阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An American boy went 1.(miss) three days ago, 2. has received people’ great interest. Several people gave different descriptions of his 3.(disappear).
His sister, 4.(age) nine, says she heard her brother 5.(return) home at about 11p.m. When she went to bed, she was frightened at lots of strange creatures 6.(stand) inside a spaceship outside. She is sure the aliens took her brother.
His parents became worried and called the police when their son didn’t show 7. for lunch the next day.
Some people also say that aliens took one of them aboard the UFO so that they could do research on her. 8.(luck), she returned safely.
When 9. (ask) about the possibility that the boy was taken by aliens, the police say 10.they haven’t dismissed the idea, they will not give up until they find out what happened.
单词拼写
1.It never o____________ to me that he would become a KC.
2.We are _________(供应) with high techniques now in order to improve the quality of our products.
3.To our amazement, the railway station is under ______________(建造) in my hometown.
4.We must make sure that tourism develops in h________________ with the environment.
5.He _______________(正式地) announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday.
6.The _________________(事件) increased the conflicts between the two countries.
7.There are a lot of amazing ________________(冒险) to have and places to see in the world..
8.Thanks to the villager’s help, the students arrived at their _____________(目的地) in time.
9.It would not be a____________________ for us to swim in the lake now.
10.We had been forced to adjust our s______________ because of the weather.
From now on, never spend your limited time thinking of reasons for your failures and weaknesses. Instead，realize that seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. 1.
The seeds , and the power to grow them, are contained in the most powerful machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice but not a chance. 2. You were also born rich.You can be a success if you make the right choice.
3. Your level of self -confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are mere victims.(受害人)
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance and they have no responsibility for it. 4.
Everything happens as a result of something. 5. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one experts. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.
A.You were born a winner.
B.Don’t lose heart even if you’re in face of failure.
C.But successful people realize they are responsible.
D.If we can recognize the cause, we can control the effect.
E.Only you yourself have the power to make those seeds grow.
F.You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence.
G.Success depends on your cooperation with others as well as your own effort.
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago found that too many kids are eating too much pizza and too many calories are doing harm to children’s health.
“There are a lot of takeaways from the study. But the biggest thing is that parents are serving their kids too much pizza,” said Dr.William Dietz, one of the study’s authors and the director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at the Milken Institute of Public Health at the George Washington University.
The researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which tracked the diets of more than 11,000 children and teenagers. Researchers figured how many children eat pizza in the United States, how often they eat it, and how much they eat when they do.
Pizza, pretty alarmingly, is the second leading source of calories in the diets of America’s children, next only to grain desserts, such as cookies and other sweets. On any given day, roughly 20 percent of all children aged 2 to 11 and adolescents aged 12 to 19 eat pizza. And when they do, they eat a lot of it. When children eat pizza, they eat roughly 400 calories, according to the study. For teenagers, it’s upwards of 600 calories.
All that is pretty problematic, according to Dietz largely because kids don’t tend to balance the pizza slices with salads, vegetables and other more nutritional(有营养的) foodstuffs. Days on which children and teenagers eat pizza are not only associated with considerably higher intakes of fat, but also, quite simply, with more food: on average, children consume 84 extra calories on the days they eat pizza, while adolescents consume an extra 230 calories.
“When you eat extra calories and don’t compensate(抵偿) for them at another point of the day or week, it can lead to weight gain and even obesity.”Dietz said.
There is a Silver lining. Pizza consumption is still too high by nutrition standards, but it’s lower than it used to be. Consumption(消费) fell by roughly 25 percent between 2007 and 2016, according to the study. Much of that has come at dinner where it's fallen by 40 percent for children and about 33 percent for teenagers. It’s unclear whether the decline has been in connection with a growing concern over obesity, especially among the country’s youth.
But the drop in pizza consumption, while significant hasn’t been big enough “It’s a positive trend,” Dietz said. “But we’re not quite them yet.”
It’s easy to see the appeal of pizza. It’s cheap. Parents can buy a lot of pizza for not a lot of money. Besides, they can buy pizza from a chain shop, a mom-and-pop store or a grocery freezer. And it’s universally loved. The estimated 3 billion pizza eaten each year in the United States is a proof of the food’s unmatched popularity. Given how much the country loves pizza, what’s to be done? Dietz suggests pizza with smaller serving sizes and healthier toppings(配料). “We’re not suggesting that kids avoid pizza altogether.” said Dietz. “But when parents serve it, it’s important that they understand it’s extremely caloric. They should serve smaller pizza, or at least smaller slices.”
1.According to the study, the problem with kids is that .
A. they are overweight B. they have too many takeaways
C. they are fed too much pizza D. they have very bad health
2.How did the researchers get the result?
A. Through interviewing. B. By analyzing data.
C. By tracking kids’ diets. D. Through experimenting.
3.We know from the passage that when kids eat pizza, .
A. they usually don’t eat other food B. they eat less of other food
C. they are not likely to balance their diet D. they usually eat with vegetables
4.What does the underlined part a silver lining in Paragraph 7 probably mean?
A. Something hopeful B. Something valuable.
C. Something miserable. D. Something successful.
5.What’s the key message of the last paragraph?
A. Pizza consumption fell significantly in America.
B. Pizza has many advantages over other food.
C. Eating too much pizza can lead to failing health and obesity.
D. The pizza problem may be improved through its size and topping.
Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little different. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end.
The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater. Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-bye to the old building. Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed proper. The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.
Bradford said that large modem theaters in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete. He added that the theater’s location (位置) was also a reason. “This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”
Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were given up because of financial problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.
The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater has shown its last movie. The theater will be missed.
1.In what way was yesterday’s cleanup at the Plaza special?
A. It made room for new equipment.
B. It signaled the closedown of the theater.
C. It was done with the help of the audience.
D. It marked the 75th anniversary of the theater.
2.Why was The Last Picture Stow put on?
A. It was an all-time classic.
B. It was about the history of the town.
C. The audience requested it.
D. The theater owner found it suitable.
3.What will probably happen to the building?
A. It will be repaired.
B. It will be turned into a museum.
C. It will be knocked down.
D. It will be sold to the city government.
4.What can we infer about the audience?
A. They are disappointed with Bradford.
B. They are sad to say goodbye to the old theater.
C. They are supportive of the city officials.
D. They are keen to have a shopping center.
On the day the tornado(龙卷风) hit, there was no sign fierce weather was on its way— the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first warning my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the national television to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.
Soon the tornado was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. And the wind began to roar(咆哮) through the house, most likely through blown-out windows and the door to our garage. Everything was moving. And the back wall of the house came off and flew into the darkness outside. We had three flights of steps to get to the storeroom down there, the relative safety of the first floor.
I didn’t know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet. As we finally reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our heads, missing us by inches.
By the time I reached the storeroom, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the storeroom floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I held Jimmy’s arm as the tornado blew the door open. My knees were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house.
All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Amazingly, none of us were seriously injured.
1.Where did the couple learn about the coming fierce weather?
A. From the dark sky. B. From the national station.
C. From the local news report. D. From the text sent by their neighbors.
2.What can we infer from paragraph 2 about the couple?
A. They were hit by a tree branch. B. They tried to get out of the house.
C. Their garage was blown to pieces. D. Their house was badly destroyed.
3.What do we know about Jimmy when the author reached the storeroom?
A. He was in great danger. B. He flew out of the house.
C. He was seriously injured. D. He got inside the storeroom.
