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Growing roots When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ______ known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t ______ lives, he was planting trees. The good doctor had some ______ theories on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never ______ his new trees, which was ______ many people. Once I asked why. He ______ that watering plants spoiled(宠坏)them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will ______ weaker and weaker. So you have to make things ______ for them. He talked about how watering trees ______ shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ______ of water. I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be ______. I planted a couple of trees a few years back and I took good care of them. Two years of ______ has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows, they ______ and tremble their branches. Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs’. The lack of water seemed to ______ them in ways comfort and ease never could. I used to ______ for my sons that their lives will be easy. But ______ I’ve been thinking that it’s time to ______ my prayer. I know my children are going to meet _______, and I’m praying they will be strong. The prayer for comfort is seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,______ when the winds blow, they won’t be ______ away. 1.A.even B.ever C.never D.hardly 2.A.valuing B.making C.enjoying D.saving 3.A.exciting B.dull C.interesting D.terrible 4.A.watered B.raised C.loved D.sheltered 5.A.against B.beyond C.within D.from 6.A.wondered B.answered C.doubted D.guessed 7.A.grow B.change C.appear D.show 8.A.harmful B.favorable C.tough D.wonderful 9.A.made for B.head for C.allow for D.care for 10.A.charge B.favor C.honor D.search 11.A.treasured B.challenged C.respected D.liked 12.A.education B.information C.preparation D.devotion 13.A.dance B.shake C.spread D.lift 14.A.harm B.raise C.benefit D.hurt 15.A.pray B.apply C.stand D.call 16.A.perfectly B.formally C.obviously D.lately 17.A.attend B.say C.change D.keep 18.A.hardships B.worries C.bosses D.jobs 19.A.or B.so C.and D.but 20.A.given B.sent C.broken D.swept
(2018·天津) I can't find my purse. I___________ it in the supermarket yesterday, but I'm not sure. A.should leave B.must have left C.might leave D.could have left
Since I have little work experience, I will have to take a series of unpaid internships ______ I could find my ideal job. A.before B.after C.as D.when
As global warming increases, the Earth will become less and less suited to life, and many species will face ______. A.extinction B.direction C.calculation D.application
No student ______go out of school after eleven o’clock at night without the teacher’s permission. A.will B.must C.may D.shall
A grand banquet was held by Elizabeth II _____ President Xi’s current state visit to the UK. A.in terms of B.in honor of C.in favor of D.in memory of
An enormous wave covered our boat and Bill fell into the sea. Fortunately, he was ______ by a boat passing by. A.taken up B.picked up C.made up D.turned up
______ I’m concerned about most is ______ we can collect a huge amount of money in such a short time. A.That; how B.What; if C.What; how D.As; whether
When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer ______. A.obviously B.incredibly C.immediately D.accidentally
The window was forced open. The burglar ______ slipped into house through it. A.obviously B.incredibly C.immediately D.accidentally
There is usually an interval between the first half and the second half ______ the coach will tell his players how to play well. A.where B.which C.that D.when
Judith ______ on her new novel which is supposed to come out next month. A.has been working B.had worked C.will be working D.was working
---- I can’t stand David any longer. He’s always finding fault with me. ---- ______. He isn’t so bad actually. A.It’s my guess B.Up to you C.Oh, come on D.You are right
––Do you mind if I smoke here? ––I suggest you go to the separate room ______ for smokers. A.to reserve B.reserving C.reserved D.being reserved
To carry out the research on the chimp will ______ living in the jungle for several years. A.include B.contain C.focus D.involve
—The Youth League Committee is looking for volunteers for the promotion of rubbish-sorting. Would you like to join in? —________. Everyone should do his bit. A.You asked for it B.You bet C.You have my word D.You’ve got me there
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(每空最多不超过3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Do you want to learn a foreign language? Choose one of the most 1. (use) languages suggested below to learn. In most countries all over the world, English is 2. most widely used second language. Whether a person is traveling to a foreign country or communicating 3. people from other 4. (country) for business purposes, English is one language which will come in handy at every step. Spanish is the language of business in about twenty countries. There are many jobs in the United States as well as in many other countries, which specially ask for people 5. know how to speak and write Spanish. The Chinese economy is booming! In the future, China 6. (become) the economic world leader, which makes 7. the perfect time to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language 8. (speak) by millions of people. French is recognized as one of the top languages to learn, 9. (simple) because it is a chief language in northern and western Africa. Anyone trying to understand European history can benefit a lot from 10. (learn) this language.
