The number of smokers, ________ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in just one year.．
A. as B. which
C. what D. it
______ his work in physics, he spent much time working for human rights and _____.
A. Besides; progresses B. Except; progresses
C. Besides; progress D. Except; progress
假如你是李华，进入高中一月有余了，你的朋友Jim来信想了解你的生活，特别是交友情况。请你写一封回信，告诉他你在新的学校是如何交上新朋友的。内容包括：
1. 与人相处方式：微笑，助人
2. 通过一些活动：课外：军训，拔河
课内：上课，共同解决学习的问题
3. 你对交友的看法。
参考词汇： 军训military training 拔河tug-of-war
1. 词数 100 左右，开头结尾不计入词数；
2.开头结尾已为你写好；
3. 请勿泄露你的个人信息；
4. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim:
How’s everything going? Thank you for your letter. Now I’m writing to tell you how I make new friends in my new school.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
1.She gave me a book about different ways of s____________ problems.
2.The price has been r___________ from $ 10 to $ 8.
3.To live a healthy lifestyle, it’s important to have a balanced d_____________.
4.If you are lost in the mountains, it is important to keep c__________ in the face of darkness andthe unknown.
5.D____________ learning allows you to study wherever you are, arranging(安排) your studies around your work or family life.
6.As we get older, we come to realize that life is filled with many ______________ (挑战).
7.The restaurant is always ____________ (挤满) with customers at meal times.
8.They were told to wear ______________ (正式的) clothes to attend the meeting.
9.There was an old man sitting quietly on a bench ____________ (在附近).
10.It is known to us all that without education man can't live _____________ (和平地) with nature.
A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some othercountries with his father for a 3month trip, which turned out to be a miracle(奇迹).
The reporter’s father spent most of his life working on the farm. The son started this 1.(amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer—a serious 2.(ill).
The reporter wanted to take his father to travel in the hope 3. his father can find his younger self in his last days. They 4.(travel) more than 13,000 kilometers and took over 110, 000 pictures on their trips to different countries. Well，a miracle happened during the “rebirth”trips.5.their surprise，his father got 6.(good) and became more openhearted.
He even taught himself to play 7. violin，and then he played 8.very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting 9.trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever.
Time carves (雕刻) the old father’s face 10. youth(青春) flows in his blood. This is the real style.
“Daily Star, sir” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ______ left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ________. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers ________ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ________ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ________ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
“You don’t know the ________ of selling papers. You must shout, Hot news! Bomb bursting!” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “ ________ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly ________ they have time to see, and you’ll ________ out and get your money, ” Chad said.
It was a new ________ to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ________ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was ________ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was __________ a poor newsboy, he had been ________ some good things.
The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ________ . Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ________ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ________money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ______ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason on the shoulder ________. “You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ________. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
1.A. copies B. shops C. coins D. people
2.A. weak B. open C. pure D. heavy
3.A. in exchange for B. instead of C. regardless of D. in return for
4.A. card B. cup C. cake D. comb
5.A. broke down B. gave in C. got away D. showed up
6.A. difficulty B. process C. secret D. goal
7.A. For B. So C. And D. But
8.A. since B. before C. though D. unless
9.A. drop B. call C. reach D. sell
10.A. idea B. edition C. policy D. task
11.A. bread B. insects C. water D. seeds
12.A. concerned B. determined C. excited D. amazed
13.A. still B. already C. also D. just
14.A. awarded B. handed C. taught D. allowed
15.A. by chance B. as usual C. at once D. at last
16.A. warm B. gentle C. proud D. polite
17.A. made B. saved C. borrowed D. lost
18.A. shouted B. laughed C. nodded D. started
19.A. fondly B. gratefully C. bravely D. sadly
20.A. business B. duty C. method D. job
