基础训练篇（7）
One day, Pierre, (1)_________ worked in a government office, received an (2)____________ (invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money (3)____________ jewellery, so she borrowed a beautiful necklace (4)__________ her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful (5)___________ they had a wonderful time that evening. But after the ball, she found the necklace (6)_________________. They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new (7)___________ for Jeanne. In order to pay (8)_________ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her (9)___________ they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t be affected (10)____________ vanity(虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.
基础训练篇（6）
I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old. (1)__________ her fellow teacher said that we (2)_____________(celebrate) her 39th birthday! We were all (3)____________ (surprise) and puzzled.
After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about (4)___________ (birth). If a woman is (5)________ 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 39th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her (6)____________, it’s the 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are (7)__________ 20.
This shows that American women, (8)_________________ (special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be (9) ______________. ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is (10)_____________ if you don’t know it, don’t ask about it; if you really know it, don’t mention it.
基础训练篇（5）
It is known to all (1)___________ the Chinese diet is considered to be the (2)__________(healthy) in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich (4)___________ fiber and low in sugar and fat.
How (5)_____________ the Western food? It has too much fat in the form (6)______________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As (7)______ _ result, the (8)________________(west) usually become very fat and have bad (9)____________ (tooth), and many of them even die at an early age from heart (10)______________ (ill).
基础训练篇（4）
If you want to improve your English, you’d better listen to BBC English which is part (1)_____________ the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such (2)__________difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences (3)__________ written and (4)__________(speak) English and so on. It is easy for you to find out some information (5)___________ the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English and ask (6) ________ it.
In China, there are (7)__________ English programmes like Follow Me on TV (8)__________ on the radio. They are usually easy (9)__________(receive) and understand and they are very (10)__________(use) to you.
基础训练篇（3）
Last Monday morning, I was (1)_________ (cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview (2)_________ an important job. A yellow car passed by me and (3)___________(sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I (4)________(fall). I was so angry I stopped the driver and kept on (5)_________ (shout) at him rudely.
(6)_____________(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. By chance, one of my (7)________(interview), the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me (8)_________my rudeness. (9)___________, he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager (10)__________ I thought of him.
基础训练篇（2）
You may wonder why we have a holiday in summer (1) _________ winter, but not in spring (2)_________ autumn. There are some reasons (3)_______________ it. Like most people, your intelligence（智力）changes from season to season. You are properly a lot sharper in the spring (4)_______________ you are (5)___________ any other time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, who’s well known to us all concluded from other men’s work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect (6)___________ our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This (7)____________ mean that all people are not (8)_______________ quick at learning in the summer as they (9)_________________ during the rest of the year. It tells us, (10)________________, that intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.
