Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek(呆子) class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45 .
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again, 54 I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
1. A.find B.join C.see D.help
2. A.good-looking B.well-dressed C.better-paying D.highly-thought
3. A.once B.other C.each D.only
4. A.case B.condition C.situation D.state
5. A.packing B.trying C.managing D.arranging
6. A.reached B.entered C.got D.arrived
7. A.strange B.unusual C.standard D.foreign
8. A.hoped B.wished C.expected D.demanded
9. A.staring B.looking C.checking D.watching
10. A.texts B.newspapers C.English D.poems
11. A.Although B.Even if C.But D.Since
12. A.It B.They C.I D.Things
13. A.live B.study C.survive D.continue
14. A.adapt B.adopt C.adore D.admire
15. A.for B.in C.after D.at
16. A.made B.noticed C.concerned D.remember
17. A.modern B.advanced C.difficult D.convenient
18. A.even B.ever C.some D.any
19. A.if B.though C.ever D.because
20. A.could B.should C.would D.might
The number of people ________ this happens is not very large.
A.with whom B.to which C.to whom D.on which
I have no _____ that you will succeed, but I wonder whether you have really got everything ready.
A.doubt B.wonder C.chance D.point
The police set out in search of other children who might ______ Guizhou’s dustbins after 5 deaths for warmth.
A.live B.rescue C.exist D.survive
假若如你是新华中学的学生李华。周五下午,你最喜欢的Carter教授将举行题为“How to be a good language learner”的报告,但你因在新东方(New Orient)培训学校学习不能参加。请你根据以下提示给你的同学David写一封电子邮件:
1.解释原因:
2.表达遗憾;
3.要求Daivd对报告内容录音。
注意:
1.词数:120字左右。
2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Nowadaysmoreandmorepeopleareconcernedabouttheir health,buthowtokeephealthy? Differentpeoplemay give differentanswerstothisquestion.Inmyopinion, itisessentialto dothe following.
First,itisabsolutelynecessarytotakesomeexerciseatregular timeeveryday.Researchshows thatgettingplentyofexercisecanmaketheheartbeatfaster andthelungsworkharder.This strengthenstheheart,reducesthechanceofheartattack,andhelpslower bloodpressure.That’s whymore andmorepeoplearebecomingactive invariouskindsofsportsandexercise.Every morningmanypeople get upearly and takemuchexercise.Some play ballgameswhileothersrun, jog,walkor dancetomusic.Intheafternoon,therearealsomanypeoplekeenonsports.Through sports and exercise, people become healthierand stronger.
Medicalresearchers have proved that what people eataffects theirhealth.Theyadvise peopleto eatmorefruitandvegetablesandless meatsuchas beefandporkbecausemeatcontainsmorefat thanpoultry(家禽) and fish. Fat can build up in the arteries(动脉),blocktheflowof blood,and cause a heart attack orstroke(中风).
Gettingridofbadhabitslikesmokinganddrinkingalcoholisalsoanimportantwaytokeep healthy.Smokinganddrinkingalcoholinjureone’shealthagreatdeal,andthereforeshouldbegiven up. Unfortunately few people follow this advice.
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Benefits of plenty of exercise: ★The heartcan be 3 ; ★The chance of heart attack can be 4 ; ★Blood pressurecan be 5 . |
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★Fat can result in a heart attack orstroke; ★Morefatmay be 8 in meat. |
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Harm of bad habits: smoking and drinking alcohol do 9 to one’s health. |
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