单词拼写, 用词的正确形式填空（共10小题每小题1分，共10分）
1.The most popular place for tourists is the Eiffel Tower, the famous ______ (象征) of Paris.
2.Have you ever _______________ (经历) a flood?
3.They can ___________ (毁掉) houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.
4.It was the most frightening and the most ___________ (危险的) situation I’ve ever been in.
5.___________(古代的)China was a place where states were often at war each other.
6.No one knows for sure, and making ____________(预测)is a risky business.[来源:学#
7.Trains are fast and _____________(方便的)，but rush hours can be terrible..
8.As a result of Yuan Longping’s discoveries Chinese rice ____________(产量) rose by 5 percent in the 1990’s..
9.Mencious was a __________(思想家) whose teachings were very similar to that of Confucius.
10.The gorge _________(变狭窄)to 350 feet as the river rushes through the two-mile-high mountains.
Without mutual(相互的)respect, any relationship will be an unhappy one . People who respect each other: a) value each other’s opinions, b) listen to each other, and c) disagree without screams or insults（侮辱）. And remember, your parents have lived longer than you—don’t discount their experience and knowledge.
Your parents want to know what’s going on in your life. If you don’t tell them they won’t know when you need their help or whether they can trust you. Tell them what you’re doing, share your thoughts and feelings with them, and ask for their advice for your problems( you don’t have to follow it). Communication builds closeness. Trust is your key to freedom. The way to build trust is through honesty and responsibility. Honesty means you don’t lie or manipulate(作假). Responsibility means that you are reliable(可依赖的) and make good choices to use good judgment. When your parents trust you, it’s a lot easier for them to say “Yes.”
These guidelines(指导方针) work both ways. If sometimes, your parents break any of these guidelines, talk to them about it. Pick a time when you are both calm and feeling good toward each other(never when you are angry). Then , explain to them what they did, how it makes you feel, and what you’d like them to do instead.
Unfortunately, these guidelines don’t always work. Since we can only control what we do, and not what our parents do, sometimes we just cannot change a bad relationship. If this is the case, try to use these guidelines to at least improve things a little, and talk with a trusted adult who may be able to help you
1.What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word” discount” in the first paragraph?
A. To think or say that something is not important or not true.
B. To disagree with somebody’s opinions.
C. To respect somebody’s opinions
D. To accept somebody suggestions.
2.The main idea of the second paragraph is about_______
A. feelings B. advice C. closeness D. communication
3.From this passage we know that the writer may be________.
A. an editor B. an expert C. a doctor D. a teacher
4.The main purpose of the passage is_______.
A. to show that your parents want to know what’s going on in your life.
B. to discuss how to have great relationship with your parents.
C. to discuss how to talk with a trusted adult who may be able to help you
D. to discuss how to respect your parents.
Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn’t matter where you live－ in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village the chances that you will be disturbed by jet aeroplanes, transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc, are almost everywhere. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.
Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very frightening experience for human beings. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓). The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise and concentration(专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration , what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example ) may even help people to concentrate.
1.The best title for this passage is________.
A. Noisy Life B. Background Noise
C. Disturbed Concentration D. Changeable Noise
2.From this passage, the pollution of noise__________.
A. doesn’t matter much
B. has become worse everywhere
C. has become better in big cities
D. has become better in villages
3.“Background music” in the passage means___________.
A. music played in the concert
B. a kind of noise coming into your ears
C. music helps people to concentrate
D. music played while people are working
4.Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating is _________.
A. any kind of noise
B. great changes in level of noise
C. background noise
D. various background music
Mr Parker was born in a small village. His father was so poor that he couldn’t send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by himself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out, he joined the army(军队). He couldn’t forget his terrible past and fought with the enemies bravely(勇敢的). So he became a general when he was fifty. He was honest and friendly to his soldiers and often punished those who tried to pocket a portion of the soldiers’ pay(克扣军饷). And his soldiers liked him very much.
Once Mr Parker heard from a soldier. In the letter the young man said the food in their military camp(军营)was very bad and he wished the general could go to find out the reasons. The old man went there at once without telling anybody. He went in the kitchen and examined everything carefully and found it was very dirty. Then he went in the soldiers’ bedrooms and found there were a lot of fleas. He became angry and asked the soldiers, “What do you think of your food, young men?”
The soldiers saw their officer standing by the general and said nothing. Only a new soldier said, “Very bad, sir!”
“What did you have for lunch today?” asked Mr Parker.
“A fried chicken, some fish and pork, a cake, six eggs and I had three cups of wine(酒).”
“Really?” Mr. Parker called out in surprise. “It’s the King’s(国王)lunch, I think!”
“So do I, General,” said the young man. “But it’s my birthday today. I paid three hundred dollars for them all in the restaurant!”
1.Mr. Parker was respected because .
A. he was strict with the officers
B. he cared about his soldiers
C. he was friendly to everybody
D. he paid attention to the soldiers letters
2.Mr. Parker went to the military camp to .
A. look for the soldier who wrote to him
B. punish the cooks
C. inspect the kitchens
D. find out if the matter in the letter was true
3.The soldiers didn’t say anything because .
A. they were afraid of the general
B. they thought their foods were good
C. the officer followed the general
D. the general didn’t agree with them
4.Which of the following is true?
A. Mr. Parker found nothing in the military camp.
B. The new soldier had a birthday dinner in the restaurant.
C. The officer wanted to frighten the soldiers.
D. The general no longer believed the soldiers.
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people.“Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy(嫉妒)my luck?”“And Paul-why didn’t he pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?”When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog.”that’s being friendly. But“lucky dog”?There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for ”is another noise that says one thing and means another . It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up(包藏) in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn’t important. It’s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s got a date for Saturday night? Good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture(姿态)?The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people to you may save another mistake.
1.This passage is mainly about_____.
A. how to interpret(understand) what people say
B. what to do when you listen to others talking
C. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people
D. why we go wrong with people sometimes
2.According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that_______.
A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk
B. we tend to（倾向）doubt what our friends say
C. people usually state one thing but means another
D. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say
3.In the sentence “Maybe he doesn’t see it himself.”In the second paragraph, the pronoun “it”refers to____.
A. being friendly B. a bit of envy C. lucky dog D. your luck
4.When we listen to a person talking , the most important thing for us to do is _______.
A. notice the way the person is talking
B. take a good look at the person talking
C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes
D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture
A good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded (要求) the most discipline (纪律) from their students.
I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very vividly (清晰地) a sign over her classroom door. It was a simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized (强调), not the last seven.” In other words, I guess, labor for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches.
She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced, but it continued just the same. She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them.
I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least. But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit (有益于) the students.
1.Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?
A. A patient teacher. B. An honest teacher.
C. A strict teacher. D. A hard-working teacher.
2.The teacher put up the sign over her classroom door ___.
A. to remind the students that this room was a laboratory
B. to advise the students to follow the disciplines
C. to warn the students not to be careless
D. to tell the students to work hard in the classroom
3.When the teacher’s arm was broken, she ___.
A. gave her students the usual amount of homework
B. gave her students less homework
C. asked her students to check the homework themselves
D. gave her students more homework
4.What’s the writer’s opinion of discipline?
A. It makes the students dislike their teachers.
B. It does good to the students in the long run.
C. It’s too much for young children.
D. It does more harm than good to the students.
