1.我读了他的演讲草稿后驳斥了他。(draft; contradict)
2.厨师建议我们用食用油代替黄油。(substitute)
3.大家普遍认为约翰是这所大学里最好的歌手。(acknowledge)
4.就我们而言,没有什么可担心的。(as far as one is concerned)
5.那是我第一次听杰克逊的歌曲。
6.不要靠行驶中的车太近,否则你会受伤的。(get done)
单词拼写
(1)Judging from the long q__________ in front of the cinema’s ticket office, this movie is a great draw.
(2)“Under the weather” is an i__________ meaning “ill”.
(3)He has dreamed of being a general defending his __________(祖国) since he was a child.
(4)I was giving a(n) __________(讲课) to the first-year students when you called.
(5)The boy’s hands were __________(麻木的) after an hour outside on such a cold day.
(6)He sat in the __________(自助餐厅) for a long time, reading a magazine.
(7)At the end of the day, the __________(店主) counted his money.
(8)I was still in New York, trying to get a(n) __________(签证) for Russia.
(9)Jack has obtained a medical __________(资格).
(10)He has enough money so that he can live in __________(舒适).
你的英国朋友Jim最近开始学习中文，感觉有些难，所以给你写信，希望你能给他一些学习中文的建议。请你给他回信，内容包括：
1. 中文难学的原因；
2. 你的建议及理由；
3. 你的祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
We voluntarily participated in an activity organized by our school in Saturday. We got together at the Goodwill Square and handed out leaflets to passers-by, tell them the significance of environmental protection. The leaflets soon attract the attention of the public. Some of us also delivered a public speech to tell people some knowledges about how to protect the environment. They were also told where to take action in a properly and efficient way. This activity was offered us a chance to contribute to our society but I have learned much from it. I think someone should be concerned about our environment and take active part in improving it.
Smile is a universal language, which 1. (use) throughout the world. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and 2. (amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view. In an attempt to be open and 3. (friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only 4. expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid 5.(be) embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer (嘲笑). For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, 6. is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.
The laugh is 7. (relate) to the smile. Also, different cultures have various 8. (meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes 9. the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think 10. silly to laugh that way.
My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with ______ to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch ______ reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.
I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or ______ in the evening to read to me. _______, every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his ______. I can still hear my father’s voice ______ the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with ______. I can smell the soup made by my grandma and ______ my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always ______,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories ______ me closer to the books and the stories they held.
One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small ______ in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday ______ my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re ______ enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.
In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us ______. Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me _______ myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones I’d ______ out. I remember that sometimes she’d ______ a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my ______ who were my comfort when I felt lonely.
Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the ______ to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my _____ of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.
1.A. anger B. worry C. desire D. interest
2.A. for B. before C. in D. until
3.A. ability B. ambition C. courage D. energy
4.A. Still B. Then C. Therefore D. Finally
5.A. workplace B. childhood C. farmland D. neighborhood
6.A. explaining B. describing C. introducing D. interpreting
7.A. living B. reading C. farming D. cooking
8.A. catch B. discover C. notice D. picture
9.A. busy B. poor C. hungry D. tired
10.A. laid B. drew C. taught D. left
11.A. library B. bookstore C. office D. club
12.A. saved B. changed C. tested D. anything
13.A. near B. ready C. old D. free
14.A. graduates B. regulars C. candidates D. communicators
15.A. surround B. familiarize C. examine D. reward
16.A. find B. lend C. check D. sign
17.A. write B. recommend C. study D. reserve
18.A. teachers B. assistants C. listeners D. companions
19.A. drive B. dream C. order D. chance
20.A. lesson B. time C. love D. plan
