My friend Mike have benefited greatly from humor. He is kind but overweight, that brings him a lot of problems. Once one of my classmates laughed him, “ Why are you so fat?” We all stopped to stare at Mike, wonder how he would answer the question. She just said in a calm voice, “ Well, because of my size must be large enough to hold my large heart of love.” Hearing his word, we all burst into laughter. Not only does Mike take the joke, but he also managed to cope with the embarrassed situation. What a important part humor plays in our daily life!
1.建造，修建 ________________________
2.摆脱 _________________________
3.上升 ________________________
4.到目前为止 _________________________
5.交换意见 ________________________
6.应当，理应 _________________________
7.在…领域 ______________________
8.把…加入到… _________________________
9.把…放的井然有序 _________________
10.对…做出反应 _________________________
1.If cancers are spotted early, there is a high chance of____________( survive).
2.____________(fortunate), neither of them could swim.
3.Almost 13％ of the working population are already____________(employ); in other words, they are out of work.
4.With Christmas____________(approach), big shopping malls are becoming busier.
5.Jerry reached the____________(conclude) that the company was expanding.
6.China Daily has many websites in three languages, ____________(form) Asia’s biggest network of English-language news and information.
7.We prefer to go shopping there because their prices are____________(afford).
8.They provide lots of electrical e____________(设备).
9.There are a number of____________(艺术馆) in the district.
10.The Public Square is an eye-catching sight of the city. There ____________(stand) a stone sculpture of a famous historical figure.
Running a few kilometers each day is good for our health. However, new research says running too much could be bad for us. Running long distances 1. (regular) for many years could make our life 2. (short), not longer. The study is from the Minneapolis Heart Institute. A researcher said too much running can created plague(斑) inside your heart, 3. can lead to heart disease. He wrote that running too much for many years takes away the good things from exercise. He 4. (add) that the risk of heart disease could be 5. same as someone who never exercised.
Researchers looked 6. the health and training of 3,300 runners over the age of 35. 70% of them ran over 30 kilometers a week. Men who ran marathons for 25 years had 62% more plaque in their heart than men who did little 7. no exercise. Another doctor said he felt cheated. He started running marathons in 1967. He used 8. (run) 60 kilometers every week. He said, “I thought I was out there exhausting 9. (me), building an absolutely strong heart.” The doctor advised 10. (exercise) frequently but not to overdo things.
While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a two-storeyed house. One evening my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was ______ the window. I suddenly ______ that he was turning very pale. I sat ______, for I didn’t want to ______ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ______ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine ______ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ______ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door.
Soon I heard a ______ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ______ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ______ near, I seized the pistol (手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, “For God’s sake, child, ______ the door.” I did so. To my scare, I saw, ______ my father’s shoulder; a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ______ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with an/a ______ loud cry. Father took the still ______ pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.
It happened when father ______ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ______ the door—which was twenty feet away______ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ______; and this was the cause of the ______ flight (=escape) up the stairs.
1.A. towards B. opposite C. inside D. behind
2.A. knew B. learned C. felt D. noticed
3.A. still B. concentrated C. fascinated D. unhappily
4.A. hurt B. frighten C. lose D. bother
5.A. loud B. sad C. calm D. pleasant
6.A. was B. comes C. would be D. is coming
7.A. friendly to B. alone with C. dependent on D. careful with
8.A. sound B. cry C. voice D. shout
9.A. to B. down C. via D. up
10.A. some difficulty B. a thief C. some danger D. an accident
11.A. open B. close C. pull D. draw
12.A. on B. above C. over D. from
13.A. aiming at B. marching towards C. shooting at D. running into
14.A. exciting B. exhausting C. angry D. natural
15.A. sounding B. burning C. frightening D. smoking
16.A. had taken B. had sent C. had driven D. had forced
17.A. push B. lock C. guard D. defend
18.A. unless B. when C. before D. though
19.A. quick B. huge C. heavy D. disappointing
20.A. anxious B. embarrassed C. fearless D. hurried
Most of us lead unhealthy lives; we spend far too much sitting down. If in addition we are careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow moving.
1. I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.
For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports — 2. — there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.
Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, 3., because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation. 4. Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity — 5.— which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.
A. be active and practise Yoga
B. There are some aspects of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid.
C. it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them
D. physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other
E. they spent most of the time outdoors
F. you are still only half way to good health
G. It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation（冥想）, and so on.
