Once fighting _________ between the two villages and many people were killed.

A.broke out B.was broken out

C.had broken out D.had been broken out

The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at _____ was a dangerous speed.

A.as B.what C.which D.that

The final decision is ____ Bob will carry out this difficult task.

A.that B.which C.who D.whether

Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m full of joy and confidence in the future of our country.

A.sight B.view C.sign D.scene

It’s nearly 7 o’clock. Jack ____________ be here at any moment.

A.shall B.had to

C.ought to D.have to

If you cheat in the exam, you’ll never __________ it.

A.get in with B.get along with

C.get away with D.get through

—Where does your little daughter want to go during her holiday ?

—She is always looking forward to _____ to the Wu Yi Mountain.

A.take B.taking C.being taken D.be taken

The police are offering a $ 60,000 _____ for information about the killer.

A.price B.prize C.award D.reward

假定你是学生会主席李华，当前新型冠状病毒（novel coronavirus）肆虐，请你围绕 “从小事做起，共战疫情” 这一主题，给全校学生写一封英文倡议书。

要点如下：1. 倡议的原因和目的；2. 倡议的具体内容； 3. 发出倡议。

注意：1. 词数120左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear schoolmates,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Students' Union

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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

Hi Susan,

I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to return to your bike on time yesterday. I mean to give it back to you before four in the afternoon, and I was hold up on my way back. Just before I turned corner of Park Street, I happened to see an accident. A little girl hurt and her mother needed help. So I helped them going to the nearest hospital. I stayed here for one and a half hour and made sure that the girl was all right. When I got back, it were already 6 p. m. I hope you understand.

Thank you!

Lu Hua

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。

Kiyoto Saito is trying to change people’s opinion of agricultural workers through his unusual attire (打扮). Whether he’s driving a tractor 1. standing in the fields, Kiyoto is always wearing an elegant suit.

Kiyoto’s family has been planting rice for around 400 years, but as a teenager he found the tradition 2. (bore) and moved to the city. He returned to his native town two years ago, and 3.(determine) to get involved in the family business.

4. idea of wearing a suit in the fields started as a joke. One day, his brother joked about farming in an elegant suit, but Kiyoto took it 5. (serious). He viewed the idea as the perfect way to change the public opinion of agricultural workers. “Most people think of farmers 6. ‘dirty all day’. I want youngsters to think ‘farming looks fun’” he said.

At first no one seemed 7. (understand) him. Even his family were surprised by his 8. (choose) of farming attire. His grandfather worried9. (do) farm work in a suit would be dangerous.

Now Kiyoto is famous and has been invited on various television shows. He also has a blog where he regularly 10. (post) his farming experiences and photos of himself all dressed up.

    I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us_________chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell _______. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I_______the countryside for some place I could rent for the_______possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road _______ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was _______, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and _______  a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me, _______ slowly, they started teaching me the _______ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began __________ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a __________ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of __________.

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were__________ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.__________ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my __________ with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into  __________. I saw many people were having a really hard time, __________ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to __________ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places. We'd all be in__________if we hadn't banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about __________ we can all get by together.

1.A.separately B.equally C.violently D.naturally

2.A.off B.apart C.over D.out

3.A.crossed B.left C.toured D.searched

4.A.fullest B.largest C.fairest D.cheapest

5.A.over B.through C.at D.round

6.A.occupied B.emptied C.abandoned D.robbed

7.A.turned B.cleared C.approached D.cut

8.A.for B.although C.otherwise D.but

9.A.benefit B.art C.nature D.lesson

10.A.swinging B.looking C.sticking D.turning

11.A.different B.real C.wild D.remote

12.A.kindness B.happiness C.friendliness D.neighborliness

13.A.unique B.expensive C.necessary D.rare

14.A.Along B.Down C.Deep D.Up

15.A.cooperation B.satisfaction C.relationships D.appointments

16.A.reality B.town C.society D.life

17.A.creating B.losing C.offering D.quitting

18.A.put in B.turn in C.get in D.take in

19.A.yards B.camps C.shelters D.cottages

20.A.how B.what C.whether D.when

    Johannes Gutenberg was chosen to be the most important figure of the past millennium（千年）by the media. You may not be familiar with him.1.Gutenberg is praised for having invented the printing press and therefore preparing the way for printing books.

