阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you have sleeping problems？Then these tips may help you fall asleep fast.
Set aside the thought 1. you have to fall asleep. The more you think 2. it, the more you can't sleep.
The foods you eat also play 3. important part. Avoid eating or drinking foods or things like chocolates, coffee, tea and energy drinks. If you have to, then have them in the morning and never in the afternoon, 4. (especial) before going to bed. Don't eat too much at night ft full stomach will make you more difficult 5. (fall) asleep because your body is working～time to digest the food you ate.
Make a 6. (fix) time when to go to bed. For example, by 9 o'clock in the evening you should already be in bed. Do this even if you're not sleepy yet. Once 7. (follow) this routine, you will gradually See that you feel 8. (sleep) when it's 9 o'clock.
Make your room comfortable for sleeping. You should also take note that the sleeping environment also affects you sleep. It must be in the room 9. it's not noisy. Dtherwise, you-will find 10. difficult to fall asleep again after waking up.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We waiters need to face all kinds of customers every day. When something goes wrong, we should have the ability to keep on going and ________ the customers.
I remember my first job was at a fine restaurant. One day, the manager informed all the cooks and ________ that a VIP group were coming for ________ ．The group were VIPs in the city's restaurants Indus ________ 10 people.
After they arrived, we let them get ________ comfortably and drinks were ordered. ________ , the head waiter would be the person in ________ of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that noon. I had never served a group of 10, ________had I done wine service.
When it's turn to ________ one of the wine glasses in front of a young woman, somehow I lost my trip(抓）and the other ________ fell on top of her, and then to the floor and ________ in pieces. I felt ________and apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group.
Quickly, the manager ________ my aid, helped in the clean-up, and sent out their ________right away. The group forgave me and the young woman repeatedly informed me it's OK.
________ on that day, my manager told me, "Mistakes and ________ do happen. If you know why they happened, learn from it and move on, ________ you still have a table to serve. Keep your head up and be confident. The glasses are ________．"
I understand why he was truly a well respectable restaurant manager within our ________ ．His close relationship with the group made the situation calm and the group ________ me for that.
1.A. please B. attract C. invite D. welcome
2.A. cookers B. servants C. waiters D. cleaners
3.A. meal B. dinner C. breakfast D. lunch
4.A. made up of B. let in as C. added up to D. recognized as
5.A. satisfied B. seated C. dressed D. introduced
6.A. Quickly B. Rapidly C. Normally D. Naturally
7.A. charge B. change C. honor D. favor
8.A. never B. ever C. little D. nor
9.A. set B. broke C. shook D. cut
10.A. wine B. glasses C. coffee D. cookers
11.A. laid B. lay C. lain D. lied
12.A. amazing B. surprised C.frightened D. scaring
13.A. took over B. gave in C. rushed against D. came to
14.A. dishes B. drinks C. waters D. wines
15.A. Lately B. Latest C. Later D. Last
16.A. accidents B. faults C. incidents D. errors
17.A. owing to B. thanks to C. while D. for
18.A. available B. acceptable C. replaceable D.repeated
19.A. restaurant B. neighbor C. district D. city
20.A. blamed B. forgave C.thanked D. praised
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Unplug Your Weekends or Ruin Your life
Researchers have found that people who unplug(不插电）over the weekend have higher satisfaction with life than people who spend their Saturday stuck in their electronics. 1. Give yourself an Internet break and keep yourself busy with other activities, and consider taking up any of the following pastimes:
Reading
Reading may seem like a very boring activity, though, in comparison to visiting social media for hours on end, it's attractive. You don't need to read the classic novels, but pick some text. Reading
will keep your stress at bay.
2.
It is the most ancient set of activities in the world. Playing a sport is not only good for your health, but it is good for developing intelligence and motivation, too. Going for a run and listening to your favorite music may increase your self-confidence and productivity. Going for a walk is also a good choice for you.
Spend time with your famely
3. They have always supported you, helped you whenever you were in trouble and when they're gone, you' 11 be regretful that you didn't make the most of the time you had.
Learn new skills
Learn a new language, play a musical instrument, make something with your own hands, try cooking or anything really. The best part about learning something new is that you will meet new people. 4.
Above are the suggestions on what to do when you are unplugged. However, there is no need to abandon your social network accounts, but at least try to turn off your computer and do something different on weekends. 5.
A. Running
B. Playing a sport
C. Don't abandon your family.
D. Spend more free time with your family and friends.
E. Moreover, by choosing a new thing to make a try you' 11 get inspiration and moral satisfaction.
F. It's important for us to live in a real world to have fun with the real life people who are close to us.
G. What's more, more time spent unplugging will lead to more lasting relationships.
According to a survey，more Europeans go digital一changing from fixed lines to mobile phones and from narrowband to broadband Internet connections.
The survey showed that 22 percent of EU households use only mobile phones, up from I8 percent a year ago,while the percentage of households with at least one fixed line decreased by 5 percent to 72 percent, although the percentage of households with at least one mobile phone remains fairly stable at 8l per cent.
