阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is 1. (say) that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave 2. (present) to them.
Today, Father Christmas is 3. imaginary figure, but 4. (near) all young children believe in him. They think he is an 5. (attract) old man with a long white beard 6. a long red robe.
7. the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace 8. (put) presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So children go to bed that night, 9. (hang) up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it's really 10. (they) parents who fill the stockings.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A poor farmer had a friend was famous for the apple he grew. One day, his friend gave the farmer a(n) and told him to it home. The farmer was with the gift, but when he got home he did not know to plant it.
He was that if he planted the tree the road, the fruit would be stolen. If he planted the tree in one of his field, his neighbors would come and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.
he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. The farmer was very of what he did. However, as time went on, he found that the tree didn’t any fruit. He didn’t know without and good soil, the tree soon after he planted it.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said . "If I had planted the tree near the road, would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my field, my neighbors would have come and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit."
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have the fruit. Now you not only have robbed every one the fruit, but also you have a good apple tree!"
1.A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
2.A. beautiful B. wonderful C. bad D. usual
3.A. apple B. tree C. book D. shovel
4.A. bring B. fetch C. take D. reach
5.A. careful B. sad C. pleased D. busy
6.A. what B. how C. why D. where
7.A. confused B. happy C. afraid D. puzzled
8.A. near B. on C. in D. down
9.A. at night B. during their spare time C. at their convenience D. at noon
10.A. Gradually B. Finally C. Exactly D. Actually
11.A. worried B. concerned C. embarrassed D. proud
12.A. take B. develop C. bear D. get
13.A. air B. sunlight C. water D. rain
14.A. ruined B. stopped C. destroyed D. died
15.A. strange B. special C. poor D. ill
16.A. angrily B. confidently C. seriously D. happily
17.A. neighbors B. strangers C. children D. farmers
18.A. got B. taken C. enjoyed D. owned
19.A. with B. of C. for D. off
20.A. destroyed B. stopped C. planted D. created
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How many ways are there to reach the state of being happy?
1. Happiness is not an aim, but a journey. If you seek for pleasure in the course of the journey, the course will become a destination, and what's more, it will be a prolonged, boundlessly beneficial destination for all your life.
2. 1. Remain standing here, seize the present moment, and you will be happy.
3. Happiness is mental before it is physical. 2. It is better to eat without meat than to have a load on your mind.
4. Happiness is the opposite of unhappiness. 3. Release yourself from the unhappy mood and you will be happy.
5. Happiness is a matter of giving; the more you give out, the more you will get back. Share your happiness with others and you will enjoy it more.
6. Happiness is a very strange thing. It will not turn up when you beckon it, call it, and solicit it. But when you pretend complete indifference, it will pay too much attention to you, learn close to you and live with you. 4.
7. 5. It is unwise as well as useless to try to keep it. You have got to keep on making new happiness, so that one happiness follows in the wake of another.
8. The greatest happiness you can gain is realizing that you are not necessarily in need of it.
A. In dealing with happiness, you should adopt the strategy of leaving it at large to understand it better.
B. The decline of one means the growth of the other.
C. When you meet everyone, try smiling to them.
D. The happy place is this place, and the happy moment is this moment.
E. Happiness is drifting from place to place.
F. Smiling is a gift that God gives us.
G. In order to be physically happy to the full, you must first feel at ease and be free of worry.
Young people frequently say that they want to exercise, but they just can’t find the time.
The solution just might be in-office interval training.
Recent studies show that very short but intense exercise rapidly builds and maintains fitness and health, even when the workout is only a few minutes long.
Work the stairs
You can complete an excellent, effective — and very brief — workout in an office stairwell, says Martin Gibala, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Canada and an expert on interval training.
For a study that he and his colleagues presented earlier this year, they asked 12 out-of-shape women in their 20s to warm up for two minutes by slowly walking up and down stairs in a campus office building.
They completed three of these abbreviated stair workouts per week for six weeks.
By the end, their aerobic fitness had improved substantially, the researchers reported, by about as much as if they had been running or cycling each week for hours.
Fidget your way to fitness.
Parents and teachers may once have urged you to sit still, but wiggling, tapping your toes, standing briefly, and otherwise fidgeting as much as possible at your desk is in fact good for your body.
In one recent study, college students showed healthier blood flow in their lower legs if they fidgeted than if they did not.
Even better, a 2008 study found that among office workers, those who frequently fidgeted burned as many as 300 calories more each day than those who resolutely stayed still.
1. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?
A. several ways to work out within short time
B. short exercise does no good to health
C. how to find time to exercise
D. fitness can be improved
2.According to the experiment, women spending two minutes working stairs for six weeks __________.
A. didn’t benefit from workout
B. felt more unhealthy
C. became fatter in figure
D. benefited a lot
3.How many studies are shown in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
4.The writer may agree ___________.
A. sitting still during work hours
B. lying as often as possible
C. trying to frequently walk back and forth
C. standing and working without any stop
Apple is to open a research lab in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, according to Tim Cook, its chief executive, as it seeks to boost sales in the country and improve ties with the authorities.
Beijing has been encouraging foreign technology companies to carry out more high-end work on the mainland as part of efforts to revitalize local industry.
It will be Apple’s second facility in China. It already has a new research and development facility in Beijing.
The two R&D centers were “aimed at strengthening relationships with local partners and universities as we work to support talent development across the country”, Apple said in a statement.
A closer relationship with the Chinese authorities has been a priority following setbacks for the US technology company this year.
The iPhone has been losing market share to high-end handsets made by local competitors including Huawei, Vivo and Oppo, which topped the rankings in the second quarter, while Apple languished in fifth place, according to Canalys data.
Analysts said the announcement of the R&D centre was Mr. Cook’s latest attempt to gain favour with Beijing, following the US group’s $1billion investment in Didi Chuxing, the Chinese car-hailing company, in May.
Apple has had to change its approach in China as it faces rising nationalism and high-quality local competition, according to Ge Jia, a tech blogger, who wrote yesterday: “It’s time for Apple to cast aside their pride.” “Their previous strategy of only selling devices to China without leaving anything behind is not working any more and they are starting their process of localisation in China through the Shenzhen lab.”
1.Apple is going to open a research lab in Shenzhen to _____________.
A. promote Shenzhen’s economy
B. promote its sales in China
C. get help of Chinese experts
D. join in local competition
2.Which of the following is true?
A. There is only one research facility in China.
B. Apple has always been in good relationship with Chinese authorities.
C. Huawei has ranked to No.1 in the second sales quarter.
D. Apple is changing its strategy in order to boost sales.
3.What caused Apple’s sales in China to fall?
A. Its bad quality and high price.
B. Nationalism and high-quality local competition.
C. Out-of-date design and false advertisement.
D. Chinese government’s ban on purchase.
4.According to Ge Jia, what is Apple’s previous sales approach in China?
A. taking part in high-quality local competition.
B. choosing certain customers in China.
C. only selling devices.
D. selling devices as well as technology.
Gabby Douglas stood beneath the Rio Olympic Arena, still in her Team USA leotard, trying hard to understand how she had become the most unpatriotic athlete in Rio. Tears filled in her eyes. She tried hard to talk but no words came out. Her pauses were long and uncomfortable.
“I’ve been trying to stay off the Internet because there’s so much negativity,” she said. The attacks against her have been everywhere these last few days. The bullies blamed her for not putting her hand over her heart while the US national song played. Besides, some other people attacked her for not jumping up and cheering hard enough for team-mates at the all-around final. All of this prompted her mother, Natalie Hawkins, to tell Reuters this weekend, that Douglas is “heartbroken”.
It showed on Sunday, in Douglas’s final performance of this Olympics and maybe in the Games ever. Douglas finished sixth in the uneven bars, far from the medal stand she owned four years ago in London, and shook her head, confused. What had she done wrong? Nothing made sense.
“I mean, you do [Olympics] for your country, and you do it for yourself, how have I offended them? What have I done? I was standing in respect for USA. I’m coming out there representing them to the best of my abilities, so how would I be in disrespect?
1.Why was Douglas heartbroken?
A. Because she lost the chance to take part in the Olympic Games.
B. Because she didn’t win any medal.
C. Because she was criticized by many people for her unintentional behaviors.
D. Because she made a big mistake.
2.Which sports event do you think Douglas is most likely to be in?
A. gymnastics B. high jump
C. dance D. triathlon
3.Which of the following is an improper behavior?
A. Putting hands over one’s heart while the national song played.
B. Jumping up and cheering hard enough for team-mates.
C. Taking part in the Olympic Games for one’s country.
D. Attacking athletes who don’t win golden medals.
4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards Douglas?
A. Enthusiastic B. Neutral
C. Critical D. Angry
