阅读下列材料，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。
John: Cigarette?
Tony: No, thank you. I gave it up several years ago, you know.
John: Oh, well. Do you mind1.________ I have one?
Tony: Well, but as an old friend I must say ... Oh, my goodness! That’s 2.______ terrible cough.
John: No, no, it’s not. It’s only ... it’s only ... I only get it early in the morning.
Tony: That’s going to make you very sick, especially when you’re suffering 3. _______ ill heath.
John: No, it’s alright ... Doctor Peter told4.________ that it was not serious and I 5. ________ (recover) soon.
Tony: Why don’t you try and give up smoking?
John: Oh, I ought to. But I can’t. It helps me calm down and relax.
Tony: I6.________ (agree). No scientific experiment has proven that. I’m rather 7.________ (concern) about your health. You can start eating sweets instead of smoking.
John: Oh, no, I couldn’t do that.
Tony: 8. ________?
John: It makes me fat.
Tony: Well, do you think that matters? Don’t you think it’s 9.________ (good) to be fat than to be unhealthy?
John: No, I don’t. I’d rather be thin 10.________ fat.
Tony: Anyway, it’s bad for your health. I hope you can give it up as soon as possible.
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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。
Once upon a time, there was a poor man. His _____ was also very poor — a small and empty house, which was _____ with spider webs (蜘蛛网). People tried to_____ coming into his house as they didn’t want to come to such a _____ place. And the poor man thought that poverty (贫困) was the _____ for his unlucky life.
Then, the poor man _____ a wise man and told him about his poverty. The man felt sorry for the poor man and gave him a vase. “This will save you from _____ ,” the wise man _____. The poor man took the _____ from the wise man and wanted to _____ it at first and then spend the money on drinking, as usual. Besides, why would he _____ such a beautiful thing? But then he started _____ the vase carefully and decided not to take it to the market. He brought the vase back to his _____, put it on the table and started watching it again.
“It’s not _____ for such a beautiful thing to be_____ ,” the poor man thought. So he _____ some flowers and put them into the vase. It became even _____ . “Not good that such a beautiful thing stands next to a spider web,” the poor man _____ again.
So the poor man started _____ his house. He cleaned the dust, washed the floor and whitened the walls. And it became clear that his house wasn’t poor, _____ rather warm and comfortable. And the poor man wasn’t a poor man anymore, but a hard-working host, who had no time to think about poverty.
1.A. home B. child C. health D. village
2.A. treated B.filled C. built D. covered
3.A. consider B. forget C. enjoy D. avoid
4.A.dirty B. quiet C. cold D. wet
5.A.problem B. result C. reason D. change
6.A. helped B. met C.thanked D. protected
7.A. poorness B. death C.danger D. trouble
8.A. said B. shouted C. cried D. wrote
9.A. money B. table C.vase D. flower
10.A. draw B. study C. throw D. sell
11.A. bring B. buy C. need D.like
12.A. washing B.showing off C. repairing D. looking at
13.A.school B. farm C. shop D. house
14.A. right B. important C. possible D. easy
15.A. big B. empty C. old D. safe
16.A. planted B. picked C. stole D.borrowed
17.A.more expensive B. stranger C. more beautiful D. stronger
18.A. expected B. thought C. believed D. doubted
19.A. cleaning B. checking C. moving D. choosing
20.A. or B. for C. but D. and
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。
What to expect at high school
Are you super worried about what to expect at high school? Well, guess what? Everyone is! The following tips will help guide you safely through your first day!
► Understand that you’ll be moving a lot.
Depending on the school you’re at, there could be more subjects and you’ll have more classrooms! 1. Be ready to move around and remember what classrooms they are in.
► Understand the newness of high school.
There are usually more strict teachers and more classrooms! Don’t worry. 2. More friends and more freedom (hopefully)! There will be a lot of differences, so go along with it and don’t feel nervous about the change.
► 3.
Stay away from students who have higher grades than you! They’re older and you will be an easy target (目标), so watch your back! If they do try to threaten (恐吓) you or anything, tell your parents or teachers to help you with it.
► Be prepared for the dining room.
Make sure you have friends to sit with, or you’ll look lonely and feel lonely. Make some new friends to sit with. 4.
► Remember to stay good in school.
5. You don’t need an “A” for everything, but an “F” on everything is not good! Spend enough time on study and take notes during class.
A. One for every subject.
B. Put your books in order.
C. Know who to watch out for.
D. There are some advantages!
E. Try to eat healthily on your first day.
F. Try to make a good impression on the teachers.
G. Do your homework and make sure you study hard!
Time for Kids (TFK) gets the great news on the coolest toys for 2014 at the 111th American International Toy Fair.
What’s four days long, bigger than seven football fields, and filled with thousands of toys? It’s Toy Fair 2014!
Each year, hundreds of toy companies from across the country come together in New York City. All kinds of products are shown as a way to know what’s to come in the new year. This year’s trends (款式) include oversize toys. “In 2014, everything is really big and really out there,” says Adrienne Appell, a toy-trends expert.
Toy Fair is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere (西半球). Toy-store buyers go to the event to decide which toys they may want to sell during the holiday season. Members of the media, like TFK, go to the fair to report back on all the cool trends. Unfortunately, Toy Fair is not open to the public.
This year’s Toy Fair was the biggest in its 111-year history. More than 1,000 toy companies showed products from simple card games to high-tech robots. “Larger Than Life” was a Toy Fair favorite. This trend is all about big toys with a big play value.
Though it is all fun and games at Toy Fair, we saw lots of products making a push towards education, with STEAM. That stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This trend includes word games. And of course, we saw some super cool, high-tech games. “Technology is always going to influence toys,” says Appell. “This year we saw lots of 3D games, and robots.”
To know more information about the event, click (点击) here to watch the video.
1.The American International Toy Fair _____.
A.attracts very few people
B. cannot be visited by everyone
C. is held every two years
D. has a short history
2.What can we infer from Toy Fair 2014?
A. Toys are becoming more educational than fun.
B. Robots are great favorites of buyers.
C. Big toys will be popular this year.
D. Simple card games will disappear on the market.
3.What’s special about Toy Fair 2014?
A. It is the largest.
B. It is the longest.
C. It sells all of its toys.
D. It’s held in New York City.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. Kids love toys
B. Toy-stores in New York City
C. Technology changes toys
D. Time for toys
5.The text is taken from a _____.
A. website B. newspaper
C.magazine D. Textbook
In the book The Best Little Girl in the World, Kessa has a serious eating disorder (进食障碍) called anorexia nervosa. But she is not alone. Many people have this eating disorder.
In the beginning of her story, Kessa is a normal 15-year-old. She is good at many things, especially dancing. She has danced for many years and loves it. One day her dance teacher tells her to continue eating right, but maybe lose a few pounds. Once Kessa hears this, she takes things too far. Instead of cutting down on snacks and junk food, she decides not to eat at all. She does not eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner. She begins losing weight and becomes slimmer (更加苗条的) and slimmer. But she loses weight to a point where she is unhealthy.
As her poor eating habits continue, her parents start getting as much help as possible to cure (治疗) their beautiful daughter. But it is just as hard for Kessa’s parents to deal with her disorder as it is for her. Everyday she exercises to lose more pounds and plans what and when she will eat. Her parents try everything, but Kessa decides not to have any fat on her body.
Kessa’s doctor and parents finally take her to the hospital. She is now so thin that she can hardly walk. There, she is given good care.
In the rest of the book, Kessa goes through a lot of trouble in order to cure her eating disorder. This book, I think, can help to prevent people from doing this to themselves. It shows the trouble that people go through just to be slimmer, and all the terrible things they must experience to be cured. It is a book I think every teenager should read.
1.What does Kessa do to lose weight?
A. She stops eating.
B. She eats less junk food.
C. She has three small meals a day.
D. She dances many more hours a day.
2.What do we know about Kessa’s eating disorder?
A. It is caused by her dance teacher.
B. It makes her suffer a lot.
C.It’s too serious to be cured.
D. It’s an unusual illness.
3.The book mentioned in the text is mainly about _____.
A. how to cure eating disorders
B. the importance of eating right
C. a girl’s fight against an eating problem
D. why so many people have eating disorders
On my first day of high school, I asked an eleventh-grader where my class was. And he told me it was “on the fourth floor, next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later that we don’t even have a fourth floor and there’s no pool either! Besides that, I didn’t have any trouble with the older kid.
I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load (工作量) and size of the school. I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make full use of time! Our class size is around 550, but joining in clubs, sports, music, and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in every grade.
The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade. There have been so many tests that I’ve prepared for the night before, gotten an A, and not remembered anything later. I’ve changed that this year, and I enjoy school so much more. Don’t take easy classes just to have a simple year. If you have a choice between chemistry and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more useful!
While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools, they’re also around in high school. I have a lot of friends who promised they’d never drink or smoke, but are now partying every weekend. If you have “fun” and spend your nights wasted instead of studying, you will regret it when you’re applying for (申请) college. The “friends” who say you’re a loser for not partying are really not your friends at all. It’s hard to see your closest friends grow apart and go in different directions, but don’t follow their footsteps. Create your own path in life and make your own decisions.
1.What happened to the author on his first day of high school?
A. He had a fight with an eleventh-grader.
B. He fell into a pool on the fourth floor.
C. He was five minutes late for class.
D. He was fooled by a schoolboy.
2.The author advises high school students to _____.
A. choose useful classes
B.give up sports
C. try their best to get good grades
D. get ready for tests the night before
3.The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. not to lose ourselves in high school
B. about the importance of making friends
C. not to go to any party in high school
D.about the trouble caused by drinking and smoking
