语法填空
At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. 1.__________ largest number of people speaking English may be in China at present. A lot of Chinese people speak English 2._________ their foreign language and some can even speak English 3.___________ (fluent). The English language 4.___________ (change) quite a lot over time. Old English 5.__________ (speak) at that time sounded like German because it 6.__________ (base) on German, but modern English sounds more like French 7._________ German because England was once ruled by the French. Two people had great effects on English. One was Shakespeare, the person 8.___________ enriched the English vocabulary; the 9._________ was Noah Webster. He wrote a dictionary and finally gave American English 10._________ own identity.
单词拼写
1.She was being _____________ (测量) for the wedding dress.
2.My pet dog died after eating a poisoned mouse and was ______(埋葬) under a tall tree in my garden.
3.The white bird pigeon is a__________(象征)of peace and freedom.
4.It was the first time that he had _____________ (经历) the sense of beauty.
5.That tall building is seen as a(n)___________(标志性建筑)in this city.
6.She _____________ (签) her name to the book.
7.____________ (遗憾的是), her father can’t come to the wedding.
8.The ___________ (受污染的) river did great harm to the farmers nearby.
9.The dog barked at the stranger __________ (猛烈地)。
10.Men just wear a jacket and tie. ___________ (同样地), women must wear a skirt or dress.
完形填空
It happened on a Saturday afternoon about 12 years ago. I volunteered to take my daughter to the local ________ while my wife did the housework. As soon as we got there, my daughter rushed to the ________ and asked for a push. As I was helping my daughter to go higher and higher, I noticed ________ trying to get her own swing going, but ________. Her grandmother was sitting quietly on a nearby bench and took no notice of it at all.
After giving my daughter a big ________, I walked over to the little girl and asked if she needed a push too. She ________ and said “Yes!” I soon had her feet flying towards ________ while she laughed happily. For the next two hours I ________myself pushing swings and playing games with my daughter and the little girl on the playground. By the time we ________home, I was physically exhausted, but my spirits were still ________ higher than those swings.
One day 2 years later, as usual, I needed to ________my daughter from school before going home. I stood tiredly in the parents’ ________ area watching for my kid. ________ , I felt two tiny arms going around my stomach. I ________ and there was the very little girl on the playground smiling up at me. She gave me one more big ________ before running off to catch her school bus. As I watched her ________ , I didn’t feel so ________ any more and my ________ were once again up in the heavens.
In this life every single bit of ________ we share finds its way back to us again. It may travel from heart to heart or it may blossom in the soul ________ it was planted.
1.A. stadium B. playground C. park D. square
2.A. tracks B. stand C. swings D. bars
3.A. a mother B. another little girl C. my daughter D. an old woman
4.A. succeeded B. fell C. failed D. slid
5.A. prize B. blow C. smile D. push
6.A. nodded B. wondered C. defended D. argued
7.A. the earth B. my daughter C. the clouds D. her grandmother
8.A. found B. suggested C. imagined D. watched
9.A. left B. headed C. moved D. struggled
10.A. running B. speeding C. floating D. flying
11.A. pick up B. dress up C. bring up D. cheer up
12.A. sleeping B. smoking C. reading D. waiting
13.A. Gradually B. Suddenly C. Fortunately D. Eventually
14.A. gave in B. moved off C. looked down D. watched out
15.A. kiss B. surprise C. reward D. hug
16.A. cheeks B. stomach C. back D. shoulders
17.A. tired B. amused C. amazed D. bored
18.A. senses B. memories C. minds D. spirits
19.A. love B. praise C. comfort D. glory
20.A. when B. where C. which D. that
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The Basic Survival Skills
Learning survival skills is an ongoing process(过程)that will last for your entire life. Because each situation has its particular requirements, there is always more to learn and experience. 1.
Fire
Fire provides warmth, light, and comfort, and keeps away the creatures. But even those are not all. 2. Always have at least two ways of making a fire. With waterproof (防水的) matches, or a fire starter you should be able to create a fire anytime anywhere.
Shelter
Shelter protects your body from heat, cold, rain, snow, the sun, and wind. It also protects you from insects and other creatures that seek to do you harm. Before you are in need of making a survival shelter, be sure to practice and experiment with a variety of materials and survival plans on a regular basis. Clothing is the first line of shelter protection. 3.
Signaling
Signaling allows you to get in touch with people who can rescue you without having to be close by. 4. These include using fire and smoke, flashlights, bright colored clothing and other markers, mirrors, and whistles.
First Aid
5. Most injuries you may face in the wilderness are relatively minor cuts, burns and scrapes. Larger injuries need formal treatment, which means you will need outside help.