Broadband is presenting a rapid upward trend in the EU, showed the survey, which polled(对…进行民意调查)27,000 households across the union. 'Itventy-eight percent of households are now connected to the Internet via high-speed "broadband" links, up six percent from last year, while narrowband usage has dipped by three percentage points to 12 percent. More than half of households access the Internet via an ADSL line and 34 percent of broadband connections are wireless.
"Europe's digital economy is growing strongly as more and more households love to choose between fixed, mobile and Internet services," said EU Information Society and Media Commissioner wiane Reding. "The challenge of this year's reform of the EU's telecom rules will be to respond to this rapidly changing technological environment while enhancing(提高）at the same time effective competition:'
Meanwhile, nearly 20 percent of Europeans buy two or more telecom products from a single service provider, the combination of fixed telephony and.Internet access being the most common. The result may strengthen the commission's case for breaking up telecom giants, whose control over the fixed line networks～accused of hindering(妨碍）competition."Today's survey findings will feed into the ongoing public debate on the reform of the EU telecom rules, planned for summer this year," said Reding.
1.Today, the percentage of households with at least one fixed line goes down to
A. 34%％ B, 22% C.72% D. 81%
2.What will be covered in this year's reform of the EU's telecom hales?
A. The quickly changing technological environment.
B. The plan to stop the use of the fixed lines.
C. Breaking up telecom giants.
D. The ongoing public debate on global economy.
3.If a European will buy telecom products from a single service provider, what will be the result?
A. Less than two services are provided for customers.
B. Competition will become fierce in the telecom field.
C. A plan on the reform of the telecom is breaking up.
D. It becomes more difficult to fight off big companies' control.
4.The best title of this article is
A. Mobile Phones Become Popular
B. More Europeans Go Digital
C. The disappearance of the fixed line
D. The Rules of the EU's Telecom
Whenever we turn on the TV or radio, read the newspapers, surf the Internet, we'll be surrounded by the word "diet" everywhere. We have so easily been attracted by the promise of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically（心理上地）and physically.
It's obvious that diet products weaken us psychologically. They allow us to jump over the thinking stage that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fat. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word "diet" in food labels.
What's more, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves that we don't have to work to get results．Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
As a matter of fact, the danger that diet products bring not only lies in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm they cause. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie. oaly because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products, And they can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are stopping our bodies having basic nutrients. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Think twice before buying diet products. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, 3rd therefore, prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.
1.From Paragraph 1，we learn that
A. diet products are in our daily life
B. people have trouble choosfng diet products
C. people should put up with diet products
D. diet products are misleading people
2.The psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to
A. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
B. pay attention to their daily diet
C. watch their weight rather than their diet
D. try out varieties of diet foods
3.The underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably means
A. diet products cause no pain
B. it costs a lot to.lose weight
C. losing weight is effortless
D. diet products are free of fat and calories
4.Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products
A. are over-consumed B. are short of basic nutrients
C. lack chemicals D. provide too much energy
Leon, 12, was born without fingers on his left hand.That didn't -stop him from being able to do many tasks. But Leon could not grasp more than one object at a time. So Leon's father, Paul, created a prosthesis(假肢），using a 3D printer. Now Leon has fingers that open and close."It was a do-it-yourself, father and son adventure," says raw.
When Leon was a baby, his doctor advised his parents not to give him a prosthetic hand until he was in his early teens. "The doctor said Leon should first learn to get full use out of the hand he was born with," says Paul. As Leon got older, his father looked into buying a prosthetic hand, which can cost as much as $30,000. Paul found a more affordable solution.
One day, Paul discovered a video on the Internet about Robohand, a prosthesis created with a 3Dprinter. He downloaded the free instructions and called Robohand's creators for advice. They told him all he needed was a 3D printer一which costs around $2,000- and some materials.
Luckily, Leon's school had recently purchased a 3D printer and it offered to help Paul build the hand for Leon.“We used a soccer shin guard（护胫），cardboard, and tape. They cost about＄10," says Paul.
With his new hand, Leon can do things better. "I can help my mom more, because now I can carry two grocery bags,”he says.
Leon's father has already built .several hands for Leon. Leon helps design each one. He says there's one thing in particular that he wants to do with a future prosthesis.“The goal," he tells the
reporter from the local evening paper,“is to be able to tie my shoelaces:'
1.Why did Leon's doctor disapprove of his using a prosthesis in his childhood?
A.The prosthetic technology was underdeveloped then.
B. A prosthesis was very expensive at that time.
C. To master the disabled hand was important.
D. The original hand could do many tasks.
2.Leon's father managed to get Leon a new hand by
A.collecting money on the Internet.
B. buying a prosthetic hand
C. purchasing a 3D printer
D. printing a hand
3.The materials used for Leon's hand can be described as
A. cheap and common B. strange and valuable
C. personal and lovely D. basic and solid
4.Where can the passage be taken from?
A. An advertisement B. A newspaper
C. A poster D. A travel guide
