根据汉语释义，写出各单词的适当形式。
1.The team made an __________ (尝试) to climb the mountain.
2.Would you like my old TV in __________ (交换) for this camera?
3.When he was in college, he __________ (申请) to study composition with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger.
4.The police are ____________(呼吁)to the public for any information about the missing girl.
5.I was so _____________(绝望的) on hearing that.
6.Today the organization has __________ (分支) in 90 countries in all five continents.
7.After about three months, I was no longer__________ (沉溺的) to nicotine.
8.It’s important to maintain a good__________ (心理的) health.
9.We are __________ (坚定地) opposed to the practice of power politics between nations.
10.The ring is one of her __________(财产), so you can’t take it without permission.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1-3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Is “sorry” the hardest word？Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove, 1.has apologized recently to his former French teacher 2.his bad behavior in class. It took him 30 years to express regret. In a letter3.(publish) in a magazine，Mr. Gove says：“It may be too late to say I'm sorry. But，as my mom told me，it's never too late to set the record straight.”
Researchers argue that people have too high expectations of the power of saying sorry. Some psychologists say in a study that4.(receive) an apology isn't as5.(help) as people think. Nevertheless，apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm(再次确定) the 6.(exist) of rules that need to be observed.
The Education Secretary's apology might have been accepted by his old teacher but he might get 7.(he) into trouble. According to Daily Mail，Mr. Gove's mother didn't know her son was causing trouble at school and she 8.(say)：“He would have been punished 9.I had known he was being so naughty.” Later，Gove said：“I can never express my apology to him face to face these days—it just goes through to his answering machine. But when I do 10.(eventual) speak to him，I will say sorry.”
Last year，I was assigned to work at an office near my mother's house.______，I stayed with her for a month. During that time，I helped her out with the housework and contributed to the______．
After a week，I started______the groceries were running out pretty quickly. ______，I began observing my mother's daily routine for two weeks. To my______，I found she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and______every morning at about nine. She took the food to the slums(贫民窟)and distributed it to street______．
I asked around and______my mum was popular in the area. The kids looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me－why didn't she want to tell me about what she'd been doing？ Was she______that I would stop buying the groceries if I knew the truth?
When she got home，I told her about my discovery and______she could react，I gave her a big hug and told her she didn't need to keep it a______from me. She told me that______of the children lived with an old lady in a makeshift home while others______on the streets. For years，my mum had been helping out by______whatever food she could______.I was so moved by how______she was. She used what was______for her to help others in need. And I was so______of her.
I______to buy groceries for my mum. But now，I always add a(n)______bag for her other children.
1.A. However B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Otherwise
2.A. cans B. groceries C. goods D. bags
3.A. to ignore B. to understand C. to complain D. to notice
4.A. Confused B. Embarrassed C. Moved D. Annoyed
5.A. delight B. relief C. surprise D. regret
6.A. work out B. head out C. clean up D. get up
7.A. children B. strangers C. passersby D. artists
8.A. made sure B. let out C. pointed out D. found out
9.A. angry B. hopeless C. worried D. frightened
10.A. once B. before C. until D. after
11.A. secret B. surprise C. gift D. reminder
12.A. few B. all C. any D. some
13.A. lay B. ate C. slept D. played
14.A. giving B. collecting C. receiving D. selling
15.A. lend B. spare C. afford D. bring
16.A. curious B. ambitious C. faithful D. selfless
17.A. meant B. cooked C. borrowed D. sold
18.A. tired B. fond C. scared D. proud
19.A. refuse B. long C. continue D. agree
20.A. large B. extra C. beautiful D. empty
How to Make Plans
Most people get seared when talking about planning or writing plans, 1., And you need to plan for success as planning redly works and inspires you to go straight ahead. However, how to create effective plans is still a problem. Don’t worry, and just follow the steps below.
Step 1 2.
What plans have you had in the past? Probably, in some of your plans, you haven’t ended up where you thought you were going to end up, Get a good understanding of what you have done and what you haven’t done in the past. It is a primary foundation for your new plan. If having no plan, just take actions and make plans right now.
Step 2 Think about the What - Ifs
When you are building your plans, you should consider where you are going and make clear the What - Its, Because not everything just goes smoothly as you believe, 3..
Step 3 Document the plans
When starting to make plans, you should try to write them down. It is of key importance for the future 4.. In addition, make sure you have the plans fully written out with all the key elements concerned, including details.
Step 4 Update the plans
According to your written plans and actual situation, you should check out the plans you have completed and haven’t completed, 5., Make sure all the assumptions are there and work out the details. After hanging on for some days, planning will be getting simpler and easier.
A. Review historical plans
B. Make new plans immediately
C. Actually, people are more likely to succeed in a planned way
D. And you need to continue what you haven’t done and update it
E. Not all people can memorize every word they said and thought well
F. And what you should do next is to check your plan monthly or quarterly
G. For your benefits, you need to make Plan A and Plan B in case of changes and contingencies（偶发事件）.
B
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing oneperson. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1.Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.
A. the strength of family unity
B. the difficulty of growing up
C. the advantage of chopsticks
D. the best way of giving a lesson
2.We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family ______.
A. started a business in 1975
B. left Vietnam without much money
C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
3.What can we infer about the An daughters?
A. They did not finish their college education.
B. They could not bear to work in the family business.
C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Run a Corporation
B. Strength Comes from Peace
C. How to Achieve a Big Dream
D. Family Unity Builds Success
Chinese New Year has been welcomed in Britain with its biggest ever program of events and celebrations.
From London’s Trafalgar Square to major cities across Britain, tens of thousands of British people have joined Chinese communities to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rooster.
In Manchester there was a Dragon Parade, led by a spectacular 54-meter long dragon, ending is Chinatown where there was traditional Chinese entertainment, more than 6,000 lanterns, street food villages and a fireworks show. Celebrations also took place in Liverpool. Birmingham, Lake District, Durham, Edinburgh. Leeds and Newcastle.
Academic Dr. Wu Kegang said that the Chinese New Year event in Britain “is now bigger than ever and it is growing every year.”
When Wu arrived in Britain 26 years ago from Guangdong, south China, the first thing he noticed was that Chinese New Year was celebrated mainly in towns and cities with big Chinese communities. “You would go to London Chinatown and join your countrymen to celebrate, or to Chinatowns in places like Liverpool and Manchester for what were events almost exclusively held for Chinese people,” Wu recalled.
“Now it is so different, and we are seeing local communities all over the country taking part alongside their own Chinese populations,” he said. “It is clear to me that the celebrations will continue to grow in Britain. Chinese New Year has earned its place in the calendar of events in Britain, and is here to stay.”
1.Where did the Dragon Parade take place?
A. London.
B. Manchester.
C. Birmingham.
D. Newcastle.
2.When Dr. Wu arrived in Britain 26 years ago, Chinese New Year was_______.
A. very popular all around Britain
B. celebrated mainly by Chinese communities
C. only celebrated in London, Liverpool and Manchester
D. enjoyed by local communities alongside Chinese populations
3.According to Dr. Wu, how will Chinese New Year develop in the next few years?
A. Grow more popular.
B. Turn into an official holiday.
C. Get less remembered.
D. Become more important than Christmas.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. How British celebrate Chinese New Year.
B. More and more British learn about Chinese culture.
C. Chinese New Year has earned its popularity in Britain.
D. Chinese communities celebrate New Year in Britain in various ways.
