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。
Once upon a time, a blind man was sitting at the roadside with a hat by his feet. There was a sign beside him, 1._______ (say), “I am blind. Please help me.” 2.__________ good many passers-by walked by him, but few of them helped him.
A creative young man named Tom was going to his office. While walking by the blind man, he stopped 3.______________(see) that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He bent down and put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for the blind man’s4.____________(permit), he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
5._______ (late) that afternoon, when Tom returned to the blind man, he saw the hat 6._________(fill) with bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if 7._______ was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know 8.______ the man had done to the sign.
Then the young man told the blind man that he 9._________ (write) something like this on the sign, “It is spring now, but I can’t see it.” 10.______ (hear)what the young man said, the blind man expressed his gratitude to him and went home happily.
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。选项中的两项为多余选项。
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. 1. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. 2. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills differ. Some children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. 3. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in
life. 4. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully step by step. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to repair them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. 5. And that is more important.
A. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
B. The more cost in education, the better the result will be.
C. Cooking requires patience and time.
D. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are badly off for self-respect and self-confidence.
E. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.
F. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind.
G. Thus, the more the children use the computer, the better the result will be.
Blogit is the first online subscription(订阅) network connecting individual readers and writers.As Blogit grows, amazing things are happening.A friendly, active community has formed: readers are finding writers they enjoy; strangers are becoming friends; old classmates are running into one another; even romances are blossoming.And popular writers have already earned more than $1,000 on Blogit each month.
Want to try? First of all, Blogit lets writers easily realize their dreams to write.Writers get their own writing space, where they are free to write on any topic, whenever they want: from opinion and observation to novel and poetry.Secondly, writers experience the excitement of knowing they are read, and enjoy gradually gaining a loyal(忠实的) following.It' s simple for writers to find readers on Blogit, since there is a various, worldwide audience of people, waiting to read and comment ----right now.
You never know whom you might meet on Blogit.Whether writers are looking for a quiet readership or are hungry for a spirited discussion, they will find it on Blogit. Many writers even have readers who have become new friends. Blogit member introduction appear on many of the top Internet search engines, which allows writers to publicize (宣传)their identity and helps increase their number of readers.
Thanks to modern technology, writers get everything they need to begin.They can even make additional choices, to add pictures and select different styles, for example.There is nothing to install(安装), and no special software is needed.As Blogit grows, we are upgrading(更新)our systems and adding new features(专题节目) requested by members.We do our best to help members, replying to most questions within one business day.
I invite you to try Blogit today.Here' s my promise: if you find that you aren't being read on Blogit, simply cancel(取消) your subscription and you will not be charged again.It' s quick and easy to sign up.If you sign up now, you’ll get all of Blogit’s benefits for only $12.95 per month.You can start to be read and begin earning money directly!
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that Blogit is __________.
A.a website on which people can make friends
B.located at a small community
C.a website which makes no money
D.developing fast
2.What is Blogit doing to meet writers’ needs according to the passage?
A.Replying to most questions every day.
B.Upgrading its system regularly.
C.Giving writers special software to install.
D.Choosing different topics for readers
3.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to _________.
A.tell people a good way to make money online
B.offer some information about Blogit
C.attract people to sign up for Blogit
D.guide people to realize their dream to write
The forest in Senegal, a country in western Africa, is full of the chimps’ usual noises. Suddenly dogs bark. Larger male chimps drop from the trees to face the threat while the others climb to safety. Then the dogs’ young human masters appear.
One mother chimp with a tiny baby tries to run. The dogs attack and separate them. The two teenage boys quickly catch the baby chimp. But they don’t act out of sympathy --- they save the baby so they can sell it.
After the teenagers return to their hometown, they visit a man who is said to be very interested in chimps. When they ask the man, Johnny Kante, if he wants to buy the baby, he replies, “That’s not what we do.” Kante is a member of a scientific team. Although Kante is angry with the teens for capturing the chimp, he hides his anger and persuades them to take him to the baby chimp.
Unsure of what to do next upon seeing the chimp, Kante calls Jill Pruetz, the head of the chimp research team. “I’m really worried,” says Pruetz, doubtful that the mother is still alive. But knowing that wild chimps sometimes adopt orphans(孤儿), Kante and pruetz decide they must try to return the baby chimp to its wild community.
