1.Things are going on well, and you should be o_________ about the life in college.
2.The project failed due to l__________ of money.
3.We can live without clothes, but food and drink are e_________.
4.David and I are c__________. We work in the same company.
5.If you don’t c__________ more on your work, you will lose the job.
6.Tom’s mother died two days p_______ to his arrival.
7.The police perform a v________ role in our society.
8.The driver of the car received serious i_________ to the legs and arms.
1.Tom: The weather report said that a hurricane would hit the city. Tom wants to find information on how to protect his family from being destroyed during the hurricane.
2.James: Before learning about a butterfly, James was asked by his biology teacher to learn more about a butterfly in the process of doing research and then write a letter to humankind.
3. Brown: Thousands of animals around the world face extinction. Many more are threatened each year. Brown focuses on the situation of endangered animals and tries to understand how all living things are connected.
4. Li Mei: Modern technology makes fishing easier. Yet overfishing has caused a lot of problems. China has taken some measures to solve the problem. Li Mei wants to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of overfishing on some threatened species and tries to find out effective solutions.
A. http: //www.net.org/marine/csb/
This site is devoted to saving the Chilean sea bass, or Patagonian toothfish, from extinction. It suggests actions people can take to protect the fish, and it offers the flash movie “Please Don’t Eat Me!”
B. http: //www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth/
This site, created by the University of Kentucky Entomology (昆虫学) Department, provides
photographs and facts about various insects we live with. You will find what you want to know about insects here.
C. http: //www.fema.gov/kids/
This visually appealing government site teaches kids how to be prepared for disasters and
prevent disaster damage. The site also tells teachers and parents what to do to help children
after a disaster. It is appropriate for all ages.
D. http: //www.nwf.org/
Find information on wildlife protection programs and wild animals through the articles, photos, quizzes, and games at this site. Learn how you can help protect wildlife which has close relation-ship to human beings.
Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There’s a new type of business franchise（特许经销权）that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guided fun and a workout that doesn’t break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $ 5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not guided,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N. Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, “We are indoors; we are padded; parents can feel their child is safe”.
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families, the new franchise stays open in the evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. However, these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers. Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special guided programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem, Mom and Dad are called.
The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes（两小时上下班往返）, play with their kids. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.
1.What is this article mainly talking about?
A. Children can play without parent’s care.
B. The fast development of Discovery Zone.
C. A new type of business franchise of kids.
D. The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds.
2.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?
A. The cost is high for a family.
B. It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids.
C. It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds.
D. It's a place where parents can play together with their kids.
3.What does the writer mean by saying "old-fashioned"?
A. The so-called new playground is out of date.
B. The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents.
C. The new playground is also enjoyed by old people.
D. The new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past.
4.The writer’s attitude toward the new playground is_______________.
A. agreeableB. negative
C. doubtfulD. unknown
Life is difficult.
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is painful. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole of solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working our problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
1.The writer uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph probably to _________.
A. make a suggestionB. persuade readers
C. make readers laughD. get readers’ attention
2.According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to __________ .
A. encourage them to learn
B. make them suffer
C. make their life easier
D. help them understand life is difficult
3.“Those things that hurt, instruct.” from Benjamin Franklin suggests that ________ .
A. we do not learn from experience
B. we do not learn when we are in pain
C. pain teaches us important lessons
D. pain cannot be forgotten
4.From the passage, it can be inferred that __________.
A. not everybody has the same problems
B. we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life
C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
D. people like to complain about their problems
Tea, the most important of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid 17 th century that tea first appeared in England.
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner. The Duchess asked her servant to bring a tray of tea, bread, butter and cake to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.
This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880’s upper class and society women would change into long gowns(长袍), gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock.
Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty(讲究的) sandwiches, scones(烤饼)served with cream and jams. Cakes and pastries(面团) are also served. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from silver teapots into delicate bone china cups.
Nowadays, however, in the average suburban home, afternoon tea is likely to be just a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag.
1.The title of the passage is __________.
A. Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford
B. Tea, the most important of English drinks
C. Anna, a person introducing afternoon tea to England
D. Afternoon tea, a very British tradition
2.Afternoon tea was introduced in English in _________.
A. 1880 B. the mid 17th century
C. 1840 D. 3 BC
3.Traditional afternoon tea is made up of __________.
A. sandwiches, scones as well as cakes and pastries
B. a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea
C. a tray of tea, bread, butter and cake
D. a selection of dainty sandwiches
4.According to the passage, we can learn that _________.
A. Tea appeared in England much earlier than in China
B. The reason why the Duchess was hungry at 4 p.m. is that dinner time came quite late
C. In the suburban home, afternoon tea is also served in a dainty way
D. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from china teapots into delicate bone silver cups.
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired(羡慕) a beautiful sports car in a showroom, and knowing his father could well _____ it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day came near, the young man awaited signs that his father had bought the car. _____, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his ____ study room. His father told him how _____ he was to have such a fine son, and told him how ______ he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and _____ a lovely, leather- bound (皮纸封面) Bible, with the young man's name pressed in gold. _____, he raised his voice to his father, and said "With _____ your money, you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in _____. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him ___ that graduation day.
Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram ____ him his father had passed away, and willed all his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and _____things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden ___ and shame filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still gift - wrapped Bible _____ as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.
Suddenly, a car key dropped from the back of the ____ . It had a tag (标签) with the date of his graduation on it, and the words PAID IN FULL.
1.A. offer B. afford C. serveD. supply
2.A. Finally B. Instead C. So D. Shortly
3.A . public B. hard C. lazy D. private
4.A. proud B. sad C. upset D. puzzled
5.A. many B. far C. much D. often
6.A. looked B. reached C. showed D. found
7.A. Interested B. Pleased C. Angry D. Disappoint
8.A. none B. all C. little D. bit
9.A. business B. study C. city D. home
10.A. on B. until C. since D. after
11.A. telling B. showing C. saying D. talking
12.A. look for B. take care of C. care D. mind
13.A. excitement B. disappointment C. surprise D. sadness
14.A. but B. right C. just D. only
15.A. Bible B. bed C. desk D. door
