根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
1.The phone is out of _____________ (serve).
2.How strange it was that I was even_____________ (hunger) after eating an apple.
3.The WeChat is ___________ (wide) used in China. It has millions of users.
4.At weekends, the shops are much _________(noisy) than usual.
根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.How amazing! An 80-year-ol d man ________ (成功地) swam across the river yesterday.
2.The child ________ (说谎) to the teacher about why he was late this morning.
3.Now many students ________(几乎不) have enough sleep because of too much homework.
4.Mount Qomolangma is one of the natural ____________ (奇迹) in the world.
A secret to win
Once a 10-year-old boy decided to learn judo (柔道) though he had lost his left arm in a car accident.
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese sensei, a judo teacher. Three months later, he was still practising with the same move. So he asked, “Sensei, shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
The boy kept training. Months later, the sensei took him to his first match.
Surprisingly, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match was more difficult, but after some time, his opponent (对手) became impatient. The boy used his one move to win the match and now was in the final.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy seemed to lose the game. Being worried that the boy might get hurt, the referee (裁判) called a break. Just before the referee wanted to end the match, the sensei came to him.
“No,” the sensei said, “let him go on.” Soon after the match began, his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard (防守). Suddenly, the boy won the match.
On the way home, the boy and the sensei talked about every move in each match. Then the boy gathered the courage to ask, “Sensei, how did I win the match with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve learned one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known guard for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm.”
1.How many opponents did the boy face in the story?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2.Why did the boy’s last opponent lose the game?
A. Because he failed to protect himself in time.
B. Because he was not strong and experienced enough.
C. Because the referee ended the match.
D. Because he was afraid to hurt the boy.
3.The boy could win all the matches mainly because ______.
A. his opponents made more mistakes than he did
B. his opponents were more impatient than he was
C. the boy was better at guard than his opponents were
D. the boy’s biggest weakness became his biggest strength
4.From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. disabled people are the best ones in learning judo
B. one can win achievements by keeping practising
C. it is important to find a good referee to win a match
D. it is useless to learn too much knowledge and skills
We may know that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock(文化冲击), is the way our head and our personality react to(对…做出反应) the strange new things we meet with when we move from one culture to another.
Culture begins with the “honeymoon stage”. This is the time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We see new things, hear new sounds and language, eat new kinds of food. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are very excited.
Unluckily, the second stage can be more difficult. After we have got used to our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets. All the little problems in life seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This time of cultural adjustment(调整) can be very difficult and lead to pulling away from the new culture.
The third stage is called the “adjustment stage”. This is when you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humor usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!
The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new place. You can deal with most problems that you have. You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them.
There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don’t know about. This is called
“reverse culture shock”. Surprisingly, this happens when you go back to your own culture and find
that you have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!
1.How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?
A. Lonely and sad. B. Bored and homesick.
C. Angry and impatient. D. Happy and excited.
2.How could the third stage be described?
A. Adjustment. B. Pulling away C. Shock. D. Anger.
3.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Human beings would pass through four stages when they begin to live in a new culture.
B. Entering and living in a new culture is challenging(挑战).
C. It is much fun to live in a new culture.
D. Life in a new culture is a struggle.
I would like to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I was born and raised there and now I visit it from time to time. My family moved to the city, so I only go back to see friends or to camp and fish.
I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping is a big source of happiness in the valley. There are so many beautiful places to hike.
The town itself is very small. It is said that if you blink (眨眼) when you’re going through it, you’ll miss it. This has some truth in it considering the size of the town. We have one grocery store (杂货店), a tiny post office , and a tiny bank. There are also a few gas stations, bars, some excellent restaurants, a small hospital and of course several schools. However, for clothing and shoes, you have to drive thirty miles to Alamosa to shop there.
Everyone in the town is nice and we all know each other. The crime rate (率) is zero unless you count some weekend fights that break out because some people drink too much. The classes in school are small, so you get a lot of attention from the teacher.
You’re probably wondering why I don’t live there. Well, I can’t get a job there. A lot of the businesses are family-owned. And they never fire(解雇) their employees. So the employees work there usually until they retire(退休). Most people have to go to other places to get a job.
1.What can you find in the writer’s hometown?
a. bank
b. a post office
c. some gas stations and bars
d. a clothing store
e. a shoe shop
f. some restaurants and a hospital
A. abce B. bdef C. abcf D. cdef
2.Which is the following statements is TRUE?
A. Teachers pay more attention to the students because they work hard.
B. It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley.
C. It’s common to see some drunken people in the writer’s hometown.
D. The writer moved to the city because he didn’t like his hometown.
3.We can learn from the last paragraph t hat in the writer’s hometown .
A. not many job chances are provided
B. employees don’t make much money
C. most people live a very hard life
D. only the old still live there
With the development of science and technology, our daily life is becoming more colorful and more convenient (便利).
An Underwater Hotel It looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel. A company plans to build in the sea which is about 18 metres below the surface(表面).The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving. |
Google Glass Google Glass is a pair of glasses with a battery(电池)hidden inside the frame(边框). It can perform many of the same tasks as smart phones. The glass has a hidden camera and a tiny screen. It is designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing. |
A New Kind of Shirt Hate washing clothes? You’re going to love this kind of shirt made by an American clothing company, Wool & Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool & Prince shirt never needs ironing(熨烫). |
The Digital(数字) Library Can you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into computers? The first bookless public library is planned to open in San Antonio, Texas. Computers will take the place of books soon. |
1.You needn’t use ______ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.
A. a camera B. a screen C. a battery D. your hand
2.The digital Library tells us something about a library without ______.
A. books B. computers C. bookshelves D. reader
3.Which one of the following can reduce our housework in our daily life?
A. The underwater hotel B. Google Glass
C. The Wool & Prince shirt D. The digital library
