Obviously, the ability to talk is ______ that marks humans off from animals.
A. something B. anything
C. nothing D. everything
—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.
—________. It’s annoying.
A. Sorry, I’m not with you B. I couldn’t agree more
C. I’m afraid not D. I have no idea
一家英语报社举行征文活动，主题是“我的高中生活”。请根据以下要点完成短文。
1. 校园生活； 2. 收获； 3. 感想。
注意 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语已为你写好。
High school is a golden time in one’s life with great fun and fond memories.
A foreign student graduated with honors from a finely university in Germany. He expected to find a good job and have a bright future. But in his disappointment, he wasn't even giving the chance for an interview! The third time he was refused, he phoned the company to ask how. "We don't employ dishonest people in Germany" is the answer. What was wrong? Shortly before he arrived in Germany, he found easy to steal subway rides. But he often rode without a ticket and was caught up three times. Now he had to pay a high price for his own behavior. We should all keep in minds: honesty is the best policy.
World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It 1. (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. 2. aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone 3._ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 4. (belong) to all people.
The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce5. number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world. It is 6. (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, "It's time to start by reading aloud to7. might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently 8. someone else's story as they share with you." The United Nations says, "Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, 9. to participate fully in society." In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a 10. (different).
I have two friends who love backpacking. They spent a lot of time in a part of New York State's Adirondack Mountains. It 46 mountains with a height of over 4,000 feet. The Adirondack Mountain Club gives recognition, and an award, to anyone who all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this award.
Now what you have to understand is that many of the 46 mountains have well-marked to their summits (山顶), others are not marked at all. You have to "bushwhack (在丛林中开路)" using a compass and a map.
My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains. They had just one — it was the most requiring bushwhacking. A hiking path led past the base of the mountain, but from that point they were on their own.
Early one morning they left their and walked five miles on the hiking path to the base of a chain of mountains. When they arrived, they that they had left their compass and map back in camp. Rather than the camp, they decided to bushwhack without the compass and map.
For hours they uphill enduring heat, thick bush, and black flies. , late in the afternoon they found themselves at the of a mountain successfully. They were exhausted but .
The feeling was short-lived, however. When they looked across the valley, they another higher mountain. They had climbed the one! It was too that weekend to put their error right. They had to another four months to climb the right mountain.
This story us a good lesson. Often in life we put in a great effort to reach a goal. But without the right "map" and "compass", it is to get "lost".
1.A. goes through B. consists of C. relies on D. connects to
2.A. special B. similar C. normal D. general
3.A. describes B. draws C. observes D. climbs
4.A. while B. since C. because D. unless
5.A. paths B. rivers C. views D. avenues
6.A. occupied B. left C. deserted D. missed
7.A. interesting B. changeable C. reachable D. remote
8.A. house B. room C. camp D. yard
9.A. ignored B. discovered C. sensed D. explained
10.A. departing from B. traveling to C. returning to D. going for
11.A. jumped B. wandered C. ran D. walked
12.A. Immediately B. Surely C. Finally D. Hopefully
13.A. bottom B. top C. slope D. base
14.A. embarrassed B. moved C. disturbed D. excited
15.A. admired B. checked C. saw D. appreciated
16.A. strange B. wrong C. distant D. steep
17.A. late B. dangerous C. puzzling D. helpless
18.A. save B. wait C. gain D. put
19.A. sends B. tells C. recommends D. teaches
20.A. easy B. hard C. annoying D. discouraging
