The American expression "shoo-in" means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue (争论) about which side will win. Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win. The stronger team is a shoo-in. there is no way that it can lose.
The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the word "shoo". That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. All but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race. The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such races. They began to call the winner of such a race a "shoo-in".
These days, people use shoo-into describe any athlete or competitor that seems certain to win, even without cheating. American runner Edwin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the nineteen-eighty-four Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lose. And they were
right. He won the gold medal.
1.One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because ________.
A. the other riders had agreed to fail in the race
B. be used to be the best in riding
C. the public had belief in him
D. he could not control his horse easily
2.Which of the following statements is Not true?
A. "Shoo-in" came from the word "shoo".
B. The public did not know they were being cheated.
C. Some runners bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.
D. US runner Moses was worthy of a shoo-in.
3.The main idea of the passage is that "shoo-in" ________.
A. is used to admire a person who seems to be sure to win a race
B. is a word used to describe a dishonest person
C. is used for any athlete or competitor that seems too clever to be cheated
D. is used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game
4.This passage can best be titled_______.
A. Be Sure to Win B. Shoo-in, a Sure Winner
C. Winner in a Competition D. The Birth of Shoo-in
Holidays
Holiday News
Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.
The snowdonia Centre
The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain 1068.The beginners' costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.
You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.
The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime
Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.
Acapulco and Hawaii
On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home. During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play. You will visit all the places most people only dream about - from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
For a few thousand pounds, all you've ever hoped for can be yours.
1.What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?
A. Choose the holiday in Devon.
B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre
C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008
D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii
2.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?
A. It provides chances of family gatherings.
B. It provides customers with good food.
C. It offers a sport lesson.
D. It offers comfortable room.
3.What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?
A. You can have free meals on deck every day.
B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.
C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.
D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.
根据下列表格中的内容，写一则旅行日记
时间 | 9月5日，星期六，天气晴朗 |
地点 | 天涯海角 (Ultima Thule) |
抵达方式 | 乘校车 |
出发时间 | 上午7点20分 |
到达时间 | 上午9点半 |
活动内容 | 上午：在沙滩上做游戏，去游泳，在饭店吃午饭 下午：用英语讲故事比赛，颁奖，照相 |
返回时间 | 下午5点半 |
注意：1. 表格中所列内容不得遗漏，要意思连贯，表达清楚。
2. 不要逐条翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 词数：100词左右 比赛hold a contest, 奖品prize
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下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear sir,
Last year I buy a refrigerator in your store on Chang An road. We all like shape of the refrigerator. And recently I find something is wrong with it. It begins to make noise when it turned on. At first it is low but gradually it become louder and louder. To make the matter worse, it even stops working sometimes. We all feel disappointing. I am writing you to ask for help. Would you please send a people to repair it? I will at home this weekend. Please call me before you come to here.
My telephone number is 6606.5531. Thanks you very much.
Customer
Li Ming
Life today has many problems. One of the biggest is 1.（pollute）. Water pollution 2. (make) our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk 3. (loud) and makes us become angry more easily. Air pollution is 4. most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad 5. living things in the world.
We need to do a lot of things to fight pollution. 6., factories must clean their waste water before it 7. (throw) away, and they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air. We can’t throw waste things 8. the ground. Secondly, we can go to work by bus 9. with our friends in the same car. 10. there are fewer people driving on the roads, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Everybody must help to fight pollution.
After finishing college, Taylor became a teacher in a middle school. His favorite subject was _______ , because he likes traveling.
Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have _____with them, so they learned a lot from him _____ having fun.
One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first _______in a new class. To ________, he decided to ask them some simple questions _______he could see how much they had already known. He found some of the students had ________ that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him.
"Where is Turkey?" was the first question.
"Turkey? Sir," a boy answered, "you'll find it on the_______dinner table every December."
"Very ______, and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class______laughter.
"Do you really know where it is?"
The boy ________, in fact, know. "Part of it is in Southeast Europe and part of it is in Asia, sir," he said.
"Good!" said Taylor. The next few students also had funny answers ______ Taylor's questions.
Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was________and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the _______?"
"It's an imaginary line drawn ______ the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once.
"Good!" Taylor said, "Very good." But he thought perhaps she had _____it by heart, so he asked her another question to ____ whether he was right or not.
"Do you really know what that _______?" he asked. "Could you, for example, tie a knot (结) in the equator（赤道）?"
The class laughed, but she answered, "Yes, sir."
"Oh, really?" said Taylor, still with a smile.
"Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n)______line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it."
This time, Taylor_______happily in the students' loud laughter.
1.A. history B. physics C. geography D. politics
2.A. fun B. argue C. fight D. trip
3.A. but B. while C. with D. without
4.A. exam B. meeting C. speech D. lesson
5.A. start with B. end with C. calm down D. learn from
6.A. even though B. so that C. as if D. now that
7.A. seen B. recognized C. considered D. heard
8.A. Christmas B. Valentine's Day C. Children's Day D. Father's Day
9.A. silly B. right C. funny D. wrong
10.A. cried out B. burst into C. talked into D. shouted at
11.A. did B. could C. might D. had
12.A. for B. to C. of D. with
13.A. clever B. open-minded C. silly D. lucky
14.A. moon B. earth C. equator D. line
15.A. from B. between C. through D. around
16.A. put B. kept C. held D. learned
17.A. know B. look C. see D. realize
18.A. means B. is C. tells D. talks
19.A. imaginary B. real C. long D. fake
20.A. joined B. attended C. turned D. stayed
