sides, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算) in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the moon. As the present issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its present location, it is “most likely the moon would be stripped (剥离) away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.
1.What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?
A. A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.
B. Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon.
C. Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive.
D. The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.
2.If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ________ years.
A. 12 billion B. 6 billion C. 18 billion D. 24 billion
3.What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?
A. The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon.
B. Earth might be moved too far away and man might die because of the coldness.
C. The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.
D. Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened.
4.What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?
A. provide B. benefit (受益) C. share D. endanger