A. Have the right clothes for the right environment.
B. There are a variety of ways to signal for help.
C. Lay out SOS from rocks, logs or colored clothing.
D. Always bring along your first aid box and a space blanket.
E. Fire and smoke can be used for signaling very long distances.
F. Panic is your number one enemy when you are in any emergency situation.
G. These 4 basic skills may put you on your way toward becoming a survivor.
Disneyland calls itself the happiest place in the world. In order to keep visitors happy in its locations across the globe, every theme park in the world is changed slightly to satisfy local cultures and tastes.
Opened in 1983 and larger than the original California Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland is the third most visited of any theme park in the world after the two Disney parks in the US. Like Walt Disney World in Florida, Cinderella’s Castle is located at the centre of the park.
But like karaoke, which originated in Japan and is a country-wide obsession (痴迷), Disneyland gives the often-reserved (矜持) Japanese people a place to show their noisy side. In Tokyo Disneyland, even adult visitors will sing, clap and dance along to the internationally themed live shows, which is a rare sight in the US.
After excitedly entering Disneyland Paris, which opened in 1992, visitors can see an arcade that features a small copy of the Statue of Liberty – a gift from France to American in 1886, making it a perfect introduction to this Europe’s only Disneyland theme park.
Unfortunately, the French stereotype of a smoking wine drinker is supported in Disneyland Paris. Many visitors complain (抱怨) that although the theme park is equipped with special smoking areas, most smokers seem to puff away (吹气) in all the open areas, including in queues for rides. Besides this, it is also the only Disneyland in the world where you can enjoy an alcoholic drink with your meal; a French meal without a glass of wine would make for the unhappiest place in the world.
1.What can we learn from the second and the third paragraph?
A. Tokyo Disneyland is the third largest theme park in the world.
B. Tokyo Disneyland is meant only for adult people.
C. There is no Cinderella’s Castle in Tokyo Disneyland.
D. Tokyo Disneyland is more visited than Disneyland Paris.
2.What are most visitors unhappy about when in Disneyland Paris?
A. No live shows there.
B. No smoking areas in the park.
C. Much smoking smell in the air.
D. Having to line up for a long time.
3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence?
A. Drinking alcohol is not allowed in other Disneyland in the world except Disneyland Paris.
B. If you want to be happy, go to Disneyland Paris and enjoy a glass of wine there.
C. The alcoholic drink is forbidden in Disneyland Paris.
D. Disneyland Paris is the unhappiest place in the world.
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A. The reason for building Disneyland across the globe
B. The introduction to Disneyland theme parks in Japan and the US
C. The difference between Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland
D. The simple analysis of Disneyland’s popularity in some parts of the world
Children whose minds wander might have sharper brains, a research suggests.
A study has found that people who appear to be often distracted (走神) have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and control it cleverly.
Children at school need this type of memory on a daily basis for a variety of tasks, such as following teachers’ instructions or remembering dictated (听写的) sentences. During the study, volunteers were asked to perform one simple task during which researchers kept asking if their minds were wandering. At the end, volunteers measured their working memory capacity (容量) by their ability to remember a series of letters mixed with simple maths questions.
Daniel Levinson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, said that those with higher working memory capacity reported “more mind wandering during these simple tasks”, but their performance did not suffer.
The results, published online in the journal Psychological Science, appear to confirm former research that found working memory allows humans to deal with multiple thoughts at the same time.
Dr Jonathan Smallwood, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science in Leipzig, Germany, said, “What this study seems to suggest is that, when surroundings for the task aren’t very difficult, people with additional working memory capacity use them effectively to think about other things besides what they’re doing.”
Working memory capacity is also associated with general measures of intelligence, such as reading comprehension and IQ scores. Dr Smallwood added: “Our results suggest the sorts of planning that people do quite often in daily life – when they are on the bus, when they are cycling to work, when they are in the shower – are probably supported by working memory.”
1.During the study, the researchers asked the volunteers to _______.
A. solve some difficult maths problems
B. retell some dictated sentences
C. follow the teacher’s instructions
D. carry out one simple task
2.The underlined word “suffer” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.
A. become worse B. settle down
C. experience pain D. run out
3.According to the study, working memory _______.
A. prevents people from remembering dictated sentences
B. causes people’s minds to wander more easily
C. allows people to consider more things at the same time
D. leads to people’s worse performance during work
4.What’s the text mainly about?
A. How the working memory works in the daily life.
B. Wandering minds might have brighter brains.
C. Why people’s minds wander while working.
D. Working ability can be improved by wandering minds.