He was born into a wealthy family in the city of Mainz,Germany.In 1428,he moved to Strasbourg and lived there for almost 20 years.2.

Gutenberg used his skills in metalwork for the mass production of books.3.That means that each copy of the Catholic Bible and all of its 73 books were painstakingly handwritten by penmen.Gutenberg fashioned a font（字体）of over 300 characters,far larger than the fonts of today.To make this possible,he invented the variable-width mold（模具）and perfected the mixture of materials used by type factories up to the present century.

4.Between 1450 and 1455,while preparing to produce a large Latin Bible,Gutenberg is thought to have printed a number of smaller books,a calendar,and so on.The Bible of 42 Lines,the oldest surviving printed book in the Western world,was completed by August 15,1456.

The discovery of the modem printing press changed the way information was delivered.5.

Even today in the computer age,we rely heavily on the printed word or text for instruction,information,and for the pleasure of reading literature.

A.Gutenberg made the world a much richer place.

B.But he has certainly influenced your life in some ways.

C.Gutenberg's idea was one of the greatest of all mankind.

D.By 1450,Gutenberg was back in Mainz at work on a printing press.

E.This invention was also responsible for educating the masses worldwide.

F.Before the spread of Gutenberg's idea,literature was primarily handwritten.

G.It was in Strasbourg that he probably made his first experiments with moveable type.

People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.

The research team has discovered that subordinate (隶属的)fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding(繁殖) rights within the group, ”explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are non-breeding females, each being 5–10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they keep this size separation.”

The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5–10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.

It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily，by limiting how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise，the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered，clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.

The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.

While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.

The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive(排他的) to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”

1.When a goby grows to within 5–10% of the size of its larger competitor, it_______.

A.faces danger B.has breeding rights

C.eats its competitor D.leaves the group itself

2.The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to _______.

A.the fish beaten up B.the fish found out

C.the fish fattened up D.the fish driven away

3.The experiment showed that the smaller fish_______.

A.fought over a feast B.went on diet willingly

C.preferred some extra food D.challenged the boss fish

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.Fish dieting and human dieting. B.Dieting and health.

C.Human dieting. D.Fish dieting.

When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously（同时的）about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what' s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen -- they can' t do both -- and they don' t understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships -- not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.

During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.

Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.

There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls' mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked  to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of their children. Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech，we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply.

1.While watching TV with others, women Usually talk a lot because they

A.are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends

B.can both talk and watch the screen at the Same time

C.think they can have a good time and develop relationships

D.have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands

2.After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to              .

A.experience the happy time again B.keep a close tie with her

C.recommend her a new scenic spot D.remind her of something forgotten

3.What does the author want to tell us most?

A.Women' s brains are better organized for language and communication

B.Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.

C.Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.

D.Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Women Are Socially Trained to Talk B.Talking Maintains Relationships

C.Women Love to Talk D.Men Talk Differently from Women

    What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?

This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.

I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.

Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.

1.The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was______.

A.doing shopping B.having a debate

C.reading a message D.leaving for Wyoming

2.The author's inspiration for the gift came from_____.

A.a photo of a flower B.a story about a kid

C.a call from the mother D.a text about Christmas

3.The author made the gift by_____.

A.searching for the poems online B.drawing the background by hand

C.painting the letters in three colors D.matching the words with pictures

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To show how to design images for gifts. B.To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

C.To explain how computers help create gifts. D.To describe the gifts the author has received

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1.According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will       .

A.show the children around a zoo B.tell stories to children over seven

C.be present at the science show in person D.lead the children to the Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.The Help Desk in this library supplies service       .

A.only during the daytime B.in case of emergency

C.till the end of the Spring Break D.after 22:00 p. m. every day

3.We can learn from the passage that children can       .

A.attend all the activities with their parents

B.borrow some relevant books for the activities

C.participate in the activities from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p.m.

D.choose only one of the activities according to their interest

    创建和谐校园活动开展一年来，你校发生了很大的变化。请你根据下面的提示，简要报道此次活动给学校带来的主要变化，发表在校园网上。

1.    校园环境的变化；

2.    同学、师生关系的变化；

3.    学习氛围的变化；

4.    自己的感受。

注意：1. 词数：100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；

      2．不使用本人和自己学校的名字；

      3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

    Since our school began the harmonious school activity a year ago, great changes have taken place. ________________________________________________________________________

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下列句子中，每句都有一处错误。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。

1.He walked around stiffly carried a walking stick.

2.This character was social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.

3.Like so many others, the little tramp has rushed there in search for gold, but without success.

4.Charlie cuts off the leather top of the shoe and shared the shoe with the other fellow.

5.In 1972 he gave a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films.

6.When we met yesterday, he moved very close to me as I introduced himself.

7.They shook hands and then kissed each other twice with each cheek.

8.After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curious.

9.She stepped back appearing surprising and put up her hands, as if in defence.

10.Men from Middle Eastern and other Muslim countries will often stand quite closely to other men to talk but will usually not touch women.

请根据所给句意及所给单词首字母和汉语意思完成下列句子。

1.Tony was never late for parties, so the most likely e______(解释) might be a sudden accident.

2.U_________(不幸地), I won’t be able to enjoy the concert together with you tonight, because I have to finish my homework.

3.Sun Yang won the gold prize by his o_________(杰出的) skill in 2012 London Olympics.

4.When I watch an English movie, I often observe the actors’ f_______(面部的) expressions carefully.

5.The f________(功能) of the heart is to pump blood through the body.

6.She gave f_______(假的) information to the insurance company.

7.They put their arms around each other and h_______(拥抱) just now.

8.She r______(代表) her motherland in driving at the Olympics and won the gold medal.

9.Her s_______(口语的) English is not very good, but her meaning has got across us.

10.You can do something well only if you t______(真正地) believe you can.

    (一) Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family 1. 1889. His parents were both music hall 2. (perform). You may find 3. astonishing that Charlie  4. (teach) to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially 5. the family income was often uncertain. 6. (luck), his father died, 7. (leave) the family even 8. (bad) off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking 9. his mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the 10. (popular) child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him – his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

    (二) As I get to know more about international friends, I learn more about this 11. (culture) “body language”. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, 12. are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance 13. people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using 14. (speak) “language” through physical distance, actions or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to  15. or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places 16. Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others 17. (close) and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other 18. shaking hands, 19. some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese, 20. prefer to bow.

Many years ago ,l was working at my job at a community college when a homeless woman came in. She began____as she lay on one of the sofas in the student rest room.____she wasn't well. Without thinking too much I went next door to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find____in the Lost and Found box. I____up a set of clothing and went back to my office,____I heard a colleague calling me. She told me that I should not____this person, as it would only lead to her wanting more help. I refused her____and went back to help the woman,____my co-worker's warning .

Two weeks later, while I was working, a very cute elderly man entered my____and asked to speak with me in private. Curiously, l gave him my full____and he told me that he had happened to hear my____with the co-worker about helping the____woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people and that was why he wanted to give me a____for $1,000. I burst into tears, because I____needed the money at the time, but also because I had never been____in such a way for helping someone!

We soon became good____and 10 years later he called me up suddenly and told me he wanted to help me____my first home! He____giving me $120,000 as part payment for my dream house in my home town. I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large amount of money and he said it was because I was a " giver" and that I____it ! To make a long story short, l was able to buy the perfect little home for myself, all because one day I did not____to help a homeless woman.

1.A. smiling    B. talking    C. shouting    D. coughing

2.A. Luckily    B. Clearly    C. Strangely    D. Sadly

3.A. clothes    B. books    C. food    D. medicine

4.A. gave    B. turned    C. gathered    D. made

5.A. while    B. when    C. how    D. why

6.A. ignore    B. disturb    C. value    D. help

7.A. advice    B. request    C. plan    D. offer

8.A. more than    B. rather than    C. regardless of    D. apart from

9.A. home    B. office    C. classroom    D. dormitory

10.A. energy    B. love    C. care    D. attention

11.A. disagreement    B. discussion    C. fight    D. quarrel

12.A. young    B. old    C. sick    D. wealthy

13.A. support    B. check    C. tip    D. promise

14.A. anxiously    B. eagerly    C. hardly    D. really

15.A. recognized    B. measured    C. taught    D. praised

16.A. colleagues    B. competitors    C. partners    D. friends

17.A. build    B. buy    C. rent    D. repair

18.A. came out    B. ended up    C. carried on    D. resulted in

19.A. deserved    B. wanted    C. needed    D. enjoyed

20.A. fear    B. fail    C. hesitate    D. attempt

    There is an English saying：“1.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.  2.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.  3.  If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.4.

5. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter is the best medicine.

B. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both  stress and pain.

C. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put  this theory into clinic practice.

D. Laughter can prolong one's life.

E. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their  patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh.

F. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.

G. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing；it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.

Mr.Bean is an internationally recognized comedy character on TV and in films.He constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations，which greatly amuses audiences regardless of their nationalities or culture.The humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on body language，which is universal.

One of my favourite shows is that Mr.Bean has a meal in a fancy restaurant.After being seated at his table，Mr.Bean takes out a card，writes a few words on it，seals(密封) it in an envelope and places it on the table.After a moment，he looks back at the envelope but this time he looks surprised，as if he did not know it was there.He opens it to find a birthday card and delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.

When he looks at the menu，an astonished look swiftly appears on his face.He takes all the money out of his wallet，counts it and puts it in a saucer(茶托)．He then looks from the menu to the money with concern until he finds one thing that makes him smile.Then he orders a dish called “steak tartare”．When the dish arrives，he is shocked to discover that “steak tartare” is actually raw hamburger.He makes an attempt to eat it，but it is clear from the look on his face that he finds the taste truly disgusting.He cannot hide his feelings，except when the waiter asks if everything is all right.When this happens，he smiles and nods，indicating that everything is fine.When the waiter is not looking，however，he busies himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can reach—the sugar bowl，the tiny flower vase，inside a bun(小圆面包) and under a plate.He becomes so desperate in the end that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurant’s violinist!

I like to watch Mr.Bean on TV，but I wouldn’t like to meet someone like him in real life and I certainly wouldn’t like to have dinner with him!

1.From the passage we know Mr.Bean is ________.

A．famous for directing films

B．famous for his spoken English

C．well known for making films

D．known for his body language and amusement in his comedies

2.Why is Mr.Bean famous all over the world?

A．He often eats in special restaurants.

B．He entertains the audience from different countries.

C．He only acts on TV.

D．He acts on body language and spoken language.

3.What does the underlined word “disgusting” in the third paragraph mean?

A．tasting delicious    B．smelling good

C．feeling sick         D．looking fine

4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．Mr.Bean—A Top Humour Actor

B．Raw Hamburger Tastes Disgusting

C．Being Mannered in a Restaurant

D．How to Pretend to Like Something Boring

    Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don't talk. Gestures are the “silent language” of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood.

In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other's arm or shoulder, some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.

Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.” or “Excuse me.” Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don't do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you stare at someone, it is not polite.

For Americans, thumbs-up; means yes, very good, or well done. Thumbs-down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are singing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them.

Learning a culture's body language is sometimes confusing. If you don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.

1.If you are introduced to a stranger in the USA, you should _________.

A.greet him with a hug B.place a hand on his shoulder

C.shake his hand firmly D.shake his hand weakly

2.Which behavior is acceptable when people talk to each other in the USA?

A.Facing each other directly. B.Touching each other.

C.Not looking at the other person in the eyes. D.Not standing too close.

3.When your American friend gives you the thumbs-up, he, in fact,_________.

A.shows his rudeness to you B.shows his anger to you

C.expresses his satisfaction to you D.expresses his worries about you

    A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a clergyman in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.

The clergyman, a huge man with a loud and deep voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, “Where is God?”

The boy's mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone “Where is God?” Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and shouted" Where is God?"

The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked “What happened?”

The younger brother replied out of breath, “We are in big trouble this time. God is missing--and they think we did it.”

1.What were the two boys like?

A.They always made trouble. B.They were brave.

C.They were easygoing. D.They were honest.

2.What did their parents plan to do?

A.They gave up their children.

B.They liked their children very much.

C.They wanted the clergyman to educate their children.

D.They helped their children to make trouble.

3.What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?

A.Happy. B.Sad. C.Afraid. D.Surprised.

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1.U__________ his twin brother who is always late for class, he is usually the first to come.

2.R__________ in a wealthy, well-educated family, Mark Zuckerberg developed an interest in computer and created a messaging program called “Zucknet” at the age of 12.

3.Temperature needs to be taken on a daily b__________ during the pandemic.

4.It was f____________ that Jack narrowly escaped being killed in a traffic accident last month.

5.During the civil war, thousands of people f__________ the country and flooded into its neighboring countries.

6.It is e____________ hot today. Can we turn on the air conditioner?

7.Scientists have expressed great concern about the d____________ of the rainforests.

8.The children p__________ when they realized that they were lost in the forest.

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Mr. Mora is a famous university president. He is remembered as a 1.(humor) man because his lectures bring 2.(laugh) from time to time. He is also remembered by his family and friends 3. being absent-minded. There are many interesting stories about Mr. Mora, which amuse people.

Once on a train, a conductor came to Mr. Mora, 4.(ask) for his ticket. He began to search his pockets. No ticket appeared. Mr. Mora began searching his suitcase. “Never mind, sir,” said the conductor, seeing how 5.(anxiety) Mr. Mora was looking for his ticket and trying to comfort him. “When you find your ticket, just post it to the station. I’m sure you have 6. somewhere.” “I’m sure, too,” said the president as he continued searching. “But I must find it. I need to know 7. I’m going.”

Mr. Mora got off the train in New York and 8.(hurry) to the post office to make a telephone call to his secretary. “I’m in New York now but I don’t know why,” said Mr. Mora, feeling like a small boy 9. had got lost. Within minutes came the short reply, “You are not supposed to be in New York. You should be in Princeton to give 10. lecture.”

    Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion (独奏打击乐器) in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the _______ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _______ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my _______. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the _______ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never _______ me.”

“My _______ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I _______ to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _______ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动) I feel through my body and through my _______. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ________ that I have.”

“I was ________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had ________ this before and some teachers ________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ________ admitted and went on to ________ with the academy’s highest honors.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I ________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t ________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1.A.conditions B.opinions C.actions D.complaints

2.A.enjoying B.choosing C.taking D.giving

3.A.sight B.hearing C.touch D.taste

4.A.evidence B.result C.excuse D.cause

5.A.left B.amused C.accompanied D.disappointed

6.A.role B.decision C.promise D.goal

7.A.turned B.learned C.used D.ought

8.A.tell B.see C.hear D.smell

9.A.impression B.movement C.imagination D.recognition

10.A.sense B.effort C.feeling D.idea

11.A.dissatisfied B.astonished C.determined D.discouraged

12.A.done B.accepted C.advised D.admitted

13.A.supported B.followed C.required D.opposed

14.A.usually B.finally C.possibly D.hopefully

15.A.study B.research C.graduate D.progress

16.A.wrote B.translated C.copied D.read

17.A.enough B.some C.many D.few

18.A.However B.Although C.When D.Since

19.A.mean B.seem C.conclude D.say

20.A.directed B.attracted C.taught D.limited

    Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock.1.Here’s how to make one.

● 2.In order to make a change, you need to decide why it’s important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.

● Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3. That’s a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.

● Keep your sleep/ wake schedule on weekends. If you’re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating (补偿) on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found.  4.

● Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you’ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 5. If not, take another look at other methods you could try.

A.Get a sleep specialist.

B.Find the night motivation.

C.A better plan for sleep can help.

D.And consider setting a second alarm.

E.If the steps you take are working, keep it up.

F.Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

G.Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee.