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。
For the writers in Western cultures, autumn is a difficult season to describe. On one hand, it is the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. Winter is 1. the corner. As Ernest Hemingway 2. (write), you expected to be sad in the fall. On the 3. hand, autumn has its good side. French writer Albert Camus even thought autumn was a second spring: “ Autumn is a second spring 4. every leaf is a flower.” Another autumn theme is wisdom. The 5. (arrive) of the season is thought to be similar to a person 6. (become) mature. The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats conveyed this theme in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole. 7. (inspire) by the swans, he is moved to think about them and life in the 8. (real). He doubts whether he can still love like the lover swans do. Of course, many other 9. (theme) can play a part in the literature of autumn. But autumn writing usually focuses on the changes in nature, which writers often compare 10. changes in human life.
根据中文意思完成句子 (每条横线上只能填写一个单词)
1.我睡得正香突然我的床开始摇晃。
I was _________ ________ ________ suddenly my bed began shaking.
2.长白山的高度从海拔700米到2000多米不等。
The height of Changbaishan ________ ________ 700 metres above sea level to over 2,000 metres.
3.树能够吸收空气中的二氧化碳，当你看着树时还会使你精神振奋。
Trees can absorb carbon dioxide from the air and ________ _________ _________ when you look at them.
4.我在少年时期对吸烟上了瘾。
During adolescence I became __________ _________ ___________.
5. 我确实希望你过和我一样健康的生活。
I do hope you can live as ________ _________ ________ as I do.
6.要是没有透视法，就没有人能画出如此真实的画来。
If it hadn’t been ________ perspective, no one _______ ______ _______ such realistic pictures.
7. 直到我被校足球队开除，我才意识到我该戒烟了。
It was _________ until I was taken ________ the school football team ________ I knew it was time that I ________ up smoking.
8.听到一声尖叫，我冲下楼，发现女房东躺在地板上，失去了意识。
________ a scream, I rushed downstairs only ________ ________ my hostess lying __________ on the floor.
根据所给首字母或汉语提示,写出正确的单词来完成句子
1.To be honest, Nick’s performance isn’t interesting and it didn’t a to me much.
2.I would rather they ________(任命) Mr. Smith to the post, but I am afraid he will not get 50% of the vote.
3.Under no c should we take risks with other people’s lives.
4.Although a good education doesn’t g a good job, it is better than getting no education.
5.Many people are o to building the motorway. It is not a wise decision.
6.It is not a for us to attend a formal wedding with the sports clothes.
7.Her mother b the girl from leaving the house before she finished her homework.
8.Father had great faith in me, which ___________(增强) my resolve to win the game.
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。
A terrifying example of the sea’s power saw 125,000 people die in 12 different countries. The destruction(破坏) was caused when a very big sent tsunamis smashing into Indian Ocean coastlines.
Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia and East Africa have been by the huge waves. Whole towns were simply swept aside by the power of the water. Cars, trains and buildings could not , let alone the people who stood .
The earthquake 9.0 on the Richter scale(里氏震级) and occurred the coast of Indonesia. It was as the fifth strongest since 1900. Scientists said the quake was as as a million of the atomic bombs that were onto Japan during World War Ⅱ. It may be the worst natural disaster in recent history it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas.
Because such waves happen in the Indian Ocean, there is no system in place to coastal communities they are about to be hit.
Tsunami is Japanese for “harbor wave”. They are usually caused by a sudden or fall of part of the Earth’s crust(地壳) under the ocean. Tsunamis often happen in oceans and they are most in the Pacific.
Tsunamis can be very long—as much as 100 kilometers—and be as far as one hour apart. They are able to entire oceans without losing much energy. One of the most striking about tsunamis is that an earthquake on one side of the Pacific Ocean can cause giant waves and destruction on the other side. When the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed speeds of up to 800 kilometers per hour.
The wave may only be a few meters high in the ocean. when it is near the shore and reaches shallow (浅) water, the wave very quickly in height. Witnesses(目击者) in some areas of Indonesia reported seeing up to 10-metre high waves crash into the shore.
