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Climbing is my most favourite sport. I am very fond of it, especially in later autumn. One day early in the morning, my friends and I put on my sports shoes and start off. After climbing for half an hour, we got to the top of the mountain. There we had good view miles around. To the north, a big river crossed the city, on which there were many ships sail busily. A lot of beautiful trees was there, too. The sun started to go down, for it was time for us to go back. In the way back, we were laughing and talking all the time. We had a good time on that day.
1.I have a car of my own. ________ is no need to buy another one.
2.A _______(various) of digital cameras are sold in the shopping mall.
3.A large quantity of flowers _______(plant) on the farm that we visited.
4.________(exist) for hundreds of years, the custom is difficult to get rid of.
5.The last one ________(leave) the classroom is supposed to turn off the lights and shut the door.
6.Thirty years ago, his family was too badly _______ to buy a TV set.
7.The whole class ________(listen) to the teacher attentively when the girl came in.
8.I would rather ________(tell) him the truth. I felt ashamed to tell lies.
9.I learnt a lot from that experience. Above all, it built _______ my confidence.
10.The tall tree is twice ________ height of the smaller one.
11.Suddenly ________ hit me that I could go to the library for more information.
12.The building ________(construct) will be a student apartment. We have to stand the noise when we are studying.
13.________ after the exam papers are corrected do you know the result.
14.The cooking book ________(intend) for house wives.
15.Please check the paper and correct my mistakes ________ any.
My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch（发射）. The Discovery was to soar at 10:14 AM on a blue sky September day. I’d seen it 42 so many times on television, now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it’s the final demonstration of the of success: Success Takes Off Like a Rocket.
Witnessing the Take Off:
Standing close to the Space Shuttle drives home one unforgettable point — the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building, 4.5 million pounds, and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much , so much easier.
Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small of hundreds of portable radios all tuned（调准） to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating out of your _ .
When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts （螺栓） . The first things you see are large white clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way . Thousands upon millions of pounds of can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle __ _ and roars into the sky, headed into space at a _ of over 17,000 mph.
It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is . Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first two minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital altitude.
And that’s exactly how success : The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.
1.A. advised B. hoped C. scheduled D. reminded
2.A. take up B. come up C. step up D. go up
3.A. but B. and C. as D. therefore
4.A. universe B. world C. nature D. air
5.A. costing B. weighing C. measuring D. selling
6.A. on B. off C. up D. away
7.A. smaller B. greater C. bigger D. clever
8.A. rockets B. workers C. speakers D. astronauts
9.A. mouth B. stomach C. mind D. chest
10.A. blow B. follow C. grow D. flow
11.A. gas B. smoke C. mist D.steam
12.A. downward B. upward C. forward D. outward
13.A. pull B. lift C. push D. pressure
14.A. picks up B. puts off C. picks out D. puts on
15.A. distance B. degree C. height D. speed
16.A. ordinary B. present C. absolute D. apparent
17.A. puts off B. gets off C. takes off D. gives off
18.A. hardest B. easiest C. simplest D. biggest
19.A. while B. if C. unless D. until
20.A. useless B. careless C. priceless D. aimless
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes. Identity theft is a crime in which your personal information is stolen by someone and is used in an illegal way. When your identity is stolen, the thief often does fraud with that. He may get a credit card in your name and spend it carelessly without paying the bills; 1. _ and you have to be responsible for the traffic accidents he causes…
Why is identity theft becoming so common? 2. __. And the wealth of personal details people post on social networks such as Facebook also makes it easier for identity thieves to obtain personal information.
Many people are not aware of the problems caused by this crime. They wake up from their carefree attitude only when they become a victim and suffer the damages caused by this crime.
3. _ and this is why it is important that every person should become cautious when using the Internet. The following tips may prevent you from identity theft.
First, make sure your computer has an updated anti-virus and firewall system installed. Second, only enter your credit card details on secure sites, or websites that you’ve used before. Third, 4. __. Your date of birth, names of schools attended, phone number or the names of your parents are often required to verify an identity, and thieves can use this information too. Fourth, avoid sharing files as this gives other people access to your hard drive. Fifth, never open suspicious e-mails from unknown source. Last but not least, create complex passwords using a combination of numbers and keyboard symbols and _5. __.
A. The popularity of the Internet and computers provides a gateway for the identity theft
B. avoid giving away too much personal information on social networking sites
C. There is one solution to the problem
D. He may get a driver’s license in your name
E. change your passwords on a regular basis
F. There is no cure for identity theft except prevention
G. He may borrow money from the bank in your name
You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it .But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette is sort of odd,” Gray told the BBC, “They [elevators] are socially very interesting but often very awkward places”.
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.
If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally(对角地) across from each other to create distance.
When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.
1.According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.
A. turn around and greet one another
B. look around or examine their phone
C. make eye contact with those in the elevator
D. try to keep a distance from other people
2.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?
3.The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. judge B. ignore
C. put up with D. make the best of
4.According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.
A. someone’s odd behaviors
B. the lack of space
C. their unfamiliarity with one another
D. their eye contact with one another
The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.
The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better. Cai Jigang, a professor from Fudan University said, “The reform shows China is to give students more test-taking chances. But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score.”
“In my opinion, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” said Yu Lizhong, chancellor of New York University Shanghai, “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, canhave different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”
Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.
The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years. But parents with younger children are concerned. Zhang Hui, the mother of a fourth-grade girl at Pudong Zhuyuan Primary School, said English was her daughter’s strength, so canceling the English test would not favor her child.
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.
B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of Chinese “Gaokao”.
C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.
D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime
2.According to the passage, some Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.
A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference
B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam
C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite
D. Western educational system does not apply to China
3.According to Yu Lizhong, _______________.
A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.
B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.
C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.
D. English must be close to full mark.
4.What’s the purpose of writing the passage?
A. To advise students not to devote themselves to learning English.
B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.
C. To support Education Department’s act of removing English from “Gaokao”
D. To report people’s opinions on English being removed from “Gaokao”
