Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot, ___1.___ was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire. Claire didn’t want ____2.____ robot in her house, especially as her husband would be ___3.____(absence) for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her ____4.___(harm). However when she first saw the robot, named Tony, she felt alarmed because he seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome ____5._____ smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.
On the second morning Tony, ___6.____(wear) an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked ___7._____ she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told hem to go. ____8.___ was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human. One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that ____9.__ must feel very unhappy to say that. It was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. But she __10.____(begin) to trust him.
Galina was born with an illness called Spina Bifida. Because of her disability, she has only had a little ______. Her parents were ______ of her and never allowed their friends and neighbors to see her. Her mother often ______ her because Gailina could not control the things her body did. This made her think that her disability was all her ______ and that she must have done something wrong. She spent the next four years in ______. She liked it better there because she was with others who had disabilities. She did not feel ______ from everyone else. But when she went back to live at home, she realized just how different she was from all her brothers and sisters. She was so ______ that she tried to kill herself. But she did not succeed. Soon after this, she left home and found work in a big city.
One day a group of Christians visited her. They told her about Jesus Christ who loves all people, even those who are ______. She was not interested because when she was a child she was taught another ______. But the Christians did not ______ seeing her. Then she began to realize that their friend, Jesus Christ, loved her. She found a new friend in Jesus. Galina does not feel rejected any more. She feels ______ and loved by God. Her ______ with her parents has changed too. One time when she went to see her parents, her mother asked Galina to forgive her for the many times she beat her when she was a child.
You may have been ______ hurt or treated as a child. You may not have had the education you hoped for like Galina. You may not be able to do the things you want because your family is _____, or one or both of your parents died when you were young. There are many reasons why you might think badly about yourself. What did Galina find out made all the ______ to her life?
1.A. education B. money C. time D. illness
2.A. accused B. informed C. ashamed D. reminded
3.A. knocked B. killed C. kissed D. hit
4.A. fault B. success C. power D. advantage
5.A. school B. factory C. hospital D. home
6.A. important B. better C. advanced D. different
7.A. unhappy B. powerful C. nervous D. glad
8.A. kind B. cruel C. unhealthy D. disabled
9.A. story B. religion C. subject D. skill
10.A. stop B. enjoy C. continue D. avoid
11.A. admired B. rejected C. suspected D. accepted
12.A. respect B. relationship C. responsibility D. research
13.A. suddenly B. partly C. badly D. heavily
14.A. rich B. poor C. nice D. unsafe
15.A. prediction B. safety C. difference D. damage
Could I use your dictionary?
Sorry, it __________.
A. is using B. was using
C. was used D. is being used
— How about putting some pictures into the report?
— ______ A picture is worth a thousand words.
A. I dont think so. B. Why not?
C. Thank you. D. No matter.
感恩，是我们生活中永恒的话题。学会感恩，学会热爱生活，我们将会感受到更多快乐。假设你将参加主题为“感恩”的演讲比赛，请你根据以下要点写一篇英语演讲稿。
要点：
1. 感恩对象（父母、老师、朋友…）；
2. 为何感恩；
3. 如何感恩。
注意：
1. 只能选择一个感恩对象；
2. 词数120左右。开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。
Good morning, everyone,
It’s a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic of my speech is
“Thank you, ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for listening.
Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated b 1. nobody came to his restaurant that morning. He thought that the menu he prepared was 2. （完美）. Then he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by w 3. coming into his restaurant to eat as he always did. Driven by 4. , Wang Peng followed his friend to a newly opened restaurant 5. offered to make people thin in two weeks. The new restaurant was 6. of people. Wang Peng came in and was shown a menu. He was a 7. at what he saw. After leaving the restaurant, he went to the library and did some r 8. . Arriving home Wang Peng rewrote his own sign, trying to win his customers 9. . The two restaurants began to 10. (竞争)!
