----Mary and Jack will marry next week.
----____________ They were strangers to each other only a month ago.
A.I’m glad to hear that. B.Congratulations.
C.You can’t be serious. D.I believe so.
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I finished my junior middle school in boarding school. At first, I felt very lonely because I hardly know anybody. I couldn’t get on well with my classmates and just looked forward to go back home to meet my parents. I even couldn’t concentrate on my subjects. As time went by, besides, I gradually got used to the school life. I made many new friends or often took part in activities, in that I improved my communicating skills. As I had a lot of interested things to do, I finally enjoyed with my school life. Now, whenever I think of my first boarding school experience, I think of them as being instructive and unforgettably.
For most people, traveling overseas to a foreign country can be an amazing experience. However, for those who are not prepared to take part in a new culture, they may be totally overwhelmed（不知所措的） by having to go through unfamiliar events. This phenomenon is called culture shock, and often happens when people visit a country for which they are not ready. 1. .
First of all, one must remember to prepare themselves by reading some materials for their visit. 2. . Instead, take some time to read, research, and look up information on the exact country you are traveling to.You can do it either through the use of a library or a bookstore, or through the Internet.
3. . Many times these people can answer questions you may have about the country, especially when you can’t find the answers from the research you have done online or in books. 4. . So you can turn to the people who have been to the country and their experience must be of great use to you.
Lastly, after you have done everything you can do to get prepared, you are on your way to your destination. 5. . It is so important to be flexible（灵活的）in your travel, which really helps to break down any culture shock you might experience.
Keep these tips in mind, and be open in your travel experience.Happy traveling!
A. Many people think traveling abroad is terrible
B. What’s more, first-hand experience is very valuable
C. Besides, talk with people who have visited the country
D. Remember to deal with unexpected situations flexibly
E. Here are some ways on how to study and live happily in a foreign country
F. Do not just show up in a new country with no idea about what to expect even in the least
G. One can avoid embarrassment and enjoy the trip more if they have made some preparations against such “shock”
If you enjoy reading, the world in books will become a place which is not to be experienced in watching television only for entertainment. Studies have shown how those who read for pleasure achieve more in literacy（读写能力）and thinking abilities than those who don’t.Actually, there is nothing else that will expand your language skills and make your imagination fly.
To begin with, language skills can be better learned through reading for pleasure than through watching TV for entertainment. At its best, television can be educational as well as entertaining, but nobody wishes to improve his literacy by simply sitting in front of a TV box. Therefore, only by reading can you enlarge your vocabulary. However, it must be made clear that the relation between literacy and reading is like comparing health to sport. One is something practical and the other is something you do because you enjoy it.
The books that help you most in imagination are those that make you think most. In this point, reading for pleasure, both paper-based and on-screen, is far more helpful than watching TV. For example, there is always a book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit: imagination. Unluckily, some people's love of books is lost influenced by television, which is considered as a decline in thinking abilities.
On the whole, watching TV is largely harmless as an entertainment and information tool, but there is no better way to improve your language skills and imagination than reading for pleasure. For those who would continue to enjoy reading, there is a paradise（天堂） not yet being lost. Having got an amount of language skills through wide reading, you might as well imagine that such a paradise would not be very unlike a kind of library.
1.What does the writer mainly talk about in Paragraph 1?
A.The advantage of reading books.
B.The way of improving language skills.
C.The pleasure in watching TV.
D.The advantage of our imagination.
2.What does the writer say about reading in the text?
A.People can get the latest information through it.
B.It offers more pleasure than watching TV.
C.It plays a bigger role in kids’ growth than watching TV.
D.More language skills will be gained as people read more.
3.Which word can replace the underlined word “decline” in Paragraph3?
A.Development.
B.Decrease.
C.Destroy.
D.Improvement.
4.What does the writer think of watching TV?
A.It’s a waste of time and energy.
B.It’s a paradise for those who like watching TV.
C.It’s helpful in some aspects.
D.It’s done only for entertainment.
US president Donald Trump has popularized the phrase “fake news”.But not too long ago these words in combination（结合）would have meant little to everyday English speakers.
Anatoly Liberman writes about the origins of the word “fake”. The word, it turns out, has a very dark past. The best guess at how “fake” became the mainstream, argues Liberman, is that it was a kind of word used by thieves in London. But “how it got there, nobody in the world knows, and probably nobody will ever know,” he tells a newspaper.
Liberman is a professor at the University of Minnesota and the author of Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone. He writes that early records of “fake” as an English adjective appeared around the middle of the 18th century. The word likely comes from cant, or thief jargon（行话）.
The OED mentions “fake” as a verb starting in 1819, which basically meant “to do” in jargon, but also “to kill, wound, or rob someone”. An entry from a dictionary that year reads: To fake any person or place is to rob them; to fake a person may also imply “to shoot, wound, or cut”; to fake a man out and out is to kill him.
Liberman traces（研究……的历史）the word next to Chares Dickens，who used “cly-faker”, where “cly” means a pocket, in Oliver Twist. This is how he believes knowledge of “fake” as a word that means “to steal”. Eventually it became a common English word.
1.What can we learn about Anatoly Liberman?
A.He shows great interest in words’ origins.
B.He is interested in all the English words.
C.He lived in England for a long time.
D.He likes writing articles in English very much.
2.What is mainly discussed in this passage?
A.The history of English words.
B.Some stories about English words.
C.The importance of the English word “fake”.
D.The origins of an English word.
3.What can we infer from this passage?
A.We must focus on the words of Donald Trump.
B.We should study English words very carefully.
C.“Fake” likely comes from words used by a class of people.
D.“Fake” is a new English word made by Donald Trump.
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1.I have heard a lot of good things about you ______ I came back from abroad.
2.He smiled politely ______ Mary apologized to him for her drunken friends’ rudeness.
3.If you don’t understand something, you may research, study, and talk to other people ______ you figure it out.
4.Silk ______ （become）one of the primary goods traded along the Silk Road by about 100 BC.
5.The first time I ______ （meet）her, she was waiting for a bus.
6.She was studying at the University of Rochester when a professor ______ （suggest）a research subject to her.
7.They have regularly sent newspapers, but they rarely read them ______ they have so much work to deal with.
8.Was it ______ Jack came late for school that Mr.Smith got angry?
9.Now that the kids ______ （leave）home, we get more room.
10.______ everything is prepared, let’s begin our experiment right now.
