1.说实在的，如果你能用现金支付我会非常感激（honest； appreciate）
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2.我们钦佩他对教学的投入，从他身上我们学到了很多（admire; devotion; 定语从句）
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3.他和女主人交谈得很开心。显然，他们对彼此很熟悉（familiar）
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4.他女朋友一直未原谅他的不守信，即便他已经道歉了（forgive; word; even though）
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5.我们的老师认为养成良好的学习习惯很重要，我们可以从中受益匪浅（attach; form; benefit）
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In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice-bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 1. Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 2. (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine 
various hardwoods and metal 3. (create) special design.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 4. (use) twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, 5. the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 6. (gradual) turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 7. lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 8. (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 9. (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 10. their hands.
The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin（海豚） was swimming．Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg．
In her second grade．Maja __________ her cousin，Jasmina．After Jasmina’s death．Maja swore she would honor the little girl by __________ with a dolphin, an animal that both girls __________.” Jasmina never got the chance to do it.” says Maja, now, “so I __________ that someday I’d do it for her．”
In high school, Maja was __________ about sports．She even planned to become an athlete． __________, in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb（炸弹）__________ her left leg．
After two years’ __________ in the U.S., Maja received her first artificial leg, but __________ it didn’t fit well, walking for Maja was very painful. __________, she managed to graduate from a local high school．Then after receiving a __________ from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and __________ started her own company．
To relax, Maja __________ often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium（水族馆）near her home．A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her __________. One day, Maja happened to see trainers __________ Winter with a high-tech tail．When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water. Maja was inspired．She__________ to find the inventors of Winter’s tail．Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the __________ that had troubled her for almost 16 years．
Now Maja was ready to keep her __________．She went to the aquarium．Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who got close __________, then swam away．After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja __________ its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together．
1.A. lost B. visited C. rescued D. left
2.A. talking B. living C. surfing D. swimming
3.A. spoiled B. accepted C. liked D. bought
4.A. pretended B. perfected C. decided D. agreed
5.A. interested B. crazy C. positive D. concerned
6.A. Undoubtedly B. Surprisingly C. Unfortunately D. Strangely
7.A. took away B. took over C. cut down D. cut off
8.A. study B. operation C. experiment D. treatment
9.A. until B. because C. although D. if
10.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
11.A. glory B. notice C. prize D. degree
12.A. gradually B. finally C. actually D. personally
13.A. might B. should C. would D. could
14.A. nose B. leg C. eye D. hand
15.A. decorating B. guiding C. marking D. fitting
16.A. succeeded B. managed C. shocked D. puzzled
17.A. pain B. 
sadness C. worry D. fear
18.A. attention B. promise C. record D. habit
19.A. blindly B. swiftly C. carefully D. gratefully
20.A. touch B. cover C. mop D. inspect
Teamwork is the ability to work together with other members toward a common goal. 1. Many factors influence the working of a team. If a team can’t get the desired results, try the following ways that would help improve teamwork.
Planning goals ahead: 2. When a goal is planned, all team members should be clear about their goal they have to achieve and then they should find a way that would lead them to achieve their goal.
Electing a team leader: A team is led by the team leader. 3. It is the leader’s duty to work out the conflicts(冲突) caused by different characters and attitudes.
Maintaining(维持) good relationships between team members: Teamwork needs cooperation. 4. So it will also be great if the team members can communicate outside the workplace to know each other more. This will help increase a sense of togetherness at work, thus improving teamwork.
Avoiding competition: Competition is important for a person’s growth. 5. One should understand that each person has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. Rather than compete with each other in the team, one should learn from others and improve his or her own performance.
A. It will be good for their cooperation if the members know each other well.
B. But there are many difficulties in teamwork.
C. The ability can help common people achieve uncommon goals.
D. His or her duty is to encourage and lead the team members to achieve their goal.
E. The goals should be easy enough to achieve.
F. However, unhealthy competition among group members can hurt team spirit.
G. It is the duty of all the members to work together to plan the goal.
Earlier this month, blogger Lisa Henderson announced that she and her husband John had decided not to have Christmas. The family, who lives in Utah, will still put up decorations, but presents from Santa are a no-go this year.
“John and I feel like we are fighting a very hard uphill battle with our kids when it comes to their rights,” Henderson wrote on her blog. “It is one of the biggest struggles as a parent these days in middle class America. Our kids have been acting so ungrateful lately. ... John said, “We shouldn’t just celebrate Christmas. And, so that’s what we did.”
