背诵填空，一空一词
1.As a , I eat; as a man, I read.
2.Similarly, to our minds, we need information and knowledge, which can be through reading.
3.Worrying and sleep can lead to failure in tests or exams, which is a big problem for many students.
4.When we difficulties in life, we notice that some of us choose to their heads in the sand.
5.Life is a between work and relaxation.
语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
My family spent a few weeks in London last year. We went there in the autumn. We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually quite good and there are not too many 1. (travel) in October.
We stayed at 2. small hotel in the West End. We did most of our sightseeing 3. foot. We went to look at the places 4. all travelers would like to see. We went shopping and spent too much money 5. (buy) a lot of things. What we liked most was going to the theater. We didn’t have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English restaurants are very bad. We didn’t think so. It is true 6. most of the restaurants are French, Italian, or Chinese, 7. Britain had some very delicious meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already decided 8. (go) there again next year. And we 9. (take) our umbrellas. I’m sure we’ll need 10. sometimes.
完形填空
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。
As we know, it is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken is no _________ . Several decades ago he made a mistake — a (n) _________ mistake, though.
On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his _________ was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Congo. On his way back home, he _________ into his shirt pocket for his glasses, but they were gone. So he drove back to the church. His search proved_________ . When he _________ replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and _________ into one of the cases. His new glasses, having _________ him ＄20, were heading for Congo that morning! He had to drive home _________ .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report at my grandfather’s church, which Grandpa also attended.
The director said, “I must thank you for the _________ you sent last year. The bandits (土匪) had just swept through the orphanage, _________ everything, including my glasses. _________ I had the money, there was simply no way of _________ the broken pair of glasses. _________not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases _________ . When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, with the _________ , he continued: “When I tried _________ the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! It was amazing!”
The people listened, _________ for the miraculous glasses. But the director must have _________ their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their _________ of things to be sent overseas. But Grandpa was sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face.
1.A. similarity B. success C. luck D. exception
2.A. perfect B. foolish C. formal D. common
3.A. factory B. church C. family D. country
4.A. turned B. reached C. filled D. put
5.A. proper B. reasonable C. useless D. necessary
6.A. mentally B. physically C. softly D. directly
7.A. fallen B. jumped C. forced D. broke
8.A. offered B. spent C. paid D. cost
9.A. disappointed B. pleased C. nervous D. satisfied
10.A. cases B. clothes C. glasses D. wishes
11.A. cutting B. destroying C. defending D. recording
12.A. Unless B. As long as C. Until D. Even though
13.A. replacing B. selling C. wearing D. changing
14.A. Except for B. Along with C. Rather than D. As for
15.A. disappeared B. flew C. arrived D. broken
16.A. preparation B. regret C. satisfaction D. wonder
17.A. out B. over C. for D. on
18.A. sorry B. happy C. bored D. stressed
19.A. confused B. connected C. combined D. compared
20.A. case B. order C. list D. search
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。
Question: My 14-year-old son is very disrespectful to my husband and me, and we don’t know what to do. He often gets home after dark. And we have a big argument after he comes back. Can you help us?
Answer: Your son should, of course, come back before dark, not because you say so, but because it is his responsibility and because you would worry about him if he didn’t come home when he promised. 1. . Just tell him that he has to be home on time if he wants to go out next time — and that this is his choice, not yours.
His disrespect is part of a bigger issue. Your son desires independence because the young always do when they hit puberty (青春期). New hormones (荷尔蒙), a new need to pull away from their parents results in this desire. 2. .
Your son may also be acting up because your discipline hasn’t kept up with his growth. A child hates to be corrected when his parents use the same words they used when correcting him a year ago. 3. .
He won’ t even argue with you too much, if you listen to his rants (咆哮) and consider his reasons when you have to say no. You need to know that your respect is as important as his respect. 4. . This doesn’t complete anything and must worsen your relationship.
Your child not only needs your respect. 5. . They need your pity for him when things go wrong, rather than tell him what he should have done. Now is the time to give as few orders as possible (but stick to the ones you give).
A. But don’t worry.
B. But don’t argue about it.
C. He wants you to react to him at the age he is today.
D. So boys and girls are so eager to spread their wings.
E. If you don’t listen and consider, he won’t hear a word you say.
F. He is growing physically, mentally, emotionally and even morally.
G. He also needs you to encourage his dreams, no matter how strange they are.
To Whom It May Concern:
Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!
As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also add the nutrients to the grass outside the new employees’ sauna(桑拿房).
Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely hugged paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling (涂鸦) is on the increase, and the quality of pencil Woman Ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it.
Now it’s very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office letters by paper airplane.
Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it’s perfect.
Sincerely yours,
Eleanor Lightly
Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist
ABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it
1.Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?
A. How To Magazine.
B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.
C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.
D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.
2.Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?
A. A religious, peasant-like life.
B. A simple, slow-paced life.
C. A life away from paper and pencils.
D. A life of hard work and security.
3.Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?
A. Replacing the hand work system with modern technology.
B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.
C. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.
D. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.
4.What is the purpose of writing this letter?
A. to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.
B. to complain about the bad working condition.
C. to persuade people to live a simple life.
D. to express his thanks for the good advice.
Recently, scientists are reported to have grown a living human “brain”. The team at Aston University in UK created tiny bunch of cells which act like a mini nervous system.
They believe it could help find a cure for worse mental conditions like Parkinson’s disease. Professor Michael Coleman is leading the research program. He explained, “We are aiming to be able to study the human brain at the most basic level, using an actual living human cell system. Cells have to be alive and operating efficiently to enable us to really understand how the brain works.” The experiment involves changing cells from a cancer tumor (肿瘤）and making them behave like brain cells.
Although far from finished, researchers hope the false brain cells will give them a greater understanding of how real brains work. This, in turn, could significantly further research into conditions which affect the brain. Neil Hunt, chief leader of the research group, said, “It is still very early days, but in the future the research could lead to a useful tool for looking into dementia (痴呆).”
The technique could also provide a way to carry on animal test and is being supported by the Humane Research Trust (HRT). The scientists predict that over the next ten years a million people will develop dementia. Professor Coleman believes their findings could change this. He said, “We hope our research will provide scientists with a new and highly relational human experimental model to help them understand the brain better and develop new drugs to control the related disease. However, the biggest challenge at present is that we are greatly short of fund, which will slow our research.”
1.UK scientists grow a living human “brain” in order to ______.
A. separate cells from a cancer tumor
B. discover how human brain really works
C. make use of living human cell system
D. study the structure of human brain
2.According to Neil Hunt, research into brain cells ______.
A. will help treat some diseases in nerve system
B. will influence the brain growth in many ways
C. will get finished as early as possible
D. will make people discover dementia
3.From the last paragraph, we can know that ______
A. the technique provided by HRT is not fully developed
B. the research program lacks financial support
C. animal tests are no longer allowed by law
D. a million people suffer from brain diseases
4.The text is meant to ______.
A. tell us about an important achievement in medical research
B. introduce the progress of drugs for dementia
C. tell us about health problem in nerve system
D. introduce a research program in human's brain
