动词填空(10分)
1._______ (cure) the cases of blindness, the doctors did as much as they could.
2.A new car_______ (test) many times before it comes into the market.
3._______ a talk on health_______ (give) in the school hall every Monday?
4.He risked_______ (lose) everything this time to go abroad alone.
5.Tom_______ (miss) the last bus. He has to walk home.
6.Bad weather_______ (cause) natural disasters from time to time.
7.I'm quite busy because I_______ (prepare) for the final test these days.
8.I think my iPad_______ (hide) by my mother just now. I can't find it everywhere.
9.I didn't catch what you said because I_______ (read) the evening newspaper at that moment.
10.If you become rich, you may have a difficult time_____ (realize) what your real happiness is.
根据对话内容,写出句中所缺单词
1.-Why did you go to Beijing last week?
-Oh, I went there on _______. I talked about a project with other companies.
2.-Come on. We only have 5 miles left.
-I'm _______ out and I can't go any further.
3.-It's dangerous. You should tell your brother not to go sailing alone.
-But he has already made up his _______ to do so.
根意语注释, 写出单词的正确形式
1.The lifestyle in Korea is quite_______ (相似的) to that in China.
2._______ (归还) books to the library on time is necessary for us all.
3.I hear that your new novel will be_______ (翻译) into several foreign languages.
4.You should treat him more_______ (礼貌). He is new here and knows nothing.
5.There are too many_______ (采访者) in the meeting room You'd better prepare for it.
6._______ (沟通) with others is needed in our daily life. It lets us keep in touch with the outside world.
7.It is_______ (有害的) to our stomachs to drink cold water in such weather.
Do you know you could get sick just by walking past a building? The bacteria(细菌) that cause Legionnaire's disease grow very fast in large modern buildings. They are carried by air through the buildings and outside. Legionnaire s disease is only one of the illnesses that are caused by "sick buildings".
Some buildings can make you ill because their heating and air-conditioning(空调调节系统) are controlled(控制). Air from outside cannot get in through the closed windows; This indoor air pollution is a growing problem.
Legionnaire's disease may be the most serious result of sick buildings, but other unpleasant illnesses can appear.People who work in some buildings suffer （受苦）from tiredness, feeling sick and headaches. Their offices look bright and clean, but invisible(无形的) and dangerous bacteria are in the air around them.
There is an answer to the problem. The air-conditioning and heating can be tested for bacteria. Once the tests are finished, the sick buildings can be cured. This is expensive to do, but the results are good. The people in the buildings no longer get sick, and everybody is happier.
1."Sick buildings" means _______.
A. very old buildings
B. buildings that make people feel sick
C. buildings for sick people
D. buildings that are going to fall down
2.The indoor air pollution is caused by _______.
A. Legionnaire's disease B. the air from outside
C. lack(缺乏) of fresh air D. unpleasant illnesses
3.We can tell that a building might be "sick" when _______.
A. the windows are all closed
B. bacteria can be seen in the air
C. the air-conditioning and heating don't work well
D. people in it have got different kinds of diseases
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Legionnaire's disease is only one of the results of "sick buildings".
B. There is less and less indoor air pollution.
C. The bacteria are not dangerous if the offices look bright and clean.
D. If the tests for bacteria are expensive. the results are good. .
5.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means "As soon as the tests are finished, _______."
A. bacteria will disappear by themselves
B. Legionnaire's disease won't kill people
C. people in the building will no longer get sick
D. something can be done to cure the sick building
A friend of mine named Paul received a car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.
Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..."He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise. and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"Oh yes, I'd love to."
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And someday I'm going to give you one just like that…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
1.The boy was very surprised when _______.
A. Paul received an expensive car B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car D. he was walking around the car
2.From the story we can see the boy _______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's
D. wished Paul could be a brother like that
3.We can infer (推断) from the story that _______.
A. Paul couldn't understand the boy
B. the boy had a deep love for his brother
C. the boy wished to have a rich brother
D. the boy's wish came true in the end
4.The best title(标题) of the story is .
A. A Christmas Present B. A Boy
C. A Brother Like That D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'COW' , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my 'COW'."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It's here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I've a very bad 'cow' here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
1.The Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'cow', please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.
A. cow B. cough
C. medicine D. cold
2.What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?
A. The Frenchman looked like a farmer.
B. The word "cough" was pronounced [kau] by him.
C. The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.
D. We can't learn about it from the story.
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.
B. The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.
C. The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.
D. The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.