Instead, the Hendersons are putting the money they would have spent on gifts toward service projects in order to teach their three sons the “pleasure of giving.” The children will still receive gifts from grandparents and other family members, but this year, she said, their letters to Santa will be asking him to find someone who needs presents more than they do.
In an interview with ABC News, 11-year-old Caleb Henderson admitted that he and his brothers had been behaving badly. “We would hit each other. We were fighting and crying,” he admitted, and Lisa said that when she broke the news to her sons, they cried pretty hard.
But so far, Henderson told Fox News last week, the family is having a sudden turning this into a different kind of gift. They have already held a clothing drive and sent boxes of clothes and candy to a village in the Philippines that was hit hard last year by Typhoon Haiyan.
“The children were excited and kept wanting to give more and more,” she reported on her blog.
Many readers responded positively to Henderson’s post. Some sharing their own stories of limiting Christmas in order to teach their children to be charitable(仁慈的) or grateful. “As parents you’re giving your kids something so much more special than a bunch of gifts on Christmas,” one wrote.
But Henderson received negative follow-ups as well on her blog. Responding to critics, she updated her blog with a statement that reads, in part:
I just wanted to explain a couple of things. First, my kids are in no way hurt for things.... They have reacted by making gifts for each other and packing them into each other’s stockings stealthily(偷偷地). They are learning exactly what we wanted them to learn, because they are not moving around feeling sorry for themselves. They are thinking of others.
The second thing I wanted to explain is why I wrote this post. Some people seem to think I wrote this for attention. Ummm, the attention you get from posts like this is not good and actually extremely difficult to deal with.... The reason I wrote this post is I want to empower parents to feel like it’s okay to take a stand. ... I wanted to share what we are doing, so any parents that feel they are struggling with the same issues in their home can see what others are doing and get ideas for their family. My intention is to help support other parents and to raise amazing kids.
1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by_______.
A. when Lisa told the kids they didn’t spend Christmas, they felt extremely sad
B. all the kids let out an excited cry when Santa sent them Christmas presents
C. the moment Lisa said the Philippines was hit by typhoon, they burst into tears
D. when their grandparents didn’t send them gifts, the kids couldn’t help crying.
2.From the last two paragraphs we can conclude that_______.
A. the writer strongly called on people to care for the unfortunate
B. educating kids needs regular communication and great patience
C. the writer wants to share his experiences of raising amazing kids
D. parents should praise children for their kindness to other people
3.Which of the following can be the best title?
A. Why These Parents Decided Not To Celebrate Christmas.
B. How Americans usually Spend A Traditional Christmas.
C. A Hard Battle between Kids And Parents At Christmas.
D. What American People Do To Have A Nice Christmas
When the dog named Judy spotted the first sheep in her life, she did what comes naturally. The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction. Then she ran along the edge of cliff( 悬崖) and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea.
Her owner Mike Holden panicked and called the coastguard of Cornwall, who turned up in seconds. Six volunteers slid down the cliff with the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a 90-minute search.
Three days later, a hurricane(飓风) hit the coast near Cornwall. Mr. Holden returned home from his holiday upset and convinced his pet was dead. He comforted himself with the thought she had died in the most beautiful part of the country.
For the next two weeks, the Holdens were heartbroken. Then, one day, the phone rang and Steve Tregear, the coastguard of Cornwall, asked Holder if he would like his dog back.
A birdwatcher, armed with a telescope, found the pet sitting hopelessly on a rock. While he sounded the alarm, a student from Leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.
The dog had been knocked unconscious(失去知觉的)at first but had survived by drinking water from a fresh scream at the base of the cliff. She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge. “The dog was very thin and hungry,” Steve Tregear said , “
It was a very lucky dog. She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water,” he added.
It was, as Mr. Holden admitted, “a minor miracle(奇迹)”.
1.The dog Judy fell down the cliff when she was ________.
A. rescuing her owner B. caught in a hurricane
C. blocked by a rock D. running after a sheep
2.Who spotted Judy after the accident?
A. A student from Leeds B. A birdwatcher
C. Six volunteers D. The coastguard of Cornwall
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. People like to travel with their pets.
B. Judy was taken to the fields for hunting.
C. Holden cared little where Judy was buried.
D. Luck plays an important role in Judy's survival.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Miracle of the Coastguard. B. Coming Back from the Dead.
C. Dangers in the Wild D. Surviving a Hurricane.
