根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
Making friends is a skill like other skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and m 1. friends, you must be willing to take some actions.
You must first go w _2.__ there are many people. You won’t make friends staying at home. J 3. a club or go to a party, talking with those who like the s 4. things as you do. Or join someone in some a 5. .
It’s human nature to feel a bit unhappy about the unknown. Most of our fears come from doubts about ourselves. D 6. forget they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease（自由自在）. You’ll both f 7. comfortable. Try to act self-confidently t 8. you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room f 9. of strangers, walk straight, look directly at them and smile. Meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you will make friends because friendship is based on mutual liking（基于互相喜欢） and “give and take”. It takes t 10. to develop.
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，完成文章后的表格。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
Hollywood is a shiny, bright place. It is the movie capital of the world. And it is also one of the tourist destinations (目的地) in America. In 1911 the small, peaceful village of Hollywood in California was voted to become part of Los Angeles (洛杉矶). Today, over 100 years later, this village has grown into the home of one of the most well-known industries in the world — the American film industry.
With this growth came many well-known symbols. There is the famous Hollywood sign which stands above the hills of the town. The first sign was built in 1923. Then there is the Hollywood Hall of Fame (名人堂), where great actresses, actors and directors leave their footprints or handprints. Norma Talmadge was the first actress to do this in 1927. But the most famous of all is the Oscar Academy Awards. Every spring, a large number of actresses, actors and directors wait excitedly and nervously to find out if they have won an “Oscar”. This year was the 85th Oscar Academy Awards. It was held on February 25 in Los Angeles. Ang Lee, a Chinese director, won the Award for Best Director again. It was the second time he had won the Award.
Nowadays it is the home of films, and thousands of hopeful young actresses, actors, writers and directors still come to “the Dream Factory” every year. But not all Hollywood dreams have been happy ones — as one actress, who later died tragically (悲惨地), said, “Hollywood is a place where they will pay you 500 dollars for a kiss, and 50 cents for your soul (灵魂).”
Hollywood
A brief (简要) introduction to Hollywood | ※ It’s the home of the film 1. . ※ It’s a famous tourist destination in 2. . ※ It used to be a 3. . |
4. of Hollywood | ※ The Hollywood sign that stands 5. the hills of the town ※ The Hollywood Hall of Fame ※ The Oscar Academy 6. |
Details of the Oscar Academy Awards
| ※ Actresses, actors and directors wait excitedly and 7. before it starts. ※ Ang Lee has won the Oscar for Best Director 8. . |
The Dream Factory | ※ It 9. thousands of young actresses, actors, directors and writers every year. ※ Some Hollywood dreams have been 10. ones. One actress even died tragically. |
根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。
concert; encouraged; had a gift of; a special offer; a number of |
Millie: Do you know Richard Clayderman?
Kate: Of course. He is one of the most famous pianists in the world. I can also play 1. his works.
Millie: Really? How long have you learnt to play the piano?
Kate: Since I was five years old. My teacher thought I 2. playing the piano. I was so excited that I practice hard. My teacher also 3. me to take part in some activities to show myself.
Millie: How wonderful you are! And we have a chance to enjoy Richard Clayderman’s 4. called Romance in China in Nanjing in Jan 15, 2016.
Kate: Fantastic! I can’t wait to enjoy his performance. Do you have the tickets?
Millie: Not yet. We can buy together. There is 5. if we book two tickets online.
Kate: Ok! Let’s make it.
根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
1.She always catch the ______(late) fashion. She has a good taste.
2.You’d better drive carefully for your own_______(safe）.
3.I watched a film ________ (base) on a famous novel yesterday evening.
4.This book is very interesting. It is worth_______ (read) twice.
5.My grandparents refuse to live in the city with us. They prefer to live _______ (peace) in the country.
根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式。
1.People think that more and more __ （亚洲人）are eating fast food and getting fat fast.
2.Lily and her sister look very similar and I often ___ （误认为）her for her sister.
3.Most foreign visitors are very interested in Chinese ______(传统的) culture.
4.Our success went ______（超出）what we had expected.
5.You need to ______(考虑) the feelings of those people around you.
Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society, Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.
In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However, this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.
1.In the last forty years, _________ between Japan and the West have become very important.
A. culture exchange B. education exchange
C. military contacts D. business contacts
2.What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?
A. Their different ways of doing business.
B. Their different lifestyles.
C. Japanese never say “No”.
D. Japanese are slow to take action.
3.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression “bewilder foreign businessmen” in Paragraph One?
A. cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.
B. give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.
C. attract foreign businessmen’s attention.
D. make foreign businessmen think wrongly.
4. What fact does the passage lead you to believe?
A. American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.
B. American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”.
C. Americans usually say what they are thinking.
D. Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly.
5. From the passage we can infer(推断) that __________.
A. Japanese businessmen are good at business
B. foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business
C. foreign businessmen must be more polite
D. you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed
