短文填空
请认真阅读下面的短文，并根据各题所给的首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
One day when Nasreddin was having a bath, he began to1.s . The bathroom was small with a stone floor. His song was very2. b , he thought.
“Oh”,he said, “I sing very well. I will sing to 3.o people, too, and maybe I’ll be a famous 4. s , and most people will want to hear me.”
So after his bath Nasreddin went up onto the roof (屋顶) of the house and began to sing his song very 5.l .
A man was 6.w in front of the house and he7.h Nasreddin, he said, “What are you doing? You are 8.m a terrible noise. Nobody wants to hear it.”
“Oh, you think so, don’t you?” answered Nasreddin, “Well, I 9.r sing very beautifully. Come to my bathroom and you’ll hear 10.h beautiful I can sing.”
根据英文提示，写出单词的正确形式，每空填一词。
1.Unluckily, I only came ________ (nine) in the race at the sports meeting. I lost the game.
2.I hope everyone in my class can pass the entrance exams _____________ (success) next year.
3.All the teachers here suggested ____________(control) the speed of their students’ running.
4.Kitty had an _________ (please) trip to Lushan Mountain last week because of the heavy rain.
5.Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, _______(wealth) and wise. ( 此题普通班做)
6.Do you like ____________(west)? They always tell the stories of cowboys. （此题直升班做）
根据中文提示，写出单词的正确形式，每空一词。
1.Tan Dun doesn’t use any musical ________________(乐器) in his work “Work”.
2.UFO is abbreviated from Unidentified Flying _______________(物体).
3.I can learn a lot about nature, history and ________(真实生活的) events from documentaries.
4.This _____________ (导演) friends are all famous stars.
5.She is wearing an ____________（最新的）coat. ( 此题普通班做)
6.The sales of his books have reached an______________( 空前的）high.（此题直升班做）
阅读与回答问题
Sixteen is a special age in the United States. There’s often a special celebration for a girl’s 16th birthday---a big party called Sweet-16. It is like a wedding reception(结婚晚宴) in the number of guests and gifts handed out.
About a month before the party, the girl’s family sends out invitations to the guests. They must buy a special present for the birthday girl and the girl guests find good dresses to wear. A sweet-16 present usually costs $40 to $60. This is about $20 more than the usual-cost of a birthday present.
The party itself is not held at someone’s house. The hostess rents(租赁) a reception hall for the event. Food, cake and a DJ are provided. Around 6’clock, guests arrive and meet the birthday girl. Then the girl and her father have a special father-daughter dance. After that, guests dance for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Then there is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party, the candle-lighting ceremony.
The sweet-16 hostess stands behind 16 unlit(未点燃的) candles and dedicates(献给) each candle to her friends, family, and anything that she feels is important to her. A lot of crying and hugging goes on at this time.
Afterwards, people sit and eat. Most guests begin leaving around 11 o’clock.
This school year, I have been to two Sweet-16s. I am one of the youngest students in my grade (My birthday is in December). I’ll have to wait another year before I can have my own special Sweet-16 party. I can’t wait for it!
1.Why is sixteen a special age for an American girl?
2.How much does a usual birthday present for a teenager cost in the USA?
3.What is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party?
4.How old is the writer?
5.What do you think of the Sweet-16 party in the USA? (请自拟一句话作答)
阅读下列短文，根据短文信息完成文后表格，每空一词。
This week, our topic is pollution. What are the answers to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.
◇Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group.
Our future on the Earth looks very bad. We are dumping waste on our land. We can’t breathe the fresh air. The sea is polluted too.
I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not wealthy, but they are happy and healthy.
We must close the factories producing useless products. That will reduce rubbish and air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars, and improve public transport.
A big problem is overpopulation in big cities. We must give up big cities and factories, and go back to a simple way of life.
◇John Green is a scientist at a university.
Things are not as bad as Forest says. We’ll have a bright future. We don’t need to give up cars but we need to invent better, cleaner engines.
This won’t stop the problem of traffic jams. So we need better public transport. We should also recycle more.
But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our old neighbourhood doesn’t look the same as before－it is cleaner and greener now.”
In a word, science has brought many improvements to our life.
Forest Smith: A member of an 1. group | Our future on the Earth looks bad. | ◇We’re 2. waste on our land ◇The air can’t be 3. in. ◇People have polluted the sea. ◇The population in 4. cities is very large. |
What we can do | ◇5. some factories will reduce rubbish and air pollution. ◇We must recycle more and 6. the public transport better. | |
Conclusion: We must go back to a simple way of life | ||
John Green: A 7. at a university. | We still have a 8. future. | ◇We 9. better and cleaner engines because we can’t give up cars. ◇We also need better transport and to recycle more. |
Conclusion: Life has been 10. a lot because of science. | ||
The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers(表演者) in the theater. He was a man famous for his escapes（逃走；逃生） — from prison cells（囚室）, from wooden boxes floating（漂浮） in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison （监狱）escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded（说服） a detective（侦探） which to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame, and a name remembered today.
1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on ________.
A. his special tricks and supernatural powers
B. his unusual ability and a skeleton key
C. his magic tricks and inhuman powers
D. his wisdom and magic tricks
2.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to (指的是)______.
A. his first prison escape B. the year 1898
C. the publicity D. Harry Houdini's success
3.Which of the following statement is right?
A. Someone gave him a key that fits many locks.
B. He made a key that could open every door.
C. Everyone hated him very much.
D. He was trained to escape again.
4.The followings help him succeed EXCEPT ________.
A. his brother's help B. his wife's help
C. his fingers D. his toes
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Skeleton Key B. Many Secrets
C. World-wide Fame D. Great Escapes
