语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is 1. old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the 2.(busy) day of the week”. How many 3. (time) have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? I’d say, too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. We have to go for them now! Here are the reasons.
Tomorrow is not promised. Nobody likes to talk about 4. (dead), but the reality is---- everyone is going to die at one point, but 5. of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave 6. unfulfilled(未完成的) dreams. Make the 7.(decide) to go after every dream, big or small right now.
You’ll be much happier if you go for it. Imagine how much happier you’ll be 8. you’re living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing 9. is stopping you is yourself. Take control of your own happiness. Don’t keep your dreams 10. (wait). Go after them right now!
完形填空阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Last spring，I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in an exchange study program. In my application letter，I was careful to _____ how much I wanted to see France；evidently，my excitement really came through in my words. Once I _____ that I was going，all I could think about was the fun of foreign travel and making all sorts of new and _____ friends. While traveling was inspiring and meeting people was _____ ，nothing about my term in France was what I _____ .
The moment I arrived in Paris，I was _____ by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. My entire experience was joyous and exciting _____ I received some shocking news from my program coordinator(协调人）；there had been a death in my host parents' extended family. They had to travel outside France for several weeks. That afternoon，I had to _____ out of one family’s house and into another. The exchange coordinator told me I'd have a _____ this time and asked whether I could share a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid the temptation(诱惑）to _____ my native language，I asked not to be _____ with an English-speaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I _____ myself to my new roommate Paolo; a Brazilian(巴西人），the same age as I，whom I was surprised to find playing one of my favorite CDs！In just a few hours，we knew we’d be good friends for the rest of the _____ .
I left France with many _____ ，so when people ask me what my favorite part of the trip was，they are always _____ to hear me talk about my Brazilian friend Paolo and the scores of weekdays in class，weeknights on the town，and weekends _____ France we enjoyed together. I love how people _____ seem so different，but end up being so _____ ．The most valuable lesson I gained from studying in France wasn’t just to respect the foreign people _____ to respect all people，for your next best friend could be just a continent away. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign cultures and gain meaningful _____ ．
1.A. express B. announce C. argue D. discuss
2.A. knew B. warned C. denied D. approved
3.A. anxious B. universal C. interesting D. stubborn
4.A. upsetting B. exciting C. promising D. boring
5.A. liked B. doubled C. feared D. expected
6.A. witnessed B. greeted C. supported D. sponsored
7.A. when B. since C. while D. until
8.A. travel B. walk C. rush D. move
9.A. leader B. roommate C. colleague D. housekeeper
10.A. appreciate B. speak C. master D. learn
11.A. fitted B. involved C. placed D. combined
12.A. introduced B. devoted C. adapted D. added
13.A. week B. month C. vacation D. term
14.A. suitcases B. stories C. dreams D. presents
15.A. disturbed B. embarrassed C. concerned D. surprised
16.A. exploring B. describing C. investigating D. analyzing
17.A. had to B. would rather C. can D. need
18.A. independent B. similar C. distant D. generous
19.A. but B. or C. so D. and
20.A. friendships B. facts C. data D. instructions
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。
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say ----- problem, I don’t want you in my life.
1. Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children – the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 2. Talking helps you move on and let go.
Write your problems. 3. When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.
Don’t lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family… you should still have faith. 4.
Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. 5. Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed. Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.
A．But the truth is that when you talk about it, you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.
B．When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it?
C．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.
D．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don’t want a real person to talk with.
E．With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.
F．Of course, we’ve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.
G．Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can’t I?
Are you good with money？I learnt to be careful with it during my childhood. My father would give me some pocket money and tell me it should last for a whole week. So，I learnt I had to save some if I didn’t want to run out of cash quickly. No surprise there：my dad was an accountant！
It's never too early to become money savvy（会理财）．That's what British personal finances expert Martin Lewis thinks. He was part of a successful campaign to include financial education on the school curriculum in England. It will be embedded(植入）in maths and citizenship education. This includes children from 5 to 16 years old.
Lewis says：“We desperately need to break the cycle of financial illiteracy(无知）in the UK—one of the causes of our current economic crisis and a huge contributor to continued mis-selling epidemics（违规销售）．”
Being careful with money pays off. Banks in Britain recently found themselves having to pay a large number of people who were persuaded to spend money and buy insurance policies they didn’t need. Many wasted their money on investments which were not for them. Few have the patience to read the small print.
The British say‘take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves’．It means you have to watch your daily expenses and not just the big purchases in your life such as houses.
Martin Lewis has made millions from his website which advises people to be thrifty(节俭）and refuses any suggestion that he is mean. The expert says in an interview with the English newspaper the Daily Express：“the better you are with your cash，the better your life can be. People think I am telling them to stop spending money but I am simply telling them to spend it wisely.”
1.From Paragraph 1 we can know that the author ___________.
A. was in deep debt
B. was good with money as a child
C. ran out of cash quickly
D. earned a lot of money
2.The financial education in England aims to ________.
A. educate children to become money savvy
B. avoid continued mis-selling epidemics
C. help children make money
D. deal with the current economic crisis
3.What’s the financial problem of some people in Britain？
A. They have no patience to spend money.
B. They watch their daily expenses.
C. They invest money blindly and unwisely.
D. They neglect big purchases.
Many kids don't drink enough water daily, according to a new study. The study's lead author, Erica Kenney, at first planned to look into the amount of sugary drinks kids were drinking in schools. However, during her research she found that many kids were simply not drinking enough water.
Kenney and her team examined data from a group of 4,000 children, aged 6 to19, between the years of 2009 and 2012. The data was taken from the National Health and Nutrition Survey, a study on the health of children in the United States conducted each year by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention..
While looking through the survey results, she noticed that more than half of the kids who took part in the study were dehydrated (脱水的). Of' that group, boys were 76% more likely than girls not to have enough water in their system. Nearly one quarter of the kids in the survey reported drinking no plain water at all.
“These findings highlight(突出) a possible health issue that wasn't given a lot of attention in the past," Kenney said in a statement. “Even though for most of these kids this is not an immediate and great health threat, this is an issue that could really be reducing quality of life and well-being for many children and youth."
The United States-National Agriculture Library says average kids need between 10 to 14 cups of water every day. This water can come from a mix of drinks and foods that contain high amounts of water, such as celery, melons or tomatoes. It is also recommended that fluids（液体）come from water instead of sugary drinks that are high in calories and can lead to weight problems.
1.What was Erica Kenney's purpose in doing the study?
A. To study if kids drink enough water daily :
B. To prove that sugary drinks are harmful to kids
C. To show what kind of sugary drinks kids love.
D. To find out how many sugary drinks kids drink at school.
2.According to the findings of Erica Kenney's study, we know that ________.
A. school kids cannot find drinkable water easily
B. boys are more likely to get dehydrated than girls
C. sugary drinks are very popular with school kids
D. most kids know the importance of drinking plain water .
3. From the last paragraph we learn that kids________.
A. should drink plain water to lose weight
B. can try to take in water from sugary drinks .
C. can eat celery, melons and tomatoes for water .
D. should drink no more than 10 cups of water every day
4.The text mainly tells us that many kids_____________
A. don ' t like drinking water
B. prefer sugary drinks to water
C. are at risk of health problems
D. don ' t drink enough water daily
Parents are children’s first teachers．But some parents never learned from good examples．In New York City, a nonprofit(不赚钱的) agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents．
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week．The class is called Mommy and Me．Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five children and a grandmother．She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season．
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby．The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding．Delores Clemens says, “that's not true．You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason．If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying．Pick your baby up．Cuddle your baby．Hug him! And she started to do that．They just want a little cuddling and a little love．And it works!”
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered．Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year．
In class, with her baby son is Natasha．She lived on the streets．She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House．As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life．
The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen．That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones．By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two．
1.What is the text mainly about?
A. Parents who are a child’s first teachers．
B. A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered．
C. A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life．
D. A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers．
2. Covenant Houses’ Mommy and Me class is intended to _____．
A. help homeless young mothers become good parents
B. provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter
C. help mothers in New York be good parents
D. teach some parents how to love their children
3.What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text?
A. She has a mother of five and a grandmother．
B. She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged．
C. She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers．
D. She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House．
4.According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?
A. Canada B. the United States of America
C. Mexico D. Britain