Kante pays another visit to the teenagers. After he explains how much trouble they are in, because chimps are an endangered species, he requests they should give him the frightened baby without payment. They agree. Kante takes the baby chimp to his home and feeds her milk from a bottle whenever she cries.
The next morning, Pruetz and Kante leave the baby with another team member and begin their search for the wild chimps. Pruetz quickly finds the group in the woods. She recognizes the female that is without her child.
Pruetz is so excited that she runs the entire mile back to bring the baby chimp to the tree where the chimps are hanging out. The researchers place the baby on the ground near the tree and back away. Almost immediately, a male chimp drops to the ground and stares at the baby curiously. He carries her back to where the mother is waiting.
Pruetz still can’t believe how fortunate they were to have reunited the mother and child. “Surprising is the only word I can think of,” she says.
1.The dogs’ master visit Johnny Kante to ______________.
A.sell the baby chimp
B.ask him to take care of the baby chimp
C.wash the baby chimp’s wound
D.ask him to return the baby chimp to its wild community
2.When Kante sees the little chimp the first time, he’s __________.
A.a bit at a loss B.excited
C.angry D.clear about how to save her
3.It can be learned from the passage that ___________.
A.Kante feeds the baby chimp carefully in the lab
B.larger male chimps protect other chimps when there are dangers
C.the teenagers get some money after setting the baby chimp free
D.Pruetz and Kante take the baby chimp with them to search for the wild chimps.
4.What is the main idea of the passage? ________
A.How precious chimps are.
B.An adult chimp’s deep love for her baby.
C.The dangers the wild chimps are facing.
D.How caring people reunite a baby chimp with her mother.
As a little child,1 was always plump(胖的).In college I started blowing up. It got out of control
when l went to law school.
I'd made a decision a thousand times: I'm going to lose weight now. But what motivated(激发)
me to get serious about it was turning 30.1 weighed 414 pounds.1 was always tired. Some of my
family members have suffered from heart disease, and l was frightened. I also wanted to look better.
So after my birthday,1 walked into the office of a weight loss doctor.
She was very understanding. Her focus was on balanced meals and she wanted me to exercise.
Walking was all I could do at first. I started by walking a few blocks and gradually increased the
distance, until one weekend, I heard myself saying, "Wow, this seems pretty easy." So I started to run.
1 was losing nine or ten pounds a month, and I had more energy. I started to think about the New
York City Marathon. For years,1 watched the runners and thought, "This looks like fun, but I could
never do that." But now I realized that maybe I could.I joined the New York Road Runners.I ran a
l0km, then a half marathon.I still wasn't confident I could run a full 26 miles. But I told myself I was
going to do it, no matter what.
By my 33rd birthday,1 was down to 180 pounds. I started formally training for the marathon.
And on the morning of November l, I stood on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island with more than
40,000 0ther runners, waiting for the event to start.
It was unbelievable to have the audience cheering me on, handing me cups of water. And I
crossed the finish line. My friends sprayed(向……喷射)me with beer, as if I'd won the Super Bowl.
And at that moment,I knew: If I set my mind to something, nothing is impossible.
1.The underlined phrase "blowing up" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to____.
A. going weaker B. becoming fatter C. becoming healthier D. growing high
2.From the passage we can know that the author____.
A. controlled his weight at college B. began to consider losing weight at 30
C. was satisfied with his figure as a kid D. may have a family history of heart attack
3.Which of the following sayings can best summarize the passage?
A. A good beginning is half done. B. Pride comes before a fall.
C. Practice makes perfect. D. Where there is a will, there is a way.
假如你叫李华,你的好朋友张敏来信说每次遇到重要的考试,她都会出现一些焦虑的症状,想让你给她提出一些建议并说明建议的理由。请你用英语给她写一封回信,信的内容包括以下要点:
1.考前制定好复习计划;
2.考试期间正常休息;
3.介绍有助于睡眠的两种方法;
4.希望对方考试顺利。
注意:1.不要逐字翻译,可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
2.字数:100左右。信的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇 anxiety n. 焦虑
Dear ZhangMin,
I’m sorry to know that you are always anxious before important exams. _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua