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。
Kids always have to sit in the back seat these days for security reasons.
This would have taken a lot of joy away from my childhood. How many 1. (time) did my brother and I fight over who got to sit in the front? I'm 2. (surprise) my mom never implemented (执行) a policy 3. (real). She kind of let it up to us. Once in a while, she would put her foot down and make us take turns. I recall that at times, the front seat would go to whoever 4. (yell) “I call the front!” first. But it had to be 5. we were outside of the store or the house. We couldn’t “call it” while we were still inside.
Sometimes we would determine who got to sit in the front by whoever touched the car first. I certainly lost because my brother was more athletic, and therefore 6. (quick). So, he would tag the car first.
And 7. other way we would decide who got the front was by 8. (argue) over whose turn it was. Of course, we always thought it was our own turn. So, we’d argue about it until one of us gave in, or my mum got frustrated enough 9. (make) one of us sit in the back.
For my brother and me, fighting over the front seat 10. (be) an important part of our sibling（兄弟）bonding.
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。
Eleanor Roosevelt’s parents died when she was nine, so she 1. (raise)by her grandmother and sent to school in England. There she was influenced by headmistress Marie Souvestre, 2. worked for social causes. As a young adult, Eleanor participated 3. social work before she married Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After her husband entered politics, she worked for 4. American Red Cross during World War I and later became more involved in politics herself.
In the early 1930s, Mrs Roosevelt became a 5. (lead )activist for women’s rights. When her husband was elected President of the United States, Mrs Roosevelt helped other women get appointed to government 6. (position). She traveled around the country, visited coal mines and slums（贫民窟），and 7. (speak) out for the poor. After her husband’s death, Mrs Roosevelt was appointed by President Truman 8. (be) a delegate（代表） to the United Nations, where she supported the UN’s Declaration of Human Rights. This service in the UN was probably her 9. (great) achievement. Eleanor Roosevelt devoted 10. (her) to the causes of humanity and was loved by many.
Whenever I recall my childhood, there is one thing I remember clearly. My father used his ______ to let my mother_______ her parents who lived far away.There were just my younger brother and myself in the ______. One evening, our father came home and there was no ______, not even a piece of bread. My father had no money and he was as ______ as we were. My brother and I went to bed without having anything. ______ I knew from the expression on my father's face that he could not______ us be hungry for long. He left the house, and about two hours later he______ and woke us up. He had two small potato pies in his hands. I didn’t know where he got the money for the food but somehow he ______ to find a way. It was clear that he wanted to get his children ______.
My father did not eat and had ______ all day but he sat there and felt ______at seeing us eat. This has always stuck in my ______. At that moment, I felt ______ knowing that he tried his best not to let us ______. and he wanted us to know he was always there with us. In______ times. I think, it is important not to ______ weakness but strength. ______ the mother is the cement（黏固剂）that ______ a family together， then the father is the steel that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and ______ that have carried me forward and helped me deal with my own problems in life.
1.A. car B. ticket C. savings D. right
2.A. call B. visit C. bring D. invite
3.A. classroom B. office C. house D. farm
4.A. food B. drinks C. electricity D. gas
5.A. poor B. hungry C. angry D. sleepy
6.A. So B. Till C. But D. Since
7.A. hear B. let C. remember D. prevent
8.A. lost B. hid C. found D. returned
9.A. managed B. forgot C. tried D. refused
10.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
11.A. bargained B. worked C. searched D. prepared
12.A. luck B. sorry C. pleased D. regretful
13.A. mouth B. teeth C. mind D. chest
14.A. excited B. moved C. surprised D. frightened
15.A. change B. share C. wait D. suffer
16.A. difficult B. dangerous C. interesting D. comfortable
17.A. admit B. show C. discuss D. understand
18.A. Unless B. If C. Though D. Until
19.A. design B. places C. takes D. holds
20.A. permission B. hobbies C. actions D. attitudes
Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I ______ a telephone call from a woman who could not stop ______ as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a ______.
That ______ me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, ______ could I be a hero just because I ______ a story that saved someone's life?
Today I decided to look up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see ______ what it meant. It ______ “a person who does something brave”. As I read on, it also said “a person who is good and noble”.
That statement ______ me more than the part about being ______. So I thought about something very important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I ______ to open and hold the door for someone as a kindness. As they passed me by, I say, “How are you today?” Most of the time that would be no big deal, ______ this time let's say it was for someone who was deeply ______ and near the end of the rope. That may have very well been the only kindness or politeness shown to them in a very long time.
Having been near “the end of my rope”, after my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get enough ______ to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had ______ me a card in the mail which told me how ______ they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
Similarly many children come out of the orphanages ______ a very hard and bitter attitude against the world, but the gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. ______, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the ______ shown to them by those of us who cared. If it ______, we will also become “heroes”.
1.A. made B. gave C. received D. accepted
2.A. crying B. laughing C. thinking D. smiling
3.A. writer B. player C. gentleman D. hero
4.A. helped B. sent C. let D. made
5.A. how B. what C. why D. whether
6.A. said B. made C. recalled D. wrote
7.A. easily B. directly C. exactly D. obviously
8.A. read B. wrote C. told D. described
9.A. helped B. gave C. followed D. touched
10.A. good B. brave C. kind D. noble
11.A. happened B. wanted C. intended D. meant
12.A. though B. since C. because D. but
13.A. moved B. excited C. depressed D. frightened
14.A. money B. courage C. energy D. ability
15.A. sent B. carried C. brought D. took
16.A. deeply B. completely C. well D. much
17.A. without B. for C. with D. within
18.A. Desperately B. Hopefully C. Eagerly D. Unfortunately
19.A. consciousness B. respect C. kindness D. confidence
20.A. matters B. works C. acts D. does
Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the ____of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.
“What?” ____one participant, “Those guys have to be lying.”
There is no reliable ____of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the ____spender.
A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the ____. The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than “survey”), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.
About half the respondents（受调查者） inherited（继承） their ___, a quarter ___ it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it __. That is roughly in line with other surveys of __ women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than ____ a salary.
As for ____, almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as “below their means.” The report on the survey said that is possibly ____ they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.
“Women tend not to spend as much as ____and splash（泼洒得使到处是） their names all over the place,” said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and her lifestyle as “below the radar.”
Many women also worried about wealth having ____ effects on their children and didn’t want to spend lavishly（挥霍） to ____ a bad example.
At the same time, 70% of the women said they “buy nice things when ____.” And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making ____ on major purchases, which ____ that they do a lot of the big spending.
Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision _____.
But what about other ____ ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?
1.A. directions B. reasons C. times D. consequences
2.A. cried B. sighed C. shouted D. laughed
3.A. data B. measure C. division D. news
4.A. better B. bigger C. smaller D. worse
5.A. affairs B. message C. point D. report
6.A. spirit B. money C. habit D. cost
7.A. bought B. robbed C. got D. earned
8.A. itself B. herself C. ourselves D. themselves
9.A. wealthy B. poor C. ordinary D. honest
10.A. making B. earning C. taking D. spending
11.A. buying B. wasting C. spending D. saving
12.A. when B. if C. whether D. because
13.A. women B. youth C. adults D. men
14.A. serious B. good C. bad D. various
15.A. send B. set C. do D. give
16.A. necessary B. possible C. pleased D. anxious
17.A. plans B. decisions C. appointments D. suggestions
18.A. notices B. stresses C. implies D. intends
19.A. away B. together C. as well D. out
20.A. purchases B. effects C. differences D. examples
Over the centuries, people have created many rituals (仪式) to accompany the consumption of their favourite drinks, tea and coffee. Just think of the Japanese tea ceremony, British afternoon tea or the morning coffee ritual in countless societies. Why are these drinks so popular? 1. In the modern world, the new caffeine delivery systems are canned energy drinks. And the more modern our world gets, the more we seem to need caffeine.
Most people don’t think twice about their caffeine intake. 2. So the widespread use of caffeine is now a cause for concern among scientists and public health authorities. One result of this concern is that you are not allowed to sell energy drinks in France or Denmark. And in other European countries, manufacturers have to label cans with warnings. The United States has no such rule, but many canned energy drinks sold in the USA carry warnings anyway. 3. Studies have shown it helps relieve pain, reduces asthma (哮喘）symptoms and increases reaction speed. Despite this, a study in Ireland recommended that children and pregnant women, among other groups, shouldn’t drink energy drinks.
4. “For most of human existence, the pattern of sleeping and waking has followed sunrise and sunset.” explains Charles Czeisler, a neuroscientist（神经学家） at Harvard Medical School. “Then, the way we work changed from a schedule built around the sun to an indoor job timed by a clock, and consequently humans had to adapt. Electric light, and caffeinated food and drink allowed people to follow a work schedule set by the clock, not by daylight or the natural sleep cycle. 5. Without enough sleep the human body will not function at its best, physically, mentally, or emotionally.”
A. The answer is their secret ingredient --- caffeine.
B. But we need coffee to get us out of bed and back to work.
C. The main reason that people want caffeine is to stay awake.
D. But research suggests that caffeine may have benefits for human health.
E. Nevertheless, there is a heavy price to pay for all this extra wakefulness.
F. However, it raises blood pressure and thus increases the risk of heart disease.
G. Most babies in the developed world are born with traces of caffeine in their bodies.
