完型填空.
“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It’s Friday, and we don’t have any ______. Can I, please?” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table. Dad was ______ next to her, resting his head on his arms. Mum could ______ that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry, James,” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?” James asked sadly, almost in ______.
“I know it’s ______ for you,” Mum said softly. “But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little... strange. And then they would make fun of you.”
“No, they wouldn’t, Mum,” James protested. “We’re not ______ at all. We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily. “To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy ______. And your poor father — he doesn’t feel ______. He really needs a rest.”
“I can help, Mum!” James said. “______ I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?”
“Well…”Mum began.
“Great ! Thanks, Mum!” James almost shouted. “Just sit there, don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and _______ what he needed — two spanners. “Hang on, Mum,” he said. “This won’t take a second.” After some ______, James was finished. With a smile of ______ on his face he said, “There! How does that feel?” “Oh, James,” Mum said. “That’s a much better! How did you do it?”
“Easy,” James said ______.” Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much! I just _______ them slightly! I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about you father? Can you ______ him?” asked Mum.
“I’ll try,” James replied. He ______ up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. Then he turned the ______ on. Dad opened his eyes and ______ immediately.“He just let his ______ run too low, that’s all,” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”
“I guess so,” replied Mum. “Your friends will just have to ______ that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son!”
1.A. chance B. message C. homework D. difficulty
2.A. asleep B.reading C. alone D.standing
3.A. explain B.see C. agree D. doubt
4.A. terror B. tears C. surprise D. silence
5.A. fair B. easy C. good D. hard
6.A. strange B. normal C. popular D. anxious
7.A. headache B. loss C. task D. day
8.A. ill B. funny C. sorry D. well
9.A. As B. If C. Since D. Before
10.A. kept B. controlled C. found D. returned
11.A. requests B. thoughts C. repairs D. instructions
12.A. sympathy B. satisfaction C bitterness D. politeness
13.A. embarrassedly B. gratefully C. impatiently D. proudly
14.A. adjusted B. collected C. produced D. covered
15.A. gree B. accompany C. help D. ask
16.A. lifted B. caught C. gave D. filled
17.A. television B. power C. light D. gas
18.A. grew up B. lay down C. broke down D. sat up
19.A. food B. temperature C. battery D. blood
20.A. prove B. expect C. suspect D. accept
阅读理解。
Remembering names is an important social skill. 1.
●Recite and repeat in conversation.
When you hear a person’s name, repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.
●Ask the other person to recite and repeat.
You can let other people help you remember their names. After you’ve been introduced to someone, ask that person to spell the name and pronounce it correctly for you. 2.
●Admit you don’t know
Admitting that you can’t remember someone’s name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say. “I’m working to remember names better. 3. What is it again?”
●Use associations
Link each person yon meet with one thing out find interesting or unusual. For example, you could make a mental note: “Vicki Cheng—tall, black hair.” To reinforce you’re your associations, write them on a small card as soon as possible.
● 4.
When meeting a group of people, concentrate on remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.
●Go early
Consider going early to conferences, parties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show up on time. 5. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to others—an automatic review for you.
A. That’s fewer names for you to remember.
B. Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.
C. Remember a name at a time.
D. Here are some ways to master it.
E. Most people will be pleased by the effort you’re making to learn their names
F. Most people will be pleased with your hard work.
G. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue.
阅读理解。
At thirteen, I was diagnosed（诊所） with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; Ijust needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?
I didn’t expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an“A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:“See what you can do when you keep trying?”
1.The author didn’t finish the reading in class because ________.
A. He was new to the class.
B. He was tried of literature.
C. He had an attention disorder.
D. He wanted to take the task home.
2.What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?
A. He had good sight. B. He made a great invention.
C. He gave up reading. D. He learned a lot from school.
3.What was Mrs. Smith’s attitude to the author at the end of the story?
A. Angry. B. Impatient.
C. Sympathetic. D. Encouraging.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The disabled should be treated with respect.
B. A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
阅读理解。
President Xi Jinping announced Thursday that China will cut its military by 300,000 troops, a significant reduction in one of the largest militaries in the world and a move that the Chinese leader called a gesture of peace.
“The great renewal of the Chinese nation requires efforts of one generation after another,” Xi said in a speech at Tiananmen Square remembering the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific. “Having created an impressive civilization of over 5,000 years, the Chinese civilization will lead to an even brighter future,” he said.