How do young people learn best? This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often ______ that traditional teaching ______ are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language. After moving to southern Italy, I was ______ to have had the chance to ______ a private course teaching English to children under 7. I ______ children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these ______ to help my students ______ English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online,______ they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童瑶) they once were ______ with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but ______ could still not have a basic ______ in English. I wanted these guys to be ______ in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90 % of my lessons in English.______, I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they ______ speak outside our lessons. So I had to ______ a simple yet effective plan. One day I decided to ______ a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱)______. I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English — it ______! So when teaching English to young people now, I ______ them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember ______ or complex sentences. 1.A.suggest B.know C.find D.guess 2.A.materials B.processes C.attitudes D.methods 3.A.anxious B.lucky C.surprised D.puzzled 4.A.get B.offer C.meet D.run 5.A.considered B.realized C.proved D.insisted 6.A.activities B.tools C.skills D.lessons 7.A.develop B.practice C.support D.increase 8.A.that B.when C.where D.which 9.A.popular B.familiar C.similar D.particular 10.A.students B.teachers C.writers D.readers 11.A.conversation B.performance C.application D.contact 12.A.experienced B.interested C.concerned D.caught 13.A.Besides B.Therefore C.However D.Though 14.A.fairly B.eagerly C.nearly D.seldom 15.A.come up with B.put up with C.keep up with D.catch up with 16.A.prepare B.manage C.connect D.bring 17.A.that B.it C.one D.them 18.A.mattered B.valued C.worked D.wondered 19.A.persuade B.encourage C.remind D.command 20.A.expressions B.conversations C.courses D.measures
If you think your vocabulary is weak, a little effort every day over six to nine months can go a long way in improving it. Here are some tips for increasing your vocabulary. 1.. You may be comfortable reading a particular part but make an effort to read different articles on every page. The editorial (社论的) page is highly recommended not only for vocabulary but also for structuring and presenting thoughts. And there are different articles in the newspaper every day. Make it a habit to read a new book every week. It is not surprising that those who read a lot of books develop good vocabulary. 2.. Make a list of words that are new to you and look up their meanings in the dictionary. Watching English movies and television shows. It is important for improving English and learning new English words. It’s an interesting way to add the number of your vocabulary. 3.. Use vocabulary cards. Vocabulary cards are used by students who are trying to learn many words in a short time. You can make your own cards by writing the word on one side and the meaning on the other side of a piece of paper. 4.. Use the Internet. The Internet is an unlimited (无限制的) resource for reading material. 5.. You will come across plenty of material to read, which you might find interesting, and important. The Internet will also introduce you to new words. Be sure to look them up in a dictionary. A. You can consider becoming a member of the local library. B. Flash cards are a convenient tool to use to learn new words in your free time. C. You cannot learn English well without enough vocabulary. D. Pick up a topic of your choice and search for articles about it. E. You should develop your own way of learning vocabulary. F. Besides, by doing this you can learn the correct pronunciation as well. G. Read the newspaper every day.