Tsunamis travel in all directions from the center of an earthquake and attack coastlines. They can easily suck people out to sea, cause flooding and destroy property.
1.A. storm B. hurricane C. wave D. earthquake
2.A. threatened B. shaken C. destroyed D. transformed
3.A. remain B. survive C. exist D. achieve
4.A. in the way B. in a way C. on the way D. by the way
5.A. equaled B. ranged C. measured D. evaluated
6.A. on B. in C. off D. at
7.A. adopted B. noticed C. marked D. recorded
8.A. powerful B. big C. huge D. great
9.A. found B. consumed C. aimed D. dropped
10.A. if B. though C. when D. as
11.A. never B. frequently C. rarely D. ever
12.A. convince B. warn C. protect D. remind
13.A. exchange B. rise C. increase D. growth
14.A. usual B. common C. ordinary D. general
15.A. spread B. extend C. cross D. reach
16.A. facts B. data C. stories D. accidents
17.A. in B. on C. at D. for
18.A. And B. But C. Therefore D. Or
19.A. goes down B. comes about C. runs out D. builds up
20.A. outward B. forward C. upward D. downward
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。
(请将答案写在答题卷上。)
There is difference between reading for information and reading for understanding. 1. The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. 2. Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding. 3. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here, learning means understanding more, not remembering more information.
What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. 4. Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.
5. It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.
A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.
B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.
C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.
D. The writer must be superior to the reader in understanding.
E. Thus, we can employ the word reading in two different senses.
F. Reading for entertainment can increase our understanding of information.
G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading — entertainment.
While you may think that being smart and talented would logically make someone successful in running a business, unfortunately, this is often not the case.
This problem starts back in school when the stressful “group projects” are first assigned .The smartest don’t want to risk their grade in the class by dividing the work equally and hoping that an average student does his part well. They just take over and do the whole project themselves.
And thus begins the smart-people work cycle. The smartest people do just about everything better than most everyone else until it comes to running a business. They are not better; they are screwed(束缚). A smart person who can’t stand someone else doing a job badly does everything himself. Then, he is stuck with the one-man band “job-business” and ends up not being able to grow. However, it is quite interesting and strange that some slackers(偷懒的人) are better suited to be a business leader than the “smart” people. They figured out early on to surround themselves with smart people who would do the work that they themselves don’t want to do.
Smart and talented people often have a gift for the unusual, complicated or different. They don’t like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid), which is required to make a business succeed. Maybe you think the global presence of McDonald’s complex, but in fact, in the company, every single task is broken down into easy-to-follow steps and everything has been standardized. These successful companies have just a few smart enough people to run the majority of the tasks in a way that can’t be screwed up by their average employees. So, being smart or talented isn’t going to help you unless you can use your talent to figure out a way to simplify those tasks that will make a business successful.
Another issue with the smart people starting businesses is that they often have the most to lose. The smarter you are, the more choices you have available to you. You will be able to make a lot of money in various fields and have room in your career to become promoted. This means that when you start a business, you have a lot more to risk than those who are not equally smart. This is often referred to as the “golden handcuffs” dilemma.
So, don’t be surprised when the person “MOST Likely to Succeed” from high school ends up as an employee and it is one average student that finds success in his or her own business.
1.In group work, smart students often take over the whole project because they believe ______.
A. the work is not divided equally
B. they can perform better than others
C. the group projects are too stressful
D. average students are unwilling to take part
2.McDonald’s is used as an example to prove that ______.
A. a business calls for smart people’s talent
B. average employees can perform complex tasks
C. smart people are important for a successful business
D. simplified tasks are required for the success of a business
3.The underlined expression in Paragraph 5 refers to the situation where smart people ______.
A. have fewer choices in a company
B. risk more when starting business
C. are unwilling to put money to a business
D. can have a good income in many different fields
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Potentials for Success
B. Bases for Business
C. The Ordinary Achieve Bigger Success?
D. Talent Means Successful Business?
