The service at the Blue Moon Restaurant lived up to its _______, for we were well served.
A. reputation B. exception C. combination D. comedy
----How do you like a birthday party outdoors this weekend?
----_______.
A. That’s a good point B. With pleasure C. It’s my pleasure D. Very much
EQ : IQ
a. When they see other students doing better than them, they usually believe that those students have a higher IQ and 1.. However, 2. success is not simply the result of a high IQ.
b. And 3.means that schools need to make sure that 4., and know that their futures are not entirely determined by their IQs.
Survival of the Fittest
a.You don’t need to become a computer expert, but 5..
b. Working like this allows you to live where you want, to continue your studies and 6..
c. For citizens of these nations, 7..
April Fools’ Day
a.Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that 8.this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished 9..
b. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory 10..
结合语境，填入适当的单词补全句子。
1.I’m writing in response __________ your letter of September 6.
2.It’s serious. We’ll have to operate__________ him immediately.
3.The twins are so alike that their parents mistake one __________ another.
根据所给首字母和英文解释，用适当单词的正确形式填空。
1.He __________ towards me and whispered in my ear. (弯腰)
2.Our problems __________ since last year. (倍增)
3.The discovery is creating a buzz throughout the __________ science. (天文学)
4.The task requires a good c__________ of complex instructions. (the ability to understand something)
5.I don’t think you’ve quite g__________ the seriousness of the situation. (to completely understand)
What I _________ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we _______ ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to _______ his family as cold. When we got into the _______to go home, his father suddenly appeared. _______, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often _______ me early in the morning, “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant _______or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his _______ me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his _______ morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I ________ him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt __________. For example, I always return phone calls ________ and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the ________: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger grew ________ the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I ________ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was ________ at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ________. Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their __________ expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my ________. Over the years, however, I’ve learned to read other persons’ love__________.
1.A. remember B. enjoy C. value D. admire
2.A. excitedly B. nervously C. silently D. instantly
3.A. regard B. confirm C. take D. think
4.A. bus B. train C. car D. plane
5.A. Punctually B. Carefully C. Proudly D. Coldly
6.A. visited B. interrupted C. warned D. called
7.A. greeting B. meeting C. apology D. explanation
8.A. interested B. angered C. encouraged D. surprised
9.A. long B. short C. warm D. polite
10.A. praised B. remembered C. blamed D. thanked
11.A. content B. guilty C. curious D. disappointed
12.A. in order B. in turn C. without delay D. without difficulty
13.A. feeling B. suggestion C. judgment D. belief
14.A. while B. as C. before D. though
15.A. opened B. refused C. hosted D. invited
16.A. depressed B. upset C. fascinated D. shocked
17.A. uncaring B. dishonest C. unhappy D. uncooperative
18.A. unique B. common C. pleasant D. familiar
19.A. opinion B. way C. mind D. life
20.A. symbols B. signs C. letters D. stories
