根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的词或词组填空。
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Every summer Carol travels a lot by herself and visits new places. Last August she had a 1. vacation, so she was on a tour of four countries in Europe. Europe was beautiful but her vacation wasn’t very nice. She was in each country only for three days. She visited too many museums and was always 2. . After her vacation she was tired and bored. This summer she is going to spend her vacation in a 3. way. She is going to travel to one country in Asia with friends and visit only one city. They will stay there for seven days and they are going to choose a city near the sea 4. they can go swimming and have picnics on the beach. 5. a happy journey it must be!
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.The time is too short. It’s (possible) for Daniel to finish this work.
2.Mother’s Day is coming. He’ll use what he has (buy ) his mother a new dress.
3.Take care, children. Don’t hurt (you) when you play football.
4.I’m surprised that Gavin is 50. I thought he was (young), for he seems to be in his thirties.
5.Are you satisfied with these (sing) performances in the opera?
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1.The (架子) in the library are full of different kinds of books.
2.The train was very (拥挤的), and I had to stand all the way.
3.This morning a bus hit a car near our school. (幸运地), no one was hurt in the accident.
4.Tomorrow is my father’s (第四十) birthday and I will buy a gift for him.
5.The radio says some wild wolves have to (袭击) villagers because of the loss of living areas.
When US student Olivia Priedeman, 17, woke up one morning, she thought she had had a dream about making plans with a friend.
But it wasn’t a dream. Her phone showed that during the night, Priedeman had read a text message from her friend. She did it while she was fast asleep.
Reading and sending text messages while asleep—called “sleep texting”—is an unusual sleep behaviour, similar to sleepwalking. It’s also a growing concern(关心的事) among doctors: young people can’t live without their cell phones.
One in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And at least four out of five teenagers said they sleep with their phone on or near their bed.
Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, has studied sleeping texting. She said that having a phone nearby all night is a big part of the problem.
Andrew Stiehm, a sleep medicine expert with Allina Health in Minnesota, agrees. It’s possible for the part of the brain that controls motor skills (动作技能) to wake up, while the part of the brain that controls memory and judgment(判断) may be still asleep. That’s why some people can perform basic movements ---such as walking, talking, texting or even driving—while they’re sleeping. Some of Dowdell’s students said that they’re disturbed by their nighttime texting behavior. But because sleep texting is unconscious, it’s a difficult habit to break. Dowdell said she knows of some students who wear socks on their hands to keep themselves from texting.
Marjorie Hogan, a doctor at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suggests keeping all electronic devices(电子设备) outside the bedroom at certain times.
1.What happened to Olivia Priedeman?
A. She sleepwalked to a friend’s house.
B. She dreamed of making plans with a friend.
C. She phoned one of her friends during the night.
D. She read a text message from her friend while asleep.
2.Which part the brain controls keeps awake while asleep?
A. judgment B. language C. memory D. motor skills
3.What does the underlined word “unconscious” mean?
A. 无法 B. 无意识的 C. 无反应的 D. 无规律的
4.What does doctor Hogan suggest people who sleep text do?
A. Stop text during the daytime.
B. Take some medicine to control the behaviour.
C. Keep their phones out of their bedrooms while they sleep.
D. Wear socks on their hands to stop themselves from texting.
5.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. It’s easy to give up a sleep texting habit.
B. One in three teenagers has a sleep texting habit.
C. Sleep texting can reduce the quality of one’s sleep.
D. Sleep texting does more harm to one’s health than sleepwalking.
Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn’t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate (操控) the kite with 5---10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It’s not expensive to get the equipment (设备) for kitesurfing, which costs $2,500. The price of the training lessons is from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging (挑战) feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club.
1.Kitesurfing has a history of about _______ years.
A. 30 B. 50 C. 100 D. 130
2._______ is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.
A. water B. windC. The kiteD. The sun
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The safer kite design makes kitesurfing safer.
B. Most seaside cities in China have kitesurfing clubs.
C. Kitesurfing was still not popular at the end of last century.
D. It takes $2,500 to take kitesurfing courses for two or three hours.
4.The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that _________.
A . it’s price is getting lower and lower.
B. all people can learn and take part in it.
C. its equipment progress makes it easier and safer.
D. more and more people are enjoying its excitement.
5.The main idea of this passage is about _________.
A. the development of kitesurfing
B. the way of operating kitesurfing
C. the history of kitesurfing in China
D. the progress of kitesurfing equipment
A few years ago, I worked a 12-hour night shift(夜班) and got home from work.
I was on my way back home and was very tired. I at a restaurant to have breakfast. Right after I placed my order, I saw a man come in. He was carrying a small backpack and looked like he had seen better times. He reached in his pocket and pulled out some . He asked the waitress if 38 cents was to buy a cup of coffee. She looked at his backpack and said, “ . Have a seat.” (Coffee was 50 cents a cup at the time.) It really touched me how she had tried to protect his pride and how he hadn’t asked for any charity.
Shortly before my came, I asked the waitress to come over. I said, “You know, I am not feeling well. I don’t think I am going to be able to eat my breakfast. Do you think there is here who might eat it?” She first asked if I was OK and then she . She said, “I think so. Are you sure?” I told her that I was sure.
She then walked over to the gentleman and told him that I had ordered food and it was too to stop the order but I didn’t feel like eating. Would he be so kind as to take it they wouldn’t have to throw it away? I had walked to the cash register(收银台) and was paying for the meal. At the cash register, I asked if they had gift cards. They did. I bought one $25.00 and asked them to give it to the gentleman after I left.
1.A. looked B. stood C. waited D. stopped
2.A. notes B. tickets C. change D. paper
3.A. enough B. short C. good D. able
4.A. Not really B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Of course
5.A. menu B. food C. coffee D. bill
6.A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. no one
7.A. accepted B. refused C. understood D. left
8.A. early B. late C. slow D. quick
9.A. because B. if C. so that D. unless
10.A. at B. for C. with D. by
