One day, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and I was feeling ______ . As I paid for the gas, the attendant said, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a ______ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don't look ______.” he replied and continued to tell me my skin appeared ______.
By the time I left, I was a little ______ . About a block away, I ______ to the side of the road to look at my face ______ the mirror. Was everything all right? Had I picked up ______ rare disease? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a slight ______ somewhere in my body.
The next time I went into that gas station, I ______ what had happened: The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside ___________ as though they were sick! That was the truth. ______ , I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His _____ observation affected the way I felt and acted.
This experience made me think a lot. It is the same with life, in which attitude ________ . The way we look at life determines how we feel and how we _______. If we expect something to turn out _______ , it probably will. But the _______ also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they ________ do. An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an) ________. So after that, I chose to highlight the _______ throughout the rest of my life.
1.A. great B. excited C. sick D. uncomfortable
2.A. considerate B. thoughtful C. strange D. funny
3.A. happy B. comfortable C. satisfied D. well
4.A. grey B. yellow C. black D. red
5.A. angry B. uneasy C. painful D. unbelievable
6.A. pulled over B. pulled in C. pulled out D. pulled through
7.A. on B. at C. over D. in
8.A. certain B. some C. several D. anxiety
9.A. comfort B. relief C. pain D. anxiety
10.A. picked out B. put out C. turned out D. figured out
11.A. feel B. behave C. look D. see
12.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
13.A. kind B. helpful C. rude D. negative
14.A. matters B. affects C. decides D. speaks
15.A. work B. perform C. learn D. believe
16.A. smoothly B. badly C. well D. positively
17.A. principle B. saying C. meaning D. sentence
18.A. usually B. certainly C. definitely D. seldom
19.A. imagination B. tool C. necessity D. alternative
20.A. important B. useful C. positive D. special
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Letters as a way of communication have long given way to phone calls and WeChat messages. But a TV show, LettersAlive, is helping bring this old way to keep in touch back 1. the present.
LettersAlive took 2. (it) idea from a UK program, LettersLive, released in 2013. Both 3. (show) feature famous actors and actresses, but there 4. (be) no eye-catching visual effects or any regular showbiz(娱乐圈) activities. Instead, it’s just a live event 5. remarkable letters selected from a wide time span and a diverse range of subjects are read. There is, for example, a passionate letter from Huang Yongyu to playwright Cao Yu 30 years ago to criticize his lack of 6. (create).
Every letter is like a small piece of history. By hearing them being read, it’s as if we are being sent back in time 7. (experience) a moment that we would otherwise never have had the chance to.
Compared to8. (publish) texts, letters also 9. (natural) come with a personal touch. As well as celebrating the pain, joy, wisdom and humor, LettersAlive10. (commit) to promoting Chinese literature since first run.
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Brown来信询问中国改革开放以来取得的成就，请你写封邮件告知有关信息。内容包括：
1．很高兴收到来信
2．取得的成就（生活、教育、住宅、交通等）
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，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。
Have you ever had headaches during a test? Have you ever been too concerned about something that you even can’t sleep at night? If so, then you know that stress is. Too much stress can result in angry, depression and other related problems, which we need to take them seriously.
However, not all stress was harmful to you. Some kinds of stress can help you getting things done better, like when you are running towards the finishing line or when you are asking to deliver a speech to your class. Stress sometimes can push you to make full preparation for a test.
The best approach reducing stress is to have a balanced life. If you get enough sleep, eat proper, take more exercise and have enough fun time, you might feel less stressed.
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Letters as a way of communication have long given way to phone calls and WeChat messages. But a TV show, LettersAlive, is helping bring this old way to keep in touch back 1. the present.
LettersAlive took 2. (it) idea from a UK program, LettersLive, released in 2013. Both 3. (show) feature famous actors and actresses, but there 4. (be) no eye-catching visual effects or any regular showbiz(娱乐圈) activities. Instead, it’s just a live event 5. remarkable letters selected from a wide time span and a diverse range of subjects are read. There is, for example, a passionate letter from Huang Yongyu to playwright Cao Yu 30 years ago to criticize his lack of 6. (create).
Every letter is like a small piece of history. By hearing them being read, it’s as if we are being sent back in time 7. (experience) a moment that we would otherwise never have had the chance to.
Compared to8. (publish) texts, letters also 9. (natural) come with a personal touch. As well as celebrating the pain, joy, wisdom and humor, LettersAlive10. (commit) to promoting Chinese literature since first run.
The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly _____. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep _____ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my _____, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.
After a decade of learning this art form, I had _____ been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer’s life as it pays _____ to all the factors in one’s life that _____ the dance form: one’s culture and family.
The performance is undertaken only by the most ______ and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much ______. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day______ these dances. Many times, I ______ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to _____.
I ______ a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too ______ to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself ______ after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental ______, I forced myself to meet my ______. Even when I was at the end of my ______, there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.
Fortunately, I made it. What I had done ______ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer _____ is. Those time was evidence that I could ______ something I set out to do.
1.A. pulled back B. set off C. reached out D. broke away
2.A. sleep B. thought C. breath D. sorrow
3.A. career B. attempt C. response D. performance
4.A. easily B. eventually C. absolutely D. desperately
5.A. debt B. visit C. interest D. respect
6.A. develop B. rescue C. introduce D. promote
7.A. focused B. beautiful C. intelligent D. considerate
8.A. talent B. strength C. commitment D. comprehension
9.A. recording B. practicing C. discussing D. designing
10.A. applied B. addicted C. treated D. pushed
11.A. forget B. design C. learn D. research
12.A. abandoned B. discovered C. controlled D. undertook
13.A. brilliant B. brave C. stubborn D. discourage
14.A. wrong B. nervous C. frightened D. careless
15.A. function B. action C. level D. stress
16.A. budget B. expectation C. expense D. deadline
17.A. limit B. purpose C. preparation D. destination
18.A. increased B. deserved C. expanded D. exposed
19.A. completely B. chiefly C. truly D. originally
20.A. change B. supply C. explain D. accomplish
