People __1.___________ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred __2.________ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four __3.__________ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need __4.________ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. __5._________ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary __6.____________ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books __7.___________ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you come across __8.___________ new word, look it ___9.____________ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your __10.__________ (much) useful book.
Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. F=A+E
| a. Basic airport services b. Air transportation c. Beginning period of air transportation d. Rapid growth in the U.S. e. Development of air transportation f. Competition |
81. _______________
Airplanes are used to carry passengers, cargo and mail. Air transport companies operate scheduled airlines and non-scheduled services over local, regional, national, and international routes. The aircraft operated by these companies range from small single-engine planes to large multiengine jet transports.
82._____________
The first air passenger services began in 1910, when dirigibles began operation between several German cities. The first scheduled airplane service to carry passengers began in the U.S in 1914. Several experimental airmail flights took place in India, Europe, and the United States before World War I, but air transport service did not become a true business until after the war.
83. _____________
During World War Two, intercontinental air transport became firmly established. After the war the new long-distance transports with advanced facilities were increasingly able to avoid storms and strong wind and make flights more economical and consistent. A new generation of "jumbo-jet" transports began operations in 1970, and the supersonic transport entered passenger service in 1976.
84. _________
During the 1970s the number of domestic passengers on U.S airlines increased about 78%, and during the 1980s the figure was up about 58%. In 1990 there were 41.8 m
illion international passengers, the figure was a 75% increase over 1980. The total cargo flown by U.S airlines almost doubled during the 1980s, from 5.7 billion to 10.6 billion ton-miles in 1990.
85. ________________
Major airports provide a wide range of facilities for the convenience of millions of travelers. These range from such basic services as
ticket-sales counters and resultants to luxury hotels, shopping centers and play areas for children. International airports must also have customs areas and currency-exchange
counters and so on.
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| a. selection b. professional c. Eventually d. added e. generation ae. financial ad. Especially ac. experiencing ab. choosing bc. switch |
One-quarter of today’s student population are suffering from symptoms of depression. Of that group, almost half will experience depression intense enough to call for __43___ help. But many reject that idea, because they don’t want people to think there is something wrong with them.
There are three reasons why today’s college students are suffering more than in earlier ____44___. First is a weaker f
amily support structure. Today, with high divorce rates and many parents __45___ their own psychological difficulties, the traditional family is not always available for help.
Another problem is __46_____ pressure. In the past ten years education costs have risen about 66 percent at public colleges and 90 percent at private schools. __47_____, most students must work part-time.
A final cause of students’ depression is the large __48_____ of majors available. Because of the difficulty of ___49___ a major, college can prove a time of great indecision. Many students ___50____ majors. As a result, it is becoming common for them to take five or six years to get a degree. It can be disappointing to students to be faced with the __51____ costs.
71 It is divided into two types: short term memory and long term memory. Short term memory helps the brain to remember the information from a few seconds to a few minutes, for example, searching a phone number in the phone directory. This type of information is not stored for a long time, and slips from the brain. 72
73 There is no exact definition of brain exercises. The key to brain exercises is to stimulate(刺激) the gray cells of our mind. For example, trying out different problem solving exercises can be a good practice for improving the analytical skills of brain. 74 If you regularly exercise it, you will develop a good body, or else you will have an unfit body, and thus, our brain needs exercises regularly. Here are some memory improvement tips for adults:
●Regular exercises help to keep away diseases that are harmful to the memory. Besides, regular exercising improves the feeling of well-being and improves blood circulation to the brain.
●Don't be stressed, as stress holds back the ability of the mind to concentrate. A stress-free mind will collect and store more information that a stressed mind, so avoid being over-stressed. But in modern times people have great pressure from work and life. 75 . Sleep is necessary for keeping the mind and body fit and the side effects of lack of sleep include a lack of concentration.
| A．Ask your doctors for advice on memory. |
| B．Developing good sleeping habits helps a lot. |
| C．The memory is just like our body in some way. |
| D．Memory is the remembering of any information taken in by the brain. |
E. Not all people have the power to recite so many things at a time.
F. Long term memory, on the other hand, is the memory where we make conscious efforts to keep the information for a long time.
G. Brain exercises are one of the simplest ways of improving memory power.
根据括号里的中文提示，完成句子；每空填一个单词。
71. When she saw the poor dead cat, she ______ _______ _______.(禁不住哭了)
72.Though pandas eat vegetables sometimes, they mainly ______ ______ bamboo.(以…… 为主食)
73. The earthquake will ______ ______ a lot of diseases and homeless people.（导致）
74. It is ______ ______ _______ _______ arguing with him; he is always not reasonable.（浪费时间）
75. Don’t ______ ______ _______ your classmates. It is impolite.（取笑）
76. He didn’t steal anything. ______ ______ he is honest all the time.（事实上）
77. After eight years, the machine is still _____ ______ and in good condition.（在使用中）
78. Once you make a promise, you should ______ it ______.（实施）
79. We had reached the top of the mountain ______ _____ _____ sun rose.（到…… 时候）
80. You must keep calm when fires ______ ______ . （发生）
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。
____46____ . He had more money than he could ever spend, and he was admired and looked up
to by his community._____47_____ .He was not happy. All his life he had been pursuing happiness and struggling for happiness, but he had never been able to find it.
Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness._____48_____ .After many years searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was tired and penniless, but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple. He asked a wise, smiling monk(和尚)if he could enter the 
special room. The monk agreed and showed him to the stairs leading to the room._____49____ .He stared into the room with sunlight streaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find. There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness. The man looked at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.
___50___ .Happiness is a choice that we can make. Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then. Just look at the mirror and laugh. Let the happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all around you.
| A．He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. The man found the secret of happiness at last. |
B．But he knew that somethi ng was missing in his life. |
| C．He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door. |
| D．There was once a very wealthy and successful man. |
E. It is time we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness.
F. It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal.
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