When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation （住所）. I suggested that they should stay at “ bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories. “ We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,’’ they said, “ because we found that most families were away on holiday. “ I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “ VACANCIES” meant “ holidays” , because the Spanish word for “ holidays” is “ vacaciones” . So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said “ VACANCIES” ，which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where the sign said “ NO VACANCIES” , because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels! We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word “ DⅣERSION” means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word “ DⅣERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole. English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “ Thank you” in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “ Thank you” in French means “ No, thank you” . 1.My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______. A.driving their car on English roads B.going to England by car C.finding places to stay in England D.learning English 2.I suggested that they stay at “ bed and breakfast’‘ houses because ______. A.it would he much cheaper than staying in hotels B.it would be convenient for them to have dinner C.they would he able to practice their English D.there would be no problem in finding accommodation there 3.“ NO VACANCIES” in English means______. A.free rooms B.no free rooms C.not away on holiday D.holidays 4.When someone offered me more coffee and I said “ Thank you” in French, I ______. A.wanted him/her to take the coffee pot away B.didn’t really want any more coffee C.wanted to express my politeness D.really wanted some more coffee
改成副词 ①real→______ ②quick→______ ③wide→______ ④careful→______ ⑤true→______ ⑥recent→______ ⑦happy→______ ⑧easy→______ ⑨ possible→______ ⑩lucky→______
改成形容词 ①care→______ ②difficulty→______ ③sun→______ ④worry→______ ⑤thank→______ ⑥health→______ ⑦snow→______ ⑧interest→______ ⑨nation→______ ⑩difference→______
改成表示人的名词 ①work→______ ②wait→______ ③win→______ ④China→______ ⑤write→______ ⑥act→______ ⑦drive→______ ⑧Canada→______ ⑨sail→______ ⑩art→______
写出画线词的词性及词义 1.Her words warmed his heart. （词性：______ 词义：______） 2.Each young person must shoulder his responsibility. （词性：______ 词义：______） 3.His support furthered my career. （词性：______ 词义：______） 4.I have booked two rooms for the whole family. （词性：______ 词义：______） 5.The government hopes to better the conditions of the peasants. （词性：______ 词义：______） 6.Which country is to host the next Olympic Games?（词性：______ 词义：______） 7.Open the windows to cool the room. （词性：______ 词义：______） 8.This apartment can house six people and a dog. （词性：______ 词义：______） 9.Every year, fresh fruit from these trees is shipped from one country to another. （词性：______ 词义：______ ）
单词拼写 1.______（地铁） is an electric railway which runs below the surface of the ground. 2.To be on the safe side, we should fill up the tank now, because we might run out of ______（汽油）on the way. 3.There is a new ______（类型）of machine which can produce colour copies. 4.If you have any questions, you can ______（联系） me either by e-mail or by WeChat. 5.We can guess the meaning of a new word from the ______（语境）. 6.This international ______（组织）is aimed at inspiring girls to explore the world of games. 7.I am ______（不熟悉的） with the place and the people here. 8.Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less______（可能的） to suffer anxiety or depression.
假如你是一名记者，请根据以下提示，用英语向China Daily写一篇有关台湾大地震的报道。 时间：1999年9月21日凌晨1时47分 震级：7.6级 人员损失：到当晚22时，已有1670人死亡，3924人受伤，2000多人被困，数百人失踪，许多人无家可归。 设施破坏：停电，房屋、桥梁倒塌，交通受阻。 严重性：是台湾百年未遇的强烈地震。 注意：1.词数100左右。 2．生词提示：7.6级 magnitude7.6 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。 A serious weather warning has been announced as more than two inches of rain is expected to fall in parts of the UK on Monday, according to 1. Met Office. Three flood 2. (warn) in southwest England have been put in place, 3. caused fears of travel interruption at the beginning of the week. The Met Office has announced the warning for heavy rain across central and 4. (south) England, including London, Birmingham and Manchester, for Monday. Although 5. is too early to forecast which exact areas will see the 6. (heavy) rain, the Met Office said the South is most likely 7. (see) “the biggest rainfall”. “The heavy rainfall brings a risk of flooding and interruption, but the situation is uncertain, such that the likelihood of this 8. any given county is small,” forecasters said. Grahame Madge, a spokesperson for the Met Office, said areas from the Isle of Wight up to the M4 are predicted to see the worst weather. He 9. (add) that there were no weather warnings in place for the rest of the week 10. forecasters have advised people to keep an eye out for more warnings as the unsettled weather is expected to continue.
Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning. Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late proved the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. “Larks” or “morning people”, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep in later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive（归纳的）intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic performance. They also had a greater capacity to think conceptually as well as analytically. Such abilities have been linked to innovative（创新的） thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes. Famous night owls include President Trump, Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W. Bush, who is regularly in bed by 10 p.m., Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice, who wakes at 4:30 a.m., and Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Lough borough University, said, “Evening types tend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are the deducers（推断者）, as are often seen with civil servants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits found that evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks. 1.What does the word “lark” mean in the text? A.A bird of prey that flies in the morning. B.A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom. C.A kind of person who goes to bed early and wakes up early. D.A kind of person who has honored jobs and higher incomes. 2.What characteristics do night owls have? A.Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiser. B.Night owls are not good at inductive reasoning. C.Night owls stay up late and wake up early in the morning. D.Night owls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking 3.What’s the author’s attitude towards night owls? A.Doubtful. B.Objective. C.Subjective. D.Negative. 4.From the passage, we can infer that ______________. A.The early bird will catch the worm. B.Morning types have a tendency to do some creative jobs. C.Night owls can do better in the examinations if lessons are held in the right time. D.President Trump, Winston Churchill and George W. Bush are models of night owls. 5.According to the writer, what kind of job is an evening type likely to do in the future? A.A fashion designer B.A social worker C.An accountant D.A government employee
Imagine looking at a view of mountaintops and wondering about the name of each peak. Suddenly, above each mountaintop, a name appears on the sky. The words are not written in smoke by skywriting planes. The words are actually not in the sky at all. They come from tiny computers in contact lenses (隐形眼镜).
Computers have become smaller and smaller over the decades. The first computers filled houses. Transistors (晶体管) and then chips allowed computers to become small enough to fit on a desktop, then a laptop, and finally a phone. When experimenting with further contraction in size, developers often have to deal with the limits of human eyesight, which control how small the computers can be and still present visible information. One new solution employs microprojectors (微型投影机) to create a readable display (显示) for tiny computers. These machines project computer information onto any surface. Though an impressive breakthrough, there are potential problems. Such public displays can lead to privacy concerns; most people do not want their information displayed on a wall for everyone to see. Besides, these projectors are extremely expensive, and their screens give users headaches. Babak Parviz, a researcher at the University of Washington, created another solution: inventing a screen visible only to a person wearing a contact lens. Parviz created a computer in a contact lens that uses the wearer’s field of vision as the display. To create the display, Parviz took ordinary soft contact lenses with a wirelessly controlled system. At some point, Parviz says, it will be possible to connect the lens to a remote personal computer device such as a cellphone or a laptop. By looking in a certain direction, the wearer sends the computer visual information about what he or she sees. The device then uses this information to point out the names of peaks. These contact lenses are inserted and removed in much the same way as ordinary contact lenses. In addition, the computers in the lenses won’t block the wearer’s sight at all. Although now the computers are not on lenses treating eyesight problems, Parviz hopes that someday the technology will progress to that level. 1.The contact lenses in the text can ________. A.treat eyesight problems B.offer beautiful views of nature C.project information on wall surface D.show information about what wearers see 2.The underlined word “contraction” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by________. A.expansion B.spread C.reduction D.revolution 3.According to Paragraph 3, the microprojectors ________. A.put people’s privacy at risk B.save computer information C.cause serious illnesses D.support users’ needs 4.According to the passage, these contact lenses contribute to ________. A.saving users’ expenses B.reducing computers’ size C.limiting the field of vision D.guarding remote computers 5.What might be the best title for the passage? A.Tiny Computers, Amazing Sights B.Smaller Lenses, Closer Views C.Progress towards Clearness D.Road to the Small World
I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition. With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home. “How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked. “None.” “Where did you go?” “The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.” “What did you do?” “Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.” “You just stood there?” “Didn’t sell a single one.” “My God, Russell!” Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned. Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home. One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business. “If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me. My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love. 1.Why did the boy start his job young? A.He wanted to be famous in the future. B.The job was quite easy for him. C.His mother had high hopes for him. D.The competition for the job was fierce. 2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______. A.excited B.interested C.ashamed D.disappointed 3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up? A.She forced him to continue. B.She punished him. C.She gave him some money. D.She changed her plan. 4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to? A.The war between the boy’s parents. B.The arguing between the boy and his mother. C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers. D.The fight between the boy and his father. 5.What is the text mainly about? A.The early life of a journalist. B.The early success of a journalist. C.The happy childhood of the writer. D.The important role of the writer in his family.
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