Xi’s announcement came as China staged a massive military parade in central Beijing, sending a stream of troops, tanks, and ballistic missiles(弹道) down a major east-west street as fighter jets flew overhead with multicolored smoke.
Xi’s speech kicked off the parade. An estimated 12,000 troops—about 1,000 of whom hailed (致敬) from Belarus, Cuba, Tajikistan, and other countries-marched along the 10-lane Chang’an Avenue from the commercial center wangfujing to Tiannmen Square, about 1.5 miles away. They were joined by 200 fighter jets and 500 pieces of military hardware, including tanks and ballistic missiles. Representatives from 49 countries were in attendance, including Russian leader Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U. N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Rory Medcalf, head of the national security college at Australian National University, said the Beijing may have decided to cut 300,000 troops “in the name of efficiency and cost saving.”
Xi conducted a “troop inspection” after his speech, riding down Chan’gan Avenue in a Chinese-made Hongqi parade car. On Thursday morning, China’s popular microblogging site Sina Weibo filled up with 350 million comments related to the parade. While many users expressed their love of their country and pride, few posts were filled with criticism. “The soldiers are too serious,” wrote one user. Others complained about the cloud of gray exhaust that followed a column of tanks.
1.Why did China make the military reduction?
A. For the efficiency and cost saving.
B. For the peace of the whole the world.
C. For the celebration of the end of World War II.
D. For the renewal of the Chinese civilization.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The majority of web users think highly of the parade.
B. Many web users thought that the soldiers were lovely.
C. The parade might bring air pollution to the capital city.
D. The parade led to a heated discussion on the line.
3.What is mainly talked about in the passage?
A. China decided to cut its military forces.
B. World leaders attended China’s military parade.
C. China sowed its weapons to the world.
D. China held a military parade in Beijing.
阅读理解。
Do you know how to tell a story? The following are some tips:
Who Will Listen?
Will you tell your story to people of your own age? Will they be friendsor young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children, or will it be an audience of adults? Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?
Why Are You Telling It?
There are many reasons for telling a story. Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason in choosing a story for a particular audience.
Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain(娱乐). They tell jokes or silly stories. Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people. One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things. Some babysitters tell stories to help children not to be afraid of thunder, lightning or frightening shadows in their rooms. Others want to make people think or to help people remember. Some like to frighten their audience with ghost (鬼) stories.
Where Will You Speak?
How you tell your story and what story helpers you use will depend on where you will be speaking. Will you be talking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, or at a storytelling festival?
1.The passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the audience to whom you tell stories
B. the situation where you can tell a story
C. the reasons for telling a story
D. important tips for telling a story
2.The author shows his ideas by ______.
A. description B. listing questions
C. making comparisons D. reciting
3.The purpose of knowing why you are telling a story is to ____________.
A. decide what helpers you need
B. do something good to animals, the environment or other people
C. choose stories suitable (合适的) for certain audience
D. satisfy different listeners
4.What decides how you tell your story according to the passage?
A. The place where you will tell your story.
B. The type of the story you will tell.
C. The purpose of telling your story.
D. What kind of people you will tell your story to.
阅读理解。
According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to help care for them in old age should hope they have daughters because they are likely to be twice as attentive overall.
The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, a sociologist at Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.
Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 older Americans concluded that gender(性别) is the most important predictor(预示物) of whether or not people will actively care for elderly parents.
In a paper being presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men statistically likely provide less care.
Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over-50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.
“Sons reduce their relative care-giving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”
“This suggests that sons pass on parent care-giving responsibilities to their sisters.”
In the UK, the 2011 census(人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.
But many are doing so at the risk of their own health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full-time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts(相对应的人) who are not carers.
1.In the text, what’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?
A. Career. B. Education.
C. Gender. D. Family networks.
2.The US study finds that _______.
A. sons are twice likely as daughters to care for parents in old age
B. having a sister makes men less likely to do their fair share
C. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents
D. sons are unwilling to leave care-giving responsibilities to female family members
3.What does the author stress in the last paragraph?
A. People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.
B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.
C. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.
D. Many care providers have potential health problems.
4.The author develops the text by _______.
A. analyzing various research and data
B. describing people’s experiences
C. explaining social networks of careers
D. comparing different gender behavior
