词汇
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
1.She broke her cup because of her _________________(粗心).
2.Either his father or his mother __________(承诺) to buy him a computer if he gets good mark.
3.It’s believed that our moods are sometimes ____________________(影响) by colours. Many scientists are doing some research on this subject.
4.Life is like a _____________(赛跑). You either take the lead or fall behind.
(B) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
5.The railway _______________(connect) Qinghai to Tibet is the longest plateau (高原) railway in the world.
6. It is not polite to ask a stranger questions about his ________________(personal) life.
7.The _________(hot) of the sun’s rays can make the wet ground dry.
8.People are so __________ (patient) that they are waiting angrily.
One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar. Every year in the United States, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (电影艺术科学院) gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies. There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year, another for the best actor, and Oscars
for doing many other things well in movies.
Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them. They also want to see actors who have won Oscars. This means movies that have won Oscars make a lot of money. The Academy first gave prizes to movies in 1927, but they were not called Oscars then. That happened four years later. Most people think that Oscar was someone famous in the movies, but he wasn't. He was
someone that a woman called Margaret Herrick knew. She worked for the Academy and one day she saw the prize on a table. She said, "He looked like my friend Oscar." From that time on the prizes were called the Oscars.
1.The Academy gives prizes to people who ________.
A. are good friends of Margaret Herrick
B. like seeing movies very much
C. have done well in the movies
D. pay the Academy a lot of money
2.The Oscars got their name in _________.
A. 1923 B. 1927 C. 1928 D. 1931
I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father’s words for the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!” At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year.
When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the most “useful” and busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady. She was good at cooking. All her relatives liked the food she cooked. During “fairtime”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them.
Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no loner “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Granma in her house. We did our best to make her day-to-day life as comfortable as possible. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper’s crossword puzzle. However, she didn’t look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word.
To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the Fair. One day, when I came back room school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked a lot much younger. She told me that her two nieces would come. “They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again.” Grandma said happily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I’ve had in years!”
I suddenly realized that Grandma didn’t want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful.
1.Thousands of people came to the town to __________ at the Fair.
A. enjoy Grandma’s food B. sell and buy things
C. learn to cook D. have a big party
2.Why was Grandma unhappy?
A. She was too busy. B. No one lived with her.
C. She was not “useful”. D. She couldn’t see anything
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Grandma was good at cooking
B. Many people moved to big cities.
C. Grandma didn’t like “Fairtime”
D. Grandma was a kind old lady.
Do you know how important it is to have breakfast? A study of 2,000 teenagers in the US showed that eating breakfast daily is helpful to young people.
According to the study, teenagers who eat breakfast weigh around 5 pounds less than teenagers who do not. Although they take in more calories in the morning, they are more active during the day because they have more energy. This means they burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. The breakfast does not even have to be very healthy, as eating anything is better than nothing.
The study also showed that eating breakfast keeps teenagers feeling full for longer, so they will not eat too many snacks later in the day. This is good news as most popular snacks, like sweets and potato chips, are usually unhealthy and full of calories.
Another big advantage of eating breakfast is that it helps teenagers do better at school. This is because it gives them more energy to keep their attention in class.
What's more, a study in the UK showed that adults who eat breakfast daily put on less weight and also perform better at work.
Whatever your age is, take time to have breakfast every day.
1.Having breakfast daily makes the teenagers _________.
A. eat fewer snacks B. put on more weight
C. relax themselves D. burn less calories
2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means that _________.
A. teenagers should eat something for breakfast
B. breakfast helps teenagers do better at school
C. breakfast must be healthy with lots of calories
D. the energy makes teenagers active the whole day
3.We can probably read this passage in a (an) _________.
A. story book B. health magazine C. movie poster D. instruction book
完型填空
Maggie started of the junior year of high school with great energy. She had no trouble up with her schoolwork and took part in several after-school activities. after the Thanksgiving break, she began to have trouble getting through her reading and had to work harder to apply herself (专心学习). Her grades began to , and she rarely (很少) felt like making friends any more. Even though Maggie was always punctual (按时的) before, she began to have trouble getting up time for school during the winter.
At first, Maggie’s parents thought she was lazy. They were quite worried about her, but they thought it was just a period of time—especially because her energy finally seemed to in the spring. But when the same thing happened the next November, and Maggie’s mood and her grades fell again, they took her to the , who diagnosed (诊断) her with a type of depression (情绪低落) called seasonal effective disorder (季节性情绪失控症), or SAD. SAD appears and at the same time each year. People with SAD have the depression as winter comes and daylight hours become . When spring returns and the days become longer again, they become well again. Like other forms of depression, the symptoms (症状) of SAD be mild, severe(严重的), or somewhere in between. Milder symptoms slightly influence someone’s ability to take part in everyday activities, but more severe symptoms can influence much .
1.15. A. to keep B. keeping C. keep D. kept
2.16. A. While B. So C. But D. Because
3.17. A. drop B. rise C. raise D. stop
4.18. A. in B. on C. off D. through
5.19. A. go B. return C. disappear D. leave
6.20. A. teacher B. farmer C. doctor D. police
7.21. A. disappears B. appears C. arrives D. leaves
8.22. A. long B. short C. longer D. shorter
9.23. A. can B. must C. should D. have to
10.24. A. little B. less C. many D. more
—I failed in the drawing competition.
—_______________! I think you’ll make it next time.
A. Be careful B. Best wishes
C. Good job D. Cheer up
